JAK2112 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 8:30 (EKG plays as band enters)1. More...2. Random Name Generator3. The Joke Explained4. You Satellite5. Taste the Ceiling6. Pickled Ginger7. Where Do I Begin8. Cold Slope9. King of You10. Magnetized11. Handshake Drugs12. Camera13. I am trying to Break your Heart14. Art of Almost15. Via Chicago16. Impossible Germany17. Red eyed and Blue >18. I got you 19. Outtasite 20. Heavy Metal Drummer21. I'm the man who Loves You10:00 Band played all of Star Wars, a lot to unpack, will give a full review tomorrow Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopQuizKat Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 man... Star Wars in its entirety!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhino4evr Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Very loud set. Makes sense for the crowd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopQuizKat Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 was Star Wars the Cat in attendance?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alien Ache Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Watched the stream on YouTube. Loved seeing the album performed live, it gave me a chance to hear more of Jeff's lyrics since his vocals are mixed kind of low on the album (not a complaint, I like the aesthetics of the mix). You Satellite and Where Do I Begin were the highlights for me. I don't expect them to play the whole record at the Greek show but I DO hope to hear a few of Star Wars' choice tracks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alien Ache Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 was Star Wars the Cat in attendance??Yep, Glenn's bass drum was adorned with the furry little bastard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giovanni_viachicago Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 was Star Wars the Cat in attendance??yes! on glenn's bass drum. lolwas at the show last night, i thought it was spectacular. amazing band live. i signed up for this site because of that show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhino4evr Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Whose idea was it to play a recording of EKG? Would have loved to see them actually jam out for a minute and a half before More... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopQuizKat Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Whose idea was it to play a recording of EKG? Would have loved to see them actually jam out for a minute and a half before More...I wondering if this was one they couldn't get figured out in time. In the XRT interview before the show he discussed how they had played every Tweedy song on the road except one (which I believe to be "I'll Sing It") he said "we couldn't ever really quite get it figured out." So maybe a similar situation? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopQuizKat Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 yes! on glenn's bass drum. lolwas at the show last night, i thought it was spectacular. amazing band live. i signed up for this site because of that show.Welcome Giovanni! This forum is fantastic. I have met some really incredible people in the past few months from just speaking up and introducing myself... so get chatting! much to talk about as of late! Glad you got to hear the new album last night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Anybody make it to the actual fest - curious if the crowd was receptive to the band and the new record. (I only caught the stream). My wife and I found it humorous when Tweedy wagged his finger at the crowd, with regards to the glow sticks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Anyone know if you can rewatch the stream somewhere? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JAK2112 Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 Anybody make it to the actual fest - curious if the crowd was receptive to the band and the new record. (I only caught the stream). My wife and I found it humorous when Tweedy wagged his finger at the crowd, with regards to the glow sticks.I was there. Crowd was luke-warm to the new stuff, but got fired up for "the hits". Which makes sense as it wasn't quite a wilco crowd by any means. Will say the crowd loved Nels' moments, as well as the noisey parts (Break your heart, via Chicago, etc). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiatortunes Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Anybody make it to the actual fest - curious if the crowd was receptive to the band and the new record. (I only caught the stream). My wife and I found it humorous when Tweedy wagged his finger at the crowd, with regards to the glow sticks.My friends and I were up front on the Autumn Defense side and everyone around us was completely into and blown away by the new songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 i signed up for this site because of that show. Welcome! This is a great place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LittleDrummerBoy Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Anyone know if you can re-watch the stream somewhere?I was wondering that too.I'm new to this site, so I just wanted to introduce myself. Hello Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mdjr Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I was there. Crowd was luke-warm to the new stuff, but got fired up for "the hits". Which makes sense as it wasn't quite a wilco crowd by any means. Will say the crowd loved Nels' moments, as well as the noisey parts (Break your heart, via Chicago, etc).Couldn't agree more. I was there with a friend who is a casual Wilco fan and he was not thrilled with the playing of Star Wars front to back. But then when they broke out Camera....he was like "ok, that was pretty amazing". Felt like they just wanted to get these songs out of their system in a live setting. You know like when you buy a present for someone but have to wait months for them to open it...you just want them to get what you picked out for them. I'd only listened to the new record once before heading to Pitchfork. Can say like most Wilco stuff seeing/hearing it live really brings out the studio version for me. I'm not sure I can fully appreciate the songs until I see how they work in the live setting. There are a number that will be live staples for quite some time going forward. The other thing that I noticed was that it seemed Nels and Pat were using different/new guitars on the Star Wars tracks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Anyone else think Pat was more focused on playing (as opposed to posing) when playing the Star Wars songs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Review (not mine): https://noisey.vice.com/blog/wilco-chicago-pitchfork-review-essay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I was at the show, in person. Since I was in the record tent I went out and stayed for the whole show, moving slowly toward the rail (which I made by the end of the snow, although to one side). The crowd was NOT your typical Wilco audience. Most folks could have given a shit frankly. Even the usual stuff fell on some fairly deaf ears. But what do you expect really? I would say that the folks closer to the front cared, but the rest not so much. It was a gutsy move to play the album at the beginning of the set. It sounded great and the show itself was high energy and a real kick in the ass. I had a good time. One more note - Nels totally burned it up on Impossible Germany. And the Art of Almost was also fantastic. I can't tell you how many were totally mystified by drum solo in the middle of ViaChicago. Clearly those who only heard it on the record and had never been to a real Wilco show were NOT in the know. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yaz Rock Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Drum solo? My dad and his wife wondered why people clapped "when the lights changed" during VC. I said it was for the noise jam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Well not technically a solo I suppose; It's Glenn's opportunity to beat the shit out of his drums which is kind of a solo (he never really gets one ever.) Then again solos are not done without any other musicians playing, so yea, it is kind of a solo. He is the main instrument playing during that part of the song. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I only watched it once - but I seem to remember Glen taking an actual solo between two of the Star Wars' tunes -- while they were changing guitars and such. Could be wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 end of Where Do I Begin while instrument changes were taking place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yaz Rock Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Well not technically a solo I suppose; It's Glenn's opportunity to beat the shit out of his drums which is kind of a solo (he never really gets one ever.) Then again solos are not done without any other musicians playing, so yea, it is kind of a solo. He is the main instrument playing during that part of the song. LouieBLOL, I just meant I don't even notice the drums over the noise jam. . I love Via Chicago, might be my favorite Wilco tune ever, but I can't stand the noise there. I've gotten more tolerant of it, the last few times though, I just brace myself for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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