Wilco 2/26 and 2/27 9:30

My friend and I were speculating on how much variation there'd be between nights. I told him I'd be happy with 25% different songs. Turns out it was 55%. That's a pretty staggering number, in my opinion…as long as I'm not mathematically challenged.

Well worth going both nights.

Listening on NPR last night I was glad I didn't go two nights…for me it seemed to be lots of the same songs (I wouldn't have guessed only 45%, though) and I've seen them play box full of letters/i'm always in love before (although they're two of my favorites and definitely would have loved them on Tues). I was actually expecting them to vary it even more after the chicago run.

I didn't realize till this morning but I think I would have been most happy to hear That's Not the Issue. Do they play that any more?

Thought the shows were great.

Thought first night was better than the second night

Last night was, without a doubt, the most crowded I have ever seen it in ten years of seeing shows there.

Do they need to play Walken and Hummingbird both nights? How about one of the 50 other tunes they have in their catalog that they didn't play?

The song is called "Its Just that Simple" not "Its not the Issue"

"That's Not the Issue" is the song before "It's Just that Simple."

Originally posted by freakoretardo:
The song is called "Its Just that Simple" not "Its not the Issue"

Indeed it is.

Someone had the name wrong for "Its Just that Simple" last night… caling it something similar to "…not the Issue".

Originally posted by freakoretardo:

Thought first night was better than the second night

Last night was, without a doubt, the most crowded I have ever seen it in ten years of seeing shows there.

Clearly you were not at the Lupe Fiasco show - I think they sold that show out twice. It was ridiculous.

But I agree, night 1 was better, but both were great.

Wouldn't people be predisposed to thinking the first night was better?

If you're hearing 45% of the same songs the second night, presumably you're not going to be as excited about those songs the second time around.

Originally posted by MyraEllen:

Originally posted by freakoretardo:

Thought first night was better than the second night

Last night was, without a doubt, the most crowded I have ever seen it in ten years of seeing shows there.

Clearly you were not at the Lupe Fiasco show - I think they sold that show out twice. It was ridiculous.

But I agree, night 1 was better, but both were great.

Good point.

I think the performance was a little stronger 1st night though.

I disagree with that statement, but to each his own….

does anyone know if some kind soul took the NPR recording and carved it up into individual mp3's (like the last time?)

Agreed. Though it would have been nice to hear the A.M. songs. *sigh*

I was very impressed with Keren Ann's show at the Black Cat, though…

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:

If you're hearing 45% of the same songs the second night, presumably you're not going to be as excited about those songs the second time around.

After listening to the NPR stream of the Wed show, I'll stick with preferring the one I went to. Though that could just be because I was there instead of listening to an archive of the Wed show.

And I'll take that Tuesday run of four songs from Being There over anything they did Wed, including the AM songs, by a nose. For one brief time period, hearing those four songs transported me back to being 29 instead of 40.

I probably didn't give Keren Ann or Dean and Britta a fair shot. They didn't stand a chance having to follow up the night after Tuesday's Wilco show.

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Agreed. Though it would have been nice to hear the A.M. songs. *sigh*

I was very impressed with Keren Ann's show at the Black Cat, though…

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:

If you're hearing 45% of the same songs the second night, presumably you're not going to be as excited about those songs the second time around.

Red Eyed and Blue into I Got You (at the end of the century) made me really happy on Tuesday.

I skipped Karen, Dean, and Britta and stayed home listening to the wed night stream.

pix from the wednesday show here. audio stream of the show there.

Walken and Hate It Here from SNL (Tweedy broke into Gram Parson's closet).

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
Walken and Hate It Here from SNL (Tweedy broke into Gram Parson's closet).

not anymore :(