H.Stone Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Everlasting. More Tweedy patented dark lyrics over soft music: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I'm going to start a new general thread for published articles/reviews, and attempt to move the posts related to the Timeout Chicago blurb over there. So if half of this thread disappears by mistake you'll know who was responsible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
standenup Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 solitaire is probably my favorite, reminds me the most of old wilco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I'm with you, especially on I'll Fight. When I first heard it I thought the lyrics were horrendous. I'll fight for you, kill for you, die for you, blah, blah, blah, heard it before. Then I realized it was literal (a rose is a rose)! That song is like a movie now; certain lyrical images (you'll wake with a start from a dream, abandoned by the mill, in war's waters i will wade) are coming to me in full technicolor. Couldn't agree more. I don't think I've ever swung so far from hating lyrics to loving lyrics in one song. This Tweedy guy knows what he is doing. Jeez. Like a ninja. Creeps up on you and kicks your ass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Like a ninja. Creeps up on you and kicks your ass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Very well said. Bottom line is that these guys lost their edge after AGIB. You could almost, almost hear it tailing away on that one, but that record contains enough of it to pass. Orkie / Essox - you accused AGIB of being Billy Joel b-sides / c-sides. Change your tune? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rrnate Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Does anyone else hear some production similarities to the "Down With Wilco" album (Minus 5)? That was the last album that reminded me of Summerteeth, production-wise except w/ a slightly less doped-up vibe. That album had the keys like this new one and lots of backup singing but didn't have the suffocatingly dense production sound of Summerteeth. (As much as like like STeeth, the dense-sound of the whole thing (partially the master) makes it sound a little flat.) Also, just to add my two cents, this album is a total grower and although I had initially been feeling let down by it, I am loving it now. Like anything else, it's probably best to not go in w/ a bunch of expectations. I like how it sounds like a real band - I recall some comments on here that it sounds like a "Jeff solo album" but I don't think it does at all - I think this record has a much more full-band sound than SBS did. You can really hear how everyone was throwing in ideas and fleshing out the songs (which is probably another way it reminds me of "Down W/ Wilco".) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Does Everlasting remind anyone else of Lennon's Across the Universe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I still love this album by the way. I can't stop listening to it. Not as artsy fartsy as AGIB or YHF just great pop songs JK about the artsy farsty thing but I really do love this album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Muskeg Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I've listened to it a few times now, and each time I find myself wishing there was more Nels on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tsuxiit Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 The camel on the cover is in fact not a camel but a dromedary! http://beta.wilcoworld.net/roadcase/milwaukee.php. In this show Jeff talks about shooting the album cover a bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 The camel on the cover is in fact not a camel but a dromedary! http://beta.wilcoworld.net/roadcase/milwaukee.php. In this show Jeff talks about shooting the album cover a bit.I count two humps. Ergo, camel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I count two humps. Ergo, camel.Look with your heart, not your eyes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 http://blondeonblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/wilco-the-album-cover-that-couldve-been/ Wilco ((The Album Cover (that Could’ve Been))By now most Wilco fans and almost certainly all Milwaukee Wilco fans are aware of the new record cover that was shot in our beautiful city. Peep Mader’s in the background! While this album art looks pretty sweet, it is not the cover that Gentle John and I had hoped for. On April 15th Gentle John and I arrived at the Pabst Theater two plus hours before the second Wilco show due to Jeff Tweedy’s announcement that a photographer was in town to shoot the cover of their next album and WE could be a part of it. There was tons of milling about and petting of dogs before the photographer showed up and selected three people to wear rhine stone suits worn by the band and also one lucky person to hold a gigantic birthday cake. To our dismay, we were not one or two of the four selected so we instead lined up with the rest of the unlucky ones. However, as it turns out we ended up right next to one of the guys chosen to wear a suit and a super cute kid wearing a Union Jack beanie. It was at this point we were certain that we’d made it. We’d signed waivers. WAIVERS!!! We were guaranteed to be on the cover. I even rolled up my ticket stub from the previous night and cigarette gripped it (ala McCartney on Abbey Road) in order to make sure that I stood out from the rest. Gentle John and I, glowing and elated due to our future fame, walked across the street to have some celebratory beverages and text the news to our closest (and sure to be jealous) companions. Well, looks like we should’ve bought that camel some drinks. I bet they didn’t make him sign a waiver:( Here’s a photo set of our lousy time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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