durdencommatyler wrote:Yeah, so Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost is Born, Sky Blue Sky and Star Wars are the only studio albums of theirs that I've heard. I've also heard their live album.
I should revisist YHF. People seem to love it. And I remember feeling like I'm supposed to love it because everyone does. But I honestly couldn't name you a single song on that record. I own it but I never listen to it.
You should listen to Being There.
A'ight.
Thank you.
Its easily digestible alt country/folk/rock with some of the middle period wilco weirdness starting to seep in.
Love it. I just downloaded it. I'll give it a whirl as soon as possible.
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:45 pm
by Strat
durdencommatyler wrote:
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Yeah, so Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost is Born, Sky Blue Sky and Star Wars are the only studio albums of theirs that I've heard. I've also heard their live album.
I should revisist YHF. People seem to love it. And I remember feeling like I'm supposed to love it because everyone does. But I honestly couldn't name you a single song on that record. I own it but I never listen to it.
You should listen to Being There.
A'ight.
Thank you.
Its easily digestible alt country/folk/rock with some of the middle period wilco weirdness starting to seep in.
Love it. I just downloaded it. I'll give it a whirl as soon as possible.
I love you
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:45 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I have never heard a Wilco album
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:46 pm
by epilogue
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Yeah, so Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost is Born, Sky Blue Sky and Star Wars are the only studio albums of theirs that I've heard. I've also heard their live album.
I should revisist YHF. People seem to love it. And I remember feeling like I'm supposed to love it because everyone does. But I honestly couldn't name you a single song on that record. I own it but I never listen to it.
You should listen to Being There.
A'ight.
Thank you.
Its easily digestible alt country/folk/rock with some of the middle period wilco weirdness starting to seep in.
Love it. I just downloaded it. I'll give it a whirl as soon as possible.
I love you
And I love you.
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:47 pm
by Kevin Davis
I like all of their albums. "YHF" and "Ghost" are my favorites and after that I find them pretty impossible to rank-- they're all varying shades of good, some marginally stronger than others but in my mind they don't fall that way. The early albums have a joie-de-vivre to them that gradually turns to wisdom as the catalog evolves, but I don't think any of that is necessarily tied to Jay Bennett, and I think that people who think that the many rote rockers on their first few albums are inherently superior to the rote rockers on their later albums are kidding themselves.
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:49 pm
by Strat
Kevin Davis wrote:I like all of their albums. "YHF" and "Ghost" are my favorites and after that I find them pretty impossible to rank-- they're all varying shades of good, some marginally stronger than others but in my mind they don't fall that way. The early albums have a joie-de-vivre to them that is gradually turns to wisdom as the catalog evolves, but I don't think any of that is necessarily tied to Jay Bennett, and I think that people who think that the many rote rockers on their first few albums are inherently superior to the rote rockers on their later albums are kidding themselves.
i dont know if they are "better" or not, but i certainly like a majority of them a lot more.
AM through A Ghost is Born is all top notch. I actually enjoy Tweedy's lead guitar playing more than anyone else who has rolled through the group. Thats why I love a ghost is born. Dirty madness.
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:56 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:56 pm
by Kevin Davis
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I have never heard a Wilco album
Forgive me for pigeonholing your tastes but they seem like the complete opposite of everything you seem to go for in entertainment.
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:58 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 3:59 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 4:00 pm
by digster
Strat wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:I like all of their albums. "YHF" and "Ghost" are my favorites and after that I find them pretty impossible to rank-- they're all varying shades of good, some marginally stronger than others but in my mind they don't fall that way. The early albums have a joie-de-vivre to them that is gradually turns to wisdom as the catalog evolves, but I don't think any of that is necessarily tied to Jay Bennett, and I think that people who think that the many rote rockers on their first few albums are inherently superior to the rote rockers on their later albums are kidding themselves.
i dont know if they are "better" or not, but i certainly like a majority of them a lot more.
AM through A Ghost is Born is all top notch. I actually enjoy Tweedy's lead guitar playing more than anyone else who has rolled through the group. Thats why I love a ghost is born. Dirty madness.
Agreed on Jeff's guitar playing; I really love it. Spiders live is a treasure.
As for their records, for me I'd say Summerteeth through A Ghost is Born is the high point, but I certainly disagree with the (what seems to be) common viewpoint that they kind of fell off a cliff to a degree afterwards. They've been consistently making really good work since the mid-90s, I'd say. Only the S/T record leaves me a bit cold, and that still has some of their best songs on it, IMO.
I really like the last two albums, and along with the Tweedy record, definitely feel of a piece. They feel the closest to Neil Young records that Tweedy has ever done, not necessarily in terms of sound, but more that the record is meant to be a snapshot of a moment in time for the group rather than a self-concisious attempt at a Great Album. As I get older, I love those types of records more and more.
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 4:04 pm
by Kevin Davis
tragabigzanda wrote:I'd love a great B-sides and Outtakes comp from Wilco.
No love for Summerteeth here? That's probably my favorite next to YHF. I might even like it more.
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 4:09 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 4:10 pm
by Mike
Whaaat, can you explain why? I can understand not liking The Whole Love (even though I think it's good) but thinking Summerteeth is bad is weird to me.
Re: Wilco | Schmilco [September 2016]
Posted: Fri September 23, 2016 4:10 pm
by digster
Mike wrote:No love for Summerteeth here? That's probably my favorite next to YHF. I might even like it more.
Slides in right behind YHF and Ghost for me. I might put Ghost at the top. Summerteeth is great, though.
