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Here we go again. Every time I come back to this site the majority of the posters are ripping WTA. The band has set the bar so high that it's not enough to make a merely "good" album of catchy pop tunes -- and that's what it is, no more or less. Of course it wasn't an era-defining masterpiece like YHT -- no one hits a home run every time out. But it compares favorably to AM and SBS, I think.

 

I get particularly sick of people looking down their noses at "You and I" and WTS, as if just anybody could write a sweet, breezy pop tune like that. I love Tweedy for his ability to write in all genres and moods, and I absolutely love those songs.

 

Also, while I'm playing the apologist, I'm not on board with the R.E.M.-hate either. "Uberlin," "It Happened Today," and "That Someone is You" are f*ing great songs; I hope we haven't heard the last of them now that their contract is up.

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it's not enough to make a merely "good" album of catchy pop tunes -- and that's what it is, no more or less.

 

I don't think they're particularly catchy, and I don't think a lot of other people do, either. "Forgetable" is a word that gets tossed around a lot re: W(TA) for a reason.

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I like WTA better than SBS. Not that it's a fantastic album, but it has elements of the Wilco catalogue that I like, whereas almost every song on SBS has major aspects of the newer Wilco that I just don't much like...

hmmm, do you include Impossible Germany in your dislike of SBS, or is that subsumed within the "almost"???

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Also, while I'm playing the apologist, I'm not on board with the R.E.M.-hate either. "Uberlin," "It Happened Today," and "That Someone is You" are f*ing great songs; I hope we haven't heard the last of them now that their contract is up.

Agreed. After years of thoroughly disappointing releases, I think Collapse Into Now is a return to the form of what made R.E.M. a great band. I've played this over and over, and I think it holds up well when played right along all those great albums of earlier in the life of this band. A band that had a run of like 5-7 straight releases (I can't get the number off the top of my head) of great music.

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I'd put it up against any of Brian Henneman's guitar fills on the entire A.M. record.

 

You'd put a four-note arpeggio(ish fill) up against That's Not The Issue? Wow.

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I lost interest in this album after a few listens. There are a handful of songs (Country Disappeared and Solitaire are the only two that I can actually think of) that I thought were good. All the rest seemed like they were just trying to hard to create a "Wilco" song. I still enjoy them live. I'm hoping the new album will renew my faith.

 

And nothing on the album was as good as Leave Me Like You Found Me.

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how do you pronounce your last name?

very carefully and slowly ..It's an abbreviation of the State I live in

That information pertained to the above dialog in what way?

 

ok now on with the Show

Lighten up See you at the Boston Show.......

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I also can't believe there isn't more love for "Deeper Down." What a breathtaking song that is -- great contributions there from Pat and Nels plus great lyrics and singing from Jeff. I mean, is this a Wilco fansite or not? I'm seeing more snark than love for the band here.

 

Granted, on some level I do understand the current apathy for the previous album. It obviously wasn't their best, it's a couple of years old, and we're all breathless with anticipation that the new one will put the previous couple to shame. Maybe that will be the case, but I refuse to throw WTA under the bus.

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