01/02/2010
2002 LOLZ!
2002 was a very good year for music… at least that’s how I remember it.
But thank to Jools Holland and OnDemand, I have to question my own memory.
The particular episode I watched yesterday had Wilco, Damon Albarn, Norah Jones and some band that had Marcie from Silverghost in it.
As you can see from this video, while ‘War on War’ is a great tune, this is not the best Wilco lineup. You’ve lost Jay Bennett post “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” and they’ve yet to bring in Nels, Pat or Mikael. Leroy Bach, who I did see once in the brief period he overlapped with Mikael (but pre-Pat) is fine, but lacking versus Bennett (as most are).
Damon Albarn is playing Nigerian pop music… which actually sounds pretty good… but you know… he could be in Blur.
Von Bondies play “Lack of Communication” — which isn’t bad, but just doesn’t hold up to HDTV. While this is the version of the band most people would like to see, I actually think some of their more recent material, much of which is a little more “arena friendly” probably have worked better on the program.
Oh, well, nobody’s perfect not even 2002 apparently.
Text posted at 10:31
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