By Gumption, the melody in "What Light" is UNWELLLLL

[ben]

What Light reminds me of Ripple.

[Chendizzle]

Are the lyrics "what light" or "what a light" or "one light"? "What light" sounds dumb. "There's a light, one light, inside of you" sounds more appropriate.

[Tweedling]

"If your strung out like a kite"

 

I Love it. GENIUS

 

Has anyone else heard this line?

[explodo]

I don't know when that was. All I can remember is hearing...songs that wound up on AGIB. So...maybe you're on the wrong forum. Maybe check the Comatorium.

 

I'm so psyched. Especially in the wake of a solo Jeff DVD news, I really don't mind the boys taking their sweet time to put this new one together. It's hard/impossible to guess what'll be a b-side and what'll be album-material, but I'm hearing this new stuff and all I can envision is this new, refreshed Wilco, who, in it's later years, has shed pounds, come out of a bad divorce and looks great naked. I'm thinking more summerteethy organ swells, more yhf artistic confidence and more A.M. approachability. Whereas more recent Wilco becomes deeply rewarding upon more listens, I think the new material will be instantaneously warming and be consistently filling upon thousands more spins.

But yeah, either way, stardog, I think you've just made an innocent mistake. You're accidentally logged onto Via Chicago. This board is for a band that makes consistently varied, challenging music. Maybe you're thinking of Dylan 28 years ago.

And the Lord spoketh: "Ain't no motherfuckers allowed to talk shit about Tweedles. Ain't no."

 

But really, you just settle down. My previous post was half smartass joke, half not. I'm allowed to not be impressed with the band's direction right now and still enjoy Wilco.

[rareair]

someone telling stardog to stick it 19 posts in is amusing. name change history may be your undoing.

 

i do like impossible germany and walken a lot.

[mchchef1]

Not a bad tune. I kind of like it.

FWIW, I like when bands flesh out their new tunes on tours. It shows they're not afraid to take the chance for the tunes being ill-received. Hate to bring the Dead into this, but they did the same thing a lot and would bag playing certain tunes entirely, in large part due to audience reaction (think: Dayjob, Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues, etc.).

 

The versions of some of these new tunes may change a bit from now until....whenever. It also doesn't mean that these are all going to automatically make it onto the next album.

 

ed. I really like the re-worked version of Impossible Germany, too. The instrumental in the middle serves it much better.

I always liked dayjob

[Sir Stewart]

AWESOME. Let me write down your username so I don't accidentally make the mistake of ever taking you seriously. Ever.

Ironically, you don't even know how to use the quote function, which would allow other readers to know which user you are actually talking to.

[Mr. Heartbreak]

I always liked dayjob

Heh heh. Me too (maybe because I have a day job, and never quit mine to follow them around!)

Heard it live a couple times when it was new, and liked it then, and still like it.

[Lammycat]

I always liked dayjob

You know, I didn't mind it when it wasn't the staple encore. They originally would toss it in to end the first set occassionally. The point is that the collective fans spoke, and the band listened.

Edited July 12, 2006 by Lammycat

[theDoctorb]

Well, here is the latest version of "What Light" from Montreal:

 

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...E62BF404E27EB0D

 

And the rearranged version of impossible Germany, with the solo in the middle:

 

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...4ED5D3F315319C4

 

these are courtesy of viachicago user blane, and the full flac version is up on bt.etree.org

Wow, that Montreal recording is sweet! Thanks for the links

cheers

[wheelco]

I'd really like to see are some uptempo songs so they don't have to continuously go to the back catalog to get the crowd excited.

we LIKE back catalog

[ShaneShaneShane]

the melody sounds like bob dylan to me. but cornier. like Bob Dylan on Gullah Gullah Island.

[fletcher]

Well, here is the latest version of "What Light" from Montreal:

 

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...E62BF404E27EB0D

 

And the rearranged version of impossible Germany, with the solo in the middle:

 

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...4ED5D3F315319C4

 

these are courtesy of viachicago user blane, and the full flac version is up on bt.etree.org

 

 

When I listen to Impossible Germany (this July 10th version), I can almost fill in the lyrics "and it doessssn't seem to mean anything..." from you-know-where. Try it from 3:35 - 3:44

[jakobnicholas]

"The worst"

 

"No melody"

 

"Waaaaay too lethargic"

 

"going to suck"

 

" 'What light' sounds dumb"

 

"Corny Bob Dylan"

 

"Jeff goes into this horrible happy feely 'we can make it better!' spiel"

 

 

 

 

 

Dang folks, it's early. As Conan would say, "Be cool my babies."

[darkstar]

Thanks for the Impossible Germany link.

 

Been hearing about this tune for a while but haven't heard yet.

I really like this one, great solo, nice flow to it.

 

Give the boys a chance the new albums gonna be just fine!!!!

[lost highway]

I love what a bunch of bedwetting reactionaries call themselves Wilco fans. I hope I never am in a band that gets so big, that mp3's of new songs spread like wild fire and get shot to hell by naysayers. Hell, how do we know any of these songs are even going to be on the album, or that they will sound the way were hearing them. Newer Impossible Germany is great, Walken also improved, give a new song a minute to breath, like maybe a day after the download at least.

[Gobias Industries]

I love what a bunch of bedwetting reactionaries call themselves Wilco fans. I hope I never am in a band that gets so big, that mp3's of new songs spread like wild fire and get shot to hell by naysayers. Hell, how do we know any of these songs are even going to be on the album, or that they will sound the way were hearing them. Newer Impossible Germany is great, Walken also improved, give a new song a minute to breath, like maybe a day after the download at least.

 

You could be a human being by not being so goddamn condescending and letting other people, who are also Wilco fans, prefer their era of Wilco as they wish.

 

p.s. I think it's funny how you seem to hold the belief that you are the definitive Wilco fan.

Edited July 13, 2006 by poortranslator

[mascis]

The thing I get from listening to Wilco is positive vibes. Being critical and harsh just don't go hand in hand with thinking of a band that I love enough to spend my time on a fansite of their music. Not being critical of anyone here either, but felt I need to say that..... I am leaving from NC to go see the show in MA this weekend and I can not wait! Not a negative thought in my head!!!!

[Tweedling]

"If your strung out like a kite"

 

I Love it. GENIUS

 

Has anyone else heard this line?

 

No response and no google result for the quote.

 

So its just as I thought, Jeff Tweedy is a fucking GENIUS. The greatest songwriter of my generation.(probably ever, IMO)

 

Oh, and I almost forgot! Thank you for posting these songs. I told myself I would not listen to any more new songs......BUT I have a problem.

[bjorn_skurj]

When I'm walkin' I strut my stuff, man I'm so strung out

I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out

[OOO]

She packed my bags last night pre-flight

Zero hour nine a.m.

And I

[Guest Speed Racer]

And I'm tired of living in this hotel

With the snow and the rain falling through the sheets

And I'm tired of 23rd Street

Strung out like some Christmas lights

Out there in the Chelsea night

 

When Jeff starts ripping on Ryan Adams you know the sky is falling.

[Tweedling]

The "christmas light" line is nice. Im not familiar with it.

[jethro]

I love what a bunch of bedwetting reactionaries call themselves Wilco fans.

LOL, yeah, because only bedwetting reactionaries could have a negative reaction to anything, those damn bedwetters!

 

I hope I never am in a band that gets so big, that mp3's of new songs spread like wild fire and get shot to hell by naysayers.

Somehow I think you're safe on this one.

 

...give a new song a minute to breath, like maybe a day after the download at least.

Because everyone always waits a day after experiencing something before they have an impression of it, yeah, that's realistic.

 

If it was my art I'd much rather see people give their honest opinion on something even if it's negative than a bunch of sychophantic yes-men (and women). That's probably why they play new songs live instead of sending out samples to the top 50 wilcoboard posters.

 

"Jeff goes into this horrible happy feely 'we can make it better!' spiel"

This was about a completely different song, but yeah, I think that's horrible and detracts from what the song could be. All the songs on a record don't have to be unrelentingly depressing or happy to fit a theme, a record can have an arc to it and those are usually better anyway.

 

About the corny Dylan charge, it does have a Dylan-y feel to it, and yeah the lyrics might be a bit trite, but it's still great. I think My Words also fits into that pattern and maybe Jeff is a little self-conscious about songs of his that are a little too close to what is obviously one of his musical idols, but they're both really good songs and I'd much rather see on the record than On & On & On or a revived Good Part.

[gogo]

If it was my art I'd much rather see people give their honest opinion on something even if it's negative than a bunch of sychophantic yes-men (and women). That's probably why they play new songs live instead of sending out samples to the top 50 wilcoboard posters.

Yeah, because there's certainly no negativity coming from the top 50 VC posters!