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    Dublin 15 Nov 07

    in After The Show

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    that was fucking beast. there seemed to be a bit more of a lively atmosphere the second night and it did seem like the band wanted to play just a little more but they didn't get to. over the two nights I only would've loved to hear ELT and Poor Places and that woulda been everything perfect. They played Late Greats which I was shouting for a bit.

     

    Only downside was the prick beside me shouting "puke for me Jeff" about four times during the gig. dick.

    Sorry, other downside.... that I can't just go see them every night!

    Austin City Limits tonight

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    They're just spanned Zips. If you're using Windows, 7-Zip (free) will work. Just right-click on the first file and choose "extract here." Something like that.

     

    http://www.7-zip.org/

     

    Mac users should be able to use something like Zipeg (free)

     

    http://www.zipeg.com/zipeg.html

     

    I would think that any software that can handle Zip files should be able to extract spanned Zip files.

     

     

    Sorry...this is absolutely wrecking my head. PLease explain how to watch these videos. I'm going fucking mental!!! I know I've done this before. I have h-join and the one you recommend in this post nothing is working. How do I extract them!!!!>!!?!?> !?>

    What is Wilco's next direction?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I don't really have a preference, but if Tweedy's been grooving on Battles and Panda Bear lately, I'd love to hear a Wilco record influenced by those bands and their sound.

     

    The fact that I'm listening to all of that stuff at the moment (except Dr. Dog who I've never heard of) is nice but mainly, I really like Jeff's quote about albums having their own internal logic. I'd never been able to articulate that before. Damn you Tweedy you legend.

    How Much Music Theory Does Jeff Know?

    in Just A Fan

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    The question is pointless. Completely.

     

    It doesn't necessarily matter if you do or don't study it as your examples have shown (Dylan, Young etc...).

     

    Studying isn't gonna make you better or worse at music (in terms of music you like), you'll just be doing it a different way. Rules aren't necessarily good or bad.

     

    As for Wilco - they follow lots of rules about how rock is made and played. Glenn is probably well schooled in music theory and Jeff and Nels (for example) probably know tons even if they learned it intuitively and may not know the scholarly words for certain terms. Doesn't mean they follow all rules - doesn't mean they don't follow some rules. Music is inherently about structure in some way or the other. "Rules" will always be there.

     

    If you're thinking about doing it, I'd recommend it because it may open up your mind to all sorts of possibilities you hadn't come across in music and will probably make you more adept at expressing your musical ideas. Mainly...don't worry about it, just try to enjoy or be interested or stimulated by the music you make and listen to.

    Has Jeff ever talked about Elliott Smith in interviews etc

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I am glad that Jeff Tweedy didn't have to go through the monstrous rehab that Elliott did, which may have left him with the numbness in his arm.

     

    Basically, they implanted a catheter in his arm and put him on a saline drip. During this treatment he was so weak he could barely even grip a glass of water. Ugh.

     

    Interesting point of comparison that kind of sheds new light on Sky Blue Sky for the haters.

     

    Are you talking about the Amino Acid Rehab thing he did that he mentions in the Under The Radar interview? I'm not sure but I think that that occured after the gig we are talking about... can't be sure of the timeline however... there seemed to be a few lost years in between Figure 8 and his re-emergence in late 2002.

    Has Jeff ever talked about Elliott Smith in interviews etc

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    The one time I got to see Elliott Smith live was opening for Wilco at the Riviera. He wasn't in the best shape, but I'm glad I got to see him.

     

    I've heard that concert. He was complaining about not being able to feel his fingers cos he slept on his arm on the plane. Its fairly fucking depressing to listen to. He can barely finish any songs and he sounds incredibly frustrated and disheartened.

    Has Jeff ever talked about Elliott Smith in interviews etc

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Yeah its defitnately different then anything he has ever done. I think it would've fit nicely on XO, but we will never know unless of course we change the tracklist.

     

    Good to see another ES fan on this board.

     

    Yeah its ridiculous how many songs he didn't like and didn't think they were album material. Most of his unreleased songs that he didn't feel were up to par are better than what most artist can do.

     

    Do you ever post on sweetaddy?

     

    Occasionally post but there's not a lot to discuss anymore... well at the moment there is with New Moon but for long periods nothing that interests me come up much on it, unfortunately. But its still great in its own way, and Charlie is a great guy.

    Has Jeff ever talked about Elliott Smith in interviews etc

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Im a huge Elliott fan so I agree with you.

     

    I was just saying some of his songs do sound beatlesque but who cares. I think he was an amazing songwriter and one of the best of his generation.

     

    I remember a couple years back having a disagreement with a nirvana fan. He said Kurt Cobain was the best song writer. I am all for opinions but I was like wtf...

     

    coast to coast-What do you think of "All Cleaned Out" off of New Moon? Its the only song I hadn't heard prior to the release and I think its amazing. Its simple yet I love his voice in that song.

     

    I really like it... I mean like all of his songs, so that's not suprising! But I still think its slightly weird for him. Doesn't sound like anything else on the record, does it? Its uptempo and the chords are simply stummed all the way through. I wonder what it would've sounded like on XO. But I mean, sometimes you lose context listening to Elliott Smith songs, because they're off such a high standard.

    Has Jeff ever talked about Elliott Smith in interviews etc

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Obviously the Beatles influence most things and I'd probably wouldn't be wrong if I said that The Beatles were one of Elliott Smith's favourite bands - he did about 10 covers of their songs. I should correct myself -

     

    What I said about Elliott Smith chords, maybe I should've said guitar playing. A folkish finger picking pattern with the melody played through a picking pattern and slightly unusual (though not absurd) chord changes and especially a chord sequence often dictated by (or producing) a rising or falling chromatic or scale sequence through the chords themselves, e.g. the chorus of Please Be Patient With Me, and the middle 8 of Say Yes, the chorus of Happiness. If you want to imagine that Elliott Smith had no style except "Beatlesque", go ahead. I think you're wrong.

     

    Also, Elliott Smith never released Flowers for Charlie, most likely because he realised the melody was far too similar to Happy Xmas (War is Over) by John Lennon. I still like Elliott's song but you can't escape that fact everytime you hear it.

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