Best dude in Wilco

As far as I'm concerned, this band is

1. Nels Cline
2. Glenn Kotche
3-6. A bunch of people getting in the way of 1. and 2.

never listened to wilco but I like the last name "Kotche" because of the various ways I can imagine it being pronounced in my head to that guy gets my vote

John Stirratt = secret laser-guided weapon. But correct answer is Nels Cline.

Nels Cline is the only reason I even opened this thread.

oh, i like jeff tweedy a lot, but NELS CLINE.

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polls were driving me nuts last month so I had them shut off for a bit and apparently missed out on this

RIP

As far as I'm concerned, this band is

1. Nels Cline
2. Glenn Kotche
3-6. A bunch of people getting in the way of 1. and 2.

― i think i can beat my dyson (Whiney G. Weingarten)

lol

made all their best records, with the exception of the live record, before Nels even joined the band

literally the only song I like by this band is "Spiders (Kidsmoke)"

^^^ I've reached that point.

these guys are smart and have such good taste. I keep waiting for them to fall off the fucking deep end and do a "They Were Wrong So We Drowned" so I could actually sit through one of their albums

first album is still great imo

still think the jay bennett years are the peak of this band. though i think the only album that i've really not come around on is the last one.

actually i haven't listened to being there in a long time but i bet that would hold up well for me...yankee hotel hasn't aged well imo

A ghost is born, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Summerteeth, and Kicking Television (the live record) are all pretty classic; A.M. is really good; Being There has some great songs on it, but it's a sprawling mess; Wilco (the album) is alright but pretty much forgettable; and Sky Blue Sky is a snoozer with a couple of good songs ("Impossible Germany" and "On and On and On" come to mind). There's some interesting stuff in the demos from the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot sessions too that's floating around.

There's a possibility that they'll make a really experimental record -- yes, they have the skill and the people with the inclination -- but Tweedy's the leader of the band, and he's been pushing everything in the wrong direction since A ghost is born, so unless he has a change of heart, which might happen (I thought I read somewhere that they might go a little more weird on the next record), we're going to keep getting pretty tepid stuff, which is a shame.

i don't have anything really to back this up, but i kinda got the impression that tweedy had become *less* dictatorial in his leadership in the past few years.
anyhoo, i agree for the most part with this:
ghost is born, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Summerteeth, and Kicking Television
though i might add their contributions to the mermaid ave. thing as pretty classic. tons of great stuff.

as long as nels cline keeps putting out fifteen albums a year i'm good really.

Totally forgot about the Mermaid Avenue records, but yes, I would take a handful of those songs ("Remember the Mountain Bed," "California Stars," "One by One," and "Secret of the Sea") and put them with A.M. on the "really good" list.

There's also some interesting stuff on the first Loose Fur record and "Wanted" and "Wreckroom" on the second record, which is I haven't thought about in a long time and now want to listen to today. Oh man!

this band bores me to tears. I think of all the albums I've tried to get into of theirs, there has been like one song from each that actually sticks with me. and I think in all three cases it was the opening track (I Must Be High, that one that bites the Peter Laughner lyrics, and whatever the first song on YHF is)

If you've never heard the second Loose Fur record, you need to listen to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWGmYdkVwOY

otoh huge props to Tweedy for doing the Mavis Staples record

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the mavis staples record is good? haven't heard it yet. was thinking about getting it for my mom, haha.

Love the Loose Fur stuff, yeah. I think Being There is my favorite. Definitely a sprawling mess, but such an engaging and, at times, lovable sprawling mess.

the mavis staples record is good? haven't heard it yet. was thinking about getting it for my mom, haha.

I haven't heard the whole thing, just a couple tracks. I just love Mavis.

the clip of her and Tweedy doing that CCR song on Pfork was great

http://www.buzzfeed.com/wilcohq/which-wilco-band-member-are-you-1t1gi

I got Pat Sansone. Don't even know who he is.

A friend of mine made out with him once.

i got pat sansone in this quiz too so i guess this means i made out with jaymc's friend by proxy?

(this quiz is bullshit by the way i'm totally a nels)