verb_to_trust wrote:Tweedy solo acoustic covers record coming out. Laminated Cat is on it. I love Laminated Cat.
I feel like this post kind of went unnoticed. A Tweedy solo acoustic album is something Wilco-related that I've been waiting on ever since his solo performances from the I Am Trying to Break your Heart doc.
One of my favorite parts of that doc is when Laminated Cat is being teased or demo'd or whatever.
Tracklist doesn't seem amazing on paper, but who knows
01. “Via Chicago” 02. “Laminated Cat” 03. “Lost Love” 04. “Muzzle Of Bees” 05. “Ashes Of American Flags” 06. “Dawned On Me” 07. “In A Future Age” 08. “I’m Trying To Break Your Heart” 09. “Hummingbird” 10. “I’m Always In Love” 11. “Sky Blue Sky”
Richard Thompson made an album like this a few years ago (probably around the time of Americanarama and the Tweedy-produced "Still" so maybe that's where he got the idea). I'm willing to be proven wrong but I'm pretty ambivalent about this. I also wonder why he chose this instead of a proper release of one of his many solo shows.
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Re: wilco
Tue April 18, 2017 11:22 pm
Count me as also ambivalent. I'm certainly not upset about it...But Tweedy without Wilco, doing a bunch of stripped down songs I already own, is not super interesting to me. Maybe if it were a live set I had attended I'd feel differently.
i got bugs wrote:Isn't sky blue sky stripped down to begin with
I wouldn't call anything with Nels Cline on it "stripped down," but compared to the sonic chaos that Jim O'Rourke brought to the previous two albums, I know what you mean. I imagine these versions will simply be guitar/voice/possibly harmonica.
verb_to_trust wrote:Tweedy solo acoustic covers record coming out. Laminated Cat is on it. I love Laminated Cat.
I feel like this post kind of went unnoticed. A Tweedy solo acoustic album is something Wilco-related that I've been waiting on ever since his solo performances from the I Am Trying to Break your Heart doc.
One of my favorite parts of that doc is when Laminated Cat is being teased or demo'd or whatever.
Tracklist doesn't seem amazing on paper, but who knows
01. “Via Chicago” 02. “Laminated Cat” 03. “Lost Love” 04. “Muzzle Of Bees” 05. “Ashes Of American Flags” 06. “Dawned On Me” 07. “In A Future Age” 08. “I’m Trying To Break Your Heart” 09. “Hummingbird” 10. “I’m Always In Love” 11. “Sky Blue Sky”
pretty cool, but I'm just as happy spinning the Sunken Treasure songs. That live album doesn't get old for me.
Where Do I Begin Nope Bull Black Nova Hummingbird Please Be Patient With Me Listening To That Wind That Blows One Wing New Madrid Sam Stone [John Prine] Radio King Muzzle Of Bees If I Ever Was A Child Love And Mercy [Brian Wilson] Common Sense The Ruling Class How To Fight Loneliness Summer Teeth Someone To Lose new song-Ain't No Doubt About It Chinese Apple Everlasting Everything Laminated Cat (aka Not For The Season) new song-All In It Together I Must Be High You Are Not Alone What Light A Magazine Called Sunset Monday Another Man's Done Gone (performed a cappella)
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Re: wilco
Tue May 02, 2017 7:45 pm
This sounds great, and very reminiscent of Eddie's own Dead Man. Jeff does a great job of building the tension with just the guitar. One of my favorites off Wilco (The Album), I should make an effort to listen to that record more. It's almost like their own Avocado album -- a bunch of stellar songs that are basically retreads of songs they've done before. But it's way better than Avocado.
tragabigzanda wrote:This sounds great, and very reminiscent of Eddie's own Dead Man. Jeff does a great job of building the tension with just the guitar. One of my favorites off Wilco (The Album), I should make an effort to listen to that record more. It's almost like their own Avocado album -- a bunch of stellar songs that are basically retreads of songs they've done before. But it's way better than Avocado.
ha ha -- tallest midget.
i don't think i've listened to that album in years. it's not one of my favorites that's for sure. the whole gimmicky thing with naming the album wilco the album and the "wilco will love you baby" rubbed me the wrong way. and that's a criticism having nothing to do with the actual songs.
but i LOVE bull black nova. full-band live is amazing.
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Re: wilco
Tue May 02, 2017 8:03 pm
Chris_H_2 wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:This sounds great, and very reminiscent of Eddie's own Dead Man. Jeff does a great job of building the tension with just the guitar. One of my favorites off Wilco (The Album), I should make an effort to listen to that record more. It's almost like their own Avocado album -- a bunch of stellar songs that are basically retreads of songs they've done before. But it's way better than Avocado.
ha ha -- tallest midget.
i don't think i've listened to that album in years. it's not one of my favorites that's for sure. the whole gimmicky thing with naming the album wilco the album and the "wilco will love you baby" rubbed me the wrong way. and that's a criticism having nothing to do with the actual songs.
but i LOVE bull black nova. full-band live is amazing.
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Re: wilco
Tue May 02, 2017 8:06 pm
This is what I came up with before:
tragabigzanda wrote:A Ghost Is Born Sky Blue Sky Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Star Wars Schmilco Wilco (The Album) Being There AM Summerteeth The Whole Love
I'd say it's more or less the same today. My biggest problem is with spots 3-5. I can always appreciate the genius that is YHF, but I'll be damned if I ever put it on these days. It's a fairly impenetrable record, and I've really come around to the smooth taste of Sky Blue Sky, Star Wars, and Schmilco. So they would probably get shuffled on any given day. But AGIB will always be my favorite, and Wilco (The Album) and everything below that aren't apt to change any time soon.