remphish1 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Curios how Wilco fans listen to the their Wilco? Do you.. Listen to the albums straight through?Seek a few tracks here or there?Put on a record?Listen to live shows?Youtube videos?Other? For me I play my ipod on shuffle through my car and I listen on shuffle at work on my ipod dock. Althought I have about 16,000 songs on the ipod maybe 300 are Wilco related. Sometimes I will gravitate towards certian songs and don't listen to the albums through as much as I used to unless I throw on the vinyl then I will listen straight through. I got a bunch of live albums and I gravitate to the earlier shows when I listen to the live stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Usually through a stereo, either in my car or in my living room. But seriously... If it's in the former, it's full albums, straight through. In the latter, there are two ways. If it's on the turntable, it's full albums, straight through. If it's on the iPod/iPad, it's usually a shuffle of albums and official live releases. I go through phases with the live recordings, that is, the soundboard/audience recordings. I'll listen to everything I have from one period, e.g. Being There tour, AGIB tour, etc., until I've exhausted my resources, at which point I usually stop listening to Wilco for a bit. After a while I usually grow tired of the live recordings and put them away for quite a while. I played the full Kicking Television vinyl box set the other weekend, and with various errands and appointments, it literally took me the whole weekend to play it. But damn was it good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I usually go with vinyl, CD, or iPod when I'm jogging. Regardless of the format I tend to play the records all the way through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Cd's all the way through on a stereo. Shows, too - I try to make sure I have enough time to listen the entire show in one sitting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I usually go with vinyl, CD, or iPod when I'm jogging. Regardless of the format I tend to play the records all the way through. I'd be curious to see how you pull of listening to vinyl while jogging. You might be on to something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I'd be curious to see how you pull of listening to vinyl while jogging. You might be on to something. I use a wagon with shock absorbers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Queen Amaranthine Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Roughly 90% of my Wilco listening is on CD in my car, when I'm driving by myself (have finally stopped trying to push Wilco on others and selfishly keeping it to myself). Once I'm familiar with an album, I'm mostly a track or track-section seeker (such as the first four songs of SBS or the last three of TWL, for example). Roughly 8% of my listening is when I bring work home and have it playing as background music while I'm on the computer. The other roughly 2% is other random ways, such as the Wilco and Popeye video online or my husband surprising me by DVRing Wilco's appearance of Farm Aid a few years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I use a wagon with shock absorbers. Interesting! I was envisioning some sort of backpack unit with an anti-skipping device, like those old Discman units had... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I work from home and sit in front of a computer all day, so my Wilco listening is the same as all my music listening... 50% headphones, 45% external computer speakers, 5% car CD player (the rare times I drive anywhere for more than 10 mins). The computer/iTunes listening varies pretty much evenly across listening to a single album from start to finish, to a random shuffle of 1-3 similar artists, to a random shuffle of a specific genre, to a random shuffle of my entire library. I listen to music on youtube a lot, too... but usually just to either a.) see live performances of songs I already like, or b.) check out a new band/song that I see people talking about. If I like what I hear enough, I'll download (purchase) the mp3 album and listen to it through iTunes. I try to give new albums a few plays straight through before dumping them 'into the shuffle' though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 When a new album comes out I'll play it to death, getting to know all the songs. While I'll occasionally play whole albums, mostly I play Wilco mixes on cd in the car or just shuffle the iPod at work. I make several mixed CDs a year to mix up the mix-ups. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulcalypse Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Always the albums themselves. I often listen to an album over and over for a few days. Most recently it was YHF and then each of the different unofficial "demos" releases from that period. iPhone plugged in to wherever I am (desk, car, classroom, etc.) If I have time to sit down and spin the black circle, that's what I do instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeShakey Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Surprised no one else uses smart playlists. I have one each for a few of my favourite artists - basically everything Wilco related with a 5 star rating that hasn't been played in a month or two (so once it gets played the song disappears from the playlist and is replaced by something else). I find it a good way to listen since it means tracks I like from albums I don't often listen to (or that only feature one Wilco track) pop up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 By album or live recording on my iPod Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Usually on my ipod either in the house or in the car. I listen to most of the albums all the way through and have a few my favorite songs sprinkled in with different playlists. With the exception of the YHF Demos, which I almost consider a separate album in and of themselves, I am not quite as compelled to listen to live/bootleg stuff as much as I used to be, but I'll still pop on an old live gig every once and awhile. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Weekdays, my listening is in the car or on the train to and from work. 90% of the time I'm listening to a live show (must be the old Deadhead in me, but I always gravitate to live performances), although TWL got more play time than any other studio release that I can recall. At home on weekends, a mix between playing vinyl, so the studio releases plus Kicking Television box set, live shows on disc or iPod, and watching concert footage (ACL, or Ashes DVD, or YouTube videos). Sometimes I play a Beat-Co playlist i put together, the Beatles and Wilco work fantastically well together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeShakey Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Sometimes I play a Beat-Co playlist i put together, the Beatles and Wilco work fantastically well together. Sounds interesting, whats on it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Usually on CD in my car on the way to & from work. Any new disc I'll listen all the way through a couple of times without skipping songs, a least until I have a handle on what I like & don't like. Then I'll probably skip some songs & re-play others. Most Wilco CDs I still listen all they way thru w/o skipping. I have a decent stereo setup at home but I rarely have the time & inclination to listen to music there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Sounds interesting, whats on it? Check these threads: http://viachicago.org/topic/45808-former-baseball-great-dale-murphys-take-on-wilco/page__hl__beatco__fromsearch__1 http://viachicago.org/topic/46594-wilco-the-beatles/page__p__1483379__hl__beatco__fromsearch__1?do=findComment&comment=1483379 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Sounds interesting, whats on it?Just random tunes, alternating. It's on a playlist on my iPod, which is now dead as a doornail. If I recall, the idea of a Beatles and Wilco playlist came from reading a blog post by Dale Murphy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spui Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Mostly on shuffle on my iPod in my car and iTunes at work. I have an "A-list' of about 560 songs, 52 of which are from Wilco that I mainly shuffle. I will listen to a live show now and then on CD in my car. As a matter of fact, 'Wishful Thinking' just came up on shuffle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Just random tunes, alternating. It's on a playlist on my iPod, which is now dead as a doornail. If I recall, the idea of a Beatles and Wilco playlist came from reading a blog post by Dale Murphy. Referenced in my post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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