I love Sky Blue Sky with all my heart

[david]

I like the record ok but there are some songs on it that make me cringe. There is nothing as lyrically brilliant as many past songs that Jeff has written on this record. I hope I'm wrong, but I think Jeff (like just about everybody else in rock and roll) is past his prime. Theres nothing wrong with this and I really hope I'm wrong but this happens to everyone.

 

I do not think for one minute that the next Wilco album, will not be a return to form. Tweedy and company are just to talented, almost every band has one stinker and this was theirs.

[stooka]

This one goes out to all the nay-sayers.

 

 

 

"What Light"

 

If you feel like singing a song

And you want other people to sing along

Just sing what you feel

Don't let anyone say it's wrong

 

And if you're trying to paint a picture

But you're not sure which colors belong

Just paint what you see

Don't let anyone say it's wrong

 

And if you're strung out like a kite

Or stung awake in the night

It's alright to be frightened

 

When there's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

Inside of you

 

If you think you might need somebody

To pick you up when you drag

Don't loose sight of yourself

Don't let anyone change your bag

 

And if the whole world's singing your songs

And all of your paintings have been hung

Just remember what was yours is everyone's from now on

 

And that's not wrong or right

But you can struggle with it all you like

You'll only get uptight

 

Because there's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

There's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

There's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

There's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

Inside of you

[david]

This one goes out to all the nay-sayers.

"What Light"

 

If you feel like singing a song

And you want other people to sing along

Just sing what you feel

Don't let anyone say it's wrong

 

And if you're trying to paint a picture

But you're not sure which colors belong

Just paint what you see

Don't let anyone say it's wrong

 

And if you're strung out like a kite

Or stung awake in the night

It's alright to be frightened

 

When there's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

Inside of you

 

If you think you might need somebody

To pick you up when you drag

Don't loose sight of yourself

Don't let anyone change your bag

 

And if the whole world's singing your songs

And all of your paintings have been hung

Just remember what was yours is everyone's from now on

 

And that's not wrong or right

But you can struggle with it all you like

You'll only get uptight

 

Because there's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

There's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

There's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

There's a light (what light)

There's a light (one light)

There's a light (white light)

Inside of you

 

Great post, it does infer what Jeff was thinking and I am sure he felt strong about the message and the music on SBS, the problem for me is not the lyrical content it is the way it was delivered.

[Littlebear]

I hope I'm wrong

 

You can be happy, then.

[Littlebear]

I do not think for one minute that the next Wilco album, will not be a return to form. Tweedy and company are just to talented, almost every band has one stinker and this was theirs.

 

With each Wilco album you always have a few stinky nay-sayers as well. Same happened with every previous album, and will happen with every next one.

[stooka]

Great post, it does infer what Jeff was thinking and I am sure he felt strong about the message and the music on SBS, the problem for me is not the lyrical content it is the way it was delivered.

 

 

Do tell.............how should Tweedy have delivered it?

[W(TF)]

I'm kinda split down the middle on this one. I love SBS, it's the best album I've heard in a long time. I also respect anyone's right to not like it, for whatever reason. It's their right, and personally I'd rather not hear a big critique justifying that position.

 

I have read some reviews of SBS, good and bad. Some made sense and some didn't. Music critics in general just bug the shit out of me. I try not to be one. We all should aspire to not be music critics. lol

[stooka]

[Wilco Worshipper]

SBS

 

Wilco

 

JT

[entropy]

Everytime someone writes "JT" I think Justin Timberlake.

 

I don't think that makes me a bad person.

[Guest Jules]

I think Jeff (like just about everybody else in rock and roll) is past his prime.

 

[drag ass snag]

I can appreciate that, but don't forget to play your Hotel California and Rumours albums every now and then.

 

?

 

rumours is ace!

 

the eagles suck, and sbs sounds nothing like them, but likening a band to fleetwood mac is no insult. impossible germany does sometimes bring them to mind actually.

 

next you'll be telling me you don't like tusk...

[Wilco Worshipper]

Everytime someone writes "JT" I think Justin Timberlake.

 

I don't think that makes me a bad person.

 

 

 

Nah...completely understandable

[W(TF)]

I think James Taylor...guess that makes me "from another generation"... yikes.

[Wilco Worshipper]

I think James Taylor...guess that makes me "from another generation"... yikes.

 

 

No, no...we're from the same one, when I 1st started saying JT most ppl MY age thought I meant James Taylor...but I also have friends half my age who thought I meant Justin and of course NONE of these ppl know Jeff

[lovenmercy]

I love Sky Blue Sky with all my heart too! They rock as hard as ever, but Wilco has grown up, and this album appeals to a more mature audience. I think what Tweedy/Wilco have discovered is that good song writing does not have to be full of angst and suffering to be strong or genuine. (It takes a true and strong soul to strive for hope and positivity.) Maybe those who look down on this album's lyrics will appreciate them more once they have had a little more life experience.