bangsezmax

Well, Tweedy would still be having migraines, I'm sure. That would change the music considerably.

You're entitled to yours as well. And I can't make you hear "experimental" if you're quite busy hearing "safe and conventional." Just be sure to let me know when "Either Way" makes it on to the next Now That's What I Call Music compilation and I'll admit that you're absolutely right. In the meantime, see if you can find a music major who could transcribe "Side with the Seeds" or "Shake it Off" in a way that another musician could play it and have it make any sense at all. And good luck with that, by the way. Wilco makes it sound easy (read: "safe and conventional") when it's really not. But

Longtime Wilco fan (saw the AM tour with the Jayhawks, seen them a half-dozen times since then), first time poster. I must say I'm terribly confused about what people expect from Wilco. I myself have expected every Wilco record since Being There to confound my expectations and challenge my preconceptions about what Wilco is. Thus far, all the way to this new one, I have not been disappointed. My first thoughts after listening to SBS were that it's going to take several weeks and many listenings in order to "get it." And this has held true. Now the more I hear it, the more I think it's an