As much as I've bitched about Wilco's turn for the worse, the performance was pretty good (except for the two songs off of Ghost). Sonic Youth, on the other hand, were just annoying. I guess I'm just getting old.
Especially good was "When the Roses Bloom Again", which they had intended to include on the Mermaid Avenue albums until they found out that the lyrics were actually written by the Carter Family and not Woody Guthrie. Tweedy ended up giving the song to Laura Cantrell, who did a nice job with it on her 2002 album. Interesting to hear Wilco to do it as a sort of shuffle.
Originally posted by joz:
crud. i tivo'ed it but haven't watched yet. i'll check it out tonight. unfortunately it was during wilco's set instead of sonic youth's.