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Then perhaps that quote is what you should have directly responded to, rather than a long post where I was saying something totally different. Was my initial comment a ridiculous overstatement? Of course, but so what? (In my opinion) Your feelings are not hurt, you're just giving me shit because I'm a safer target than Jeff Tweedy. I don't mind taking shit, so fire away. I fucking love classic rock. The idea that you don't get that (after I've made hundreds of posts on classic rock threads on this forum for over a decade) means you aren't paying attention to the entire point of this t

I don't think I should have to put "in my opinion" or "to me" at the end of every sentence I say when it couldn't be more obvious I'm talking about nothing but my own personal tastes. What would be condescending is if I did say that because I assumed you or others on this board needed me to. Before I saw your post I was watching some Marcus King videos. The guy can sing and play great, without question, and the songs were quite nice. I wish I could play guitar as good as he can. He also seems like a great guy. But if you understand the context of what I was (in my opinion, quite obv

You continue to focus on only half of the description I offered. The other half ("vocals in a slightly shouty, distorted, boozy manner"), I thought, makes it pretty clear I was referring to the swaggery type of rock bands like the Stones/Replacements. As far as I recall, we haven't seen any newer bands in that mold on Solid Sound or Sky Blue Sky lineups, or as opening acts for any of their regular shows probably since the '90s. But we have seen them handpick rock bands who don't fit that description...like Ohmme, Cate Le Bon, Lithics, Courtney Barnett, older acts like Feelies, Yo La Tengo

Surely you understand that there's rock music that isn't in the Faces/Stones mold, or the Replacements mold, or isn't something people would point to and say "THAT is a prime example of rock and roll." As I already said, look at the lineup for any year of Solid Sound. I love classic rock, but there's nobody doing that now whose records I would buy. Not that there's nobody doing it well (for example, Marcus King Band seems pretty good. They surely can play, but they're basically just the Allmans). But it's tired and doesn't provide any fresh inspiration. I got the inspiration that come

That's exactly what I was going for with my post. I love stereotypical rock music like the Faces/'70s Stones/AC/DC, etc. as much as the next guy, but new bands who come along and try to inherit that territory aren't the types of bands that inspire me to pick up my guitar or make me want to write a song. This is how I interpret Jeff's comment about being bored by rock and roll.

Is that a serious question?

I guess it depends what he means by rock and roll. Is anybody NOT bored by a group of white guys playing guitar, guitar, bass, drums, vocals in a slightly shouty, distorted, boozy manner? I sure as hell am. But look at every Solid Sound lineup and the Mexico thing coming up. They are predominately what one would describe as rock and roll. Tweedy is one of the curators of these lineups. He's not bored with these types of rock and roll acts. He told us in the film almost 20 years ago that two electric guitars (one of the main staples of "rock and roll") is obsolete. He was wrong and i

The latest issue of Guitar Player has Jeff and Nels on the cover. Pretty good interview. Sort of gear oriented. One surprising piece of info from it: That's Jeff playing the lead guitar hook on Love is Everywhere. He said it was faster to just record it himself than it would be to teach it to Nels. (Nels plays it on stage, and it sounds exactly the same.)

That's a good idea! I have a couple hundred pounds worth of tiles in my shed. I might try that.

Still not there. Bummer, since I'm rarely near one of those stores. I was really hoping to pick it up today while I was on the way home from the doctor. I picked up the new Guitar Player with Jeff and Nels on the cover as a consolation prize.

I was there. I thought the band were terrific. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like they're using less gear on stage than ever before. Massive guitar collection aside, they could haul their stage gear around in a van. I like that they can cover so much sonic territory with a fairly small amount of equipment. A number of the songs seem to be pretty drastically rearranged since I last saw them (my last show was Star Wars tour, and before that was the An Evening With Wilco run). The new arrangement of Reservations is gorgeous, for example, and there were some Glenn spotlight moments that

They played their SBS show there with Low opening. It poured rain the whole time. I'm surprised he didn't remember that.

WILCO!

It is, and ultimately, they gave me the option of a refund or a replacement. I took the refund and went to the record store a couple days later to buy it. I told my friend at the record store about the warped record (and showed him the video I too of it spinning on my turntable), and he said their shipment was recalled due to damage and that a lot of the are probably like that. Maybe it had to do with the heatwave in the south that week, because everyone else seems to be getting good copies. So a week later they finally got their shipment and I went back to get a pink copy. So it worke

There's a good new interview with Gorman that I'm working my way through on Dean Delray's podcast: https://allthingscomedy.com/podcast/dean-delrays-let-there-be-talk

Yeah, it sounds like nobody has even been asked to participate. But that hasn't stopped the music press from sniffing around asking people if they're in or out. On a different note, how is Gorman's book? Does he dig into Mr. Crows Garden at all? I was close friends for a long time with the bass player of that band, and I've heard his side of the story fairly in-depth. I'd love to hear about that from someone else who was there.

Weren't Chris and Rich saying less than a year ago that they'd never speak to each other again? And now they're about to get the band back together, but Steve Gorman is saying he'll never participate in what he describes as a money grubbing charade. I'm placing pretty good odds on Gorman changing his mind the way the Robinson brothers apparently have.

Wouldn't that have been before the album even came out? They were still using the "pre-order for a chance to win a guitar" pitch less than two weeks ago.

When am I going to find out if I won the Tele or Jazzmaster in the pre-order raffle?

I don't remember what Brenda Lee or Janet Jackson's music is like, but I could draw a straight line from most of those artists to something important that happened in rock and roll. Billy Holiday and Nina Simone: protest and civil rights music Donna Summer: disco/electronic music is still a major element of rock and roll Aretha and Etta James: R&B, gospel, and doo-wop are some of styles rock descends from Dusty Springfield is maybe the closest parallel to Whitney out of that bunch. I like some of their music (Wishin' and Hopin' and Son of a Preacher Man are among my favorite music

I just don't see a connection between what she does and what rock and roll is, even in the widest definition. EDIT: To be fair to her, I have not listened to all of her music. Maybe she's done some rock music I'm unaware of.

I think I intended to put them on my list, but cut them off somehow. They should be in, for sure.

The following should all get in. Kraftwerk MC5 Motörhead Todd Rundgren T.Rex I don't see why Whitney Houston would get in ever, but she'll get in this year. 100%. Dave Matthews shouldn't get in yet, but will eventually. I agree Phish should get in first, but this is still basically Rolling Stone Magazine presents the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame more than it is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I hope my post didn't come across as argumentative. That wasn't my intent, but I was in a mood this morning, so there might be some aggro tone there that was unwarranted. Anyway, I agree with you about setlist variation. I like being surprised. They've generally done a pretty good job of changing up the setlist at the shows I've seen (I usually only see one show per tour), but there are still a lot of songs I've never see them play, and a number of songs they've almost always played.

It could be that he was consciously using a contemporary reference for the sake of modern audiences, many of whom weren't alive to see the Dead. There's no chance whatsoever that John is unaware the Dead came before Phish, or was slighting them in any way. Wilco did a tour with Bob Weir and played Grateful Dead songs on sage with him. The Dead don't need to be buffed up any more than they already are. Also, do we know for sure that the Dead are the pioneers of setlist variety? Or have they simply been marketed that way? There were probably countless long-forgotten folk artists that k