Oct. 21, 2009
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“Unlikely Japan,” Wilco. Somehow, despite my best efforts, “Impossible Germany” has become a favorite at Wilco shows. It’s long and boring and has about 19 different guitar solos, all of which strike me as wankery but never fail to rouse the crowd. When I saw Wilco in Tucson this year, and the band launched into “Impossible Germany,” people went slightly crazy, almost as if Wilco were playing a good song. Stop it, I wanted to shout. You’re only encouraging them. Anyway, in July Kevin turned me on to the “You Never Know” single, which contained an intriguing B-side: “Unlikely Japan,” a kind of exploded, deconstructed version of “Impossible Germany” that eschews rock-god theatrics for something infinitely more chill. Some will find it boring, but I’d take it over the Sky Blue Sky version any day. And is that Jeff Tweedy being Auto-Tuned at the end?

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  1. khora reblogged this from crumbler and added:
    B-side much better than...original. Nice find, Mr. Crumbler.
  2. dontcookbilly reblogged this from bmichael
  3. bmichael reblogged this from crumbler and added:
    took all the lessons they learned...YHF and applied them
  4. crumbler posted this
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