Crawdaddy

Hilarious!

After listening to the live "Less Than You Think" from the residency in Chicago, I agree that it holds up as a song in a live setting--very cool reworking of the song with more sonic texture than the studio version. I was surprised they pulled it off. @ Sunken Mountain and Griddles, thanks for noting the chant. I do remember that from football broadcasts now that you mention it. And @ dbag, I certainly noticed the comments section over at the other site. Pretty useless. I was happy to see people over here actually engage and dispute the article for factual reasons and strong opinions. Chee

Regarding the issues of song/not song, I'll definitely take a listen--especially to the acoustic version of "Less Than You Think." Actually, after writing the piece, I saw the "Spiders" from July 07 in Benicasim, Spain (courtesy of Wilcoclub.com--cheers!), which is an amazing performance. The bit where the audience starts chanting--I don't even know what they're chanting--but it's something that really can't be created, or even imagined in the studio. So, like always, the ideas are up for reconsideration. (Part 2 of the clip here, http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fpiyxi8GW7k&feature=related, if

Thanks for reading, guys. The idea behind that line was just that YHF had a reputation for being eerily timely with some lyrics, and the release-date coincidence, or was somehow plugged into the zeitgeist. But I didn't intend to evaluate those characteristics in any way. It's my opinion that they're just notable and odd coincidences. Best, D MacFadden Crawdaddy!

It is a truth universally acknowledged that on their two studio albums since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco has gone in a decreasingly experimental direction. Jeff Tweedy is likely bored of contradicting statements like that; he