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  • I thought Wilco was a grocery store until just now.

  • I thought the same - sounds like something from All Things Must Pass. But hey thats a great album!

  • Should have thrown in a hare krishna

  • i dont care anymore

    

  • There you have it.Some really do read the articles in Playboy.

  • @amagpi Playboy....ewe! gross!

  • Plágio porco de George Harrison

  • Is it just me, or is this a (very clever) redoing of Tom Pett'y's "You're Jammin' Me?"

  • This is my absolute favorite Wilco song! And to the people who say they were just copying George Harrison, let me say that the Wilco band members are HUGE Beatles fans and respect them tremendously. Besides, every post-60s rock band has a little bit of the Beatles in them if you listen closely. Why wouldn't they? The Beatles were the greatest band in history.

  • @JDBeatlefan One of the greatest bands. Not The greatest band. Yes, they influenced a lot of bands and rightfully so, but Bob Dylan influenced music much more than the beatles. Hell, Bob Dylan influenced the Beatles. His influence was woody guthry, so where do we give credit for someone being the greatest because every musician takes from someone else, music is too large to call one band the greatest.

  • mr. george harrison playing slide guitar...it seems! and the piano ostinato chords seem to come directly from the "all things must pass" sessions!! ...nice version of my sweet lord... but "i don't care anymore...."

  • yesterday I made my first ever song request on national radio for the first time in my life ever.(what did I just type?).Anyways,  I asked for this song and they did play it. I'm so happy. I LOVE THIS SONG

  • sooooo gooooooodd

  • The irony with the George Harrison "tribute" - My Sweet Lord" is that George was sued (and lost) because the chorus was too close to "She's so Fine"

  • Check out Langhorne Slim's "Rebel Side of Heaven". Another similar tune. :)

  • It is in the spirit of Harrison, TP, and The Traveling Wilburys. The lyircs are great and I love it! Enjoy!

  • This song goes to show that you can't believe anyone's predictions about the end of the world! That's why its awesome!

  • Regardless of if it sounds like Harrison(I'd rather people start copying him instead of vocoder and dance shite) these lyrics are great.

    "All you fat followers get fit fast" and "All you sword swallowers, pull yourselves together" are golden.

  • Yeh very George - 33 and a 3rd - Crackerbox Palace/This Song influences as well as My Sweet Lord. But it's not a rip off, its in the spirit of.

  • I want to preface this by saying that I love Wilco, especially their last two albums. But this is not my favorite song by them; I like the lyrics, but the music isn't as unique as a lot of their stuff. Not at all a bad song though. I just find it interesting that with all the songs people have mentioned this sounding like, no one mentioned "Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone. Find it on YouTube and then listen to the almost identical piano part and you'll hear what I mean.

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  • Nahh, you're both wrong... I'd say it's neither a major or a minor George Harrison influence... more like B - FLAT.... actually I hear more Tom Petty influence if we're going to be splitting hairs. Tom Petty WHILE with the Traveling Wilburys MAYBE....

  • Lol i can't believe i thought this was Iggy Pop, good track

  • there is some minor george harrison influence to it as well as traveling wilburys

  • @YouriH190 id call it major george harrison influence not minor

  • @YouriH190 id call it major george harrison influence not minor 

  • I want to see a show with, the mother hips, spoon, and wilco...lets make it happen

  • Wilco ripped off three songs here:

    The verse is almost identical to Robert Pollard's "Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft"

    The Chorus IS identical to the chorus of Guided By Voices' "Little Whirl"

    And the whole thing sounds like "My Sweet Lord" (especially the riff @3:01)

    I love A.M. and YHF, but come on Wilco!

  • @MaxRappaport 3:01 has got to be an homage.

  • get over it. it's a great song. Quit analyzing it

    

  • This plays on the radio a lot.

  • One of my new favorite songs

  • wilco, i hope, is a band that will last decades, much longer than the Dead, long live Stirratt and Tweedy

  • It's Fantastic, Superb!!

  • Superb!!!

    

  • @jacobkirkman9 no one gives a shit how old you are or thinks that you are cool for listening to wilco

  • im fifteen an wilco is prolly my fav band...haha and none of m friends have heard of them haha

  • Alright, it sounds a lot like "My Sweet Lord" but I was willing to give Wilco the benefit of the doubt. But the guitar lick at 3:01? That's just blatant plagiarism!

  • @RickDemetro come on now, its an homage

  • It's got a Wilco kind of feel to it, I think.

  • another great song

  • My untrained amateur ears enjoyed the hell out of it.

  • this is the first wilco song ive heard after hearing about them for years but never had the idea of listening to them. i got this you have to be in this type of indie feeling or whatever. i always felt i wasnt good enough or id feel like a poser cuz its the "cool" hipster band. but its just a rock band like any other. after hearing this they are a damn good rock band

  • My first thought, exactly-- George Harrison!

  • SO catchy in the chorus. But yeah it does really sound like 'My Sweet Lord' there.

  • It's a little tribute to George and Tom

  • I definitely hear George in this! Holy cow! I remember hearing it the first time and asking my friend if it was The Traveling Wilburys....I hear some Tom Petty in it too!!

  • @KarenTheRetroHippie

    Amen Karen- could have been TWlbrrys

    I hear Petty too

  • @housedart

    you can really hear some "Quit jammin' me" or some such title

  • I dunno about George Harrison, but the piano in this song (intro and between verses) reminds me of "Woman From Tokyo" by Deep Purple.

  • You are right add- GH did a song called

    "You Don't Understand" and if you listen

    to the guitar in this song(subdued)- you'll

    hear it" Yeah -Deep Purple Piano

    Great song - no relation really

  • The George Harrison Connection-

    I had the great opportunity to travel with him for a month doing a documentary back in the 70's. This is a very "loose" tribute-ok- but the guitar riffs in this song are totally George.

    The mood is George- and yeah- Great Deep Purple piano - not GH at all- I love it!

  • "When I got your call, you said you needed help on a holiday project. Can you be more prcise?"

    "It will be easier to show you," Doc said. So he did.

    As we slipped and slid and jig-jagged through ice-rutted streets, Doc explained that economic downturns come and go. Not all of them are Great Depressions, of course, and some shallow recessions affect relatively few people. On one end of the human spectrum there are those who make a boatload of money, and spend downtime wherever and whenever.

  • Brings back summer memories... :)

  • Can anyone Explain to me the connection between this song and George Harrison?

  • @Noseheros -- people who say "it's sounds like....." are just jealous because they didn't come up with the song.

    John Lennon, in the Playboy Interview just days before his death said, and I quote--- " All music is rehash, just variations on a theme".

  • @talktalk666 I like the sound of that!

  • @talktalk666 Sure, I agree with you, I do. .. But if you're going to rehash then why rehash crap like this - y'know what I mean? Sorry but this "Sounds like" ELO without any talent! No offense meant, for real. I respect these guys but they are so PEDESTRIAN.

    Let's hear some ROCK.

  • @nonewmccarthyism True. I wish they would rock it......

  • @nonewmccarthyism So you're smart enough to come to the conclusion that all music is rehash..yet too stupid to realize that music taste is ones own opinion and each is entitled to listen to what they like. Wasted arguement..a much more beneficial debate might be over favorite colors.

  • @TheChronicJuice Hay grumpy pants... no one's saying anything about others' tastes.. the objective here is to 'read AND understand' the comments before making your replies. You failed to do that, but you certainly did give us an inkling as your disposition, in general. I simply stated MY views.. Not anyone else's and certainly not what I think anyone else SHOULD think. And by the way there actually is a debate here: Why rehash crap?My opinion: BORING..... I'd rather hear your favorite color

  • @talktalk666 I don't like hearing the same song re-created over and over again. Not saying Wilco is bad, but this song is way too similar to My Sweet Lord.

  • @starlessskylark Which was "He's So Fine," and George got sued. They're all great songs.

  • @lnorgins Did not know that. I suppose life is too short to argue over pop songs.

  • It's funny you're all comparing this to My Sweet Lord because Harrison was convicted of plagiarizing it from He's So Fine. Personally I don't think any of these songs are very similar except in some fairly superficial ways.

  • stop crying on youtube, samoth175. there are support groups out there for people with anxiety and depression. so cheer up and enjoy the music like the rest of us...you never know.

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  • Jeff Lynne x George Harrison definitely.

  • this song is legit.. you know they used that george harrison riff on purpose.. no way they did that and was like "yeah that sounds good! we wrote a great song! sound familiar though.. i dont know" good song though

  • beatles reincarnation ,bravo,"country disappeared"is nice too

  • This is a pretty good song, for the most part. I like the music a lot, but I personally feel the lyrics are kind of smug, kind of arrogant in a couple places. Its easy for Wilco to say some of this. But many of us are really struggling, and I don't think its anything to dismiss.

  • Way to miss the point. They are singing about end of world feelings that are typical of each generation. Nothing is being dismissed other than people who think the world is about to end. Many of us are struggling, yes - I lost my house and my job. I still don't think the world will end though.

  • I kept hearing this on the radio thinking it was a Traveling Wilbury's song! It's a total retro sound and it's sounding great!

  • Well, you know what they say...imitation is the sincerest form of not having an original thought.

  • It's got a Travelling Wilburys feel to it, does it not?

  • @PogoSprings You were pretty close with that TW reference. This song totally is the riff from Tom Petty's, "Jammin' Me", written by him and Bob Dylan. Listen for yourself...

  • @villionaires Right On.

  • George Harrison is from The Beatles! duh.. haha

    I love this!!

  • the comments on here are the comments of the bitter whiners, this is an excellent song. Quit trying to figure out who George Harrison was and enjoy the music. Get a freaking life losers.

  • Lol the slide guitar at 3:01 is exactly the same as in My Sweet Lord. Who cares, I still love it.

  • indeed

  • @BestCoolGuy22  yup--unmistakable.

  • despite sounding very similar to george harrisons type of music, i cant complain because this is a great song

  • totally ripped off Petty here. Good call.

  • It's a long, heavy hell. Synthesizer Patel.

  • @thehelveticascenario

    the line is-- "It's a long, heavy hell, Super-size it by ten"

  • @peters9nine no. it's "synthesizer patel".

  • It is too bad that Wilco doesn't comment! I really appreciate this song! As far as I am concerned Wilco has paid tribute to one of the best!

  • you are all ot of your mind - George Harrison!!!

  • george harrison rip off. big time

  • Great song, my favorite by Wilco.

    When I first heard this, I thought it sounded just like Paul Westerberg, so the comments about this are right on. I'm glad others have noticed. Cool song, and singing style.

  • there's nothing wrong with good pop/rock....

  • Wtf~ Camel's Birthday.

  • Wilco has offically completely sold away their old sound. This is Pop-Rock.  At one time Wilco had a pure original sound. I miss the songs from A.M. and Kicking televison. No more pop, and smug yuppie wilco.

  • The comment by CSavageSr from 2 months ago nailed it. Jeff Tweedy's vocal sounds exactly like Paul Westerberg. Good ear, C.

  • so tweedy is influenced by george harrison BFD. when i ask my best friend who his favorite music artists are he tells me harrison then tweedy...what a fucking weirdo,huh?

  • Lots of comments about the Beatles/Wilburys similarities and yet no one has mentioned that the phrase "I Don't Care Anymore" is not only the hook of this song. but also the name of a George harrison song. (And please no YouTube idiots telling me that it was Phil Collins not George who sang 'I Don't Care Anymore'.)

  • Brother I am with you... I love George Harrison. I truely appreciate anyone who would want to sound like him! They definately are inspired by GH!

  • excelente cancion , bien por WILCO que despliega este sonido tan nostalgico. YOU NEVER KNOW .....yeah.

  • Que bonita cansion.

  • Sounds like they ripped off My Sweet Lord and You're Jammin Me!~ Hmmmmmm

  • great band, great song. traces of george´s cloud nine, but very original. wilco rules!

  • and traces of my Sweet L-rd

  • So Beatles but so Wilco. What a great new song. The album took a while to grow on me but now i get it

  • Come back George Harrison!

  • The chorous of the song has clear references to the chorous in "I'm happy just to dance with you" by Lennon/McCartney, performed by The Beatles and sung by.... George Harrison! There you go.

  • this song came on when i got in my car to go to school this morning. so far, its been the best day ever.

  • this is very similar to handle me with care by george harrison, still a great song love wilco

  • such a good song

  • P.S.  If you want some more great George Harrison slide guitar, listen to "This Is Love" from the Cloud Nine album (everybody knows that album... it's the one that featured "Got My Mind Set On You").

  • I, too, thought it was George Harrison when I heard it yesterday; some of it was the voice, but mostly the slide guitar. I knew the main vocal in the song did not truly sound like George, so I thought it was Tom Petty singing, as part of a Traveling Wilburys song (which would include Harrison). I remembered George had done a song called "Don't Care Anymore". Hadn't heard the song in years, so I thought maybe that was it, but when I put on the record I realized I was completely wrong.

  • Anyone else hear a connection between this song and "My Life" by Billy Joel?

  • I hope not.

  • took me forever to get the name and performer of this song. i was like wtf is this.

  • What I love is how off the rhymes are and its still flowing so well.

    My friend said he didnt dig Wilco, but now I have to investigate.

    I remember the commercials for this album, never said the name for the band, just showed this song live, and said "Great lyrics-some dude Rolling Stone" or something and that was it.

    And now...now I have found it.

  • guys, this sound like WILCO! comme'on!

  • Sure it's Harrison... Some slide-parts are literally the same as the ones on My Sweet Lord.

    But that's okay ;)

  • I agree and thought that when I heard it on the radio. I love Wilco and did n't even think it was them because I was so taken with the George Harrison sound of it. NIce!

  • I KNEW i wasn't the only one who heard this song and thought "this is SO George Harrison"

    it's adorable :3

  • I FOUND THE FUCKING NAME!!! W00T!!! I saw this on Conan O'Brian and was like "Whaaaaaaaat? Quality Music, no way..."

  • I love this song! It's on my ipod:)

  • Was never a big Wilco fan,but really dig this one...George Harrison meets Tom Petty's "Jammin Me" Cool!!!!

  • Perfect pop!

  • I have been hearing this song for about two weeks and I didnt know who sang it. It sounded like George Harrison in parts and the voice was familiar. Love this song.

  • Sound's like Paul Westerberg

  • it kinda sounds like cheer down! great song!I could listen to it all day!

  • The chorus is kind of a ripoff of Here Comes the Sun

  • great song!!!Wow George Harrison would honored!!

  • da intro sounds like Savoy truflle, the midlle of song sounds me Poor litlle girl and the chorus have a lot of my sweet lord, especially the slide guitar

  • As a musician I would be flatered if a talented group saw fit to sample or include my work as an artist. No one deserves this more than Beatle George. I do not believe that he would have any objections.

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  • Where is this mp3 link? I can't find it on project playlist.

  • I keep hearing this song on the radio in Dallas. This tune stays in your head. The lead singer sounds so much like George Harrison. Glad I searched and found ya WILCO. CoOl sound! AwEsOme lyrics! PeAcE

  • I can hear this song segueing into My Sweet Lord with one of Harrison's guitar riffs from that song in Wilco's song

  • If you're a Wilco fan for awhile, you know that Harrisons influence has been in their music for awhile now.

    Love it !

  • wilco and harrison Great! now

  • An homage to Goerge? Yes...definately.... and well done right down to the key, chord changes, and unmistakable slide guitar style. Thanks Wilco!

  • And the irony is George Harrison lost a huge copyright infringement lawsuit because "My Sweet Lord" was a rip from Carole King's "He's So Fine" (dodolang, dodolang)

  • The Chiffons did "He's So Fine", not Carole King. You're thinking of "One Fine Day", which she co-wrote and later shopped to The Chiffons.

  • If I had a double humped camel I would definatly get him or her a party hat.

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  • good song, great lyrics, these guys are gona hit big if they get better air time on radio stations........

  • The Dalai Lama's head reminds me of a taco salad sometimes and the statue of liberty looks very much like Bob's Big boy. Sometimes when a person is talking to me it just sounds like a washing machine.

  • this song is GREAT! its nice to hear modern stuff with a little ol school flavor to it...most stuff today is overproduced and "plastic" sounding...this stands out...

  • I agree with Garritygal and usernamesaregay1 (lol). Sweet Tune.

  • older guy here, just now hearing of these guys.

    nice! whats the rest of the album like?

  • It does sound like the Traveling Wilburys, a combo of George and Tom for sure. Totally sounds like Jeff Lynn produced it. Great song!

  • Absolutely. If you are going to be influenced by someone, might as well be influenced by the greatest "Super Group" of all time though, no? :)

  • perhaps a few riffs of George harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' in there?

    Great song!

  • Yeah, I definately hear George Harrison in this.

  • Who cares!!!  It's a great song, I love it. Everyone is influenced by someone. This song has it's own validity.

  • His voice kind of reminds me of Bob Dylan. not so much in this song, but more in "Handshake Drugs". Reguardless, its great

  • best album cover in a very loooooong time

  • I like You never know gr8 song ++++++++++

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  • Just because it takes influence from another band/person doesn't mean it's copying or stealing from that band/person. Now, if this music is exactly like something from Harrison and/or Petty, then I see where you're coming from, but if not, just accept that it takes some influence, which isn't at all a big deal.

  • I think ELO + Petty + Harrison+ The traveling Willbury's ect would approve.

  • The song sounds more like ELO + Petty + Harrison+ The traveling Willbury's...But who gives a rats ass. The song is good and it is respect given to the above musicians. It is flattery dopes.

  • My fifth grade English Teacher once told me that "Flattery and Honesty are two good friends walking hand in hand on a path that goes absolutely NOWHERE!!"

  • Olivia Harrison better unleash the lawyers!

  • So should Tom Petty!!!

  • This is a great song, but it sounds like a mash up between Tom Petty's You're Jamming Me and any of a number of George Harrison songs. The piano and guitar melody during the verses sounds like You're Jamming me and the chours is vintage Harrison. Even the Synth solo later in the song sounds like a Harrison guitar solo. Rip off or tribute, who cares its a great song.

  • Plagerism, pure and simple!!!

  • There is no such thing in music anymore, because of sampling. As long as the cut the original artist in. But certainly, there is a lot less original music.

  • Sampling isn't near as much of a talentless task as you're making it out to be, and there is a lot of musicianship involved in making a sample work with the myriad ideas you're trying to put forth yourself when producing a song or even an album. There's pathetically bad sampling much more often than there is good sampling, and rarely is there excellent sampling.

  • i love the tight vocal harmonies. it reminds me of the beach boys. it gave me chills watching it live on conan.

  • I'm sure wilco knew what they were doin and heard the similarities. I am also sure they mean no disrespect by it.

  • I love this tune, Listen folks there are only so many differant chordal arrangements, we have been making music for far to long to have no similarities. Its all about how you use you influences.

  • people...wilco has sounded like the beatles since they came out...dont understand these new comparisons...they have their own sound, but always beatle sinfluenced...deal or move on...

  • tenth ave freezeout + my sweet lord

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  • This is such a happy song! I gotta dance! Shout out to WILCO!

  • Well, as long as they are inspired by quality musicians, good for them! :)

    Good song!

  • Very catchy tune!!!