Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:you're a good man, reid, and thorough.

I’m on my phone and instinctively replied with the thumbs up emoji on iOS and then got this message.
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Strat wrote:art of almost is top notch.

so is One Sunday Morning

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:art of almost is top notch.

so is One Sunday Morning

Great 7 inch

verb_to_trust wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:art of almost is top notch.

so is One Sunday Morning

Great 7 inch

I really like the title track too.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:art of almost is top notch.

so is One Sunday Morning

Great 7 inch

I really like the title track too.

The only other one I can kind of get behind is Born Again

I’m listening to Dawned on Me right now and it should be higher in my stupid TWL rankings.

Like, between Born Alone and Art of Almost. Just a really catchy song with some cool Nels lines.

the whole love is better than you all give it credit for

Hey Chud

digster wrote:That being said, I think the degree to which they've put out shit records is a bit overstated.

I'd say it's a lot overstated.

It's not that I don't recognize what people mean when they say the records have gone downhill. There is a workmanlike lack of "spark" to all of the albums from "Wilco (The Album)" on that I think is undeniable -- they feel a bit flat, obligatory, like records made by a working live band whose job it is to occasionally make records. In most cases, I think the songwriting is generally stronger, the sonics more innovative, etc., than they are on the likes of "Being There," but the records lack a certain joie-de-vivre and sense of discovery that made the earlier records feel like such a trip. The Nels-era records (with the exception of "Sky Blue Sky") don't necessarily invite you into them the same way the Bennett-era albums do.

But I don't necessarily think that means they're inherently weaker records. I think YHF" and "Ghost" are their clear peaks, but the differences between all their other albums on either side are pretty academic. I can understand why someone's ears might gravitate towards "Being There" over, say, "Schmilco," but to me the latter reflects a perfectly developed, matured version of the former -- nothing at all in the songs themselves to indicate that the band has somehow lost their way, or hit some inspirational brick wall.

As an aside, I think "I'll Fight" and "Capitol City" are both among my favorite Nels-era songs. "Capitol City" reminds me of a cross between the Grateful Dead (the chorus puts me in mind of "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo"), Randy Newman (it has a bounce not unlike "Political Science," which Wilco covered regularly at one point), and great-American-songbook stuff -- I find it garishly irresistible.

The dead. Yea that’s probably why I don’t gravitate to the latter day records. Also maybe because tweedy went through a phase of being a super overweight Wilkie Nelson with his hair braids.

Strat wrote:The dead. Yea that’s probably why I don’t gravitate to the latter day records. Also maybe because tweedy went through a phase of being a super overweight Wilkie Nelson with his hair braids.

I love Jeff but it sort of bothers me how fat he's gotten

I watched the trailer for the HBO version of His Dark Materials and the little girl had a weird Tweedy vibe about her. Also another young actor from years ago who I can only picture but not think of a name or any of his movies, so that doesn't help.

tragabigzanda wrote:Fine I’ll listen to stupid Whole Love again and report back

My wife won't even let Capitol City play if she's in the car. I don't blame her.

Would 'Kicking Television' be a good starting point?