Jeff Tweedy rant about recording at shows - Wilco at the Orpheum in Memphis, TN

Tweedy rants about people recording their shows and forfeiting their memories for an imperfect medium. I think he was drunk that night

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[jwedens]

I wonder why Jeff and the guys from Wilco did 'Kicking Televison Live in Chicago' then?? or for that matter the other 2 or 3 dvds they have put out 'Documenting' Wilco... Great Singer, song writer, and musician... as a person hes nothing more than a self-important douche bag, that likes to toot his own horn and belittle the people that put cash in his pockets.. He is kinda like the alternative country version of Axl Rose...

[8888111188887777]

Posterity is good but he's just trying to help you. Do you want to remember the show as an experience, or just be there to record it, and it ultimately to b e a memory of a recoding process. Im not a fan of taping and recording shit myself because it makes life a caricature of itself. He has a point. That said I love good live recordings of shows that I couldnt make it to!

[randeezydizzle]

i think all bands should allow audio taping of shows... what does it hurt? i see what he's saying about "imperfect medium" though... why distract yourself recording shitty iphone video when you can instead immerse yourself in the experience ya know?

[mjanovec]

Tweedy has been like this since at least 1995, when I saw him berate two younger concert go-ers in Minneapolis for looking like they were bored. (Funnily enough, I have the audio recording of that evening, because I'm one of those people who sometimes likes to capture a memory on tape.) Maybe Tweedy should stick to playing music and stop wasting time during his concerts being critical of his own fans.

[toekneeeyeoweme]

Get over yourself, Jeff... what a douche

[JL86d]

Jeff, I love you man, but posterity is good.

[mrscry]

Yay, Jeff! Jeff HATES cameras and all the picture-taking in the world... he's so right, I remember concerts and vacations in much greater detail when I'm not distracted by a stupid camera.

[timmcPherrin]

I respect Tweedy's argument, but I do think he is wrong about this. Some people enjoy filming a song or two at a concert. It's not just to "prove to people" that they were there. They want to document their musical experiences and events. It's meaningful to them, and as long as they are not filming the entire show (which is annoying to other people), I don't see why this is a problem.

[MuddyG]

@kevagonia How do these tools ruin concerts for normal people?

[kevagonia]

this was filmed by one of the tools that ruins concerts for normal people