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A Decade of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Part One (American Songwriter)
Started by Driver Nate, Apr 23 2012 11:08 AM
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 11:08 AM
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 12:29 PM
I think it's accurate to say that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is my favorite non-REM album of the 2000s.
If not the good people here at murmurs.com, I might not have heard this until who knows when. I remember it was voted #1 on the year-end murmurs.com chart. It was my first Wilco album. What a great album!
If not the good people here at murmurs.com, I might not have heard this until who knows when. I remember it was voted #1 on the year-end murmurs.com chart. It was my first Wilco album. What a great album!
Every day is new again
Every day is yours to win
And that's how heroes are made
Every day is yours to win
And that's how heroes are made
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 12:45 PM
Driver Nate, on 23 April 2012 - 11:08 AM, said:
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wrong child- jr., on 23 April 2012 - 12:29 PM, said:
I think it's accurate to say that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is my favorite non-REM album of the 2000s
Definitely my favourite Wilco album, but it took me years to really like it. Like many (including the record company!) I kinda dismissed it at the time. It was only when I watched I Am Trying to Break Your Heart several years later that I finally got it. I'd liken the album to Up. Bold, weird, innovative and beautiful. And polarising...
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Let Arby's deal with it
Posted 24 April 2012 - 07:33 AM
I certainly don't believe that YHF prophesized 9-11, but the lyrics of 'Jesus, Etc.' and the album cover are both pretty eerie in relation.
The whole "tall buildings shake, voices escape singing sad, sad songs", "buildings scraping together" and "last cigarettes" always make me think of that day.
The whole "tall buildings shake, voices escape singing sad, sad songs", "buildings scraping together" and "last cigarettes" always make me think of that day.
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Posted 29 April 2012 - 05:43 AM
YHF is definitely my favourite Wilco album. I haven't listened to all of them (I own Being There, Summerteeth, YHF and The Whole Love) - but I've recently returned to Wilco after a few years of feeling like they'd somewhat lost their edge (hence no Sky Blue Sky or Wilco - The Album). Mind you, this was based on reviews and the singles released to radio. However, The Whole Love is great - I've heard it called Wilco's 'White Album' - an analogy I would agree with. It has a classic rock, melodic feel in parts - but is very diverse and has elements of experimentation that made YHF such a wonderful album.
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Posted 30 April 2012 - 05:53 AM
Yeah, the current lineup of Wilco really put it all together on 'The Whole Love'. It is truly a complete album and my favorite one from Wilco since 'A Ghost Is Born'.
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 03:17 PM
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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