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There's just too much damn killing on this record.

I'm not worried about it. Wilco haven't created that many studio masterpieces, but they've taken tons of great songs and made them live classics. I expect that for BBN.

Yeah, this was the album that brought out the worst in all of us.

It's been a shitty week for me - apart from the leak. My brain is already fried on overload, I'm burned out and I have to work again this weekend. I LIKE BBN, I'm just not in love with it..yet. It's a little frantic. Not even the freakout so much as the speed beat guitar line. At this very moment I'm not much in the mood for nightmares or murder ballads, and this didn't hit me well on first listens like the other angsters did (Radio Cure, Via Chicago). FWIW, I've never gotten much into Marquee Moon, either.

I haven't been really able to 'get into' BBN. There...I said it. I don't have favorites on WTA at this point, I like all the songs. The 'strongest' songs to me seem to be One Wing and Everlasting, so far. They're very unique. OK, having said the above.... I DO recognize that live Wilco and studio Wilco are very different animals. And I can clearly see how BBN looks like the best platform for a live wigout fest. I really look forward to hearing them play it in July at Lewiston. (and watching my SO's reaction )

Troll (don't feed)

NFW.

Did anyone find stashes of vacuum tubes? I didn't have time to go back and look closely.

No.

Solomon Burke Joe Cocker Van Morrison

Another surprise for me is how much I like Feist's presence on this record. Never thought this would be a great matchup, but I can almost hear her backing vocals on other songs (One Wing, Solitaire..). I hope the partnership continues in some way.

It's because God loves me.

I hear Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road in this album, yes. Again though, just nods like nodep said. Production flourishes that are probably George Martin more than Harrison credits. I hear all kinds of other influences too. So does that mean the whole record is a big freakin ripoff?? LOL

If one of the admins could change the poll settings to allow 11 choices, we could vote for favourite W(TA) songs. Just a thought.

Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. I don't think so. The little three-note riff, yes.

Listening in the car on the way to work this morning, I was thinking that Wilco the song and Sonny Feeling sound like lost tracks off BAITUSA. This is a good thing. Maybe it's just me. The more I listen to this (and love it) the more I realize how much it owes to the Beatles. Anyway I fucken love this record.

Yep there is a zip file of mp3's posted on sendspace. You can find the link by searching on twitter. I'd send it to you if I could send a PM.

You need to really zoom in to see the details...definitely some drool worthy gear. I was hoping to see stashes of spare tubes, but I can't find them.

Fixed that for ya.

Songs? How about entire albums.

Definitely emotional. Everlasting might be Jeff's most Lennon-ish epic yet. I agree it ends too soon--maybe in concert they'll play it out further. I think this one could play better live than Reservations or On and On and On. Wow.

I love this record. :rock :rock

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I'm pretty anal about my spelling. Just wanted to see if anyone would catch that. We are pretty anal about our Wilco posts and it's a little creepy to think that all the crap we write here on the internet will probably be fairly...permanent. SR's parodies are definitely keepers though.