smells like flowers

My experience was similar, but I went from AM to ST (didn't get to know BT til a year or so later). I used to have a 30-minute commute to a small town and the drive would take me past old farms, corn fields and produce stands. A friend had given me a copy of ST for Christmas ('99) and I can still remember hearing the track Summerteeth for the first time, with the birds chirping, and realizing how many layers there were to the whole record -- it would take dozens of listens to hear and appreciate all the sounds. It was the record that made me fall in love with Wilco.

Song which inspires tender lovemaking? Pieholden Suite.* Song which inspires the f-ing word? I'm a Wheel. * I would so love to have a whisper breathed into my ear. With all due respect to Ms. Miller-Tweedy. Lucky lass with the cherry strands of gold hair!

Now that I've had a couple weeks to fully absorb the impact of The Whole Love, I'm ready to "wax poetic" over it. (Hope you're reading this, Crow Daddy Magnus). While I love most of the songs on the record (still lukewarm to Open Mind, but even Capitol City has grown on me), for me the real standout is One Sunday Morning. This song is a miracle. It creates its own universe. When I wander into it, everything else fades. It feels like going to a matinee movie, one you get totally absorbed in, and then leaves you blinking in the bright light wondering how it's possible that outside the thea

The YHF version is frustrating for me to listen to, because Jeff's voice rarely seems lounder than a whisper on it. I love it live, though!

I wish he would... pedal steel slays me. Lap steel, not so much.

I feel you. With so much material these days, a show might only have a sprinkling of what I'm dying to hear (very excited about the new songs, btw) --but enough with the IG, BBN, HMD! For me, I'm sure that I'll keep looking forward to the next show, hoping for something a little less predictable. That's what makes Solid Sound so irresistible... two sets, maybe 4 + hours of Wilco! (I say this because I can't imagine they'd possibly go back to only playing one night after last year.)

Jeff's voice, though, does seem to have evolved exponentially on this record. We get the high highs and the low lows, and his singing resonates so clearly. I dearly love the old Jeff hoarseness and voice-cracking from the BT era, but here it sounds better than ever, while still sounding oh-so-Jeff Tweedy-ish.

Apples and oranges. No reason to compare disc 1 and disc 2. But for sake of interest, let's change the fruits to peaches and cherries. Both utterly, differently delicious.

One of the funniest recent posts I've read here and stuck in my mind for days, was by IRDB -- I think it was in the "I Might" thread -- something about "mo-fos standing next to me better look out, I'm going to be cutting a rug." It made me want to be one of the mofos standing next to IRDB!

I like to clap at the end of Monday when Jeff's screaming "Alright! Alright! Alright!" but it's hard to keep up with the freak-out! Worth a try, though.

Finally, a chance to hear this in the car! Listened to about half of it whilst running errands this afternoon, and am so excited to hear all the little sonic surprises and treats that I couldn't hear on computer speakers. Most notable (for today) are the sexy sighs Jeff makes throughout I Might...

Also not crazy about the setlist. I would have (happily) sacrificed Bull Black Nova or Impossible Germany for more tunes off AGIB. And the really long ones do eat up the night... but Almost and One Sunday Morning were both amazing. Last night was the second time I saw Wilco at Merriweather and I don't like the sound there. It's not loud and crisp enough... more muted and fuzzy.

Great, great show at Merriweather last night. Brought a friend who I was hoping to convert to Wilco fandom and it worked! She commented that the whole thing sort of crystallizes around one word, when Jeff says "alright." She is so right.

I spent at least a year in high school listening to Reckoning while falling asleep.

Q: Is it a struggle to maintain sobriety? another Q: Salty or sweet?

smoke pot smoke pot smoke pot smoke pot.....

I missed it too, but got a vicarious thrill from reading the chat. The best was the line that went something like..."this is so f'ing good. I'm opening a beer."

Love your photos -- thanks for posting! A while back there was a post on VC that mentioned a five-year run for Solid Sound. We can only hope for three more years of such amazing stuff!

Not giving you crap, but TOO LONG?! The last two (I mean three) shows I saw were Solid Sound and I didn't want any of them to end. As many songs as they play, there are always a few more that I was dying to hear. Incidentally, I missed the "Evening With" tour and I can honestly say it is one of the major regrets of my life. Yes, I know that sounds melodramatic, but I have very few regrets... and dammit, that's one of them!

I've always loved that too! And these: There's a random painted highway And a muzzle of bees You were right about the stars Each one is a setting sun I'm down on my hands and knees every time the doorbell rings I shake like a toothache when I hear myself sing All my lies are always wishes I know I would die if I could come back new

"You Never Know" at Ross. It made me feel yucky (the volume was too low and the song sounded sort of muffled, and Ross smells funny).

Can't remember who said this: "Hate is not the opposite of love. Indifference is." I think that Wilco fans -- lovers of Wilco, if you will, just have intense feelings about the band's offerings. Feelings made more intense by their big love for their favorite albums. So the ones that are somewhat disappointing create a more intensely felt disappointment.

The song makes me picture an old-timey baseball game. Hot dog vendors with waxed moustaches are involved...

It's going to be hard not to read setlists from the next week's shows but I want it to be a surprise when I see them on 9/25!

Me, too! Haven't heard JT do that low thing with his voice before.