Wilco - 22 June, 2025, London (Royal Albert Hall)

[chaslor]

While I love the colour bbop et al brings with words, what I'm really looking forward to are more pics from the incomparable Zoran Orlic. I chatted with him this morning and he was pretty jazzed about it. His only complaint was the lack of a pit for photography. But, the room itself more than makes up for that minor quibble. The upside to the lack of pit is for the audience who were pressed against the stage which apparently was relatively low. 

[bböp]

2 minutes ago, chaslor said:

While I love the colour bbop et al brings with words, what I'm really looking forward to are more pics from the incomparable Zoran Orlic. I chatted with him this morning and he was pretty jazzed about it.

It was so good to see Zoran! And yeah, his images — based on the sample Wilco has shared so far — must be amazing. One thing I will give the RAH, it’s certainly an impressive-looking room.

[tblair]

Just to add, Impossible Germany gets the recognition for the guitar playing, but Bird Without A Tail/Base Of My Skull was amazing. The band are shit hot

Here's a bit of it:

Pat is great. What a luxury of musicians Wilco has

 

[oecourt]

Unfortunately I had to skip the Wilco show, but here's a panorama pic of the mighty and majestic Royal Albert Hall I took during a break at the Beck (+ BBC Orchestra) show, Good Friday, April 19, 2025

 

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[Albert Tatlock]

I wonder if Mikael was itching to have a bash on that organ. 

 

 

 

<Anna Lapwood says: "Over the last 11 months, I’ve been lucky enough to be let into the Royal Albert Hall in the middle of the night for practice sessions on the hall’s magnificent organ. As I’ve explored the strange, beautiful, and wonderful colors that it has to offer, I’ve written a set of new film music transcriptions with that specific instrument in mind, capturing some of the magic that I feel in that iconic building after-hours".>

 

Heard an interview with her on the radio the other day. Also, one of the things that I find is most great about Wilco is the variety of music they encompass, but I have to put on record that I find Bird Without A Tail/Base Of My Skull dreadfully dull. I respect the musicianship, but give me the one note second backing 'balalaika' solo from Back In The USSR anyday. Not wishing to pick a fight with those who love it - the variety of fans of Wilco is also a wonder to behold.

[tblair]

When I saw The Band there, Garth Hudson played the house organ for Chest Fever 😉

[tblair]

1 hour ago, Albert Tatlock said:

I wonder if Mikael was itching to have a bash on that organ. 

 

 

 

<Anna Lapwood says: "Over the last 11 months, I’ve been lucky enough to be let into the Royal Albert Hall in the middle of the night for practice sessions on the hall’s magnificent organ. As I’ve explored the strange, beautiful, and wonderful colors that it has to offer, I’ve written a set of new film music transcriptions with that specific instrument in mind, capturing some of the magic that I feel in that iconic building after-hours".>

 

Heard an interview with her on the radio the other day. Also, one of the things that I find is most great about Wilco is the variety of music they encompass, but I have to put on record that I find Bird Without A Tail/Base Of My Skull dreadfully dull. I respect the musicianship, but give me the one note second backing 'balalaika' solo from Back In The USSR anyday. Not wishing to pick a fight with those who love it - the variety of fans of Wilco is also a wonder to behold.

What do you make of Kidsmoke? Or Impossible Germany? 

[Albert Tatlock]

32 minutes ago, tblair said:

What do you make of Kidsmoke? Or Impossible Germany? 

Spiders - great, especially the semi-acoustical version and/or with audience participation. It's driving forward not dawdling along with noodling :-)

Impossible Germany - pushing my limits. There have been times when I have very much enjoyed it, others when Nels goes too jazzy for me. It is always nice when it comes together for the Thin Lizzy dual guitars (and sometimes all the more so as a blessed relief). My vote would for it not to be the sure fire middle of the setlist resident that it is every night. There'd be room for two more less frequented tracks in its place e.g. the much missed Poor Places, or Laminated Cat (either version).

I do love Quiet Amplifier since it has real atmosphere. The (only) stand out track from Ode To Joy for me.

I guess I'm just a simple soul at heart who much prefers The Jam to jam bands. 

 

P.S. But please oh please don't get me started on Walken or Kingpin . . .

[Analogman]

Are you yobs going to see Oasis this year?

[Albert Tatlock]

13 hours ago, Analogman said:

Are you yobs going to see Oasis this year?

Definitely Maybe Not. I find Noel quite entertaining as an interviewee, but Oasis were always too derivative for me.  A handful of tracks that I like. Even if I did like them I would not go to a stadium show - far too big, not to mention that ticket prices were rammed into the several hundreds.

[tblair]

13 hours ago, Analogman said:

Are you yobs going to see Oasis this year?

The most overrated, least talented, boring, arrogant twonks to make music?

I saw them at Glastonbury once (I was there, thought I'd see what the fuss was about). They were worse than I expected. They looked and sounded bored. The crowd was bored. I'll never understand their popularity. My daughter went with her then boyfriend to one of the Wembley shows. She said the event, mainly the crowd, was one of the most unpleasant experiences she'd ever had. Noel, the supposed intelligent one, is just a goobby twat.