Infamous Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) My friends and I drove up from Detroit to see the show in London, Ontario last night. This was my first Wilco show and I think I had what can best be described as a religous experience. This band is amazing. They sounded so damn good. The show was general admission so I was right there pressed up against the stage. Jeff was quiet for about the first hour and then started talking to the crowd. I have heard this is pretty much the case with him for any show you go and see. He had a cast on his leg and almost tripped over some wires when he came out to sing Hummingbird. I'll say this about Wilco....they have the greatest fans in the world too. There was a couple from Pennsylvania there and another from Cambridge, Ontario. Great people. The one girl from Pennsylvania bought me a beer from the concessions...she was real excited for me, this being my first Wilco show. Her and her husband have been to over 20 of them. Everyone in the crowd was real nice too. As one girl I was talking to put it; I am so glad I "get" this band. Jeff Tweedy is one of the greatest songwriters in American history and Wilco is one of, if not the finest bands I have ever seen live. A great time was had by all. They put on a fantasic show. One things for certain...this is not a band I will be missing if they come anywhere reasonably close to where I live. I will see them as often as I can. Wilco rules...pass it on. Edited July 9, 2006 by Infamous Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Not really the thread I was expecting,but....glad to hear you enjoyed yourself!I love Wilco,but Wiclo is good,as well... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I haven't used the "cherry" metaphor since high school (long, long ago), but isn't it "pop a cherry" or something like that? I'm not sure a virgin gets her cherry "broken", though I could be wrong since, well, as I said, long, long ago.... I'll respond to the substance of this thread later this evening, after I down a few (not cherries!!). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Infamous Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Alright....I changed the title. Too distracting I guess. LOL!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parisisstale Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I haven't used the "cherry" metaphor since high school (long, long ago), but isn't it "pop a cherry" or something like that? I'm not sure a virgin gets her cherry "broken", though I could be wrong since, well, as I said, long, long ago.... I'll respond to the substance of this thread later this evening, after I down a few (not cherries!!). Are you really a professor? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 That's my day job, about 8 months a year (though I have all of next year off to write). Was it the cherry commentary that raised your suspicions? You should hear my lectures! But about the original post--would you really describe it as a religious experience? That's intriguing and I wonder how many others would use religious language to convey the concert, or listening, experience with Wilco. I sure felt it in Asheville and Denver--nothing over the top, really, but something quite out of the ordinary and spiritual as well as simple musical pleasure. In my own history, the only other time I felt like drawing on religion to capture a concert experience was seeing the Boss in the early 80s (indeed, one of the papers I wrote in college that led me to believe a life in academia could be fulfilling was final paper I wrote in social psychology on Springsteen shows and religion). I'm not talking about believing JT is God, or that Wilco concerts are comparable to cult-like activity at Dead shows, but rather how Tweedy himself descibed it in various interviews (and quoted for a time in a VCer's signature)... something similar to what he said in recent radio interview: Well the ideal musical experience is to forget who you are, and where you are, it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mike squires Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I haven't used the "cherry" metaphor since high school (long, long ago), but isn't it "pop a cherry" or something like that? I'm not sure a virgin gets her cherry "broken", though I could be wrong since, well, as I said, long, long ago.... I'll respond to the substance of this thread later this evening, after I down a few (not cherries!!). I lost my virginity after a Wilco show. How cool is that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I lost my virginity after a Wilco show. How cool is that?IT must have been one hell of a show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I lost my virginity after a Wilco show. How cool is that? better if it happened during the ending of Misunderstood Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Was that a religious experience??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mike squires Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 IT must have been one hell of a show. Sadly, I remember more of the show than the actual, um, you know.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Sadly, I remember more of the show than the actual, um, you know.. Was he cute, at least? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mike squires Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Was he cute, at least? HE?! It better not have been a he!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 HE?! It better not have been a he!!! So what you are saying is......you aren't sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I lost my virginity after a Wilco show. How cool is that? or as we call it here, "pulling a Mike Squires" ! You can look it up inthe Wilco dictionary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 or as we call it here, "pulling a Mike Squires" ! You can look it up inthe Wilco dictionary.hilarious blast from the past Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 HE?! It better not have been a he!!!JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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