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Lidt \u00e6rgelse har der her altid v\u00e6ret over den st\u00e6rkt \u00e6ndrede kurs Wilco tog efter sit mesterlige alt-popalbum Summerteeth<\/em>. For det var en sj\u00e6lden melodisk guld\u00e5re, man derved frivilligt vendte ryggen. Siden er kommet en r\u00e6kke anderledes ‘seri\u00f8se’ udgivelser fra Wilco, der alle har v\u00e6ret lettere at beundre end egentlig holde af. Webmaster Pastor, som kan sin Wilco, forklarer, det var nu afd\u00f8de Jay Bennett, der i bandet repr\u00e6senterede den mere umiddelbare lyd og sangskrivning, der kendetegner Summerteeth<\/em>.<\/p>\n Under tilblivelsen af efterf\u00f8lgeren, det album der skulle komme til at hedde Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em>, opstod kraftig bandsplid om musikalsk retning, mellem is\u00e6r Bennett p\u00e5 den ene side og Wilcoleder Jeff Tweedy p\u00e5 den anden. Utallige numre blev afpr\u00f8vet og indspillet i vidt forskellige arrangementer og mange af dem efterf\u00f8lgende fyret. Ikke n\u00f8dvendigvis fordi disse sange fejlede noget, men fordi deres struktur og udtryk aldrig passede ind i Tweedy’s ambition om at lave den anderledes Wilco-plade, der afs\u00f8gte helt nye omr\u00e5der. Tweedy vandt alts\u00e5 magtkampen og efter Yankee Hotel Foxtrott<\/em> var Jay Bennett en f\u00e6rdig mand i Wilco.<\/p>\n S\u00e5 yderst berigende – og slet ikke umuligt nu – at h\u00f8re hvilken ganske anden plade Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em> kunne have v\u00e6ret. For ude p\u00e5 nettet findes et uofficielt album med de uudgivne sange\/numre\/versioner, der blev vraget undervejs. Som antydet, fordi de nok lagde sig for t\u00e6t op af Summerteeth <\/em>og dens fork\u00e6rlighed for en mere umiddelbar Brian Wilson-kaleidoskopisk pop. Mange af Tweedy’s rigt melodiske sange blev sk\u00e5ret bort p\u00e5 den bekostning, selvom de isoleret set intet fejler – tv\u00e6rtimod. Hvor vi fandt albummet Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Demos<\/em>, er f\u00f8lgende beskrivende info med:<\/p>\n “Wilco <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 01 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart The tracks fall into two basic categories. First, there are early, sometimes radically different versions of songs that ended up on the record. Indeed, fans who aren’t wild about the sonic experimentation on YHF can find more straightforward renditions of some of the songs here.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Second, and even more stunning, are the songs that didn’t make the cut at all, a number of them as good as just about anything in the Wilco catalog. It’s not hard to guess why pop gems like “Magazine Called Sunset,” “Alone” and “Nothing Up My Sleeve,” all of which would have been right at home on Summerteeth, didn’t fit in with what Tweedy was trying to accomplish with YHF, but that doesn’t make them any less wonderful. “Not For The Season” is terrific, too, and was a longtime staple of Wilco’s live set (they still bust it out on occasion), but it didn’t make the grade either, perhaps because Tweedy had other plans for the song. (It ended up, sapped of most of its passion, as “Laminated Cat” on the first album by Tweedy’s Loose Fur side project.) And “Will Not Let You Down” sounds like Wilco brought Exile-era Keith Richards in as a ringer one day — it’s rollicking fun, even if it had no natural place on YHF.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Yet, the omission of two of these songs from YHF defies explanation. “Cars Can’t Escape” is one of Wilco’s loveliest ballads, and although the band gave it away online to anyone who purchased YHF, and even toss it into their live setlist every now and then, they have never treated it as much more than a throw-away. It’s been added to this collection.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n But if these recordings do comprise some sort of alternate-universe classic, then “Venus Stop The Train” is THE great lost Wilco track. Achingly beautiful and hauntingly produced, it would have been an absolute highlight of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and consistent in every way with the sound and ethos of that classic record. Instead, it has never been released, or performed live. Not even once. Until that far-off day when a career-spanning Wilco box set sees the light of day, this is the only way you’ll ever hear this positively gorgeous song.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Nej, ovenst\u00e5ende lovprisning satser ikke mere end den af Jeff Tweedy kasserede musik kan holde. Har haft Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Demos<\/em> k\u00f8rende p\u00e5 iPod et par uger og der er virkelig tale om en Wilco-skattekiste, om en samling helt anderledes YHF<\/em>-sange, der ubesv\u00e6ret kunne have st\u00e5et p\u00e5 egne officielle ben. Det i en grad s\u00e5 hidtil hemmelige titler som ‘Venus Stop The Train’ og ‘Not For The Season’ tr\u00e6nger sig ind p\u00e5 dette tastaturs top-10 over bedste Wilco-sange i det hele taget. Og de er kun toppen af isbjerget, fra et album der kunne have v\u00e6ret en favorit. For store ord? Find og h\u00f8r alle disse bortd\u00f8mte sange selv!<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n
\nYankee Hotel Foxtrot Demos
\n2001<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n02 Ashes of American Flags
\n03 I’m The Man Who Loves You
\n04 Magazine Called Sunset
\n05 Reservations
\n06 Kamera
\n07 Not For the Season
\n08 Alone
\n09 Nothing Up My Sleeve
\n10 Venus Stop the Train
\n11 Rhythm
\n12 Poor Places
\n13 Won’t Let You Down
\n14 Heavy Metal Drummer
\n15 Instrumental 1
\n16 Instrumental 2
\n17 Instrumental 2 (alternate)
\n18 Kamera (alternate)
\n19 Magazine Called Sunset (alternate)
\n20 Alone (alternate)
\n21 Not For the Season (alternate)
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\nThe so-called “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Demos” — actually consisting of both true demos and completed-but-discarded studio tracks from the YHF sessions — have been called “the great lost Wilco album.” In fact, it sometimes seems that these recordings have inspired as much fawning praise from critics as the officially-released album.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n