Pecan_Pie

This could be fun:

aGiB

YHF

ST

BT

SBS

AM

SW (for now, I'm curious where this ends up in a few months)

tWL

W(tA)

I gotta say I'm warming to this album already. Ten listens and I'm annoying everyone around me asking them about it (becauss I'm evil and make them listen to it). It's dense and difficult, and I don't know how it'll stand the test of time, but it's Wilco, so it probably will. Please excuse my prior post where I didn't know what I think, but I still don't know what to think. But I'm comfortably confused now. I really like all the weird little YHF sounds on it... So glad they started doing that again.

So, will the tote bag blink too?  I'd pay extra for one of those.

I gotta say,  I really didn't enjoy the first half that much.  The second half of the album has won me over enough that I'll be listening to it over and over again.  I'm a little disappointed that some of Tweedy's vocals feel a little buried on this record.  And there's nothing wrong with electric guitar, but there's A LOT of it on this record.  This one is definitely going to have to grow on me (but I have a feeling it might).  Also, just got to Magnetized.  Hell yes.  I love it.  Favorite track for sure.  It's very pretty.  I love the chromatic walk down in the vocals, it adds just the right amount of tension.

Their stance on music streaming services.

Is that you Neil???

For me, to borrow a phrase from Zappa, it's the ability to "put eyebrows on it"

 

I am so going to raise my eyebrows during Bach pieces now.

These responses are greay keep them coming! And I did mean this to be a highly subjective question. There's a few objective things, but it's not great to have perfect rhythm and no emotion either.

Methinks I'm just a hopeless romantic who requires vast quantities of emotion. I want to see you bear your soul when someone plays music. I want to see someone's soul peaking out from their instrument (or voice) while doing this. Foe myself, there would be no point in art of any kind if it didn't make life better in some way.

Hi all,

My piano teacher posed an interesting question and I'd like to get as many takes on this as possible (and probably start an argument or two in the process). So here goes nothing. What makes a musician great? Whether a singer or a bassoonist, is it an inate sense of rhythm? The timbre they can pull out of their instrument? Something more esoteric? Or something completely different?

I was going to reply to that thread, but after Zappa and Fahey my mind went so, so blank. (And Nels... Ok maybe i should make a list.. ).

Nice to see some more Zappa love here. I was just silently lamenting how few people had him on their Favorite Guitarist lists. He used to play Octandre a lot with the Mothers.

This report makes me super happy.  I wish I could have gone, but I'm glad others had such a great time!!!

I unfortunately did not get to go to this show, but i had a few friends that went and their report was much different. One group were super fans, seeing Wilco multiple time's and even seeing and playing with Jeff in living room shows. The other were a newly UARK graduates enjoying the mountains before real life set's in for them, seeing the band for the first time.  Up to the time i had a pair of 47th row tickets sent to them Monday as a gift , they had not even heard a song ever from the band. 

 

This morning i had emails from both gushing about what they witnessed last evening. The beauty of Red Rock goes without saying! From the funny banter of Jeff seeming to be in a outstanding mood to the great weather, and the play of the band.  Who my "super fan" friend said they massed up on Jesus. But that made it all the more special. I'm not quite in the same boat you are when it comes to the sheer amount of times you have been lucky enough to see the band; for Gods sake Jeff has been known to call you out at gigs! Which BTW is pretty fucken cool to have the lead singer of your favorite band recognize you at a gig and make mention of it.

It may not have been your favorite show. Hell that Austin stubs show during AGIB tour that we shared the rail on back a few years ago when they did play Monday and you went ballistic was a pretty hard show to top.  Sometimes it's the mood and the expectations of the concert goer that has more to do with how great a show is then even the bands performance. 

Roger Wilco. Nothing beats Shostakovich,

I'm hoping to go see some of his orchestral works for my birthday.

Hey you guys, listen to my Classical and Beyond show sometime.  Played Shostakovich this week. 

 

Although I didn't see the recent Bessie Smith movie, I did read the bio it was based on and it is extremely interesting. Check it out.

 

LouieB

I love Debussy (though "Clare de Lune" is not favorite of his....). Have you listened to much Satie? Debussy was a huge financial sponsor of his (not to mention his tremendous impact on Brian Eno, among others). And I believe Zappa said something about old dead guys in powdered wigs writing the best music too... Ironic when Varese was his favorite composer.

That's how I feel too. There's so much rich history to dig through. I've been listening to a lot of Debussy recently. There's so much beautiful music to discover. As Zappa put it, "Music is the best."

So what is everyone working on?

In guitar, I've been working on turning loud Dinosaur Jr. songs (Out There) into acoustic ballads. Also Erik Satie's "gymnopedie #1"

On piano, a couple of Mozart minuets and Bach's 2-Part Invention in D minor.

I just put my Jazzmaster away and pulled my Les Paul out from under the bed.  I forgot how unreasonably heavy that damn thing is.

This is why I like fenders....

Do sound engineers who like to play guitar and drums count as musicians?

Sonic landscapers count fully.

When I graduated from college I stopped being at radio stations for the first time in a decade. I stagnated and I couldn't get out of my rut. So I dug deeper into the history of music. Country blues is now one of my most listened to genres. I listened to gospel for a while to see the roots of the blues. But it took more digging and an impulsive decision to learn piano after 10 years of guitar for me to unlock the music I've been driven to ever since, baroque and modern classical music, I can also thank Frank Zappa for that. There's too much history in music to get bogged down with new stuff unless it's really, really good (like Wilco or DBT). So, I'll just keep listening to Bach and Mozart and Shostakovich obsessively for the time being. Nothing like getting into those guys with powdered wigs. They're spectacular (and it's fun to see what melodies of theirs have been reused by your favorite bands!).

I love the Family Gardener too, and it's also reminded me of the same film. I figure he must have been going for that.

But does Minus 5 stuff count?

I mean no, but this might be an exception since Tweedy wrote it....

Jason Isbell with Wilco.... when's the bootleg come out.  My god.

Thread closed as all tickets have sold. Thanks everyone.

Payment received and tickets sent.  Thank you Dave!  A pleasure doing business with you.

Thanks Dave!  I'm so glad these tickets are going to be used to indoctrinate someone into Wilco!   Post has been updated to reflect current ticket situation.  2 Tickets remaining!  Get 'em while they're hot!

Blood of the Lamb.

Less Than You Think (take or leave the drone, but the song and production are beautiful)

The Family Gardener (It reminds me of the film Being There, and it's got some really weird chords).

Those are not my seats on stubhub.  I'm just trying to move the tickets on my own.  I don't quite trust ticket venders most of the time... not to mention I'm not sure what their policy is with electronic tickets.

I'd be willing to sell a pair for $80 at the moment.  But anyone/everyone interested please feel free to make me an offer.

-  Charlie

Rhino,

I'm sure you contact Drag City and they'd take care of you. They're very nice there. I've never heard anything bad about them.

Bump.

Now accepting offers for single and any combination of the tickets. Please send me a message so I can get you the tickets before the show.

Sweet!  Alright y'all.  Let's bump everything from 2014 off this subforum.  Musicians of the world unite! 

Here on ViaChicago?  Show yourselves... let's talk.  I miss my Wilco nerds who play guitar.

I'm bumping this thread... It's a great album!  I absolutely adore some of the melodies that he was able to coax out of the guitar, piano, and mandolins.  Not to mention the false ending of "Half Life Crisis" which is a beautiful ode to Philip Glass.  Probably my favorite 10 seconds on a record in the last decade.