I really like a couple of their albums, and still believe Ghost is the best thing they ever did (and likely ever will do).
― ilxor, Sunday, 25 January 2009 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
No.
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Answer: Are you fucking me?
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I met a woman once who named her dog after Wilco. I made a mental note never to interact with her again.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:09 (fifteen years ago) link
loooooool that was supposed to say "Are you fucking KIDDING me?"
Yeah yeah yeah...
― t**t, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
yes.
"passenger side" is a great song about having a DWI
― crackers is biters (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i really need to get "Ghost Is Born"but yeah i love AM, being there, summerteeth still a lot...yankee didn't really hold up that well for me....
i almost suspect, IN SOME CASES, late-2000's wilco hate is the vestigial hangover of some half-remembered rolling stone best-of list from six years ago that will eventually dissipate as people go back and listen again to Ghost and SBS and the rest.
― Michael S. Jackson (rent), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
AM was hit or miss for me, wouldn't sell it or anything. loved BT at the time; slightly less now. like Summerteeth. liked the wilco songs on MMA I & II. lost interest around yhf.
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
xp "again"
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
srry, will give you credite for yr big, allcaps "IN SOME CASES"
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I have to say I resisted them for a long time- living in Chicago, it's sort of like too much to also listen to Wilco. Its like reading "Devil in the White City" on the CTA. And the boring people and middlebrow radio dj's of Chicago are just nuts for Wilco. But that's a stupid reason to avoid them, plus I ran out of music, and I gave in. So now I think they're great. Especially, She's a Jar, Jesus etc, and Handshake Drugs.― jsimp, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 9:09 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkI used to have a similar opinion to jsimp. Fuckin hated these guys. and yeah, largely due to the lunkhead north-side beer garden lunkhead idiocy of the whole think. But quite frankly I never even liked Uncle Tupelo back in the day. And then I remember when 'A.M.' came out and "Xrt" used to cane that ridic "Passenger Side" track, where Tweedy's all oh yeah dude I am totally ROLLING ANOTHER NUMBER. just sounded so fucking weak. ain't no Neil Young.but then a couple things happened. Friend had a free extra ticket to one of the Vic shows that ended up on that 'Television' live CD or whatever its called. so I went. and I enjoyed myself. Seeing Nils Cline live was a revelation ( his first stint with the group .. he of course not on 'Ghost is Born' which those shows were supporting.) Also closing that show with the great Charles Wright cover did buy my respectthen 'Sky Blue Sky' came out and random samples trickled over to me .. random tracks where I heard some Cline guitar that appealed and perked my ears up .. then finally stumbling upon them guesting on 'Prairie Home Companion' (i am a fan) where they fucking ripped and i heard the ghost of my guy Cipollina in Cline's liquid flow.Stumbled into a store a couple weeks later, noticed the 2lp of SBS on the wall, and bought it, fuck it. Really kinda fell in love with it. Still hate Tweedy's voice a lot of the time but the band is swell. Like Tweedy when he does Lennon on 'Hate It Here' and Lowell on 'Walken'. I dig the band.but yeah, fuck the north side.― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 10:50 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark
― jsimp, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 9:09 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I used to have a similar opinion to jsimp. Fuckin hated these guys. and yeah, largely due to the lunkhead north-side beer garden lunkhead idiocy of the whole think. But quite frankly I never even liked Uncle Tupelo back in the day. And then I remember when 'A.M.' came out and "Xrt" used to cane that ridic "Passenger Side" track, where Tweedy's all oh yeah dude I am totally ROLLING ANOTHER NUMBER. just sounded so fucking weak. ain't no Neil Young.
but then a couple things happened. Friend had a free extra ticket to one of the Vic shows that ended up on that 'Television' live CD or whatever its called. so I went. and I enjoyed myself. Seeing Nils Cline live was a revelation ( his first stint with the group .. he of course not on 'Ghost is Born' which those shows were supporting.) Also closing that show with the great Charles Wright cover did buy my respect
then 'Sky Blue Sky' came out and random samples trickled over to me .. random tracks where I heard some Cline guitar that appealed and perked my ears up .. then finally stumbling upon them guesting on 'Prairie Home Companion' (i am a fan) where they fucking ripped and i heard the ghost of my guy Cipollina in Cline's liquid flow.
Stumbled into a store a couple weeks later, noticed the 2lp of SBS on the wall, and bought it, fuck it. Really kinda fell in love with it. Still hate Tweedy's voice a lot of the time but the band is swell. Like Tweedy when he does Lennon on 'Hate It Here' and Lowell on 'Walken'. I dig the band.
but yeah, fuck the north side.
― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 10:50 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark
This is pretty much my deal with Wilco. Resisted a while due to the North side beer garden crowd/knee jerk reaction to the Rolling Stone idolatry. At the moment I think they're a good band with some great songs, I think they're excellent musicians and I admire their integrity and willingness to deconstruct their sound. But honestly, I never listen to them - there are always a hundred bands I'd rather listen to, and I think YHF is overrated. I like them as they become more experimental and less alt-country, although I like a lot of their early stuff too.
― Mahatma Blagojevich (redmond), Thursday, 29 January 2009 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Wilco a lot, sometimes have loved them. I could do without the dirgy songs on YHF, but love the shit of "Kamera" esp. A Ghost Is Born was awesomer yet. It's funny to me that this is a band a lot of people have strong opinions about (e.g. the existence of this thread), because while they do a lot for me, I don't see them as representing any greater movement or whatever that compels one to have a view on them.
― Euler, Thursday, 29 January 2009 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Rahm Emanuel does:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/03/in_concert_wilco.html
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/WilcoStrathmore-6.jpg
― jam master (jaymc), Friday, 2 April 2010 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
sitting with all the white people!
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 April 2010 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm .. really good set-list for that Wilco show. no "Sonny Feeling" tho :(
i love the idea of Rahm rocking out to "Bull Black Nova"
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
what a fucking awful band
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Hahahaha I thought you were a Wilco stan ksh? Or are you dropping your April Fools a day late?
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 April 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah Glenn Kotche, Nels Cline, and Pat Sansone are "awful"
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
rip ksh
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
jon: just a lil' trolling :-)
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
jeff tweedy all staring at his computer, a single tear on his cheek
― acoleuthic, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
all writin a concept album about a man, walking alone down the KS Highway
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
*jagged guitar solo*
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the peak for experimental rock music
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: pee-pee in modern music
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
my life would have been so much more worthwhile if YHF had beat Kid A in P4k's decade poll
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I like the chorus of one of their new(er) songs - "I don't care anymore". It's a good lesson for some people as well
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"You Never Know"
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
from last year's Wilco (the album)
the "George Harrison" song
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Eh, Wilco is up there with George Harrison solo for me. I don't listen to much of either but comparing a top 10 songs for both artists would put them on the same level for me. Who came first is unimportant
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
think Stormy was just pointing out that a lot of critics were calling "You Never Know" Wilco's aping G.H. song
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah I LOVE "You Never Know". but they were obviously being a little cheeky with it
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
no one under 30 in that picture
― Venus in Fursuit (Future_Perfect), Friday, 2 April 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
the audience at a Wilco show ranges from, like, 10 to 60. but, yeah, a large part of the audience is probably late twenties to late thirties.
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
unlike, say, Dirty Projectors, where the entire audience seemed to be 18-20 year olds
no one under 30 in that band
― city worker, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
no one under 30 in this thread
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Who cares? Dad-rock is awesome.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Friday, 2 April 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.grandprofile.com/Myspace_Comments/Family_Comments/Father_Comments/images/You-Rock-Dad.gif
― tylerw, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i think Pat Sansone is 15
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
he kinda looks it!
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i.mp3lizard.com/musictrksw/Fathern%20Rock.jpg
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.miracosta.edu/home/edonze/dadandbaby.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.irongreasesuckinmachine.com/Quickstart/ImageLib/dad_and_john_2.PNG
they look like they're having fun
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhdI2bZLSK8
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
They're one of my favorite bands who will never change my life or anyone else's. They're the band that comes up to you out of nowhere and says, "Hey there. I've been thinking that I might want to rock your world. But then again maybe not. But maybe I do. Let me think about it some more. I'll go mow my lawn and come back to you. Wait for me." It's a sloppy, reticent, undeservedly cocky and more than a little silly approach that explains why a lot people think they're boring and why I think they're cute. The rhythm section seems to take perverse pride in its anonymity, but they put a lot of pretty jangly noises up front, and I like pretty jangly noises. They're not purists in the production booth, both a pretty good thing (YHF)and pretty bad thing (A Ghost is Born). I like the songwriting. I like how Tweedy hangs lines together, how he evokes a world of angst filled patio bar-b-ques and convenience store dandies and bullshit sidewalk philosophers who are slightly too hip for their aluminum siding but not by much. It's a little condescending, but it can't afford to be too condescending. And from their last album, I really liked "Bull Black Nova," which might be the best thing they've ever done, and probably ever will do and to which nothing I wrote above applies.
― MumblestheRevelator, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I want tyler's images to pop up as auto-signatures whenever i post; mods help pls?
― dad a, Friday, 2 April 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link