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Originally Posted by dontlookdown
Carne -
how'd you get to be so bitter and angry - you seem too young to be so jaded...
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I've been in a surly mood, but I am feeling a lot more positive today.
You think I'm that young!!?? Cool. I thought I was beginning to sound like a codger. That's a relief.
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Put on Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow The Green Grass and you won't believe the "review" you just gave the Jayhawks.
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I've heard enough of their stuff to know they don't interest me. Have borrowed albums from friends, and they actually get played fairly frequently on the only local station, which is non-commercial, that I ever listen to anymore. A couple of their members were being interviewed by this radio station at some point, and they seemed to take themselves too seriously, hence my comments. Perhaps I misread them.
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There's nothing "country" about that band - they never claimed that label and if you ever see them live - you'll agree that they're all about rock and roll
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I'm not the one who said they are country. In fact, I argued to the contrary. They strike me as being "country" in the way that, say, CCR was. As for seeing them live, well, that's not going to happen, so I'll take your word for it. I simply don't enjoy going to concerts much anymore. It took me until June of this year to see Fleetwood Mac. I'd rather go to small clubs and see local artists, or just put on CD, know what I mean?
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Your Wilco comments just made you lose all credibility - get out of the suburbs and start living - you can't go though life being so judgmental all the time - you're missing out on too much life!
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Ah, see, you were doing so well, then you crossed the line. Get out of the suburbs? I am in the center of the universe, young man. New York City. Get a clue. I've lived in a large metropolis most of my life. I've lived in other countries and I've seen a good chunk of the world. Telling me to "start living" is laughable and idiotic; you don't know enough about me to make such comments.
Wilco was a fun band, fun to listen to, and then they definitely started to take themselves too seriously. Perhaps because Woody's daughter thought they were a big deal it went to their heads. I listen to the first two records and I can truly enjoy them. Then I listen to the stuff that came after, with exceptions like How to Fight Loneliness and Jesus, Etc., and I have to just shake my head. They want to be experimental? Fine, it's their right. They want to write nonsensical lyrics (and I repeat "assassin" is not a verb)? Hey, that's their right to. You like it? Fine. But do I have to like it because you do? And if I don't, I'm not living enough? Seems to me you have a little more maturing to do, otherwise you wouldn't say things like that.