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Wilco — Summerteeth
Album: Summerteeth
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Released: 1999
Length: 3:14
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Like a cloud his fingers explode
On the typewriter ribbon, the shadow grows
His hearts in a bowl behind the bank
And every evening when he get home
To make his supper and eat it alone
His black shirt cries
While his shoes get cold

It's just a dream he keeps having
And it doesn't seem to mean anything
And it doesn't seem to mean anything

One summer, a suicide
Another autumn, a travelers guide
He hits snooze twice before he dies
And every evening when he get home
To make his supper and eat it alone
His black shirt cries
While his shoes get cold

It's just a dream he keeps having
And it doesn't seem to mean anything
It's just a dream he keeps having

He feels lucky to have you here
In his kitchen, in your chair
Sometimes he forgets that you're even there

It's just a dream he keeps having
And it doesn't seem to mean anything
It's just a dream he keeps having
It's just a dream
And it doesn't seem to mean anything
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This song has a kind of Belle & Sebastian vibe to it, I like it
Posted 2 weeks ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
 flatop wrote:

This is like  toddler  music?... f'in bad 
Best move Jeff Tweedy ever made was  teaming up with Jay Farrar  and the worse move was unteaming himself from Jay Farrar..


perhaps you are the toddler for not exiting the toxic relationship with yerself?
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of a song about a hedgehog...
Posted 1 year ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
 ODAD wrote:

It's just a dreamy cassava.
 



Cassava?  What is that?  Sometime of casserole? 

Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
This is like  toddler  music?... f'in bad 
Best move Jeff Tweedy ever made was  teaming up with Jay Farrar  and the worse move was unteaming himself from Jay Farrar..
Posted 1 year ago by flatop    [ Reply ]
 floydoftherocks wrote:

With Weiland and Bowie gone, seems amazing Tweedy's still with us...




Your point being Tweedy should also be dead. You must be a hoot at holiday gatherings.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 run4more wrote:
My first RP song in Montana... sleeping in my truck while on a job in Virginia City and I find I have an access point in this campground. Life is good.
 
I spent some time in my youth nearby in the Madison Valley working on cattle ranches and construction... love that part of the world...
Posted 3 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
From Hendrix to Dylan to Kathleen Edwards to the Shins to Wilco... this has been a sweet run, Bill and Rebecca.
Posted 5 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
 ODAD wrote:
It's just a dreamy cassava.
 

 
Sometimes it's the comments that make RP the place that it is. That one won the interwebs for me, today.
Posted 6 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
It's just a dreamy cassava.
 
Posted 7 years ago by ODAD    [ Reply ]
 floydoftherocks wrote:
With Weiland and Bowie gone, seems amazing Tweedy's still with us...

 
wait......huh?
Posted 7 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 floydoftherocks wrote:
With Weiland and Bowie gone, seems amazing Tweedy's still with us...

 
And this "seems amazing" because...??
Posted 8 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
With Weiland and Bowie gone, seems amazing Tweedy's still with us...
Posted 8 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]
Enunciate! Izjuzadreemyeezavin
Posted 9 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
By the way, that's me, dead-center at 2:45 

 
Hey Scott, nice to put a face on a fellow RP member.  Looks like a fun Beat Farmers show...when and where was it?
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
My first RP song in Montana... sleeping in my truck while on a job in Virginia City and I find I have an access point in this campground. Life is good.
Posted 10 years ago by run4more    [ Reply ]
Such a cheery-sounding, depressing song.
Posted 10 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 amoreena wrote:
Sounds like the Beat Farmers "Going To The Gun Sale After Church".......like it!

 
lol 
 
  
 
By the way, that's me, dead-center at 2:45 
Posted 10 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]

If I had a theme song...

 

Love these guys...


Posted 10 years ago by sieversfam    [ Reply ]
They had five killer albums...when they were still a RnR band and this is one of them.

Saw them with Dylan and Morning Jacket a few weeks ago in St Paul.


They put on a great show.    
Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Fantastic Album {#Mrgreen}
Posted 11 years ago by contractor07    [ Reply ]
saw them live 2 weeks ago (Theaterhaus Stuttgart) ...
overwhelming. easily one of the very best concerts in my lifetime!!
Posted 12 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
The more I hear this, the more I like. I think this its a perfect essence of what Wilco is all about.
 
You are right. . . a kind of whimsical, piffy paffy, bland ditty that does nothing and goes nowhere. Sums them up perfectly. 

OK, sorry to Wilco fans, I just needed to get that off my chest.

Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
This song just oozes atmosphere and perfectly fits the title IMO... sunny and careless on the surface (summer), but with quite a dark undercurrent (teeth). 
Posted 12 years ago by jpdribbler    [ Reply ]
The more I hear this, the more I like. I think this its a perfect essence of what Wilco is all about.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Jeff Airplane Wilco segue. Kinda rolls off the tongue but it doesn't seem to mean anything.
Posted 12 years ago by theralph    [ Reply ]
They have performed in 55 shows over the past year...and played this song ONCE.
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Well stated horstman.....{#Meditate}

 horstman wrote:

I feel that artists and bands that capture a moment and then share that moment with their audience, and those experience(s) creates a feeling in the end user are great musicians. Wilco captures emotions and experiences that I have had (and others I presume) and upon hearing their music, those experiences are recreated or enhanced or remembered.

That's art. And that is why they are special.

 


Posted 13 years ago by jerrieberrie    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:


Not really...also, what the heck ever happened to physicsgenius?  He's been M.I.A. since 2007!
https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=Members&file=userinfo&u=26214
 
I think his account was suspended. Not a moment too soon, either. 
Posted 13 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
"Has anyone seen Excelsior? Anyone? Anyone?"



Does anyone miss Excelsior?
 

Not really...also, what the heck ever happened to physicsgenius?  He's been M.I.A. since 2007!
https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=Members&file=userinfo&u=26214
Posted 13 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
Frankly? I do not understand why they are that popular!
As good as they, are another 1001 American bands too!
But I am not saying they are bad. I am just asking: "what's
so special about them?
 
I ask myself the same question every time I hear them. I do like this tune, but it's not so incredibly more special than any other band or tune.
Posted 13 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 RobRyan wrote:
Sounds like Herman's Hermits to me.

Edit: Not that that's a bad thing... Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good ...
 
Imperfect fit, but I agree with sense of what you're saying: both are perfectly lovely pop songs
Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
luv Wilco {#Hearteyes}
Posted 13 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
My bird like's the bird sounds,that's just about it.
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the Beat Farmers "Going To The Gun Sale After Church".......like it!
Posted 14 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
great song from my favorite CD of the aughts
Posted 14 years ago by Pharlap    [ Reply ]
I like this tune more than most Wilco tunes. You really can't have a shitty voice and sing out of key unless you're in Wilco. Then it's hip and cool!! Nobody does it better than this band. For this, I like them. Especially Jeff Tweedy.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]


Wilco à l'Ancienne Belgique by trou2000
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34242081@N00/

Vendredi 6 novembre 2009. 

© All rights reserved.


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
"Has anyone seen Excelsior? Anyone? Anyone?"



Does anyone miss Excelsior?
 
har har...I'll admit, I have thought of him fitting into this song: his damning dreams of negativity don't seem to mean anything. Maybe a cause for his fading from us?

Posted 14 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
Hey, Wilco: it's been 10+ years.   I respect/admire your sonic shapes and shifts.  Please give twisted 60s bubblegum pop another shot.
Posted 14 years ago by ericconrad    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
Frankly? I do not understand why they are that popular!
As good as they, are another 1001 American bands too!
But I am not saying they are bad. I am just asking: "what's
so special about them?
 
I feel that artists and bands that capture a moment and then share that moment with their audience, and those experience(s) creates a feeling in the end user are great musicians. Wilco captures emotions and experiences that I have had (and others I presume) and upon hearing their music, those experiences are recreated or enhanced or remembered.

That's art. And that is why they are special.

Posted 14 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Frankly? I do not understand why they are that popular!
As good as they, are another 1001 American bands too!
But I am not saying they are bad. I am just asking: "what's
so special about them?
Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 anotherlistener wrote:
Summerteeth?? Some are here, some are there, some are somewhere else.  What's a bong??????
 

Hell, I dont know.
Posted 15 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
Summerteeth?? Some are here, some are there, some are somewhere else.  What's a bong??????
Posted 15 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
 music_man wrote:

The music does put you in a better mood.  Just don't pay attention to the lyrics.

 
No kidding. I just read them. I'm gonna go cry. Alone in my living room.

Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
"Has anyone seen Excelsior? Anyone? Anyone?"



Does anyone miss Excelsior?
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
Wilco has officially taken the "boring and overexposed on RP" title from the National and Iron and Wine.
 

incorrect: it is impossible to take any type of boring title from the national
Posted 16 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
in the other room there for a second I thought it was the Beach Boys  {#Roflol}
Posted 16 years ago by drucev    [ Reply ]
{#Yawn}
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Wilco has officially taken the "boring and overexposed on RP" title from the National and Iron and Wine.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]

Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
bcinfrance wrote:
Isn't this fun? This song has put me in a 50% better mood!


The music does put you in a better mood.  Just don't pay attention to the lyrics.

Posted 16 years ago by music_man    [ Reply ]
cafortier wrote:
summerteeth?? Geez - makes me think of 'Jack 'O Lantern Smile".
or butter face?
Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
summerteeth?? Geez - makes me think of 'Jack 'O Lantern Smile".
Posted 16 years ago by cafortier    [ Reply ]
CafeRacer wrote:
What's a bong?
Bong: –noun 1. a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell. 2. ...you'll have to figure this one out on your own.
Posted 16 years ago by kalkin84    [ Reply ]
CafeRacer wrote:
What's a bong?
Were you born yesterday--or 80 years ago?
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
CafeRacer wrote:
What's a bong?
It's the sound inside your head after taking a really deep breath . . . and holding it. . . as long as you can. That's a bong.
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
CafeRacer wrote:
What's a bong?
rluking wrote:
ROFL. Wow....
I laughed out loud at this, too. CafeRacer may be jesting, but you never know. In addition, plenty of folks out there never even thought of using that innocent 'ol plastic honey bear for anything but drizzling the sweet stuff on their oatmeal.
Posted 16 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
reminds me of the song Brandy you're a fine girl....
Posted 16 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
RobRyan wrote:
Sounds like Herman's Hermits to me. Edit: Not that that's a bad thing... Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good ...
Posted 16 years ago by eman    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Herman's Hermits to me. Edit: Not that that's a bad thing... Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good ...
Posted 17 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
CafeRacer wrote:
What's a bong?
ROFL. Wow....
Posted 17 years ago by rluking    [ Reply ]
newwavegurly wrote:
Does anyone else hear what sounds like bong hit sounds in amongst the birds?
What's a bong?
Posted 17 years ago by CafeRacer    [ Reply ]
Isn't this fun? This song has put me in a 50% better mood!
Posted 17 years ago by bcinfrance    [ Reply ]
fire5soon wrote:
Had a chance to see them open for REM back in 1998. They are one of the best bands of the last 10yrs for my $$$.
Yippie! I'm going to see them tonight. It's an outdoor concert and a beeee-u-tee-ful day!
Posted 17 years ago by revsully    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
Ok.How do you know what a bong hit sounds like?Huh?
who doesn't?
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Thanks to RP, I expect/want to hear XTC after this song. :P Today I was not disappointed. :)
Posted 17 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
ouch on the mid section! what was that?
Posted 17 years ago by Kdubba    [ Reply ]
newwavegurly wrote:
Does anyone else hear what sounds like bong hit sounds in amongst the birds?
Ok. How do you know what a bong hit sounds like?Huh?
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Had a chance to see them open for REM back in 1998. They are one of the best bands of the last 10yrs for my $$$.
Posted 17 years ago by fire5soon    [ Reply ]
Way too long. Soooooo boring and meaningless !
Posted 18 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
newwavegurly wrote:
Does anyone else hear what sounds like bong hit sounds in amongst the birds?
Yo newwaver, I'm hearin' that too. Don't worry, you're not just hearing things. Or maybe we are both just hearing things? Either way, was wondering if anyone else had caught that or if that was even what i was hearing or not. Thanks for your honesty!
Posted 18 years ago by freeone1    [ Reply ]
radiozep wrote:
Wilco - Summerteeth The Who - Summertime Blues Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime White Summer - Led Zep ?? please !!!
... or Death Cab's "Summer Skin" ?
Posted 18 years ago by d-mac    [ Reply ]
Wilco - Summerteeth The Who - Summertime Blues Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime White Summer - Led Zep ?? please !!!
Posted 18 years ago by radiozep    [ Reply ]
Great tune, great album
Posted 18 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
newwavegurly wrote:
Does anyone else hear what sounds like bong hit sounds in amongst the birds?
Indeed! I only heard it once though; Very early in he song.
Posted 18 years ago by lixy    [ Reply ]
newwavegurly wrote:
Does anyone else hear what sounds like bong hit sounds in amongst the birds?
That was just your bong hit.
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
newwavegurly wrote:
Does anyone else hear what sounds like bong hit sounds in amongst the birds?
I'm listening but I don't hear it - maybe wishful thinking on your part? (;
Posted 18 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
Does anyone else hear what sounds like bong hit sounds in amongst the birds?
Posted 18 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
caseycamp wrote:
?? I'm not sure what this means, I think they've only gotten exponentially better since this album. I'm sorry that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot wasn't bubblegum pop, heaven forbid we use our "brains".
I get your sentiment, but you have to admit: YHF features some seriously dense material. If people enjoyed Wilco's A.M. album more because it wasn't a "chore" to listen to, I can't believe that's a totally unreasonable take. Old Wilco and New Wilco are so unalike you'd have a tough time recognizing them as the same band if you heard them both for the 1st time. Sidenote: not trying to preach against having an opinion (I hate when people do that) but Wilco sort of has their own deal going on musically nowdays, and while I'm sure many people truly enjoy it, I suspect there is a percentage of people that feel they better like it, or else be labeled "brainless" - and needlessly so. Does this make any sense? Is this the long way of saying "Don't call me stupid"? ;)
Posted 18 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
God, I love this song...
Posted 18 years ago by spilled_milk    [ Reply ]
I'm a sucker for happy Summerteeth like songs. Love them. LOVE them.
Posted 18 years ago by cre8ivjay    [ Reply ]
A superior vintage I enjoy savoring again and again. Goes for the entire album.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit U2-, Bono- like to me. That's not a bad thing.
Posted 18 years ago by pigglywiggly    [ Reply ]
Anyone have this album on LP and would be willing to part with it?
Posted 18 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
jbtidwell wrote:
Really reminds me of "Pet Sounds" - both are great!
Yeah!!
Posted 18 years ago by ArmchairMusician    [ Reply ]
Essbee wrote:
From a very good album. Once upon a time, Wilco was actually enjoyable and not a chore to listen to...
?? I'm not sure what this means, I think they've only gotten exponentially better since this album. I'm sorry that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot wasn't bubblegum pop, heaven forbid we use our "brains".
Posted 18 years ago by caseycamp    [ Reply ]
Essbee wrote:
From a very good album. Once upon a time, Wilco was actually enjoyable and not a chore to listen to...
Ouch, cowboy! They day Wilco becomes a chore to listen to is the day my taste in music is dead.
Posted 18 years ago by Death_to_Clear_Channel    [ Reply ]
From a very good album. Once upon a time, Wilco was actually enjoyable and not a chore to listen to...
Posted 19 years ago by Essbee    [ Reply ]
Couldn't believe this is the only song uploaded from this cd! Come on Bill....this is one of the best cd's of the past decade...
Posted 19 years ago by madhoop    [ Reply ]
Really reminds me of "Pet Sounds" - both are great!
Posted 19 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
Just love the chirps.
Posted 19 years ago by Ouaouaron    [ Reply ]
Bill is pretty close to God sometimes!
Posted 19 years ago by JoJopugs    [ Reply ]
This is a great song from a great album.
Posted 19 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by shevek    [ Reply ]
My favorite American band for the last 10 years.
Posted 19 years ago by wbmarco2    [ Reply ]
I thought I might get the first comment - oh well. Great song, great album, great band!
Posted 19 years ago by F-Man    [ Reply ]
thankee for playing!
Posted 19 years ago by the_circe    [ Reply ]