Guest Don Draper Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 I was shuffling Wilco songs this morning and Everlasting Everything came up. Right after "don't try to tell me my everlasting love is a lie," my head expected to hear the chord from Wishful Thinking that bridges "thank my lucky stars" and the final "what would we be." And then I was reading the lyrics to both songs and there are a fair number of similarities, not least of all "don't try to tell me my everlasting love is a lie," and the WT lines "fill up your mind with all it can know, don't forget that you body will let it all go," and of course, "what would we be without wishful thinking?" The sense of inevitability in EE and "no one has found how to unring the bell" in WT. Then WT kind of wanders off into the woods with the dress and the trees and the knees, but there you go. Anyway, I saw some musical and lyrical similarities in the two that I hadn't heard before. Questions, comments, or smart remarks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 not sure but I will tell you one thingI LURVE THIS VERSIONhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUyJ8XrlV8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 not sure but I will tell you one thing I LURVE THIS VERSION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUyJ8XrlV8 Pretty much the definitive version in my mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 That was the tour where his voice ran into a little trouble, and it makes this recording of that song so affective. That song can almost make me tear up when I'm feeling sentimental. Everlasting, not so much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 One is a really great song and the other is something not that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Don Draper Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Heh. I never said I was crazy about Everlasting Everything (I assume that's the one you're talking about), but the similarities are there to me. Like a hot fraternal twin and her uglier sister. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Heh. I never said I was crazy about Everlasting Everything (I assume that's the one you're talking about), but the similarities are there to me. Like a hot fraternal twin and her uglier sister.Hey, I once knew a girl who looked like Shania Twain when she was fresh, but her identical twin chose to look more like Mark Twain and drove a ragged pickup with a "Beyond Bitch" bumper sticker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Heh. I never said I was crazy about Everlasting Everything (I assume that's the one you're talking about), but the similarities are there to me. Like a hot fraternal twin and her uglier sister. More like a hot chick and a shit she took. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Duh, hot chicks don't shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Wow.I figure Jeff is a home-run hitter when it comes to songwriting. If you're a slugger, you'll hit a lot of home runs, but when you're swinging for the fences you also whiff now and again. I'll take that. I still think he's batting about .650 or .750. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Don Draper Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Well, yes, nobody's perfect. Thankfully I've yet to hear a Wilco song that really bothers me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I don't know, Don, "Leave Me Like You Found Me" can be a real dud. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Don Draper Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I prefer "Leave Me" over "Shake it Off" or "Either Way." "Shake it Off" just never finds a groove, and "Either Way" sounds like something from a lite rock station. "Leave Me" isn't really memorable, but it's not terrible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 "Either Way" sounds like something from a lite rock stationThis song saved my life once. True story. Listen for the high hat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Don Draper Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 This song saved my life once. True story. Listen for the high hat.Somebody hear the music emanating from the elevator you were stuck in? (I kid. Will listen closer next time.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 This song saved my life once. True story. Listen for the high hat. Hearing parts of your story about your relationship to that song really made me re-contextualize it, and now I love it. I had been pretty lukewarm to it previously. When they opened with it on the Americanarama date I saw them play over the summer, it floored me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Jeff Tweedy's the bestest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I've always liked Either Way. It's Sky Blue Sky that got old quick for me (and What Light somewhat). I'd probably be okay with Leave Me Like You Found Me if it wasn't song #3 of the woe-is-me trifecta on SBS. Might have made a decent side track, but I can't hack it on that album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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