cbbjr

This was my fifth time seeing the band. I certainly enjoyed the show - how can you not enjoy seeing Wilco - but it wasn't my favorite. The difference between this and the other tours I have seen (all between 2005 and 2009) was that this seemed to have far fewer songs off Yankee and Ghost. I don't think that is a bad thing at all, but part of the reason the crowd wasn't as into the show might have been being unfamiliar with the new songs, particularly when you start off with three new ones (although Art of Almost may have been my favorite song all night). And after that, the show seemed to

I really enjoyed Deeper Down. I have skipped it a couple times on the album, but it works for me live. Spiders is one of my favorites, and this was the first out of the four times I have seen them that they played it, so I was pretty pleased (although I understand how some could be upset when a long song appears towards the end of the night when the band is approaching the curfew). Other highlights were Bull Black Nova, Misunderstood, and the comment about making 36 fans happy.