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My top five:

The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Travis - Where You Stand

Son Volt - Honky Tonk

Phoenix - Bankrupt!

Jason Isbell - Southeastern

Very sad news indeed.  Brookes used to blog a bit on the band's website when The Charlatans were in the studio or on the road.  The entries were amusing and he just seemed like a really good guy.

Yeah, New Adventures is one of their very best. There is just a weariness that pervades the whole thing....especially in songs like How the West Was Won, Undertow and Wake-Up Bomb. The guitar on E-Bow The Letter always hits me in the pit of my stomach. Even though there were a few more great moments after this album as a three piece; it would have been, in retrospect, been a great place to end.

So. Central Rain

Begin The Begin

Drive

E-Bow The Letter

Radio Free Europe

Pilgrimage

Orange Crush

Losing My Religion

Life and How to Live It

Fall On Me

Country Feedback

Low Desert

Discoverer

Laughing

Man On The Moon

Electron Blue

Undertow

What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

Uberlin

Electrolite

Not in any kind of order after the first two.

Sloan

The Byrds

The Beatles

Drive-By Truckers

The Band

Bee Gees

I am really enjoying 3 Pears. Great guitar twang and jangle throughout and Dwight's voice seems to have gotten even better with age. Take Hold of My Hand, It's Never Alright, Missing Heart and Rock It All The Way are the standouts so far for me.

Great pedal steel guitar by Lloyd Maines.

Cars Can't Escape is one of my favorite tunes. I would like a definition of inferior.....I'll take the YHF outtakes over WTA as a hole.

I agree. I don't like Cars Can't Escape as much as I do because it is unreleased, I like it because of how it resonates emotionally. The music and the lyrics convey the feelings of losing someone that one has long taken for granted to a devastatingly beautiful effect. I just think it really hits the mark.

TWL is Wilco returning to the level that they were prior to SBS and WTA, in my opinion.

That is my take on it as well. Only YHF and AGiB tops The Whole Love in my book.

I bought the Red Rocks show........magnificent performance of Radio Cure. I am really glad that they are doing this!

So you and your friends and/or people you get into conversations with at a pub, always discuss subjective things such as music, politics, sports, movies, etc. in the following manner? "Well in my opinion Shug, 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' is far superior to the claptrap that makes up anything post-Revolver. I am not invalidating your opinion and have no desire to win, that is simply how I see it".

 

There is never any, "What? The Godfather 3 blew the original away? Are you fucking stupid? That was a piece of shit."?

 

If so, then I'll be damned. I thought that Jules conversational style was an anomaly. You two should plan a get together to respectfully discuss politics.

I agree with Shug, a little bit of civility goes a long way on a message board. It makes for better discussions instead of a competition.

Jesus, Etc.

Handshake Drugs

Far, Far Away

In A Future Age

Muzzle Of Bees

Poor Places

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

Pot Kettle Black

Cars Can't Escape

Via Chicago

I need to give them a listen, I guess. I just can't get past their name....Frightened Rabbit, that is just awful.

South Dallas near Lancaster got hit pretty hard as well. There are pictures of semi-trucks strewn about in the aftermath. Fortunately, I think it was some kind of truck yard, they looked empty.

I work in Arlington and fortunately, everything is OK. A lot of rotation could be been in the clouds near Cowboys Stadium and The Ballpark at one point - fortunately, no touch down.

Excellent! Thanks for sharing that.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

A Ghost Is Born

Summerteeth

The Whole Love

Being There

Wilco (The Album)

Sky Blue Sky

A.M.

Been listening to Wilco pretty heavily for the past few months. I have about 750 of my favorite songs on my iPod and 50 of them are from Wilco. I have also been listening to a lot of live shows.

The electric version of Muzzle of Bees. I know the acoustic arrangement is superior, but I liked Jeff's guitar on the early version.

Peter finally gets to unleash his voice on this album. I am sure it will be utilized sparingly.

I really hope he forms/joins another fulltime band at some point. Same goes with Mike Mills. I just prefer bands to solo artists.

One Hundred Years From Now would be great. If Wilco did cover it now, I would like it to be truer to the original Byrds version rather than the rocking way they performed it for the tribute. It would be great to hear Nels play the steel part.

Country Disappeared and You Never Know are two recent songs that have been left by the wayside.

Mostly on shuffle on my iPod in my car and iTunes at work. I have an "A-list' of about 560 songs, 52 of which are from Wilco that I mainly shuffle. I will listen to a live show now and then on CD in my car.

As a matter of fact, 'Wishful Thinking' just came up on shuffle.

Radiohead

The Beatles

The Rolling Stones

The Charlatans

Blur

The Smiths

Depeche Mode

Led Zeppelin

David Bowie

The Cure