Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

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  • Manimal
    Manimal Posts: 152
    Listened to the album a bunch now. I really like it, although a lot of the song sound kinda similiar or have similiar formulas.. Nels is the man!
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  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    Get_Right wrote:
    animals sound right? I cant believe you said that
    I was telling a friend the same and he thought I was nuts

    think 70s eagles that kind of vibe

    totally changed things around on this all the wilco noise is gone, and no real rockers

    went to the letterman taping tuesday night-they played what light
    Whew! Good to know I'm not going nuts either...I totally hear Floyd in that song.

    Yeah, not so much of the noise rock like the past few albums - which I liked - but I like this side of them too.

    Cool that you got to go to the Letterman taping! I was hoping they'd play something else off the album - What Light's been out for a long time now.

    Hope to see them sometime this summer...
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    Whew! Good to know I'm not going nuts either...I totally hear Floyd in that song.

    Yeah, not so much of the noise rock like the past few albums - which I liked - but I like this side of them too.

    Cool that you got to go to the Letterman taping! I was hoping they'd play something else off the album - What Light's been out for a long time now.

    Hope to see them sometime this summer...

    Yeah they should have blasted walken, impossible germany, or side with seeds in my opinion.
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  • Yellow Bedwetter
    Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    intodeep wrote:
    I'm not in the area and i already have my seats for the Atlanta show :)

    you should check over on the Via Chicago message board they actually have a forum for fans to post who have extra tickets. Might get more luck over there.

    whats the url?
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  • loveboatcaptain_blak
    loveboatcaptain_blak Posts: 285
    how could anyone say this is boring. i can't stop listening to the album.

    either way, you are my face, and hate it here are my favorites.
    i gather speed...from u fucking with me

    "i am the first man to shit my pants ya whew!"

    its no crime to escape..theres still time to escape...theres still time so escape...

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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    whats the url?

    http://forums.viachicago.org/
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  • Manimal
    Manimal Posts: 152
    Hey did anyone else get a pm from GS67, asking for you to rip the new Wilco cd and send him/her the mp3s??

    What's the deal with that?
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  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    intodeep wrote:
    I'm not in the area and i already have my seats for the Atlanta show :)

    Where are you sitting? I have tickets on Row 6 in the pit.

    Any other PJ people going to Wilco in Atlanta?

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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    rhinomagic wrote:
    Where are you sitting? I have tickets on Row 6 in the pit.

    Any other PJ people going to Wilco in Atlanta?

    .

    Not far away at all. I'm in the pit row 4 i think seats 9 and 10. I know it is row 4 i just can't remember the actual seat numbers.

    i will see you there :)
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  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    woot, d! shake it off!!!
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    kdpjam wrote:
    woot, d! shake it off!!!
    :)

    I'm pretty excited i guess wilco is one of my top 5 fav bands and besides being one foot away from j mascis on the front row of a general admission show this will be the best seats i've ever had to see one of my favorite bands.

    I'm hoping i'm on nels's side :D

    I want to watch his pinky catch fire when he plays.
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  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I really love this album, but I've noticed it's taking quite a beating from certain critics, mostly from hipster holier-than-thou elitists who don't like the fact that it's more stripped down and concise than their previous two albums. It's funny, as soon as I heard the first song on the record, I knew the hipsters were gonna hate it. Critics are so predictable these days. Heaven forbid Wilco dips back into their alt-country roots and relaxes for a bit. I read a review today that bashed the album just because the guy thought there were too many guitar solos and not enough experimental noise. Ridiculous! Sure, the band has flirted with different sounds on past records, but people seem to forget that at it's heart, Wilco is essentially a straight-up rock n' roll band. They always have been, and that element was still a part of their sound even when they were dabbling in experimental art-rock on YHF and AGIB. On Sky Blue Sky, Tweedy seems to be more focused on songwriting, rather than trying to challenge the listener with weird sounds. It's a gentle, focused, and beautiful record, and Jeff has never sounded more clear-headed than he does here. This album is simply about great songs and brilliant ensemble playing. No extra bells & whistles are needed on these tunes.
    "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
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    better late than never, but i just got this CD and i think its beautiful. much different from a ghost is born, which i also liked a lot, just this one is more laid back and relaxing.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Dollpartz wrote:
    better late than never, but i just got this CD and i think its beautiful. much different from a ghost is born, which i also liked a lot, just this one is more laid back and relaxing.
    It will most likely end up in my top three of the year. Quite a nice addition to their other works.
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  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    I'm now loving this album. I should have remembered that Wilco makes albums that grow on you. It's their thing.

    I'm also super excited because I just bought tickets to see them for the first time. Can't wait until October!
  • MarkerInTheSand
    MarkerInTheSand Posts: 191
    so pumped that wilco added a pittsburgh date. ill be seeing them in oct!
    makes much more sense to live in the present tense

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  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    fell in love with this record after seeing the dvd doco that comes with the special ed. it gave me a new found respect & understanding of the songs & why the album sounds like it does. the performances on the dvd are awesome & the interview with jeff is quite illuminating. sort of like single video theory. a great addition to the grand wilco catalogue :)
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    this album grew on me a lot. it's a much more mellow and laid back album than their past 3 or so and took some getting used to. but once i gave it time, i love some of the jams on there more than anything theey've done before... hate it here, impossible germany, and a few others.
  • Enume Cell
    Enume Cell Posts: 16
    Impossible Germany is just beautifull and weird... that new dude on the guitar is simply sick. Other songs cannot satisfy my soul as this one, so I would rate album 734 on scale from 1- 1000.
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Sawyer wrote:
    wilco is just so damn boring

    Agreed. I dunno why they're closing Voodoo Fest.

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