Talk:Wilco
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[edit] Alternate definitions
Why are there two alternate definitions for what Wilco could mean at the bottom of the page? NO other Wikipedia article I've ever seen is formatted like this. Dstopping
Should we add a disambiguation link? I got here looking for the radio term (e.g. "roger, wilco").
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- Please Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. Thanks. Hyacinth 20:03, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
- Did you try roger, wilco? Hyacinth 20:11, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
- I fixed it with a Wilco (disambiguation) page —Fitch 07:34, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
Blarg-I'm really not impressed that this page leads to some band--Wilco should probably be a disambiguation page; the primary uses of Wilco are the radio word and (perhaps more importantly) the large gas company (Wilco-Hess).
- Wilco is a Grammy-award winning, top-ten Billboard album selling band that is a shoe-in for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Wilco-Hess is a very regional gas chain based in North Carolina with a "web page" that a 13-year-old could have designed.
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- "Blarg"? "Not impressed"? Here's an idea, "some band", Wilco, can stay at the page bearing its name and "Wilco-Hess" could go on a page called "Wilco-Hess" were anyone ever to become interested enough in such a thing to write an article. BabuBhatt 21:19, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sister Lover
"Musically, the Yankee and Ghost's combination of power pop and obliquely lyricked art rock most resembled Big Star's Sister Lover - an album which ironically also suffered the fate of being rejected by the band's own record company."
This seems out of place to me. What does "Sister Lover" have to do with Wilco? It wouldn't seem to me an appropriate place to compare/contrast with other artists.
One of the leaders of rock and roll? Please.
- I agree that the "leaders of rock and roll" statement is over the top being unsourced. Please Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. Hyacinth 07:29, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Max Johnston
I am curious if anyone could add what happened to Max Johnston. I dont' know, but he's not on A Ghost Is Born.josebove
- Added info on Max Johnston's subsequent project (now with The Gourds) with link to The Gourds' page. Mollman 15:57, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Conet Project
"seminal 1980s and 1990s group Uncle Tupelo"
Uncle Tupelo's debut LP "No Depression" was released in 1990 so they are not a band of the 1980's, technically.
While still with Wilco, Jeff Tweedy recorded with alternative rock consortium Golden Smog under the pseudonym "Scot Summit," a name created by using his middle name as his first name, and the first street that he lived on as his last name. He was featured on two albums, 1995's "Down By The Old Mainstream," and 1998's "Weird Tales." He recorded under his real name for the latter album.
Jeff Tweedy composed the soundtrack to the Ethan Hawke directed film, "Chelsea Walls," released in 2001.
Evidently, many noises sampled on YHF, including the haunting "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" radio call, are sampled from a box-set collection of shortwave radio transmissions entitled "The Conet Project." Deepcloud 06:20, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Image
We should have a picture with all six members of the band as the main image, however I can't find any good ones on the internet... Mkaycomputer 18:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
"Uncle Tupelo's debut LP "No Depression" was released in 1990 so they are not a band of the 1980's, technically."
Uncle Tupelo formed in 1987 and toured extensively prior to the release of their debut album. In fact, Sony released an Uncle Tupelo compilation in 2002 titled "89/93: An Anthology". Additionally, most of the songs found on "No Depression" were orginally recorded as a demo tape the band sold at shows between 1988 and 1989.
[edit] Chart numbers for YHF
The Wilco article claims YHF entered the charts at #12, the YHF article says #13 this should be checked and cited.
[edit] Golden Smog
Should there be a mention of this side-project somewhere.. Like in related articles?
[edit] Pazz & Jop
Please leave all mentions of the Pazz & Jop critics' poll as is. There is no such thing as a "Jazz & Pop" poll, and critics' poll should not be capitalized (it's not part of the name). --Tbotcotw 18:36, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
