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1/ Taste the Ceiling 2/ Magnetized 3/ Cold Slope 4/ More… 5/ The Joke Explained 6/ Where Do I Begin 7/ Random Name Generator 8/ You Satellite 9/ King of You 10/ Pickled Ginger 11/ EKG

We all marvel at the seque from You Satellite to Taste the Ceiling, one of the very high points of this album. But what if Taste the Ceiling opens the second side of the vinyl ?

I am an « Hummingbird » guy. I am an « I’ll Fight » guy. Even an « Open Mind » guy. Well. I’m not that open minded concerning music in general, except with the bands I love. And I do love Wilco. Yeah, I’m a Wilco guy. I know this board and the Wilco fanbase in general has evolved from the No Depression age into something completely different, which is only natural considering the line up changes and the reinvention of their sound. But, it is true I’m an « I’ll Fight » person as opposed to a « Bull Black Nova » guy. I don’t care that much if they « rock » or not. I don’t care if they « decons

Well, the problem is not only that we've already heard it all. The problem is that some of us have already bought everything. I mean, I've bought YHF, then I bought it again (the australian tour edition, which wasn't neither cheap or easy, from Paris), I've bought all the soundtracks, comps, tributes and benefit CDs to get the likes of "Old Maid" (superb), Let Me come Home (fabulous) or Any Major Dude (marvelous), I've bought the CD singles and all the extended editions etc. of every album, having already bought the initial releases. And I'm not talking about vinyl editions (which I bought). A

I still don't have the finished product. Can someone please confirm 1/ who sings Jaicell Blues 2/ when Jolly Banker was recorded ?

Bragg : Bugeye Jim, My Thirty Thousand, Ought to Be Satisfied Now, Go Down to the Water, Don't You Marry, Union Prayer Wilco : When the Roses Bloom Again, Listening to the Wind That Blows, Chain of Broken Hearts, The Jolly Banker (who knows for sure when this was recorded ?), Ain'ta Gonna Grieve Bragg (vocal) & Wilco (band) : Jailcell Blues (not 100%sure who sings lead), Give Me a Nail, Be Kind to the Boy on the Road, I'm out to Get Corey Harris (I think) : Gotta Work, Tea Bag Blues

As I remember, there was always a great following in France for the Inmates, who were kind of legendary as bearers of the garage and pub rock flames when it wasn't fashionable anymore (nor yet). Unfortunately (for me), I was a little young first, then much too naive to know anything about those clubs until more recently. Now, I vividly remember the reissue of the Beatles album like 10 years ago, it got fantastic press, and it was very exciting. The New Morning is great, but waaaayyy too small for Wilco these days. At the same time, I love when the bands (wilco especially) play very close to ea

Damn, I wasn't there. But I REGRET IT, I love the Inmates, the ONLY band that would open an album of Beatles covers by Little Child !! So cool ! And close it by I'm Down… In the 80's, when the Beatles were unbelievably uncool ! Now, that's what I call rock'n'roll.

No idea ! I'm gonna ask. But I've been at la Maroquinerie so often that there's a good chance I've seen you play there ! If I only knew who you are…

I've done the same as victor79, trying to contact everyone to try and see why Wilco didn't come to Paris more often. The answer was that it's almost impossible for them to make any money if they play their usual 800-1000 people venues. They've waited all these years to receive an offer for a venue like this one, which can hold 2500 seated people and make it profitable for them. When it was announced they'd play the REX, I had the chance to talk to John Stirratt. I warned him about this "sitting issue" and he told me "oh, don't worry, we know how to work these places." In my opinion, the other

They hadn't played in France since 2007 (and we were VERY frustrated by that fact), so they were clearly a little self conscious about what image of the band they should present. I mean, when they play for crowds that get many chances to see them, they tend to vary the setlists a lot. But in this case, it was more "Wilco as it should be" if you see them only once in 5 years or once in a lifetime. Thus the emphasis on the "experimental" side of the band (BBN + Spiders + Germany + Laminated Cat + Handshake Drugs + One Wing + Misunderstood + AoA, etc.) which was a little bit overwhelming for my t

yep, sorry, I didn't know if it was ok to post a link. Figured everybody could google it easily enough.

speaking of "rare tweedy", I recently found jeff's unreleased version of "I'll be your baby tonight", recorded for the I'm not there soundtrack but ultimately not used.

Most of the songs from the albums up to AGIB were as good if not better when performed by Tweedy solo than they were with the full band arrangement. This hasn't been the case anymore since SBS, and I suspect it won't be the case with most tunes on TWL. Does it mean that the songs per se are less good or is it proof that the band has improved a lot ?

I'm pretty sure Jeff Tweedy would like to be the one to open up your mind about this kind of simple songs.

I read somewhere that Capitol City dates back a long time. Jeff hasn't written such a good set of pop chord changes since hummingbird, which itself was from the Bennett era.

What we can all agree on : atmospheric ballads good ; strings on Black Moon great ; lyrics excellent ; more up tempo crowdpleasers than on any post YHF record ; tremendous opener ; impressive closer track ; fantastic low voice by Jeff on some songs ; it is their best album since AGIB. What we will endlessly argue about : capitol city (me, I just love it, in a hummingbird kind of way, I already can picture jeff with the mic in hand and no guitar doing the show on that one) ; which ballad is best (I say Open Mind and Sunloathe) ; which up tempo songs are the strongest (I say I Might and Born

so true…

but… but… you mean we will be allowed to DISCUSS the album after that ?

You're probably right. But for those of us who became fans at the time of BT, ST or YHF, it's fair to say that we probably would not have become infatuated in the same way if we'd first listened to SBS or W(TA). I think that's the main reason why those discs are often dismissed by people who kinda 'like' them but know they would not have fallen in love with them. It's like an old friend who has changed a lot. Sometimes you still like/love him, but you're saying to yourself "if I'd met him now, we would never become that close".

The real question is not if W(TA) or Sky Blue Sky (or The Whole Love) are good, bad, better, disappointing etc. The question is "would I have become such a fan of this band by discovering them with these albums". And the real answer would be 'no' for most of us who first heard the band in the Bennett years. The last LP that could really gather new fans was probably AGIB, because it could seduce the "art rock" crowd. I like/love the subsequent albums, but I like /love them as valid additions to the band's oeuvre, and I'm almost certain they were made with that intention. I doubt I would have b

It's very true. To me (the album) is not as much a summation of their work up to date as it is a little "generic". Allow me to make a comparison here : an album like "Shootenany" by Eels is a "generic" Eels record, each song being "in the vein" of something they did before, but less good. While "Blinking Lights" is a true summation, the masterpiece that encompasses all that is great about them (him). W(TA) falls short to achieve that because there is not enough gravitas or depth in the lyrics, harmonic structures or band performances, in spite of some great songs (for me : Deeper Down, Country

I think this observation is very interesting. Because there's a fairly good chance that many Wilco fans are Beatles fans themselves, especially people that got aquainted with the band during the "Bennett years". So, if we follow your idea, it wouldn't be surprising if they didn't "get" Nels' contribution to the band… See what I mean ? It could be an acurate description of the divide between people who prefer the Bennett line-up and people who prefer the current line-up. Then again, some of the more "Beatley" music Wilco ever made is on SBS (Hate it Here) and W(TA) (Everlasting Everything)…

Well I might have some sort of an explanation. In recent years, I think they never played outside Paris. Most of the shows were excellent, one (at a venue called the Maroquinerie) was absolutely outstanding. One of the issues might be that a large part of the audience consisted in american people. Each time, Jeff did a little chatter routine like "hey, are there americans here tonight" and the response was always very loud, by far out-staging the 'local's' response. It might well be that the band thought "oh well, we like to play for americans, but isn't it what we do every other night of the

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