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yea... this was a GREAT show. The band was really into the songs and I've not heard a better version of Pot Kettle Black than the one they played last night. How about Jeff doing laps around the stage during the close of Hummingbird?

Who's gonna stop him from having fun? The Chicago Skyline?

ps... what's up with NO ONE getting the clapping right during Spiders. That was pretty annoying. But whatever, a minor, inconsequential blemish on an otherwise amazing night of music.

The last 4 seconds of when Heavy Metal Drummer mercifully ends.

I put my vote in for "Less Than You Think" (with or without drone... that song is beautiful).

Definitely:

In a cup God lifts to toast the lightning

All I'm saying is Stellan Skargard would make a perfect Nels...

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Skarsgard

Sorry for trying to relate to others, LouieB. It won't happen again.

I love me some "Casino Queen."

Just thought I'd give some love to PigSooie for the Youk avatar... Boston born and raised, right here (Somerville, more accurately) and love to see some other Sox fans with good music taste.

Still not a fan of CQ, though.

Never been a big fan of this song... it seems to be lacking something, to me.

There is the Yamaha S03 Music Synthesizer (64 keys) that you can get for anywhere between $425 and $510. As far as the M-Audio stations go, they are exclusively MIDI controllers and will not work through speakers... I've tried myself.

Nothing at all wrong with the well crafted pop song.

 

You folks need to stop being so darned serious.

You're right... but I think those two songs are wildly underwhelming and haven't ever impressed me on either a pure pop sense or viscerally. In terms of a well crafted pop song I would point you towards ELT, I'm Always in Love, Pot Kettle Black or Hummingbird as all fine examples of Wilco's "pop-prowess" (I may have just invented that term).

Candyfloss and Heavy Metal Drummer suck pretty hard.

Nels Cline and Glenn Kotche with Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and Robert Smith.

First of all, who cares how "relevant" or "influential" Wilco's music is right now. Second, I'm sure the idea behind each album was never to be important, it was to make a great album in spite of the rest of the pop world. You surely can't convince me that AM is or has ever been relevant or influential. YHF just happened to come out in the right musical climate and was aided by the incredible back-story to the album's release.

For my money SBS is Wilco's most important (if not relevant) album because it shows that a group can still sit down and, in the words of Tweedy, "sing some motherfucking songs." None of those tracks NEED buzzes and whirs and electronics or long droning passages (not that those things are bad). So much music today hides behind technology and Wilco managed to totally free themselves of that for SBS. That's pretty damn relevant, if you ask me.

I was supposed to see Nels with Jenny Schiennman last evening in Cambridge, MA and there was a sign saying that he was not playing due to illness. I later found out that he has the chicken pox (which is never a good thing for an adult). Does anyone know if this is true? and if it is, what does this mean for him?

In any case, I wish Nels the best.

Sweeping generalizations? You're telling me you don't have an image or description of a typical Phish, or Dave Matthews or Rolling Stones or Cure or Slayer fans? These generalizations are, for sure, crass and somewhat offensive, but they wouldn't be generalizations (or stereotypes) without some sample of that populations absolutely fitting that mold.

I'm all for people who enjoy different types of music - hell, my favorite band besides Wilco is The Cure and really I enjoy Dave Matthews... and having been to their shows there certainly is a "particular" type of fan. The "over-fanatic" that is really, truly insufferable. They talk too much, get too drunk or high, don't really "watch" the concert, etc. But whatever, anytime I go off on tangents I always end up putting my foot in my mouth. Back to work...

Having the stereotypical "Phish fan" at a Wilco show would be devastating. Not only do they talk all the time, they just like getting high and reveling in the fact that they "made it to the show"... completely annoying. I've been a Wilco fan for too long to allow this to happen. I'll have to bring my Phis stomping gear to the 9.12.07 show...

Wishful Thinking

I would love to hear "I'm Always in Love" or "Pot Kettle Black" or a little "Reservations (with coda)"

Favorite Key: tie between Am and C#

Favorite Chord: tie between C#add9 and Dmaj7sus4

"A Shot in the Arm" was the first Wilco song I ever loved... it's just an incredibly fucking fantastic song, especially live.

I, too, think this is one of the strongest Wilco songs ever. The beautiful intro/verse is just broken in a million pieces by the searing Nels solo and then the band puts the pieces back together for the outro. Everything about this song is fantastic. By the way, after reading the liner notes for SBS I believe that Nels did play the solo. They list him as playing lead on the 12-string electric (the one he uses in concert). I think for a guitarist as talented as Mr. Cline that it was really easy to nail the "Jeff Tweedy Solo" sound (which seems to be the debate).

Wilco and The Cure are my favorite bands.

correct Giraffo... they did cooperate with him.

I'd have to say:

AGIB

YHF

SBS

Kicking Television

BT

ST

AM (just terrible... awful... bad)

Wikipedia does not count as a source... if you read the Wilco book "Learning How to Die" you'll find out that they had already recorded the song, the label wanted a single and David Kahne specifically reworked it himself. In fact, Jeff and Jay both stated that his version was in every way superior to their version. So for those of you how want to place blame for "Can't Stand It" please direct it toward the radio-ready overproduction of one David Kahne, and not Tweedy or Bennett. Also, it's a pretty damn good song.