GO ABBA GO!!!

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Who saw them at ACL? I'm watching it in HD on PBS right now. Holy shit it's awesome. I have a band boner. They are actually making my 16 oz can of Old Style taste good.

I was there. I got to that stage an hour and a half early so I could be about 20 feet from Jeff Tweedy. Turned out to be about 100 feet, but it was good enough. It was unbelievable, and I heard that the taping of the ACL tv show the day before was even better. I think it was the same playlist.

My notes:

They gave Wilco an hour and 15 minutes when they usually give an hour. It was awesome. I know I say that every time I hear them, but dammit...I'm not the only one. Look at This blog report of the taping of their Austin City Limits television show set the night before. It's the little things with them. Like Tweedy going acoustic for I am going to break your heart And the big things, like the amazing guitar solos that seemed to just take over the world. And the craziness around him with drums and guitar and other noise while Jeff sings softly and calmly to the lyrics of Via Chicago. The set was pretty heavy with Sky Blue Sky, but as always, they played a lot from various albums. I've heard Walken so many times live now, it surprises me it's only been released on Sky Blue Sky. I actually was sort of surprised that The Late Greats" wasn't played because I've heard it so many times live now... I don't really know how to express how much I love hearing this band, especially with Nels Cline at guitar now. It's possibly my perfect band. I was standing there, singing along with thousands of other die hard Wilco fan and I was perfectly happy. I could have just gone to this show and I would have been fine with my ACL experience.

That blog post I linked to is about the show you just saw. The writer was at the taping and was equally orgasmic in his description.