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LemonMelon said:
I figured you were the punctual type. :wink: I won't show up till probably 7:15 or thereabouts, but early enough to spy things out, check out the t-shirts, and all that good stuff.

As far as I know, we're the only board members going, so we have to snap a ton of photos for everyone missing out. :up:
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The weather is supposed to be a little iffy in NEPA tomorrow, so I'm leaving extra early in case it takes me more than four hours. Plus, I prefer driving when it's light out, especially since I'm going to a part of Philly where I've never been before.

The shirts will all probably end up on the website sooner or later, but the posters often sell out. I've yet to go to a show where there's been a poster I've actually liked, but I'm going to check them out again this time.
 
Dalton said:
Can anyone point me to last nights setlist?
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Here you go, Swayze.

1 Sunken Treasure
2 One By One
3 Shouldn't Be Ashamed
4 You Are My Face
5 Side With The Seeds
6 Pot Kettle Black
7 War On War
8 Pieholden Suite (w/ Andrew Bird & Tonal Pros)
9 Muzzle of Bees (w/ Bird)
10 It's Just That Simple
11 Nothingsevergonnastandinmyway (Again)
12 I Thought I Held You
13 What Light (w/ Tonal Pros)
14 When You Wake Up Feeling Old
15 Summerteeth
16 Jesus, Etc. (w/ Bird)
17 Walken (Tonal Pros)
18 Hummingbird

Break

19 Via Chicago
20 Blood Of The Lamb (w/ Bird & Tonal Pros)
21 Can't Stand It (w/ Bird and Tonal Pros
22 Boxful of Letters
23 Heavy Metal Drummer
24 Hate It Here (w/ Bird & Tonal Pros)
25 The Thanks I Get (w/ Bird & Tonal Pros)
26 Just A Kid
27 Red Eyed & Blue (w/ Bird)
28 I Got You (w/ Bird
29 Casino Queen
30 I'm A Wheel
31 Less Than You Think (13 minute drone w/ Bird)
32 I'm The Man Who Loves You (w/ horns)
33 Dreamer in my Dreams

Apparently, they've been playing Pot Kettle Black at every show, so that makes me happy. :)
 
Dalton said:
Can anyone point me to last nights setlist?

Summerteeth is your LEAST favorite? Wow.

Nels is BADASS live. He's so bad, that bad ass becomes one word. Its fusion.
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[Edit: LM beat me to the setlist]

It's weird that Summerteeth is my least favorite, because I don't dislike it at all. I just don't listen to it as much as I do some of the others. There are a few songs on it that I adore, like the title track, Via Chicago, and How to Fight Loneliness, but I can't remember the last time I listened to a few of the other songs.

I agree that Nels is BADASS, as well as with the fact that he's one of the best things to ever happen to Wilco. He gets a tad showy at times, but the guy worked so hard in complete obscurity for so many years (he was working retail jobs for nearly 20 years just so he could barely scrape by and play in his spare time) that he deserves to show off now and then. I hope that if I ever get that good at anything that I can still stay as humble as he has.

/ me geeking out about Nels :wink:
 
BonoIsMyMuse said:


The weather is supposed to be a little iffy in NEPA tomorrow, so I'm leaving extra early in case it takes me more than four hours. Plus, I prefer driving when it's light out, especially since I'm going to a part of Philly where I've never been before.

The shirts will all probably end up on the website sooner or later, but the posters often sell out. I've yet to go to a show where there's been a poster I've actually liked, but I'm going to check them out again this time.
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It's going to be even worse here, I suspect. 1-2 inches of snow tonight, and a wintry mix tomorrow with light snow showers on Saturday. Hardly sounds like clear sailing, but it should be OK once we get onto the freeway.

I had no idea the posters were such a hot commodity. :slant: I will have a look see in case there's anything I'm particularly wild about. I'll probably pick up a shirt for sure if they're being sold.
 
joyfulgirl said:
33 songs?! :shocked:

I had no idea.
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Well, that's the residency. The Lakewood, OH gig will give us a better idea of what the Philly gig will look like length-wise. Probably in the ballpark of 23-27 songs.
 
LemonMelon said:


Well, that's the residency. The Lakewood, OH gig will give us a better idea of what the Philly gig will look like length-wise. Probably in the ballpark of 23-27 songs.
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Yeah, I just didn't know the residency was doing shows that long. I guess that explains the intermissions. :huh:
 
The other two times I've seen them, they've played 22 and 24 songs. Though I certainly won't complain if they decide to play for three hours :wink:

I'm glad they have a show between the residency and our show. It will give us a little more of an idea of what to expect.
 
By the way, Nels just looks like a guy who plays in a rock band should. He seems very at home on stage. If that makes sense. Sometimes, I do not make sense. That's just my way.
 
I figured LemonMelon would beat me to posting about the show, but I guess not.

It was absolutely incredible. Not quite the setlist I was hoping for (no Ashes Of American Flags, Misunderstood, or Too Far Apart [or anything from A.M., for that matter]), but it was still hands down the best show I've ever been to. They opened with Sunken Treasure, which was gorgeous, then followed it with a trio of Woody Guthrie songs--Remember the Mountain Bed, Airline to Heaven, and Hesitating Beauty. I have a hard time coming up with highlights because the whole show was so good. What I loved most was being close enough to see how the guys interact and feed off of one another's energy. Nels's and Pat's dueling guitar riffs at the end of Hoodoo Voodoo was such a great way to close the show.

I was a little disappointed with how short the show was, mainly because Jeff said they had "a long program" in store for us last night but were still done in about two hours. Something about curfew, but really I think it was because there was some sort of meet and greet thing they had to go to afterwards. Jeff wasn't particularly chatty during the show, but he, along with all of them, was in high spirits. I was also surprised that they didn't play I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Heavy Metal Drummer, Spiders, or anything off of A.M. It was a great, eclectic mix of songs, though, and every member got his chance to shine, from Glenn's monster rock drummer moment at the start of I'm the Man Who Loves You to Nels's near-combustion at the end of Handshake Drugs.

One of the biggest things I came away from last night's show with is a new admiration for Jeff as a guitarist. A few amazing solos I'd always attributed to Nels (mainly the ones in ITMWLY) are actually his.

My pictures from the show all came out really crappy. I think I may have had some problems with my shutter speed or something, because they were all blurry and freaky looking :(
 
BonoIsMyMuse said:
I figured LemonMelon would beat me to posting about the show, but I guess not.

It was absolutely incredible. Not quite the setlist I was hoping for (no Ashes Of American Flags, Misunderstood, or Too Far Apart [or anything from A.M., for that matter]), but it was still hands down the best show I've ever been to. They opened with Sunken Treasure, which was gorgeous, then followed it with a trio of Woody Guthrie songs--Remember the Mountain Bed, Airline to Heaven, and Hesitating Beauty. I have a hard time coming up with highlights because the whole show was so good. What I loved most was being close enough to see how the guys interact and feed off of one another's energy. Nels's and Pat's dueling guitar riffs at the end of Hoodoo Voodoo was such a great way to close the show.

I was a little disappointed with how short the show was, mainly because Jeff said they had "a long program" in store for us last night but were still done in about two hours. Something about curfew, but really I think it was because there was some sort of meet and greet thing they had to go to afterwards. Jeff wasn't particularly chatty during the show, but he, along with all of them, was in high spirits. I was also surprised that they didn't play I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Heavy Metal Drummer, Spiders, or anything off of A.M. It was a great, eclectic mix of songs, though, and every member got his chance to shine, from Glenn's monster rock drummer moment at the start of I'm the Man Who Loves You to Nels's near-combustion at the end of Handshake Drugs.

One of the biggest things I came away from last night's show with is a new admiration for Jeff as a guitarist. A few amazing solos I'd always attributed to Nels (mainly the ones in ITMWLY) are actually his.

My pictures from the show all came out really crappy. I think I may have had some problems with my shutter speed or something, because they were all blurry and freaky looking :(
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Glad that you loved the show despite the length and the omissions. That's the thing with bands you love, you know, they could play all night long as far as you're concerned.

I neglected to say that I, too, was impressed with Tweedy's guitar playing, glad you mentioned it.

Thanks for posting the review!
 
Well, at least there were two pictures that turned out well...

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I froze my ass off last night, but it was so worth it. Jeff came out around midnight maybe and greeted a pretty large group of us. He was really tired and relatively quick, but he was very friendly. I got my copy of his poetry book signed.

Then about an hour later, Glenn came out, and there were only I think six of us left by then. I was just about to pull out my copy of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to get signed, and I turned and saw Nels coming up the alley from the theatre and snagged him before anyone else even noticed he was there. We had a really funny conversation about pants (he was wearing his screaming red ones last night, and I was in my purple corduroys). He was incredibly friendly and sweet. It seemed like he was just going to stop for a quick hello, but when I mentioned how much I loved his work with the N.C. Singers, his face brightened, and he sprang back to life and stuck around for 10 minutes or so.

I said hi to Mikael and Pat while I was talking with Nels. I don't know if John came out and I just missed him, or if he was still inside when I left. By that point, I'd been in the 20 degree night for two hours, so I just couldn't wait any longer. Getting to meet the guys was worth every freezing minute of it, though!

What an unforgettable night! I was so excited that I ended up driving all the way home. I pulled in my driveway at quarter after five, and it was getting light when I went to sleep :lol:
 
NPR is also webcasting one of their shows in Washington D.C. this week, I think the Wednesday one. They'll have the brass section from Chicago with them, so it should be yet another great show.

I'm so glad to hear about SNL. It's about time they start getting the attention they deserve. Jeff said last night that they're probably going to play Hate It Here, and I'd guess they'll play either Walken or On and On and On for their second song.
 
I'm jealous about people seeing their recent performances of Mountain Bed. In all the times I've seen Wilco, they've never played it. Fortunately, one of the times I saw Jeff solo, he did.

I lurve that song.
 
AMAZING.

Setlist:

1. Sunken Treasure
2. Remember The Mountain Bed
3. Airline To Heaven
4. Hesitating Beauty
5. Muzzle Of Bees
6. You Are My Face
7. Side With The Seeds
8. A Shot In The Arm
9. She's A Jar
10. Kamera
11. Handshake Drugs
12. At Least That's What You Said
13. Pot Kettle Black
14. Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)
15. Via Chicago
16. Impossible Germany
17. Jesus, Etc.
18. Walken
19. I'm The Man Who Loves You
20. Hummingbird
21. On And On And On

ENCORE
22. Hate It Here
23. Red-Eyed And Blue
24. I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
25. Hoodoo Voodoo

A few quick points I need to make before I dig into all of this:

1. Nels Cline is easily one of the very best rock guitarists making music today. He is what I aspire to be. What an absolute genius. And I didn't have a clue he was so great at pedal steel too. :drool:

2. Tweedy has a great sense of humor. "All of tonight's songs are requests...otherwise, we requested them."

3. This was one of the best gigs I've ever been to.

This is the third concert of been to at the Tower (Beck and Arcade Fire were the others), but I've just now begun to appreciate the acoustics the place has. Outside of the noise solos, the sound was crisp and clear; it was easily the best-sounding concert I've been to there. It worked out especially well for the Mermaid Avenue tunes and opener John Doe's entire set.

I wasn't expecting much from him, but Doe did an admirable job warming up the crowd with his catchy, occasionally raucous pop. Highlight of his set was a superb cover of the Beatles' Revolution, where he really got a chance to show off his vocal prowess. I'll be checking out his albums with some measure of excitement.

Now...Wilco. Of course, as I already knew they would be, they were wonderful. The set was a fantastic mixture of the old and the new, and the fans ate it up. I must say, the material that went over best with the crowd were the Summerteeth and YHF tunes, but Impossible Germany was also a big hit.

I have no idea how many "Oh my..."s and ":ohmy: FUCK!"s I muttered to myself, but it was several. Top 5 performances of the night, for me:

5. I'm The Man Who Loves You - with an extended (and incredibly funky/badass) intro, this was a tough, muscular version of an already great song.

4. I Got You (At The End Of The Century) - The energy absolutely poured out of this performance. They went on a bit of a jam towards the end, and it was much appreciated. Great song, incredible performance. This is what rock concerts are all about.

3. Impossible Germany - What can I say? This song is always a live highlight. The solo sends fucking chills down my spine, and most likely the spines of all those around me.

2. A Shot In The Arm - The crowd absolutely came to life during this song. I already adore it, and it's the track that got me into Wilco, but it was absolutely note-perfect and intense.

1. Muzzle Of Bees - I already thought this was a very pretty song, and was extremely excited when I heard the opening notes of it. But what I ended up getting was far beyond anything I could have expected. The verses (which are normally very fragile) had a toughness about them that was much appreciated, and the instrumental breaks? Sheer electricity. I cried. I really did.

Tweedy was in fine vocal form, better than on the records even, and the band was tight as a tourniquet. There were no disappointing performances; it was all superlative. I had the pleasure of standing next to a Wilco veteran; he said he's seen the band a good dozen times or so, so between songs, we nerded it up and discussed the glorious quality of the performances we were witnessing, followed by discussions of the atmospheric qualities of the band's music. Dude couldn't sing very well, but hey, the band probably appreciated the extra volume. :up: Outside of the fact that I didn't know any of the Mermaid Avenue material (which was a total party, BTW), I thought the setlist was absolutely superb. :combust:

LemonMelon said:

I became an obsessed Flaming Lips fan after I saw them live, and I expect the same thing to happen here; a new favorite band to obsess over.
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And, for the record, this did indeed happen. I went from thinking Wilco was a very good band on record, to now believing that they are among the very best American bands live, and they provide an insane amount of bang for your buck. I LOVE WILCO.

Photos/videos/mp3s coming soon
 
I'm still reeling two days later (though, this could be from lack of sleep). I still can't get over how incredibly nice they all were, so unpretentious and genuinely thankful. Getting to talk to Nels for 10 minutes was one of the coolest things I've ever done. It amazed me that he could go from being so explosive onstage to so mellow and sweet in casual conversation. He was so excited to talk about his jazz trio. He acted like I'm the only person who's ever liked them and bought their albums. I hope I someday get the chance to have a few beers with him. I had a few question I wanted to ask, but it was just so late and we were all freezing our asses off, so they'll have to wait for next time.

If things work out with my job for next school year, I think I might go out to Chicago to see his trio in June :up:
 
Oh man, tonight's setlist was unreal. The show will be archived over at NPR for awhile...it's definitely worth the 2 1/2 hours to listen.
 
lazarus said:



I'm a little confused here. Supposedly all of their songs were played during this homestand, but I'm not seeing At Least That's What You Said on any of those setlists.

Am I blind, or misinformed?
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Not misinformed, but not there either. :shrug:
 
lazarus said:



I'm a little confused here. Supposedly all of their songs were played during this homestand, but I'm not seeing At Least That's What You Said on any of those setlists.

Am I blind, or misinformed?
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It's a mistake on the site's part. They played it on the first night.
 
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