Spiders (Kidsmoke)

[Nonlinear Nonfiction]

My friend Al and I have a long going discussion about which is better:

 

Spiders acoustic, or spiders with the whole band.

 

I've found that the song can be categorized in three ways: Sometimes the band plays an 11+ minute version with jam-band-esque interludes and solos and bright flashing lights to the beat of the song; sometimes they have played a shorter version (about 5-6 minutes) without as many bells & whistles; and then, of course, there is the beautiful solo acoustic rendition by Jeff Tweedy.

 

Help us out...

[napoleon]

well, i loveeeeeeeeee the acoustic version. so i voted for it.

 

but the electric version is always the biggest part of the show and gets the crowd going the most. so it deserves some credit.

 

i can't really get into the album version much.

[HungryHippo]

the 11+ minute version with the whole band! its the best natural high out there

[tongue-tied]

the answer is any version anywhere in the set. the album version rocks too.

[froggie]

solo tweedy

[Spawn's dad]

While Gandhi clearly would have laid out the guy in Springfield out, he surely would have allowed Spiders its original and natural glory

[SarahC]

i voted for the 11+ version at the end of the set, because that's how it was at my first wilco show, and i thought i was going to pass out from rocking so hard...

[Calexico]

Rock it at the end of the set and blow the roof off!

[mpolak21]

Full band version from 2002-2003 back when it was the "arena rock" version would get my vote.

 

--Mike

[Atticus]

this is like picking amongst one's children. can't do it...

[Saint Genevieve]

I voted for the encore, but with the caveat that it has to be preceded by "Poor Places."

[mountain bed]

I voted for the encore, but with the caveat that it has to be preceded by "Poor Places."

I concur,heartily!

[deepseacatfish]

I voted for the encore, but with the caveat that it has to be preceded by "Poor Places."

 

Spiders rules, especially live, but I'm still a big fan of the album version.

[Gobias Industries]

acoustasonically, of course.

[WaronWar]

Doesn't Tweedy solo in the begining, the verses, the first solo after the power chord riff, and then him and Nels solo together on the second solo. To me, it sounds like that on Kicking Television album.