March Music Madness: Wilco vs. The White Stripes

[jdeare]

but the Stripes win it by a hair. I have a couple reasons, but they are trivial. I'll post them anyway!

I like Wilco, but what I don't like is that I have at least 2 friends who say things like, "I was at Rolling Stones last night and in walked Tweedy. I said, 'What up Tweedy!' and he said 'Yo!'." I don't know what it is about that band, but around here everyone thinks they are personal friends with them.

The Stripes, on the other hand, I like because they put on a great live show (if you saw them on the Grammys you know what I mean). Plus, Jack plays through a Silvertone Twin Twelve amp sometimes, which my dad also has and I have played through as well (was in a band in high school and he let me use it), so their sound is sorta "familiar" to me. Plus, the bass line from Seven Nation Army is really fun to play, even if Jack played it on a tuned down guitar.

Truly, I like both equally, but in this case, I like the Stripes more.

[ForeverAutumn]

I choose Wilco.

No really profound reasons other than personal taste. I like the Stripes, but find that I get tired of hearing them pretty quickly. I haven't purchased any of their albums mainly because I don't think that I could sit through a full disk of their music. I really like them in small doses, however.

I have two Wilco disks (Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot) and I enjoy both. I can see myself listening to these disks long into the future. I just don't see a whole lot of The White Stripes in my future. Guess I'm just into that adult alternative stuff.

[Troy]

I don't like either band enough to choose one over the other.

[Jim Clark]

I don't like either band enough to choose one over the other.

Ditto! For the life of me I can't think of a way to vote against both.

jc

[Dave_G]

Not sure why. I have heard W.S. music and I don't care for it.

Never heard any Wilco.

Dave