Wilco - Summerteeth

r1vers
r1vers Posts: 244
edited March 2008 in Other Music
While there is a decent amount of wilco talk on here, there is never summerteeth talk let alone a thread devoted to it. If you haven't heard this album, acquire it promptly. If you have, discuss its greatness. I really don't know what more to say, just needed to profess my love for this one.
"Last time I think we played that song here was like, a long time ago, and there was a bonfire in the back and people were like throwing each other into it...very exciting days but a huge fucking relief that that's not how it is tonight..." Ed Irvine Night 1 2003, after Deep
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  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    great band possibly the best band in the world right now... sky blue sky wasn't as good as their last few though

    shot in the arm and via chicago are classic wilco tracks.
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Summerteeth was my first Wilco album and to be honest I thought it was rubbish until I heard the other albums. WAY too self pitious in a really annoying way, but good when in relation to the entire back catalogue.
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    My first Wilco purchase was Kicking Television, but my first studio album was Summerteeth. I'd come across a comparison between Pet Sounds and Summerteeth shortly before buying the CD. I assumed this just meant it was supposed to be a defining, breakthrough album - I was not expected a 60's pop influenced album!

    This is the one Wilco album other than Sky Blue Sky that took a few months to sink in for me. I have to admit there are still a couple songs in there I simply dislike ("ELT," "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)"), but "She's a Jar," "Via Chicago" and "Summer Teeth" are among my favorites, so overall I do love the CD now.
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    Summerteeth is my favorite Wilco album. Pieholden Suite is quite possibly one of the greatest songs ever. And songs 5-9 are possibly the best sequence of songs on any album.

    Summerteeth is the album that got me into Wilco.
    Cock Fight.
  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    It would be impossible for me to rank their albums, but this album has got so many great songs... Via Chicago, Candyfloss, Always in Love, Summerteeth, Shot in the Arm, She's a Jar, ELT, etc. that I think that song-for-song it could be their greatest.

    Jay did go a bit overboard on the production, but those songs would be great even without all the polish.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    pure pop rock brillance
    Charlotte 00 | Charlotte 03 | Asheville 04 | Atlanta 12 | Greenville 16 | Columbia 16 |Seattle 18  | Nashville 22 | Ohana Festival 24 x2 | Atlanta 25 x2
  • r1vers
    r1vers Posts: 244
    surprised at all the ELT hate..but yeah, regardless the segment from 5-9 is solid. how to fight loneliness deserves a shoutout too...

    and summer teeth the song has really great lyrics.
    "Last time I think we played that song here was like, a long time ago, and there was a bonfire in the back and people were like throwing each other into it...very exciting days but a huge fucking relief that that's not how it is tonight..." Ed Irvine Night 1 2003, after Deep
  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    I am among the few who regard this as Wilco's finest album. Most people would say Foxtrot is their defining moment because of the record label controversy. But I say they never could've been the champions that Foxtrot and Ghost made them if they hadn't made Summerteeth first.

    It has some of the best pop songs you'll ever hear from a rock band. I know it was a different lineup of musicians then, but the Jeff/John core is still in tact. Those songs played pretty well in the recent Residency, proving that Jay and Leroy leaving didn't end the viability of Summerteeth.

    Personally, I am disappointed this album gets overlooked in concert in much the same way Pearl Jam overlooks No Code and Binaural. I hope the revival via the Residency shows means a return of more Summerteeth to the overall live Wilco experience.

    They are great songs. They just need a chance to be played in front of people who will appreciate them, in order to garner a more favorable perception.

    .
    Memphis 1994
    New Orleans 1995
    Fort Lauderdale 1996
    Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
    New Orleans 2000
    Tampa 2003
    Kissimmee 2004
    New York City (x 2) 2008
    East Troy (x 2) 2011
    Chicago & New Orleans 2013
    Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
    Baltimore 2020
    Louisville 2022
    Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
    Raleigh 2025
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Brilliant album. Definitely one of their best moments.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    summerteeth is the only wilco album i own. i can't bring myself to buy another. i don't want to be disappointed. much in the same way lonesome crowded west is the only modest mouse album i can bring myself to own.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    catefrances wrote:
    summerteeth is the only wilco album i own. i can't bring myself to buy another. i don't want to be disappointed. much in the same way lonesome crowded west is the only modest mouse album i can bring myself to own.

    My brother-in-law says the same thing about Wilco. He owns Summerteeth, and although he likes their other music, he doesn't want to spoil the perfection of Summerteeth by owning their other albums. I say he's missing out on some of the best albums in the last ten years, but I do understand his passion for this album. I've read the comparison to Pet Sounds. Personally, I don't see the big deal with Pet Sounds. I mean, I understand it was something of a groundbreaking album, but it didn't really move me. Then again, I don't like the Beach Boys.
  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    "Well find a way regardless
    To make some sense out of this mess
    Well, It's a test, but I believe
    A kiss is all we need"

    My favorite on the album and probably one of the happier Wilco songs that side of The Late Greats and Walken.

    Damn good stuff.

    .
    Memphis 1994
    New Orleans 1995
    Fort Lauderdale 1996
    Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
    New Orleans 2000
    Tampa 2003
    Kissimmee 2004
    New York City (x 2) 2008
    East Troy (x 2) 2011
    Chicago & New Orleans 2013
    Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
    Baltimore 2020
    Louisville 2022
    Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
    Raleigh 2025
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,211
    rhinomagic wrote:
    "Well find a way regardless
    To make some sense out of this mess
    Well, It's a test, but I believe
    A kiss is all we need"

    My favorite on the album and probably one of the happier Wilco songs that side of The Late Greats and Walken.

    Damn good stuff.

    .

    a kiss is alllllllllllllllllll we neeed!


    effing great tune

    this is one of the best bands in the US right now, and they do it right

    Just saw them at the 9:30 club in DC and once again, was blown away by how good these guys are.

    All the records are great. No need to compare one with the other. You can put any one on and not skip songs, that to me defines a great record.

    And they are one of the few bands whose music works in almost any setting.
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    best band in the world?? are they good live?
  • inmyrvm
    inmyrvm Posts: 1,040
    macgyver06 wrote:
    best band in the world?? are they good live?
    does a bear shit in the woods?
    "Fuck the talkin' let's start rockin" - Eddie Vedder 9-5-00 Pittsburgh
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,211
    macgyver06 wrote:
    best band in the world?? are they good live?
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15164119

    listen for yourself
    show from last week streaming on NPR
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    ive been tempted to buy one of their CD's. some of my older freinds listen to them and i figured id give them a shot. im still not completely into the style though. any suggestions for songs or an album?
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
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  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    macgyver06 wrote:
    best band in the world?? are they good live?


    They are the best live band out there right now.


    Yes, I've said it.

    And unless you've seen them in the last 3 years you cannot tell me I'm wrong... lol
    (By that I mean don't say I'm full of crap unless you've actually seen them and somehow disagree with me)
  • joejohn
    joejohn Posts: 30
    I'm a fan of Wilco but I never fully got into this album. There are some strong songs and others that I feel are pretty weak.
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  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    They are the best live band out there right now.


    I could take or leave the horn section they're employing right now, but the six that make the line-up of Wilco are an excellent unit. I've seen them five times in the past three years and never cease to be impressed at their live show.

    I won't go so far as to say they are THE best live band out there right now. I would agree that they belong in the discussion, though.

    .
    Memphis 1994
    New Orleans 1995
    Fort Lauderdale 1996
    Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
    New Orleans 2000
    Tampa 2003
    Kissimmee 2004
    New York City (x 2) 2008
    East Troy (x 2) 2011
    Chicago & New Orleans 2013
    Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
    Baltimore 2020
    Louisville 2022
    Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
    Raleigh 2025

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