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Impossible Germany
Unlikely Japan
Wherever you go
Wherever you land
I'll say what this means to me
I'll do what I can
Impossible Germany
Unlikely Japan
The fundamental problem
I need to face "This is important."
But I know you're not listening
I know you're not listening
This is still new to me
I wouldn't understand
Impossible Germany
Unlikely Japan
This is what love is for
To be at a place
Gorgeous and alone
And face to face
With no larger problems
That need to be erased
And nothing more important
Than to know someone's listening
Oh I know you'll be listening
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Jun 16, 2013 - 13:32 S-N-O-R-E. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: May 31, 2013 - 18:34 This song is ho-hum... Frankfurt 'Blockupy' protesters target ECB, banks, airport Anti-capitalist demonstrators from the Blockupy movement paralysed Germany's financial center on Friday, cutting off access to the European Central Bank and Deutsche Bank's headquarters... |
| JeffGuyett (Pullman WA) | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 09:29 palatin8 wrote: Godlike (almost ... art of) Almost. (I get stuff, sometimes  ) |
| dingleberry | Posted: May 15, 2013 - 17:39 Brilliant. And as it turns out, I saw this cover when out for a walk two days ago http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/8674986/Starlings-dazzle-with-sunset-show |
| janpers | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 23:28 Splendid guitar work after midpoint makes it an 8 for me! |
| jimmpypowder | Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 15:12 A great song from an underrated album. It reminds me of the critics bashing Miles Davis's Kind of Blue for being too lethargic. |
| palatin8 (K´town, Germany) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 18:05 Godlike (almost ... art of) |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Dec 25, 2012 - 18:34 The guitar work reminds me of Quicksilver Messenger Service. |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Dec 25, 2012 - 18:33 Bumped it to an 8 simply for the guitar work alone!  |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 22:08 I don't often (ever?) say this but reading the comments here, it's hard to believe this song is «only» getting a 7.5 rating. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 22:02 Nice song! |
| Painted_Turtle (Land of Laughing Waters) | Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 22:01 First time I've heard this..I like what they're doing with the guitar riffs..unusual |
| pousso (Nairobi, Kenya) | Posted: Nov 24, 2012 - 10:05 Biscobret wrote: 11. My rating is an 11. Me too - a strong 11. Especially when performed live! |
| Ouachita | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 13:26 I'm no music critic, but I can say that this is one of the most moving songs I know of. |
| deepwoodskev (In a town west of Chicago) | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 13:24 This song is simply magical when performed live. |
| karljonasson (Edmonton, AB, Canada) | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 13:23 This has no business being rated less than a 10. Way up there as one of the best pop songs ever written, in my books. Germany and Japan - the unlikely allies - what a great metaphor for a love song… |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 15:02 11. My rating is an 11. |
| JeffGuyett (Pullman WA) | Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 15:31 kendyce wrote: why do i have to wait til the end of the song to hear the guitar solo? annoying
Totally kidding, right? |
| kendyce | Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 16:46 why do i have to wait til the end of the song to hear the guitar solo? annoying |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 03:37 I heard the Allmans here too - but then I hear the Allmans in almost all music  |
| Darbuka88 (Northern Paradise) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 20:42 ziakut wrote: Possibly one of the best Wilco songs in existence. It has an unhurried lack of pretentiousness and calm vocal...the way Jeff Tweedy does best. Nice tune all the way around. Totally agree! Saw them do this song live once, and it was incredible! Nels Cline was amazing to watch. The swirling guitar in the latter half of this tune was ten times as good as it is on the album (and I thought it was great on the album). |
| le_colonel | Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 10:39 Indeed, very Television-ish. Not usually a big fan of Wilco, but this isn't bad. Also, I did order Anodyne the other day. |
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 10:38 Possibly one of the best Wilco songs in existence. It has an unhurried lack of pretentiousness and calm vocal...the way Jeff Tweedy does best. Nice tune all the way around. |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 23:01 calypsus_1 wrote: Wilco - Impossible Germany, Live: |
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 18:15 sirdroseph wrote: You know what it is really strange is I am hearing shades of Steely Dan in this even though I usually would not associate Wilco with The Dan at all. There is no higher compliment!  I agree. This tune and Jesus Etc. are my favorite Wilco tracks and I'm not a big Wilco fan. |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 04:12 Having been an Allmans B.B. for years I listened with admiration on this excellent track, the irony is that one of my all time favourites of the A.B.B. is called ''BLUE SKY''  |
| elliotgoettelman (sturgeon bay, wi) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 09:50 just close the eyes and listen............one of the best bands of all time, at their peak....Thanks for playing a lot of the new album too Bill! |
| ploba (the other coast and hang a left) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 09:50 heard them do this live 3 times...never gets old |
| tutakea | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 07:35 impossible for a German not to like this :-) by the way: I own this record from when it came out, and listen to it frequently. but today for the first time i discovered some striking similarities to early Wishbone Ash... funny i did never notice this before xD |
| Joe_G_Bear (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 07:35 Godlike is Right |
| deepwoodskev (In a town west of Chicago) | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 07:34 Incredible live. |
| Baketown (Maryland) | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 07:31 I think this is the best CD from the current lineup! |
| ABQ_rob (Albuquerque, NM) | Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 15:31 not many new songs with this type of song development. sublime. |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 13:55 Nice guitar work |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 09:12 Great great tune. And a fantastic solo from Nels Cline . |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 09:11 naqutn1 wrote: Thank you RP! This is a great song to start my weekend too! Or in my case, a Monday morning! |
| naqutn1 (Mobile, AL) | Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 07:16 Thank you RP! This is a great song to start my weekend too! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 08, 2011 - 13:41 Nice! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 13:15 You know what it is really strange is I am hearing shades of Steely Dan in this even though I usually would not associate Wilco with The Dan at all. There is no higher compliment! |
| valterino54 (teramo) | Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 13:31 musica semplicemente gradevole |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: May 21, 2011 - 07:33 ALL RIGHT, RP! This is the best set of solid numbers I have had the good fortune to be typing to in a long time! You have saved my ear-life tonight! I am eternally grateful!   |
| Cuse (Syracuse, NY) | Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 07:46 Just a great song. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 21:39 Wilco - Impossible Germany, Live Extended version, guitar solo and coments of Jeff Tweddy. |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 12:50 pauleywalnuts wrote: Agreed! Agreed!!!! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Dec 31, 2010 - 14:52  Wilco by The Boy With The Blues http://www.flickr.com/photos/guitarreos/ Una banda espectacular, con un sonido casi perfecto y un directo tan genial que te transportará a un mundo mejor durante un par de horas. Letras preciosas, mejores melodías...  All rights reserved. |
| daedalus (Dubai and France) | Posted: Dec 31, 2010 - 05:32 Outstanding ! The first time I've been coaxed out of my shell to praise Wilco. Quite old fashioned - reminiscent of Mike Oldfield's multi tracking efforts from the 70's, but none the less enjoyable for that. |
| pauleywalnuts (Ontario) | Posted: Dec 15, 2010 - 05:31 linz_bobinz wrote: let me repeat my last statement. Awesome.....even more awesome live. Agreed! |
| audiophelia (Pennsylvania) | Posted: Nov 29, 2010 - 13:19 Proclivities wrote: A great song - the back-and-forth dialogue and clean sound of the guitars reminds me of the works of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd from Television. Thank You! My thoughts exactly! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Nov 29, 2010 - 13:15 Proclivities wrote: A great song - the back-and-forth dialogue and clean sound of the guitars reminds me of the works of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd from Television. And that's high praise.... and well deserved in this case. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Nov 29, 2010 - 13:15 paulmcnett wrote: Seeing this live, I realized it wasn't a guitar solo, but a triplet. Nels, Jeff, and Pat all playing their parts but adding a little improv to the mix as well. Truly amazing. I think I'm attached to this song for life because I must have listened to it a couple hundred times after Sky Blue Sky came out and I was out for the count in chemotherapy. Sorry 'bout the chemo, but thanks for passing on the triple-guitar solo. I just had to bump this up to a 10. It commands my attention every time I hear it. |