moxiebean

Relax. They do have Solid Sound scheduled for next year, right? I would hope for a new album and/or live material to appear around that time. And a tour.

Minutemen

James Brown

Big show (I've only been to a handful that were decent so I'll go with the best of the lot): U2 at the Spectrum, Unforgettable Fire tour, Spring 1985 Small shows: Pixies at City Gardens, Doolittle tour, Fall 1989 (and two nights later at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA.) Big Audio Dynamite at the Bayou, 1987(?) Living Colour/Soul Asylum, Chestnut Cabaret, 1988

Oh, I get the perspective of The Lonely 1 - it's just that line is jarringly awkward, especially when coupled with "when critics pan I write in your defense," which is so beautifully phrased. But I guess that's the point of the song. *YES!

A few clunkers from the Wilco canon: When you perform it's so intense. (The Lonely 1) His vocal chords are made of gold / He just looks a little too old (Late Greats) The drunks were ricocheting (Sky Blue Sky)

Related, the background "yeah" during the opening riff of Can't You Hear Me Knocking.

The "yes we're going to a party party" part of Birthday

My vinyl copy of this sounds like it was dubbed from a tape recorder at the bottom of a well - I didn't "get" Sister Lovers until I picked up the remastered CD 25 years later.

Chose: Flying Assigned: Freezing Time I'd be able to fly myself from Savannah to western Massachusetts for the next Solid Sound festival, not having to worry about the cost of airfare or traffic on I-95. Once there I could freeze time, swoop down on the stage, and finally get a good look at Nels' pedal board and see what powers the winking macramé owl (AAA batteries? Solar power? Pat's windmills? Positive vibes?)

I'll go with flying because it would give me a valid reason to wear a cape.

WL/WH is by far my favorite VU album. The Gift is pretty damn great if you turn the left speaker volume all the way down.

Dash Chicken

They're my favorite band that's still actively recording & touring, with Radiohead a close second. They'd probably be somewhere in the bottom half of my top ten all-time favorite bands list, along with The Clash (at #1), REM, Husker Du, Stones, Beatles, Steely Dan, etc.

Me, too. I fell in love w/ ELO when I was 14 & first heard Mr Blue Sky on the radio. After 35 years and musical detours into punk/hardcore/indie/alt country/etc I still dust off my ELO vinyl from time to time.

I'm approaching 50 in a couple of months and while I have yet to buy the expensive car or guitar, I find myself doing the math & doubling my age and realizing I probably won't be alive at 98. And I'm okay with that.

Whether at home, visiting family or staying in a hotel, always on the right.

I totally agree - never been a fan of neutered blues licks.

Side six of Sandinista!

I agree. Even the name Hall of Fame is dated, probably to the same time as the League of Nations. Both sound like something you'd read in a comic book.

and his progeny, Tom Waits

I noticed the same thing when I saw her a few years ago. That kind of folksiness and pausing between songs might work great if you're playing a small club but not so much when you're in front of a couple thousand people in a theater. She could learn a few things from a band like Wilco about pacing and momentum when performing in front of a larger audience. She could start by hiring a guitar tech.