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The year is 2020, Wilco is hopefully still a band, hopefully starting a tour on their follow up to whatever album comes after Star Wars. The set consists of their usual live song grab bag spanning their catalog, and then surprisingly the guys treat the crowd to a Star Wars track they never play anymore. Which song is it?

 

Since Star Wars dropped this summer, they haven't played a set without playing the entire album so the songs that they keep in their roster in a few years are anyone's guess.

 

What songs from Star Wars are going to join the ranks with Handshake/Germany/Born Alone/IATTBYH/Jesus/Misunderstood etc. and what songs are going to make you think that you're extra lucky at the show in five years?

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It's a tough question because this album is arguably more 'of a whole' than anything they've ever done.  There's not as much of a stretch between 'The Joke Explained' and 'Magnetized' as there is between 'Rising Red Lung' and 'Art of Almost', or even between 'Company In My Back' and 'I'm a Wheel'.

 

I feel like its easier to guess the ones that will stay on heavy rotation in a couple years: 'Random Name Generator', 'More', and probably the unsinkable due of 'Cold Slope' and 'King of You' because a band always loves two songs that work well together in a setlist to keep the energy of a show moving forward.

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For me the ones that should join the usual rotation are "Taste the Ceiling," "Cold Slope," and "King of You." For my deep cuts I'd pick "Random Name Generator" and "The Joke Explained."

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"Magnetized", "The Joke Explained", and "Where Do I Begin" will become the deep cuts.

 

"You Satellite",  "More...", "Taste the Ceiling", and "Random Name Generator" are the regulars.

 

"Pickled Ginger" and "Cold Slope/King of You" enter the encore rotation.

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I'd love for EKG to be performed live by the band, rather than piped in as walk-on music.  Jeff's reason for not playing it live is that it's too short, and it's not worth playing a 90 second (or whatever) song when they'd have to switch guitars right before and after due to its odd tuning.  That's some weak-ass stuff from someone as smart as Jeff Tweedy. 

 

There are two simple solutions to this conundrum:

 

1. Extend the length of the song for live performance. 

 

2. Write another song in the same tuning that you can play immediately before or after EKG.

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Or play it live at the beginning and one member can simply create some feedback or interlude between the tunes while others trade off instruments - perfect opportunity for Mikael.  I agree with jff - bit of a lame excuse. I think the change of instruments can happen in about 8 seconds with Wilco's tight crew.

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