carleiu

Great show with several songs that don't get on a lot of set lists.  Looking forward to Saturday's show! 

Not an unreleased song, but Tweedy's acoustic version of "Panthers" is pretty sweet and it would be awesome if there was a studio version of the song in that style.  A good live version of it is in his 5-16-03 solo show (Track #3) 

"On and On and On" is literally the reason I got into Wilco in the first place. The moment when the organ line comes in over the inverted pyramid of guitar is one of the most sublime moments in the Wilco discography. I always get frustrated that the album on spotify ends with "Let's Not Get Carried Away" (even if I love that song) because it steals away the best closer the band ever made. 

I thoroughly enjoy "On and On and On" as well.  And "Everlasting Everything" gets way too much crap, probably because its tone is as directly cathartic and optimistic as any Wilco song ever gets.  

People might want to burn down my house for this, but my least favorite Wilco song is actually "A Shot in the Arm."  That's not saying that I hate or even thoroughly dislike that song, because I listen to every Wilco album from beginning to end, as they're meant to be listened to.  But that song is the one I'm least likely to sing along to for whatever reason.  Given that Wilco has recorded probably upwards of 200 songs, and only one of them turns into background music for me, that's pretty goddamned amazing for someone who's as much of a ridiculously picky music snob as I am 

carleiu, on 06 Sept 2016 - 02:39 AM, said:

I agree.  First listen in the record store really made me think of that comment.  Common Sense was the standout track for me today. That's bound to change, but I thought it was the most interesting track musically.

I agree that Common Sense is an awesome song....after another day of listening to the album, I feel even stronger about how these tunes have quickly caught my ear despite their complexity and lyrical tone.  Common Sense has a Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Demo feel to it, with all the chaos/noise and perhaps a (seemingly) out of tune instrument or two, that only Wilco can pull off in making it come across as chaotically-unified.  It honestly reminds me a lot of the early demo for I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.

@Grasshopper Greensnake--I hope they play it live a lot too, but Jeff said in a recent interview that he thinks it'll be the so-called fans' (my words) least favorite song on the record and that it will be very difficult to play live because it's so intricate and would require a very "quiet" theater to allow the nuance of that song to sound good in live form.  Hopefully, someone from the band sees this thread and knows that there is LOTS OF LOVE FOR "COMMON SENSE!"  As well as for the entire album.  I, for one, would love to hear it in its entirety live.  

After several listens to the whole album, I'd have to say that I'm definitely enjoying the album thoroughly.  There is a lot of subtle depth to the songs, both musically and lyrically.  On a whole, it reminds me a lot of the softer side of John Lennon's solo work, although it doesn't get quite as weird as Lennon did (which is a good thing in my opinion).  "Happiness" was a very pleasant surprise.  "Common Sense" definitely stands out as the strangest and most experimental track on the record, and it has a trippy catchiness to it similar to some of the cuts on AGIB.  

Honestly, as a whole, it almost sounds like a Wilco "B-Side" album, but I don't mean that in a derogatory way.  More like a B-Side album in that it's so different from other Wilco albums and it reminds me more of a lot of the songs that didn't make it onto Summerteeth, YHF, and AGIB.  

It definitely lives up to Tweedy's description of it being a "fucked up country record."  And that's a good thing.  

Enjoy, everyone! 

I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing the Harris is where the band held its aftershow reception for guests. I mean, imagine how many guests the band must have had to accommodate for such a big show in its "hometown."

We were down in Section 106, not far from the pit.  Within the first few minutes of sitting down, we saw Glenn come out and greet what looked to possibly be his parents and several other likely family members.  Immediately after that, we saw Spencer greeting tons of people and was taking several of them backstage.  It looked like pretty much the entire pit section was all band friends and family, so that would be a pretty good-sized party right there.  

Just wanting to put out there that Jeff did clarify tonight that they never said that there wouldn't be any repeats or that they were going to play every song they recorded and/or put on an album.

That said, the show tonight kicked some major ass.  

I highly recommend Fringe, and of course I highly recommend Wilco

Hi, all.

 

I've got a new site up in beta called So Out Of Tune. It hosts streaming audio of audience-recorded live Wilco performances; in other words, you can listen to Wilco shows on-demand over the internet. It's all free and only hosts shows in accordance with the band's taping policy.

 

I thought the board would enjoy it, so check it out. It's in beta at this point, so any feedback - good or bad - is much appreciated. I'll be adding more shows, so although the selection is limited now, it will be much, much larger in the future.

Such an amazing and friendly thing for you to do! Thank you so much! Already found a couple of shows on here that I attended and have been wanting to experience again Thank you, thank you, thank you!!