Wilco — Black Moon
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I was always right
About the morning
Okay, I'm an old shoe
Danced above the blades
Never stopped crawling
Over the black dunes
And I'm waiting for you
Waiting forever
Are you awake now, too?
I'm always one
Without a warning
Whole days re-appear
Lift away, past the gate
Desert keeps forming
Underneath The black moon
And I'm waiting for you
Waiting forever
Are you awake now, too?
About the morning
Okay, I'm an old shoe
Danced above the blades
Never stopped crawling
Over the black dunes
And I'm waiting for you
Waiting forever
Are you awake now, too?
I'm always one
Without a warning
Whole days re-appear
Lift away, past the gate
Desert keeps forming
Underneath The black moon
And I'm waiting for you
Waiting forever
Are you awake now, too?
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C'mon folks, the pedal steel playing on this tune merits an 8, minimum.
Simply brilliant
idiot_wind wrote:
Thinking either you made a subconscious typo or you meant to say 'slide' - one of the best things about this tune. Either way, I agree.
so this band releases some album that when they come out...theyre ok.
but they get better as they aged.
like cheese.
and we can all use a slide of cheese now and then.
Thinking either you made a subconscious typo or you meant to say 'slide' - one of the best things about this tune. Either way, I agree.
Wilco still surprises me...after Sky Blue Sky perhaps i simply wasn't listening but it took this song to get me to listen again...for a short while. Haven't heard a lot for several years (except the Mermaid Avenue stuff) but bought the Cruel Country CD after seeing them live last year. A good night and the purchase maybe was a tad influenced by Kazoo; turns out this album seems a return to better Tweedy/Wilco. I hope to hear from them again "soon". Never define that these days.
It reminds of Calexico's more downtempo songs. And it seems Bill thinks alike, because he followed this up with a Calexico song.
so this band releases some album that when they come out...theyre ok.
but they get better as they aged.
like cheese.
and we can all use a slide of cheese now and then.
but they get better as they aged.
like cheese.
and we can all use a slide of cheese now and then.
I love everything Tweedy does!
roger wilco
he is a sensitive kind
Discovered this source today.
I will end up buying at least 3 cds as a result of listening for the past few hours.
Great value nonetheless.
I will end up buying at least 3 cds as a result of listening for the past few hours.
Great value nonetheless.
No doubt has merit but they're not for me.
Can't love everything but that's the virtue of music and RP.
Can't love everything but that's the virtue of music and RP.
kingart wrote:
Who ever said that they were a rock and roll band?
Lovely song. One of Wilco's best, I think. But too melancholy or wistful. Limited listening for me. I always say: does this band know how to rock and roll? On songs like this they do neither.
Who ever said that they were a rock and roll band?
So glad this turned out NOT to be Jolene... whew!
Pure
The strings section gets me every time. But you know I am biased as a string player.
EdEastridge wrote:
I'm betting simply a collection of the first words that come to one's mind as they're awakening. I know I've had more than a few "where the hell did that come from?" thoughts in the space in between consciousness and dark.
Especially considering the chorus.
Funny you should say something about the first words that come to mind after waking in the context of a Wilco song. I saw the band in Paris this fall and Jeff was introducing the new song, An Empty Corner, whose first lines are about these images floating in his mind as he wakes abruptly from a dream:
"Eight tiny lines of cocaine
Left on a copy machine
In an empty corner of a dream
My sleep could not complete"
Funny intro: See the Paris performance on youtube: /watch?v=sbDQfnwxIxA
I'm betting simply a collection of the first words that come to one's mind as they're awakening. I know I've had more than a few "where the hell did that come from?" thoughts in the space in between consciousness and dark.
Especially considering the chorus.
Funny you should say something about the first words that come to mind after waking in the context of a Wilco song. I saw the band in Paris this fall and Jeff was introducing the new song, An Empty Corner, whose first lines are about these images floating in his mind as he wakes abruptly from a dream:
"Eight tiny lines of cocaine
Left on a copy machine
In an empty corner of a dream
My sleep could not complete"
Funny intro: See the Paris performance on youtube: /watch?v=sbDQfnwxIxA
jimmy99s wrote:
Well said.
Tweedy is an incredible songwriter and musician. Wilco is tight. So expressive.
A classic case of "a grow-er". Every time I hear a new Wilco record i think its good. About 6 months later I realise it's, in fact, genius.
Well said.
Tweedy is an incredible songwriter and musician. Wilco is tight. So expressive.
Awesome tune.
I don't know why or how, but Wilco songs always find me when i'm having a good day
A classic case of "a grow-er". Every time I hear a new Wilco record i think its good. About 6 months later I realise it's, in fact, genius.
meinthecorner wrote:
I like the idea of "word salad"! Perhaps with some deeply symbolic dressing on the side, of course...
I'm betting simply a collection of the first words that come to one's mind as they're awakening. I know I've had more than a few "where the hell did that come from?" thoughts in the space in between consciousness and dark.
Especially considering the chorus.
I like the idea of "word salad"! Perhaps with some deeply symbolic dressing on the side, of course...
I'm betting simply a collection of the first words that come to one's mind as they're awakening. I know I've had more than a few "where the hell did that come from?" thoughts in the space in between consciousness and dark.
Especially considering the chorus.
Baby_M wrote:
I like the idea of "word salad"! Perhaps with some deeply symbolic dressing on the side, of course...
It's either deeply symbolic or a complete word salad—but I like it either way.
I like the idea of "word salad"! Perhaps with some deeply symbolic dressing on the side, of course...
It's either deeply symbolic or a complete word salad—but I like it either way.
When I first heard of them, I thought the name referred to Wilco Johnson. I'm a long time fan of him and his great rhythm guitar method.
Would live to hear some of Wilco Johnson and Solid Senders. Wilco was originally Dr. Feelgood's guitarist.
Lovely song. One of Wilco's best, I think. But too melancholy or wistful. Limited listening for me. I always say: does this band know how to rock and roll? On songs like this they do neither.
FYI...these guys use to be a helluva RnR band; live and recorded.
And now this? Ugh.
And now this? Ugh.
I'm liking a lot from what I hear from this artist. Yet another RP find.
Nice mellow song. I love Tweedy's voice.
trek_29er wrote:
Saw them in Vermont in 1992 as part of the "Arkansas Traveler Revue" with Michelle Shocked, The Band, and Taj Mahal. They were the only ones I had never seen before and they stole the show.
as much as i like wilco and son volt, i really do wish i had the opportunity to see uncle tupelo. it was just music written the way i lliked to hear it.
Saw them in Vermont in 1992 as part of the "Arkansas Traveler Revue" with Michelle Shocked, The Band, and Taj Mahal. They were the only ones I had never seen before and they stole the show.
CaptainConnector wrote:
Music to slash your ankles by.
Good for when you are finding Leonard Cohen too upbeat.
Good for when you are finding Leonard Cohen too upbeat.
Music to slash your ankles by.
Good for when you are finding Leonard Cohen too upbeat.
Good for when you are finding Leonard Cohen too upbeat.
copymonkey wrote:
Not in a million years could you ever, ever be hyperbolic.
Gonna be hyperbolic here, but I can think of no other American band that's had a better run in the last 15 years than Wilco. And live they are incredible.
Not in a million years could you ever, ever be hyperbolic.
Gonna be hyperbolic here, but I can think of no other American band that's had a better run in the last 15 years than Wilco. And live they are incredible.
great texture and tone that pulls an attentive listener in without patronizing
kingart wrote:
Maybe he doesn't always feel like writing and playing songs that sound like Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, or Little Richard.
Nice music. ... But it makes me contemplate that this could be the theme music for a movie about clinical depression. Tweedy's genre is called "rock and roll." He's surely misplaced the rock.
Maybe he doesn't always feel like writing and playing songs that sound like Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, or Little Richard.
Not my favorite...
Beautiful music.
ScottN wrote:
You should see them live...that'll change your mind.
I find their music simplistic and uninteresting. Not sure why they became so popular.
You should see them live...that'll change your mind.
KaraokeVox wrote:
haven't found that to be true, but it sho' don't bother me none...
definitely a radio paradise repeater track.
haven't found that to be true, but it sho' don't bother me none...
definitely a radio paradise repeater track.
ScottN wrote:
I couldn't disagree more. I think Wilco is one of the top bands going.
I find their music simplistic and uninteresting. Not sure why they became so popular.
I couldn't disagree more. I think Wilco is one of the top bands going.
Spiritually intriguing tune. Love this one!
ScottN wrote:
Because their music is quite complex (a wonderful mix of influences), their musicianship is top shelf and the lyrics are quite interesting .
I find their music simplistic and uninteresting. Not sure why they became so popular.
Because their music is quite complex (a wonderful mix of influences), their musicianship is top shelf and the lyrics are quite interesting .
kingart wrote:
So have you actually listened to a "rock" station nowadays? It's not really rock, and it is all horrible. This was always a quite broad and general category and at one time it was useful. This is no longer the case.
Nice music. ... But it makes me contemplate that this could be the theme music for a movie about clinical depression. Tweedy's genre is called "rock and roll." He's surely misplaced the rock.
So have you actually listened to a "rock" station nowadays? It's not really rock, and it is all horrible. This was always a quite broad and general category and at one time it was useful. This is no longer the case.
I find their music simplistic and uninteresting. Not sure why they became so popular.
Lame
Means nothing to me!
pomalley wrote:
Zimmerman eh. He is a Jew, one of the few from Minnesota.
just saw them in concert with My Morning Jacket and the relatively unknown Robert Zimmerman from Hibbing, MN. Great show. If you get to see the Americanarama tour, check it out. There's a song on this album called "Almost" that rocks.
Zimmerman eh. He is a Jew, one of the few from Minnesota.
just saw them in concert with My Morning Jacket and the relatively unknown Robert Zimmerman from Hibbing, MN. Great show. If you get to see the Americanarama tour, check it out. There's a song on this album called "Almost" that rocks.
as much as i like wilco and son volt, i really do wish i had the opportunity to see uncle tupelo. it was just music written the way i lliked to hear it.
Funny thing, I thought when little black submarines came up that it was this song. Intro kind of resembles this tune's. Very happy this still got played, very soothing.
I love Wilco, but this song is just... meh.
The first time I ever heard (and saw) Wilco was Austin City Limits.
I've been in love ever since.
I've been in love ever since.
This is very un-Wilco like. Anyone else hearing a bunch of Supergrass in this?
Nice music. ... But it makes me contemplate that this could be the theme music for a movie about clinical depression. Tweedy's genre is called "rock and roll." He's surely misplaced the rock.
Wilco I whole love you!
Biscobret wrote:
Nope. No resting - maybe you aren't listening. Art of Almost isn't exciting or new? Hmm...Have you even heard "The Whole Love"? Every Wilco LP is brand new, yet familliar - just as a great band should be. No laurels, man — HIGHLY disagree.
Biscobret...you have a good point. I shall give the entire CD a listen. I do like Wilco...just wasn't in the mood for it when I wrote that comment.
Nope. No resting - maybe you aren't listening. Art of Almost isn't exciting or new? Hmm...Have you even heard "The Whole Love"? Every Wilco LP is brand new, yet familliar - just as a great band should be. No laurels, man — HIGHLY disagree.
Biscobret...you have a good point. I shall give the entire CD a listen. I do like Wilco...just wasn't in the mood for it when I wrote that comment.
Without a doubt the best American band of my generation. Wait — am I a generation? Whoa...!
ziakut wrote:
Nope. No resting - maybe you aren't listening. Art of Almost isn't exciting or new? Hmm...Have you even heard "The Whole Love"? Every Wilco LP is brand new, yet familliar - just as a great band should be. No laurels, man — HIGHLY disagree.
Very much a 'resting on their laurels' type of band. No need to excite and be new. Just be drone like...kinda sloppy and sleepy. I suppose I do like the atmosphere that's created here. I'm just not in the mood for it now. I want a pick me up. How 'bout some java!
Nope. No resting - maybe you aren't listening. Art of Almost isn't exciting or new? Hmm...Have you even heard "The Whole Love"? Every Wilco LP is brand new, yet familliar - just as a great band should be. No laurels, man — HIGHLY disagree.
Darbuka88 wrote:
Love them.
Awesome band!
Love them.
Quite glorious and beautifully restrained. Very few bands can pull off a song like this with such a delicate touch.
Awesome band!
gatorade wrote:
Maturing like a fine wine they are.
So on my bucket list of must see bands.
Maturing like a fine wine they are.
So on my bucket list of must see bands.
Very very nice. Quite a beautiful song.
OUTSTANDING
Lovely
cosmiclint wrote:
I saw them in Vancouver the night of the Superbowl, and was completely blown away. I also managed to get a fairly decent audio recording of the show, as Wilco supports and encourages tapers. I'll post links once I've finished mastering it.
If you can make it sound better: more power to ya! I think it works quite well that RP plays this tune, anyway
I saw them in Vancouver the night of the Superbowl, and was completely blown away. I also managed to get a fairly decent audio recording of the show, as Wilco supports and encourages tapers. I'll post links once I've finished mastering it.
If you can make it sound better: more power to ya! I think it works quite well that RP plays this tune, anywayI have come around so much on this album since first listen. A real creeper. Nice stuff.
Laurelia wrote:
I saw them in Vancouver the night of the Superbowl, and was completely blown away. I also managed to get a fairly decent audio recording of the show, as Wilco supports and encourages tapers. I'll post links once I've finished mastering it.
I saw them in Seattle last Tuesday Feb 7 and they were terrific then too. Also didn't play this, to my surprise.
I saw them in Vancouver the night of the Superbowl, and was completely blown away. I also managed to get a fairly decent audio recording of the show, as Wilco supports and encourages tapers. I'll post links once I've finished mastering it.
I saw them in Seattle last Tuesday Feb 7 and they were terrific then too. Also didn't play this, to my surprise.
Saw them here in Santa Barbara Friday...and they rocked the entire time. Great show. Didn't play this song though. It is beautiful.
Subtle, smooth, gorgeous. I am having the type of experience I am sure many have with Jazz, though that is just a guess.
Very much a 'resting on their laurels' type of band. No need to excite and be new. Just be drone like...kinda sloppy and sleepy. I suppose I do like the atmosphere that's created here. I'm just not in the mood for it now. I want a pick me up. How 'bout some java!
Good stuff!
I felt myself dropping off after just the first few sung words as the guy sounds like he's half-asleep. Sadly, Wilco is an auto-rated Ho-Hum for the Nottingham jury 
love Nils...
Very nice
I love the new album!
I think I read that it was Pat Sansone's idea to add the strings to this song, and they really add to the ambiance.
I'll be seeing them three times at the end of January - can't wait
I think I read that it was Pat Sansone's idea to add the strings to this song, and they really add to the ambiance.
I'll be seeing them three times at the end of January - can't wait
Love this! My first listen, and yes, this song seems to suit nighttime listening...stay up late...and drive on into the sunrise!!!
Stingray wrote:
My God are you wrong!!!
My god are they boring!!!
My God are you wrong!!!
...this is nice; a welcomed turn for wilco...
really liking all of the new release!!
I find this very intriguing!
My god are they boring!!!
sirdroseph wrote:
This one's really good. A definite improvement over Wilco the Album IMHO.
From what I have heard from this album so far, looks like Wilco is back! I haven't been too fond of their last couple of albums. This one shows promise!
This one's really good. A definite improvement over Wilco the Album IMHO.
From what I have heard from this album so far, looks like Wilco is back! I haven't been too fond of their last couple of albums. This one shows promise!
madhoop wrote:
Well said ... I have had the same experience. Saw them in Atlanta recently, and they were magnificent. Hope RP shares "One Sunday Morning," the song they opened with.
Been through the new album about a half dozen times and like a good wine, it keeps opening up with each each sip. Have a number of the melodies flying around my head when i go to bed and again when i get my day going ...Wilco fans will not be disappointed...Tweedy and his crew are the best in the business today.
Well said ... I have had the same experience. Saw them in Atlanta recently, and they were magnificent. Hope RP shares "One Sunday Morning," the song they opened with.
madhoop wrote:
Just starting to absorb it. Especially like the first Track (Art of Almost). Hope they play it on RP.
Been through the new album about a half dozen times and like a good wine, it keeps opening up with each each sip. Have a number of the melodies flying around my head when i go to bed and again when i get my day going ...Wilco fans will not be disappointed...Tweedy and his crew are the best in the business today.
Just starting to absorb it. Especially like the first Track (Art of Almost). Hope they play it on RP.
madhoop wrote:
Well written.
Been through the new album about a half dozen times and like a good wine, it keeps opening up with each each sip. Have a number of the melodies flying around my head when i go to bed and again when i get my day going ...Wilco fans will not be disappointed...Tweedy and his crew are the best in the business today.
Well written.
so true - I've been waking up to that beautiful riff in "one sunday morning" for the last 3 days :)
madhoop wrote:
madhoop wrote:
Been through the new album about a half dozen times and like a good wine, it keeps opening up with each each sip. Have a number of the melodies flying around my head when i go to bed and again when i get my day going ...Wilco fans will not be disappointed...Tweedy and his crew are the best in the business today.
Just a hint of Calexico... NICE!!!!
Saw them last night at Merriweather Post Pavilion in MD with the great Nick Lowe. Great show, great venue, great night. One of those nights that remind you that you're alive. The show was to be broadcast live on NPR, so will probably show up on their podcast soon.
Been through the new album about a half dozen times and like a good wine, it keeps opening up with each each sip. Have a number of the melodies flying around my head when i go to bed and again when i get my day going ...Wilco fans will not be disappointed...Tweedy and his crew are the best in the business today.
Phlegmaticman wrote:
yea, nice one
New Wilco! This one is easy on the ears.
yea, nice one
Didn't know a new album was in the wings. And it's being played here before it's official release date?
Powerful production marred by a weak voice (imo)
Phlegmaticman wrote:
Backatcha!
Jinx!
Backatcha!
Jinx!
New Wilco! This one is easy on the ears.
New Wilco! Always welcome here!