Originally posted by sonickteam2:i concur with the distinguished gentleman from the great white north.
yes. they do….thanks for asking.
Does WILCO suck?
Maybe I should rephrase:
"Isn't it not the truth that WILCO doesn't suck?"
"Isn't it not the truth that WILCO doesn't suck?"
Originally posted by BookerT:now thats just crazy talk
a crappy pink floyd song. as if there is any other kind. yeah, even counting "piper."
Originally posted by marquee smith:Unfortunetely I have and can honestly say your not missing much.
Honestly, I don't think I've ever heard a GBV song before either. [/QB]
I don't like Wilco but I like them a lot more than GBV.
And Pink Floyd use to be great before the burn-outs adopted them.
And Pink Floyd use to be great before the burn-outs adopted them.
Might I add that Theologians is one hell of a song as well.
I am a big Wilco fan, but lately they have veered into Radiohead "My music doesn't need to be commercial, or interesting, or not make people want to slit their wrists if they don't just fall asleep while listening to it" territory. A Ghost Is Born just plain sucked, mainly because of the downright ARROGANCE of putting out something so dissonant and dull as a major release at this point in their career. Good for them on being 'experimental' but A Ghost Is Born didn't do anything particularly avant garde - it's sorta like an alt-country Sonic Youth album with all the life and energy completely drained out of it. If it was interesting in the least, I'd cut them a break, but they seem to be doing nothing more than trying to shake the 'johnny-come-lately' fans they picked up during Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and I think that sucks.
Wilco rules. A Ghost Is Born is excellent. AM sucks. Everything else is great. A Ghost Is Born is not avant-garde, you're just reading too many irrelevant reviews. They're my favorite current rock'n'roll band, and live, you just can't beat them. I didn't get into them until YHF, and it wasn't because of the hype, it's just because that's what I wanted from them.
Jeff has always been into "avant-garde" music anyway, and nothing about A Ghost Is Born is "arrogant." The only "difficult" track would be "Less Than You Think," but because of the noise at the end, people forget the first 3 minutes, which is a fantastic, sad little folk song. I think A Ghost Is Born definitely requires patience and repeated listens at first, but what you'll discover is that there's nothing that different on it and the songs are incredible. The only songs mentioned on this thread have been from the first half of the LP. What about "The Late Greats"? "Theologians"? "Company In My Back"? "I'm A Wheel"? All very "accessible" and all very perfect.
Jeff has always been into "avant-garde" music anyway, and nothing about A Ghost Is Born is "arrogant." The only "difficult" track would be "Less Than You Think," but because of the noise at the end, people forget the first 3 minutes, which is a fantastic, sad little folk song. I think A Ghost Is Born definitely requires patience and repeated listens at first, but what you'll discover is that there's nothing that different on it and the songs are incredible. The only songs mentioned on this thread have been from the first half of the LP. What about "The Late Greats"? "Theologians"? "Company In My Back"? "I'm A Wheel"? All very "accessible" and all very perfect.
does wilco suck? hmm. NO. they don't.