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Billy Bragg & Wilco — California Stars
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ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 10:18
 
 
joelbb wrote:

California's one claim to fame is that it has excellent publicists.  Otherwise it's overcrowded, broke, under-schooled and typically one mass traffic jam.  CA is the US's least selective club.  There are sooooooooooo many better places in the country.  Only mullets still believe the California mythos.  It worked back when Peter Fonda was "Easy Rider", but the place is currently a bust hoping it doesn't become a homeless burnout, wandering the halls of Washington, DC panhandling its way to its next bottle of cheap wine.
 
Well, joelbb if you live in California or came to California from somewhere else, you are welcome to leave thereby reducing it's overcrowding by one.  Just think of what we can get done by relieving the state of all the pessimists!   When there was talk of secession by some of the states, I wondered how the rest of the U.S. would fare if California became its own country... yeah, out here on the left coast we're big big panhandlers!  Never mind that California has the highest GDP of any other state in the U.S. which is nearly twice that of any that follow.  Homeless burnouts indeed! 

JHZ
(between Clark and Hilldale)
Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 02:23
 
Couched between John Prine (10) and Billy Bragg/Wilco (10) the Eagles kitchy song (I do NOT dislike all of their songs) becomes simultaneously bearable and even more kitchy to me. Still won't rate it (Eagles), as my opinion of them is just to swayed by things other than their music.

Clark_Novato
(Novato, CA)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 07:59
 
 joelbb wrote:

California's one claim to fame is that it has excellent publicists.  Otherwise it's overcrowded, broke, under-schooled and typically one mass traffic jam.  CA is the US's least selective club.  There are sooooooooooo many better places in the country.  Only mullets still believe the California mythos.  It worked back when Peter Fonda was "Easy Rider", but the place is currently a bust hoping it doesn't become a homeless burnout, wandering the halls of Washington, DC panhandling its way to its next bottle of cheap wine.
 
Try to stay aware of the sublime, Joel.  It's everywhere.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 09:28
 
 joelbb wrote:

California's one claim to fame is that it has excellent publicists.  Otherwise it's overcrowded, broke, under-schooled and typically one mass traffic jam.  CA is the US's least selective club.  There are sooooooooooo many better places in the country.  Only mullets still believe the California mythos.  It worked back when Peter Fonda was "Easy Rider", but the place is currently a bust hoping it doesn't become a homeless burnout, wandering the halls of Washington, DC panhandling its way to its next bottle of cheap wine.
 
Yeah it's a big country and people should see more of it. But you're falling for the same anti-California mythos that has always been around. It's a spectacularly beautiful, diverse and historically interesting state. With problems. Same as it ever was.

joelbb
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 23:21
 
 Clark_Novato wrote:
I'm in love with California in a subtle ways that defy articulation.  The song captures that feeling.
 
California's one claim to fame is that it has excellent publicists.  Otherwise it's overcrowded, broke, under-schooled and typically one mass traffic jam.  CA is the US's least selective club.  There are sooooooooooo many better places in the country.  Only mullets still believe the California mythos.  It worked back when Peter Fonda was "Easy Rider", but the place is currently a bust hoping it doesn't become a homeless burnout, wandering the halls of Washington, DC panhandling its way to its next bottle of cheap wine.

Clark_Novato
(Novato, CA)
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 15:08
 
I'm in love with California in a subtle ways that defy articulation.  The song captures that feeling.

WayUpNorth
Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 16:18
 
In the all-time top-ten make-me-smile songs! {#Daisy}

Grammarcop
(i've successfully infiltrated the 1% without being detected!)
Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 11:45
 
Played this for my kids on the way to the train station. They took the train to northern California with their grandfather. What an adventure!

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 05:56
 
 Hannio wrote:


I'm sitting naked at my computer.
 
...but what's your computer wearing?

Ghiaap
(Haarlo, The Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 05:54
 
I'm sitting naked in my computer hoping to find out where the f*&$@ck I left my safety goggles

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 19:26
 
 Ouachita wrote:

My body is naked now & it was born naked. No matter how I dress up or undress I'm naked. The hours of the early morning find me naked & I find the hours & the morning just as naked as they find me... The best & juiciest of humanly truths are our naked truths. Our fittest honesty is our naked honesty... This is what I call being truthfully democratic. - Woodrow (Woody) Guthrie

 

 

I'm sitting naked at my computer.

jjtwister
(Vermont)
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 14:31
 
Sittin home in VT on a cold cloudy day. RP is makin it sunny and warm. Keep it up. You've turned me on to more good music since I've been listening than in the last 20 years of searchin.

Thanks,

jjtwister

Ouachita
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 14:30
 

My body is naked now & it was born naked. No matter how I dress up or undress I'm naked. The hours of the early morning find me naked & I find the hours & the morning just as naked as they find me... The best & juiciest of humanly truths are our naked truths. Our fittest honesty is our naked honesty... This is what I call being truthfully democratic. - Woodrow (Woody) Guthrie

 



bellhog
(38 miles from the middle of nowhere)
Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 12:16
 
I always think of this as the "boom-chick-cha-cha-cha" song.

hencini
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 18:28
 
I've loved this song for years.  Played it ad nauseum, in fact.  Just bought the album two nights ago.  Still digging into it, but I like what I hear so far.  : )

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 11:32
 
 daveshel4 wrote:
best song from this great album.
 
Agree 100%. Wilco and Bragg make a great combo. 

C57BL6
(PB)
Posted: Sep 17, 2011 - 19:47
 
lysisphere wrote:
I could have written this. When I was 9. Or drunk.  

coyotexxx2 wrote:


Takes big cojones to compare yourself with Woody Guthrie.
 
Ouch!


daveshel4
(Seattle)
Posted: Aug 29, 2011 - 15:20
 
best song from this great album.

Alexandra
(Here and Now)
Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 05:57
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I went and gave it a 10. This song makes me that happy.
 

{#Yes}

fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 20:07
 
if music execs think that internet radio is bad for sales, they should take a look at my iTunes/Amazon download bill. I have a folder set up in iTunes called Hot Tunes from RP and I'm slowly building my own RP playlistrt6

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 19:56
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I went and gave it a 10. This song makes me that happy.
 
Is BillFromCalifornia Good or WHAT {#Bounce}

woodchuk
(Lunar Lagrange point L1)
Posted: May 27, 2011 - 04:35
 
So simple and so beautiful.  9

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: May 14, 2011 - 19:02
 
I went and gave it a 10. This song makes me that happy.

coyotexxx2
(Enjoying Paradise)
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 14:54
 
 lysisphere wrote:
I could have written this.  When I was 9.  Or drunk. 
 

Takes big cojones to compare yourself with Woody Guthrie.

amoreena
(west whatnot)
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 14:52
 
 WayUpNorth wrote:

           takes me there, too  {#Sunny} maybe i'll see ya {#Wave}
 

Strap on the headphones, sit by a fire and sip a glass of friendly wine on a cool night.  It will truly soothe your soul.

kcar
Posted: Mar 12, 2011 - 17:10
 
 lysisphere wrote:
I could have written this.  When I was 9.  Or drunk. 
 

But you will, Lysisphere, you will. 

calypsus_1
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 21:54
 

Wilco - California Stars, Live Rockpalast (1999)

"Jay Bennett - Rest in Peace friend. We enjoyed your time here."        Capsize22

 

My favorite version of this song. I've always thought this version of Wilco was the best as it was roots rock steady with a flair. In my opinion and though I still love Wilco, they have become a wee bit "prog".     paxman1965





rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 21, 2011 - 14:25
 
 lysisphere wrote:
I could have written this.  When I was 9.  Or drunk. 
 
Then would you please write a few more like this, because this is really good. 


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 08:19
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I rated it 8. Sorry for holding the score down.
 
9 now. If it had more Billy it'd be 10 I think.

 

Following your lead 8 -> 9.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 05:42
 
 LennytheB wrote:
This is okay, but I can't understand an average of 8 for it.
 
I rated it 8. Sorry for holding the score down.
 
9 now. If it had more Billy it'd be 10 I think.


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 05:33
 
Billy Bragg's the dog's bollocks, Wilco is a dog's breakfast. Let's hear some Billy, please, Bill and Becky, and a little less Wilco.

LennytheB
(beyond the 7th sun)
Posted: Nov 06, 2010 - 18:09
 
This is okay, but I can't understand an average of 8 for it.

calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 14:48
 

billy bragg: the imagined village by Bryan Ledgard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ledgard/

This photo was taken on August 2, 2008 using a Nikon D200

Copyright All rights reserved



hulabell
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 13:32
 
This song was a big hit at my wedding.  I'll always remember my mother in law and father in law dancing together to it. 

motorichi
(formerly known as Owensmouth)
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 13:32
 
sam roberts?

phlattop
Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 19:46
 
 linden wrote:

Since Woody Guthrie was one of the world's greatest songwriters, I don't understand why you're withholding your awesome talent from the rest of us.

 
LOL!


calypsus_1
Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 08:11
 

"Art Is Resistance"


spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: May 12, 2010 - 06:53
 
Quite nice in a Stonesish kind of way, with some more bite it'd earn that 8.

Bad_Art
(Outa' Space -- EVE Online)
Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 18:13
 
Remarkable.  Never heard this before.  Thanks for the intro Bill.

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Apr 10, 2010 - 12:56
 
 lysisphere wrote:
I could have written this.  When I was 9.  Or drunk. 
 
Since Woody Guthrie was one of the world's greatest songwriters, I don't understand why you're withholding your awesome talent from the rest of us.


lysisphere
(largest contiguous ponderosa forest)
Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 12:55
 
I could have written this.  When I was 9.  Or drunk. 

4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 12:54
 
 Hannio wrote:
The average rating of this is 8?  I need my hearing tested, I quess.

 

 

Almost 1000 listeners have rated this song ... so, as the politicians say:

"American families have spoken" {#Smile}



crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Feb 25, 2010 - 12:51
 
 Hannio wrote:
The average rating of this is 8?  I need my hearing tested, I quess.
 
No kidding. me, too! {#Think}



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 10:03
 
 Hannio wrote:
The average rating of this is 8?  I need my hearing tested, I quess.

 

Well, it is a great song and I am glad that you appreciate that too, but I can't quite give it a 9 or 10. Those are reserved for my all time favs. I think 8 is appropriate.{#Clap}

macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Jan 25, 2010 - 01:56
 
 Imkirok wrote:
Three California songs in a row (The Last Resort from Hotel California, King of California, and California Stars.)  Bill, are we having a little identity complex this morning?
 
Wellll, 'The Last Resort' does mention a place called Paradise...  {#Wink}

robroke
(Rhode Island)
Posted: Jan 25, 2010 - 01:55
 
Nothin like a little Wilco to start the day Love it!

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 05:51
 
The average rating of this is 8?  I need my hearing tested, I quess.


WayUpNorth
(Down on the Farm)
Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 05:47
 
 planet3one9 wrote:
this song is beautiful - and that's about all that needs to be said.  i takes me to a gorgeous place.  perfect.  
 
           takes me there, too  {#Sunny} maybe i'll see ya {#Wave}

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 06:10
 
 rtrudeau wrote:

Okay, people, is it just me — or do any of calypsus_1's comments make any sense at all?

 
I think the comments by calypsus are the best part of this venue, but then again I never tire of 'this is good for the ears' either {#Good-vibes}

sharkey
(Toronto - Ontario - Canada)
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 05:41
 
 rtrudeau wrote:

Okay, people, is it just me — or do any of calypsus_1's comments make any sense at all?

 

They do, if you speak the language!!