Quote Originally Posted by Davey
Hehehe, it's funny how wrong you can be sometimes, Jay - when you really put your mind to it. Old 97's certainly made a good rec in Fight Songs, but gawd I'm glad Wilco didn't follow that heavily travelled deadend. There's at least 4 songs on Summerteeth that I think are an order of magnitude more meaningful to me than anythig on Fight Songs. The images in songs like"Via Chicago" on Summerteeth or "Radio Cure" on YHF are almost scary at times, they're so heartfelt. Love that feeling. Total connection for me.

Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable.

Brilliant, simply brilliant*

* see reply to ForeverAutumn
just been listening to "She A Jar" - perhaps my favorite Wilco song...

though the images are very strong in this song, I still don't feel I totally understand it..

the way the song mutates from "miss her" to "hit her" is pretty disturbing..

there seems a few images of crying here too:

"Please beware the quiet front yard
I warned you before there were water skies
I warned you not to drive
Dry your eyes you poor devil
"

can the red eyes be taken in more than one way here?

"When I forget how to talk, I'll sing
Won't you please bring that flash to shine
And turn my eyes red unless they close when you click
And my face gets sick, stuck like a question unposed
"

I wish I had more time to really dig into Jeff's lyrics..

-jar