What are you listening to at the present? (genres helpful)

[BoneSnapDeez]

I really enjoy lots of minimalistic, subdued, ambient, and "background" music - but Wilco is the kind of thing I find irritatingly dull.

Sorry for all the dogpiling, dish.

[dsheinem]

maybe you guys are listening to the wrong Wilco stuff?

The thing that's pretty great about Wilco is the wide variety of the stuff they play/their style - especially from roughly 1994-2004 or so, where each album has a decidedly different sound/vibe/production. So if, for example, you found Summer Teeth to be boring as fuck, you may enjoy the raw, more punk-influenced sound of A.M. or the rockabilly/rootsy-ness of Being There. If you want more blistering, improvy guitar work then there's a lot to like in their early-mid 2000s output. I am happy to point you to some specific songs.

I would also say the same for Radiohead - they are an even better example of a band that, for the key years of their catalog - were regulalrly experimenting and trying new things and so I find it hard to think that somone wouldn't find something they like there.

That said, I think it is fair to say that both Wilco and Radiohead have fallen into a bit of a same-ol-same-ol groove over the past 6 years or so. So if you don't like what they do now, I can understand thinking there's not much reason to get into them - but there is!

That said, I can understand finding this stuff boring, though I do have a soft spot for James Taylor...

Coldplay
Iron & Wine
Bright Eyes
James Taylor
The Carpenters

...but I can't understand comparing any of those acts to Wilco OR Radiohead...

[TSTR]

Oh, I wasn't comparing. I was just listing off things that bore me.

And I do like a good chunk of Radiohead's first four records, so it's not an overwhelming majority. I've liked what I heard of Uncle Tupelo too. So not all is lost.

[dsheinem]

I've liked what I heard of Uncle Tupelo too. So not all is lost.

Have you ever listened to A.M.? It sounds a lot like an UT album, unsurprisingly.

[TSTR]

I've liked what I heard of Uncle Tupelo too. So not all is lost.

Have you ever listened to A.M.? It sounds a lot like an UT album, unsurprisingly.

I'm not sure, but I'm willing to give it a shot (again?). Also, my UT knowledge is very small, so there could be more that I like/don't like.

EDIT: Listening now. The first couple songs are alright, but it's starting to wear on me a bit. I think what I remember of liking from UT must have been the other dude.

I also forgot to put Gram Parsons in that list of music that bores me.

[Forlorn Drifter]

I never got into Wilco because I'd rather listen to Uncle Tupelo, and even then there's a decent amount of UT that doesn't work for me. If I'm running the alt-country style, there's much better options.

[Luke]

Danny Elfman has to be ripping off Phillip Glass:



Listened to an entire Phillip Glass symphony this past weekend. Great, great stuff.

Have also been listening to a lot of Wagner.

Off to see/listen to KISS ME KATE in about fifteen minutes. I prefer the symphony over musicals, but Kiss Me Kate is a riot.

[darsparx]

The Rose - Bette Midler and Wynonna Judd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5q0KmjU0Qk Such a great version of the song

[Hobie-wan]

A little Land of the Loops this evening. Wish there were more than 2 album. Fun low key downtempo, sometimes bleepy stuff.

Bundle of Joy
Puttering about a Small Land

[Sano]

Look Twice - Go Away

Eurodance/pop