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I want to like them....I really do, but their songs just don't stay with me. Someone gave me YHF...I listened and really enjoyed it, but not a single song stayed with me.

I don't really get what seems to be the popular- or at least most critics'- opinion that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the band's masterwork. Tweedy is a premium songwriter, but the songs have been subordinated to noodling and weird noises in the Nels Cline era. To me, the band began peaking with Being There and Summerteeth is the perfect distillation of their best possible work. Whole Love was a return to a more straight forward approach, though not quite at the same level as the two aforementioned records. But I guess if you like cacophony and self-indulgent wankery, the Cline-Kotche era is for you.

Author:	Curious Hair [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:23 am ]
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It's been "Jesus, Etc." for me since the day I heard it (circa summer of '04), but I've been appreciating "Sunken Treasure" more and more lately.

Author:	HawaiiYou [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:25 am ]
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no idea who this wilco guy is. update : ok, a different generation. get it, carry on.

Author:	Keyser Soze [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:26 am ]
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Box Full of Letters.

Author:	redskingreg [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:33 am ]
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Ashes of American Flags.

Author:	tommy [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:36 am ]
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"Via Chicago" might be my favorite....

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Author:	Chus [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:39 am ]
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Handshake Drugs

Author:	spanky [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 1:12 am ]
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The shortest one

Author:	DAC [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:29 am ]
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tommy wrote: "Via Chicago" might be my favorite.... Same here

Author:	Rod [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:59 am ]
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spanky wrote: The shortest one I'm gonna go with "When You Wake Up Feeling Old" or "Whole Love".

Author:	SpiralStairs [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 8:22 am ]
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At Least That's What You Said has really grown on me.

Author:	Franky T [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:44 am ]
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Does "California Stars" count?

Author:	crosscheck [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 10:58 am ]
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"Impossible Germany" /Thread

Author:	Curious Hair [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:05 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: spanky wrote: The shortest one I'm gonna go with "When You Wake Up Feeling Old" or "Whole Love". "When You Wake Up Feeling Old" is definitely my favorite off Summerteeth. I've been listening to Being There more than I have in years and finally understanding why people put it ahead of the following two albums (I won't go that far). The organ part on "Hotel Arizona" really hits me, dunno why.

Author:	Ron Wolfley [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:39 pm ]
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crosscheck wrote: "Impossible Germany" /Thread What a guitar solo at the end.

Author:	shirtless driver [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 1:49 pm ]
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Tough one. As amazing as Nels Cline is, Jay Bennett was better. I think ELT might be my favorite, because it sounds like a Titanic Love Affair song. I agree with everyone on the Impossible Germany solo, even though I don't exactly love the song. In A Future Age, Art Of Almost and Radio Cure are faves as well. I've got most of their stuff, and I like 'em a lot.

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Author:	redskingreg [ Sat Mar 03, 2018 3:26 pm ]
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The live version of the solo in Hotel Arizona is up there with Impossible Germany. Please @ me.

Author:	BigW72 [ Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:19 pm ]
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I want to like them....I really do, but their songs just don't stay with me. Someone gave me YHF...I listened and really enjoyed it, but not a single song stayed with me.

Author:	Rod [ Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:28 pm ]
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wdelaney72 wrote: I want to like them....I really do, but their songs just don't stay with me. Someone gave me YHF...I listened and really enjoyed it, but not a single song stayed with me. I don't really get what seems to be the popular- or at least most critics'- opinion that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the band's masterwork. Tweedy is a premium songwriter, but the songs have been subordinated to noodling and weird noises in the Nels Cline era. To me, the band began peaking with Being There and Summerteeth is the perfect distillation of their best possible work. Whole Love was a return to a more straight forward approach, though not quite at the same level as the two aforementioned records. But I guess if you like cacophony and self-indulgent wankery, the Cline-Kotche era is for you.

Author:	Curious Hair [ Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:26 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: wdelaney72 wrote: I want to like them....I really do, but their songs just don't stay with me. Someone gave me YHF...I listened and really enjoyed it, but not a single song stayed with me. I don't really get what seems to be the popular- or at least most critics'- opinion that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the band's masterwork. Tweedy is a premium songwriter, but the songs have been subordinated to noodling and weird noises in the Nels Cline era. To me, the band began peaking with Being There and Summerteeth is the perfect distillation of their best possible work. Whole Love was a return to a more straight forward approach, though not quite at the same level as the two aforementioned records. But I guess if you like cacophony and self-indulgent wankery, the Cline-Kotche era is for you. There's not that much cacophony on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, at least not where it counts. "Jesus, Etc.," the best song, is free from it, as is "Kamera." "Poor Places" and "I'm the Man Who Loves You" descend into noise, but it works there, especially on "Poor Places" where it's sort of the climax of the album and the rest of the song is so beautiful. The end of "Reservations" is tedious, but what can you do but skip to another song prematurely? A Ghost Is Born, now that's wankery.