redeyednblue Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Sorry if this has been posted already. Clip is of Is That the Thanks I Get? Good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 18 days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 thanks for pointing that out. great clip. what i don't understand is why the buggery-fuck his guitar has to sound so awful! the pick-up makes it sound like someone's stuck an elastic band over the strings. still going to buy it though, of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 buggery-fuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 From the quote he says at the beginning about it "not being on an album," it's hard to tell if he's referring to the upcoming release. If that song isn't on there, I'm gonna be sad. I'm really looking forward to a good studio version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighFives Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 From the quote he says at the beginning about it "not being on an album," it's hard to tell if he's referring to the upcoming release. If that song isn't on there, I'm gonna be sad. I'm really looking forward to a good studio version.forgive me but what song are you refering to? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 (edited) forgive me but what song are you refering to? "Is That The Thanks I Get?"...the one referred to at the top of this thread. Edited October 6, 2006 by Scalzunfield Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MunkyKayse Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Sorry if this has been posted already. Clip is of Is That the Thanks I Get? Good stuff. My Quicktime doesn't want to work, so all I got was the audio. Still kicked ass. (Total flash back to Jeff's shows, and realizing how much I'm craving another live Wilco fix!!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jethro Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 "Is That The Thanks I Get?"...the one referred to at the top of this thread.Someday Jeff will realize how sad it is to beg for singalongs, I feel bad for him whenever he does it and it's worse when it's on something like this. Pity crowd participation aside though, I do like this song quite a bit better solo than with the full band but I can't help but wish it were more "Is That The Thanks I Get" rather than "We Can Make It Better!!" upwithpeopley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 i don't think the audience at a wilco show, or especially at a solo tweedy show, are singing along out of pity. and it's a great song, i hope it makes the next album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 i don't think the audience at a wilco show, or especially at a solo tweedy show, are singing along out of pity. and it's a great song, i hope it makes the next album.Yeah, I remember Jeff played this when I saw him and the crowd was singing along (myself included) because it was a lot of fun. This song is a lot of fun and I also really hope it makes the next album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pickleboiler Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 This just isn't a very good song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foolnrain97 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 (edited) Glenn said he'd be surprised if both Impossible Germany and Thanks I get DIDN'T make it on the new album..... Edited October 7, 2006 by foolnrian97 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
welch79 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Someday Jeff will realize how sad it is to beg for singalongs, I feel bad for him whenever he does it and it's worse when it's on something like this. Pity crowd participation aside though, I do like this song quite a bit better solo than with the full band but I can't help but wish it were more "Is That The Thanks I Get" rather than "We Can Make It Better!!" upwithpeopley.Is it really sad? Jeff can be pretty biting to the crowd for "participation;" maybe he just wants it to be clear that it is okay to sing an echo. Either way, it's definitely not sad. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion, and I respect it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skip Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Someday Jeff will realize how sad it is to beg for singalongs, I feel bad for him whenever he does it and it's worse when it's on something like this. Based on when these shows for the solo dvd were recorded (early 2006), I'm pretty sure that TTTIG had only been played live a couple of times. Being a relatively new song, I'd bet that JT thought that the audience wasn't familiar with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jethro Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Is it really sad? Jeff can be pretty biting to the crowd for "participation;" maybe he just wants it to be clear that it is okay to sing an echo.My point is it's one thing for a crowd to spontaneously start the sing-along but when the singer badgers them about it and then stops the song and tells them when they're supposed to do it then any specialness is lost. It's like pity sex. I feel embarrassed for Jeff when he does it; trust your fans to do the right thing (or be let down by them which tends to be the case). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 call and response is like the oldest form of music, man. why do you hate music? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 It's like pity sex.So it's still totally worth it, then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Alex Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I was at a Broken Social Scene show this summer for Bluesfest, and for reasons I (then) didn't really comprehend, the singer had everyone yell out "COLEXICO" a whole bunch of times. I didn't know why I was doing it, but man, it was a blast to have everyone yell out the same random shit. Later I found out it was because they (Colexico) were playing at the same time on a different stage. Point is, i've never seen anyone repeat anything out of pity. It's to have fun. Someone could yell out "Banana!", and i'd still repeat it as loudly as I could. And twice that loud if Jeff Tweedy says "Banana". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighFives Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 "Is That The Thanks I Get?"...the one referred to at the top of this thread.fuck I thought this was the trailer thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jethro Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Later I found out it was because they (Colexico) were playing at the same time on a different stage. Point is, i've never seen anyone repeat anything out of pity. It's to have fun. Someone could yell out "Banana!", and i'd still repeat it as loudly as I could.It's one thing to do something like that, or Jeff's bit with the screaming in Kingpin, it's another to tell the crowd that this is a good song to sing along to (uh, ok!), then pause while singing it to tell them here's where they're supposed to do it. It's like watching a kid whiff at a t-ball game. I don't think it's all on the band, though I do feel bad for them whenever they skip a line for a song to hear the audience and it's mostly crickets or feel like they have to chide the crowd to stand up. Maybe they just need more liquor at the shows to loosen people up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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