WILCO @ 9:30 FEB 23/24

Is anyone heading toward Gaithersburg/Germantown after tonight's show? If so, I'd greatly appreciate if you could spare some extra car space. Please shoot me a pm and let me know.
Thanks

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
So… if a friendly forum member should, let's say, have a friend bail and thus be left with what could be considered a superfluous ticket to the Wednesday night show…

would someone whose handle i recognize be interested in pm'ing me with suggestions of worthy recipients for this lonely ticket?

last call for forum regulars…

Where did you get the 10:00 pm start time from? Is this reliable (or as reliable as one can get)? I'm coming from Richmond and with the possiblity of bad weather could be pressed for time.

Originally posted by kc3305:
Where did you get the 10:00 pm start time from? Is this reliable (or as reliable as one can get)? I'm coming from Richmond and with the possiblity of bad weather could be pressed for time.

www.930.com

Wednesday, February 23
This show is Sold Out.
Doors Open 7:30 PM
Deholtz! 8:45
Wilco 10

Any feedback on the opener?

great shwo with a lot of unexpected tunes - candyfloss, new madrid, mounatain bed among them. how did things sound on the webcast peeps?

Hey guys, the show last night was awesome. Does anyone have a setlist? It was gigantic…

Originally posted by Efram:
Any feedback on the opener?

I liked the opening band alot. They were fun, a little silly, and had a sound that was a little different from your standard indie band, and I liked that.

I found last night's show, um, boring. It was hard to separate the crowd of screaming-along-singers and frat-boy-bad-dancers from the actual performance, but I did feel the performance was uninspired, the stage set (curtains, screens, etc) upstaged the band, and the whole thing made me yawn. The songs I really like (war on war) i found myself unable to even force myself to dance to, and the slow songs seemed to drag on forever. I am really pissed I didn't just sell my tickets.

On another note, what was with that roped off area in the balcony? it was virtually empty, and of the 7 or 8 people in it, one had to be some woman who stood at the rail talking so loud during the set that we could hear it from below.

If people find Wilco so boring, why do they always go to the show and then gripe about it afterward?

I thought it was a great show. Maybe my entertainment standards are low; I blame reality television.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
I found last night's show, um, boring. It was hard to separate the crowd of screaming-along-singers and frat-boy-bad-dancers from the actual performance, but I did feel the performance was uninspired, the stage set (curtains, screens, etc) upstaged the band, and the whole thing made me yawn. The songs I really like (war on war) i found myself unable to even force myself to dance to, and the slow songs seemed to drag on forever. I am really pissed I didn't just sell my tickets.

Didn't make the show but listened on Webcast and damn they sounded thin and tired for most of the main set…having heard about a few tirades Tweedy threw at fans in Florida and NC, I wasn't surprised to hear him crack at the South also, but sure glad I didn't get tix and saved the dosh for Escovedo next week instead! That being said, hearing Remember the Mtn Bed was wicked.

Alejandro is gonna fuckin rock - I am really looking forward to that show

sure glad I didn't get tix and saved the dosh for Escovedo next week instead

I found last night's show, um, boring.

damn they sounded thin and tired for most of the main set

damn if I'm glad upon hearing this that I sold my tix to this show and financed my next 8 concerts

I'll admit I'm not that familiar with Wilco, but I thought they were pretty good last night. I was a little bored at first, but as the night went on they held my attention more and more. I didn't see the dancing/singing frat-boys that chimbly saw. In fact, I was a bit surprised at how quiet and still everyone was, considering how excited everyone was for these shows.

I liked them. They were good. I'm glad I saw them at the club. I'm not sure I need to see them again.

In fact, I was a bit surprised at how quiet and still everyone was

having seen Wilco many times over the years I can tell you their live show used to be a lot more fun

i thought wilco was amazing last night. the band, including jeff, was obviously enjoying itself, and they sounded great. i'm surprised that so many people are reacting negatively to last night's performance, becuase i can honestly say that it is one of the best concerts i have ever experienced.

Originally posted by Frosty The Swami:
If people find Wilco so boring, why do they always go to the show and then gripe about it afterward?

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
I found last night's show, um, boring.

Damn straight!! chimbly, how dare you tell us your opinions of the show?! … we all know that you bought the ticket because you find wilco incredibly boring, and just went so that you can bitch the next day on the board … you asshole!!!

Another person who has obviously not been to a Futureheads show.
:D

Originally posted by eilo97:
i thought wilco was amazing last night. the band, including jeff, was obviously enjoying itself, and they sounded great. i'm surprised that so many people are reacting negatively to last night's performance, becuase i can honestly say that it is one of the best concerts i have ever experienced.

Again as someone who didn't go (but is a big big fan) but just listened on Webcast, just because someone notes that the band sounded weak isn't a diss, a negative diatribe, a slam….it's partly because I've heard them many times before with lots more energy and tight playing, and partly the hype accompanying this show probably heightened expectations and scrutiny, but that's another story..

this was either my 8th or 9th time seeing wilco. it was definitely one of the better times i've seen them recently. the last two i saw them were at constitution hall and meyerhoff symphony hall, and there's no question the 930 suits them better. or maybe it just suits me better.

first off, they will never match their performances from the jay bennett era. that's a plain and simple fact. when they toured on summerteeth and mermaid avenue 2 , those were just amazing shows. now they are a bunch of hired hands, a very well-oiled machine. and sorry, but those songs from AGIB just aren't good. hearing "jesus, etc."/"war on war"/"ashes of american flags" consecutively in the middle of all the new songs really drove that point home.

and wilco shows are basically two shows now. the initial set, the songs you will hear, and the encores, the songs you want to hear. "candyfloss," "new madrid," "she's a jar," etc. all told, though, i had a pretty good time. tweedy seemed to be in a good mood, nels cline is a damn good guitarist, and i managed to avoid the frat boy/yuppies. and for all the talk about headlining bands playing for only 35-50 minutes, wilco certainly isn't one of those. 27 songs, almost 2 and a half hours.