mclain13 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Through the years I've learned there are two AMAZING things WILCO has done for me.First, I truly love just about anything they/Tweedy does. I'm guaranteed to find in each album too many songs that resonate so well with my life's experiences.Second, I grew up with a Beatles obsessed mother and, as a result, their music became an amzing backdrop as I grew up in the 70s. However, as I got older and began listening to metal (in Jr./HS) and later (in college) the Dead, The Black Crowes, Phish, etc, I forgot how awsome The Beatles were.It wasn't until I heard Summerteeth that I decided to crack open the vault. There was just so much in it that reminded me of those days.So, now through the years, as each album has come out, I go through this cycle where I listen obsessively to WILCOs new release and then naturally move to an obsessive Beatles phase. I'm there now and thank WILCO for allowing me to connect to my past every so often, listening to some of the most amazing music (future and past) I've heard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kim Bodnia Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Down with Wilco by The Minus 5 has a heavy Beatles-like sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 This is a site worth checking out http://murphtalks.blogspot.com/2011/05/murph-listens-to-what.html http://murphtalks.bl...-new-songs.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mclain13 Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 This is a site worth checking out http://murphtalks.bl...ns-to-what.html http://murphtalks.bl...-new-songs.html Thanks for the links. I've always felt the connection was maybe a bit contrived based on the fact that every so often a beat writer latches on to a connection between the two, but it's nice to read thoughts from someone who genuinely hears the same thing I do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Autumnteeth Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 This is a site worth checking out http://murphtalks.bl...ns-to-what.html http://murphtalks.bl...-new-songs.html Thanks 2x for the links. Great sites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
welch79 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 This is a site worth checking out http://murphtalks.blogspot.com/2011/05/murph-listens-to-what.html http://murphtalks.bl...-new-songs.html good playlist the murph put together there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
newbornghost Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 This is a site worth checking out http://murphtalks.bl...ns-to-what.html http://murphtalks.bl...-new-songs.html Enjoyable reads, both of them. Though, for the baseball great Dale Murphy's first post, I'm gonna have to quell the enthusiasm a bit: 1. Beatco was the album that Abbey Road wishes it was. Um, no. More like Abbey Road is the album The Whole Love wishes it was. 2. Jeff Tweedy has the voice Sir Paul wishes he had. Again, I love Wilco as much as anyone, but no. It's the other way around. 3. Nels Cline is the session guitarist the Beatles should have had. Actually, yeah, maybe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
newbornghost Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 good playlist the murph put together there! It is. And reading that inspired me to put together a playlist of Beatles songs that either shared aural features or flat out reminded me of Wilco songs (and vice versa, of course). Here's my 'Beatco' playlist: Something (Abbey Road - Beatles) Sunloathe (The Whole Love - Wilco) I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Abbey Road - Beatles) Spiders (A Ghost Is Born - Wilco) Think For Yourself (Rubber Soul - Beatles) Standing O (The Whole Love - Wilco) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles) My Daring (Summerteeth - Wilco) Sexy Sadie (The White Album - Beatles) Hell Is Chrome (A Ghost Is Born - Wilco) Your Mother Should Know (Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles) Why Would You Wanna Live (Being There - Wilco) I'm So Tired (The White Album - Beatles) Red-Eyed And Blue (Being There - Wilco) Long, Long, Long (The White Album - Beatles) Wishful Thinking (A Ghost Is Born - Wilco) Things We Said Today (A Hard Day's Night - Beatles) War On War (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco) Here Comes The Sun (Abbey Road - Beatles) You And I (Wilco (The Album) - Wilco) A Day In The Life (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles) Poor Places (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Say, Murph's list is interesting. Tried it out. Not bad. Essentially t's just Abbey Road and YHF mixed together with alternating tracks. And why he chose not to include "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" is beyond me. I have a hard time breaking up the Abbey Road medley. Enjoyable nonetheless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I am currently not at my personal computer nor do I have my iPod handy but I've recently put about three hours of Beatle/Wilco tracks together. I can recall a few combinations that are pretty cool. Try Get Back and I Might in that order. Also try Strawberry Fields and Poor Places. I also like Martha My Dear, Hummingbird, Your Mother Should Know, Capitol City and Honey Pie.Another combination I like is What is Life and You Never Know. When I get home I'll post some others. I'm currently administering SATs to the poor suckers who think they are going to go to college, graduate and find a high paying job..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 What is Life? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 What is Life?Assuming that should read Day in the Life? But if not, I'm stumped. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 What is Life? Assuming that should read Day in the Life? But if not, I'm stumped. All Things Must Pass is an awfully great album if you are unfamiliar. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XFfUt7HQWM All Things Must Pass is an awfully great album if you are unfamiliar. --Mike Thanks for the help. I include anything by the Beatles both as a band or solo as well as anything Wilco or Tupelo, or Golden Smog, etc. written and sung by Tweedy. It gives me more flexibility to match up themes, sounds, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Try these runs of songs if you are so inclined... Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaMondayGot Yo Get You Into My LifeYou Are My Face Martha My DearHummingbirdYour Mother Should KnowCapitol CityHoney PieWalken Oo YouITMWLYI'm Losing You (Stripped down version))Hate It HereWatching the Wheels (Stripped down version) BlackbirdJesus Etc.Live and Let DieA Magazine Called SunsetI Me MineEither WayMother Nature's Son Dawned On MeWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsOne WingSavoy TruffleStanding OSexy SadieSunloatheIsolationWhole LoveI'm Looking Through YouSomeday SoonGood Day SunshineMisunderstoodGetting BetterHeavy Metal Drummer Get BackI MightDrive My CarI'm a WheelI'm Down You Never KnowWhat Is LifeSunny FeelingHere Comes The SunMuzzle of Bees Cold TurkeyALTWYSHelter SkelterOuttasite (Outta Mind) I've Just Seen A FaceForget The FlowersHappiness Is a Warm GunA Shot In The ArmInstant KarmaBorn Alone It's All Too MuchIATTBYHI Am the WalrusPot Kettle BlackStrawberry FieldsPoor Places Dear PrudenceSomeone Else's SongRevolutionWar On WarHey BulldogWilco The SongOnly a Northern SongI Love My Label You Never Give Me You MoneyRed Eyed And BlueThe EndI Got YouHer Majesty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XFfUt7HQWM All Things Must Pass is an awfully great album if you are unfamiliar. --MikeThanks for the help. I include anything by the Beatles both as a band or solo as well as anything Wilco or Tupelo, or Golden Smog, etc. written and sung by Tweedy. It gives me more flexibility to match up themes, sounds, etc. That's right...forgot the Harrison tune. I'm very much aware of All Things Must Pass. I guess I wasn't opening up "The Beatles" to music that wasn't produced by The Beatles. But I'm happy to play along. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 It opens up more options to match songs. Many Wilco songs sound like Beatles tunes to me and visa-verse. I tried to match up two songs at a time and then try to imagine what Beatle(solo as well) or Wilco tune would follow next to keep the string going. It actually is a lot of fun. I guess that tells you where my life is these days. After playing them a few times I'll make adjustments and move things around a bit or figure how to work a particular song I like to listen to into the mix. Great tunes to listen to while walking the treadmill for forty minutes. It's tough working Ringo songs in however. Been trying to find a couple of Wilco tunes to wrap around Yellow Submarine and With A Little Help From My Friends that sound right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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