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Passenger Sid

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  1. I agree. I'm guessing Tweedy doesn't like the lyrics...? I LOVE the music. It's twangy but comfortable. Slide guitar is incredible...probably, for me, what makes me want to listen to it a few times whenever I put on A.M.
  2. If the title track did nothing for ya, then maybe it's just a different strokes for different folks thing. Moonlight Motel is another jaw-dropper.
  3. I agree. I read that Springsteen partly used 70's Jimmy Webb/Glenn Campbell songs as inspiration. You can hear that type of sound throughout...the orchestration, and almost cinematic-like sound.
  4. Nice post. Just got thinking, too, that Sam Jones film has 2 really fantastic recordings of Pieholden Suite & How Do You Fight Loneliness. Such a wealth of awesomeness from that time period.
  5. Wonder why there's not to be a Deluxe version of Summerteeth? There must be tons of alternate versions of songs, along with who knows how many other recordings. It'd also be great to hear some live concert recordings during this time. Wilco's been consistently very good for a LONG time, if not great, but for me, this album was Wilco at it its most magical.
  6. My first thought as well. Icy & dark in at least a couple of ways. I'd add In A Future Age...speaking of a wind that shakes & stabs, and trees bending & falling.
  7. Really impressed by, and really enjoying WARM. Musically, lyrically, and as a whole package, I think it's at least as good as any album Tweedy's been a part of.
  8. I agree. DUMB to yell that at a Tweedy show. But to be fair, Tweedy asked people to shout out an "affirmation". Of COURSE there's gonna be at least person shout something you don't want to hear. Not a smart move on Jeff perhaps. I personally think no matter who Trump chose for the 5th Supreme Court seat, people like Tweedy wouldn't have liked it. Would Jeff have been on board with Amy Coney Barrett, another socially Conservative Catholic? Anyhoo...this isn't the Political forum, so about Tweedy's music. I've listened to audio from some of his solo shows. Really liking his new stuff. I
  9. Watched the video. Very uncomfortable. Shouting out "Kavanaugh" at a Tweedy concert might be dumb, but probably didn't deserve the personal verbal attack from Tweedy. Jeff's response is a good snapshot of how riled up the country is over the critical 5th, swing seat of the Supreme Court.
  10. Stumbled onto an interesting hour-long Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell (former New Yorker writer) at his site, Revisionist History. The full hour is devoted to making a case that Elvis suffered with Parapraxis (a Freudian slip, to put it simply) when singing the monologue portion of "Are You Lonesome Tonight". The episode is mostly touching and sad, but has some feel-good moments (Elvis had a great, infectious laugh). Jack White is interviewed half-way through, and takes his own stab at the Elvis tune, which is pretty great. http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/30-analysis-parapraxis
  11. Paul's new songs not too shabby. "I Don't Know" especially...got a little goose-pimply the first time I heard it. Maybe it was the almost Hey Jude-sounding intro. And I like the simple lyrics. "Come On To Me" kind of fun musically.
  12. Yeah, that would be a great record top to bottom. I'd figure out a way to add One True Vine and On & On & On somehow, but generally a good idea.
  13. Not bad, if the topic was albums created by Wilco. For me, Summerteeth & Being There's track list is better.
  14. (Any song written or co-written by a Wilco member can be included) 1. Airline To Heaven 2. Magazine Called Sunset 3. She's A Jar 4. All The Same To Me 5. Lullaby For Rafters & Beams 6. Hotel Arizona 7. At Least That's What You Said 8. Far Far Away 9. Pieholden Suite 10. Can't Stand It 11. More Like The Moon 12. Shot In The Arm 13. Dash 7 14. Another Man's Done Gone 15. Dreamer In My Dreams
  15. Neat list. Agree with much of it. Standing O doesn't seem appreciated enough. I'm tempted to say Hotel Arizona because the vibe of the song is cool as hell. Or Dash 7 because....because....I don't know because, I just damn like it. Or ALTWYS because that studio version is SO incredible with Jeff's urgent, slippery-sounding electric guitar riffs. Or Solitaire because of its lyrics. But I pick PIEHOLDEN SUITE.
  16. Agree on Shake It Off. That, along with Walken, are 2 I've never liked. Leave Me Like You Found Me & I Thought I Held You are 2 of my favorite all-time Wilco songs. Mostly for the vibe they put off. And I love the musicianship in the latter.
  17. William & Emily - Richard Buckner Can't Leave Her Behind - Lee Renaldo & Stephen Malkumus (Bob Dylan cover) Give Me A Nail - Billy Bragg & Wilco (Woody Guthrie) I'm Still Here - Tom Waits Love Is The Truth - Jack White
  18. John Prine's Tree Of Forgiveness New single, "Summer's End": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLaIFTmJF8
  19. Been listening the new album "Ruins" a lot of late. Agree with OP....the sisters' harmonies sound so damn good. The song "Fireworks" is classic, and "Nothing Has To Be True" is a powerful way to close out an album Seek out the recent KCRW session. They do a cover of Heart's "Crazy On You" that might be better than the original. At least as good.
  20. One of standout moments, to me, listening the Jack White album teaser a couple weeks ago, is the opening phrase to "Connected By Love": "Woman, don't ya know what I'm suffering from. Ease my pain....". I liked how it sounded. Then, when the song was released with the video, hearing that audio bit married up to a visual of the Virgin Mary statue was really powerful for me. The song is, overall, uplifting &. hopeful & passionate. Cool organ. Like the background singers. Interesting how music can hit, or not hit, people differently.
  21. Jack White's back! 2 new songs, "Connected By Love" & "Respect Commander".
  22. As a stand-alone, Force Awakens was a good movie. And, if considered as the only other Star Wars sequel or prequel, The Last Jedi is a even better. But that's not the reality. The original, beloved trilogy from the late 70's and early 80's DID exist. And that original trilogy was something extra special. I think Disney made a mistake. Either give the Skywalker family a noble, worthwhile exit over the last 3 films, or start the next generation films post-death of those characters. Disney wants their cake and eat it too...try to satisfy the old guard AND get every young male and female in th
  23. At least the prequels had Lucas' amazing world-building. And Episode III almost made the prequels worthwhile. Obi-Wan, in the original 3 films, didn't have the swagger that Solo had. Solo shoulda died in a way where maybe his cockiness and confidence got him in trouble. My biggest issue is, if Disney decided that they just want to get on with the next generation and dump Solo/Luke/Leia, then they shoulda just announced that the new Star Wars takes place many years after Return The Jedi...far enough in the future that Solo/Luke/Leia were dead. Why didn't they? Really simple. Had they ann
  24. Anybody else, who were fans of the original trilogy, feel like this newest go-around of 3 episodes is a big middle finger to fans of the original trilogy? We saw Han die un-heroicly, without fight in Force Awakens, Princess Leia virtually a non-role, and maybe 20 seconds of Luke all the way at the very end. Now Luke's gone. I get that Disney needs to make a billion-plus every year on their new purchase, but no need to kick us fans of the original in the balls so hard.
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