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I know, right? He's like Dolly Parton. Or the Muppets. In fact, if I owned a giant rock outcropping I might get to work carving a new Mount Rushmore featuring Willie, Dolly and the Muppets.

A lot of the tunes from this would probably make for a nice beach soundtrack:

I thought about posting this one, but I sort of like To all the Girls. Your post mirrors my feelings towards the album. I just read the 33 & 1/3 book on Paul's Boutique. I learned a lot about them and their friends/associates, that time period and the making of the record. Somehow I got it into my head a long time ago that the Beasties were playing the instruments on that tune. Turns out that's not the case. It's an Idris Muhammed drum sample and a Bob James electric piano sample.

George of the Jungle?

Gremlins?

Did the Diff'rent Strokes cast make a deal with the devil, or something? One tragedy after another. It's sad. Hopefully he'll pull through.

The old me would have said The Beatles/White Album: Back in the USSR. But Back in the USSR, while still not one of my favorites, eventually won me over.

That's kind of what I was thinking. There are so many variables. Sticking with Nirvana as an example, In Utero probably flew off the shelf immediately upon release thanks to Nevermind being such a huge hit. Bleach probably sells more copies now than it did when it came out. These days, an album might hit it's sales peak during pre-order, before the record has even been released. Considering the state of the music industry, it's an interesting time to be asking a question like this.

Playing guitar and drums. Attempting to make home recordings. I have a lot of LPs, which I've been accumulating since 9th or 10th grade. I don't like to think of myself as a collector. I have no interest in owning a record just because it's rare or "collectable." We buy refrigerator magnets from any place we visit.

Found this in the dollar bin over the weekend and finaly listened to it last night. WOW! I had never even heard of this record. This album is from 1975, but a lot of it sounds very much like the type of stuff you'd hear on recent releases by Bill Frisell or Nels Cline. The first track sounds like no guitar playing I've ever heard. Mind bending. If this holds up after repeated listenings it'll be up there with John Mclughlin's Extrapolation as one of my favorite guitar based jazz albums.

No, Feist is perfectly fine on that song. I think they should use whoever they want to use. I don't have any preference in that regard.

I can see this is going nowhere. I can't take it anymore. UNCLE! I GIVE!

Of course you can compare them. You can compare any two things. Films and albums have a great deal in common.

You're too smart to play that game. You know exactly what the point was. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cameo Main Entry: cam·eo Pronunciation: \ˈka-mē-ˌō\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural cam·eos Etymology: Middle English camew, from Middle French camau, kamaheu Date: 15th century 1 a : a gem carved in relief; especially : a small piece of sculpture on a stone or shell cut in relief in one layer with another contrasting layer serving as background b : a small medallion with a profiled head in relief 2 : a carving or sculpture made in the manner of a cameo 3 : a usual

Helping craft an entire album is the same to you as showing up one day and singing a co-vocal on one short song? Or to state it another way, Bill Murry made a cameo in Zombie Town. If he had been in the whole movie it would not have been a cameo appearance.

Fair enough. I could be wrong, but isn't he the lead guitarist on the entire record, and not just a guy who makes a cameo appearance?

I wasn't aware that Brian Henneman was a star at the time of A.M. Not that Feist is a big famous star, but most people who listen to Wilco probably know who she is, or at least are aware of her existence as a singer/recording artist. How well known was Brian Henneman when he was asked to play on A.M.? Again, I'm not endorsing the concept of guest stars weakening albums. I'm just throwing it out as a possibility that some people might see it that way. In some cases, it's very gimmicky, such as almost any time a country artist does it. Wilco should invite whoever they want to play on th

I think it's more like guest stars diminish the weight of an album, regardless of their gender. I don't know if I believe that, but I could see how someone might. Someone might think they were weak on material (and it seems they were), so they called in a ringer for help. I think the reality is that they were friendly with her and wanted to try something new. As it turned out, it's little more than fluff on an album with too much fluff, by the standards set by Wilco's back catalog.

I can see how this might be perceived to be the case. I've only seen him once, but I've never seen any band play as many songs as he did that night. And I had to leave before the show was over. I didn't count, but he must've played 40+ songs before I left.

Phases and Stages It's a concept album in which he tells the tale of a romantic breakup from both the man and woman's perspective.

I wonder if he donated his hair to Locks of Love, or something. Surely those braids didn't just wind up on the floor of a hair salon.

Willie Nelson has cut off his trademark braided pigtails. And check out the photo...how often do you get to see Willie playing a strat? http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978261216