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What is your favorite Wilco song?

thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
edited April 2008 in Other Music
I just started listening to Wilco. I love a couple of their songs and wondered what some of your favorites of theirs are. I really like Handshake Drugs
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  • AlBorlandAlBorland Posts: 117
    I like Handshake Drugs also.

    Tough to pick just 1. Ashes of American Flags, Via Chicago, Jesus Etc.
    Skeletons ain't got nowhere to stick their money.
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    This is a strange choice, but at the moment I want to go with "Shouldn't Be Ashamed."

    It's not as graceful or sophisticated as anything from the more popular albums, but for whatever reason I simply love listening that one. I honestly can't name one definitive favorite Wilco song, so I'll go with an underdog.;)

    I really love "Pick Up the Change," "Should've Been In Love" and "Too Far Apart" as well, now that I think about it. A.M. deserves more attention that it normally receives.
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Impossible.....

    i don't know if i could pick one.

    i do like jesus etc a lot though.
    Charlotte 00
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  • dirtdirt Posts: 398
    So many to choose from but I'm going with Impossible Germany!
    drive less - RIDE MORE!
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    The Late Greats
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • spintheblack37spintheblack37 Posts: 173
    Jesus Etc.
    Theologians
    Spiders (Kidsmoke)
    Sunken Treasures
    When the Roses Bloom Again w/ Billy Bragg
    EV Bridgeschool - October 24, 2004
    San Francisco - July 15/16/18, 2006 Bridgeschool - October 21/22, 2006
    Lollapalooza - August 5,2007
    EV Berkley - April 7/8, 2008 The Who Rock Honors - July 12, 2008
    Outside Lands - August 28, 2009 Seattle - September 21/22, 2009 San Diego - October 9, 2009
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    A few of my faves:

    I'm the man who loves you
    Handshake drugs
    Via Chicago (especially after seeing and hearing it live)
    Heavy Metal Drummer
    Either way
    Casino queen
    Jesus etc
    You are my face
    those are all great songs and probably the ones that got me into Wilco.
    I think I like their yankee hotel foxtrot album the best.
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  • rhinomagicrhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,552
    Too hard to pick only one song, but my wife's favorite is Hummingbird.

    I could narrow it down to one from each album:

    The Late Greats
    Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
    I Got You (At the End of the Century)
    Casino Queen
    Hate It Here
    I'm the Man Who Loves You


    But I'm still not sure that is sufficient.

    Welcome to the Message Pit Wilco enthusiast crew! There's quite a few of us around here.

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  • russmcrussmc Posts: 91
    My favorite Wilco song is Misunderstood.

    "There's something there that you can't find
    Honest when you're telling a lie
    You hurt but you don't why,
    You love her but you don't know why"
    Surreal Art that Entices the Mind
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    I've really never listened to them for whatever reason but since they are playing Lolla I got a couple of their albums off iTunes and I really like most of them. I can't wait to see them live
  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    Kamera
    Pot Kettle Black
    Heavy Metal Drummer
  • oktacomaoktacoma Posts: 335
    I just recently got into these guys and I don't have all of their albums yet, but right now my favorite is probably Via Chicago. I can't get that song out of my head!!
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,494
    poor places>reservations

    but side with the seeds is gaining ground

    Three shows in August!!!!! Wilmington, Tanglewood and Brooklyn!
    Very psyched.
  • PJSEMPREPJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    Misunderstood, Jesus, etc., Impossible Germany, Ashes of American Flags, The Late Greats and Hummingbird
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
    It's growing up just like me.
  • cubbieblue82cubbieblue82 Posts: 292
    red mos wrote:
    A few of my faves:
    Via Chicago (especially after seeing and hearing it live)

    This song is incredible live! The part where Glen goes wild on the drums right over Tweedy's singing is so powerful. You feel like you're in a thunderstorm or war zone or something.

    I might have to go with Via Chicago, Theologians, Hummingbird, Jesus Etc..., You are My Face, and many many more I can't think of now.
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  • embraceembrace Posts: 849
    Jesus etc
    got a car...got some gas...oh let's get out of here-get out of here fast...
    I hope you get this message but your not home...I will be there in just a minute or so...
    I want to go but I want to go with you.

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    I've had enough, said enough, felt enough. I'm fine, still in it.
  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    check this out if you havent already..

    http://www.owlandbear.com/wilco-archive/

    scrolll down to the roo webcast..best band in the world right now.
    "Going where the water tastes like wine!"
  • bold99bold99 Posts: 17
    I'd have to go with "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" that song is just crazy and amazing live...but there are so many good ones...One of my favorite bands ever.
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Hummingbird.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    wma31303 wrote:
    check this out if you havent already..

    http://www.owlandbear.com/wilco-archive/

    scrolll down to the roo webcast..best band in the world right now.
    Appreciate the link! Thanks, that's a great site!

    I'm seeing Wilco for the first time tomorrow night and I cannot wait.
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    Passenger side
    the Minions
  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,055
    Gotta agree with Misunderstood with IATTBYH being a very close second.

    The brilliance is in their simplicity.
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