Roll Call:Wilco

I was ready to be disappointed, but it was not as bad as I thought it would be. I liked Hummingbird. That being said, I didn't enjoy it as much as the shows a couple of years ago.

Great show. I thought they sounded as excellent last night as any of the four other times I've seen them. Perhaps even better. Complain about the song selections if you like, but Tweedy's voice was strong and the band was tight. Two thumbs up.

What's the deal with Tweedy's hair?

What an awful mess.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Complain about the song selections if you like

I didn't like the song selection

but I agree that the band sounded very good

I think Tweedy has finally found the perfect sidemen: guys who are technically very efficient, but incredibly boring to look at and watch. Man, I miss Jay Bennett.

great show. i actually like the new songs, although a 10 minute song in an encore seemed self-indulgent.

It was great to see Tweedy happy, smiling, posing, etc.

via chicago made my night. i've never seen them play it and was beginning to think i'd have to fly to chicago and see them there to hear it. nels is a bombastic guitarist and great addition to the band…i do miss leroy tho.

overall, it was a fantastic show…not the best i've seen them do, but it's certainly up there…and i'll second freddy's earlier comment about being surrounded by wankers. from what i've read of this morning's posts, it sounds like most of you pseudo wilco fans should have sold your tix outside or on ebay to true fans who really would have appreciated the show.

Originally posted by joz:
from what i've read of this morning's posts, it sounds like most of you pseudo wilco fans should have sold your tix outside or on ebay to true fans who really would have appreciated the show.

you're an idiot

I also thought last night was the shortest crowd I've ever seen. Honestly, the median height for males at the show couldn't have been much over 5' 6"

"my wilco is better than your wilco" :roll:

Wait a minute, buddy. You got that all wrong. WE'RE supposed to make fun of YOU for only liking their newer, more-mainstream, more-press-attention songs. You can be elitist for the new sound. That's ass-backwards.

Anyway, the show was a HUGE improvement over the show with Sonic Youth. Tweedy didn't feel the need to compete, I guess. And I don't really think the new songs were bad…at least they sounded better live than on record, I thought. Still, why couldn't they have played Box Full of Letters or Acuff Rose?

Originally posted by joz:
from what i've read of this morning's posts, it sounds like most of you pseudo wilco fans should have sold your tix outside or on ebay to true fans who really would have appreciated the show.

Wasn't Jay Farrar on vox for Acuff-Rose?

I wanted Casino Queen and Kingpin. But maybe those songs are all long gone.

The five 6'+ guys who brought the height average up to 5'6" (except for ggw) were all standing about 6 feet in front of me, blocking my view of Tweedy's bad hair and silly suit.

I did figure out the best way to avoid standing next to a smoker…find the nerdiest looking people you can, and stand next to them. And there sure were a lot of nerds at the show.

The guy behind me with the gay looking gelled hair with the flip-up circa 1999 hairstyle who looked like he just dropped in from a Blink 182 concert? I knew he was going to light up.

Originally posted by nkotbie:
Wait a minute, buddy. You got that all wrong. WE'RE supposed to make fun of YOU for only liking their newer, more-mainstream, more-press-attention songs. You can be elitist for the new sound. That's ass-backwards.

Anyway, the show was a HUGE improvement over the show with Sonic Youth. Tweedy didn't feel the need to compete, I guess. And I don't really think the new songs were bad…at least they sounded better live than on record, I thought. Still, why couldn't they have played Box Full of Letters or Acuff Rose?

Originally posted by joz:
from what i've read of this morning's posts, it sounds like most of you pseudo wilco fans should have sold your tix outside or on ebay to true fans who really would have appreciated the show.

Bottom line is that the show was good but by ignoring an entire period of the band's history, they leave more to be desired. From my view, Tweedy and the gang (not to mention the audience) were having the most fun on 'Shot in the Arm' and 'Passenger'…
I dig the new album, but it kinda disturbs me that the setlist for every show has been nearly identical- focusing only on Ghost and YHF. The boys need to acknowledge their core audience a little more and just throw a couple gems out there from the past.

You'd know better than I would since I'm such a late convert, but I'm pretty sure it was Tweedy. Doesn't he play it on the documentary during a solo show?

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Wasn't Jay Farrar on vox for Acuff-Rose?

Last night's show was ridiculously oversold. 9:30 is just as shady as any other concert promoter.

Originally posted by MET:
Last night's show was ridiculously oversold. 9:30 is just as shady as any other concert promoter.

didn't seem any worse than any other sold out show

I am sure it did not help floorspace that they had recording equipment/webcasting equipment set up

Originally posted by MET:
Last night's show was ridiculously oversold. 9:30 is just as shady as any other concert promoter.

:roll:

cue thatguy, seth, etc… or the fire marshall

not too sure about the show being oversold, probably downstairs people just kept piling in, there was room upstairs.

i thought the band was really good, but like others, i'd like to hear more older songs on their setlist.

Also, the crowd was 90% dude. Felt like I was at Ozzfest.

the show was very crowded. more so than many other sold out shows I have been to at 930. maybe the fault of the "taping area," maybe the fault of people like those in front of me who tried to keep around a 4 foot buffer zone in front of them.

it was funny when an interloper finally just took the buffer space away from them during the encores.