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OK, perhaps reaching ultimate dorkiness in Wilco-fandom and netroots-dom, I think we need to draft a petition to get Jay Bennett back in Wilco. It's that simple. It's that obvious. Fellow fans, remember back to the Wilco documentary when they are jamming duel-guitars in the studio and JB says, Wow, that was awesome!! And Tweedy totally looks down his nose at him and says something like "Yeah that was cool to do for fun, but we talked about not using two guitars anymore"....And that was the beginning of the breakup.

 

Let's put it this way: the new album sucks. I've never heard Tweedy be so dull and straight forward with his lyrics. Impossible Germany is the only decent song on the album. I'm so depressed that this album just came out and I'm already waiting for the follow up to Sky Blue Sky. I know AGIB is a good album, but I'm starting to feel that the Wilco I grew to love died with the firing of Jay Bennet. His creative influence and his magical production work is amazing on Summer Teeth and YHF. I wish Tweedy's ego could have handled the creative mixture that he had going with Jay. They almost had a Lennon/McCartney thing going towards the end of 2001

 

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since I'm getting personaly attacked for my account status, I want to make it clear that my old handle "pnyc" was deleted for inactivity because I havent been here since 2005. I probably sold many of you tickets for face here when I have extras...in the tri state area.

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No, no, no. They've been sans-Jay for years now, if you don't like where its going you should probably find another bands fan board to latch on to. And another thing is when Lennon and McCartney split up Lennon wrote Plastic Ono Band, and McCartney wrote Ram, Wilco wrote A Ghost Is Born and Bennett wrote whats the name of that album? (I know someone on here has got it)

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It's just a dream my friend, I wasn't serious about a petition. I just want people to remember how good Wilco was...I just hate their new direction. Most people discount A.M., and it's a gazillion times better than "SKY BLEW SKY"

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While IATTBYH offered some insight into the unraveling of their relationship, I don't think it's fair for any of us to use it as our basis for understanding what happened. It was probably just the tip of the iceberg.

 

Watching their dialogue in the movie makes me nauseous and made me sort of happy to see him go.

 

Oh, and Nels is better.

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No, no, no. They've been sans-Jay for years now, if you don't like where its going you should probably find another bands fan board to latch on to. And another thing is when Lennon and McCartney split up Lennon wrote Plastic Ono Band, and McCartney wrote Ram, Wilco wrote A Ghost Is Born and Bennett wrote whats the name of that album? (I know someone on here has got it)

Lots of people have The Palace at 4 a.m., and the rest of Jay's post-Wilco output. He's doing okay.

 

It's just a dream my friend, I wasn't serious about a petition. I just want people to remember how good Wilco was...I just hate their new direction. Most people discount A.M., and it's a gazillion times better than "SKY BLEW SKY"

Jay didn't play on A.M.

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It's just a dream my friend, I wasn't serious about a petition. I just want people to remember how good Wilco was...I just hate their new direction. Most people discount A.M., and it's a gazillion times better than "SKY BLEW SKY"

 

Dude your first post is a complaint. And your second one is a childish joke on their album that came out yesterday. Why are you here? to bitch? I mean I know these things are a little ridiculous but I get on this thing to talk with people about the band, not to hear some whiners construct banal arguments about how awful the band has gotten.

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It's just a dream my friend, I wasn't serious about a petition. I just want people to remember how good Wilco was...I just hate their new direction. Most people discount A.M., and it's a gazillion times better than "SKY BLEW SKY"

 

 

 

remember........Jay's not on A.M......he joined upon it's completion.

 

 

 

-Robert.

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It's just a dream my friend, I wasn't serious about a petition. I just want people to remember how good Wilco was...I just hate their new direction. Most people discount A.M., and it's a gazillion times better than "SKY BLEW SKY"

 

If the Beatles would have kept the same sound that they had during HELP!, they would never have been what they had become. Not everyone liked Revolver or Sgt Peppers or anything that was different than what they had done previously. BANDS CHANGE AND GROW. Get over it.

 

I agree that there is something lacking on this album compared to previous albums, and I think it's the production, not the songs/writing style.

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Dude your first post is a complaint. And your second one is a childish joke on their album that came out yesterday. Why are you here? to bitch? I mean I know these things are a little ridiculous but I get on this thing to talk with people about the band, not to hear some whiners construct banal arguments about how awful the band has gotten.

Relax, dude. There's a million threads here about a variety of topics. You don't have to read this one. He posted his opinion (a complaint, sure), to which he is entitled.

 

Maybe his album is okay (not Ram or Plastic Ono Band) but I don't know if he's doing okay.

Yeah, Palace isn't as good as Plastic Ono Band, but Wilco aren't the Beatles, either.

 

I'm thinking probably that disc of Palace demos......

-Robert.

Good stuff - I have that out to put on my iPod one of these days...

 

News Flash: if you don't like SBS you dont have to listen to it.

And if you don't like the thread, you don't have to read it. Everyone's entitled to their opinion.

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So you honestly all, being WILCO fans...like this new album? And yes I know JB didnt play on AM. I was just making a point that most people don't like AM so I used it as an example. And I thougt I was a wilco dork... damn

 

If the Beatles would have kept the same sound that they had during HELP!, they would never have been what they had become. Not everyone liked Revolver or Sgt Peppers or anything that was different than what they had done previously. BANDS CHANGE AND GROW. Get over it.

 

I agree that there is something lacking on this album compared to previous albums, and I think it's the production, not the songs/writing style.

 

 

The beatles never regressed. Tweedy has.

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I've never heard Tweedy be so dull and straight forward with his lyrics.

 

I can imagine if it were 1973, when one of the greatest rock albums of all time came out, and calling these lyrics dull and banal; "Breathe / Breathe in the air / Don't be afraid to care" and demanding Syd Barrett's prompt return

 

And other than that, Walken, What Light, Either Way, and Hate it Here are the only hit-you-over-the-head songs lyrically. You can dislike the album if you want, that's fine, but don't try and pretend that the other 8 songs are anywheres close to being simplistic. And if there are 4 out of 12 direct songs, so what? The earnesty and joy in Walken is far more moving and human than some of his esoteric, elusive wordplays on previous albums.

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So you honestly all, being WILCO fans...like this new album? And yes I know JB didnt play on AM. I was just making a point that most people don't like AM so I used it as an example. And I thougt I was a wilco dork... damn

I like the new album just fine. Could it be better? Sure. I might even like to see Jay back in the band to see what he can do with it, but I'm not sure he's a good fit right now. Jeff has clearly moved on and isn't interested in going back to 1997.

 

I'd also like to see Mike Heidorn and the Boquist brothers back in Son Volt, but I don't think that's gonna happen either.

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So you honestly all, being WILCO fans...like this new album?

 

 

I am a wilco fan, I can safely say I love this album. I dont find it any less complex, engaging, interesting, difficult, rewarding then any other wilco album.

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