Very valid stuff. Wish we could sit down and shoot the shit over a few beers for a long listening session. But alas... It's been great conversing. Many thanks. I think I'll remove most of my comments in the next day or two, so we're not taking up all the space on the Nels Cline section, speaking of extraneous stuff. Thanks again for your articulate responses..
this seems like normal blues rock crap to me.i only like this guy when he tries to sound like sonic youth (which he does, and yes i know hes being avant jazz for years in chicago). i also only like the wilco song that sounds like can so what would i know
@RootsinBrooklyn Have you ever heard him play with his trio (the Nels Cline Singers)? Their stuff should satisfy you about 'what the fuzz or buzz is about this guy'. As for his work in Wilco, in rock it's so much not about how many accidentals or outside phrases or new ideas you inject, it's about direct communication. And that is why he got hired for Wilco - because he is a jazz-schooled player who can play with total directness if that's what the context demands.
@RootsinBrooklyn Neither do I. Neither does he, apparently, being a modest guy. I think he's better than you think he is (and many fine musicians, from Julius Hemphill to Mike Watt, would seem to agree), but I guess he's got some of the attention because he's a leftfield jazz guy who has lucked into a good gig in a very (OK, fairly) visible rock band.
I'm not saying he's my favourite guitarist ever, but you must admit, isn't it nice that a fine musician once in a while gets the recognition he deserves? Maybe there are players out there as good as Nels Cline who haven't had his level of visibility, but that's an injustice. For once, it's good to see justice done. No? And while there are maybe more natural jazz players out there, and more direct rock players, there are few who can do both, i.e. carry rock intensity into jazz complexity.
@RootsinBrooklyn Mike Stern: yes. Didn't like it that much - not intense enough to be rock and not interesting enough to be the kind of jazz I like. Buzz Feiten, Terry Haggerty: not knowingly. Will check them out. Jeff Baxter: assuming you mean the guy who played those solos on Steely Dan records, good fun but otherwise I refer you to my comment on Mike Stern. John Scofield's stuff I know quite well, and I don't really enjoy it. I think you have to be American, or something.
@RootsinBrooklyn The edginess and aggression of punk suits my temperament better than the more mellow, even slightly (!) stoned vibe of the Allmans or Santana. I don't deny that the Allmans and Santana are fine musicians, but what they make is usually a little too relaxed for me. There are emotional areas, generally to do with anger and hostility, that they simply can't access, just as most punk bands can't make you cry (with the exception of Husker Du).
@RootsinBrooklyn Just to clarify - I'm not a bigot or a philistine. I hear that Scofield is a gifted player, but it's just not for me. I can't get all that excited by the endless funky bluesy workouts. I actually prefer someone like Pat Metheny, who for all that he sometimes plays stuff quite close to muzak, seems to have a more varied mode of expression than Scofield. Metheny can affect me emotionally, whereas Scofield just makes me want to drink beer and go 'whoo!', which isn't quite enough.
My final boring answer to your good question: where I really connect with Nels Cline is that he's made a positive connection with the punk and post-punk bands that I love, via great guitarists like Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd and Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, and all the other guys you mention, fine musicians though they are, play as if punk never happened. Nels Cline understands the impatience and anger of punk and that's one reason I think he's got a broader range than some other guys.
@RootsinBrooklyn You too may have nailed it, in that punk wasn't aiming for 'melody, danceable rhythms, gospel, soul, blues, and even innocence', but something quite different. I freely grant that a lot of punk and post-punk is just noisy and inept yammering, but some of it is genuinely expressive of a set of emotions and experiences that had never really been expressed in music before. I don't much admire of Moore's actual playing, but Sonic Youth do something for me that no other band does.
yeah. you got me with your superior intellect and deductive powers. well done and my heartfelt congratulations.Check your mail the Nobel prize will be delivered soon.
I don't know about u all, but to these aged ears Cline is the most interesting guitarist I have encountered in memory in, oh, 30 years or more. Cannot say I have the slightest interest in Wilco, does not mean they are not a great band, it took me until I was 26 to "get" the Grateful Dead. But, knowing Cline from the Nels Cline Singers about 10 years ago, a band in which there were no singers, has instantly made me a Wilco fan. He is in heady territory peopled by Jimi, McLaughlin, Garcia, others
I want this on when I am dying....I think it sounds like heaven.I wish I didn't love Wilco so much,it interferes with my life...it drives my husband & are you ready for this...my grandson crazy.I have only felt like this before about Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, & Elvis Costello in my 50 yrs here.And they are above them all. Their concerts are love fests fro their fans.They work so hard to play the greatest music & they play what we want to hear.I make myself sick.
That comment is awesome. You and my wife! We both love that Impossible Germany solo. It makes me levitate. My family all know how into that Jeff Tweedy I am. Nothing wrong with appreciating great art. People gush over Picasso masterpieces - hell, even his doodle drawings. Making music and getting your point across and doing it with emotion, is as high an art.
3 guitars too much... not necessarily. If you write interwoven parts in different registers of the guitar you can get great effects. It's a staple of my songwriting style... most of my stuff requires three electric guitars or two electric guitars and one acoustic twelve-string to perform correctly.
Okay.... *listens*... yeah 3 guitars are too much.
Seriously, you have Nels Cline as your guitarist and you need to add 2 more guitars to that? I'm sorry but it starts to sound like Lynard Skynard or something at that point. Right at about 1:30 I could do without the other two guys.
Hands down one of the best shows I've seen by Wilco. This show was performed 06-29-07 outside at Shelburne Museum in Burlington, VT. This was the first of the three shows I've seen of Wilco. Amazing guitar solos. I was screaming for "Ashes" while "via chicago" was playing. I'll never forget this show
i dont care what anyone says...nels cline is one of the best guitarists of today...you can like whatever the hell ya want but its a fact that cline does EXACTLY what he wants with his guitar...that makes him great....ive seen a lot of concerts but seeing wilco this past week was probably the best live performance of them all
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It,s amazing that some people can,t appreciate or acknowledge how good or refined top players like Van Halen,Malmsteen, Methany etc are ,yet they seem to like this very basic,albeit with some individuality, type of soloing which is diatonically based and even at one point misplaces a major third chord tone instead of a minor one in one of the phrases.
wow its amazing there are idiots like you out there that think music needs to be very complex in order to be good. so my friend your a moron. Nels Cline is awsome and you suck at life. PS ohh what was that song you made, oh yeah you suck at life so you didn't.
Who cares how technically "good" a guitarist is if their music is boring... Malmsteen is insane, so is Van Halen (though he is vastly overrated and can't seem to write a good song to save his life), but Nels puts so much life into everything he does. It's not that he is incapable of playing "complex" stuff, he just knows how to play what best suits the song. That is a truly great guitarist, and more so, a phenomenal musician.
Nels Cline plays Avant Garde jazz on guitar. He has released albums interpreting late Coltrane recordings. He is FAR from a strict diatonic player. THIS solo may be diatonic b/c that's what the song calls for. A douchebag like Malmsteen would have blew his load all over this progression and completely ruined the feel of the song.
I agree with you that Yngwie Malmsteen is a douchebag, but Robert Fripp for example, plays still now more Avant Garde jazz than Cline. And Fripp is a very diatonic player, with a lots of chord progressions in his music...he is the man
@Lafforte Nels Cline is perfectly capable of post-bop harmonic complexity, or free playing, when it's appropriate for what he's doing. However, he is a good musician, and he plays what's right for the song. This is right for the song. So shut the fuck up.
@monkeysbum999 Van Halen, Malmsteen, Methany, etc. are extremely overrated. No one of their stoned, drinking fans can really comprehend and appreciate great, true music. Nels Cline is not diatonically based. He is my idol and a musical genius.
that is a ridiculous comment. first of all, he's probably faster than steve vai. second of all, his style is completely and totally different from steve vai- he's a jazz player
Saw Nels and Kotche do a solo/duo concert a year or two ago. Few musicians (on ANY insrument) have such a combination of "chops", taste, and originality. He's a real artist.
i love how this guitar solo both works as a solo and serves the song as a whole after jeff and pat come back in with the interplay, very good stuff that's better then any "metal" solo since that's all flashy but doesn't further the song, good stuff plus lalopalloza 2008 wilco and radiohead, awesome
I don't know. Some of the best metal solos are great because they work within the framework of the song. Why does somthing always have to be good to the exclusion of other things?
glevitan... I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and hope you're kidding when you say Nels Cline has no chops. Nels Cline has more chops than every guitar player you named in your post. Ok ok... after watching your videos it is obvious you were joking. Clearly you have no idea what chops are. Nels Cline is one of the most technically proficient guitarists in history.
Personaly, I'd say something along the lines of "even though I fucking HATE Wilco (and believe me, I do) I can't help but drown in Mr. Cline's GENIUS." It's like Steely Dan filtered through infinite passion and joy....
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BTW All i said was this solo is unimpressive and he has no chops...one is a valid opinion and one is a fact. I said he plays with some emotion. but thats all this is!!
This may not be his crowning achievement, but it is a fact that Nels Cline has chops coming out his pores.
Perhaps you meant pork chops? Or metal guitar chops (most of which is by definition incredibly uninspired—and that's coming from someone who actually enjoys metal quite a bit)?
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first off its actually a fact that Nels does NOT have chops....you cant argue this point Its like arguing that the sky isn't blue on a sunny day.
Secondly the fact that you said MOST of metal guitarists are by definition incredibly uninspired is just a silly uneducated statement. Please don't try to convince us that you listen to metal because you don't.
i don't only listen to metal by a long shot and i wasn't comparing Nels to metal guitarists.
yes he plays with emotion....but the definition of "chops" is straight proficiency and skill and he simply isn't nearly wowing me with his skill, scale knowledge, speed, or creativity. Is that so bad???
If you want to talk chops AND emotion lets talk about Vai, Johnson, Dimebag, Howe, fruciante, rhoads, matheny,. shall i go one?? Not all metal guitarist but all have the same level of emotion as Mr. Cline but in ANOTHER world with their technique, originality, and yes chops.
You really should listen to some of his other material before making such a strong judgement. It's pretty obvious he's being tasteful for this tune. I'm still hooked on Randy and Dimebag, but this guy has something they don't. A good place to start to get the idea would be all of his lead work on "Side With The Seeds" off this album (Sky Blue Sky). Great use of dissonance, harmonic minor/alternate scales, tension, insanely bombastic speed and touch. Seriously, check it out.
With you 100% about Metheny....but I don't think you give Cline enough credit. There's so much subtle creativity and skill in this one solo, not to mention his other work.
Music is only 25% skill. And 100% passion. Nels has passion. He can express it through his guitar. Metheny just plays some repetative progression of 16th notes for 8 minutes.
Metheny just doesn't have 'skill' where it matters, in the heart.
I found this guy through Jenny Scheinman, and have become a huge fan watching his clips over the last hour or so, i think he's the best kept secret in guitar playing, soul power and artistry and unique. i'm going to listen to everything i can find by him. reminds me of Al Green somehow.
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Can someone tell me what they like about this solo?? Its boring, uninspired, and cliched. he has no chops whatsoever...basically one simple scale played over and over.
Yes he plays it with some emotion and i will give him that...but an impressive solo?!?! I think not!
If you want to hear guitar work that good at times - pick up Neil Young's Zuma - Neil works his heart and pick off. And Paul Westerberg did Jeff Tweedy's voice better - listen to Let it Be and Tim and Pleased to Meet me and other great replacments cds and if you like listen to Paul westerbergs best solo effort - 14 songs - listen to the song Things .. Things is as good as it gets ..
Why the frick didn't I pick up on Wilco sooner - I am such a Replacements Fan and that guitar is straight out of Neil young's zuma and the a brothers and loan me a dime boz scaggs and Paul Westerberg will you ever get it back? are you listening germany impossible japan.
Agree 100% - I have been saying for years, Wilco is the band the Replacements could have become. My two favorite bands of all time.
As for Nels, I always had a beef about him being a jazzer, but finally saw the band last Sunday -- and I was 100% wrong, his playing is very visceral and adds a ton to the band's performance. He is a blast to watch also.
Just wanted to know you opinion - if these live versions are better the CD 'cause my friend says he doesn't like Impossbile Germany that much. His fav Cd is Foxtrot which on You Tube to be doesn't sound great .. but I like Jesus ETc and have to listen to more.
The album version of Impossible Germany doesn't compare to the live versions here on YT - Cline's solo is fairly muted on the CD, but is the feature of the song when played live.
Agree somewhat with the Replacements-Wilco comparisons... but the mats were hardly the professional musicians that the guys in Wilco are. whether that's a good or bad thing depends on what you like in music...
He is a jazzer, but it is far from what most would think of as a jazz drummer. Any of the Nels Cline Singers albums are amazing as well as just about everything he has done. 3+3=7 by Joel Harrison with Nels on both baritone and regular electric guitar is awesome as is his work with the Geraldine Fibbers and Mike Watt.
not only is he shitty, i heard a story where he slapped some lady because she didn't know who he was...malmsteen(or however u spell it)= royal douche, and + his leather pants are way to tight
This is so inspiring, i got the new wilco album a while ago and had never heard of nels, i was just blown away i just bought the Nels Cline Singers new Album, Draw Breath and its equally amazing.
He's really gotten me into this type of jazz. He's defiantly my favorite guitarist, and yeah he play a Jazzy so that makes it all the more awesome
people need to learn the world of nels cline, he is such an influential guitarist. Everytime i here this solo my jaw drops. He is just Frankly inspiring.
So much more inventive, creative and fresh than the crappy high-speed fireworks of people like Eddie van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai. Yuk! Nels Cline could give them all lessons...
Ok, that was decent!
bmclaughlin01 3 months ago
this fuckin sux
ihaveaverybadcold 4 months ago
a guitarist like him should have a good band behind, a good jazz drummer and a great jazz bassist. Like this it sounds like a wedding performance.
sosaturdido 6 months ago
Very valid stuff. Wish we could sit down and shoot the shit over a few beers for a long listening session. But alas... It's been great conversing. Many thanks. I think I'll remove most of my comments in the next day or two, so we're not taking up all the space on the Nels Cline section, speaking of extraneous stuff. Thanks again for your articulate responses..
RootsinBrooklyn 7 months ago
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RootsinBrooklyn 7 months ago
Great guitarist. Even though he does have a passing resemblance to Alastair Campbell in this vid.
Tompsk69 8 months ago
@Tompsk69 Actually, he is the spitting image of the Irish playwright Arthur Riordan.
lexo30 7 months ago
It looks like he's making love to his guitar... grody
Silverwolfrunniing 8 months ago
so shit!
gavdaly06 1 year ago
Really? I don't think he's overrated. I've seen John Mcglaughlin live and I think Nels is almost as good if not as good as him.
Trebgah 1 year ago
who the fck disliked this? :47 destroys
normcdnld 1 year ago
Wilco is not nearly popular enough.
Trebgah 1 year ago
1:36 - Frank Zappa is alive and working as guitar tech for Wilco....
theanthill1001 1 year ago 8
@theanthill1001 Good eyes man! =]
lucasngama 2 months ago
this seems like normal blues rock crap to me.i only like this guy when he tries to sound like sonic youth (which he does, and yes i know hes being avant jazz for years in chicago). i also only like the wilco song that sounds like can so what would i know
badgefukker90210 1 year ago
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RootsinBrooklyn 1 year ago
@RootsinBrooklyn this is very bluesy. And Nels Cline would disagree with you about Sonic Youth
manus211 1 year ago
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RootsinBrooklyn 1 year ago
@RootsinBrooklyn Have you ever heard him play with his trio (the Nels Cline Singers)? Their stuff should satisfy you about 'what the fuzz or buzz is about this guy'. As for his work in Wilco, in rock it's so much not about how many accidentals or outside phrases or new ideas you inject, it's about direct communication. And that is why he got hired for Wilco - because he is a jazz-schooled player who can play with total directness if that's what the context demands.
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RootsinBrooklyn 7 months ago
@RootsinBrooklyn Neither do I. Neither does he, apparently, being a modest guy. I think he's better than you think he is (and many fine musicians, from Julius Hemphill to Mike Watt, would seem to agree), but I guess he's got some of the attention because he's a leftfield jazz guy who has lucked into a good gig in a very (OK, fairly) visible rock band.
lexo30 7 months ago
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RootsinBrooklyn 7 months ago
I'm not saying he's my favourite guitarist ever, but you must admit, isn't it nice that a fine musician once in a while gets the recognition he deserves? Maybe there are players out there as good as Nels Cline who haven't had his level of visibility, but that's an injustice. For once, it's good to see justice done. No? And while there are maybe more natural jazz players out there, and more direct rock players, there are few who can do both, i.e. carry rock intensity into jazz complexity.
lexo30 7 months ago
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RootsinBrooklyn 7 months ago
@RootsinBrooklyn Mike Stern: yes. Didn't like it that much - not intense enough to be rock and not interesting enough to be the kind of jazz I like. Buzz Feiten, Terry Haggerty: not knowingly. Will check them out. Jeff Baxter: assuming you mean the guy who played those solos on Steely Dan records, good fun but otherwise I refer you to my comment on Mike Stern. John Scofield's stuff I know quite well, and I don't really enjoy it. I think you have to be American, or something.
lexo30 7 months ago
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RootsinBrooklyn 7 months ago
@RootsinBrooklyn The edginess and aggression of punk suits my temperament better than the more mellow, even slightly (!) stoned vibe of the Allmans or Santana. I don't deny that the Allmans and Santana are fine musicians, but what they make is usually a little too relaxed for me. There are emotional areas, generally to do with anger and hostility, that they simply can't access, just as most punk bands can't make you cry (with the exception of Husker Du).
lexo30 7 months ago
@RootsinBrooklyn Just to clarify - I'm not a bigot or a philistine. I hear that Scofield is a gifted player, but it's just not for me. I can't get all that excited by the endless funky bluesy workouts. I actually prefer someone like Pat Metheny, who for all that he sometimes plays stuff quite close to muzak, seems to have a more varied mode of expression than Scofield. Metheny can affect me emotionally, whereas Scofield just makes me want to drink beer and go 'whoo!', which isn't quite enough.
lexo30 7 months ago
My final boring answer to your good question: where I really connect with Nels Cline is that he's made a positive connection with the punk and post-punk bands that I love, via great guitarists like Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd and Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, and all the other guys you mention, fine musicians though they are, play as if punk never happened. Nels Cline understands the impatience and anger of punk and that's one reason I think he's got a broader range than some other guys.
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RootsinBrooklyn 7 months ago
@RootsinBrooklyn You too may have nailed it, in that punk wasn't aiming for 'melody, danceable rhythms, gospel, soul, blues, and even innocence', but something quite different. I freely grant that a lot of punk and post-punk is just noisy and inept yammering, but some of it is genuinely expressive of a set of emotions and experiences that had never really been expressed in music before. I don't much admire of Moore's actual playing, but Sonic Youth do something for me that no other band does.
lexo30 7 months ago
I love how shiny his clothes always are....
tregnal 1 year ago
Cool solo definitely fits the song-
but what's up with the thin tone and reliance on the whammy bar?
Too bad the other guitarists start to come in and somewhat interfere with
his well paced build up. Reminds a little bit of some of the earlier Lou Reed
material played in Europe w Robert Quine or Chuck Hammer.
amsterjam66 1 year ago
he has a great relaxed guitar style
firebeforeice 1 year ago
@firebeforeice 2:02
TheCover182 1 year ago
That's the best high right there. When I play my guitar and just start jamming out, no drug can replicate that euphoric feeling.
biganakhanhda 1 year ago
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performance = jerk. Lots of drama and no real guitar kills. It is embarrising to just watch.
QuarkToo 1 year ago
Dude, you can't even spell. Shut the hell up.
pinkfloydfan417 1 year ago
@QuarkToo And we are jealous why?
emmalia93 1 year ago
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not good
pirrostsakas 2 years ago
I think it's interesting that he doesn't do any big bends, in a song like that it's not typical at all.
MorningBuzz 2 years ago
@MorningBuzz its because of his background in jazz, a genre in which bending is uncommon to non existent
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simpon 2 years ago
Nels kills it! He kinda blew it on the change, but still awesome
Freemasonry 2 years ago
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this sounds like shit and the guitarist looks really gay
gavdaly06 2 years ago
you tit
simpon 2 years ago
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fuck you bitch
gavdaly06 2 years ago
youre brave arent you such a deep thinker
simpon 2 years ago
all what i can say is any1 who enjoys this is seriously gay
gavdaly06 2 years ago
...and you can barely say that you retard.
Get back under your stone and stop wasting good oxygen
simpon 2 years ago 2
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i feel sorry for you really, in your spare time you listen to this shit, why dont you suck his ginger red sack?
gavdaly06 2 years ago
just as soon as i have finished humpin your mother
simpon 2 years ago 3
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so your admitting you would you faggot, so its true then everyone who listens to this is gay
gavdaly06 2 years ago
yeah. you got me with your superior intellect and deductive powers. well done and my heartfelt congratulations.Check your mail the Nobel prize will be delivered soon.
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simpon 2 years ago 3
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haha you stupid fucks who listen to this really are stupid
gavdaly06 2 years ago
tit
simpon 2 years ago 3
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your a tit, come on you listen to shit
gavdaly06 2 years ago
do you mean you're
simpon 2 years ago 3
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whatever you are a tit!
gavdaly06 2 years ago
hahaha.
Germany is our future colony.
They study English.
goduk321 2 years ago
I don't know about u all, but to these aged ears Cline is the most interesting guitarist I have encountered in memory in, oh, 30 years or more. Cannot say I have the slightest interest in Wilco, does not mean they are not a great band, it took me until I was 26 to "get" the Grateful Dead. But, knowing Cline from the Nels Cline Singers about 10 years ago, a band in which there were no singers, has instantly made me a Wilco fan. He is in heady territory peopled by Jimi, McLaughlin, Garcia, others
tullist 2 years ago 2
impresionante!!!
gerabeat 2 years ago
Music nerds arguing about their opinions is always a crackupfest.
HISS788 2 years ago 3
tall!
P.S:suck it jrceina85
dog52196 2 years ago
How tall is he?
popopojk 2 years ago
I want this on when I am dying....I think it sounds like heaven.I wish I didn't love Wilco so much,it interferes with my life...it drives my husband & are you ready for this...my grandson crazy.I have only felt like this before about Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, & Elvis Costello in my 50 yrs here.And they are above them all. Their concerts are love fests fro their fans.They work so hard to play the greatest music & they play what we want to hear.I make myself sick.
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That comment is awesome. You and my wife! We both love that Impossible Germany solo. It makes me levitate. My family all know how into that Jeff Tweedy I am. Nothing wrong with appreciating great art. People gush over Picasso masterpieces - hell, even his doodle drawings. Making music and getting your point across and doing it with emotion, is as high an art.
damngiver 1 year ago
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Ugh. What pseudo-avant crap. To each their own.
thedarkocean 2 years ago
When Nels plays, they instantly become his backup band.
mugwump1 2 years ago 2
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I love Nels Cline but 3 guitars in a band is a little much. And wow, the rest of the band are like kids compared to ol' Nels.
klesh1 2 years ago
3 guitars too much... not necessarily. If you write interwoven parts in different registers of the guitar you can get great effects. It's a staple of my songwriting style... most of my stuff requires three electric guitars or two electric guitars and one acoustic twelve-string to perform correctly.
zackpliskin 2 years ago 2
Listen to the full song and tell again three guitars are too much.
JosoBCN 2 years ago
Okay.... *listens*... yeah 3 guitars are too much.
Seriously, you have Nels Cline as your guitarist and you need to add 2 more guitars to that? I'm sorry but it starts to sound like Lynard Skynard or something at that point. Right at about 1:30 I could do without the other two guys.
klesh1 2 years ago
what are you talking about?
min 1.30 ????
there is no way that a guitarrist can play that contrapoint.
you have to listen the high quality version ,, and listen the speakers separately. there are diferent notes,, that make more rich the armony
camadai 2 years ago
blah blah blah blah, you're not shit
jrcenina85 2 years ago
Wilco is amazing.
Hoffman1222 2 years ago
i agree, and my comment was in response to someone else's comment.
wilco is probably one of the best rock bands to ever exist.
jrcenina85 2 years ago
Hands down one of the best shows I've seen by Wilco. This show was performed 06-29-07 outside at Shelburne Museum in Burlington, VT. This was the first of the three shows I've seen of Wilco. Amazing guitar solos. I was screaming for "Ashes" while "via chicago" was playing. I'll never forget this show
quinncy30 2 years ago
i dont care what anyone says...nels cline is one of the best guitarists of today...you can like whatever the hell ya want but its a fact that cline does EXACTLY what he wants with his guitar...that makes him great....ive seen a lot of concerts but seeing wilco this past week was probably the best live performance of them all
icewater707 2 years ago 3
yeah, i don't think many people are gonna disagree with you. the guy is fucking king!
septip123 2 years ago
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It,s amazing that some people can,t appreciate or acknowledge how good or refined top players like Van Halen,Malmsteen, Methany etc are ,yet they seem to like this very basic,albeit with some individuality, type of soloing which is diatonically based and even at one point misplaces a major third chord tone instead of a minor one in one of the phrases.
monkeysbum999 2 years ago
wow its amazing there are idiots like you out there that think music needs to be very complex in order to be good. so my friend your a moron. Nels Cline is awsome and you suck at life. PS ohh what was that song you made, oh yeah you suck at life so you didn't.
Kidsmoke1985s 2 years ago
you idiots that doubt Nels Cline are dumb shits. steve vai sucks cock, van halen makes shit music.
Kidsmoke1985s 2 years ago
i don,t even personally like say methany,it,s an observation , made without pointless insults ,based on 40 years transcribing and playing experience
monkeysbum999 2 years ago
Who cares how technically "good" a guitarist is if their music is boring... Malmsteen is insane, so is Van Halen (though he is vastly overrated and can't seem to write a good song to save his life), but Nels puts so much life into everything he does. It's not that he is incapable of playing "complex" stuff, he just knows how to play what best suits the song. That is a truly great guitarist, and more so, a phenomenal musician.
VacuumBoots81 2 years ago 3
it is not about the point , who is technically better, it was about Avant Garde.
NoGoats 2 years ago
monkeybum999:
Nels Cline plays Avant Garde jazz on guitar. He has released albums interpreting late Coltrane recordings. He is FAR from a strict diatonic player. THIS solo may be diatonic b/c that's what the song calls for. A douchebag like Malmsteen would have blew his load all over this progression and completely ruined the feel of the song.
hickeye 2 years ago 45
You wrote exactly what I was going to say.
Soul74 2 years ago
Avant Garde?
jajajajaja, nothing more far from that.
I agree with you that Yngwie Malmsteen is a douchebag, but Robert Fripp for example, plays still now more Avant Garde jazz than Cline. And Fripp is a very diatonic player, with a lots of chord progressions in his music...he is the man
NoGoats 2 years ago
He recorded a modern rendition of Interstellar Space.
Are you're saying "nothing is more far from [anvant-garde jazz]" than late Coltrane?
Btw, I love Fripp too...
hickeye 2 years ago
No, I was refering to Cline himself, but I think I take it back..I've been searching for more videos and music in the web..you are probably right.
NoGoats 2 years ago
WOW an admitted defeat on the INTERNET! The world has never before witnessed such a rare humbling event. props.
StealYerFace95 2 years ago 4
This is truly a spectacle.
littlewingg 2 years ago 3
@hickeye
While I can see that he an accomplished guitarist, I can't for the life of me see why he is so "critically acclaimed". He is good, but not THAT GOOD.
75lester 1 year ago
@hickeye
Nels Cline is a good but incredibly over rated guitarist. I can't for the life of me understand why he is so "critically acclaimed".
75lester 1 year ago
@75lester imagination
NABphoto 1 year ago
@hickeye you read my mind
ploky123 1 year ago
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@hickeye This is basic pentatonic noodling over a simple 2-chord progression. Jumping around and making faces does not add to the music.
Lafforte 1 year ago
@Lafforte and you're going out of your way to tell me your opinion because...?
hickeye 1 year ago
@Lafforte Nels Cline is perfectly capable of post-bop harmonic complexity, or free playing, when it's appropriate for what he's doing. However, he is a good musician, and he plays what's right for the song. This is right for the song. So shut the fuck up.
lexo30 7 months ago
@monkeysbum999 Van Halen, Malmsteen, Methany, etc. are extremely overrated. No one of their stoned, drinking fans can really comprehend and appreciate great, true music. Nels Cline is not diatonically based. He is my idol and a musical genius.
Trebgah 5 months ago
concon123:
that is a ridiculous comment. first of all, he's probably faster than steve vai. second of all, his style is completely and totally different from steve vai- he's a jazz player
littlewingg 2 years ago
not to mention the stuff he does on the side is way more edgy than Steve Vai could ever approach
OFFICEuk 2 years ago 3
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hes like a slow version of steve vai
concon123 2 years ago
steve vai sucks.
Beefgog 2 years ago
haha people giving me the thumbs down...it wasnt an insult. and you sir know NOTHING about good guitar playing.
concon123 2 years ago
maybe, but that slow guys has made the most awesome solo of this decade...
not to much complex,, but who cares..
camadai 2 years ago
Nels Cline is a full on jazz virtuoso...have you ever listened to his solo jazz albums? I love Wilco but he's the reason.
watson4675 3 years ago 2
Quite tasteful, Im probably more into shred but hey it is quite nice.
Comparing Metheny and this guy is pretty ridiculous though , ones a full on jazz virtuoso and the other dude plays in wilco.
kgtbest 3 years ago
If you listen to Nels' playing you will hear many very jazzy runs. He is clearly also a virtuoso.
metalcore929 2 years ago
Nels is amazing!
thegoodusernameman 3 years ago
Totally epitomises the 'Jazzmaster' sound.
metalcore929 3 years ago
One of the most melodic solos I've ever heard. Nels is great!
Craig414 3 years ago
Most beautiful guitar sound today.
cubbies4e 3 years ago
holy shit! William H Macy on gutiar!
squidwombat 3 years ago
he makes the jazzmaster proud.
tafka92 3 years ago
That, by the way, was directed to glevitan...apparently, I suck at hitting "reply."
Varicolor 3 years ago
I compare this to a duane allman or dicky betts solo back in the days of THE ALLMAN BROTHERS>>>>
Love it NELS thanks WIlco Charleston was a fun night.
I also like how he will slide in a little radiohead sound just to show the folks he can keep up with Ed and Jonny.
badu2fan 3 years ago
I wouldn't say he has to show any one that he can keep up. That's a given.
VacuumBoots81 3 years ago
If you ever get to see them live, run don't walk, it's amazing!!!
olebrent 3 years ago
this guy is an amazing guitarist... when he plays, it's like an apendage.
Vader12Tater12 3 years ago
Greatest song and solo of all time...
burnsieboy44 3 years ago
Saw Nels and Kotche do a solo/duo concert a year or two ago. Few musicians (on ANY insrument) have such a combination of "chops", taste, and originality. He's a real artist.
blaaarrrgghh 3 years ago
This is really really great.
TravisHY 3 years ago
Screw "Chops" his tone blows all you sniveling little metal heads out his ass!
loopdawgg 3 years ago 5
i love how this guitar solo both works as a solo and serves the song as a whole after jeff and pat come back in with the interplay, very good stuff that's better then any "metal" solo since that's all flashy but doesn't further the song, good stuff plus lalopalloza 2008 wilco and radiohead, awesome
fremenchips 3 years ago
I don't know. Some of the best metal solos are great because they work within the framework of the song. Why does somthing always have to be good to the exclusion of other things?
futboler454 3 years ago
glevitan... I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and hope you're kidding when you say Nels Cline has no chops. Nels Cline has more chops than every guitar player you named in your post. Ok ok... after watching your videos it is obvious you were joking. Clearly you have no idea what chops are. Nels Cline is one of the most technically proficient guitarists in history.
krazze 3 years ago
i mean what can i say ?
rotolo 3 years ago
Personaly, I'd say something along the lines of "even though I fucking HATE Wilco (and believe me, I do) I can't help but drown in Mr. Cline's GENIUS." It's like Steely Dan filtered through infinite passion and joy....
bigtophalloween 3 years ago
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BTW All i said was this solo is unimpressive and he has no chops...one is a valid opinion and one is a fact. I said he plays with some emotion. but thats all this is!!
glevitan 3 years ago
This may not be his crowning achievement, but it is a fact that Nels Cline has chops coming out his pores.
Perhaps you meant pork chops? Or metal guitar chops (most of which is by definition incredibly uninspired—and that's coming from someone who actually enjoys metal quite a bit)?
ColossusOfRhodes 3 years ago
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first off its actually a fact that Nels does NOT have chops....you cant argue this point Its like arguing that the sky isn't blue on a sunny day.
Secondly the fact that you said MOST of metal guitarists are by definition incredibly uninspired is just a silly uneducated statement. Please don't try to convince us that you listen to metal because you don't.
i don't only listen to metal by a long shot and i wasn't comparing Nels to metal guitarists.
I was comparing him to ALL guitarists.
glevitan 3 years ago
yes he plays with emotion....but the definition of "chops" is straight proficiency and skill and he simply isn't nearly wowing me with his skill, scale knowledge, speed, or creativity. Is that so bad???
If you want to talk chops AND emotion lets talk about Vai, Johnson, Dimebag, Howe, fruciante, rhoads, matheny,. shall i go one?? Not all metal guitarist but all have the same level of emotion as Mr. Cline but in ANOTHER world with their technique, originality, and yes chops.
glevitan 3 years ago
umm fruciante has worse chops than this. and in fact worse than most guitarists half his age.
stevenwhaley327 3 years ago
You really should listen to some of his other material before making such a strong judgement. It's pretty obvious he's being tasteful for this tune. I'm still hooked on Randy and Dimebag, but this guy has something they don't. A good place to start to get the idea would be all of his lead work on "Side With The Seeds" off this album (Sky Blue Sky). Great use of dissonance, harmonic minor/alternate scales, tension, insanely bombastic speed and touch. Seriously, check it out.
clubberbaracus 3 years ago 2
With you 100% about Metheny....but I don't think you give Cline enough credit. There's so much subtle creativity and skill in this one solo, not to mention his other work.
Varicolor 3 years ago
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creativity i cant argue because that is opinion only....although i dont see it ill give that to you.
Skill??? Simply NO. Sorry its too quantifiable and while some might hear creativity you cannot argue that his "skill" is simply average!
glevitan 3 years ago
Woah!!
Music is only 25% skill. And 100% passion. Nels has passion. He can express it through his guitar. Metheny just plays some repetative progression of 16th notes for 8 minutes.
Metheny just doesn't have 'skill' where it matters, in the heart.
Vader12Tater12 3 years ago 2
I found this guy through Jenny Scheinman, and have become a huge fan watching his clips over the last hour or so, i think he's the best kept secret in guitar playing, soul power and artistry and unique. i'm going to listen to everything i can find by him. reminds me of Al Green somehow.
jayscott49 3 years ago
greatest solo of modern times
dayoc 3 years ago
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Can someone tell me what they like about this solo?? Its boring, uninspired, and cliched. he has no chops whatsoever...basically one simple scale played over and over.
Yes he plays it with some emotion and i will give him that...but an impressive solo?!?! I think not!
glevitan 3 years ago
i fuckin love this solo!
soyderiver10 3 years ago
Wow. Never really been a big Wilco fan, but Mr. Cline can very obviously play.
cumshotfeminist 3 years ago 3
that man has huge hands
muddydude98 3 years ago
lol my name is nels
Armytanker99 3 years ago
he's The Best guitarist, in the The Best rock band on the planet today.
cinn61 3 years ago
NELS IS GOD!!!!!!!!!
mmusins2 3 years ago
For sure, Mr. Cline, for sure...
the27s 3 years ago
i mean nels
TheMarmalader 3 years ago
usually i like heavyish rock, but nel cline is so amazing, even for softish rock
TheMarmalader 3 years ago
HOLY CRAP!
ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mindyhertzon 3 years ago
nels cline is an alien... just awesome.
funkyfoolfromVanNuys 3 years ago 5
fucking amazing
deputydog2 3 years ago
Excellent, soul-full.. Very smooth.. ***** Great
I'm going to buy this CD..
Hardtop88 3 years ago
impossible germany? more like impossible guitar solo
holzy4565 4 years ago 6
Nels Cline is the best thing that ever happened to Wilco.....
You should see/ hear him when he pairs up with the Man in the Van (Mike Watt)
stumplifter 4 years ago 5
My favorite song off the new record
Shrubbs 4 years ago
If you want to hear guitar work that good at times - pick up Neil Young's Zuma - Neil works his heart and pick off. And Paul Westerberg did Jeff Tweedy's voice better - listen to Let it Be and Tim and Pleased to Meet me and other great replacments cds and if you like listen to Paul westerbergs best solo effort - 14 songs - listen to the song Things .. Things is as good as it gets ..
11xzxzxz 4 years ago
I like to direct people to Stereo/Mono from 2002 for Westerberg's best complete solo effort.
Best PW solo song IMO is "It's a Wonderful Lie" - there's a great live version of it here on YT. /watch?v=2INC0In9ZzY
ih8music 4 years ago
Why the frick didn't I pick up on Wilco sooner - I am such a Replacements Fan and that guitar is straight out of Neil young's zuma and the a brothers and loan me a dime boz scaggs and Paul Westerberg will you ever get it back? are you listening germany impossible japan.
11xzxzxz 4 years ago
Agree 100% - I have been saying for years, Wilco is the band the Replacements could have become. My two favorite bands of all time.
As for Nels, I always had a beef about him being a jazzer, but finally saw the band last Sunday -- and I was 100% wrong, his playing is very visceral and adds a ton to the band's performance. He is a blast to watch also.
KnowVac 4 years ago
Just wanted to know you opinion - if these live versions are better the CD 'cause my friend says he doesn't like Impossbile Germany that much. His fav Cd is Foxtrot which on You Tube to be doesn't sound great .. but I like Jesus ETc and have to listen to more.
11xzxzxz 4 years ago
The album version of Impossible Germany doesn't compare to the live versions here on YT - Cline's solo is fairly muted on the CD, but is the feature of the song when played live.
Agree somewhat with the Replacements-Wilco comparisons... but the mats were hardly the professional musicians that the guys in Wilco are. whether that's a good or bad thing depends on what you like in music...
ih8music 4 years ago
He is a jazzer, but it is far from what most would think of as a jazz drummer. Any of the Nels Cline Singers albums are amazing as well as just about everything he has done. 3+3=7 by Joel Harrison with Nels on both baritone and regular electric guitar is awesome as is his work with the Geraldine Fibbers and Mike Watt.
07BSPtC 4 years ago
not only is he shitty, i heard a story where he slapped some lady because she didn't know who he was...malmsteen(or however u spell it)= royal douche, and + his leather pants are way to tight
omH9108 4 years ago
This is so inspiring, i got the new wilco album a while ago and had never heard of nels, i was just blown away i just bought the Nels Cline Singers new Album, Draw Breath and its equally amazing.
He's really gotten me into this type of jazz. He's defiantly my favorite guitarist, and yeah he play a Jazzy so that makes it all the more awesome
freakscene88 4 years ago 3
Nels is tops. Best guitarist of the last 15 years, for sure. Check out offsetguitars . com, if you haven't already. Lots of Jazzmaster info there!
nolan83 4 years ago
people need to learn the world of nels cline, he is such an influential guitarist. Everytime i here this solo my jaw drops. He is just Frankly inspiring.
lukeisme09 4 years ago
So much more inventive, creative and fresh than the crappy high-speed fireworks of people like Eddie van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai. Yuk! Nels Cline could give them all lessons...
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