Wilco 2/26 and 2/27 9:30

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Wilco to play Virgin Fest

JFdL's blog predictions... yeah, you can take that stuff to the bank.

[Vas Deferens]

2/27 setlist, from NPR:
 
 "Sunken Treasure"
 "Mountain Bed"
 "Company in My Back"
 "You Are My Face"
 "Side with the Seeds"
 "She's a Jar"
 "Shot in the Arm"
 "Nothingsever"
 "Handshake Drugs"
 "Pot Kettle Black"
 "Roses Bloom"
 "Impossible Germany"
 "Simple"
 "Someday Soon"
 "Box Full of Letters"
 "Always in Love"
 "Pieholden"
 "Jesus Etc."
 "Hate It Here"
 "Walken"
 "I'm the Man"
 "Humming Bird"
 "On and On and On"
 "ELT"
 "California Stars"
 "Casino Queen"
 "I'm a Wheel"
 "Monday"

[Smylie]

ELT was cut for Via Chicago...
 
 Hoodoo Voodoo and The Lonely 1 were also on the setlist, instead they played California Stars and Monday

[azaghal1981]

I listened to the first hour last night. Sounded like their noisier edge was completely gone.
 
 
 Bummer if you ask me.
 
 Happy I sold my ticket. The person who bought it definitely enjoyed the show more than I would've; that's for sure.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Noise, noise, noise. Aren't there enough shitty noise bands out there for you to choose from? Better yet, aren't there enough construction sites in DC where you could stand around and listen to the noise? Why should the best rock band going be reduced to playing noise?   :p  
 
 
   

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  I listened to the first hour last night. Sounded like their noisier edge was completely gone.
 
 
 Bummer if you ask me.
 
 Happy I sold my ticket. The person who bought it definitely enjoyed the show more than I would've; that's for sure.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Anybody have any comparisons of night 1 and night 2? Looking at the setlist, I think I might have liked Wed even better than Tues, had I gone to both.

[nkotb]

Musically, I thought they were right on both nights.  Nels seemed to spaz out on solos a bit more last night (including accidentally launching his glass slide into the front row...ouch).  They definitely didn't rock as hard, but that was more to song selection than playing.
 
 Still, night 2 gets my vote, for two reasons:
 
 1) 30 extra minutes (and no cheating with a jammed out Kidsmoke), and
 
 2) Box Full of Letters -> Always In Love.
 
 And to further my win in Hipster Bingo, the crowd was much less crushing last night.  I had a ton of breathing room, and never had the rush of people to fill every spot around me.  In fact, I had people ask nicely to move ahead, and when I told them there really wasn't room, they backed off.  That was nice.
 
 

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Anybody have any comparisons of night 1 and night 2? Looking at the setlist, I think I might have liked Wed even better than Tues, had I gone to both.

[tigersscareme]

i agree. tuesday was full of characters, but last night there was breathing room. and a weirdly short crowd! i had no problem seeing everything.
 
 also, i thought the pacing was more leisurely last night than tuesday which was just crushing. in the best possible rock & roll way.

[Darth Ed]

I'll go with last night as the better of the two concerts. First off, the energy started off slower than Tuesday night but it kept building and it maxed out with the final song of the last encore, which is exactly how I like my concerts to go, unlike Tuesday when the show crescendoed before the first encore. Last night, both encores kicked ass. Secondly, no "Heavy Metal Drummer"! It's like they were reading this thread and saw my post from yesterday. Last night was my 8th Wilco show, and it was the first one without "Heavy Metal Drummer." Hallelujah! No, seriously, I do think the set list was a little better the second night. As for the lack of noise, they saved it almost all up for "Via Chicago," which was spectacular. I'm really glad they went with that instead of "ELT".

[shemptiness]

Nels appeared to be possessed last night.

[nkotb]

My friend and I were speculating on how much variation there'd be between nights.  I told him I'd be happy with 25% different songs.  Turns out it was  55%.  That's a pretty staggering number, in my opinion...as long as I'm not mathematically challenged.  
 
 Well worth going both nights.

[Chip Chanko]

Listening on NPR last night I was glad I didn't go two nights...for me it seemed to be lots of the same songs (I wouldn't have guessed only 45%, though) and I've seen them play box full of letters/i'm always in love before (although they're two of my favorites and definitely would have loved them on Tues). I was actually expecting them to vary it even more after the chicago run.
 
 I didn't realize till this morning but I think I would have been most happy to hear That's Not the Issue. Do they play that any more?

[freakoretardo]

Thought the shows were great.
 
 Thought first night was better than the second night
 
 Last night was, without a doubt, the most crowded I have ever seen it in ten years of seeing shows there.
 
 Do they need to play Walken and Hummingbird both nights? How about one of the 50 other tunes they have in their catalog that they didn't play?
 
 The song is called "Its Just that Simple" not "Its not the Issue"

[Chip Chanko]

"That's Not the Issue" is the song before "It's Just that Simple."
 
 

Originally posted by freakoretardo:
 The song is called "Its Just that Simple" not "Its not the Issue"

[freakoretardo]

Indeed it is.
 
 Someone had the name wrong for "Its Just that Simple" last night... caling it something similar to "...not the Issue".