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Yes indeed it is.

 

I prefer Wilco's live stuff. I've barely even heard much of their studio product. From what little I have heard, the live stuff is way better IMO.

 

That one is on A Ghost is Born. There are some really great live versions of it from 02 and 03 and the one from the residency is great also.

 

--Mike

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Wilco is a band I look forward to seeing whenever they blow through town, but I mostly listen to the studio recordings. I'm a CD guy, generally.

 

Misunderstood

Why Would You Wanna Live

I Must Be High

Impossible Germany

Venus Stop the Train

Jesus Etc. (maybe the most durable melody I've ever heard...)

Remember the Mountain Bed (with a huge tip o' the cap to Woody)

You Are My Face

Pieholden Suite (I really came around to this one over the years)

In a Future Age

Muzzle of Bees

 

And a bunch more!

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Hand Shake Drugs

California Stars

Blue Eyed Soul

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)

A Shot in the Arm

Box Full of Letters

Poor Places

War on War

Misunderstood

Muzzle of Bees

Side with Seeds

I Got You (At the End of the Century)

I am Trying to Break Your Heart

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I'm not keeping score, but there seems to be a whole bunch of folks that really dig Poor Places. Cheers to you all. It just might be my favorite.

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I'm not keeping score, but there seems to be a whole bunch of folks that really dig Poor Places. Cheers to you all. It just might be my favorite.

 

Poor Places

 

It's my father's voice trailing off

Sailors sailing off in the morning

For the air-conditioned rooms

At the top of the stairs

 

His jaw's been broken

His bandage is wrapped too tight

His fangs have been pulled

And I really want to see you tonight

 

There's bourbon on the breath

Of the singer you love so much

He takes all his words from the books

That you don't read anyway

 

His jaw's been broken

His bandage is wrapped too tight

His fangs have been pulled

And I really want to see you tonight

 

Someone ties a bow

In my backyard to show me love

My voice is climbing walls

Smoking and I want love

 

My jaw's been broken

My heart is wrapped in ice

My fangs have been pulled

And I really want to see you tonight

 

And it makes no difference to me

How they cried all over overseas

When it's hot in the poor places tonight

I'm not going outside

 

They cried all over overseas

It makes no difference to me

When it's hot in the poor places tonight

I'm not going outside

 

It's hot in the poor places tonight

I'm not going outside

I'm not going outside

I'm not going outside

 

(Yankee...hotel...foxtrot)

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Poor Places

Reservations

Jesus, Etc.

Pot Kettle Black

Hummingbird (AGIB and soma)

Theologians

Wishful Thinking

Company in my Back

You Are My Face

Either Way

Walken

Radio Cure

Diamond Claw

In A Future Age

Pieholden Suite

How to Fight Loneliness

Venus Stop the Train

and more..

 

Speaking of Diamond Claw... does anybody know the story behind that gem? Is it a Tweedy piece?

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Pot Kettle Black

Jesus, Etc.

Muzzle of Bees

That's Not the Issue

Misunderstood

Someday Soon

Remember the Mountain Bed

Shouldn't be Ashamed

I am trying to break your heart

I'm always in Love

Theologians

Via Chicago

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01. Jesus, Etc

02. She's a Jar

03. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

04. Via Chicago

05. Misunderstood

06. Spiders (Kidsmoke)

07. Remember the Mountain Bed

08. A Shot in The Arm

09. Wishful Thinking

10. Sunken Treasure

11. Ashes of American Flags

12. Poor Places

13. Reservations

14. Cars Can't Escape

15. A Magazine Called Sunset

16. Can't Stand It (Yes, I went there)

17. California Stars

18. I'm Always in Love

19. Impossible Germany

20. Someday, Some Morning, Sometime

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Poor Places

 

It's my father's voice trailing off

Sailors sailing off in the morning

For the air-conditioned rooms

At the top of the stairs

 

His jaw's been broken

His bandage is wrapped too tight

His fangs have been pulled

And I really want to see you tonight

 

There's bourbon on the breath

Of the singer you love so much

He takes all his words from the books

That you don't read anyway

 

His jaw's been broken

His bandage is wrapped too tight

His fangs have been pulled

And I really want to see you tonight

 

Someone ties a bow

In my backyard to show me love

My voice is climbing walls

Smoking and I want love

 

My jaw's been broken

My heart is wrapped in ice

My fangs have been pulled

And I really want to see you tonight

 

And it makes no difference to me

How they cried all over overseas

When it's hot in the poor places tonight

I'm not going outside

 

They cried all over overseas

It makes no difference to me

When it's hot in the poor places tonight

I'm not going outside

 

It's hot in the poor places tonight

I'm not going outside

I'm not going outside

I'm not going outside

 

(Yankee...hotel...foxtrot)

 

 

That song keeps me from ever completing a Wilco mix cd...I can't leave it off because it's so good...but then...It makes the whole thing feel awkward without the transition to Reservations, which just feels like too much foxtrot. I try to keep my mixes very even.

 

I guess I could always go Poor Places > Spiders with the studio versions :-)

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