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The White Album Quite simply, The Beatles album or The White Album as it is generally known may not be their best album (it is not cohesive enough), but such is its diversity and the high quality songs on it that it is the one album most oft-cited as a desert island disc (i.e. This album came after the conceptually elaborate and creative peaks and studio wizardary of the Sargeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Yellow Submarine and was in fact a reaction to the extreme over-elaboration of those albums. The White Album was even an antithesis to Pepper in its album cover as the Pepper album had an elaborate album sleeve and a long-winded title. www.qayyums.com /maq/whitealbum.html   (1274 words)

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Being There, A Ghost Is Born, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco by Sam ... There is a reason why record labels should give their artists creative freedom and Wilco proves that with the brilliant Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. There is still that tendency for Wilco to stray into a rambunctious territory like on the album opener “I am trying to break your heart”. Being There is yet another one of those albums that is a career high. www.musicemissions.com /display_review/1514   (1303 words)

Wilco: Being There: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) But the past is behind Wilco now-- Being There shows them massively improved as a both a band and as songwriters. It's a complete escape from the rampant overproduction and mediocrity of their debut, and points to what will certainly be a brighter future. Being There gets a little self-indulgent at times, too, but there are also moments of sheer brilliance. www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/w/wilco/being-there.shtml   (249 words)

Being There Jeff Tweedy's love of pop and the mechanics of making pop albums is clear almost immediately, as he and his cohort utilize the studio to create and manipulate undertows and snaky recorded elements throughout many of their tunes (a keyboard touch, a guitar's flair, a cymbal's unexpected crash). There are songs that sound like their first album and frontman's Jeff Tweedy's first band Uncle Tupelo. What I like about this album and all of their albums is that the songs all are original and different in some way. www.allbestshops.com /Product.asp?asn=B000002N7G&m=4   (533 words)

State of Being   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) There are definite similarities to other electronic/rock hybirds like Nine Inch Nails and Rob Zombie, as well as eighties goth and synth rock bands like Depeche Mode and Sisters of Mercy, but State of Being mix enough different elements together to avoid sounding like copycats. While there are programming-dominated tracks like "I Could" and "Apathetic" for old-school fans, the airy, open quality on the acoustic guitar-driven "Whitespace," the strong melody on "Take Me Away," the lack of self-loathing anguish in the lyrics and Foldi's crisp voice make SOB more than just another NIN wannabe... This third album is easily the most polished yet from State Of Being, as the sound quality is much improved from "Implosion" - both the vocals and music are clear and sharp, without any of the murkiness or softness that has been a issue with previous releases. www.stateofbeing.com /reviews_haywire.shtml   (2340 words)

RIMBoy's Top 25 Albums I was already familiar with some of Being There, one of the local stations had put Monday up for their smash or trash. There's no comparison between the two, unless you count that Self is from Murfreesboro and I was a college DJ in Murfreesboro (where I spun tracks off of Sound of Lies). There's not a weak track on the album and it could very well be the peak of the Eels, though I hope not. www.rimboy.com /topalbums   (4498 words)

Wilco - The Saisfaction of Being There More than anything, Wilco's Being There is testimony to Tweedy's introspection and his role as rock star, father, songwriter and generally OK human being. There was a little bit of anger when we would play it live, not at people who like us or anything like that, I just didn't want people to get used to the idea that we're not just this bunch of really safe, happy-go-lucky "pop" guys. There's two characters in "The Lonely 1" and that's the rock star and the fan, and that's all it is to me. Music means something different to everybody and the stars are different to everybody. www.penduluminc.com /MM/articles/wilco.html   (1931 words)

Being There There is that ambiguous quality about The Books that never makes you feel like you "understand" what's going on: the voice could belong to a school teacher, or it could be a kidnapper or escaped lunatic: the room for interpretation is vast. There's certainly a blue mood to the whole affair, and the direct approach to the recording is reminiscent of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. There's really not a bad song on the album, but there are a couple of standout tracks that warrant a mention. www.beingtheremag.com /content/0505/reviewsalbums.html   (12111 words)

Siegfried Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) Reason being there is no justice that my smoke propelled fingers can do for this band due to the lyrics being in German and the bands complexity. The album cover is rather quite inspiring for the hand to immediately drop the CD in the player. There are three vocalist, one of which is female. www.midwestmetal.info /reviews/siegfried.html   (359 words)

Amazon.com: Being There: Music: Wilco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) Jeff Tweedy's love of pop and the mechanics of making pop albums is clear almost immediately, as he and his cohort utilize the studio to create and manipulate undertows and snaky recorded elements throughout many of their tunes (a keyboard touch, a guitar's flair, a cymbal's unexpected crash). There is so much here, so much to sink in, so much to discover, so many hidden melodies, piano tinklings, drum backbeats, etc that you will pick up on something new all the time. There is too much to absorb in not only one sitting but even after listening to this cd for a month. www.amazon.com /Being-There-Wilco/dp/B000002N7G   (1700 words)

Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Being There - Wilco at Epinions.com "Being There" represents the growth of musician, who up until that point wasn't even the most talented person in his former band, who from this point on could take his place as one of the truly great songwriters in modern music. A good portion of the album is a mess, as his scope at this point was beyond his reach. Jay Farrar should have taken that to heart, as this album would be the one that raised Tweedy to musical genius category, while leaving Farrar in the dust. www.epinions.com /content_29139570308   (937 words)

Salon Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) Tweedy sounds perpetually in confession, and his five-piece band, fused and steady as a train of boxcars, is always there to punctuate his anxiety, be it with an echoed backing vocal, a bent guitar note, a copped Byrds riff or a poignant organ fill. "Misunderstood," which opens the album, compresses the heartache to the point of near-implosion; Tweedy drags a chorus of screeching violins, pounded keyboards and beaten guitars to a thunderous crescendo, barking the line "I'd like to thank you all for nothing at all" as if he were pointing fingers at everything in sight. Still, the sense of plaintive introspection is always there, accenting the ballads and speaking in hushed tones, where "A.M." was noisy and exuberant. dir.salon.com /story/oct96/music961028.html_2   (1156 words)

Being There, November 2004 There’s nothing wrong with that song, but it’s a safe bet you might not be aware that the band had a self-titled debut album in 1985 that is one of the best modern rock records of the 1980s—scratch that—one of the best modern rock records, period. The four extra tracks, B-sides from the album’s singles, are a welcome addition on the reissue. There are two guitarists, both of whom play without distortion, without rhythmic chords and without ever failing to provide complicated counterpoint to each other and to the tuneful bass lines played by lead singer Justin Currie. members.aol.com /Rtaylor674/dels/press/bt1104.htm   (631 words)

Wilco: Being There - Playing God - Stylus Magazine Being There is also a bit of a concept album, although sort of a fuzzy one—you can certainly enjoy the album as a collection of songs easily enough without “getting” it, but it is there if you look. The parallels between Being There and the Rolling Stones’ classic Exile On Main St. are many—double album, country/blues influence, etc. And so I begin my version of Being There with the most Stonesy cut here, including drug references, driving Keef-esque riffs, and an Exile-style horn section. The original Being There runs it first, and I can’t really argue with that—except after this, everything else seems to be a bit of a letdown in intensity. www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=1544   (1373 words)

59. Wilco - Being There   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) There is a massive realization that comes at the 4:15-minute marker of "Misunderstood," the first track on Wilco's second album Being There. There are 19 songs here, which do fit snugly into two halves of 90-minute blank tape, and the music ranges from the With a couple years hindsight, Being There just sounds like a bunch of guys having a lot of fun raiding their old record collection and coming up with something new enough to be respectable. www.nudeasthenews.com /90s/reviews/firstlaunch50/59being.htm   (659 words)

Family Album Project There are times when snapshots and family album photographs go beyond the common ritual. Heart Mountain Relocation Camp seemed to be an exception, as there were several family albums being passed around during the 1995 Heart Mountain conference and the Gila River relocation camp reunion. The family album photographs are by her husband, Norman Tsuyuki, who is an avid photographer and was interned on a farm with his family in Lillooet, a "self-supporting camp." There were less restrictions in the self-supporting camps but they were still isolated in the interior mountains of British Columbia. www.csuohio.edu /art_photos/famalbum/famalbum.html   (2348 words)

Being There - Peter Sellers' Masterpiece In 1971, Jerzy Kosinski published the novel Being There. "Being There" is a film that causes many reactions and thoughts. Some trivia notes: No one on the set was allowed to wear green or purple...Seller's considered them unlucky colors and he was living on borrowed time because of his deteriorating heart condition. www.geocities.com /Hollywood/8200/being.html   (469 words)

Being There _ Janet Maher Making time feeds my soul, which continually needs to be replenished, and it feeds others, who need a warm body to show up and witness their reaching out from within to their external world, of which I am a fleeting part. There was no law that said only art matters that has been made within the past two years. There was no law that said I couldn't start to be in Kini's project, lead us through a labyrinth walk, think about and agonize about not being able to create on theme, and then, apologetically withdraw from it. www.peekreview.net /archives/beingthere_jm.html   (981 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Being There: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) Being There is at its best when listened to as it was intended, from start to finish. Following an indifferent reception to Wilco's debut album "A.M", and chastened by the success of Jeff Tweedy's former band member Jay Farrar, this double album reaffirms the brilliance that was the hallmark of Uncle Tupelo, Tweedy's former band. There are some rock-outs up there with the first albums 'I Must Be High': 'Monday', 'I Got You (at the end of the century) and 'Outtasite (outta mind)'- which is reworked in a Beach Boys fashion as 'Outta Mind (outtasight)'- a definite precursor of 'Summer Teeth'. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002N7G   (1472 words)

Being There - Wilco - Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) While Wilco's debut, A.M., spread its wings in an expectedly country-rock fashion, their sophomore effort, Being There, is the group's great leap forward, a masterful, wildly eclectic collection shot through with ambitions and ideas. Although a few songs remain rooted in their signature sound, here Jeff Tweedy and band are as fascinated by their music's possibilities as its origins, and they push the songs which make up this sprawling two-disc set down consistently surprising paths and byways. There are two main types of downloadable music services: a la carte downloads, and subscription downloads. www.mp3.com /albums/191149/downloads.html   (756 words)

Review: Wilco, Being There - Scott A. Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) The way you wondered why radio stations didn't just put albums on and let them play because albums were much better than the singles the stations were playing anyway. There's a loose "let's go into the studio and jam" feel to many of the songs. A.M. There's no "Casino Queen;" no "Box Full of Letters." But from the album's noisy opening on Disc One to Disc Two's "last encore at the roadhouse on a hot summer night" end, Tweedy shows you don't have to make the same record twice to prove you're a great songwriter. www.westnet.com /consumable/1997/01.18/revwilco.html   (444 words)

deliberately random thoughts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) as i'm sitting there, i hear the strains of outtasite outta mind playing over the stereo, and i'm happy to hear that song...a few minutes later, when i hear red-eyed and blue, i realize that someone's playing the entire being there cd, and i was totally psyched. and then the waitress i got was the same one we had the night i ate there w/ greg glover & ryan & jesse, and we totally loved her (jesse gave her many cds), so that was cool. but being there (really being there) w/ denison and being excited about the same album, sharing yummy chili, and just chilling to jeff tweedy's voice was totally a blissful experience, and it would have been so cool if you'd been there. www.sarahjanerhee.com /2002/11/alright.html   (425 words)

Being There   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) The most surprising element about Wilco's music (and this album is the best example of this) is the way in which they manage to retain their pop sensibilities throughout often complicated seemingly detached sonic landscapes. I often judge an albums greatness based on the first and last songs and this does not disappoint on that level either, when 'the Lonely 1' ends you think there is no way they can top that for a finale, you would be wrong. It is in this blend of styles that the excellence of the album lies, yes some of the songs stand out on their own but like all good coffee, it is all in the blend. www.oraclehome.co.uk /book-B000002N7G.htm   (1015 words)

Wilco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) Double albums are by nature self-indulgent and Being There is no exception. Being There's saving grace is that while he takes his time getting around to it, each song of Tweedy's contains at least one great line. Tales of touring permeate the album highlighted by the off-the-cuff wit of "Hotel Arizona" where Tweedy whines, "Even if I make it through/That's just something I have to get used to." The line could just as easily apply to the benign ordeal of Being There. annette.net /albums/wilco.html   (301 words)

A Hiroshima Photo Album This was the most popular memorial in the Park, and there were thousands of paper cranes draped everywhere nearby, brought, and sent, by children all over Japan and the world. On my second visit I saw this scene, a group of elementary schoolchildren being taught the horrors of the bomb by a survivor, here an 'obahsan'-- a grandmother or elder woman. On my first visit the tide was in, but when I was there in '98 the tide was out and I was able to walk on the sand to touch the Torii. www.ric.edu /pamental/hiroshima/hiroshimaalbum.html   (905 words)

Coolfer: Acceptable Album Length   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) The thing is, there are a lot of great, moving songs on the album. Pitchfork’s Rob Mitchum had good things to say about the album, though he did eventually say it “would’ve been better as a single album” and gave it a 6.5. I'll agree, IMO there are no front-to-back, fillerless double albums, including the White Album and Songs in the Key of Life. www.coolfer.com /blog/archives/2005/04/acceptable_albu_1.html   (871 words)

CD Baby: STEVE GILLETTE AND CINDY MANGSEN: Being There On their new album Being There (2006), Steve and Cindy have pulled together a varied group of songs, from Steve's Hurricane (about the 1935 storm that hit the Florida Keys) to Cindy's setting of a Rudyard Kipling poem, The Road Through the Woods. Being There is yet another example of what happens when you blend great singers, innovative songs, gorgeous arrangements, and expert playing into a cohesive collection. Like their previous recordings, much attention is paid to the right combination of songs and style, leaving a mix of newly written songs, traditional tunes, and gems from other writers...Their voices and their styles meld seamlessly with a gentleness and a maturity that is unmatched in the world of folk duos. cdbaby.com /cd/stevecindy   (561 words)

Wilco: Being There: Pitchfork Record Review But the past is behind Wilco now-- Being There shows them massively improved as a both a band and as songwriters. Being There gets a little self-indulgent at times, too, but there are also moments of sheer brilliance. This 2xCD live album finds the now six-piece band improving on the tracks from A Ghost Is Born, as well as offering a number of old favorites. pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/w/wilco/being-there.shtml   (284 words)

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