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| Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
Does Dan DeLuca want to rumble?
DeLuca, of The Philadelphia Inquirer, says of Wilco's "Kicking Television: Live In Chicago" ...
One of these days, Jeff Tweedy will collapse under the weight of his own self-importance. But not just yet. "Kicking Television" ... will do nothing to harm Wilco's status as the most revered of independent-spirited American rock bands.
Tweedy's forays into experimental noisemaking on his band's recent efforts ... have been overpraised, as if the emotionally limited singer-songwriter was the closest thing this generation has to John Lennon or Kurt Cobain. But while "Kicking" may not be the tour de force of a soul-searching genius, it does document a top-notch band bringing studio creations impressively to life. ...
"Collapse under the weight of his own self-importance"? "Emotionally limited singer-songwriter"? Like the album or don't like the album (and it seems that DeLuca does like it), but please be kind (or at least polite) to my Mr. Tweedy.
posted by Nichole @ 4:05 PM
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Mardou says, "Frankly, I think that Mr. Tweedy is indeed the closest approximation to a soul-searching singer-songwriter we've got right now. Given that Eliot Smith has off'd himself and ain't noone stepping into those shoes. In the way that I have always loved the ruthless honesty and inward turning gaze of the great writers of semi-autobiographical fiction, I have enjoyed Tweedy's poetic forays into himself.
As to the "noise"--clearly the reviewer has never listened to the near-musical sounds of Neu! or Faust, or Can. I reccomend that you guys try those bands out. If you don't want to buy the albums, I will be happy to provide you with a CD...
oh...this is from Phoebe..." (4:28 PM, December 02, 2005)
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