Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

touringfan
touringfan Posts: 568
edited November 2007 in Other Music
Beautiful Album.

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  • Bremerton
    Bremerton Posts: 279
    I agree. It is boring. I really like Either Way, and Impossible Germany. But nothing else really does anything for me. I will admit I.G. has some of the worst lyrics in a Wilco song, but I love the music of it.
  • deadmosquito
    deadmosquito Posts: 729
    i'm just listening to it now. i'm only on "sky blue sky." i loved the first 3 tracks, i really like the laid-back feel of this album. definitely need to hear the rest and let it digest before i form a good opinion on it though.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Incredible album! I'm only on my 3rd listen and it's already one of my favorite Wilco records ever. By far the best rock band in American right now (sorry Pearl Jam). They've kind of dipped back into their alt-country roots a little bit on this disc, and I'm really enjoying the laid-back vibe of the songs. In a way, it almost sounds like a long-lost cousin of "Being There".
    "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
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Incredible album! I'm only on my 3rd listen and it's already one of my favorite Wilco records ever. By far the best rock band in American right now (sorry Pearl Jam). They've kind of dipped back into their alt-country roots a little bit on this disc, and I'm really enjoying the laid-back vibe of the songs. In a way, it almost sounds like a long-lost cousin of "Being There".


    Yes! I totally agree. I enjoy 'Walken' so much. I just can't stop dancing to it. And the title track is a gem for sure. I can't wait to see them in June!!! Twice!!!
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    It is the long awaited follow up album to Being There.

    Many say it is boring but the songs are simple and straight forward... and most of all good.

    My ipod tells me i've listened to most of the album about 20 times now and i really enjoy it.

    I think the stand outs to me are You are my Face, Side with Seeds, What Light and Impossible Germany.

    I love most of the album though. Hearing them do it on the DVD that came with the CD was great and listening ot Jeff talk about the album was fun too. Just watching Nels make music is a wonderful experience. I love his Jazz style.

    On and On and On is probably my second favorite album closer they have.

    Walken is just a really cool jam. Shake it Off and Hate it Here have been growing on me lately. I love the simplicity of Either way.

    Be Patient with me and Leave me are okay but to me they are the weakest songs on the album.

    I like the couple of B Sides i hard One True Vine is short but very sweet and Let's not get carried away kind of rocks. Probably more of what people were looking for on the album. It is a good song but i can see why they woudl leave it off. It would mess up the flow of the album.

    All in all i'm very happy with this album. It is very straight forward and quite different from YHF and AGIB, but the base of all wilco albums has been simple songwriting and good lyrics and that is what this album is.
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  • Indifference
    Indifference Posts: 2,759
    Sawyer wrote:
    want to like it....wilco is just so damn boring

    My sentiments as well.

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  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Incredible album! I'm only on my 3rd listen and it's already one of my favorite Wilco records ever. By far the best rock band in American right now (sorry Pearl Jam). They've kind of dipped back into their alt-country roots a little bit on this disc, and I'm really enjoying the laid-back vibe of the songs. In a way, it almost sounds like a long-lost cousin of "Being There".
    This pretty much sums it up. I've been listening to the stream for the past month or so, and it's really grown on me. It's quiet, moody, and beautiful...Wilco has done it again.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • He_Who_Forgets
    He_Who_Forgets Posts: 200
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    This pretty much sums it up. I've been listening to the stream for the past month or so, and it's really grown on me. It's quiet, moody, and beautiful...Wilco has done it again.

    Can I ask where the stream is? Never really got into Wilco, but I'm intrigued by this album for some reason.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    He_Who_Forgets wrote:
    Can I ask where the stream is? Never really got into Wilco, but I'm intrigued by this album for some reason.

    I think their website but i'm not sure.
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  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i agree the album is lulling. but how can you not truly dig songs like shake it off, and the opener, on and on and on... ???????????????????????????
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    He_Who_Forgets wrote:
    Can I ask where the stream is? Never really got into Wilco, but I'm intrigued by this album for some reason.
    http://wilcoworld.net/news/index.php

    Shake It Off has a great kind of Pink Floyd feel in the middle. Good stuff.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    http://wilcoworld.net/news/index.php

    i pm'd ya re:
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • thelowlightargentina
    thelowlightargentina Posts: 592
    I´m listening to "a Ghost is Born" and it´s really cool, some tracks are incredible like the number 3...anyway, as many of you have said, it seems a little boring sometimes.
    ...can´t wear my mask, your first my last...
  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    I like it more with every listen. I've progressed from bummed out and slightly bored to the point where I now want to listen over and over. Tonight I'll try out the vinyl LP for the first time . . . then I'll probably need to listen to the CD again.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    thelowlightargentina wrote:
    I´m listening to "a Ghost is Born" and it´s really cool, some tracks are incredible like the number 3...anyway, as many of you have said, it seems a little boring sometimes.

    Go see them live. Wilco are FAR from boring.
    "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
  • ledhed43
    ledhed43 Posts: 114
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Go see them live. Wilco are FAR from boring.


    big plus one there. their live shows are very good.

    that said i still find sky blue sky kinda boring. its a lot like their early stuff that i have but never really got into except for a few songs. watching the dvd explained it a lot for me. tweedy basically says he just wants to sing people songs without any of the scary dangerous stuff, well thats the stuff i like best, so i hope they go back to it someday. i haven't given up on it though, so it may grow on me in time.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,117
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    http://wilcoworld.net/news/index.php

    Shake It Off has a great kind of Pink Floyd feel in the middle. Good stuff.


    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
  • Yellow Bedwetter
    Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    Just got the deluxe edition with the DVD that plays 8 songs from the Loft recordings. I def rec this version before you diss the album. Tweedy and the others explain the reasons behind the album and some of the songs.
    I def love Impossible Germany; agree that the lyrics kind of suck, but the solos at the end are sickkkk. You gotta see the DVD version...Tweedy and Pat go back and forth for about 5 minutes at the end...cool preview of the summer tour.
    I also liked Hate it Here, Sky Blue Sky, and Walken. They are a diff kind of music...fav song is still At Least That's What You Said but after a month of listening to this album come show day in June my mind may change.

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  • Yellow Bedwetter
    Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    or not
    2005: Borgata 2, Philly
    2006: Camden 1&2, East Ruth 1&2
    2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
    2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
    2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
    2012: Made in America
    2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
    2015: Global Citizens
    2016: MSG 2 (ISO MSG1)
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    or not

    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.
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