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    Wilco -- 16/11/09, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Home for a little while. Back from Amsterdam and still a little bit out of breath. So a short comment while I'm packing for Eindhoven!

    In one word: a great, great concert. One of the best I ever saw. Maybe it's also because I feel at home at the Paradiso (3rd time Wilco over there for me).

    Ashes ... like in London, great opening, great response from the crowd. The crowd didn't respond that much on "Amsterdam" in Sonny Feeling and not everyone knew the words to "Jesus, Etc." or didn't want to sing along. And yes, there was something wrong at the beginning of "One Wing".

    Like someone said about the webcast, never heard the organ that much in Impossible Germany. Handshake Drugs everytime surprises me, great ending and what a feedback, it went on and on.

    And great hearing "Passenger Side" for the first time. "Monday" and "Hoodoo Voodoo" rocked the Paradiso. There couldn't have been a better ending and finally (...)no "Wheel" of "Great Lates". I don't know if it's me but everything sounded loud (louder than in Brussels or London).

    Some funny remarks from Jeff (and from the crowd -songs about dykes-). Jeff always refers to the pot/drugs or whatever while playing in Amsterdam. B.t.w., it isn't allowed any more to smoke in the Paradiso! But to me it looked if Jeff wasn't in the mood for talking a lot. Nels looked relaxed. He often looked up to the people on the balcony and laughed!

     

    Well, let's see what Eindhoven will bring us tonight. "V.C." for starters and I'm A Wheel" as last song of the year?

    Brussels, Nov 6th 2009 (Ancienne Belgique)

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Back in my old Dutch neighbourhood after visiting both show in London and Brussels. It’s impossible to say which of the shows was exactly the best, but in my opinion I saw in Brussels a great, perfect show (like for two years in Gent, great show also) but in London I experienced a real rock concert. Jeff was full of energy, the contact with the London crowd was intense and had a climax during the solo-acoustic “Someone Else’s Song” in the end. In Brussels it was more talking about a chocolate store at ever corner of the street and when someone in the audience shouted: “What about the beer?”, Jeff just said : Well, let’s get on with the show.” Glenn didn’t stand up before “I'm The Man Who Loves You” and Jeff sat down (nice photo!) during Jesus, Etc. Must say I liked the sound in Brussels (more balanced, in London very direct) and the crowd was (i.m.o.) more enthusiastic, although London beats Brussels in singing along with Jesus, Etc. (a g-r-e-a-t video on YouTube!). I do agree about the tension built in the last songs of the first set. It began already during “IATTBYH>One Wing”!

    A week for recovering and then Amsterdam and Eindhoven. What a treat, four time Wilco in three weeks and twice in the Netherlands! I saw Wilco the last two times in the Paradiso (2005/2007) in Amsterdam and I get the feeling Jeff/Wilco likes to play in Amsterdam. I do hope for a some more great setlists in the Netherlands. Of course in Amsterdam “Sonny Feeling”, I still miss hearing “You Never Know” and how about some more tracks from Summerteeth or Being There? Or ... maybe an acoustic Jeff Tweedy like in London?

    Jeff In Rolling Stone

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I don't recall McCartney OR Lennon bending over backwards to compliment each other after the break-up. Finally, 20-plus years after, I read many quotes from Paul saying how blessed he felt to be able to be THE ONE who got to write with John Lennon. He's given kudos galore to Lennon.

     

    It's a well known fact that Lennon did like McCartney's "Coming Up".

    Live Streaming Wilco@Lowlands - today

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/2590/Muziek/article/detail/976997/2009/08/20/Wilco-Naar-een-ijzingwekkend-hoogtepunt.dhtml(De Morgen is a Belgium newspaper).

     

    I can't read but that they performed this song: "Yep, any major dude will tell you (nòg zo'n hoogtepunt in de set trouwens): Dave Grohl, Josh Homme en John Paul Jones hadden zich geen beter voorprogramma kunnen wensen."

     

    http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/2590/Muziek/article/detail/976997/2009/08/20/Wilco-Naar-een-ijzingwekkend-hoogtepunt.dhtml

     

    This is the link to the review.

    If you were going to go to the Oct/Nov Europe run what shows would you do?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Since I live in The Netherlands, my shows will be: (London?), Brussels, Amsterdam and Eindhoven. Are the London tickets not for sale yet? Very lucky Wilco will do two shows in The Netherlands. I haven't visited the Effenaar for more than 20 years ... Moreover it will be the last show of their European tour. Remember very well 2005, Paradiso Amsterdam. That show was also the final gig of their European tour and they played in their last encore "Something In The Air" and "I Shall Be Released" (

    ).

    Wilco -- 4/6/09, Barcelona, Spain

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Friends of mine wanted to visit Barcelona and I asked them to wait until Wilco ...

    The Spanish audience was great and they know how to applaud! Quite different from the Belgium or Dutch (that's me) audience I'm used to.

    I was lucky to see Nels Cline before the show. He gave his autograph standing before the artist entree. I got the last one before he went inside again.

    What a setlist! I got the impression that "Impossible Germany" was surely one of the highlights of the show (and for the Spanish audience). For me, I never heared "Jesus, Etc" this perfect!

    Only one song of the new album. I hope for a few more during the performence at Pukkelpop in Belgium! See you in August, Wilco!

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