cash Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 So this past Sunday i met my girlfriends friends while we watched the giants game. They're really cool bunch, but the dudes are all metal heads. They asked me what my favorite band was, and right as i was about to respond, the jetta commercial featuring Walken comes on. I said that the band playing right now, Wilco, was my favorite band, and they laughed. I told them it wasn't the best example of a wilco tune (it had to fit a fucking jetta commercial...), and that they can rock if the want to (somebody replied, "they're rocking me to sleep right now") So if you were in my shoes and had to (re)introduce wilco to a couple of metal heads, nice dudes, but metal heads nonetheless, what would you play them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Monday. But I'd probably just let them like what they like and be happy for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddiedillon839 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Misunderstood, or At Least That's What You Said Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigWheeledWagon Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 "Heavy Metal Drummer"? Sorry, couldn't resist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 LNGCA rocks pretty damn hard - and it even has a drum solo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bourbonbreath Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 the old live cover version of i wanna be sedated --> color me impressed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Don't play any music. Just photoshop up a picture of Jeff in some spandex number with really big hair and show that to them. That's all they'll need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 If metal heads respected Wilco, I'd have (even) fewer brain cells. Or summat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I'd just pity the fools. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 What. Light. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Does the fact that I listened to a lot of metal/hard rock 30+ years ago and eventually I got around to liking Wilco have any meaning here (regarding the topic)? I hope it doesn't take your friends that long! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 > Monday. the brass section will scare them off try Outtasite (not the sesame street version, though) some of the live songs they did in the 90's might help (punk version of passenger side, and some of the covers. (cock in my pocket will be a good one) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chip Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Less Than You Think. The last seven minutes or so should win them over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Play them Interstellar Space Revisited and say "this is their guitarist". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Don't bother. Those guys haven't earned good music yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 It just may not be their cup of tea - nothing wrong with metal, good metal that is, not nu metal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Don't bother. Those guys haven't earned good music yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Devastated by your witty rejoinder, I am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wailin Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I Got YouSpidersNot for the Season (from Sunken Treasure, with Glenn). Am I the only one who sees Led Zep in this one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 play them what you regard as their best songs, obviously. ignore the whole 'appealing to their rock side' thing, it will just get you laughed at again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest David Puddy Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 i've never understood this whole "how to introduce someone to wilco" thing. i mean, i guess i can see making them a compilation cd, as has been discussed in many-a-thread, but just play them wilco, they'll either like it or they won't. don't try to play something hard just because they like metal. play them the songs you like best, or maybe an album you like best, and just let them listen. and in my experience with putting wilco on for people that didn't know of them, they never liked it at first, but came back a month later or whatever, and said "wow, so wilco's amazing" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Devastated by your witty rejoinder, I am. I'm sure you are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I would just play some music for them, probably Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I was drinking at a bar and I met these serious metal kids going to a Melvins show. I used to be a big Melvins fan so we were talking about their old tunes. When they saw my Wilco shirt they freaked out. This was before Sky Blue Sky came out and they were really interested in what their new material would be like. I think if they like good music they don't necessarily need to hear something hard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 LNGCA rocks pretty damn hard - and it even has a drum solo! LNGCA... LNGCA Congratulations. You have just pushed one of my pet peeve buttons. (Please excuse the following rant, but my neck and knee are hurting, I didn't get much sleep last night, and you won the 'piss off crow lottery'.) So...LNGCA isn't ringing any bells. So, I go to the iPod to pull up my wilco albums...none match. LNGCA...Is it really that hard to type the song name? Or is it some sort of key to hipness to know or invent acronyms for every song, every album, every name, every venue...?What is being done here is exclude me (and other acronymally challenged board members) from a reasonably interesting and enjoyable thread.Like I noted above...I hope my tone isn't too pissed off. It's been a really tough couple of weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Let's Not Get Carried Away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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