Wilco

[Lancemc]

One Wing ---> At Least That's What You Said

 

[LMP]

Harry Knowles

It was either the GREATEST show he's ever seen, or the WORST.

 

[powerhour24]

I've seen Wilco zero times.

It makes me sad.

Aww, I've found something to agree with you on.

 

[agentorange]

Just got back from Wilco here in Memphis... Long, energetic set with seemingly every cheerful song in the catalog chosen, except maybe Candy Floss. I prefer more of the moody/musically adventurous material, but it was a blast. And it would just be pitiful to complain after getting to see Wilco.

For the second encore, following So Misunderstood (34 "nothing's" by my count ), Jody Stephens (Big Star) came in with maracas during California Stars. Then he relieved Glenn on drums for Box Full of Letters and a *spot on* version of In the Street with John Stirratt on lead vocals. Eat your heart out, boys and girls!

 

[agentorange]

Found this on Via Chicago; thanks to you, anonymous fan. I'm sure some of you will want to troll you tube for this show. Jeff addressed the crowd on video recording the shows and made sure that some one was recording it, insisting that it get on you tube. He even snatched a girl's cell phone from her during Impossible Germany, and I think she left without it after being called out and humiliated. Drama... But the show was great.

Memphis, 10-10-09:
Wilco (the song)
A Shot in the Arm
Bull Black Nova
You Are My Face
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
One Wing
At Least That's What You Said
Deeper Down
Impossible Germany
Country Disappeared
Handshake Drugs
Sonny Feeling
Jesus, etc.
Can't Stand It
Hate It Here
Walken
I'm The Man Who Loves You
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Misunderstood
Theologians
You Never Know (w/Liam Finn on acoustic guitar and vox)
Heavy Metal Drummer
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California Stars (w/Liam Finn on acoustic guitar and vox, Eliza Jane Barnes on maracas and vox, Jody Stephens on maracas and shaker)
Box Full of Letters (w/Jody Stephens in place of Glenn Kotche on drums)
In The Street [Big Star] (w/Jody Stephens on drums and Glenn Kotche on cowbell; John Stirratt and Pat Sansone on lead vox)
Monday
Hoodoo Voodoo

 

[VintagePunk]

elfa needs to take these off your hands and get himself converted.

I offered, he refused, sigh. I ended up selling them on a Wilco forum.

 

[VintagePunk]

Leslie Feist joined them on stage last night for You and I! That was pretty exciting. Jeff introduced her by saying "I'm proud to have my friend Leslie here for this next song, she's from around here." It was cute. Besides that, it was a really good show. Missed all but half of Liam Finn's last song (damn traffic), I wanted to check him out. Here's the setlist:

Bull Black Nova
You Are My Face
One Wing
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Kamera
At Least That's What You Said
Radio Cure
Impossible Germany
Handshake Drugs
Deeper Down
Jesus Etc.
Sunny Feeling
Hate it Here
Walken
I'm the Man Who Loves You
Hummingbird
Wilco (The Song)
Misunderstood
California Stars w/ Liam Finn
You and I w/ Leslie Feist
Casino Queen
I'm A Wheel

 

[Dalton]

Thoughts on Wilco last night in Ann Arbor:

1. If the audience at my show is any indication, Wilco well and truly deserves the "Dad rock" label. I'm 31 and I was on the younger side of the audience last night.

2. I will never (EVER) sit in the Mezzanine at a show ever again. I can't think of any good reasons to sit down at a rock and roll show. Terrible.

3. I will probably never see a show in Ann Arbor ever again. Lame.

4. There was a noisy asshole sitting right behind me that was even angrier than I at the fact people were sitting down. He was a pussy though and wouldn't just stand up or move to an area that he could, he just sat there talking loudly about how much he hated everyone around him. Every time Wilco finished a song he would yell, "Go (Michigan) State!"

I was getting ready to confront him right before he yelled, "You're all communists! RED DAWN!"

That cracked my shit up and I gave him a pass.

 

[corianderstem]

I have a ticket to see them in Seattle in February!

The only other time I've seen them is when they opened for REM at the Bumbershoot festival back in .... maybe 2003? And I only caught the last few songs of their set, so I'm looking forward to seeing them.

 

[VintagePunk]

Thoughts on Wilco last night in Ann Arbor:

1. If the audience at my show is any indication, Wilco well and truly deserves the "Dad rock" label. I'm 31 and I was on the younger side of the audience last night.

2. I will never (EVER) sit in the Mezzanine at a show ever again. I can't think of any good reasons to sit down at a rock and roll show. Terrible.

3. I will probably never see a show in Ann Arbor ever again. Lame.

4. There was a noisy asshole sitting right behind me that was even angrier than I at the fact people were sitting down. He was a pussy though and wouldn't just stand up or move to an area that he could, he just sat there talking loudly about how much he hated everyone around him. Every time Wilco finished a song he would yell, "Go (Michigan) State!"

I was getting ready to confront him right before he yelled, "You're all communists! RED DAWN!"

That cracked my shit up and I gave him a pass.

1. This was my first Wilco show, and I noticed that the audience skewed much older than I would have thought, too.

2. Most people in the floor seats at my show were standing too, but they were just standing there, not moving, not doing anything, just standing like statues, mostly. If you're going to stand there doing nothing, why not sit?

4. Ha!

 

[corianderstem]

Has anyone seen any of their recent shows? Is there an opening band? I can't seem to find info on whether or not there is.

Looking forward to seeing them tomorrow night.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Has anyone seen any of their recent shows? Is there an opening band? I can't seem to find info on whether or not there is.

Looking forward to seeing them tomorrow night.

I would imagine there's an opening band unless it's billed "an evening with..." as some shows on this tour are, I think. I have a pretty strong feeling you're going to enjoy the show. I hope Tweedy is in good form with his usual entertaining audience banter.

Be sure to request a song!
WILCO : SHOWS : REQUEST A SONG

 

[IWasBored]

i'd like to see wilco, but i've passed up the times they/solo jeff tweedy have come around near here because of the hipster college kid factor.

bought a ghost is born for my mom for christmas. she says she really likes it.

 

[joyfulgirl]

i'd like to see wilco, but i've passed up the times they/solo jeff tweedy have come around near here because of the hipster college kid factor.

bought a ghost is born for my mom for christmas. she says she really likes it.

Maybe it depends on the venue but in general I wouldn't really describe Wilco audiences as hipster college kids. At all. (See: mom liking A Ghost is Born.)

 

[corianderstem]

I would imagine there's an opening band unless it's billed "an evening with..." as some shows on this tour are, I think. I have a pretty strong feeling you're going to enjoy the show. I hope Tweedy is in good form with his usual entertaining audience banter.

Be sure to request a song!
WILCO : SHOWS : REQUEST A SONG

oh, I'm sure I'll like it a lot! I wasn't sure what time I should plan on showing up. I seem to never learn that while it says 8:00 on the ticket, I get there at 8 and then am standing around forever.

I requested California Stars, and lo and behold, it's #2 on the most requested songs for the Seattle show!

 

[IWasBored]

Maybe it depends on the venue but in general I wouldn't really describe Wilco audiences as hipster college kids. At all. (See: mom liking A Ghost is Born.)

yeah, but during the school year at the calvin in northampton, ma--it's pretty much a haven for those idiots.

 

[Elvis Presley]

It's good to see this thread alive and well. I'm itching to see the guys again, it's been months now.

 

[joyfulgirl]

yeah, but during the school year at the calvin in northampton, ma--it's pretty much a haven for those idiots.

So next time just shove their annoying asses out of your way like you usually do and have a good time.

I'm all anxious about cori seeing them for the first time. I want a good review (as in, a proper review, which I hope is a positive one. No pressure or anything. ).

 

[corianderstem]

A proper review? Like, writing more than two sentences on how I liked it? Will I be shunned if I don't recognize all the songs?

I'm embarrassed to say that I have all their albums and enjoy them all, but don't listen to them all enough to be able to pick some of them out of a line-up.

 

[joyfulgirl]

A proper review? Like, writing more than two sentences on how I liked it? Will I be shunned if I don't recognize all the songs?

I'm embarrassed to say that I have all their albums and enjoy them all, but don't listen to them all enough to be able to pick some of them out of a line-up.

Just giving you a hard time. You requested California Stars, that's all that matters.

 

[LemonMelon]

When I saw them, I knew none of the Mermaid Avenue material, and wasn't terribly familiar with a lot of the pre-Summerteeth material (although I did know enough to be excited by Sunken Treasure opening the set). One of the best shows I've ever seen, regardless. Made their already great albums pale in comparison.

Not to hype them up too much but, hey, what the hell. Not gonna lie.

 

[corianderstem]

Just giving you a hard time.

Why are you so meeeeeeeeeeean?

I finally had to call to ask if there was an opening band - no info anywhere online that I could find. If I understood the person correctly, the opening band is ... Calaphone? Something like that?

 

[joyfulgirl]

Why are you so meeeeeeeeeeean?

I finally had to call to ask if there was an opening band - no info anywhere online that I could find. If I understood the person correctly, the opening band is ... Calaphone? Something like that?

Because it's so eeeeeeeeasy. And demanding a review only emphasizes my excitement about you seeing them.

No clue about that opening band.

 

[joyfulgirl]

 

[corianderstem]

At 7:46 this morning, my ass was still in bed, sister-friend. I'm so glad I took a vacation day today.

Here is my review, all for joyfulgirl, in handy random numbered list form.

1. Nels Cline is fucking insane. I spent most of the time watching him go apeshit on his guitar.

2. When I could see, that is. I started out fairly close, but could not see a damn thing. I was worried about standing in the back under the overhang of the balcony for fears the sound would suffer.

2a. Turns out the sound was fine in the back. I couldn't see much better.

2b. Thank god Nels is so tall, so I could at least mostly see him.

3. I'm usually not a big fan of the big wall of noise and feedback, but maybe it was the mood, maybe it was the music, maybe it was the delicious club sandwich I'd had for dinner, but everytime they built that sound, it just sounded like the most amazing thing ever. I was slightly in awe at the end of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.

3a. Although before the feedback died away, I had to break out the earplugs. I usually don't feel like I need them at concerts, but this one I did. Probably due to it being indoors and all.

4. I think I recognized/knew all the songs except for one or two. Even if I didn't recognize it right away, by the time the chorus came around, I'd think "Oh, yeah, I know this one."

4a. The only song I didn't like was the song they played at the start of the encore ... I don't know what it was. It broke into sections, some with a waltz feel, some little interludes like Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Didn't care for it.

5. Note to self: Learn more lyrics to Jesus, Etc - only knowing the first two lines does not help you when Jeff has the whole audience sing 90% of the song on their own.

5a. That was neat.

5b. He claimed we were much better than Portland, but he might have just been kissing our asses.

6. I loved that they came out to the Price Is Right theme - how delightfully random!

7. They played California Stars!

7a. Onstage with them were Scott McCaughey and Bill Frissell. (sp?)

8. They played for a good two hours, which was good bang for the buck.

9. I bought a tee shirt, partly because they were only $20, and after spending so much on a U2 concert shit, it just smelled like a bargain I couldn't pass up.

10. Glad I went, would definitely go again.

 

[u2popmofo]

All bands should sell t-shirts for $20 or $15. I'd buy so much crap if no one charged more than that.

 

[joyfulgirl]

but everytime they built that sound, it just sounded like the most amazing thing ever. I was slightly in awe at the end of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.

4a. The only song I didn't like was the song they played at the start of the encore ... I don't know what it was. It broke into sections, some with a waltz feel, some little interludes like Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Didn't care for it.

"Pieholden Suite" from Summerteeth? A lot of people don't like that song. I always liked it, mostly for the last verse.

I also have a $20 Wilco t-shirt. It's like a baseball shirt with an upside-down shopping cart on the back.

And yes, the lyrics to Jesus, etc. are worth learning though it, too, surprised me that it's become a sing-along.

Anyway, yay. You liked it.

 

[corianderstem]

It's funny - I know a lot of the song titles, while I might not know the song very well, but I was wondering if that song was Pieholden Suite, just because it sounded like it was a suite!

 

[joyfulgirl]

It's funny - I know a lot of the song titles, while I might not know the song very well, but I was wondering if that song was Pieholden Suite, just because it sounded like it was a suite!

It doesn't have any Take Me Out to the Ballgame-ish interludes, tho, unless that's a new thing they do now. It's kind of a benign little song and doesn't seem like the kind that would evoke a "I don't like that song" reaction live. But then again I've never heard it live. I guess it could be boring or kind of a let down after some of that wall-of-sound-most-amazing-thing-ever stuff. The more I think about it, yeah, it would probably be a good time to pee.

 

[corianderstem]

I'll have to poke around to see where/when a setlist gets posted and let you know what it was.