Passenger Sid

A blurb from Pitchfork's review. Pretty spot-on to me: "A Deeper Understanding is also a fascinating study in influence; it’s hard to think of a band with more obvious touchstones that also sounds so original. Over his last two records, Granduciel has chosen a very particular slice of music history—mid-’80s rock made by baby boomers with synthesizers—repossessed it, and built a new world within it. Like the music from that era, A Deeper Understanding is all about contrast, the push and pull of rock grittiness and authenticity, while the layers of keyboards and studio sheen give the music a d

Tweedy's quote about the song: “My dad was named after a Civil War general, and he voted for Barack Obama twice,” Tweedy said in a statement. “He used to say, ‘If you know better, you can do better.’ America — we know better. We can do better.” How do others interpret the quote? I think Jeff is trying to say that we can learn from our mistakes of the past. Or maybe that we all have consciences that guide us...we need to listen it. But it also comes across that if you didn't vote for Obama, you're not enlightened or intelligent. For me, political songs are dicey. I believe the U.S. is

So Trump was born at the end of a noose? What came down with blues? I enjoy the song better thinking of Belichik.

Paste magazine starts their Wilco song blurb with, "The politically charged song..." Who's Jeff singing about? Trump? The extreme whacky right? The extreme whacky left? Bill Belichik? Darth Vader? Not a bad sounding song. Kinda has a Mermaid Avenue vibe.

Agree 100%! Really amazing stuff. Search the Kimmel performance from last night's show...they sang "Pain". "Holding On", "Thinking Of A Place" and "Strangest Thing", along with "Pain", make it seem like the new record will be a classic.

Me too. I've listened to it a number of times. Really great. The R.E.M. version is fantastic. Campbell's cover of "Ghost On The Canvas" is great as well. It's neat to hear Westerberg's emotional, spare take compared with Campbell's fully-produced, professional version.

With Berry departing the band, "Up", it seemed to me, forced the band to re-think how it would make unique sounds. I think the experimental sounds, combined with Stipe's lyrics of overcoming or keeping one's head above waters in bad times, makes "Up" one of their great records. The early, jangly, mysterious R.E.M. is the best R.E.M. I think a vast majority of R.E.M. fans would agree. But post-Berry R.E.M. isn't the disaster that I feel some seem to think it is.

Don't know if anything R.E.M. put out beyond the 90's is deserving of Top 50, but they had some gems in their last decade. Fave 5 R.E.M. Songs, Post-1990's: 1. We All Go Back To Where We Belong 2. Every Day Is Yours To Win 3. That Someone Is You 4. I'll Take The Rain 5. Beat A Drum

That could be REALLY worth getting. Supposedly, a couple unheard full songs and a few music-only recordings from that time could be part of it.

R.E.M. has SO many great songs that lists like these are kinda fun for debate. Flowers is a definite Top 10 for me. Driver 8 is hard to argue against. Kohoutek (#96) and 11th Untitled Song (#110) are 2 others that stood out to me as being way too low.

Exhibit A: 61. Green Grow The Rushes 62. Flowers Of Guatemala The list is wrong. I don't think I need to make any other arguments.

Cool Jagger clip. And yeah, the Prince jam on Harrison's song definitely fits "epic".

Wanda Jackson w/ Jack White, on Late Show With David Letterman, January 20th, 2011, singing "Shaking All Over": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzDfYidKU5c

Future Islands' "The Far Field" is out. And it's very worth buying. Catch 'em on Conan tonight.

Not really a Wilco song, but I'd love to hear a live version of Loose Fur's "Hey Chicken".

You only get ONE. Mine... Paul Westerberg

Yep. Catholics can vote for whatever candidate they want for whatever reason they want. The Church doesn't tell them how to vote. That San Diego flier isn't supported by the Church. Of course, voting Democrat is NOT a mortal sin. Silly.

There's a LOT Catholics who vote Democrat. I think it's close to 50-50. They justify voting for a Pro-Choice candidate by saying they believe the Democrats respect life post-birth more than Republicans. Pope Francis, nor priests, tell parishioners who to vote for.

Future Islands - “The Far Field” - April 7th Brand new single “Ran”. Jimmy Fallon Feb. 9th., followed shortly by long tour. !

Nowhere in Jeff's social media post does he state a position regarding anything specifically. What would I possible be disagreeing with?! How I feel about Tweedy is how I feel about Conan O'Brien or Alec Baldwin, for examples. Conan's old NBC late night show was, in my opinion, one of if not THE greatest late night TV show of all time...funny, weird and quirky. On TBS, since getting burned by NBC, Conan's show is, generally, more cynical and more political. I don't like his show as much. Not because of his political views. But because...in my opinion...political discourse has a lot of nastin

You're right. Hypothetically, if I got stranded on a small island, and I was one of only 3 humans, including Mr. Tweedy and my 3 year old nephew, and I needed information on how to build a raft or how to make a fire and find food to eat and stay safe at night from wild creatures, I'd love to have someone like Mr. Tweedy around and would definitely seek his advice over my 3 year old nephew.

Um, huh? Jeff can say whatever he wants. I like Tweedy. I think he's a genuinely very good guy. A caring guy. Seems a sweet guy. A grounded guy. A funny guy. A talented guy. I never once said anything specifically about disagreeing with him. Or being outraged in any way at what he says or thinks. In fact, the opposite. It bothers me ZERO...because I honestly think that...generally...entertainers' opinions and thoughts on political issues mean as much to me as my 3 year old nephew's opinion on political issues. I sometimes think that entertainers think, because they have popularity and a pl

My point is that, I think Jeff is fully aware that if he chooses to be part of a political rally or takes a side politically, that there's gonna be some people who don't agree with said rally, and will get worked up about it and say dumb/nasty things to him. Jeff has said many times that when he and Wilco put out a song, it's not there's anymore. I love that. And I agree. I love "Pieholden Suite". It makes me think of my wife. I love "Shot In The Arm", cause when he says "what you once were isn't what you want to be anymore", I think of how many dumb things I may have said or done in my life

Jeff's a smart guy. He's gotta know many fans of music...including me....could give a flying crap about his political opinions.

Oh, this must the type of marches a lady writing for CNN doesn't like: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/opinions/prolife-and-feminist-under-trump-bachiochi-opinion/index.html