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Site crashes when I try to submit a customer service request?!!??
(In addition – I bought the Wizard of Poetry album and all the ID3 tags were incomplete. WHAT IS THE POINT of buying digital if I have to edit all the tags?? Now I’m cranky.)
I more or less found this CD by accident. I had never heard of Wilco, but then read in a Blender or Maxim or some other men’s magazine (which is great plane reading) of this band whose album was so progressive that it had no singles and the record label told them to take a hike. The funny part is that when shopped around, other labels thought the album was worth publishing, but the original label didn’t want to sell the masters for less than it was worth.
I love the album because its interesting and inspires me to go beyond the limits of the G-C-D chords. There’s a irrationality to the tones and sounds hidden in between the folk music. The lyrics are poetic and resist the syrupy sorrow of a “deep album.” Wilco may go down as one of the more complex, great bands that people don’t listen to in the future. This is an easy album to listen to, and a hard album to understand.
The album is a Polaroid photograph of a moment, where there isn’t any editing. There is just what there is. Take life as it comes and accept your happiness, your sadness, your longing, your surprise, your mystery, your abilities, your problems…
(Yes, that IS Fred Armisan.)
I found this album through my friend Brendan, who was always just a little bit ahead of me in terms of music. We used to listen to this album all the time, back when it was tough to find CD players in cars. I think I borrowed it from him for 2 months before he finally asked for it back and I had to buy my own copy.
The album was a reflection of where I was going in terms of musical taste: a blend of punk, hip-hop, rock, folk, reggae, thrash and dub. I think this could have been one of the best bands of any of those listed genres has Bradley and his talent for song writing been able to overcome his talent for self-destruction.
Even today, I’m still hearing new things when I hear the album. As I learn more about the catalogs of some of the more influential artists like The Skatalites, NWA, Ramones, Willie Nelson, I hear echos of all of them and more. It is as much a tribute as it is a declaration of new era of music that is not afraid to ignore genre.
I still play the album from front to back as the first thing I listen to whenever I get a new car.
YouTube – Less Than Jake-All My Best Friends Are Metalheads (live)
- There’s nothing wrong with Ska Music.
- There’s nothing wrong with Ska Music.
- There’s nothing wrong with Ska Music.
- There’s nothing wrong with D-J-F-E-E-N-I-X
Two thoughts from this: 1. why is it that Jada’s efforts on remixes and guest appearances are so much stronger than on his own stuff.
2. Eve needs a new ghostwriter. Again.
Getting hyped for BP3 and just HOPING that it’s as good as AG, which is my 2nd favorite S.Carter album at this point.
