Sir Stewart Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Funny, I was going to use John Entwistle (whom Ringo taught how to play fretless) as an example. That is the dictionary definition of irony. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 > Now if we can just get him to learn piano, or at least learn it well enough to play it before a live audience maybe he can?. there is a photo of him sitting at the piano, cigarette dangling out of mouth with a constipated look on his face plus, they already have 2 people playing piano in the band Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 > Now if we can just get him to learn piano, or at least learn it well enough to play it before a live audience maybe he can?. there is a photo of him sitting at the piano, cigarette dangling out of mouth with a constipated look on his face plus, they already have 2 people playing piano in the band he played piano live with Loose Fur, in 2002 and he plays piano on the Chelsea Walls score. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Oh, fer Christ's sake, its just a fat guy who used to be in the band. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Yep, fat joke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Oh, fer Christ's sake, its just a fat guy who used to be in the band.Actually, Jeff is still in the band. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emberta Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Being There, Summerteeth, YHF... They each are masterpieces of music. I firmly believe that Tweedy/Bennet was something special. There are bus loads of great musicians out there. Nels Cline is incredible as is Glen K. But then there are great wordsmiths who can write extremely efficienty and then there are people like Cormac Mcarthy. Since Bennet left the band, Wilco's music isn't what it used to be for me. Sure, AGIB and SBS have their moments...but none of them are as inspired as even the weakest songs on YHF, Summerteeth or Being There. I hate to say this because I love Wilco. With SBS, I listened to it 100 times hoping it would grow on me like previous efforts...never happened. Why? Well, maybe it's just age and you strike it hot a few times and can't keep it up. Look at george lucas and the last 3 star wars pieces of crap. Sure, the band has the most impressive technical ability, especially live (read: CGI), but the creativity of the Tweedy/Bennet collaboration is sorely missed. WORD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Being There, Summerteeth, YHF... They each are masterpieces of music. I firmly believe that Tweedy/Bennet was something special. There are bus loads of great musicians out there. Nels Cline is incredible as is Glen K. But then there are great wordsmiths who can write extremely efficienty and then there are people like Cormac Mcarthy. Since Bennet left the band, Wilco's music isn't what it used to be for me. Sure, AGIB and SBS have their moments...but none of them are as inspired as even the weakest songs on YHF, Summerteeth or Being There. I hate to say this because I love Wilco. With SBS, I listened to it 100 times hoping it would grow on me like previous efforts...never happened. Why? Well, maybe it's just age and you strike it hot a few times and can't keep it up. Look at george lucas and the last 3 star wars pieces of crap. Sure, the band has the most impressive technical ability, especially live (read: CGI), but the creativity of the Tweedy/Bennet collaboration is sorely missed. WORDSo is Bennet Cormac McCarthy or is Tweedy ? Are they Cormac McCarthy together? Is Cormac McCarthy not a great wordsmith or is he something better? I need some clarification. Actually, Jeff is still in the band.That's kinda funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pmancini100 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 whats with all the wilco/star wars references? to me, jeff tweedy and george lucas are unrelated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 whats with all the wilco/star wars references? to me, jeff tweedy and george lucas are unrelated.Nope, both fat guys. Oh Lord, I can't stop! Oh, wait, they both have Bob Dylan's Beard! Neck beard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Your Mama So Fat when she step on the Weight Scales it says...'to be continued'... she once went on a seafood diet...whenever she saw food she ate it! folk exercise by jogging around her! when she bends over, we enter Daylight Saving Time. she sat on a Nintendo Gamecube and it turned into a gameboy she make Kiko the Whale look like a Smartie NASA plan to use her to shore up the hole in the Ozone layer she was measured at 38-26-36 and that was just the left arm... small objects orbit her. she make olympic sumo wrestlers look anerixic. when I tell her to haul ass, she gotta make two trips. when she farted she launched herself into orbit. she lost a game at Hide&Seek only cos I spotted her...behind Mount Everest. when I had to swerve to avoid hitting her on the road I ran out of Petrol! she could be the eighth continent. she nearly put Safeway out of business the only thing that's attracted to her is gravity. her Uni graduation photo was an aerial when she auditioned for a part in Raiders of the Lost Ark she got the part of the big Rolling Ball. she make Jabba the Hutt look anorexic. her fave food is seconds. her belt size is Equator. she eats Desert out of a Trash Can lid she wears an 'X' jacket and Copters attempt to land on her she shows up on radar. she needs a map to find her butt. she fell into the Grand Canyon....and got stuck! she wears an asteroid belt. her Passport photo says 'Picture is continued overleaf' she has TB ... 2 bellys. she's once, twice, three times a lady. she was in the Daily Record last week on page 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. the circus use her as a trampoline stunt agencies use her as an air mattress when she opens the Fridge it says - 'I give up...' she got a new gig at the Cinema...she works as the screen she once told me 'I could eat a horse'...believe me, she wasn't kidding! she deep fries her toothpaste. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emberta Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 So is Bennet Cormac McCarthy or is Tweedy ? Are they Cormac McCarthy together? Is Cormac McCarthy not a great wordsmith or is he something better? I need some clarification. I don't know what the f*** I was writing. I was drunk. What a bunch of stupid analogies. Now I know why people avoid me on the weekends. That's kinda funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 No worries. Been there before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pmancini100 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 you guys should check out his new free album, its called whatever happened i apologize. its really cool. bigger than blue is my other favorite of his. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thejokeexplained Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 > Now if we can just get him to learn piano, or at least learn it well enough to play it before a live audience they already have 2 people playing piano in the band i was actually writing about him playing piano at his solo gigs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardinggr Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 i was actually writing about him playing piano at his solo gigs. If Jay was still with the band we would have no band as he would have tore Jeff apart. Anyway, wasn't he SACKED??!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyMike Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 This may be the dumbest thread ever... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 > i was actually writing about him playing piano at his solo gigs. that'd be cool. doesnt Neil Young alternate between guitar and organ at his solo shindigs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thejokeexplained Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 > i was actually writing about him playing piano at his solo gigs. that'd be cool. doesnt Neil Young alternate between guitar and organ at his solo shindigs? yea he does, and you can add the guitjo as well to Neil's arsenal of instruments he plays solo live. I would really like to hear what Jeff could do with his song writing as well as live solo performances if he played more piano. Does anyone know if Jeff only writes songs from the guitar? I'm intrigued because of a Springsteen documentary is saw. It came with the anniversary box of Born To Run, where Bruce talks about how his songs evolve when writing them on piano as opposed to guitar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 bob dylan once said he does the same - writes the tunes on piano first Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thejokeexplained Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 bob dylan once said he does the same - writes the tunes on piano first i don't remember ever seeing Dylan on piano live. Although i did see him play keys at the Back Yard in Austin during Love and Theft tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 > i don't remember ever seeing Dylan on piano live. from memory he played PIANO on stage in 1966, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991... (as opposed to to that crappy casio keyboard he's started using since 2002) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardinggr Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 i don't remember ever seeing Dylan on piano live. Although i did see him play keys at the Back Yard in Austin during Love and Theft tour. Bob Dylan on piano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrKJueuSZw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 this has to be his definitive piano performance (and one of his best vocals)... from 1980 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FcWL6YM2XU Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tweedling Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 this has to be his definitive piano performance (and one of his best vocals)... from 1980 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FcWL6YM2XUAwesome! Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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