WILCO - I MUST BE HIGH

You always wanted more time,
To do what you always wanted to do
Now you got it

And I, I must be high,
To say goodbye
Bye bye bye

You never said you needed this
And you're pissed that you missed the very last kiss,
From my lips

And I, I must be high,
To say goodbye
Bye bye bye

And you never looked in my eyes,
Long enough to find any piece of mind
But now you got it

And I, I must be high,
To let you say goodbye
Bye bye bye

Category:

Music

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• wilco
• jeff
• tweedy
• wilcoclub
• mtv
• letterman
• nbc
• dylan

[ididwy]

people should realize how great the song is...

[NorthWriter]

Great song! Probably my favourite from their early period. It's interesting to see Ken Coomer switches back and forth from drumming left-handed and right-handed. Funny thing is that his replacement, Glenn Kotche, does the same thing.

[jayhawks69]

Best wilco ever!!!

[yoursaxman]

Whoever recorded/mixed this video for "JBTV" must have been really, really high! Really a shame, too. Worst version of this song i've ever heard and it's all because of some stupid engineer not taking the time to do things right.

The performance is exquisite, too.

[jczother]

@NorthWriter I agree, read the book etc. Not that i agree with the way he let him go, but Glenn's the man on drums and Nel's on guitar. Fuck that the best damn band going. 1st song 1st album, still love it. I used to see U.T. here on the landing in St. Louis a few times. They brought that bit of twang back to rock, but I think Jeff's right where he should be.

[NorthWriter]

continued from the last post...

Plus, I think Jay thought he could equal Jeff in the band. But it's Jeff's band.

That's also why I think Glenn became the right drummer for the band. If you read Greg Kot's book "Learning How To Die," he talks about how Coomer wouldn't play the same thing twice in the studio. He just wanted to record and be done with it--not an exploratory drummer. So Jeff started playing with Glenn in Loose Fur, and thought, "here's a guy I can collaborate with."

[NorthWriter]

I think the thing with both Ken Coomer and Jay Bennett was that the band outgrew them. Jeff was ready to take the band to a new level, and those guys didn't really fit anymore.

Case in point: In the Wilco documentary, they're picking songs for their upcoming tour, and Jay wants to pick some "easy rockers," and Jeff says, "I don't wanna do that anymore." Jay says, "you don't wanna rock?" Jeff says, "No, I don't want to fall back on a bunch of easy rockers." continued...

[xaznacex]

@NorthWriter

I think it's actually a style. He's switching from Open style to traditional matchstick style.

[StudioOctavia]

What year is the video from?

[Perfumedeflorazul]

great song...learning

[smythwaldron]

.•.(☯‿☯)•.¸

[fionaeth]

I'm loving this so much!