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I've just gotta say that I'm amazed at where this thread/conversation has gone. This is why I spend time here.

I am totally guilty of this.

Oh, man, I forgot about that. That'd be sick. Who'd be good for a female counterpart on "Forget the Flowers?" Neko Case? Jenny Lewis? Alison Krauss? Lucinda Williams?

This isn't so much a case of misheard lyrics but misunderstood lyrics: my mother-in-law is a child of the 1970s, a die-hard fan of soft-rock from the era - and her absolute #1 favorite artist is James Taylor. She was absolutely crushed when I informed her one summer evening while having a back-porch dinner that "Fire and Rain" was written while James Taylor was in rehab for heroin abuse and is an autobiographical portrait of what he was going through. She didn't believe me at first, so we had to put it on and listen in silence to every lyric. When we discussed the lyrics afterwards, it was

Good call. It's not a proper "album," per se, but the way David Byrne opens Stop Making Sense with that solo acoustic version of "Psycho Killer," accompanied by a programmed drum beat on a boombox is pretty sick.

I agree, although I feel that the debut on Colbert was the best it ever sounded. The studio recording didn't (and still doesn't) catch me the way that video clip did.

*If I recall correctly (from Kot's book), Jay brought a lot of the new ideas for sounds into the Being There sessions. The band, having just discovered that Bennett could play keyboards, was very open to his ideas for piano, keys, organs, etc. being incorporated into the tunes. I think he also had a lot to do with the harmony/background vocal arrangements as well the horn arrangements. *I think Jay was one of those people who had a tremendous influence on the people he collaborated with, and was able to push people to new creative heights. He was a wonderful tinkerer and had a knack for

It keeps getting better and better! Me thinks there should be a new thread/contest for people to re-write an entire Wilco song and make it an advertisement.

This is the best thing I've heard all day, and I've added it into my signature. Wilco gets out the tough stains on my soul.

The old standard of misheard lyrics: "...'scuse me / while I kiss this guy."

"Rusty Cage" / Soundgarden / Badmotorfinger "Hells Bells" / AC/DC / Back in Black "Highway to Hell" / AC/DC / Highway to Hell "Devil's Haircut" / Beck / Odelay

Just joshin'

"20th Century Man," from The Kinks' Muswell Hillbillies

Oooh, that's a good one. "Good Times Bad Times," from Led Zeppelin I "Where the Devil Don't Stay," from DBT's The Dirty South "Nebraska," from Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (on a lighter note) "Go," from Pearl Jam's Vs. "Big in Japan," from Tom Waits' Mule Variations Or to stray from "Someone Else's Song," how about the best opening Wilco track?

My guess is Jeff Tweedy.

I'm going to steal from the NPR Blog today and put out what I thought was a great topic: do opening tracks matter? And what's the best opening track you ever heard? And what makes it a great opening track? To start, I'm going to say one of the best + one of my favorites is "Drive My Car" from Rubber Soul, just because I've been listening to that record lately. The opening guitar lick is bluesy and just raw enough, and I love the way Paul McCartney's bass blends in. When the drums kick in and the first verse opens up with the John/Paul harmonies, you know it's the start of a great album.

Hence the term "chamber pop."

I realize this sounds silly, but I can't stand it when people don't clear the counter on a microwave when they're finished using it and there's still time left. My wife always leaves the caps off of pens around our house. That too drives me bonkers. I used to work with a guy who would clip his fingernails at his desk - and sometimes at staff meetings - but he wouldn't wipe them all off into the trash can. He'd lean over and just brush them off the table/desk and follow up with a strong blow to clear away any residue. So gross.

I think that concept was just for the shows billed "An Evening With Wilco," which is not how these dates are promoted...

So there's some fresh commentary in the "Jay Bennett R.I.P." thread and it got me thinking: the duets between Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett, particularly those were Jeff sang accompanied only by piano, are some of the greatest moments in the Wilco discography. So many people reference the clip of them playing "Cars Can't Escape" in IATTBYH as a quintessential Wilco moment. The entire 11-20-96 show and the entire 7-25-1999 show sums up so much about their relationship and their music, for me at least. So - what's your favorite Jeff/Jay duet? This includes officially released tracks, unreleas

Pitchfork finally reported on the news of Jay's last album and his foundation... http://pitchfork.com/news/38889-final-jay-bennett-solo-album-to-be-released-as-free-download/

Agreed.

I love my copy. It sounds incredible.

I still think this could have been an Autumn Defense track.

Yes yes yes. I love SBS, despite its flaws. And I also think it would have been enhanced by "The Thanks I Get" as well as "Glad It's Over," "One True Vine" and "Let's Not Get Carried Away." An "expanded" approach a la Being There...