> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Sohn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Beyond the unfamiliarity factor, the audience simply wanted the old
> Wilco back. Even the Mermaid Avenue constitutes as old Wilco these
> days. Not to say that the crowd didn't respond positively to some of
> ST but when the band dished out the old, the audience responded. And
> ONLY THEN did the band seem loose. Maybe they're still trying to feel
> their way around the new material.
>
[Matt Benz] Ok, but how is this different from how audiences
typically respond to an act that has several albums to its credit? Isn't
the history of rock music littered with stories of bands trying to do
something they find artistically different and pleasing, only to have
the audience scream for "Satisfaction!" "You Really Got Me!" "Radio Free
Europe!" "Chickamauga!" "What's with this opera shit? Play fuckin' My
Generation!" etc......
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