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Please list both your favorite AND your least favorite Wilco songs by album. Favorite First. Please only go by the studio versions, how the songs sound on the albums. I'll start us off:

 

Favorite Least Favorite

 

AM- Box Full of Letters, Should've Been in Love

 

Being There- Monday, (Was I) In Your Dreams

 

Mermaid Ave I- At My Window Sad & Lonely, Christ For President

 

Summerteeth- How To Fight Loneliness, A Shot in the Arm

 

Mermaid Ave II- Airline to Heaven, Secret of the Sea

 

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Kamera, Radio Cure

 

A Ghost is Born- The Late Greats, Less Than you Think

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Favorite Least Favorite

 

AM-Dash 7/That's Not the Issue

 

Being There-Misunderstood/Why Would You Wanna Live?

 

Mermaid Ave I-Another Man's Done Gone/Hesitating Beauty

 

Summerteeth-Via Chicago/My Darling

 

Mermaid Ave II-Airline to Heaven/Secret of the Sea

 

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot-Poor Places/Heavy Metal Drummer

 

A Ghost is Born-Theologins/Hell is Chrome

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AM: Box Full of Letters / It's Just That Simple

BT: Sunken Treasure / Why Would You Wanna Live

MA1: Hesitating Beauty / She Came Along To Me

ST: Via Chicago / My Darling

MA2: Someday Some Morning Sometime / Black Wind Blowing

YHF: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart / Reservations

AGIB: Handshake Drugs / I'm a Wheel

 

That was hard.

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AM: too far apart / i thought i held you

 

BT: sunken treasure / was i your dreams

 

MA1: hesitating beauty / she came along to me

 

ST: via chicago / pieholden suite

 

MA2: mountain bed / i was born

 

YHF: kamera / heavy metal drummer

 

AGIB: hummingbird / hell is chrome

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AM: + box full of letters, - just that simple

 

BT: + misunderstood, - kingpin

 

MA1: + 1x1, - birds+ships

 

ST: + shot in the arm, - my darling

 

MA2: + remember the mtn. bed, - joe dimaggio, etc.

 

YHF: + poor places, - jesus, etc.

 

YHF EP: + camera, - woodgrain

 

YHF Demos: + venus, etc., - alone

 

AGIB: + spiders, - late greats

 

AGIB EP: + kicking tv with a special shout out to late greats which kind of redeems itself here, - panther, omgwtf, Stripped of all emotion and the guitar has been replaced with awful, boring keyboards. Possible Wilco jumping the shark moment.

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AM : Too Far Apart/Shouldn't Be Ashamed

 

BT: Kingpin/What's the World Got in Store

 

MA1: Another Man's Done Gone/I Guess I Planted

 

ST: Summer Teeth/When You Wake Up Feeling Old

 

YHF: Poor Places/Radio Cure

 

MA2: Remember the Mountain Bed/Secret of the Sea

 

AGIB: Wishful Thinking/Company in My Back

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AM: Blue-Eyed Soul or Pick up the Change, Just That Simple

BT:Far, Far Away, Dreamer in my Dreams

MAI:Another Man's Done Gone, Birds and Ships

ST: Pieholded Suite or How to Fight Loneliness, My Darling

MAII:Remember the Mountain Bed, Joe Dimaggio

YHF: Jesus etc., Radio Cure

AGIB:Company in my Back, Less Than You Think (no...not because of the droniness)

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Least Favorite - A Shot in the Arm

 

Aaaand you're dead to me. :hmm

 

My list:

I Must Be High > Just That Simple

Misunderstood > Outtamind (Sesame Street Version)

Wilco > Bragg (One By One > Christ For Pres)

Summerteeth > My Darling

Wilco > Bragg (Secret Of The Sea > Blood Of The Lamb)

Poor Places > Kamera (which is still > I must Be High)

Handshake Drugs > Less Than You Think

 

Lots of "It's Just that Simple" hatas too! I know it's kind or a crappy song but Mr. Stirratt has only contributed one song to a Wilco album (I think) so I decided not to knock it.

 

He's also contributed many a wonderful song to Autumn Defense albums. I feel unashamed to admit I absolutely do not like his single Wilco contribution.

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Aaaand you're dead to me. :hmm

 

He's also contributed many a wonderful song to Autumn Defense albums. I feel unashamed to admit I absolutely do not like his single Wilco contribution.

 

I love the Autumn Defense records and you are entitled to your opnions as is everyone else. "A Shot in the Arm," to me, is boring. I do like the ending, indicating the desire to change, but the bulk of the song reminds me of someone on a bender. However, if I am "dead" to you, preach on brother!

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You know, I played this little game with myself a while ago, then I went and checked my faves/less than faves against the setlists on wilcobase.

 

I love 'misunderstood'; it's been played in pretty much every show since the middle of the Clinton administration.

 

I'm not such a big fan of 'pot kettle black'; it's basically vanished from the repetoire.

 

I just thought it was interesting to see how my choices stacked up against what the band chose to play most often.

 

Of course, it must be said that I hesitate to denigrate any Wilco song.

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A.M. - Box Full Of Letters/It's Just That Simple

Being There Disc 1 - Forget The Flowers/Red Eyed And Blue

Being There Disc 2 - Someday Soon/Kingpin

Summerteeth - Via Chicago and When You Wake Up Feeling Old/We're Just Friends

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - IATTBYH/Radio Cure

A Ghost Is Born - Hummingbird/Hell Is Chrome

 

That was really hard but my least favorites I still like alot! It's just I think they're the weakest songs on the album I guess.

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I love the Autumn Defense records and you are entitled to your opnions as is everyone else. "A Shot in the Arm," to me, is boring. I do like the ending, indicating the desire to change, but the bulk of the song reminds me of someone on a bender. However, if I am "dead" to you, preach on brother!

 

It was actually meant as a joke. I take it you're not a Colbert fan, are ya?

 

Trust me, I'm not gonna insult someone's choice of fav/least fav Wilco tunes: it was hard enough picking the "least favs" of the group. The fact that you're here and I'm here shows we have something in common with our musical taste, right?

 

:cheers

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AM: favorite: Pick Up The Change Least favorite: Nothing on this record really sticks out like a sore thumb, they're all not quite as good as what would come later, but I don't have a least favorite on this record.

Being There: favorite: Sunken Treasure Least favorite: Sesame street version of Outtamind

MA: Favorite: One By One least favorite: Christ For President

Summerteeth: favorite: She's A Jar least favorite: My Darling (Sorry Jay)

MAII: Favorites: Mountain Bed/Someday Some Morning Sometime, least favorite Blood of The Lamb

YHF: Favorites: I think it's a tie between tracks 1-11, least favorite: rubbish there isn't one on this record.

AGIB: Favorites: Muzzle of Bees, Wishful Thinking, At Least That's What You Said. Least Favorite: I'm A Wheel.

 

--Mike

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A.M.: Passenger Side / Pickup The Change

Being There: Sunken Treasure / Was I in Your Dreams

Summer Teeth: She's a Jar / How to Fight Loneliness

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Jesus, Etc; / I'm the Man Who Loves You

A Ghost is Born: Wishful Thinking / The Late Greats

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A.M. - Shouldn't Be Ashamed/It's Just That Simple

Being There - Sunken Treasure/Misunderstood (just b/c I like the KTV version so much)

MAv1 - CA Stars/Eisler On the Go

ST - She's A Jar/Candy Floss

MAv2 - Remember the Mtn Bed/Feed of Man

YHF - War On War/(if I have to choose)Ashes of American Flags

AGIB - Company In My Back/I'm A Wheel

KTV - Misunderstood/Via Chicago

 

Interesting thread; neat to see what others like and dislike.

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