Wilco - "Hate It Here"
I just can’t make up my mind about Wilco. They’re one of those bands I know I’m supposed to like, and most of my friends like them. But when I listen, I find that I like only one out of every four or five songs. I don’t think I’m hip enough to like them.
“Hate It Here” is one of those that I like - no, love. Ever since I heard it on “Saturday Night Live” a few weeks ago, it’s haunted me - a soulful song with a Steve Winwood vibe. During the second line of the verses, the band changes from an A to a diminished A chord that tears at you, it’s so beautiful.
SNL repeated the episode this past week, and I stayed up just to watch Wilco again. Maybe I’ll give them another try.
View fan-made video for “Hate It Here” (YouTube)
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Frank (2 comments) said,
Wrote on April 4, 2008 @ 11:23 am
Watcha think about the other Uncle Tupelo spin-off, Son Volt? I never listened much to Wilco, but really dug the guitar and energy in Son Volt… it’s one of the three albums on my 30G iPod (blasphemy, I know…)