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Outta Sight, Outta Mind - A Wilco Tribute
| Artist | Song | |
| Uncle Tupelo |
We've Been Had (Uncle Tupelo Long Cut Live) 
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| Wilco | The TB Is Whipping Me (Red Hot & Country) | |
| Wilco | Passenger Side (demo "Trademark of Quality" promo) | |
| Wilco | I'm Not Waiting (live "Box Full of Letters" single) | |
| Wilco | Who Were You Thinking Of (live "Box Full of Letters" single) | |
| Wilco | I Must Be High (Mountain Stage Live compilation) | |
| Wilco | Burned ("I Shot Andy Warhol" soundtrack) | |
| Wilco | Monday (live promo single) | |
| Wilco | Outta Site, Outta Mind (Hotel Arizona promo single) | |
| Wilco | Thirteen (Outta Site, Outta Mind promo single) | |
| Wilco | Blasting Fonda (Outta Site, Outta Mind promo single) | |
| Wilco | No More Poetry (Trademark of Quality single) | |
| Wilco | Sugar Baby (live Harry Smith Connection) | |
| Wilco | James Alley Blues (live Harry Smith Connection) | |
| Wilco | California Stars (Mermaid Avenue promo single) | |
| Wilco | At My Window Sad and Lonely (Mermaid Avenue promo single) | |
| Wilco | Radio King ("Keys" Golden Smog promo) | |
| Wilco | Love and Mercy ("Until You Came Along" Golden Smog promo) | |
| Wilco | Tried and True (I Can't Stand It single) | |
| Wilco | Sunken Treasure (live "I Can't Stand It" single | |
| Wilco | I'm Always In (I Can't Stand It single) | |
| Wilco | Student Loan Stereo (Shot in the Arm single) | |
| Wilco | We Don't Care (live bootleg) | |
Comment:
I'm sure most of you know the story of Wilco. Jay Farrar left Uncle Tupelo and formed Son Volt, whereupon the remaining band members, led by Jeff Tweedy, forged on as Wilco. Along the way, guitarist extraordinaire Nels Cline joined Wilco and, in my opinion, the band really hit its stride then.Whereas Uncle Tupelo and early Wilco were alt-country, roots oriented bands, Cline and Tweedy began taking Wilco into more experimental areas around the time "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" was released. It has served them well by retaining the old fans and adding new ones.
Of course, you can always carry things too far, and Tweedy's insistence on the inclusion of a 15-minute noise track on "A Ghost Is Born" is a perfect example. Tweedy called it "the track everyone will hate" and he was absolutely correct. Nevertheless, Wilco remains one of the most interesting bands in the current music scene, one I've bought a ticket to see on several occasions and never been disappointed.
This collection of rarities and other assorted b-sides and strangers was mostly put together a couple years ago. I haven't collected much since due to paring down the amount of music in my cabinets. There is a quiz to win a copy of this CD by answering the following: In anticipation of the `08 Presidential election, Wilco made available a downloadable version of Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" that they recorded with Fleet Foxes. What did a person have to promise to do to be able to download the song?
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I'm going to guess that a person had to promise to vote for Obama, though it's simply that - a guess. Nice collection, Dean. I've always liked Passenger Side and Outta Site, Outta Mind especially.
It's a good guess, Matt. A person just had to promise to vote, however, not necessarily for Obama. I'm giving it to you anyway. Close enough.
Very nice!!!
I used to know a girl...and she raised my appreciation for Wilco. I'm sure she'd like this, Dean. I think I'm going to se_nd her the link...And My guess for the quiz is REGISTER to vote.
I te nd to fall on the Jay Farrar side of Tupelo, but I have drifted back towards Wilco as the guys get older (or I do). Mermaid Avenue was part of that, but my favorites (Jesus, etc. and Red-Eyed & Blue) are missing here, Dean
beautiful job :D
I sort of followed the Son Volt offshoot, but this mix has piqued my interest in Wilco. Thanks for another great chapter in Popular Music for the Masses.
A superb example of what a single artist mix can, and should (imho) be.
Sorry, but I feel the need to expound here.See, this is why I came to this site, and why I stay, and read, and check, even if I do not post or get no response or crappy attitude (only the rare PM and one particular troll is long gone).See, I stopped listening to the radio in the late 80's. In this area, the stations played a lot of crap, and the one station, actually named AOR and is often credited with started the whole AOR FM format, played only the big hits by the big stars.Yeah, thanks. Been there, done that, really don't want to hear Stairway To Heaven again, and never ever hear anything from the first disc.When a station prides itself on playing the "Best Album Rock" and has "2fer Tuesdays" and "3fer Thursdays", and only play 2 or 3 cuts by the same artists, that just ain't gettin' it for this ole boy.I knew OF Wilco, but never really checked them out. Now, I am much more inclined to pick up a disc by this artist.I come here to check out what other people listen to, and when enough cuts from enough artists I know match up, I am willing to take a change on the unknown, and am often, as here, greatly rewarded.Thanks for the great tunage!
I felt I had to say something about Mr. Mirage's comments. I believe many people on AotM feel the same way about the website, but James was able to put it into words succinctly and express what many of us like about making mixes.
It's another reason why I enjoy making alt-dj mixes so much. Being ope ned up to new musicians and seeing how other people - not just myself - react to a song I like is very expansive. (No jokes about how my music collection has expanded throughout the entire house.)
It's also the reason why a single artist mix (to me) shouldn't include all the well-known songs that many of us have heard often. Don't get me wrong, I like those type of mixes, too, and some people here do a great job of putting them together, but if I like an artist I want to hear something by them I haven't previously heard.
Anyway, thanks to Mr. Mirage for the insightful comment.
It's another reason why I enjoy making alt-dj mixes so much. Being ope ned up to new musicians and seeing how other people - not just myself - react to a song I like is very expansive. (No jokes about how my music collection has expanded throughout the entire house.)
It's also the reason why a single artist mix (to me) shouldn't include all the well-known songs that many of us have heard often. Don't get me wrong, I like those type of mixes, too, and some people here do a great job of putting them together, but if I like an artist I want to hear something by them I haven't previously heard.
Anyway, thanks to Mr. Mirage for the insightful comment.
Regarding avocado rabbit's comments regarding Mr. Mirage's comments: I completely agree and I think this Wilco mix is fantastic. However when I make a single-artist mix I try to define the artist, and that's hard to do without the hits. See, for example, my recent Matthew Sweet mix. It has "all" the hits (actually he had maybe two songs that would qualify as hits), plus demos, side projects, and album tracks. I know not every single-artist mix is meant to define that artist, so please don't think I'm criticizing great mixes like Outta Sight, Outta Mind.
And then there was Wilco.... I really like Uncle Tupelo and see the debuts of Wilco and Son Volt as, more or less, what the follow-up to Anodyne would have been. Since then, as the Tweedy/Farrar tandem have moved musically further apart, I've been very pleased, very disappointed, very surprised, and very frustrated with Wilco. I will never forget seeing them kick off a show with "Sunken Treasure" (before the release of Being There and thinking "WTF?!? This is Wilco? This is awesome!" At the same time, I'll plainly admit I don't care for probably half of their catalog, but based on the other half (including Yankee and the Mermaid Ave.), I can't dismiss them.
Thanks again for the extra d/l link. I need to listen more to WIlco.
Great Brian Wilson cover, too
A late comment, because it's taken me a while to get to this mix. I've been waiting until I really had the chance to spe_nd time with it, as I'm a Wilco nut. Even with all the anticipation, this mix hasn't disappointed. Fantastic job, and this is going on a CD to play in my car (and probably stay in my car indefinitely).