Jay Farrar

"Uh....no...no no no...i don't have any of those things." he says and quickly throws away the cape, cane, and cravat he'd been wearing only moments before, looking like a third-rate Frankl Lloyd Wright.


(er...random nonsensical post...ask Calexico...i do this to him ever once in awhile)

You really only would be getting carried away if you were posting while wearing a beret, a turtleneck, a tweed blazer, and a unifocal. Otherwise you cool.

Momo wrote:I hear you dude, but I dont think you have to break out protractors and flowcharts to say the one solo smokes and the other dont. But if you like both, you go boy.

Yeah...i got carried away.
Half of it was intentional...the other half was not.
Don't ask me which is which cause i don't even know.

Heh heh...

I love Anodyne too by the way, start to finish, not counting We Been Had.

i was listenig to anodyne out in the garden this afternoon while doing some serious hammock time...
So come on back from New York City
Roll your trucks in at dawn
Walk with me to the fountain
And hold onto my arm
Come on, do what you did
Roll me under New Madrid
Shake my baby and please bring her back
'Cause death won't even be still
Caroms over the landfill
Buries us all in its broken back
i just love this cd!

ellie

I hear you dude, but I dont think you have to break out protractors and flowcharts to say the one solo smokes and the other dont. But if you like both, you go boy.

I love Anodyne.
I love Chickamauga.
I love it for the music, for the lyrics, and for the emotions evoked by the combination of both.

With that said (and i'm gonna say something crazy here but just bear with me)...it's quite possible to say ALL guitar solos are pointless.

It's a cliche staple (hmmm can i really use those two words together?) of rock songs. We all know solos of some instrument are prevalent throughout nearly all forms of music...especially rock songs.

And if they do have a point it's a showcase for the hopefully rip-roaring ability of the lead guitarist.
Different musical genres and forms handle the notion of the solo differently of course, but rock'n'roll generally uses it the same way all the time.

So some could say the solo at the end of Chickamauga is just as pointless as the one at the end of Afterglow 61.

Afterglow 61's solo follows and builds on the guitarwork Brad Rice lays down earlier in the song better than Jay's deconstructivist guitar solo at the end of Chickamauga.
So....they're completely different solos in a lot of ways and I think i could easily understand why Momo would dislike one and not the other (and probably for completely different reasons than i've just babbled on about.)

Nevertheless, they both f-ckin' rock and i love them.
You start analyzing these things TOO much and you start pulling words like 'deconstructivist' outta your ass like i just did.

Take care.

I like the solo at the end of Chickamagua, far as solos go at the end of songs. I called the Afterglow one pointless. So there. Put that in your pipes and schmoke it.

Groo wrote:

saratoga jay wrote: Chickamauga would be a great tune if it didn't have that annoying, pointless guitar solo at the end....

Wow, you are retarded. That guitar solo is awesome.

yes, i am retarded.

i appreciate you pointing this out...

bigdieseltrucker wrote:So much of the shit I listened to in college did not stand the test of time. UT is the exception. It's real.

Definitely. So few artists continue to mean something to me over long stretches of time. UT is on that short list (and so is Wilco, for that matter).

Groo wrote:

saratoga jay wrote: Chickamauga would be a great tune if it didn't have that annoying, pointless guitar solo at the end....

Wow, you are retarded. That guitar solo is awesome.

read the Hey Momo thread on page 3

Groo wrote:

saratoga jay wrote: Chickamauga would be a great tune if it didn't have that annoying, pointless guitar solo at the end....

Wow, you are retarded. That guitar solo is awesome.

That was sarcasm. Obviously you're new here.

saratoga jay wrote: Chickamauga would be a great tune if it didn't have that annoying, pointless guitar solo at the end....

Wow, you are retarded. That guitar solo is awesome.

Goldtop wrote:I love Anodyne too (don't we all) but SOMEBODY has to give some love for The Long Cut and We've Been Had, don't they?? Two of Jeff's best songs ever and y'all are pretending they're not even on the record!

Ugh...The Long Cut is by far my least favorite "UT song that most people like". I can't believe that of all the songs on the album they chose that one to showcase on national TV. I skip it. We've Been Had, on the other hand, is a rocker.

Goldtop wrote:I love Anodyne too (don't we all) but SOMEBODY has to give some love for The Long Cut and We've Been Had, don't they?? Two of Jeff's best songs ever and y'all are pretending they're not even on the record!

Love 'em both! Especially 'The Long Cut', one of Jeff's best UT tunes. But 'We've Been Had' is a great little parting indictment of the bullshit that is the music industry though. Or at least it strongly hints at that. I don't really skip any song on the album, though I don't think I've given 'High Water' much of a chance. More 'this is our swansong, in case you haven't figured it out yet' writing from Jay there