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Wilco — Kamera
Album: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
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Released: 2002
Length: 3:26
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I need a camera to my eye
To my eye reminding
Which lies have I been hiding
Which echoes belong

I've counted out
Days to see how far
I've driven in the dark
With echoes in my heart
Phone my family, tell them I'm lost on the sidewalk
No, it's not okay

I smashed a camera
I wanna know why
To my eye
Deciding
Which lies have I
Been hiding
Which echoes belong
I'm counting on
A heart I know by heart
To walk me through this war
Memories distort
Phone my family, tell them I'm lost on the sidewalk
No, it's not okay

I'm counted out
And no one knows how far (tell them I'm lost)
I've driven in the dark (tell them I'm lost)
With echoes in my heart (tell them I'm lost)
Phone my family tell them I'm lost, yeah, I'm lost
And no, it's not okay
No, it's not okay
No, it's not okay
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this is the main mix on radio paradise (5x today)
Posted 8 hours ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
Their best album imho.
Posted 1 month ago by RickRickerson    [ Reply ]
This has aged so well. Sounds like it could have been off their latest album. 
Posted 4 months ago by mdnlsn    [ Reply ]
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Posted 5 months ago by accesselectric7    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 months ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
These guys better tour in summer 2024. 

Lots of bands are touring and it's time to fill my dance card, sort of speak. 

And of course Dylan, Willie, and Mellencamp Summer tour is at the top of the list.
Posted 9 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 dmcanany wrote:



I remember those corn cobs from my childhood driving into the city. Nothing like them anywhere else. I suppose, a celebration of the corn that brought Chicago so much wealth in the form of the commodities exchange and the stock yards. Or something like that. 


Not quite the same, but reminds me of the old 'NLA Tower' in Croydon (now renamed). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Posted 1 year ago by ramsay    [ Reply ]
Play something off the new album please? It is sooo good!

Wilco - Evicted
Posted 1 year ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
This Album was Album of the year, in german music magazine "Musikexpress" in 2002.
I first had the cd, and now i've got the album on vinyl! I still love this album and can't believe that 21 years have gone since it's release!
Posted 1 year ago by philonair    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

New year resolution. 

Go to more Wilco shows. 

Hold it. 

Let's just go to more RnR shows. 

Period.   



Starting a tour!
Posted 1 year ago by unclestupidhead    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:

Wilco always plays great stuff


Roger that!
Posted 1 year ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
New year resolution. 

Go to more Wilco shows. 

Hold it. 

Let's just go to more RnR shows. 

Period.   
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
It wouldn't be a day without a Wilco tune on RP!
Posted 2 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
will see wilco next week

outdoors

dancing
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 jlind wrote:

Go Chicago architecture on the cover!




I remember those corn cobs from my childhood driving into the city. Nothing like them anywhere else. I suppose, a celebration of the corn that brought Chicago so much wealth in the form of the commodities exchange and the stock yards. Or something like that. 
Posted 3 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
 jlind wrote:

Go Chicago architecture on the cover!


the corn cob buildings  =  Marina City Towers
Posted 3 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
My frame of reference for the age of music ever since I started listening to RP has been that it is old music if I heard it before RP (BRP) and new if I first heard it here when it was new (ARP).  This song falls into the "new" music category, as I think I first heard it here in about 2004.  Though this song still sounds great, it might be time to reevaluate my frame of reference. 
Posted 3 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Go Chicago architecture on the cover!
Posted 3 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
Wilco always plays great stuff
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
GREAT STUFF!!!!!
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
craftsman crafting 
Posted 5 years ago by ray_killeen    [ Reply ]
NICE!
Fantastic album.
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]

Brilliant! 


AndyJ wrote:

 

I wonder what it would sound like to play some Wilco, Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo in close order formation...



  
Wonderful.  Let's do it Bill.
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Great) 
Posted 7 years ago by Tomhamine    [ Reply ]
Still one of my favorites by them.
Posted 7 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:

 

I wonder what it would sound like to play some Wilco, Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo in close order formation...



 
Wonderful.  Let's do it Bill.
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]

 

I wonder what it would sound like to play some Wilco, Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo in close order formation...


Posted 10 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
{#Hug}
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
{#Notworthy}
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 robco1 wrote:
Yeah, but those Marina City towers down on State Street are kind of cool in a kitchy, '60 mod kind of way...
 
Yeah...you've got a point there. I do like the cover and those towers. Always have.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 BBOGDA wrote:


Same playlist?  Elvis, then Wilco.  Hmm.
 
Not today. We got this from R.E.M.'s "These Days".  Nice.
Posted 12 years ago by MediaGrrl    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I'm going to guess Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes which played just before...  
 

Same playlist?  Elvis, then Wilco.  Hmm.
Posted 13 years ago by BBOGDA    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Okay, I'll bite. What song do you think this is? From all I've heard and been able to read, this is a Tweedy/Bennett original from all of 2002.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusk_(album)

This sounds like a homage to Tusk era Fleetwood Mac, same stompy drumming with syncopated riffing. Even the singing sounds similar.
Posted 13 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Still their finest effort as Wilco, IMO.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Okay, I'll bite. What song do you think this is? From all I've heard and been able to read, this is a Tweedy/Bennett original from all of 2002.
 
I'm going to guess Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes which played just before...  
Posted 13 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 Painted_Turtle wrote:
I'm enjoying listening to this one, what a surprise..I hadn't heard it in over 30 years...danke
 
Okay, I'll bite. What song do you think this is? From all I've heard and been able to read, this is a Tweedy/Bennett original from all of 2002.

Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I'm enjoying listening to this one, what a surprise..I hadn't heard it in over 30 years...danke
Posted 13 years ago by Painted_Turtle    [ Reply ]
I think a good segue here would be to Me and My Arrow by Harry Nilsson from the 1970s. I'm just saying...
Posted 13 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
definitely one of the best albums of the 20-zeros. (not only) this song is absolutely brillant. simple, catchy, clever, disturbing, beautiful and dangerous.
Posted 13 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
 Biscobret wrote:
Best.  Album.  Ever.

Out of context, the songs don't have quite the same UMPH, however every song on YHF is brilliant.
 
Agree.

Posted 13 years ago by mmoyer    [ Reply ]
Best.  Album.  Ever.

Out of context, the songs don't have quite the same UMPH, however every song on YHF is brilliant.
Posted 13 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
should segue into Kodachrome after this song LOL
Posted 13 years ago by CyberCoyote    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
Are these lyrics as harmless as they sound?
  
I don't think so.
I need a camera to my eye
To my eye, reminding
Which lies I have been hiding
which echoes belong
I've counted out days
to see how far
I've driven in the dark
with echoes in my heart Phone my family, tell them I'm lost
on the sidewalk
and, no, it's not OK
 

Posted 14 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
over rated...period.
  Yeah, but those Marina City towers down on State Street are kind of cool in a kitchy, '60 mod kind of way...


Posted 14 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
Are these lyrics as harmless as they sound?
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Ah, but so easy to turn down.
Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
over rated...period.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Yep, the usual Wilco snorefest. Solid Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury. Wilco and out {#Sleep}

C'mon, RP, it's the end of the week and us poor wage-slaves are running sleep deficits - let's have something with a bit of zip and joie de vivre, not aural Mogadon.
 
just slap yourself silly and get on with it

Posted 14 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Yep, the usual Wilco snorefest. Solid Ho-Hum from the Nottingham jury. Wilco and out {#Sleep}

C'mon, RP, it's the end of the week and us poor wage-slaves are running sleep deficits - let's have something with a bit of zip and joie de vivre, not aural Mogadon.
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
One of the good ones from Wilco!{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
This song is sooooo good for the ears.
 
That felt good didn't it? {#Roflol}

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
This song is sooooo good for the ears.

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
The album cover art is of the corn-cob towers in downtown Chicago.  Brings back great memories of my years in Chi-town.
Posted 15 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
What beef does Sweden have with this band?
Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 megisi wrote:
And, yet, the Jayhawks struggle for airplay and record sales.

Doesn't seem fair.

What commercial product did this song shill?
 
None.

It's rather amusing you'd imply Wilco are sell-outs, as if they are selling out stadiums when the reality is their popularity barely outstrips the Jayhawks'.

You can listen to Golden Smog, which includes both Jeff Tweedy and members of the Jayhawks (who are, like, friends) if it makes you happy.

Posted 15 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
And, yet, the Jayhawks struggle for airplay and record sales.

Doesn't seem fair.

What commercial product did this song shill?
Posted 15 years ago by megisi    [ Reply ]
Tusk with indie clothes.

Posted 15 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Bubble gum indie

hey a smiley popping bubbles should be invented if it already isn't.
Posted 16 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
{#Yawn}
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Most boring band ever?  Possibly.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Love this band! Saw them live earlier this year. It was an amazing concert in a small outdoor venue. Simply brilliant.
Posted 16 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
dreadfully boring
Posted 16 years ago by gclement    [ Reply ]
I saw some people talking about live Wilco performances. I saw them at sunset at the Austin City Limits music festival in Zilker Park in Sept 07, and they were awesome. I love this band. It was my second favorite show of the weekend, next to the Indigo Girls, who totally blew us all away.
Posted 16 years ago by joeychick    [ Reply ]
the wood on wood sounds like a xylophone to me
Posted 16 years ago by brett_k    [ Reply ]
dot reminds steve. wilco lost it's more talented member. adjusts the ear muffs. dot.
Posted 16 years ago by Dotman    [ Reply ]
Take one Wilco every two hours and call me in the morning.
Posted 17 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Land_Shark wrote:
I've seen Wilco several times. I also saw them in Las Vegas on that same tour with REM several years back. The show was very surprising. They were horrible. I was more excited to see Wilco than REM based on my earlier fantastic live experiences with Wilco. Not sure what happened on that tour, but I came away very disappointed. And, you are right, REM came onstage and completely blew them away. I think that tour was an aberration, as Wilco has been fantastic every other time I have seen them.
Hmmm...I have seen them multiple times on the last two tours...whatever problems they had on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Tour seemed to have been worked out just fine...
Posted 17 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
megashnauzer wrote:
i saw wilco on a full moon night at red rocks in denver, colorado. it was for the tour for this disc. i had high hopes as this is my favorite group. they were terrible. the sound board guy should be fired. i was completely bummed. rem played after them and blew them away. i heard the wilco show on npr from the 9:30 club and they were incredible. they must have had a bad night. they are still my favorite band. they should give me free tickets to their next show.
I've seen Wilco several times. I also saw them in Las Vegas on that same tour with REM several years back. The show was very surprising. They were horrible. I was more excited to see Wilco than REM based on my earlier fantastic live experiences with Wilco. Not sure what happened on that tour, but I came away very disappointed. And, you are right, REM came onstage and completely blew them away. I think that tour was an aberration, as Wilco has been fantastic every other time I have seen them.
Posted 17 years ago by Land_Shark    [ Reply ]
This should be the theme song for the world. Trends are not good. Get out the camera!
Posted 17 years ago by earthbased    [ Reply ]
Rickvee wrote:
I think Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is one of the most overrated albums in history.
Me2
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I think Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is one of the most overrated albums in history. That being said this is a helluva song - my favorite from YHF.
Posted 17 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
love, love, love these guys and JT in particular...actually he is my new JT cause old man james taylor just doesn't bring it anymore. Tweedy is a mad genius. anyhoo as to the better live or studio issue, I got to say live for sure! just listen to your favorite bootlegs! skip the crap and bask in the awesome...those who want a refund aren't doin' it right.......
Posted 17 years ago by lovelifealways    [ Reply ]
Cambot wrote:
Wood. On wood. Actually, I have no idea what you're talking about.
On wood? I think it's Christian Soldiers. Yeah, that's the ticket. On wood - Christian Soldiers.
Posted 17 years ago by FamilyMan    [ Reply ]
i've only seen them once, in copenhagen, and i was a bit dissappointed. they seemed like they were working hard to sound "hard" and more rock like.....it did not do justice to their songs. megashnauzer wrote:
i saw wilco on a full moon night at red rocks in denver, colorado. it was for the tour for this disc. i had high hopes as this is my favorite group. they were terrible. the sound board guy should be fired. i was completely bummed. rem played after them and blew them away. i heard the wilco show on npr from the 9:30 club and they were incredible. they must have had a bad night. they are still my favorite band. they should give me free tickets to their next show.
Posted 17 years ago by techer2    [ Reply ]
boring...
Posted 17 years ago by marmelock    [ Reply ]
megashnauzer wrote:
i saw wilco on a full moon night at red rocks in denver, colorado. it was for the tour for this disc. i had high hopes as this is my favorite group. they were terrible. the sound board guy should be fired. i was completely bummed. rem played after them and blew them away. i heard the wilco show on npr from the 9:30 club and they were incredible. they must have had a bad night. they are still my favorite band. they should give me free tickets to their next show.
That sucks man. You think Wilco at Red Rocks would be one of the best shows ever. You could see Hanson there and it would still be good just because it was at Red Rocks. I saw Wilco twice, and both times were free. First time at State College. Penn State always invites free bands at the end of the spring semester for the Seniors. The last at the Pittsburgh art fest at Point Park State Park. Both were great shows.
Posted 17 years ago by milehighYinzer    [ Reply ]
I am a serious RP fan's nightmare. I rate songs based on previous posts, I think. You all made me laugh, so up the scale goes. Forgive me!
Posted 17 years ago by phreels    [ Reply ]
Cambot wrote:
Wood. On wood. Actually, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Sounds like an African slit drum.
Posted 17 years ago by KSC    [ Reply ]
Duluoz wrote:
Yeah! You said it... And more good = more gooder!
duh! Its gooderer. Sheesh.
Posted 18 years ago by miahfost    [ Reply ]
red5_bc wrote:
hush your mouth! More Wilco = more good.
Yeah! You said it... And more good = more gooder!
Posted 18 years ago by Duluoz    [ Reply ]
punkbot wrote:
Not complaining but, that's 3 Wilco songs in the last 2 hours (2 off of YHF, and 1 with Billie Bragg).
hush your mouth! More Wilco = more good.
Posted 18 years ago by red5_bc    [ Reply ]
witchchild wrote:
Whats that in the background that sounds like wood on wood?
Wood. On wood. Actually, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Posted 18 years ago by Cambot    [ Reply ]
Whats that in the background that sounds like wood on wood?
Posted 18 years ago by witchchild    [ Reply ]
Thats a bummer about red rocks. I too saw them on the AGIB tour, drove up to Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee. It was smoking hot in there, no air circulation, most everyone looked like a wet t-shirt contestant afterward. But the music, was awesome. Love that band!
Posted 18 years ago by beercanchicken    [ Reply ]
i saw wilco on a full moon night at red rocks in denver, colorado. it was for the tour for this disc. i had high hopes as this is my favorite group. they were terrible. the sound board guy should be fired. i was completely bummed. rem played after them and blew them away. i heard the wilco show on npr from the 9:30 club and they were incredible. they must have had a bad night. they are still my favorite band. they should give me free tickets to their next show.
Posted 18 years ago by megashnauzer    [ Reply ]
DjThirteenP wrote:
Try a live show if you get the chance -- it may help you see what they're trying to do and get into them. Their entire "Ghost is Born" album made no sense to me until I heard them play a bunch of it live. It took me a while when I first heard them to take them out of the frat-boy rock Dave Matthews category, but they're really much better than that.
Thanks for the tip. I'll give 'em a shot the next time they make it to my fair city.
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
Mary_Read wrote:
I don't mind if he plays two tracks so close together... Wilco is playing at the Ottawa Bluesfest this summer and I will have their albums in heavy rotation in anticipation to see them!
Not saying I mind either ... just unusual for RP.
Posted 18 years ago by ElSupreme    [ Reply ]
I don't mind if he plays two tracks so close together... Wilco is playing at the Ottawa Bluesfest this summer and I will have their albums in heavy rotation in anticipation to see them!
Posted 18 years ago by Mary_Read    [ Reply ]
Dianyla wrote:
I keep hearing "down in kokomo..." (Beach Boys) somewhere in this song.
Oh no! Dammit!
Posted 18 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
slippin, two cuts off of one album in about 2 hours. 8:42 am - Wilco - Kamera 8:39 am - The Vines - Vision Valley ... 8:12 am - Pearl Jam - Come Back 8:08 am - Billy Bragg & Wilco - Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key 8:05 am - Kathryn Williams - Flicker ... 7:01 am - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) 6:57 am - Wilco - Jesus, Etc.
Posted 18 years ago by ElSupreme    [ Reply ]
I keep hearing "down in kokomo..." (Beach Boys) somewhere in this song.
Posted 18 years ago by Dianyla    [ Reply ]
Not complaining but, that's 3 Wilco songs in the last 2 hours (2 off of YHF, and 1 with Billie Bragg).
Posted 18 years ago by punkbot    [ Reply ]
cattgirl813 wrote:
Never got the appeal of these guys. They're okay, but I just don't feel them.
Try a live show if you get the chance -- it may help you see what they're trying to do and get into them. Their entire "Ghost is Born" album made no sense to me until I heard them play a bunch of it live. It took me a while when I first heard them to take them out of the frat-boy rock Dave Matthews category, but they're really much better than that.
Posted 18 years ago by DjThirteenP    [ Reply ]
Never got the appeal of these guys. They're okay, but I just don't feel them.
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
masterhead wrote:
I tasted this cd with my teenage kids. They basically listen to radio tunes and radio classic rock but they actually approved the Cd right away... the whole CD not just the "nice" songs I was also pleasantly surprised..
You must be raising them right! congrats!
Posted 18 years ago by The_Waker    [ Reply ]
I love all the wilco being played today! I have recently converted to being a fan and now I can't get enough.
Posted 18 years ago by iamnotabronte    [ Reply ]
This is probably answered on another Wilco song's thread somewhere. Anyway... Jeff Tweedy just got into these weird tapes (I forget what the series is called) which are repeating phonetic symbols used by the Mossad and other intelligence agencies to communicate over the shortwave radio. They're just these totally random sounding things and this one loop - of a woman saying "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" (the phonetic alphabet for YHF) over and over is used on the album. There is no SPECIFIC or hidden meaning to it. TJ p.s. It was bugging me so I found the link - the tapes come from the Conet Project. Herein lies enlightenment: https://www.irdial.com/conet.htm Gregorama wrote:
I think it has do do with radio frequencies, but I couldn't find it. VHF and UHF are the frequencies that Television broadcasts on. I think these stand for Very High Frequency and Ultra High Frequency. I am sure the Y is an adjective for a type of High Frequency broadcast signal of some type. Can someone expand upon this? Bill, You know radio stuff--what is it?
Posted 18 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
My guess would be Y H F. Now you only have to figure out what the Y, the H, and the F mean. ;)
I think it has do do with radio frequencies, but I couldn't find it. VHF and UHF are the frequencies that Television broadcasts on. I think these stand for Very High Frequency and Ultra High Frequency. I am sure the Y is an adjective for a type of High Frequency broadcast signal of some type. Can someone expand upon this? Bill, You know radio stuff--what is it?
Posted 18 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
This one goes to 11.
Posted 18 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Gish05 wrote:
Ohhh, so "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" is probably a secret codename or something. Now I have to know what it means!!
My guess would be Y H F. Now you only have to figure out what the Y, the H, and the F mean. ;)
Posted 19 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Aaah the riddle of Wilco ... I wanna love 'em, I really do, I really try, but still I remain ambivalent. Like most everything I've heard from them, I got no objections to this, but no real enthusiasm either. I can live with it or without it.
Posted 19 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Barry wrote:
yes, yankee hotel foxtrot is an overrated album just full of excellent songs ;)
I tasted this cd with my teenage kids. They basically listen to radio tunes and radio classic rock but they actually approved the Cd right away... the whole CD not just the "nice" songs I was also pleasantly surprised..
Posted 19 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
nice way to make it through a Friday afternoon!
Posted 19 years ago by moneygrip    [ Reply ]
played this CD in my car the other day on a roadtrip with my 61-y.o. mother. I was fully prepared to hear how much she hated all my music, but she surprised me...she liked most of it, esp. Wilco! and she asked me if I had any Soundgarden CDs...I felt so inadequate when I realized that I do not!
Posted 19 years ago by flandersdog    [ Reply ]
brighthue wrote:
Roger.
Wilco.
Posted 19 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
I always thought that scores of wilco songs would be smashing hits if only the arrangements were slightly more catchy and, yes, predictable. I think this song proves my point ... federico
Posted 19 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
this is a great set, dylan, costello, wilco... I know it's already in the can, but I am still praying that the groove continues. Thanks Bill
Posted 19 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
thats three wilco songs in two hours. they aren't that good.
Posted 19 years ago by MooterWholesale    [ Reply ]
Barry wrote:
yes, yankee hotel foxtrot is an overrated album just full of excellent songs ;)
Bingo, Barry! This is nothing if not sublime.
Posted 19 years ago by lostindetroit    [ Reply ]
yes, yankee hotel foxtrot is an overrated album just full of excellent songs ;)
Posted 19 years ago by Barry    [ Reply ]
I think Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is an overrated album but this is definitely a great song.
Posted 19 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
sherp wrote:
Lotta Wilco today. Love it!
Roger.
Posted 19 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
LLMikeJ wrote:
I recently heard a segment on NPR about these weird short-wave radio transmissions consisting of only numbers or letters that seemed kind of like gibberish (as in Yankee Hotel Foxtrot). These transmissions were (as you may have guessed) encoded messages destined for CIA or KGB secret agents, sent from their government during the cold war era. The transmissions have been recorded as the Conet Project . Really interesting stuff. This is where the sample of the girl's voice saying "yankee hotel foxtrot" on one of the tracks comes from. NPR link
Ohhh, so "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" is probably a secret codename or something. Now I have to know what it means!!
Posted 19 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
Funny, this feels like an old pop hit.....
Posted 19 years ago by ezzyme    [ Reply ]
I recently heard a segment on NPR about these weird short-wave radio transmissions consisting of only numbers or letters that seemed kind of like gibberish (as in Yankee Hotel Foxtrot). These transmissions were (as you may have guessed) encoded messages destined for CIA or KGB secret agents, sent from their government during the cold war era. The transmissions have been recorded as the Conet Project . Really interesting stuff. This is where the sample of the girl's voice saying "yankee hotel foxtrot" on one of the tracks comes from. NPR link
Posted 19 years ago by LLMikeJ    [ Reply ]
Lotta Wilco today. Love it!
Posted 19 years ago by sherp    [ Reply ]
I like Wilco but don't consider myself a "true believer" however this is a really great song. Great vocal melody.
Posted 19 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
This is one of the better songs from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I love YHF, but I am actually one of the few to say that I think A Ghost Is Born is a much better album. That's right; Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, in my opinion, is overrated. And that's not to say that Wilco is a bad band - in fact, they're one of my favorites. Everyone seems to hate them for their latest release, and I can't understand why, I really can't. I think it is the best they've released to date. Everything from the lyrics, to the band's style to the production values are absolutely brilliant.
Posted 19 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
Uh. THIS is an amazing album. Very integrated & highly listenable. Recommend!
Posted 20 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
That's THREE! SKIPPING songs in a row...
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]