aricandover Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 It is "When"...but he says it much softer. ok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Main Entry:er Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 That is correct. I can't take credit. I actually copied that from another source. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I can't take credit. I actually copied that from another source.Okay, Mr. Van Winkle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 In Ashes of American Flags, Tweedy was down on his hands and knees.In Wishful Thinking, Tweedy got up off his hands and knees.In Leave Me Like You Found me, People are climbing the trees - They Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 C'mon gang, you can do better. Especially with copy/paste and modern word processors. Monosyllabics? Word counts? Numerology? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 After the band recorded Kamera, John Stirratt ran home from the Loft to listen to JS Bach.After buying a camera, Leroy Bach ran from the camera store to the Loft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 C'mon gang, you can do better. Especially with copy/paste and modern word processors. Monosyllabics? Word counts? Numerology? I can write a software program that goes through all of their song lyrics and finds patterns like: "Tweedy is God" and "Nels Cline is essential" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 f'rinstance. Since SBS starts with maybe and ends with yeah, I dumped the lyrics into Word and checked the instances of the word "no". It appears only 9 times in total, on 4 songs (out of 1703 words). Is that a record for Wilco? Dunno. But I find these sort of patterns semi interesting in the context of all the press about SBS being a more "positive" record. I suppose you'd have to add "not", "don't", "won't", shouldn't", etc to get the real tally of negative words. (that took me less than 5 mins btw) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 I can write a software program that goes through all of their song lyrics and finds patterns like: "Tweedy is God" and "Nels Cline is essential" Now you're catching on. Don't forget to search AGIB and SBS for winehouse within 100 characters of beehive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 f'rinstance. Since SBS starts with maybe and ends with yeah, I dumped the lyrics into Word and checked the instances of the word "no". It appears only 9 times in total, on 4 songs (out of 1703 words). Is that a record for Wilco? Dunno. But I find these sort of patterns semi interesting in the context of all the press about SBS being a more "positive" record. I suppose you'd have to add "not", "don't", "won't", shouldn't", etc to get the real tally of negative words.(that took me less than 5 mins btw) Are you sure these aren't instances of double negatives, thus making them truly positive? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cash Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 All the official albums Wilco has made, including kicking television, can be abbreviated (because they're two words, everyone knows you can't abbrev. one word) except for summerteeth AMBTYHFSBSKTAGIB However the track on the album that summerteeth is named after is two words, summer teeth, and can properly abbreviated as ST, which is conspicuously the correct abbreviation of jeff tweedy's solo DVD Sunken Treasure. Summerteeth could have been summer teeth and have had a proper abbreviation... but no Jeff tweedy has to make a one word album! And to further prevent us from abbreviating it ST, names his solo DVD sunken treasure! the nerve! Coincidence? NO! Jeff tweedy conspired against forum users to force them into typing summerteeth out!damn you tweedy! -------- lol at crazy conspiracy theories Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 Summerteeth could have been summer teeth and have had a proper abbreviation... but no Jeff tweedy has to make a one word album! I was wondering about that too. Verbally he always seems to say it as two words. Could it be the album are got fucked up, and it should have been 'summer teeth'? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 f'rinstance. Since SBS starts with maybe and ends with yeah, I dumped the lyrics into Word and checked the instances of the word "no". It appears only 9 times in total, on 4 songs (out of 1703 words). Is that a record for Wilco? Dunno. But I find these sort of patterns semi interesting in the context of all the press about SBS being a more "positive" record. I suppose you'd have to add "not", "don't", "won't", shouldn't", etc to get the real tally of negative words.(that took me less than 5 mins btw)That is waaaaaayyyyy too much brainwork for something that was originally billed as "obscure thoughts and musings". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
entropy Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Why u guys hate wilco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I was wondering about that too. Verbally he always seems to say it as two words. Could it be the album are got fucked up, and it should have been 'summer teeth'? Some are teeth. Some aren't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cash Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Some are teeth. Some aren't. Love lost, such a costGive me things that won't get lostLike a coin that won't get tossedRolling home to you Name the author! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Love lost, such a costGive me things that won't get lostLike a coin that won't get tossedRolling home to you Name the author! Without googling: Neil Young? Is this a trick question? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cash Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Without googling: Neil Young? Is this a trick question? No i was just listening to that song, I felt inspired to write in on the forums. It's a great stanza however. Tweedy was fairly influenced by old neiler. I have a few recordings of looking for a lover preformed by tweedy. And a version of everyone knows this is nowhere from the Uncle Tupelo days. I think farrar was the bigger neil young fan between the two. Edit: looking for a lover not lost love, sorry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giraffo Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Neil Young Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 That is waaaaaayyyyy too much brainwork for something that was originally billed as "obscure thoughts and musings". You ain't seen nothing yet. I Must Deconstruct! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Albums in order of release date (starting from the earliest): AMBTSTYHFAGIBSBS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 "Inlitterati lumen fidei" translates to "Wilco errata, trivia, stats" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 The abbreviations of the (Wilco proper) studio albums spell out: SHAT BY BS MBA GIFTS SHABBY BAG FISTSTM BAMBAS THY BS GIFTS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 Now that's what I'm talkin' about!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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