Boy Howdy! If I’d a known I would cause this kind of commotion with my
little ol’ post I might have actually thought about what I was writing
before I wrote it! I must apologize if I was too harsh with my words-I
think you all are a great bunch of people! I guess I get a little giddy
when I have enough money to actually buy music and it was in my state
of giddy that I wrote.
If you don’t mind I would like to defend myself a bit because I
apparently offended a few among us and did so very unintentionally. To
Mr. Yates: Maybe the two of us do not share the same definition of
dissing, but I would have to disagree with your statement . I have
heard a lot of dissing of Wilco.
To Jon, who said:
How do you get from this:
> A sprinkle of Pink Floyd , just enough to mellow out the strong
> flavor of Beatles, and finish it off with big dollop of eighties
pop
to this:
> there are new and uncharted territories yet to be discovered and
> Jeff Tweedy and Wilco are just the guys to prove it.
in the space of a single paragraph?
I am afraid I did not communicate well here. Being that "there is
nothing new under the sun," we can both probably agree that all
musicians derive certain aspects of their sound from their musical
influences. Those attributes that are adopted from the aforementioned
influences combine with one another in the influenced, and, if this
happens to take place in an individual who knows what to do with it, a
new and exciting sound is born-musical genetics if you will? The
uncharted territory that I was speaking of was the way in which Wilco
produces a new (in my opinion) sound from those influences.
>remember i am a Wilco sympathizer and applaud the new production.
>(although Summerteeth IS starting to bore me). But it is funny to talk
of
> this being ground breaking when the High Llamas and a few other bands
have
> already been copying Brian Wilson for years and when the concept
itself is
> very retro.
Sorry, I am not quite of your stature when it comes to musical
knowledge, I have never heard of the High Llamas ( although I will
check them out if ever I encounter them) so I can not agree or disagree
on your point. I will ,however, say this: Jeff Tweedy has called this
album a pop album, and for a pop album, I think it kicks ass.
Definitely not Nick Lowe! But up against the trash that has come to be
known as pop music; Matchbox Twenty or N’Sync, Wilco is doing fine!
What I wouldn’t give to be able to hear that kind of pop when I turned
on my car stereo!
I might be a minority here but I think it would be a good day for
music if Wilco got a push from their label and went to that next
level, I think American pop music needs it .
Thank you for inciting me to think more about my subject. No offense
intended. Peace on Earth. Good will toward men.
-Jezzylarue
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