yalnikim

I really like Wilco's music, but much prefer their most recent 5 albums than earlier stuff

Being There is my favourite. I feel sorry for people who don't connect with it ;-) It was my intro to Wilco and is still my favourite (just). YHF has some great tunes but it is the only album I never really connected 100% with (struggling with the latest one a little too, though it is growing on me). I love Summerteeth and A Ghost Is Born and absolutely adore Sky Blue Sky.

So glad I went to the Auckland show because we got bugger all of the old school rock'n'roll at the Wellington one (you would have loved that set list!). The Being There tunes that they still play a lot, and Hoodoo Voodoo, is just beautiful rock'n'roll... it's really great to see Jeff cranking his guitar, especially the lollipop one. For mine, his guitars always have the best tone on stage even if he's not as celebrated as Nels or Pat.

Nah, that chick wasn't a feminist, she just wanted to make the show about her. She had been obnoxiuos for a while. Shouting out she wanted to have their babies etc. I don't even think she was drunk, just one of those people that probably does need to be beat up by Jeffs wife. A few people around her would probably pay for the airfare....

When a woman called out in Wellington, and a small conversation about "talking at concerts" ensued, Jeff finished it with a classic:

"I'm sorry, this is a coincidence, but this next song is about hitting women..."

Cue: "She's a Jar"

Auckland and Wellington - my 3rd and 4th Wilco shows of the last 2 years.

Went to th the first one with one of my best mates (my partner in a brewery that has a beer called Pot Kettle Black!)... he'd not heard much beforehand and certainly

wasn't a fun. He was buzzing like nothing else afterwards. It was an outstanding show with perfect sound and an excellent set list. Loved jeff's lollipop guitar, yet another guitar with oustanding tone! Also the splendid end with the Being There tracks and Hoodoo Voodoo... Rock'n'roll!!!

The second gig was with my girlfriend, another Wilco fan of almost ten years. I dropped some of the aforementioned beer off backstage and then met her in town... she proposed, something she had been planning since just after we got our tickets. I accepted, of course! It wad quite a shock so the show was a bit of a blur but it was still superb. Another great show with highlights being the very different set list from the night before... And they played all the songs my girlfriend wanted (many of which, coincidentally, they'd not played the night before): theologians, sonny feeling, hummingbird, she's a jar. I'll never forget that show!

Wish I could go again very soon... And I'd love to hear Pot Kettle Black and Remember the Mountain Bed sometime...

Love what they've done to Spiders over the years. It's evolved nicely with the addition of the keys and the crowd clap. I'd love to see them really drag out that layered section at the end of Walken...

Hey Yalnikim - just found your website.

 

http://www.yeastieboys.co.nz/pot-kettle-black/

 

Sounds delicious. Will have to check this out next time I'm back in NZ. Anywhere you can get it in Aus?

As a matter of fact we're heading to Melbourne in a few weeks to check out a few options... There will be a few kegs at Young and Jackson's in mid-late May. Hopefully fairly regular bottle runs after that but we are tiny. More XXXX would evaporate each year than what we make all up!

Cheers

Stu

What the? you have a beer called Pot Kettle Black! Thats awesome. Congrats on the engagement too.

Yep - Yeastie Boys 'Pot Kettle Black'.

Cheers - Still buzzing about the gigs and the girl!

This'll be the show I remember on my deathbed, even though I reckon the AKL one was a shade better...

Went to both shows

Thanks for the setlist!

I went to both shows too. I did wonder if anyone else had... it's good to know that someone did. I couldn't really pick one as a better show than the other... I was amazed at how different the set lists were (not that I should be given their catalogue) and I'm really really glad I went to both shows.

The sound in AKL was better and I was in a perfect seat (in the middle - great sound, and I could see Brodie dancing!)... I loved the way the intensity built up there, and it was great to hear a few more Being There tracks (especially "Oattasite" and "Monday", two of my favourites) and Via Chicago.

However, Wellington will be forever etched in my memory... I managed to drop off some of my beer ("Pot Kettle Black") to the band in Wellington and then my girlfriend (mother of our three children and another huge Wilco fan) proposed to me a few hours before the show... she'd planned it all out for months... magic! Then the guys went on to play a few songs that they hadn't played in AKL and we'd really wanted to hear: Theologians (her favourite) and Sonny Feelin' (we coincidentally have a son called Sonny).

That's the fourth time I've seen them and the fourth time I've been blown away. Top band.