Toxa Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 anyone know? The most underrated song on SBS in my opinion... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Jeff said its hard to get that song to translate well into a live concert setting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Toxa Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 well, thanks for your fast answer. Let's hope that Jeff will play it solo someday... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
you ever seen a ghost? Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 >The most underrated song on SBS in my opinion... 100 percent agree. it's always been one of my favs. i hope to hear it live one day as well. when did Jeff say that? -justin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
entropy Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 It sounds like something that would be a bit difficult to replicate exactly the same way. I could just think that though because of how great it sounds on the record. I love when the bass comes in as soon as the lyrics start. It makes me really, really happy for reasons I can't explain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_H_2 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Jeff's probably afraid it would be a snoozer live. He's stated at one of the living-room shows that he's adverse to playing songs that require him to sing in a lower key (e.g., Pot Kettle Black, Kamera (with lower octive)) because he feels like the crowd's not into them as much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Jeff's probably afraid it would be a snoozer live. He's stated at one of the living-room shows that he's adverse to playing songs that require him to sing in a lower key (e.g., Pot Kettle Black, Kamera (with lower octive)) because he feels like the crowd's not into them as much. It's a snoozer on the album and the first song since "My Darling" I skip with a religious fervor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Jeff's probably afraid it would be a snoozer live. Kind of like Either Way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'll second Scalzunfield here. Easily my least favorite song on SBS. If they just would have substituted LNGCA for Leave Me.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
you ever seen a ghost? Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 > If they just would have substituted LNGCA for Leave Me.. ...i'd be less happy with the record. -justin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socbret Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I love My Darling, but this is maybe the only Wilco song I never want to listen to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Probably my favorite song on Sky Blue Sky. I really don't understand how anyone could not like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 +1 It's such an honest, tender song. One of Jeff's most Lennon-like compositions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Probably my favorite song on Sky Blue Sky. I really don't understand how anyone could not like it. Me too. But like I said before, the rhythm guitar on this song is kind of herky-jerky and I bet it wouldn't come off well live. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 It'll show up eventually. They toured behind YHF for about a year (if you count the late 2001 shows before the record came out offically) before they did Poor Places live. I just hope I'm at one of the shows when that happens, it's one of my favorites on the record. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boywiththorninside Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 My favorite on SBS as well. "down the city streets, people are climbing the trees, they're finally up off their knees" I like those lines. I find them uplifting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 It's interesting how this song seems to be so polarizing (I happen to fall into the "worst song since My Darling" group). It kills all the momentum on the album and would no doubt have the same effect live. That's at least my theory for its absence at all the shows so far. It could potentially turn into a solo staple with some rearranging, but the song, as it stands now, is a dud. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
entropy Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I can't agree with you at all about killing the momentum on the album. I think it does a fantastic job of carrying on the themes/mood/feeling of the overall disc, and the relatively calmer, quieter nature of the song doesn't make it any less potent-- I think positioning it between Hate it Here and Walken was a perfect fit actually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
you ever seen a ghost? Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 >I think positioning it between Hate it Here and Walken was a perfect fit actually. and i think anyone that has posted here with positive things to say about the song is a genius of the highest order. i bet some of you guys are the same ones that posted in a thread i started after the album leaked, a thread in which i wondered where the love for this song was. -justin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 My enjoyment of that song seems heavily impacted by my mood/time of day. Sometimes it seems so serene, otherworldly. Othertimes it just sounds like a miss placed B-Side. I guess its best kept for driving in the late evening, early night. I can't imagine a live version being particularly memorable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Way better than My Darling. I think this song has a nice sonic quality about it. I'll have to listen to it again but I remember there being an instrumental section that I really like in it. And the ending has an eerie Flaming Lips quality to it that I like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 what the fuck is wrong with My Darling???? I've been on this board close to four year and never rember anyone "hating" this song. I think it sounds earliy lennon like and is an awesome tune. as for "Leave Me Like You Found Me" not bad but not great. I think Sky Blue Sky is great up until "Leave Me" not that this, walken (hate the recorded verison) are bad songs just the sequencing is odd. Although on and on and on is a great closer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jethro Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 It's interesting how this song seems to be so polarizing (I happen to fall into the "worst song since My Darling" group). It kills all the momentum on the album and would no doubt have the same effect live. That's at least my theory for its absence at all the shows so far.Let's face it, much of SBS falls into the killing all momentum category live, which is why it's interspersed with liberal doses of earlier Wilco. I haven't listened to SBS in a while but it goes down easier in a live setting with more upbeat songs thrown in to keep you awake. I don't begrudge anyone the right to skip LMLYFM as I made Either Way, Shake It Off and On & On & On go bye-bye on my copy, but I like it. It would have benefitted, the whole record really, from being recorded more like Is That The Thanks rather than the ultra-smooth production they used, but whatever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Alan Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 i bet some of you guys are the same ones that posted in a thread i started after the album leaked, a thread in which i wondered where the love for this song was. -justin what's your point. you liked it first? omg, congrats. the song just isn't that great for wilco. it doesn't fit on the album. i'm really surprised it made it over LNGCA or is that the thanks i get. when i hear complaints of nels and glenn being underused on this album, i mostly disagree, except for on this song. john is the only one that's doing anything interesting on his instrument. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 what the fuck is wrong with My Darling???? been on this board close to four year and never rember anyone "hating" this song. I think it sounds earliy lennon like and is an awesome tune. people hate it simply because it is wholly a Jay Bennett composition........I really like it and wish Jeff would go back to it. -Robert. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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