Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Tuesday Tunes

I change my name every once in a while
A miracle every once in a while
I create, I am a flame
A flame creator
A random name generator



Omg you guise!  Another Wilco song for Tuesday Tunes, who would have guessed?!  I know, sometimes the Wilco-lover over here gets a little out of hand, but I make no apologies for it.  Wilco is one of the few things to remain constant in my life...which is a weird fact. A fact I just realized the other day.  One of the kids asked me when I started to like Wilco and I instantly knew it was when I was a Sophomore in high school.  My brother introduced me to them via the album A.M. and later Being There, and Summerteeth.  Summerteeth is the one that stuck, the one that got me hooked. (Also, I'd like to kindly point out one of the many benefits of having a blended family is the age gap between siblings.  It's often seen as a negative, which I can understand when kids are very young, but when you reach your teen years, let tell you, it's very helpful, very cool even, to have older siblings in their twenties.)  Anyway, tangent over, back to Wilco...I started listening to Wilco when I was fourteen via A.M. and haven't stopped. 

Each album has held a new truth for me, sometimes more than one.  They have been there during my teen years which are obviously full of growth and turmoil for all of us.  I imagine any of you could name at least one album that you remember clearly from your teen years.  Summerteeth came out a few months before I graduated from high school.  A few years later Yankee Hotel Foxtrot appeared as I began my life as a "real adult" with a job I had earned on my own, and the beginnings of an adult relationship.  I still remember playing 'Reservations' for Tim for the first time.  Feeling that all I needed to say could be said for me by Jeff Tweedy.  I have fond memories of singing,  'My Darling' to Ben, Nate, and Syda when they were babies, connecting with 'On and On and On' after my father's death, and now this song as I go through another life transition. The songs that have narrated huge moments in my life is quite long, and luckily enough for me, I get to keep adding to it because Wilco is not done making albums! 

Their newest addition, Star Wars, was available as a free download on their website when it was first released.  As I type this, I've received a notification via email that they are almost sold out of vinyl copies.  So get over to wilcoworld.net and order if you're a vinyl enthusiast.  Better yet, I got an email notifying me that Wilco is coming my way in January, which means if you are on the East Coast, they are likely coming your way too.  This track off of Star Wars is my current ear worm.  I can't decide what specifically is catching my ear, it's all pleasing, but again Tweedy's lyrics stand out. As much as I love a good beat, or a good riff, nothing gets to me more than lyrics.  It's got to be the writer in me.  Tweedy doesn't fail to bring heartfelt words to our minds via a catchy song that whispers past our ears.  Take a listen and see if you don't end up humming this song by the end of the day. 

Random Name Generator - Wilco

Come on, listen to the wheel this way
I belong to the stars in the day
I ran away
Eternal instigator
Well, I was old
I remember the Milky Way, why?
I belong to the stars in the sky
Random name
Random name generator
Random name generator
Random name generator
Here, lonely in the coldest night
Somebody hold me in the diamond light
A narrator
Mr. Narrator
I want a name and a newborn child
A miracle only ever grows wild
It is a book instigator
A random name generator
I kinda like it when I make you cry
A miracle only once in a while
A random name
Random name generator
I change my name every once in a while
A miracle every once in a while
I create, I am a flame
A flame creator
A random name generator
Come on, cuff me to the weed with some wine
If I miss your breeze or you miss mine
I kinda like it when I make you cry
A miracle every once in a while
Come on, cuff me to the weed with some wine
I think I miss my family I found



I really love this live version.  You can also get the entire KEXP show here.
 
The studio version rocks pretty damn hard too.