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Bought Wilco and Cowboy Junkies this weekend....

I bought the latest Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and Cowboy Junkies, Lay It Down and Black Eyed Man. Ever since I started on this path of improving my sound system I have been on this quest to expand my musical taste. I had heard lots of good things about Wilco and numerous things about Cowboy Junkies.

Anyway, I put on Lay It Down and Margo Timmons, that voice, she does something to me. Next, I put on the Wilco CD. It had a Beatles meets Roger Waters meets the Beach Boys meets Lou Reed kind of thing happening. Then I put on Cowboy Junkies' Black Eyed Man and that voice, she drives me crazy.

So, I spent my weekend between Cowboy Junkies and Wilco and I think I am going to get alot more of Cowboy Junkies, but I am not sure I understand Wilco. I went online to read some reviews about Wilco and according to what I read, they are the next coming of something, but what? I think I am missing something, but they are still new to me.
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ncarv
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Try Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions," their first and a MUST for Cowboy Junkies fans. Truly amazing recording . . . you can hear the air in the church it was recorded in.
As for Wilco, "YHF" is an evolutionary record. Either "A.M." or "Being There" is a good intro. Jeff Tweedy has been on a path of synthesizing seemingly disparate music genres and "YHF" is his most accomplished yet. The earlier two mentioned are more conventional and more accessible, in terms of understanding his direction. "Summerteeth" is a bridge from those two to "YHF," and foreshadows "YHF" in its Beatles and Beach Boys influences. "YHF" is the more artistic achievement.
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Also make sure you pick up Mermaid Avenue, the original not Vol. 2, which is Wilco and Billy Bragg doing songs put together from the lyrics of Woody Guthrie. A classic!
edesilva
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YHF is a strange one. Bought it a while back, and I think the first time I played it (while driving) all I got was "I am an American aquarium drinker" and a bunch of dissonant openings. Then, found it in my car again on a long drive to NYC, and it really started to grow on me. Then it started to really, really grow on me. Now I think its a great album... Although, if anyone can explain the aforementioned lyric to me, I'd be much appreciative! ; )

Give it some time and throw it one every now and again. Jesus, etc., Heavy Metal Drummer--good fun songs.
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