giovedì 22 novembre 2007

Wilco concert in Spain!

This was probably the best concert I have ever been to. All of the members of the band are incredible musicians, and never before have I seen a group play together the way they did. It seemed that every note they each played was perfectly in sync with eachothers'. They were in eachother's heads. It was amazing to watch. The crowd, mostly Spanish, was fantastic as well. These people who basically spoke no english, knew every word to every song. I have never seen such an enthusiastic audience. We called them out for THREE encores. Each longer and better than the next, and I could have stayed for many more.
The best part about Wilco was that they played with that rare spark that is missing in so much modern music. They are their music. They live to play it, they play because they love it, and for no other reason. They project that passion onto the crowd in such a way that you can't help but be swept up in it. They were just so good! And even though they have been around for a long time, and they have been playing shows for years, and they are very famous, they still do not take themselves too seriously. Several times during the show, their songs morphed in the "Ole Ole" chant, the theme song of Spain. The crowd went crazy for this. They loved Wilco, I loved Wilco, my friends loved Wilco, and Wilco made us feel like they loved us too.
I think I lost my voice from screaming when they played my favorite song, "Jesus, etc". I even posted it here in this blog, and I'm sorry that you can probably hear me singing along...
I will talk about seeing Wilco in Spain for the rest of my life, while oozing love and awe for the band. I will dream about Jeff Tweedy's voice singing to the tune of Nels Cline's unbelievable guitar. For those of you who have to hear me talk about them time and time again, I'm sorry. They were just that good.













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