Via Harvard Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I just wanted to get a feel for what people are feeling about Sky Blue Sky? Excuse me for being a new VC poster, but, as a true blue fan I do not understand why people don't understand how great SBS is? I really think it's a great album. As good as anything from any other record. Your thoughts...please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Love the album, it took up residence in my CD player for weeks and I still revisit it often. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pmancini100 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 yeah, its awesome. im glad i got to see them a few times on the sbs tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsNowhere Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 It's no Summerteeth but it's a solid album. I like it a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I still hate "What Light" and don't love "Walken," but love the rest of the album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I still hate "What Light" and don't love "Walken," but love the rest of the album.I agree with you on these two songs and I have one more to add. I know "On and On and On" is a very personal song for Jeff but the fact that the word yeah is used as part of the rhyme scheme at the end of most of the lines bugs me. I know this is Wilco blasphemy and I apologize. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grateful dead Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 It's no Summerteeth but it's a solid album. I like it a lot. YES SIR its no summerteeth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I still hate "What Light" and don't love "Walken," but love the rest of the album.Yea me too, but mostly because XRT plays both WAY too much. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I think the first 4 tracks are perfect but the rest are so-so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I still hate "What Light" and don't love "Walken," but love the rest of the album. I feel the same way. The rest of the songs are so good though, it might still be my favorite Wilco album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barbkm Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I agree. I love. I actually like it more that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (No hate mail please). Lyrically, gorgeous. And Jeff sounds amazing -- as does the whole band. Impossible Germany still chills. Only song I don't realy like is Leave Me Like You Found Me. I did get sick of One Light, but got over it. Love air drumming to Walken. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Sky Blue Sky has its moments ("Impossible Germany" and "On and On and On" stand out the most to me) but while I like it a lot, it doesn't have the same depth and complexity that Summerteeth or Yankee Hotel Foxtrot hold for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I love it. It is not my favorite of theirs but I love it. There are things about it that I like more than Summerteeth. I would say I like most of the "weak" songs listed above less, but I still enjoy them. Except, I actually think "Leave Me Like You Found Me" is really pretty. It is the perfect song (album?) for driving on a winter morning. I bet the new one will trump it though. We'll know in a few months. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 don't you know any talk of bad mouthing anything about Wilco on this board will get you immediately killed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I still hate "What Light" and don't love "Walken," but love the rest of the album.I am almost the opposite. I really like Either Way, You Are My Face, Impossible Germany, Walken, What Light, and On and On and On. The middle of the album, while not bad, is the most boring thing Wilco has released... at least that's how I feel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsNowhere Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I still hate "What Light" and don't love "Walken," but love the rest of the album.I have to say Walken is one of my favorite songs on the album (the live version is just awesome), What Light is just okay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 It is true that it does not hold up as well as the other records, but it is very solid. There are only a couple songs I don't like (Shake it Off, Leave Me) and there are couple that will go down as classics (Face & Germany - and maybe Seeds). The rest are enjoyable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I sort of OD'ed on this album the summer after it came out, so it's not one of the albums I listen to a lot now. When I do revisit it, though, I always enjoy it. It takes me back to a specific time in my life, a summer that was filled with a lot of big changes, and there are a few songs that will always especially remind me of that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimthedrummer Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I sort of OD'ed on this album the summer after it came out, so it's not one of the albums I listen to a lot now. When I do revisit it, though, I always enjoy it. It takes me back to a specific time in my life, a summer that was filled with a lot of big changes, and there are a few songs that will always especially remind me of that. Almost a complete ditto on that one... Big things afoot that summer/fall, and Sky Blue Sky, from edge to edge, got me through more than I can say. World Party albums used to do that for me, now it seems it's Wilco... Can't wait to see what they have in store for us this Spring! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Central Scrutinizer Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 don't you know any talk of bad mouthing anything about Wilco on this board will get you immediately killed.Actually, I was waiting for the stern warning that there were previous threads about this and you should read those instead of offering any personal insight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 SBS is pretty good, but I would put it behind YHF and maybe Summerteeth. They really should have stuck "The Thanks I Get" and "Let's Not Get Carried Away" on it, though - would have nicely balanced out the softer stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Today I've been listening to SBS on vinyl for the first time... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 i love it... apart from Shake it off, which bores me to death Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I probably haven't listened to it since a couple months after it came out. I'm ok with that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I gave SBS frequent repeated spins for a couple months after its release, but now I just cherry-pick songs off it. All the other albums still get repeated listens, but SBS as a whole doesn't hold up for me over time. "Face" and "Germany" are studs and "Either Way," "Seeds," "What Light," and "On and On and On" are solid. (However, I wish artists would come up with a new metaphor for hope other than resorting to "light." ~ Now Ryan Adams is doing it, too.) I like the second half of "Walken," especially live. "Shake it Off" is kind of like "Spiders" in the terms of it can get tedious on the record, but offers opportunity for improvising during live performances. The title track is pedestrian. "Patient" seems a better fit for Tweedy solo. "Hate it Here" has a certain humor to it that makes it okay as a filler (I like an occasional fun song, see "I'm a Wheel."). Alas, "Leave Me Like You Found Me" is overkill on the Whoa-is-Me Trifecta ~ one song too many there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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