Comments on: ‘It’s the simple ones that bear the most truth’

By: john

john — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:49:36 +0000

Saw Uncle Tupelo twice back in the day, first as a trio and then a year later augmented by Max Johnston into a quartet. The quartet was fine but the trio show blazed. Roots + NOISE.

I have quibbles with their view of the roots, but I’ve been trying to cut down my nibbling on the quibbles.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:57:17 +0000

As someone who purposefully neglected U.T. in the early nineties and who only started to appreciate them by way of my wife who forced me to get of my high horse, I’m reminded how fucking pigheaded I used to be. This confirms that U.T. picked up the torch left by Minutemen/Firehose…nice find. Wilco is a whole ‘nother animal now while Farrar has mellowed like a fine wine…misunderstood geniuses is a phrase I most like to use for Tweedy and Farrar…Apples and Oranges are two others. I was a Wilco fan before a Son Volt fan…but now I love both leaders equally but for completely different reasons. Kind of ironic, huh? I saw Son Volt in the nineties and Wilco too…I can’t contextualize either now…it’s like another planet now.

By: mike

mike — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:09:26 +0000

I’m reading Greg Kot’s “Wilco: Learning How To Die” which also goes into Uncle Tupelo’s history as a band, so I really appreciate this video. Great stuff.

And I have this feeling that maybe it was Jeff that wrote in that bathroom stall at The Knitting Factory that Uncle Tupelo were the best band in the world. Or at least it wouldn’t surprise me.

By: Tyler W

Tyler W — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:35:07 +0000

Yeah, all these years later it’s easy to forget what a good band UT were from the very beginning. A mix of Creedence and hardcore that no one else has really been able to pull off.

By: knitgirl

knitgirl — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:57:46 +0000

ah yes, now that’s the stuff! brings back some good memories.

most excellent cowbell too!