― lyra in seattle, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
But this just shows that speculation on lyrics is useless at the end of the day. I'm english and I took that from an anti-american perspective (since sept 11th, also american foreig policy and so on).
That's why i restrict myself to sound itself (and the ound of the voice and how it interacts w/sound that the group makes) and from that perspective Wilco don't do enough for me.
― julio Desouza, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― david h(0wie), Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
but then you're trying to interpret lyrics and most reviewers do that to interpret what the 'artist' is thinking and that can lead to all sorts of shit that i read in record reviews.
I mean: Dylan is a poet you know? and that horse shit.
― Julio Desouza, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― o. nate, Monday, 8 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Josh, Monday, 8 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Clarke B., Monday, 8 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I dunno - it makes me feel warm fuzzy feelings.
It's hard for me to explain why I like abstract metaphor and symbolism when Bob Dylan or Stephen Malkmus does it, but why I don't like it when Jeff Tweedy does it. I think it's partly in the delivery, and partly in the sense of humor - or rather Tweedy's apparent lack of same.
The "experimental" noise on this record is totally pointless, it's not integrated with the songs - just pasted at the end. I don't like the vague lyrics either, especially since I heard that they don't actually mean much. For me that is the worst type of lyrics.
― Marc, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dare, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― david h(0wie), Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Marc, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I interpret this statement as Anti-Art.
I saw Wilco live last week. I enjoyed the record before, but more so now. It didn't feel "experimental" before, but when I saw them perform "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" I saw Wilco experimenting. There are no genuinely radical ideas, but there are no inhibitions either. It is experimental pop, exactly.
― Keiko, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dyson, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
So?? You didn't mean it, then?
― Indieholic Anonymous, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
keiko- can i ask what were they doing? how were they experimenting?
― julio Desouza, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
julio: it involved pipettes
― Josh, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Josh, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Josh, you have done something no one has managed: I'm now interested in Wilco (not really).
― Julio Desouza, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Keiko, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
OK, gloaters, start your engines...
*insert sound of crickets chirping*
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
JEFF TWEEDY SPEED METAL! Best typo ever, Julio!
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 22 March 2004 21:10 (twenty years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 22 March 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 22 March 2004 21:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Andy Jay, Monday, 22 March 2004 21:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 7 November 2005 03:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 7 November 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
NTI, Wilco aren't really very big in the UK.
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 7 November 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 7 November 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 7 November 2005 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chris O., Monday, 7 November 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
But their alltime best song will always be California Stars, off the Mermaid Avenue vol 1 Woody Guthrie cd.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 7 November 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― I Agree About The Fun Part, Monday, 7 November 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 7 November 2005 21:39 (eighteen years ago) link