Re: Wilco's summerteeth (fans drifting away)

1999-03-25 Thread Lowell Kaufman
The thread, to me, comes down to, how far can a band drift from its original sound before it just starts to drive those original fans away? Wilco's a great example and timely enough to be worth discussing. As I said in that penultimate sentence quoted above, if some fans like the

Re: Wilco's summerteeth (fans drifting away)

1999-03-25 Thread Joe Gracey
Lowell Kaufman wrote: I like Wilco, particularly live. I like Summer Teeth a little, but I'm not that enamored by it because while he's being more poppy, perhaps more accessible to sell more records (Wilco may sell alot for an "alt-country" band, but they don't sell that many records in

Re: Wilco's summerteeth (fans drifting away)

1999-03-25 Thread William F. Silvers
Lowell Kaufman wrote: I like Wilco, particularly live. I like Summer Teeth a little, but I'm not that enamored by it because while he's being more poppy, perhaps more accessible to sell more records (Wilco may sell alot for an "alt-country" band, but they don't sell that many records in