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Since my computer at work is craptastic...would anyone mind at least running down the setlist as the songs come up? Thanks in advance.

thanks

Damn, I missed Side with the Seeds, how did it sound?

It's funny, because I don't really agree either (especially with a lot of your notable tracks). To each his own, though. I've always thought A.M. gets too little credit and Summerteeth gets way too much praise. For example, the last half of A.M. with Dash 7, Passenger Side, Too Far Apart, Blue Eyed Soul, etc. is excellent. And A Ghost is Born's messiness (or call it "planned chaos") is what makes it so interesting. Sky Blue Sky is still so new, that it's hard to fairly grade it, but I really love it so far.

My grades (and these are all relative to Wilco's output only):

A.M. - B-

Being There - A-

Mermaid Ave. - B+

Summerteeth - B-

Mermaid II - C-

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - A+

A Ghost is Born - A

Sky Blue Sky - A

I played my Wilco so loud that everyone in the neighborhood has heard it and now they can all sing along.

Just don't let anyone say it's wrong.

I wish I had took more AP courses in high school

That's actually a really good review. But I wonder why they're afraid of giving any of the albums since Summerteeth anything higher than 4 stars.

Add me to the number of people surprised at no mention of SBS in the Best Buy ad. Especially since Linkin Park was on two different pages. Although, I was in Target today and they had it on their "Upcoming Releases" stand.

Since I've been living and breathing Wilco for the last few years, it's always hard for me to comprehend how little-known they are. Not that it really matters. Just interesting.

While not a SBS virgin, I had taken a vow of abstinence after listening to it for a week after the very first stream. I am anxiously awaiting May 15 like its my wedding night and I'm part of a couple that has decided to wait until then.

I don't know, maybe I took the metaphor too far.

just another reason why i wish i lived in dallas. that's seriously awesome!

You should actually wish you lived in Fort Worth.

It's always interesting to see so many of my favorite songs show up on other people's "worst" lists. I think it's a testament to Wilco's quality that everyone can find something to like best, no matter how different.

Here's mine (and I didnt include the new album...no way I can make a valid determination on those songs yet):

1. That's Not the Issue

2. (Was I) In Your Dreams

3. The Lonely 1

4. Can't Stand It

5. Candyfloss

Escape (The Pina Colada song)

People actually argue about this?

Vehemently.

EW.com has a short interview with Tweedy about SBS and other things. It's more of the same, but his story about their first trip to the Grammys is pretty funny.

Link

Willie Nelson - Phases and Stages

 

well, 2 songs from it.

 

'Ada, put the sounds of your house in a song

Try to be speechless for a minute'

How are they? I'm really looking forward to that album.

I disagree with you on Side with the Seeds. For me, it's becoming an all-time favorite and that mostly has to do with Nels, especially on the first solo. I also can't ever seem to get Either Way out of my head after hearing it (in a good way). It is one of the weaker openers, but now you're comparing it to Misunderstood, IATTBYH, and ALTWYS. I think it fits the album pretty well.

I agree with you about Glenn. I really tried to listen for him on the headphones one night, and I concluded that maybe a better quality version of this album will highlight what he's doing, because it's more than you might initially think (at least it was for me).

My biggest beefs are with Shake It Off and What Light. What Light is the one song that occasionally loses my interest and Shake It Off just doesn't sound ready to be on an album. It just seems underdeveloped and thrown together. But it's also the song I'm looking forward to the most live. I think it has the potential to be something a whole lot more dynamic than what exists on the album right now. I like the song but I just feel like it could be so much more.

My math shows Bennett as a 38.46% contributor on the music, and a negligible impact on lyrics. Explain to me again how he should be considered a chief songwriter. Thanks.

I think Orkie is Jay. Although I'm not sure which one yet

I would have to agree with the falsing of the falsing of the false.

I think.

The one that actually surprised me the most from my listens last night was YHF. I have to admit I'm a little sick of most of those songs and sometimes get tired of hearing about how great that album is, so lately it has been my least listened-to Wilco album. But every once in a while I come back to it--like last night--and I swear I just stood there in my kitchen for the entire duration of the album going "Whoa".

I've been on my own mini-marathon and completely agree with you on YHF. Although I never tire of hearing how great it is, I do take it for granted sometimes. Listening to it beginning to end this afternoon gave me the same sense of awe you felt.

It's always been one of my favorites off BT, too. I listened to AM yesterday and realized that any one of those last three songs could fit in well with a current Wilco show. Especially with Nels on steel.

Am I the only one that prefers Moondance to Astral Weeks?

I was late to the party, getting in to Wilco with YHF. Those first few notes of IATTBYH sold me immediately. I hold all their albums in equal reverence, but I was an Uncle Tupelo fan first, so appreciating AM and folowing the progression of their catalog was easy for me.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the new album. In some ways, there are songs that I think surpass a lot of what they have already done (Side with the Seeds, You are My Face, Hate it Here, On and On and On), along with songs that go back to what they've done before (SBS, Leave Me, Patient With Me, Either Way). Nels has added a different dynamic to the band - one that I like a lot. And Shake it Off feels like the most underdeveloped song they have ever recorded. The thought of hearing the live version of the song fills me with a great deal of excitement and dread.

cmj is running a poll on sbs now. not that it means anything but i thought it was interesting. for all i know 15 people have voted.

 

the results so far:

 

No opinion. - 20%

Who would vote "no opinion" on an opinion poll?