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also, handshake drugs and less than you think. there may be others. a version of handshake was included on the more like the moon ep which was available as a d/l to those who purchased yhf.

 

i heard less than you think at a show i d/l from the ryman in march 2002, which may be considered yhf-era.

 

i'm sure there are others with more knowledge than i...

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The Late Greats was written a long time before AGIB

 

That debuted in July '03. Several other AGIB songs had already been around for a while by then (ATLWYS, LTYT, Muzzle of Bees, Spiders, Handshake Drugs, Theologians). I think it was one of the last AGIB songs to debut, of those that were played before the album was released. I'm not sure if it's still considered YHF era at that point or not.

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That debuted in July '03. Several other AGIB songs had already been around for a while by then (ATLWYS, LTYT, Muzzle of Bees, Spiders, Handshake Drugs, Theologians). I think it was one of the last AGIB songs to debut, of those that were played before the album was released. I'm not sure if it's still considered YHF era at that point or not.

 

Jeff has said it was written a long while earlier though. Like Being There era. That long ago.

 

I wasn't referring to when it was debuted live.

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"Spiders" was actually played before YHF was released. I remember seeing them in Toronto a couple days prior to the big day and thinking I'd have the drop on all the new songs, and then they went and opened with a great song I'd never heard before. That great song, of course, went on to become AGIB's black eye.

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"Spiders" was actually played before YHF was released. I remember seeing them in Toronto a couple days prior to the big day and thinking I'd have the drop on all the new songs, and then they went and opened with a great song I'd never heard before. That great song, of course, went on to become AGIB's black eye.

 

I don't think spiders sounds much like black eye at all, but then again, I'm not a huge tupelo nut.

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I also seem to recall "Late Greats" being referred to by Jeff as one of the many left-overs from the "Being There" era. Unlike some of the other songs from that time period, I don't think they recorded a version of it at the time. I really wish that the "Being There" songs that didn't make the cut would leak out like the "YHF" and "Summerteeth" demos. The only song that I've even heard that got left off "BT" has been "Old Maid" performed live by Jeff solo. Then again, those songs may have been lost -- I though I recalled Jeff saying something about recording over some stuff because of the difficulty of obtaining good old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape. Anyone know anything about this?

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I think he means black eye like "it sucks real bad," not Tweedy's Black Eye song.

 

Which I heartily disagree with.

 

Me too i love spiders. I love most of AGIB, not overly fond of hell is chrome...

 

Interesting thread, keep em coming...

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I think he means black eye like "it sucks real bad," not Tweedy's Black Eye song.

 

Which I heartily disagree with.

 

I was trying to be silly, but failed apparently. I understood what he meant, and in doing so, realized that anyone who thinks so lowly of spiders deserves only a joke response. :dancing

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I have question for people to discuss (I had this same question in a conversation with someone who once was Wilco but now is not): As a result of AGIB being written far prior to its recording, is the album actually creative?

 

Disclaimer: AGIB is my favorite album.

 

Also, I have heard most of the songs on the new album were written a while ago too? Is it true?

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I think AGIB is very creative, just because the songs were written long ago, doesn't mean they weren't re-vamped, or re-invented. And I'm positive early versions of the songs didn't sound nearly as good as the finished product.

 

Also, Spiders is a highlight of AGIB, and I will street fight anyone who disagrees. HAHA...no I won't (I'm really tired).

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mmmm... we'll never know when songs were actually written...but YHF was recorded in 2000 and early 2001. I recall going to my local record store in the summer of 2001 (yes... my five year old (soon to be six) was a few months old at that time) and I heard that the then new Wilco record was delayed (i.e., the Reprise fiasco happened). I'd imagine that JT and the band kept writing and working on songs throughout all that - especially after Bennett left in the summer of 2001.

 

I saw Spiders performed in Bloomington, IN about two weeks before YHF was released (spring 2002). It sounded nothing like the krautrock version we now know. JT's guitar was drenched in reverb. Aside form Spiders, I don't recall hearing any AGIB songs (solo or w/ the band) before then. I could be mistaken.

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(I had this same question in a conversation with someone who once was Wilco but now is not)

 

What is he now? And I like Wilco's music, but how do I become the music? I've never really experienced any of this new-age style of listening to music.

 

 

As a result of AGIB being written far prior to its recording, is the album actually creative?

 

All creativity must be spontaneous and recorded/released withing a year of its creation to the public.

 

Everyone knows that.

 

 

 

NEXT!

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