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Groveling is the new cockiness with Wilco
“I know you’ve been out in the sun all day,” Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy told a hot, dusty and nearly festivaled-out crowd late Sunday afternoon during his band’s Cingular stage set at ACL fest. “But you could help out more.
“Wilco doesn’t usually come begging,” he added. “But life’s too short. Please, show some enthusiasm!”
Just then, a much-needed breeze kicked up and the band launched into “A Shot in the Arm.” The combination worked. After the next tune, “War on War,” in which Tweedy led the newly responsive audience in hand claps as a feedback maelstrom built behind him, he said, “I like this groveling thing. Groveling. Groveling. It’s the new cockiness.”
Leave it to Tweedy to keep the quotes coming, along with such fine melodies as “Jesus, Etc.,” “I’m the Man Who Loves You,” “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” and “I’m Always in Love” — a cut from “Summer Teeth,” an album he said the band doesn’t visit often in concert. They also performed a new song he said was written “just for you, Austin.” He didn’t offer a title for the funky tune, which featured guitarist Nels Cline on dobro. But it was clear Tweedy and the band were having fun and working hard to entertain. They didn’t have to grovel. Fortunately, the audience finally noticed.
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By odam
September 26, 2005 05:47 PM | Link to this
the new Wilco tune is called “Walken”