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Neil Finn - Driving Me Mad (a song about song-writers block) Deadlines again Feel like hiding out No sign of comfort yet Have a nap while no ones looking Bring some inspiration to the man In my head A namesake out of reach Strange days upon us now we leave the dust of conversation Hanging in the light above the bed....

Agreed. It's preposterous to demand personal space along with exclusive territorial rights to a section of floor space at a general admission concert - no matter how big a fan you are of the performers.

Great album. Certainly in my top 5 list for this year so far.

W(TF)is Gretchen Wilson?

Great album. The Wilco contribution to this project can't be underestimated. I like all the Wilco members individual songs. Jeff's 'What Could Have Been' is a real grower. Low key - but with an interesting arrangement that layers up nicely. John Stirratt's 'Over and Done' is an alt-country gem. Glenn Kotche and Phil Selway collaborate on '3 Worlds Collide', a tribal percussion fest that works well in this context. The real surprise for me was Pat Sansone's 'Don't Forget Me' - it's one of my favourite tracks on the album and features some great guitar by Johnny Marr. As

Troll alert.

Remember listening to "Puff the Magic Dragon" when I was little kid - not realising just how subversive it really was. Sad loss.

On the same theme - anybody else here go crazy when they're looking up recent Wilco clips on YouTube and have to plough through about 300 vidoes of '767 landing at Narita Airport in crosswind', 'Airbus A380 flightdeck Toronto Pearson Itl' and other such nerdom? WTF is that about anyway?

Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone are collaborating with Radiohead's Phil Selway on his first solo album currently being recorded in Radiohead's Oxford studio, according to this article: http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=41140 Assume this follows on from their work together on the recent '7 Worlds Collide' project.

Read the thread - but still love the album. I must be listening the wrong way.

Love it. And yes, Country Disappeared is my favourite cut - maybe one of my all-time favourite Wilco songs.

Thanks for the heads-up Jeremy. And good to see they've fixed the miss-spelling of John's name in the final cover art - found here: http://www.frenz.com/neilfinn/

Review in today's edition of the Daily Telegraph (UK). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/6016957/Neil-Finns-7-Worlds-Collide-at-Dingwalls-review.html Nice review and everything - except for this line " two of the less celebrated members of Wilco (drummer Glenn Kotche and bassist John Stirrat)". WTF! wash your mouth out sir... =========================================================== Neil Finn's 7 Worlds Collide at Dingwalls, review Members of Wilco and Radiohead joined Neil Finn of Crowded House on stage in one of the most inspiring gigs of the year. Ratin

I posted this already in another thread - but should really have been posted here: You Never Know has just hit number 1 in the US AAA radio charts according to Mediabase - outplaying Kings of Leon, Greenday and Coldplay. So there is some justice in the world: http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/insideradio/charts.asp?format=10&showyear=y&dpt=n

You Never Know has just hit number 1 in the US AAA radio charts according to Mediabase - outplaying Kings of Leon, Greenday and Coldplay. So there is some justice in the world: http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/insideradio/charts.asp?format=10&showyear=y&dpt=n

Nice work.

Article in today's Rolling Stone gives the full tracklisting and who plays what. Release date in the US Sept 29: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/29/neil-finn-recruits-wilco-radiohead-members-for-7-worlds-collides-the-sun-came-out/ Anyone for a drum-off between Glenn and Phil Selway? (track 11 disc 2 - 3 Worlds Collide – Glenn Kotche & Phil Selway drums, percussion )

Here's a couple being serenaded with 'Jesus etc' at their recent wedding. Cheesy version - but cute:

The universe with hands unseen I was cold as gasoline

Synthesizer Patel :

Album of the Month in the latest copy of Uncut. http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/wilco/reviews/13295 Jeff Tweedy’s declaration of peace. Then tragedy ensues Review by John Mulvey Four out of five stars It is May 2009, and Jeff Tweedy has just streamed the seventh Wilco album on his band’s website. For perhaps the first time in Wilco’s complicated 15-year history, there is a palpable air of contentment to proceedings. The band lineup has remained miraculously unchanged, and there doesn’t appear to have been, as has become tradition, a radical creative rethink. Instead, Wilco (the albu

Here's an excellent little review that appeared in this weekend's edition of the Sydney Morning Herald by their resident rock critic Bernard Zuel: Anxiety Gives Way to Optimism Wilco Wilco (The Album) Reviewed by Bernard Zuel Happy Jeff Tweedy. Happy Wilco. Should we be worried? Musically, the first six Wilco albums did not have a repeat switch as the band, whose only two consistent members have been signer and writers Jeff Tweedy and bass player John Stiratt, moved from alt-country through pop to art-rock and then a kind of US pastoral-rock. Emotionally though, there was one co

Very positive review in DOA: http://www.adequacy.net/2009/07/wilco-wilco-the-album/ Wilco - Wilco (The Album) July 2, 2009 by Bryan Sanchez The strength in Wilco’s music was always their successful ability to re-create themselves with every new album. There were the country stylings of A.M., the double album, role reversal of Being There, sharpening their pop leanings with Summerteeth, the experimentation on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the furthering of styles and diversity on A Ghost is Born and the live setting, laid-back feel of Sky Blue Sky. It’s hard to really pin-point a band’s cata

Wilco (The Album) A Ghost is Born Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Sky Blue Sky Being There Summerteeth AM

The Village Voice weigh in. I think it's safe to say that Mike Powell is not a fan of Wilco (or mid-western white folks for that matter): http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-07-01/music/wilco-the-review/1 Wilco: The Review Music for white people to relax to, and what's wrong with that? By Mike Powell Tuesday, June 30th 2009 at 1:26pm "Wilco" is a five-letter word for the quiet slaughter of all that is elemental, passionate, and reverentially stupid about rock 'n' roll. Try finding a vein on a Wilco album. Oh, Wilco: middle-aged Midwesterners with stubble and suit jackets. Precise instrumen