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Thoughts? I just bought it but haven't listened to it yet.

My initial opinion is that the songs all sound a bit samey. I guess I was expecting Fakebook II, and this is clearly not that.

I received my CD yesterday. Not crazy about the packaging, but WOW does this sound much better than the free download.

Ahh..most people dislike it but I think Strange Currencies, Crush With Eye Liner and Circus Envy are solid. I like it because it doesn't sound like anything else they have done and I think it was ballsy to head in this direction.

I agree that it doesn't sound like anything else they've done and that it was ballsy to head in that direction, but I still hate it. *laughs*

 

And trust me, I gave it more chances than I've probably given any other album, ever. If I had to pick one band who had the most influence on my life, it is R.E.M. But I just couldn't take Monster. Yes, there are a few decent songs, but to this day I cannot listen to that album in its entirety. R.E.M. lost me for several years after that. I did not even listen to New Adventures in HiFi when it was released. But they totally won me back with Up, and then I went back to listen to New Adventures and loved it. Monster just seems to be an anomaly for me.

R.E.M. - Monster

George Harrison is #65.

 

And in response to Blackberry Rust, Strummer/Jones are #57.

 

Frankly, I was more put off by the overwhelming number of ads for Apple Music embeded on that page than I was by the list itself.

 

I also thought the list was decent. They obviously included overall impact of the songwriter when they were making their choices of who to include. Although many of the "notable omissions" you all have cited are among my favorite artists, many of them are not well-known to the mainstream and did not have great impact on the mainstream. Most, if not all, of the artists they chose have done high quality work AND had a big impact. I thought that list was one of Rollilng Stone's better lists.

Having listened to this album many, many times now, I still cannot tell where Cold Slope ends and King of You begins. It sounds like one continuous song to me. I don't hear any musical difference between the two at all that signals me we've moved on to a different song.

English Beat

I guess I am a « Taste the Ceiling » guy, as opposed to a « You Satellite » guy, if you will.

And I guess I'm somehow a mixture of both. The segue from You Satellite to Taste the Ceiling is one of my most favorite moments on the album.

 

Although overall, the two I keep playing over and over at the moment are You Satellite and Random Name Generator.

I'm not complaining, just reporting... turbulence in my vid from 46:24 to 46:45- anyone else having this too? If not, then maybe I should try downloading again?

Yes, I have it too. It's in both the Dime file and the Dropbox file.

I wasn't disappointed at all, even though I do agree with you that the band was much more energized during the classics, which were sublime. I wasn't disappointed because it was the first time they'd performed those songs! Give them a chance, they'll grow into them! .

 

I wasn't disappointed at all because my head is still spinning over the fact that we all got to hear a ton of great new music all at the same time, so there were no "spoilers" and no built-up expectations based on reading others' opinions and reviews. And then we all got to see the first performance of these new songs, 24 hours later, all at the same time!

 

Yesterday was one of my most fun Wilco-fan days ever!

You Satellite is exhausting, in the best possible way.

World Party last night. Always a great show.

Brian Wilson and Rodriguez

And Bruce Springsteen!

Brian Wilson and Rodriguez

I've been struggling with this for a few years now. I say "struggling" because music has been the great passion of my life since I was younger than 10 years old and I find it incredible that I just don't listen to music as much I used to. I still buy new music, but where in the past I would dive into it and immerse myself in it, I now find that I listen a few times and then forget about it. I tire of new music very quickly in comparison to the past. I have made a concerted effort to listen to complete albums on CD in the car now, even if I have to burn them from mp3 albums I bought. That does seem to have helped me focus more, but I still tire of new stuff more quickly than I ever did, and I also find the new stuff doesn't stick with me the way it used to. And I don't even feel overly compelled to listen to old stuff very much either. (Although I have been on a huge Brian Wilson binge for the past few days after seeing Love & Mercy.)

 

I haven't really caught onto the whole Spotify thing...I do have a free account, but don't use it that much, and even when I do, I am usually frustrated that they don't have the "complete" whatever I'm looking for, and often they don't have any part of it at all, even incomplete.

 

I often wonder how much of it is age (I'm in my mid-50's), and how much of it is just too much music out there now and just being overwhelmed by it all. Whatever the reason is, I do struggle very much with what I've lost and wish I could get it back.

Calexico tonight. (which seems to be a pretty popular show in this thread over the past week or so!)

Since opening day is right around the corner I think it is best we start a new thread, and what better way to start a new thread then predictions.  Or in my case an overestimate of how well the Cubs will do this year.  

 

So here goes:

 

AL East

1) Red Sox

2) Oriels

3) Blue Jays

4) Tampa

5) Yankees

 

You seem to be right on the money with the Yankees! They have been painful to watch so far this season.

persimmon

Never lets you down. I've been listening to Transcendental Blues (the album) a lot lately for whatever reason.

 

That was the first time I've seen him, and frankly, I knew next to nothing about his music before last night, aside from his fantastic reputation. I came to know of him, oddly enough, from his dramatic roles in The Wire and in Treme. One of his songs was used over the closing credits of one of the Treme episodes and I have never forgotten it. I was very surprised to find that I recognized two more of his songs last night -- I Ain't Ever Satisfied and Copperhead Road -- although I don't know how I know these songs. I was also somewhat surprised to learn that both of the characters he played on those shows were not a million miles away from who he really is.

 

I thought he was great last night.

Steve Earle

I read every word as well.

 

I'm so very sorry for all your losses.

 

Try to hang in there.

I've seen Slacker, Dazed and Confused, the Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight trilogy, and then yesterday I finallly saw Boyhood.

 

Honestly? I kept asking myself "is this it??". I liked it okay, and the fact that the same actors were used over a 12-year period is cool, but I honestly don't understand why this is nominated for best picture. I find any of the "Before...." trilogy much more compelling.

I have a lot of VHS tapes, and I have a player, but sadly, I no longer have a TV that will accept the signal from my old VHS player. I bought an adapter, but the picture displayed on the TV is awful. One of these days I'll probably just dump all the tapes. What a shame, there's lots of good stuff that is impossible to replace.

Next time you swing through drop me a message and we can have a beer and talk wilco before you meet your friend

Will do!

OK paint me curious: why is it "The' Charlie Browns. Is it a regional pub? A furniture store?

We need to know.

Please.

LOL

 

It's a steakhouse chain. I don't know how widespread the chain is, but there are at least 3 of them within 25 miles of where I live in nothern New Jersey,