Why do I hate Wilco?
I really shouldn't.
I never really liked them, but it seems now every time I hear them it grates on me.
I used to be able to dismiss them. Now they are like the Grateful Dead to me. When I hear them, I want to rip my ears off. They sound just like the Grateful Dead. They are slow and wandering and whiny.
People in my office like Wilco.
I am not one of those people.
It's kind of driving me crazy right now so I thought I would vent.
How do so many people LOVE this band?
I never really liked them, but it seems now every time I hear them it grates on me.
I used to be able to dismiss them. Now they are like the Grateful Dead to me. When I hear them, I want to rip my ears off. They sound just like the Grateful Dead. They are slow and wandering and whiny.
People in my office like Wilco.
I am not one of those people.
It's kind of driving me crazy right now so I thought I would vent.
How do so many people LOVE this band?
posted by blob bladewig @ 12:11 PM
11 Comments:
At 4:48 PM ,
Anonymous said...
I'm with you man. Living in Chicago and now Portland it is probably hard to avoid them!
At 7:43 PM ,
Will said...
I found your post by googling "i hate wilco". Like you, I can't ignore them. While I listen to KEXP online, there is music I don't care for at times. But whenever there is something *so annoying* that I have to look up who it is, it is always Wilco.
At 1:48 PM ,
Unknown said...
Can't stand them with their harmonized geeked out solos, and their occasional lame attempts at art rock. Really can't digest Wilco. Wish they'd go away.
At 4:50 PM ,
bostonhud said...
i also found this post by googling "i hate wilco". not only can i not stand their music, but i have another reason. jeff tweedy (lead singer) went to the same high school i did, about ten years before i did. regardless, he's never done anything for the music scene in the southern illinois/st. louis area. hes a total sell out to the chicago scene. and i love this fact because indie rejects think he's so pure.
At 1:31 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Wilco sucks. Pandora keeps including them in my radio stations and I keep giving them a thumbs down. A singer that just can't sing should eventually stop, but Tweedy keeps on chugging along like the energizer bunny. Why do people like this lame crap? I have no idea. No interesting harmony, predictable boring lyrics and a guy that can't sing. Sounds like a bad open mic night, but that's Wilco.
At 12:57 PM ,
Anonymous said...
My girlfriend has a Wilco book and it is filled with interesting content and tons of artsy photos - While I was admiring this book I kept thinking "Maybe I haven't given this band a chance. Wilco has to be good. I mean look at their eccentric equipment. Listen to the intriguing things they are saying..." So with this new state of mind, I put on one of their records. I immediately wanted to rip my ears off. Tweedy's vocals kill my soul.
You are not alone fellow Wilco haters.
At 1:31 PM ,
Anonymous said...
What drives me nuts about it is that people whose taste in music I respect like Wilco. There are many people who like a lot of the same bands I like and who love Wilco. And I hate them. I've tried coming back to them at least three times, now. It never works. They're just so boring.
At 5:33 AM ,
NotANelsClineFan said...
Everyone I know except my wife is obsessed with them and even she's hung up on Americana. Two bars of anything involving Jeff Tweedy and I need to immediately scrub my ears out with Blue Oyster Cult.
At 5:25 PM ,
Anonymous said...
I found this post after googling, "Wilco sucks balls".
At 6:32 AM ,
Unknown said...
Absolute garbage
At 9:17 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Wilco is lame jive shit for white folks that are trying to be hipsters instead of hippies.
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