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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:10,585 --> 00:00:13,713 In some ways, they've made their most ambitious record yet. 2 00:00:13,821 --> 00:00:16,585 And ambition is not synonymous with record sales. 3 00:00:16,691 --> 00:00:18,090 You know? 4 00:00:18,192 --> 00:00:19,216 I mean, this is not... 5 00:00:19,327 --> 00:00:23,764 This is a masterful, dense, artistic statement. 6 00:00:23,865 --> 00:00:25,093 It could bomb. 7 00:00:33,374 --> 00:00:34,773 I need more piano. 8 00:00:34,876 --> 00:00:37,071 Less noise? Less noise. 9 00:00:37,178 --> 00:00:38,577 Yeah. I could take less noise. 10 00:00:43,718 --> 00:00:45,777 One, two, three. 11 00:00:45,887 --> 00:00:48,447 ♪ It's my father's voice dreaming ♪ 12 00:00:48,556 --> 00:00:53,186 ♪ Of sailors sailing off in the morning ♪ 13 00:00:56,364 --> 00:01:02,633 ♪ For the air-conditioned rooms at the top of the stairs ♪ 14 00:01:07,542 --> 00:01:09,772 ♪ His jaw's been broken ♪ 15 00:01:09,877 --> 00:01:13,836 ♪ And his bandage is wrapped too tight ♪ 16 00:01:18,052 --> 00:01:20,452 ♪ His fangs have been pulled ♪ 17 00:01:20,555 --> 00:01:24,286 ♪ And I really want to see you tonight ♪ 18 00:01:30,898 --> 00:01:32,661 No. I'm sorry. 19 00:01:44,278 --> 00:01:49,341 ♪ I am an American aquarium drinker ♪ 20 00:01:49,450 --> 00:01:54,012 ♪ I assassin down the avenue ♪ 21 00:01:54,121 --> 00:01:58,649 ♪ I'm hiding out in the big city blinking ♪ 22 00:01:58,759 --> 00:02:02,786 ♪ What was I thinking when I let go of you? ♪ 23 00:02:12,273 --> 00:02:17,336 ♪ Let's forget about the tongue-tied lightning ♪ 24 00:02:17,445 --> 00:02:21,677 ♪ Let's undress just like cross-eyed strangers ♪ 25 00:02:21,782 --> 00:02:26,685 ♪ This is not a joke, so please stop smiling ♪ 26 00:02:26,787 --> 00:02:31,520 ♪ What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt? ♪ 27 00:02:40,668 --> 00:02:45,230 ♪ I want to crawl through those brown eyes dreaming ♪ 28 00:02:45,339 --> 00:02:47,239 ♪ Take you from the inside ♪ 29 00:02:47,341 --> 00:02:50,071 ♪ Baby, hold on tight ♪ 30 00:02:50,177 --> 00:02:54,739 ♪ Well, you were so right when you said I've been drinking ♪ 31 00:02:54,849 --> 00:02:59,548 ♪ What was I thinking when we said good night? ♪ 32 00:03:03,991 --> 00:03:08,451 ♪ I am trying to break your heart ♪ 33 00:03:08,563 --> 00:03:12,966 ♪ I am trying to break your heart ♪ 34 00:03:13,067 --> 00:03:18,198 ♪ But still I would be lying if I said it wasn't easy ♪ 35 00:03:18,306 --> 00:03:22,743 ♪ I am trying to break your heart ♪ 36 00:03:26,514 --> 00:03:27,913 What are you doing? 37 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,787 "Hello!" 38 00:03:33,888 --> 00:03:34,946 "Hello." 39 00:03:39,226 --> 00:03:41,285 "Welcome to our movie. 40 00:03:41,395 --> 00:03:45,559 We are going to be seeing lots of film about Wilco today." 41 00:03:47,935 --> 00:03:49,664 I've got to say we're pretty lucky. 42 00:03:49,770 --> 00:03:53,171 I think Wilco is in a position 43 00:03:53,274 --> 00:03:55,504 where they can make the record they want to make. 44 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:57,339 I mean, there is definitely... 45 00:03:57,445 --> 00:03:59,504 I don't know if I'd call it pressure, 46 00:03:59,614 --> 00:04:01,377 but there's definitely a feeling 47 00:04:01,482 --> 00:04:04,178 that this is sort of the moment. 48 00:04:04,285 --> 00:04:06,549 "They are very funny guys." 49 00:04:06,654 --> 00:04:08,383 Give him a cigarette. 50 00:04:08,489 --> 00:04:09,751 Oh, yeah. I got one. 51 00:04:14,962 --> 00:04:17,328 I need a piece of gum. 52 00:04:17,431 --> 00:04:20,764 I think... and, of course, hope... 53 00:04:20,868 --> 00:04:22,768 that this record is gonna be 54 00:04:22,870 --> 00:04:26,362 a pretty big priority for Warner when it comes out. 55 00:04:26,474 --> 00:04:31,207 And... you don't get that every time you put a record out. 56 00:04:31,312 --> 00:04:33,974 "So, anyway, I was touring... 57 00:04:34,081 --> 00:04:36,276 I was touring on the road with Wilco." 58 00:04:38,219 --> 00:04:40,687 Oh, here's your gum back. 59 00:04:42,623 --> 00:04:43,851 One, two... 60 00:05:02,043 --> 00:05:05,342 ♪ The cash machine ♪ 61 00:05:05,446 --> 00:05:08,813 ♪ Is blue and green ♪ 62 00:05:08,916 --> 00:05:11,476 ♪ For a hundred in twenties ♪ 63 00:05:11,585 --> 00:05:15,146 ♪ And a small service fee ♪ 64 00:05:15,256 --> 00:05:18,714 ♪ I can spend three dollars ♪ 65 00:05:18,826 --> 00:05:22,728 ♪ And sixty-three cents ♪ 66 00:05:22,830 --> 00:05:26,231 ♪ On Diet Coca-Cola ♪ 67 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:29,131 ♪ And unlit cigarettes ♪ 68 00:05:44,185 --> 00:05:47,416 ♪ I wonder why we listen to poets ♪ 69 00:05:47,521 --> 00:05:50,149 ♪ When nobody gives a fuck ♪ 70 00:05:51,525 --> 00:05:54,926 ♪ How hot and sorrowful ♪ 71 00:05:55,029 --> 00:05:57,725 ♪ This machine begs for luck ♪ 72 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:06,564 ♪ All my lies are always wishes ♪ 73 00:06:06,674 --> 00:06:13,204 ♪ I know I would die if I could come back new ♪ 74 00:06:13,314 --> 00:06:15,373 You know, there are two kinds of potential. 75 00:06:15,483 --> 00:06:17,212 There's artistic potential, 76 00:06:17,318 --> 00:06:20,219 which I think for them is unlimited, 77 00:06:20,321 --> 00:06:23,051 and there is commercial potential, 78 00:06:23,157 --> 00:06:25,682 which is really quite mysterious to us 79 00:06:25,793 --> 00:06:27,420 because there are so many factors 80 00:06:27,528 --> 00:06:29,086 that are out of your control, 81 00:06:29,196 --> 00:06:33,599 and we try not to think about it too much and just... 82 00:06:33,701 --> 00:06:36,864 try to make a great record, 83 00:06:36,971 --> 00:06:42,739 and hope and push the label to make the right decisions 84 00:06:42,843 --> 00:06:45,744 and do the right things promotion-wise and so on. 85 00:06:45,846 --> 00:06:47,438 This is an interactive band. 86 00:06:47,548 --> 00:06:49,982 These are four or five people, you know, 87 00:06:50,084 --> 00:06:51,312 who make music together, 88 00:06:51,418 --> 00:06:53,147 and the music wouldn't sound the way it does 89 00:06:53,254 --> 00:06:55,449 unless these five people are together in the room 90 00:06:55,556 --> 00:06:57,080 at the same time, making the music. 91 00:06:57,191 --> 00:06:58,590 It's a constant process. 92 00:06:58,692 --> 00:07:03,595 I mean, we make records, and they're, um... 93 00:07:03,697 --> 00:07:07,133 Like, that ends up being a thing that you're making, 94 00:07:07,234 --> 00:07:11,261 and you have a million options as to what that thing can be 95 00:07:11,372 --> 00:07:12,839 and what shape it can be. 96 00:07:22,483 --> 00:07:26,647 We generally go for a pretty straight, definitive version 97 00:07:26,754 --> 00:07:29,314 of what the song sounds like it should be 98 00:07:29,423 --> 00:07:32,483 and then deconstruct it a little bit 99 00:07:32,593 --> 00:07:35,494 and see if there's some more exciting way to approach it. 100 00:07:37,765 --> 00:07:41,826 ♪ Echoes in my heart ♪ 101 00:07:41,936 --> 00:07:43,995 ♪ And gravel in my palm ♪ 102 00:07:44,104 --> 00:07:48,666 There's no reason at all not to destroy it. 103 00:07:48,776 --> 00:07:50,004 You know? 104 00:07:50,110 --> 00:07:52,738 We made it, so it's ours to destroy, 105 00:07:52,847 --> 00:07:54,906 and that's liberating and exciting 106 00:07:55,015 --> 00:07:57,245 in a really creative way. 107 00:08:12,733 --> 00:08:14,860 ♪ I need a camera ♪ 108 00:08:14,969 --> 00:08:16,937 ♪ To my eye ♪ 109 00:08:17,037 --> 00:08:19,005 ♪ To my eye ♪ 110 00:08:19,106 --> 00:08:24,942 ♪ Reminding which lies that I've been hiding ♪ 111 00:08:25,045 --> 00:08:27,843 ♪ Which echoes belong ♪ 112 00:08:29,383 --> 00:08:32,284 ♪ I'm counting on ♪ 113 00:08:32,386 --> 00:08:35,355 ♪ Two days in Central Park ♪ 114 00:08:36,891 --> 00:08:39,382 ♪ With gravel in my heart ♪ 115 00:08:40,961 --> 00:08:43,589 ♪ And echoes in my palm ♪ 116 00:08:45,132 --> 00:08:46,565 ♪ Phone my family ♪ 117 00:08:46,667 --> 00:08:50,865 ♪ Tell 'em I'm lost on the sidewalk ♪ 118 00:08:50,971 --> 00:08:52,871 ♪ And no, it's not okay ♪ 119 00:08:52,973 --> 00:08:54,873 ♪ I smashed a camera ♪ 120 00:08:54,975 --> 00:08:57,034 ♪ I want to know why ♪ 121 00:08:57,144 --> 00:08:58,873 ♪ To my eye ♪ 122 00:08:58,979 --> 00:09:05,043 ♪ Reminding which lies that I've been hiding ♪ 123 00:09:05,152 --> 00:09:07,620 ♪ Which echoes belong ♪ 124 00:09:08,989 --> 00:09:12,186 ♪ I'm counting on ♪ 125 00:09:12,293 --> 00:09:15,490 ♪ Two days in Central Park ♪ 126 00:09:17,031 --> 00:09:20,432 ♪ With echoes in my heart ♪ 127 00:09:20,534 --> 00:09:22,001 ♪ And gravel in my palm ♪ 128 00:09:22,102 --> 00:09:25,401 I think this record's more of a leap for the band. 129 00:09:25,506 --> 00:09:28,498 This is probably the closest to pure collaboration 130 00:09:28,609 --> 00:09:30,167 Wilco has ever got. 131 00:09:30,277 --> 00:09:32,575 Personally, I'm really happy 'cause Jeff and I have done 132 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:34,113 a lot of this stuff together. 133 00:09:34,214 --> 00:09:35,704 This is the first time 134 00:09:35,816 --> 00:09:37,647 that Jeff and I have made a conscious effort 135 00:09:37,751 --> 00:09:39,582 to get together at the loft and write songs. 136 00:09:39,687 --> 00:09:43,350 Not that things don't happen spontaneously, um, 137 00:09:43,457 --> 00:09:45,186 with the Wilco recordings, 138 00:09:45,292 --> 00:09:48,352 but there is a lot of conferring with each other, 139 00:09:48,462 --> 00:09:50,054 a lot of deliberation, 140 00:09:50,164 --> 00:09:54,498 a lot of, like Jeff was talking, destroying what we've done, 141 00:09:54,601 --> 00:09:57,001 trying it from the back door, turning it upside down. 142 00:09:57,104 --> 00:10:00,335 ♪ I'm counting out ♪ 143 00:10:00,441 --> 00:10:03,569 ♪ The days to see how far ♪ 144 00:10:05,112 --> 00:10:07,740 ♪ I've driven in the dark ♪ 145 00:10:09,550 --> 00:10:11,677 ♪ Echoes in my heart ♪ 146 00:10:13,220 --> 00:10:14,653 ♪ Phone my family ♪ 147 00:10:14,755 --> 00:10:19,021 ♪ Tell 'em I'm lost on the sidewalk ♪ 148 00:10:19,126 --> 00:10:21,492 ♪ No, it's not okay ♪ 149 00:10:27,368 --> 00:10:29,666 ♪ No, it's not okay ♪ 150 00:10:35,242 --> 00:10:37,870 ♪ No, it's not okay ♪ 151 00:10:45,719 --> 00:10:47,482 Uh, okay. 152 00:10:49,123 --> 00:10:50,556 It's the first record 153 00:10:50,657 --> 00:10:52,682 where we've really done everything ourselves. 154 00:10:52,793 --> 00:10:55,557 We're engineering it ourselves, and we're doing it in our space. 155 00:10:55,662 --> 00:10:58,756 We're doing two seemingly contradictory things... 156 00:10:58,866 --> 00:11:02,097 we're making a record in a very relaxed environment 157 00:11:02,202 --> 00:11:05,296 with no outside input, but at the same time, 158 00:11:05,406 --> 00:11:08,000 we're accepting a certain kind of pressure 159 00:11:08,108 --> 00:11:09,837 that we're putting on ourselves. 160 00:11:09,943 --> 00:11:13,344 It's nice not to have a producer for Wilco 161 00:11:13,447 --> 00:11:19,317 because we're all, any one of us, perfectly capable of... 162 00:11:19,420 --> 00:11:23,789 directing or shaping a musical moment. 163 00:11:23,891 --> 00:11:26,382 Everything is just kind of set up 164 00:11:26,493 --> 00:11:28,427 to just keep making records. 165 00:11:28,529 --> 00:11:32,795 I know it's cool to bitch about your record label, you know? 166 00:11:32,900 --> 00:11:37,462 But, I mean, they're letting us make a record in our loft, 167 00:11:37,571 --> 00:11:39,471 and they haven't heard a word of it. 168 00:11:41,408 --> 00:11:42,807 They're giving us $85,000, 169 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:44,639 and they haven't heard a word of it. 170 00:11:44,745 --> 00:11:47,043 You know, that's trust, right? They trust us. 171 00:11:48,082 --> 00:11:50,482 You're always playing the... 172 00:11:50,584 --> 00:11:54,486 You're pretty much doing 1, 5, 6, 4 on all the... 173 00:11:54,588 --> 00:11:56,317 A lot of times, when you're playing, 174 00:11:56,423 --> 00:11:59,153 if you don't have any, like, sonic landscape behind you, 175 00:11:59,259 --> 00:12:01,523 everything turns into a folk song. 176 00:12:01,628 --> 00:12:04,654 That's pretty much what you do, right? 177 00:12:04,765 --> 00:12:05,925 Yeah. 178 00:12:12,172 --> 00:12:13,730 We just wanted it to not sound like 179 00:12:13,841 --> 00:12:16,002 a little folk ditty, you know? 180 00:12:16,110 --> 00:12:17,839 So we wanted to have just, like, 181 00:12:17,945 --> 00:12:21,938 some kind of sonic weight under all of that 182 00:12:22,049 --> 00:12:25,951 and, uh, just something kind of weird and fucked up. 183 00:12:26,053 --> 00:12:28,521 ♪ It's my father's voice dreaming ♪ 184 00:12:28,622 --> 00:12:32,752 ♪ Of sailors sailing off in the morning ♪ 185 00:12:32,860 --> 00:12:34,418 ♪ To fight the war ♪ 186 00:12:34,528 --> 00:12:36,428 That picks it up some. 187 00:12:36,530 --> 00:12:41,763 ♪ For the air-conditioned rooms at the top of the stairs ♪ 188 00:12:41,869 --> 00:12:44,633 ♪ They head to the table ♪ 189 00:12:44,738 --> 00:12:47,138 Tune the "A" string to a "B" flat and it... 190 00:12:47,241 --> 00:12:49,471 ♪ And it makes no difference to me ♪ 191 00:12:49,576 --> 00:12:51,043 And then you put them together 192 00:12:51,145 --> 00:12:53,113 and you'll get some really magical moments. 193 00:12:53,213 --> 00:12:57,479 ♪ They cried all over overseas ♪ 194 00:12:57,584 --> 00:13:01,543 ♪ And it's hot in the poor places tonight ♪ 195 00:13:03,724 --> 00:13:05,555 ♪ I'm not going outside ♪ 196 00:13:05,659 --> 00:13:08,856 And we thought that might be rhythmic enough to play to. 197 00:13:10,797 --> 00:13:15,791 ♪ There's bourbon on the breath of the singer you love ♪ 198 00:13:15,903 --> 00:13:18,497 It's kind of along with some of the more noise tracks, 199 00:13:18,605 --> 00:13:19,731 but it's rhythmic, 200 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,070 so it's something that they can play along to. 201 00:13:22,176 --> 00:13:24,076 ♪ He takes all his words ♪ 202 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:28,581 ♪ From the books that you don't read anyway ♪ 203 00:13:28,682 --> 00:13:30,309 It was about 3:00 in the morning. 204 00:13:30,417 --> 00:13:32,146 We were either gonna get something great 205 00:13:32,252 --> 00:13:33,981 or lose our fucking minds. 206 00:13:34,087 --> 00:13:36,647 All these things are just blaring in here, you know? 207 00:13:36,757 --> 00:13:38,657 That's when it all kind of exploded. 208 00:13:38,759 --> 00:13:42,820 ♪ They cried all over overseas ♪ 209 00:13:43,931 --> 00:13:47,458 ♪ And it makes no difference to me ♪ 210 00:13:48,936 --> 00:13:52,702 ♪ When it's hot in the poor places tonight ♪ 211 00:13:54,308 --> 00:13:57,675 ♪ I'm not going outside ♪ 212 00:14:17,397 --> 00:14:21,527 ♪ And it takes all the breath out of me ♪ 213 00:14:22,903 --> 00:14:27,237 ♪ When they cry all over overseas ♪ 214 00:14:28,408 --> 00:14:33,311 ♪ When it's hot in the poor places tonight ♪ 215 00:14:33,413 --> 00:14:36,746 ♪ I'm not going outside ♪ 216 00:14:38,719 --> 00:14:42,211 ♪ It's hot in the poor places tonight ♪ 217 00:14:44,224 --> 00:14:47,990 ♪ I'm not going outside ♪ 218 00:14:49,563 --> 00:14:52,862 ♪ I'm not going outside ♪ 219 00:14:54,968 --> 00:14:58,335 ♪ I'm not going outside ♪ 220 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,900 Yankee... Hotel... Foxtrot... 221 00:15:39,413 --> 00:15:43,713 Yankee... Hotel... Foxtrot... 222 00:15:45,018 --> 00:15:49,717 Yankee... Hotel... Foxtrot... 223 00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:07,364 Hey. 224 00:16:07,474 --> 00:16:09,908 How you doing, man? Good to see you. 225 00:16:10,010 --> 00:16:12,410 Now, the Latin voice. 226 00:16:12,512 --> 00:16:14,707 We're going to do something with Jeff Tweedy, 227 00:16:14,815 --> 00:16:16,749 who plays rock 'n' roll. 228 00:16:16,850 --> 00:16:19,751 ♪ One, two, three, one, two, three ♪ 229 00:16:19,853 --> 00:16:22,481 ♪ Gonna rock and... ♪ 230 00:16:22,589 --> 00:16:25,820 So, with the community that you are doing now, 231 00:16:25,926 --> 00:16:29,293 did you play music, uh... porque... 232 00:16:29,396 --> 00:16:32,126 Do you think that your music, uh, 233 00:16:32,232 --> 00:16:35,531 reaches out to children who don't have a fighting chance? 234 00:16:37,037 --> 00:16:38,265 Um... 235 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:42,775 ♪ The rolling perfume in the night ♪ 236 00:16:42,876 --> 00:16:47,472 ♪ It's not even half as nice as you ♪ 237 00:16:47,581 --> 00:16:51,881 ♪ Set my sights on one whispery kiss ♪ 238 00:16:51,985 --> 00:16:52,985 I'll sign that. 239 00:16:53,053 --> 00:16:55,954 If you know how to spell "Simón"... go for it. 240 00:16:56,056 --> 00:16:58,957 S-I-M-O-N-E? 241 00:16:59,059 --> 00:17:01,289 That sounds like right, yeah. 242 00:17:01,395 --> 00:17:02,987 "Real pal"... 243 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,031 Do your record... My... I have an idea. 244 00:17:10,137 --> 00:17:13,197 Does it come out on... compact disc? 245 00:17:13,306 --> 00:17:14,432 Mm-hmm. 246 00:17:16,209 --> 00:17:20,111 ♪ I dreamed about killing you again last night ♪ 247 00:17:20,213 --> 00:17:23,671 ♪ And it felt all right to me ♪ 248 00:17:25,552 --> 00:17:29,955 ♪ Dying on the banks of Embarcadero skies ♪ 249 00:17:30,056 --> 00:17:34,322 ♪ Sat and watched you bleed ♪ 250 00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:36,896 Let's just do a lot of good crowd control tonight 251 00:17:36,997 --> 00:17:39,158 and, you know, bring up the whole political thing, 252 00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:40,824 just fuckin'... 253 00:17:40,934 --> 00:17:42,902 The whole thing about women's rights, 254 00:17:43,003 --> 00:17:44,937 lesbians' rights, and stuff like that. 255 00:17:45,038 --> 00:17:47,472 I'm gonna play to it. I'm gonna play to the crowd. 256 00:17:47,574 --> 00:17:48,836 Cool. 257 00:17:48,942 --> 00:17:52,503 'Cause, you know, the Dow is down about 30%, you know. 258 00:17:52,612 --> 00:17:54,170 And as soon as I looked at that, 259 00:17:54,281 --> 00:17:57,182 I just knew what kind of position you're in and stuff. 260 00:17:57,284 --> 00:18:00,583 I've got to kiss some major ass to, you know, 261 00:18:00,687 --> 00:18:04,179 to get it... my portfolio back together. 262 00:18:04,291 --> 00:18:06,191 Totally. I know. I know. 263 00:18:06,293 --> 00:18:07,726 I have... 264 00:18:07,828 --> 00:18:09,728 I hear you, man. Totally. 265 00:18:09,830 --> 00:18:14,062 I totally... I canned my stockbroker two weeks ago. 266 00:18:14,167 --> 00:18:16,397 How's the place out in the Hamptons? Good? 267 00:18:16,503 --> 00:18:19,961 Mm, it's a fixer-upper. I mean, the pool is shit. 268 00:18:20,073 --> 00:18:20,971 Yeah. 269 00:18:21,074 --> 00:18:23,599 Spielberg told me... He's like, "I went over to Jeff's..." 270 00:18:23,710 --> 00:18:26,406 'Cause he knows your fuckin' music is a big bullshit thing... 271 00:18:26,513 --> 00:18:28,811 and he was just like, "I saw his fucking pool," 272 00:18:28,915 --> 00:18:31,179 you know, and he was just, uh... he's funny. 273 00:18:31,284 --> 00:18:33,275 You know, he reminds me a lot of you. 274 00:18:33,386 --> 00:18:35,217 You are stupid. 275 00:18:37,324 --> 00:18:39,121 ♪ Springtime comes ♪ 276 00:18:39,226 --> 00:18:42,753 ♪ And the leaves are back on the trees again ♪ 277 00:18:43,697 --> 00:18:47,428 ♪ Snappers are harder to see, my friends ♪ 278 00:18:50,804 --> 00:18:53,773 ♪ You're weeding out your weekends ♪ 279 00:19:00,213 --> 00:19:03,944 ♪ Summer comes and gravity undoes you ♪ 280 00:19:04,050 --> 00:19:05,950 ♪ You're happy because ♪ 281 00:19:06,052 --> 00:19:09,613 ♪ The lovely way the sunshine bends ♪ 282 00:19:11,725 --> 00:19:14,023 ♪ Hiding from your close friends ♪ 283 00:19:14,127 --> 00:19:16,595 ♪ Weeding out your weekends ♪ 284 00:19:23,503 --> 00:19:27,371 ♪ Candy left over from Halloween ♪ 285 00:19:27,474 --> 00:19:31,376 ♪ The unified theory of everything ♪ 286 00:19:31,478 --> 00:19:35,539 ♪ Love left over from lovers leaving ♪ 287 00:19:35,649 --> 00:19:39,949 ♪ Books they all know they're not worth reading ♪ 288 00:19:42,322 --> 00:19:44,916 ♪ It's not for the season ♪ 289 00:19:45,992 --> 00:19:47,050 That's, uh... 290 00:19:48,662 --> 00:19:51,222 one of the new songs... 291 00:19:57,604 --> 00:20:01,335 from our upcoming Wilco record. 292 00:20:04,945 --> 00:20:08,972 They sound nothing like that on the record. 293 00:20:11,985 --> 00:20:13,213 Poetry? 294 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,050 Are you saying that my lyrics are poetry? 295 00:20:18,325 --> 00:20:19,553 I like you. 296 00:20:24,698 --> 00:20:26,757 Here's some more... poetry for you. 297 00:20:29,903 --> 00:20:33,304 I wanted to go out and play some shows acoustically. 298 00:20:33,406 --> 00:20:35,237 It seemed like the good time to do it. 299 00:20:35,342 --> 00:20:37,105 We haven't really toured for a while. 300 00:20:37,210 --> 00:20:38,871 The record's still being made. 301 00:20:38,979 --> 00:20:41,311 And take a little break from the record, 302 00:20:41,414 --> 00:20:43,882 go play some music, and see how things go. 303 00:21:02,335 --> 00:21:05,736 ♪ There are rows and rows of houses ♪ 304 00:21:08,675 --> 00:21:12,475 ♪ With the windows painted blue ♪ 305 00:21:17,384 --> 00:21:21,684 ♪ With the light from the TV ♪ 306 00:21:26,226 --> 00:21:29,889 ♪ Running parallel to you ♪ 307 00:21:34,634 --> 00:21:38,764 ♪ There is no sunken treasure ♪ 308 00:21:43,643 --> 00:21:46,976 ♪ Rumored to be ♪ 309 00:21:50,817 --> 00:21:53,445 Jeff, do you remember Scott from Reprise? 310 00:21:53,553 --> 00:21:54,611 Yeah. How you doing? 311 00:21:54,721 --> 00:21:55,949 Hey, great job, man. 312 00:21:56,056 --> 00:21:57,250 Well, thanks. Thanks. 313 00:21:57,357 --> 00:21:58,585 You know my friend Sarah? 314 00:21:58,692 --> 00:22:00,091 - Yeah, yeah. - Oh, excellent. 315 00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:06,098 ♪ In a sea ♪ 316 00:22:08,401 --> 00:22:10,767 ♪ Black with ink ♪ 317 00:22:10,870 --> 00:22:12,428 Nice to meet you. I work at WEA. 318 00:22:12,539 --> 00:22:13,437 Jim. 319 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:14,540 That was great. 320 00:22:14,574 --> 00:22:16,439 This is the whole WEA contingent... Mitch. 321 00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:17,441 Mitch? All right. 322 00:22:17,544 --> 00:22:19,102 All WEA folks? 323 00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:20,679 Not all of them. 324 00:22:20,780 --> 00:22:23,681 Hoyt... Last Record Store, Santa Rosa, California. 325 00:22:23,783 --> 00:22:25,751 - Pushing Wilco all the way. - All right. 326 00:22:25,852 --> 00:22:27,649 ♪ Try to fold it over ♪ 327 00:22:30,757 --> 00:22:34,056 ♪ If I had a boat ♪ 328 00:22:39,032 --> 00:22:47,032 ♪ I'd probably... ♪ 329 00:22:47,373 --> 00:22:49,307 ♪ Roll over ♪ 330 00:22:49,409 --> 00:22:51,809 Hey, is the new record more like... 331 00:22:51,911 --> 00:22:53,640 Is it gonna be more like "A.M.," 332 00:22:53,747 --> 00:22:57,308 or is it gonna be more like... "Summer Teeth"? 333 00:22:57,417 --> 00:23:00,580 Uh, it's really not that much like 334 00:23:00,687 --> 00:23:02,951 either one of those records, I don't think, so... 335 00:23:03,056 --> 00:23:04,956 Ooh. Really? 336 00:23:05,058 --> 00:23:08,653 ♪ Surely there is somebody ♪ 337 00:23:11,865 --> 00:23:16,632 ♪ Who needs ♪ 338 00:23:18,905 --> 00:23:21,669 It sounded like it was a trip-hop album or something. 339 00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:23,675 There were tape loops and samples and... 340 00:23:23,777 --> 00:23:27,144 There are those things, but it's not like a trip-hop record. 341 00:23:27,247 --> 00:23:28,771 Tricky. 342 00:23:28,882 --> 00:23:31,248 ♪ I am so ♪ 343 00:23:33,286 --> 00:23:35,754 ♪ I am so ♪ 344 00:23:37,457 --> 00:23:39,925 ♪ Out of tune ♪ 345 00:23:46,132 --> 00:23:48,362 ♪ I am so ♪ 346 00:23:50,970 --> 00:23:53,666 ♪ Out of tune ♪ 347 00:23:55,141 --> 00:23:57,609 ♪ With you ♪ 348 00:24:02,482 --> 00:24:05,610 I'm happy with it, and we're almost done with it, 349 00:24:05,718 --> 00:24:09,017 so, uh, you just have to wait another month or so. 350 00:24:09,122 --> 00:24:10,680 A month or two months. 351 00:24:10,790 --> 00:24:13,350 And you guys are gonna tour on that straightaway, then? 352 00:24:13,459 --> 00:24:15,859 Maybe. I don't know. 353 00:24:15,962 --> 00:24:18,487 Well, hopefully it'll come out in July. 354 00:24:18,598 --> 00:24:21,761 It's, um... 355 00:24:21,868 --> 00:24:26,271 it's got a lot of the drums and holes... 356 00:24:26,372 --> 00:24:29,603 and holes in the songs in it. 357 00:24:29,709 --> 00:24:31,438 That's... 358 00:24:32,712 --> 00:24:35,272 So you're like... Is Courtney Love in there? 359 00:24:35,381 --> 00:24:36,439 No. 360 00:24:38,218 --> 00:24:39,776 Sorry. 361 00:24:39,886 --> 00:24:42,116 A lot of big, open spaces 362 00:24:42,222 --> 00:24:47,023 between what's supposed to be, like... the music part. 363 00:24:48,228 --> 00:24:50,458 I don't know. I'm gone. 364 00:25:03,276 --> 00:25:09,237 ♪ We all return ♪ 365 00:25:11,951 --> 00:25:15,250 ♪ Music is my savior ♪ 366 00:25:19,993 --> 00:25:22,791 ♪ I was maimed by rock 'n roll ♪ 367 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:31,200 ♪ I got my name ♪ 368 00:25:35,275 --> 00:25:38,472 ♪ From rock 'n roll ♪ 369 00:25:58,765 --> 00:26:00,357 Uh, it's Jeff. 370 00:26:06,606 --> 00:26:07,504 Cool? 371 00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:08,835 - Yeah, it seems fine. - Great. 372 00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:11,433 That's exactly the mix you'll have out there. 373 00:26:15,748 --> 00:26:20,310 ♪ How can I convince you it's me I don't like ♪ 374 00:26:20,420 --> 00:26:24,982 ♪ And not be so indifferent to the look in your eyes ♪ 375 00:26:25,091 --> 00:26:27,651 ♪ When I've always been distant ♪ 376 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:32,060 ♪ And I've always told lies for love? ♪ 377 00:26:35,101 --> 00:26:40,334 ♪ I know this isn't what you were wanting me to say ♪ 378 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,843 ♪ How can I be closer and get further away ♪ 379 00:26:44,944 --> 00:26:51,577 ♪ From the truth that proves it's beautiful to lie? ♪ 380 00:26:55,021 --> 00:27:02,689 ♪ I've got reservations ♪ 381 00:27:04,263 --> 00:27:07,323 ♪ About so many things ♪ 382 00:27:07,433 --> 00:27:11,301 ♪ But not about you ♪ 383 00:27:11,404 --> 00:27:12,962 And then maybe... 384 00:27:25,151 --> 00:27:26,709 Something... I don't know. 385 00:27:26,819 --> 00:27:28,047 You know, it's... 386 00:27:28,154 --> 00:27:29,052 Sure. 387 00:27:29,155 --> 00:27:30,315 Yeah. 388 00:27:30,423 --> 00:27:31,822 It's only a single. 389 00:27:31,924 --> 00:27:33,482 It's the first time, where he goes, 390 00:27:33,593 --> 00:27:36,027 ♪ I got a reservation... ♪ 391 00:27:36,129 --> 00:27:38,654 Yeah. Yeah, the first one is the double one. 392 00:27:47,774 --> 00:27:49,571 Okay. 393 00:27:56,749 --> 00:27:58,979 I think he's gonna stay away from... 394 00:27:59,085 --> 00:28:00,814 What's that? 395 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,823 Uh, I guess the next... four or five days. 396 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,518 Yeah. We're mixing. 397 00:28:10,730 --> 00:28:12,459 I'm not at the loft. 398 00:28:12,565 --> 00:28:15,033 I'm at the studio. 399 00:28:16,969 --> 00:28:18,266 Tony's here. 400 00:28:18,371 --> 00:28:20,737 ♪ I... ♪ 401 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,068 All right. 402 00:28:22,175 --> 00:28:27,078 ♪ ... got a reservation ♪ 403 00:28:27,180 --> 00:28:28,738 All right. 404 00:28:28,848 --> 00:28:31,976 Well, I'll call you later. 405 00:28:37,090 --> 00:28:38,557 Pajama day? 406 00:28:44,997 --> 00:28:47,397 This is, like, this is the record 407 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,901 that needs to take the band to another level. 408 00:28:51,003 --> 00:28:52,800 If that didn't happen, 409 00:28:52,905 --> 00:28:56,807 it would be a tragic sort of missed opportunity 410 00:28:56,909 --> 00:28:59,309 and that it would damage the band. 411 00:29:02,081 --> 00:29:05,847 I think every record I've ever made, somebody has said, 412 00:29:05,952 --> 00:29:07,852 "This is the big one." 413 00:29:07,954 --> 00:29:09,683 "You guys are gonna be huge." 414 00:29:09,789 --> 00:29:13,520 And when I saw the reality of the situation, 415 00:29:13,626 --> 00:29:16,026 I felt a little dumb for believing it. 416 00:29:17,530 --> 00:29:19,691 ♪ Make no difference ever known ♪ 417 00:29:19,799 --> 00:29:22,359 ♪ Make no difference ever known to me ♪ 418 00:29:22,468 --> 00:29:24,834 We do have a new A&R guy, Mio, 419 00:29:24,937 --> 00:29:27,997 who's really, like, younger and cooler than our last guy. 420 00:29:28,107 --> 00:29:29,165 So who knows? 421 00:29:29,275 --> 00:29:32,142 Maybe he'll come in and say something really cool. 422 00:29:32,245 --> 00:29:33,303 Maybe he'll be great. 423 00:29:33,412 --> 00:29:35,209 ♪ I'm the man who loves you ♪ 424 00:29:37,583 --> 00:29:39,642 ♪ I'm the man who loves you ♪ 425 00:29:39,752 --> 00:29:40,810 I think this sounds great. 426 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,182 Yeah. It's a song. 427 00:29:42,288 --> 00:29:44,415 Do you want to hear the new one again? 428 00:29:44,524 --> 00:29:46,287 Can you guys tell me what it is 429 00:29:46,392 --> 00:29:49,122 about the drum sounds on this that's not happening? 430 00:29:49,228 --> 00:29:51,128 You said you can't get a good snare sound? 431 00:29:51,230 --> 00:29:53,630 You can't brighten them up. 432 00:29:53,733 --> 00:29:56,600 I think that's what's kind of cool about it. 433 00:29:56,702 --> 00:29:58,169 They're murky-sounding, you know? 434 00:29:58,271 --> 00:30:00,671 - This is all you can get out of them. - I think it's great. 435 00:30:00,773 --> 00:30:02,673 If the overall song feels good to you, 436 00:30:02,775 --> 00:30:03,969 you're gonna fall in love 437 00:30:04,076 --> 00:30:06,306 with the little parts of it that are fucked up. 438 00:30:06,412 --> 00:30:08,903 To sum up what I'm thinking... 439 00:30:09,015 --> 00:30:11,055 - You can't change one piece of the puzzle. - Right. 440 00:30:11,083 --> 00:30:13,916 I don't think well-defined, bright drums 441 00:30:14,020 --> 00:30:15,920 with presence and definition 442 00:30:16,022 --> 00:30:18,889 would serve the feel of that song. 443 00:30:18,991 --> 00:30:21,551 You know, it's a $150-an-hour argument, 444 00:30:21,661 --> 00:30:22,719 but that's okay. 445 00:30:24,797 --> 00:30:26,424 Whatever they lack 446 00:30:26,532 --> 00:30:29,467 I say are actually a virtue in this cut. 447 00:30:29,569 --> 00:30:34,871 If we go with this new one, there is more redoing than... 448 00:30:34,974 --> 00:30:37,909 Jeff thought before he left, for instance. 449 00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:40,240 What is coming up right now is exactly what came up 450 00:30:40,346 --> 00:30:42,371 when I first started talking to Jeff about it, 451 00:30:42,481 --> 00:30:47,214 which was, "I think this does create a domino effect." 452 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,118 Did anyone have any problem with this song 453 00:30:50,223 --> 00:30:54,091 - until last night when you tried to EQ. The snare? - Yes. Absolutely. Always. 454 00:30:54,193 --> 00:30:56,024 Always since day one. 455 00:30:56,128 --> 00:30:59,620 Maybe we should mix stuff that we know is done. 456 00:30:59,732 --> 00:31:01,290 There is no fucking pressure, man. 457 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,698 This is day two in the studio for this record. 458 00:31:03,803 --> 00:31:04,861 - Three. - Three. Okay. 459 00:31:06,138 --> 00:31:09,107 There's still no pressure. 460 00:31:09,208 --> 00:31:10,766 I just know if we mix both of these, 461 00:31:10,876 --> 00:31:12,434 we're gonna go, "Neither one's it." 462 00:31:12,545 --> 00:31:13,705 I just know it. 463 00:31:13,813 --> 00:31:15,542 I think it'd be great if we just mixed 464 00:31:15,648 --> 00:31:17,275 and leave all tracking for the loft. 465 00:31:17,383 --> 00:31:18,611 Honestly. 466 00:31:18,718 --> 00:31:20,117 Jeff's on his way down. 467 00:31:20,219 --> 00:31:21,777 Oh, his... Alert the media. 468 00:31:21,887 --> 00:31:23,184 Has he... 469 00:31:23,289 --> 00:31:25,689 Has he been... Was he alerted to the situation? 470 00:31:25,791 --> 00:31:27,725 No. He just called for a status report. 471 00:31:27,827 --> 00:31:30,057 Oh, and you said, "Status not good." 472 00:31:30,162 --> 00:31:33,859 We had a little bit of a work stoppage... 473 00:31:33,966 --> 00:31:37,561 a grinding... grinding to a halt, like, "Well, hold on. 474 00:31:37,670 --> 00:31:40,264 What exactly is the dynamic- How are we supposed to do this?" 475 00:31:40,406 --> 00:31:44,001 Sort of like really readjusting to how things are gonna work 476 00:31:44,110 --> 00:31:46,010 when we're in a different environment 477 00:31:46,112 --> 00:31:50,173 from our luxurious... little dreamworld. 478 00:31:50,283 --> 00:31:53,684 We're spending $1,000 a day to be here. 479 00:31:53,786 --> 00:31:56,346 Anytime we get stumped from here on out, 480 00:31:56,455 --> 00:31:58,355 we should just... move on. 481 00:31:58,457 --> 00:32:00,391 That's what we're deciding. 482 00:32:00,493 --> 00:32:03,189 I think we've all kind of decided that. 483 00:32:03,296 --> 00:32:05,093 Like, I don't want to mix them both. 484 00:32:05,197 --> 00:32:07,859 At the same time, I don't want to get too hung up on this. 485 00:32:07,967 --> 00:32:10,197 It's an important decision. 486 00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:13,363 Oops. We happened to make it the day we were here. 487 00:32:13,472 --> 00:32:14,871 Or not make it. 488 00:32:14,974 --> 00:32:16,874 You know, whatever. Let's move on. 489 00:32:16,976 --> 00:32:20,275 You know, we've spent $1,000 in stupider ways in this band. 490 00:32:20,379 --> 00:32:23,610 Like all that blow in Amsterdam. That was... 491 00:32:23,716 --> 00:32:25,707 Well, I must have missed out on that. 492 00:32:26,385 --> 00:32:29,320 There's more pressure on Jeff, 493 00:32:29,422 --> 00:32:34,951 you know, externally and self-imposed, I think. 494 00:32:35,061 --> 00:32:42,331 He is aware that the success or failure... 495 00:32:42,435 --> 00:32:45,302 artistically, primarily, of the record 496 00:32:45,404 --> 00:32:47,463 reflects mostly on him. 497 00:32:55,915 --> 00:32:57,940 Cut to the real mix to "Heavy Metal Drummer." 498 00:32:58,050 --> 00:32:59,108 Why couldn't we do that 499 00:32:59,218 --> 00:33:01,379 when we're mixing "Heavy Metal Drummer"? 500 00:33:01,487 --> 00:33:03,387 Well, why not do it now? 501 00:33:03,489 --> 00:33:05,252 Because we got to go off-line, 502 00:33:05,358 --> 00:33:08,555 unmute everything to find out what track that thing's on. 503 00:33:08,661 --> 00:33:11,391 Can't you just look and see what track it comes up on? 504 00:33:11,497 --> 00:33:12,395 Yeah. 505 00:33:12,498 --> 00:33:15,331 But I don't know if it's just one track or two 506 00:33:15,434 --> 00:33:17,265 or what part of the kit it is. 507 00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:19,031 Okay, how would we do it... 508 00:33:19,138 --> 00:33:21,698 How would we overlap it mixing it separately? 509 00:33:21,807 --> 00:33:23,206 We'd just say the orchestra 510 00:33:23,309 --> 00:33:25,709 at the top of "Heavy Metal Drummer" is there. 511 00:33:25,811 --> 00:33:28,245 It wouldn't have to be a, like, mastering thing? 512 00:33:28,347 --> 00:33:31,544 Well, no, 'cause the orchestra is in "Heavy Metal Drummer"... 513 00:33:31,650 --> 00:33:33,379 in the top of "Heavy Metal Drummer." 514 00:33:33,486 --> 00:33:36,387 But it seems... That seems backwards to me. 515 00:33:36,489 --> 00:33:39,219 Why not mix it up to the cut point 516 00:33:39,325 --> 00:33:42,590 instead of trying to mix the other one 517 00:33:42,695 --> 00:33:45,755 from a new starting point? 518 00:33:45,865 --> 00:33:49,028 Why not mix it... mix it to the edit? 519 00:33:50,336 --> 00:33:51,462 Do you know what I mean? 520 00:33:51,570 --> 00:33:54,130 Instead of, like, making a new edit for the... 521 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,969 when we mix "Heavy Metal Drummer." 522 00:33:56,075 --> 00:33:57,269 All right. I guess... 523 00:33:57,376 --> 00:33:58,809 I- I... to me, it's the exact... 524 00:33:58,911 --> 00:34:01,345 There's... It's the exact same thing. 525 00:34:01,447 --> 00:34:04,848 You mix one up to here, or you start the other mix here. 526 00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:06,850 Mix, start. 527 00:34:08,821 --> 00:34:10,049 Right there. 528 00:34:10,156 --> 00:34:11,885 All right. 529 00:34:11,991 --> 00:34:14,050 I didn't know that you wanted it to sound 530 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:15,923 exactly like it does here. 531 00:34:16,028 --> 00:34:18,997 I thought you wanted it to be the noise going over 532 00:34:19,098 --> 00:34:22,067 whatever was really on "Heavy Metal Drummer" there. 533 00:34:22,168 --> 00:34:25,695 I don't want the orchestra to go into "Heavy Metal Drummer." 534 00:34:25,805 --> 00:34:26,999 It cuts right there. 535 00:34:27,106 --> 00:34:28,300 Right. And I... 536 00:34:28,407 --> 00:34:30,307 Okay, okay. Let me try to explain myself. 537 00:34:30,409 --> 00:34:32,673 Um... what I... I didn't know that... 538 00:34:32,778 --> 00:34:35,008 This is taking a lot longer than doing one mute. 539 00:34:35,114 --> 00:34:37,446 I know, but can I explain myself, please? 540 00:34:37,550 --> 00:34:38,949 I didn't know until now 541 00:34:39,051 --> 00:34:41,815 that you wanted it to start with a little kit... 542 00:34:43,923 --> 00:34:44,981 Big kit. 543 00:34:45,090 --> 00:34:46,614 Well, we can do it both ways. 544 00:34:46,725 --> 00:34:48,352 No, I don't... I don't give a shit. 545 00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:49,461 You just... I just... 546 00:34:49,528 --> 00:34:51,257 You misunderstood what I was saying. 547 00:34:51,363 --> 00:34:56,266 I- I assumed, apparently wrong, that it was noise 548 00:34:56,368 --> 00:34:58,427 until "Heavy Metal Drummer" started. 549 00:34:58,537 --> 00:35:01,563 But now I understand that it's orchestra 550 00:35:01,674 --> 00:35:05,166 until a subset of "Heavy Metal Drummer" starts, 551 00:35:05,277 --> 00:35:07,472 then, two measures later, 552 00:35:07,580 --> 00:35:09,980 "Heavy Metal Drummer" really starts, right? 553 00:35:10,082 --> 00:35:11,743 - Sure. - Okay. I didn't know that. 554 00:35:11,851 --> 00:35:14,251 I thought we were just saying, "Hey, that would be cool 555 00:35:14,353 --> 00:35:16,617 if the noise went right up to 'Heavy Metal Drummer. "' 556 00:35:16,722 --> 00:35:18,280 Does that make sense? 557 00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:20,221 Well, whatever. I don't know. 558 00:35:20,326 --> 00:35:22,089 I don't know what the problem is. 559 00:35:22,194 --> 00:35:23,559 I don't. 560 00:35:23,662 --> 00:35:25,994 I just want you to understand me, like understand... 561 00:35:26,098 --> 00:35:27,098 Why is that so important? 562 00:35:27,166 --> 00:35:29,134 I don't have to understand you all the time. 563 00:35:29,235 --> 00:35:30,793 It's okay. 564 00:35:30,903 --> 00:35:34,805 Like, we found it, and... and we can do it. 565 00:35:34,907 --> 00:35:36,101 Okay. 566 00:35:36,208 --> 00:35:38,972 It... It seems to me like you're making a-a big deal 567 00:35:39,078 --> 00:35:40,477 out of not wanting... 568 00:35:40,579 --> 00:35:42,638 Not wanting to... Okay. 569 00:35:42,748 --> 00:35:44,841 I've just been sitting here trying... 570 00:35:44,950 --> 00:35:47,851 I've been listening to you explain yourself. 571 00:35:47,953 --> 00:35:49,352 And do you understand it? 572 00:35:49,455 --> 00:35:51,082 Sure. I understand it. 573 00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:52,555 Why couldn't you just say, 574 00:35:52,658 --> 00:35:54,626 "I understand what you're saying"? 575 00:35:54,727 --> 00:35:55,727 I did. 576 00:35:57,730 --> 00:35:58,890 Two seconds ago, you said, 577 00:35:58,998 --> 00:36:01,091 "Why is it so important that I understand you?" 578 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:02,599 Well, because it doesn't seem 579 00:36:02,701 --> 00:36:04,601 like you were gonna let me understand you. 580 00:36:04,703 --> 00:36:06,603 You were gonna have to explain it to me 581 00:36:06,705 --> 00:36:08,570 again and again and again. 582 00:36:08,674 --> 00:36:12,633 ♪ Who will rock the cradle, who will sing the song? ♪ 583 00:36:12,745 --> 00:36:15,475 ♪ Who will rock the cradles when I'm gone? ♪ 584 00:36:15,581 --> 00:36:18,243 ♪ Who will rock the cradle when I'm gone? ♪ 585 00:36:18,350 --> 00:36:21,615 ♪ I will rock the cradle, I will sing the song ♪ 586 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:25,451 ♪ I will rock the cradle when you're gone ♪ 587 00:36:25,558 --> 00:36:28,186 I think I'm gonna go throw up. 588 00:36:41,407 --> 00:36:44,968 ♪ Done all I can do and I've said all I can say ♪ 589 00:36:45,077 --> 00:36:47,637 ♪ I'll tell it to your mother next payday ♪ 590 00:36:47,746 --> 00:36:50,806 ♪ I'll tell it to your mother next payday ♪ 591 00:37:00,125 --> 00:37:03,185 ♪ I've got no sugar baby now ♪ 592 00:37:03,295 --> 00:37:07,356 ♪ I've said all I can say and I've done all I can do ♪ 593 00:37:07,466 --> 00:37:09,832 ♪ I can't get along with you ♪ 594 00:37:09,935 --> 00:37:11,664 Because of the medication? 595 00:37:11,770 --> 00:37:12,668 No. 596 00:37:12,771 --> 00:37:15,501 I just throw up all the time when I have migraines. 597 00:37:15,608 --> 00:37:18,839 When I was a kid, I threw up... 598 00:37:18,944 --> 00:37:22,277 I used to throw up like 30 times in a night 599 00:37:22,381 --> 00:37:25,748 and get put in the hospital for dehydration. 600 00:37:25,851 --> 00:37:29,412 ♪ Who will rock the cradle, who will sing the song? ♪ 601 00:37:29,521 --> 00:37:32,581 That feels better. 602 00:37:32,691 --> 00:37:35,421 You're right. It's six of one, half-dozen of the other. 603 00:37:35,527 --> 00:37:36,653 I'm sorry. 604 00:37:36,762 --> 00:37:39,026 Yeah, I-I guess I wasn't explaining myself... 605 00:37:39,131 --> 00:37:41,964 See, now we have to do all our outro mutes 606 00:37:42,067 --> 00:37:43,159 on everything else. 607 00:37:43,268 --> 00:37:44,326 Why? 608 00:37:46,271 --> 00:37:48,739 Well, because we have a bunch of other things open. 609 00:37:48,841 --> 00:37:50,900 I mean, it just cuts right there. 610 00:37:51,010 --> 00:37:52,739 No, but up to there. You know what I mean? 611 00:37:52,845 --> 00:37:54,073 - Oh, right. - Up to there. 612 00:37:54,179 --> 00:37:56,340 Well, we would have had to do that anyway. 613 00:37:56,448 --> 00:37:58,439 Yeah, some of that we would have, yeah. 614 00:37:58,550 --> 00:37:59,949 But I was... I was... Yeah. 615 00:38:00,052 --> 00:38:01,451 I was just thinking it'd be... 616 00:38:01,553 --> 00:38:03,646 We'd just start "Heavy Metal Drummer" that way 617 00:38:03,756 --> 00:38:05,485 was what I was thinking, you know? 618 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:17,294 I'm cool. It's... I'm totally cool, all right? 619 00:38:17,403 --> 00:38:18,461 It's over. 620 00:38:18,570 --> 00:38:20,663 Right now, um, 621 00:38:20,773 --> 00:38:24,539 Reprise Records is in a pretty serious state of flux, 622 00:38:24,643 --> 00:38:26,634 which I'm a bit nervous about. 623 00:38:26,745 --> 00:38:29,373 I mean, I'm not worried about the record not coming out. 624 00:38:29,481 --> 00:38:30,778 The record will come out, 625 00:38:30,883 --> 00:38:33,613 but you don't know whether we're gonna be getting 626 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,279 the... same sort of enthusiasm 627 00:38:36,388 --> 00:38:38,413 out of whoever the replacement person is. 628 00:38:38,524 --> 00:38:40,048 It's just a mystery. 629 00:38:40,693 --> 00:38:43,958 What about "Must be High" or "Casino Queen"? 630 00:38:44,063 --> 00:38:45,291 Nah. 631 00:38:45,397 --> 00:38:47,695 I'm just thinking in terms of rockers, man. 632 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:48,994 Yeah. 633 00:38:49,101 --> 00:38:51,569 If we got easy rockers, we should probably... 634 00:38:51,670 --> 00:38:53,604 I don't want to do that anymore, man. 635 00:38:53,706 --> 00:38:55,936 You don't want to rock? 636 00:38:56,041 --> 00:38:57,941 No, I don't want to just fall back 637 00:38:58,043 --> 00:38:59,601 on a bunch of easy rockers. 638 00:38:59,712 --> 00:39:02,272 No, I'm just thinking with four days to practice 639 00:39:02,381 --> 00:39:03,439 and four shows. 640 00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:17,954 ♪ Why, I wonder, is my heart full of holes ♪ 641 00:39:20,999 --> 00:39:25,902 ♪ And the feeling goes but my hair keeps growing ♪ 642 00:39:28,607 --> 00:39:33,909 ♪ Will I set the sun ♪ 643 00:39:34,012 --> 00:39:37,413 ♪ On a big-wheeled wagon? ♪ 644 00:39:37,516 --> 00:39:39,416 ♪ I'm bragging ♪ 645 00:39:39,518 --> 00:39:41,713 ♪ I'm always in love ♪ 646 00:39:48,660 --> 00:39:52,653 ♪ When I let go of your throat-sweet throttle ♪ 647 00:39:56,201 --> 00:40:00,467 ♪ Clean the lash of your black-belt model ♪ 648 00:40:03,075 --> 00:40:06,909 ♪ Will I catch the moon ♪ 649 00:40:08,413 --> 00:40:12,076 ♪ Like a bird in a cage ♪ 650 00:40:12,184 --> 00:40:14,152 ♪ It's for you I swoon ♪ 651 00:40:14,253 --> 00:40:16,380 ♪ I'm always in love ♪ 652 00:40:23,028 --> 00:40:27,590 ♪ I don't get the connection ♪ 653 00:40:27,699 --> 00:40:31,260 ♪ This is only a test ♪ 654 00:40:31,370 --> 00:40:35,329 ♪ I hope I do my best ♪ 655 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,635 ♪ You know I won't forget ♪ 656 00:40:54,092 --> 00:40:57,994 ♪ Fold the cold in my jet-lag palm ♪ 657 00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:06,137 ♪ And I soak so long I forget my mother ♪ 658 00:41:09,208 --> 00:41:14,475 ♪ Will I set the sun ♪ 659 00:41:14,580 --> 00:41:18,016 ♪ On a big-wheeled wagon? ♪ 660 00:41:18,116 --> 00:41:20,016 ♪ I'm bragging ♪ 661 00:41:20,118 --> 00:41:22,746 ♪ I'm always in love ♪ 662 00:41:25,591 --> 00:41:27,821 ♪ Drag I sang ♪ 663 00:41:27,926 --> 00:41:29,826 ♪ I'm always in love ♪ 664 00:41:29,928 --> 00:41:33,364 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 665 00:41:33,465 --> 00:41:35,695 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 666 00:41:35,801 --> 00:41:38,429 ♪ I'm always in love ♪ 667 00:41:45,911 --> 00:41:47,811 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 668 00:41:47,913 --> 00:41:49,813 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 669 00:41:49,915 --> 00:41:51,507 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 670 00:41:51,617 --> 00:41:53,517 ♪ I'm always in love ♪ 671 00:41:53,619 --> 00:41:55,519 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 672 00:41:55,621 --> 00:41:57,521 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 673 00:41:57,623 --> 00:41:59,022 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 674 00:41:59,124 --> 00:42:01,422 ♪ I'm always in love ♪ 675 00:42:01,526 --> 00:42:03,221 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 676 00:42:03,328 --> 00:42:05,125 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 677 00:42:05,230 --> 00:42:06,595 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 678 00:42:06,698 --> 00:42:09,292 ♪ I'm always in love ♪ 679 00:42:09,401 --> 00:42:10,959 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 680 00:42:11,069 --> 00:42:12,969 ♪ I'm worried ♪ 681 00:42:13,071 --> 00:42:16,472 ♪ I'm worried 'cause I'm always in love ♪ 682 00:42:18,243 --> 00:42:20,473 ♪ Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo-hoo ♪ 683 00:42:22,114 --> 00:42:24,412 ♪ Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo-hoo ♪ 684 00:42:25,517 --> 00:42:28,315 ♪ Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo-hoo ♪ 685 00:42:29,554 --> 00:42:31,886 ♪ Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo-hoo ♪ 686 00:42:36,828 --> 00:42:38,625 I'd go either way. 687 00:42:39,398 --> 00:42:41,332 When this record ended up being finished, 688 00:42:41,433 --> 00:42:44,891 it actually felt fresher to me than it had felt for months. 689 00:42:45,003 --> 00:42:50,100 After... We did a bulk of the recording in a, you know, 690 00:42:50,208 --> 00:42:51,971 over a year or so, 691 00:42:52,077 --> 00:42:54,807 and somewhere towards the end of that year, 692 00:42:54,913 --> 00:42:57,677 it got to be kind of nit-picking 693 00:42:57,783 --> 00:43:00,411 and going back and retracking songs 694 00:43:00,519 --> 00:43:04,080 and knowing exactly what we were going for... less exploratory. 695 00:43:04,189 --> 00:43:08,285 And... And that was starting to get kind of rough 696 00:43:08,393 --> 00:43:11,021 by the time we went to CRC to mix. 697 00:43:11,129 --> 00:43:13,029 We got bogged down in certain things 698 00:43:13,131 --> 00:43:16,100 like, um, redoing drums or, you know, 699 00:43:16,201 --> 00:43:19,534 certain calls that were good that helped us later on. 700 00:43:19,638 --> 00:43:23,096 But for whatever reason, it... it just bogged down. 701 00:43:23,208 --> 00:43:27,406 Doing the record... the final mixes... at Soma 702 00:43:27,512 --> 00:43:31,642 and hearing them through Jim O'Rourke's ears, 703 00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:35,151 actually hearing it with someone 704 00:43:35,253 --> 00:43:38,518 who is coming at it with some fresh perspective 705 00:43:38,623 --> 00:43:41,683 and being able to collaborate on the final mix 706 00:43:41,793 --> 00:43:43,260 is kind of like... 707 00:43:43,362 --> 00:43:45,956 Well, we're kind of throwing everything out the window, 708 00:43:46,064 --> 00:43:47,793 but we're also kind of getting back 709 00:43:47,899 --> 00:43:49,628 to what the original thing was. 710 00:43:49,735 --> 00:43:51,965 When it went to Jim with completely fresh ears, 711 00:43:52,070 --> 00:43:53,833 he heard them a little differently, 712 00:43:53,939 --> 00:43:56,533 and right away, as soon as we heard how he was mixing... 713 00:43:56,641 --> 00:43:58,336 like "Trying to Break Your Heart," 714 00:43:58,443 --> 00:43:59,603 the first thing he mixed, 715 00:43:59,711 --> 00:44:01,736 then it was like, "Oh. This really works." 716 00:44:01,847 --> 00:44:03,872 That's why bands don't mix records. 717 00:44:03,982 --> 00:44:05,381 Definitely it was like a... 718 00:44:05,484 --> 00:44:08,214 It was a final stage of collaboration. 719 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:09,685 Like mixing the record... 720 00:44:09,788 --> 00:44:12,621 That's what I always felt like mixing should be... 721 00:44:12,724 --> 00:44:15,818 like it should be the last stage of, uh, of inspiration. 722 00:44:15,927 --> 00:44:17,656 I think we tried to make it powerful, 723 00:44:17,763 --> 00:44:18,763 like with two guitars. 724 00:44:18,830 --> 00:44:21,390 Can you beef up your tone a little, then, or something? 725 00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:22,626 - Yeah, yeah. - Okay, okay. 726 00:44:22,734 --> 00:44:23,962 This is so steady now. 727 00:44:24,069 --> 00:44:26,401 Yeah. I thought it was feeling great, man. 728 00:44:26,505 --> 00:44:28,234 God, I thought it felt great. 729 00:44:28,340 --> 00:44:30,399 No, I mean, we can try the two guitars again 730 00:44:30,509 --> 00:44:31,567 if it feels too weak. 731 00:44:31,676 --> 00:44:33,473 I just think that we've tried the two... 732 00:44:33,578 --> 00:44:35,978 I think the two-guitars thing is, like... 733 00:44:36,081 --> 00:44:38,345 Might be obsolete, you know? 734 00:44:39,751 --> 00:44:42,276 Uh, I'm not sure what that means, but I'll try. 735 00:44:42,387 --> 00:44:43,945 No, I just... 736 00:44:44,056 --> 00:44:45,956 It's just that it was... What's that? 737 00:44:46,058 --> 00:44:47,685 That felt great to me. That's all. 738 00:44:47,793 --> 00:44:49,590 It just felt fuckin' rockin', you know? 739 00:44:50,629 --> 00:44:51,857 That's all. 740 00:45:03,008 --> 00:45:04,976 ♪ Jesus, don't cry ♪ 741 00:45:07,646 --> 00:45:11,377 ♪ You can rely on me, honey ♪ 742 00:45:11,483 --> 00:45:15,749 ♪ You can combine anything you want ♪ 743 00:45:17,589 --> 00:45:20,149 ♪ I'll be around ♪ 744 00:45:22,527 --> 00:45:27,089 ♪ You were right about the stars ♪ 745 00:45:27,199 --> 00:45:31,067 ♪ Each one is a setting sun ♪ 746 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:38,009 ♪ Tall buildings shake ♪ 747 00:45:38,110 --> 00:45:42,012 ♪ Voices escape singing sad, sad songs ♪ 748 00:45:42,114 --> 00:45:43,411 ♪ Tuned to chords ♪ 749 00:45:43,515 --> 00:45:45,176 ♪ Strung down your cheeks ♪ 750 00:45:45,283 --> 00:45:47,945 We actually officially delivered the record... 751 00:45:48,053 --> 00:45:50,180 or sent them the final mixes of the record. 752 00:45:50,555 --> 00:45:53,854 I must have had 50, 60 definite possibilities 753 00:45:53,959 --> 00:45:57,156 for magazine features, let alone television appearances, 754 00:45:57,262 --> 00:45:59,492 which were starting... Offers were coming in. 755 00:45:59,598 --> 00:46:02,465 And I just thought like, "Boy, this is gonna be so great, 756 00:46:02,567 --> 00:46:03,795 you know, it's all set." 757 00:46:03,902 --> 00:46:06,496 I think the press has always loved Wilco, 758 00:46:06,605 --> 00:46:08,835 but now we're gonna take it even to another level. 759 00:46:08,940 --> 00:46:10,635 When we delivered the record, though, 760 00:46:10,742 --> 00:46:13,142 we didn't hear from them for like two weeks, you know? 761 00:46:13,245 --> 00:46:16,806 So we... we thought that was probably not a good thing. 762 00:46:16,915 --> 00:46:19,213 I knew that I was sitting on something 763 00:46:19,317 --> 00:46:21,717 that people were gonna beat down the door to get. 764 00:46:21,820 --> 00:46:23,913 And then the advances didn't get made. 765 00:46:24,022 --> 00:46:25,421 So June is rolling along, 766 00:46:25,524 --> 00:46:27,617 and I'm going like, "Well, we're losing time, 767 00:46:27,726 --> 00:46:30,024 "we're losing... we're losing people to deadlines. 768 00:46:30,128 --> 00:46:32,323 "They're not gonna be able to cover this record 769 00:46:32,430 --> 00:46:33,829 if we don't hurry up." 770 00:46:33,932 --> 00:46:36,162 And then, about the third week in June, 771 00:46:36,268 --> 00:46:38,498 I'd heard, "There's a problem." 772 00:46:38,603 --> 00:46:43,165 Next thing I heard was that... 773 00:46:43,275 --> 00:46:45,334 they asked us to change the record. 774 00:46:45,443 --> 00:46:48,503 I don't know how they... what they wanted us to change. 775 00:46:48,613 --> 00:46:53,778 And Tony told me that... that was their response, 776 00:46:53,885 --> 00:46:56,353 and... and I told Tony 777 00:46:56,454 --> 00:46:59,355 that we weren't interested in changing the record. 778 00:46:59,457 --> 00:47:01,516 Their A&R representative was Mio Vuchovich, 779 00:47:01,626 --> 00:47:03,389 and what I had heard... Like I said, 780 00:47:03,495 --> 00:47:06,191 I never talked to Wilco about the way this chain happened, 781 00:47:06,298 --> 00:47:07,856 but what I heard from my side 782 00:47:07,966 --> 00:47:11,834 was that Mio had some ideas about changes to the record 783 00:47:11,937 --> 00:47:15,429 or additional recording or mixing or things like that, 784 00:47:15,540 --> 00:47:18,236 and the band had felt like, "That's the record. 785 00:47:18,343 --> 00:47:19,776 We're finished, " you know? 786 00:47:19,878 --> 00:47:22,904 "We're not really in the mind to make changes, 787 00:47:23,014 --> 00:47:25,676 and it's sort of a take it or leave it." 788 00:47:25,784 --> 00:47:29,584 And I think it went up to Mio's boss, David Kahne, 789 00:47:29,688 --> 00:47:31,883 the head of A&R for Warner's and Reprise, 790 00:47:31,990 --> 00:47:33,548 felt like Mio was right 791 00:47:33,658 --> 00:47:35,956 and that changes did need to be made, 792 00:47:36,061 --> 00:47:38,529 and if the band wasn't interested in making them, 793 00:47:38,630 --> 00:47:40,860 then they should probably be on another label. 794 00:47:40,966 --> 00:47:42,228 Next thing I heard 795 00:47:42,334 --> 00:47:45,531 was that they wanted to know if we wanted to leave. 796 00:47:45,904 --> 00:47:48,634 Well, I just think we've been jerked around so many times 797 00:47:48,740 --> 00:47:51,106 and that this is the ultimate jerking-around. 798 00:47:51,209 --> 00:47:54,007 You know, like this "We're gonna drop you" shit 799 00:47:54,112 --> 00:47:57,138 or whatever it is or "You can get out of the deal." 800 00:47:57,249 --> 00:48:00,241 Either way you want to look at it, it's still... 801 00:48:00,352 --> 00:48:04,379 majorly being jerked around, and... you know, 802 00:48:04,489 --> 00:48:08,653 why should I think that things are gonna change? 803 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:10,489 Actually, when Tony first told me 804 00:48:10,595 --> 00:48:12,187 that this was a possibility... 805 00:48:12,297 --> 00:48:15,095 I have to be completely honest... it hurt my feelings. 806 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,100 It's like a feeling of rejection. 807 00:48:17,202 --> 00:48:20,228 It's got to be more than some sort of promise of, you know, 808 00:48:20,372 --> 00:48:22,863 "We love you and we're going to take care of you." 809 00:48:24,209 --> 00:48:26,769 Do you know what I mean? 810 00:48:26,878 --> 00:48:28,778 Because we've heard all that before, 811 00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:32,111 and I just think that the wound from this episode 812 00:48:32,217 --> 00:48:35,209 of making this record, delivering the record, 813 00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,551 and getting, basically, nothing but headaches in return 814 00:48:38,657 --> 00:48:41,182 is pretty deep and gonna be pretty tough to heal, 815 00:48:41,293 --> 00:48:43,386 and you're not just dealing... you know, 816 00:48:43,495 --> 00:48:46,191 I'm not the only person you've got to make feel good. 817 00:48:46,298 --> 00:48:49,699 We never got too specific 818 00:48:49,801 --> 00:48:54,704 about what exactly, uh, made them hate it. 819 00:48:54,806 --> 00:48:56,273 Okay, but I just want you... 820 00:48:56,374 --> 00:48:58,103 I want you to understand one thing. 821 00:48:58,209 --> 00:48:59,767 This is really important. 822 00:48:59,878 --> 00:49:03,370 Right now I believe that the best thing for the band... 823 00:49:03,481 --> 00:49:06,882 for the band... the present and future of the band... 824 00:49:06,985 --> 00:49:09,545 is to be away from Reprise Records. 825 00:49:09,654 --> 00:49:13,556 It was at a weird time in the Reprise inner circle 826 00:49:13,658 --> 00:49:15,216 because Howie Klein, 827 00:49:15,327 --> 00:49:18,262 who had been president of Reprise for a long time... 828 00:49:18,363 --> 00:49:20,297 since Reprise was reactivated... 829 00:49:20,398 --> 00:49:23,390 he'd also been at Sire when Uncle Tupelo was on Sire 830 00:49:23,501 --> 00:49:26,698 and a big fan of the band... had just left the label. 831 00:49:26,805 --> 00:49:30,036 In fact, I think the day that the band turned in the record... 832 00:49:30,141 --> 00:49:32,735 the end of June... right around then, he... 833 00:49:32,844 --> 00:49:34,402 that was his last day. 834 00:49:34,512 --> 00:49:37,948 A day or two after I retired, I got a phone call 835 00:49:38,049 --> 00:49:41,416 from one of Wilco's many, many, many, many fans 836 00:49:41,519 --> 00:49:42,918 at Warner Brothers... 837 00:49:43,021 --> 00:49:45,751 and that was the first of many phone calls I got... 838 00:49:45,857 --> 00:49:47,984 telling me that Wilco was dropped. 839 00:49:48,093 --> 00:49:52,325 I would guess that if I was an executive at a record company... 840 00:49:52,430 --> 00:49:53,988 high-up executive. 841 00:49:54,099 --> 00:49:56,329 I don't mean the people working in the trenches, 842 00:49:56,434 --> 00:49:58,664 but I mean the guys with, you know, 843 00:49:58,770 --> 00:50:01,261 the gold-plated cellphones, you know? 844 00:50:01,373 --> 00:50:04,103 If I was up there and I listened to "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," 845 00:50:04,209 --> 00:50:05,608 I probably wouldn't get it. 846 00:50:05,710 --> 00:50:07,075 Why don't I get it? 847 00:50:07,178 --> 00:50:09,669 Because it doesn't tell me exactly who it's for, 848 00:50:09,781 --> 00:50:12,079 it doesn't tell me exactly what it's about, 849 00:50:12,183 --> 00:50:14,913 and it doesn't tell me exactly how much it will sell. 850 00:50:15,019 --> 00:50:17,078 From what I gather, I think 851 00:50:17,188 --> 00:50:19,850 that they didn't even think there was a single to work on. 852 00:50:19,958 --> 00:50:22,358 There's pretty stuff in there, there's hard stuff in there, 853 00:50:22,460 --> 00:50:24,189 there's mystery in there, there's... 854 00:50:24,295 --> 00:50:27,526 there's really sweet... tunes. 855 00:50:27,632 --> 00:50:32,035 And there's, you know, an abrasion in there as well. 856 00:50:32,137 --> 00:50:33,536 But it's all there, 857 00:50:33,638 --> 00:50:37,699 and you really have to kind of sit with it. 858 00:50:37,809 --> 00:50:40,607 You have to allow yourself the time 859 00:50:40,712 --> 00:50:42,771 to get something out of it. 860 00:50:42,881 --> 00:50:46,442 There's no chance that Wilco would have ever been dropped 861 00:50:46,551 --> 00:50:49,145 when I was president of Reprise Records. 862 00:50:49,254 --> 00:50:52,485 We're now in a... a culture... 863 00:50:52,590 --> 00:50:54,455 not just a business, but a culture... 864 00:50:54,559 --> 00:50:56,493 in which we expect everything to happen 865 00:50:56,594 --> 00:50:58,152 Like that. 866 00:50:58,263 --> 00:51:00,288 You know, you have people outside, 867 00:51:00,398 --> 00:51:02,628 standing around talking on cellphones. 868 00:51:02,734 --> 00:51:05,066 You know, the gist of the conversation is, 869 00:51:05,170 --> 00:51:07,434 "I'll be there in five minutes." 870 00:51:07,539 --> 00:51:08,938 Who gives a fuck? 871 00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:10,940 Just be there in five minutes. 872 00:51:11,042 --> 00:51:12,600 Don't talk about it. 873 00:51:12,710 --> 00:51:14,439 You know, it's... You get... 874 00:51:14,546 --> 00:51:20,576 People are just so impatient, and as a result, you know, 875 00:51:20,685 --> 00:51:23,813 we're looking at things in ways like, 876 00:51:23,922 --> 00:51:27,153 "Well, how much time do I have to devote to this?" 877 00:51:27,258 --> 00:51:31,217 And it's really sad because, you know, music, art, 878 00:51:31,329 --> 00:51:34,025 literature, poetry, you know, 879 00:51:34,132 --> 00:51:37,226 even great technical... technological inventions... 880 00:51:37,335 --> 00:51:39,803 they're not meant to be 881 00:51:39,904 --> 00:51:42,998 Done and done with that quickly. 882 00:51:43,107 --> 00:51:45,507 It was, like, kind of just a shock 883 00:51:45,610 --> 00:51:50,138 to be, like, slapped in the face with, um... 884 00:51:50,248 --> 00:51:52,682 um... 885 00:51:52,784 --> 00:51:59,519 this calculated world of... international, 886 00:51:59,624 --> 00:52:01,224 multinational... whatever... corporation. 887 00:52:02,694 --> 00:52:05,026 ♪ I'd like to thank you all ♪ 888 00:52:05,129 --> 00:52:07,529 ♪ For nothin' ♪ 889 00:52:07,632 --> 00:52:11,227 ♪ I'd like to thank you all for nothin' at all ♪ 890 00:52:11,336 --> 00:52:13,634 ♪ I'd like to thank you ♪ 891 00:52:13,738 --> 00:52:14,796 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 892 00:52:14,906 --> 00:52:16,373 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 893 00:52:16,474 --> 00:52:17,236 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 894 00:52:17,342 --> 00:52:18,900 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 895 00:52:19,010 --> 00:52:20,170 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 896 00:52:20,278 --> 00:52:21,302 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 897 00:52:21,412 --> 00:52:22,811 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 898 00:52:22,914 --> 00:52:24,142 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 899 00:52:24,249 --> 00:52:25,477 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 900 00:52:25,583 --> 00:52:26,811 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 901 00:52:26,918 --> 00:52:28,146 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 902 00:52:28,253 --> 00:52:29,379 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 903 00:52:29,487 --> 00:52:30,715 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 904 00:52:30,822 --> 00:52:31,914 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 905 00:52:32,023 --> 00:52:33,251 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 906 00:52:33,358 --> 00:52:34,484 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 907 00:52:34,592 --> 00:52:35,752 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 908 00:52:35,860 --> 00:52:36,918 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 909 00:52:37,028 --> 00:52:38,086 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 910 00:52:38,196 --> 00:52:39,424 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 911 00:52:39,531 --> 00:52:40,691 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 912 00:52:40,798 --> 00:52:41,992 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 913 00:52:42,100 --> 00:52:43,158 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 914 00:52:43,268 --> 00:52:44,462 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 915 00:52:44,569 --> 00:52:45,797 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 916 00:52:45,904 --> 00:52:46,962 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 917 00:52:47,071 --> 00:52:48,299 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 918 00:52:48,406 --> 00:52:49,566 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 919 00:52:49,674 --> 00:52:50,800 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 920 00:52:50,909 --> 00:52:52,069 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 921 00:52:52,176 --> 00:52:53,336 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 922 00:52:53,444 --> 00:52:54,604 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 923 00:52:54,712 --> 00:52:55,872 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 924 00:52:55,980 --> 00:52:57,140 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 925 00:52:57,248 --> 00:52:58,476 ♪ Nothin' ♪ 926 00:52:58,583 --> 00:53:00,983 ♪ Nothin' at all ♪ 927 00:53:12,196 --> 00:53:16,098 I see a band here that is really ambitious artistically. 928 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:19,431 It's not a VH1 "Behind the Music" story. 929 00:53:19,537 --> 00:53:23,940 It's not a drugs-groupies- celebrity kind of story at all. 930 00:53:24,042 --> 00:53:26,704 This band's story is the music. 931 00:53:26,811 --> 00:53:28,244 Twenty years from now, 932 00:53:28,346 --> 00:53:31,406 they're probably gonna get more of their due than they are now. 933 00:53:31,516 --> 00:53:33,541 I don't think they're a band that fits in 934 00:53:33,651 --> 00:53:36,085 with a lot of what music gets played on the radio. 935 00:53:36,187 --> 00:53:38,917 The appreciation for its records is going to increase 936 00:53:39,023 --> 00:53:40,490 as time goes on. 937 00:53:57,609 --> 00:54:00,669 In the making of this record, I felt like I got no support... 938 00:54:00,778 --> 00:54:01,676 zero. 939 00:54:01,779 --> 00:54:05,010 Emotional, financial... whatever. 940 00:54:05,116 --> 00:54:07,209 Then, at some point in the process, 941 00:54:07,318 --> 00:54:10,776 you start asking yourself, "Why are we... What are they doing?" 942 00:54:10,888 --> 00:54:12,287 We don't need the money. 943 00:54:12,390 --> 00:54:14,449 You know, the band can go out and play gigs 944 00:54:14,559 --> 00:54:18,620 and make the money to pay for the records, so... 945 00:54:18,730 --> 00:54:22,757 They're not getting the band on the radio. 946 00:54:22,867 --> 00:54:27,668 Um... you know, it's really... at this point, to me, 947 00:54:27,772 --> 00:54:32,106 their value is really, really questionable to us. 948 00:55:07,645 --> 00:55:11,376 ♪ I've got you and it's all I need ♪ 949 00:55:11,482 --> 00:55:15,282 ♪ I've got you and it's all I need ♪ 950 00:55:15,386 --> 00:55:19,186 ♪ I've got you and it's all I need ♪ 951 00:55:19,290 --> 00:55:20,917 ♪ I got you ♪ 952 00:55:22,927 --> 00:55:26,658 ♪ I got you and I still believe ♪ 953 00:55:26,764 --> 00:55:30,165 ♪ That you are all I will ever need ♪ 954 00:55:30,268 --> 00:55:31,292 ♪ It's you ♪ 955 00:55:34,138 --> 00:55:35,264 ♪ All ♪ 956 00:55:37,875 --> 00:55:42,107 ♪ All the way back in the Seventies ♪ 957 00:55:42,213 --> 00:55:45,944 ♪ You were my little TV queen ♪ 958 00:55:46,050 --> 00:55:49,781 ♪ Your Tarzan and your friend Janine ♪ 959 00:55:49,887 --> 00:55:51,684 ♪ I got you ♪ 960 00:55:53,725 --> 00:55:57,627 ♪ I got you and I still believe ♪ 961 00:55:57,729 --> 00:56:00,789 ♪ That you are all I will ever need ♪ 962 00:56:00,898 --> 00:56:02,058 ♪ It's you ♪ 963 00:56:04,736 --> 00:56:05,964 ♪ All ♪ 964 00:56:37,935 --> 00:56:41,666 ♪ It's the end of the century ♪ 965 00:56:41,773 --> 00:56:44,970 ♪ And I can't think of anything ♪ 966 00:56:49,013 --> 00:56:51,243 ♪ Except you ♪ 967 00:56:52,683 --> 00:56:56,915 ♪ Now it's the end of the century ♪ 968 00:56:57,021 --> 00:56:59,717 ♪ And I can't think of anything ♪ 969 00:56:59,824 --> 00:57:01,314 ♪ But you ♪ 970 00:57:03,995 --> 00:57:05,462 ♪ All ♪ 971 00:57:07,832 --> 00:57:09,129 ♪ All ♪ 972 00:57:11,602 --> 00:57:13,069 ♪ I ♪ 973 00:57:15,573 --> 00:57:23,573 ♪ Ne-e-e-e-ed ♪ 974 00:57:46,237 --> 00:57:48,205 ♪ I got you ♪ 975 00:57:50,174 --> 00:57:52,642 ♪ I got you, babe ♪ 976 00:57:52,743 --> 00:57:55,541 ♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo ♪ 977 00:57:57,281 --> 00:58:00,341 ♪ Whoo-hoo, hoo-hoo ♪ 978 00:58:00,451 --> 00:58:02,851 Aah! 979 00:58:27,211 --> 00:58:28,940 Thanks a lot. Have a good night. 980 00:59:04,048 --> 00:59:06,107 Good to see you, brother. 981 00:59:06,217 --> 00:59:07,946 Aw. 982 00:59:08,052 --> 00:59:09,417 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 983 00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:11,249 Wait, wait, wait, wait. 984 00:59:18,129 --> 00:59:20,757 They won't let you just do it yourselves? 985 00:59:22,833 --> 00:59:23,891 Hoarding it, pig. 986 00:59:24,001 --> 00:59:25,901 I'm stealing the band's pizza. 987 00:59:26,003 --> 00:59:27,732 Oh, I got busted! 988 00:59:27,838 --> 00:59:29,237 I'm sorry, dude. 989 00:59:29,340 --> 00:59:31,900 - Is that cool? Is it cool? - Does anybody have a pen? 990 00:59:37,014 --> 00:59:39,915 I don't have nothing for you to sign! 991 00:59:40,017 --> 00:59:41,575 Tell him to sign your ass. 992 00:59:41,686 --> 00:59:43,244 I'm just kidding. 993 00:59:43,354 --> 00:59:44,753 Yeah, I can do that. 994 00:59:44,855 --> 00:59:46,254 You'll have to sign my boobs. 995 00:59:46,357 --> 00:59:48,052 Actually... Would I? 996 00:59:48,159 --> 00:59:49,854 I don't know. I've never... 997 00:59:49,961 --> 00:59:52,521 Someone in our band did that once, actually. 998 00:59:52,630 --> 00:59:55,428 You can sign my ass. I have nothing else to sign. 999 00:59:55,533 --> 00:59:56,625 - Really? - Do you wanna? 1000 00:59:56,734 --> 00:59:58,964 If you sign her ass, you have to sign my ass. 1001 00:59:59,070 --> 01:00:01,561 And if you sign her ass, you have to sign my ass. 1002 01:00:01,672 --> 01:00:03,833 You can sign my chest. 1003 01:00:04,205 --> 01:00:06,969 That's what Jimmy... Oh, we saw Jimmy in the, uh... 1004 01:00:07,074 --> 01:00:09,770 - Are we on the lighting stage? - Sound check. 1005 01:00:09,877 --> 01:00:12,539 ...with Straitjackets in the elevator last night. 1006 01:00:12,646 --> 01:00:13,943 Remember the guy who sat in... 1007 01:00:14,048 --> 01:00:15,948 - Oh. Oh, my God. - Jimmy Lester? 1008 01:00:16,050 --> 01:00:18,109 - What? - I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 1009 01:00:18,219 --> 01:00:19,117 This is a... 1010 01:00:19,220 --> 01:00:22,986 I met Bob from "Sesame Street" yesterday... 1011 01:00:23,090 --> 01:00:24,148 last night. 1012 01:00:24,258 --> 01:00:25,316 - Bob? - Oh. 1013 01:00:25,426 --> 01:00:27,326 Do you know Bob? Does anybody know who Bob is? 1014 01:00:27,428 --> 01:00:28,668 - Yeah. - I can't remember that. 1015 01:00:28,762 --> 01:00:30,491 - How'd you meet him? - He was in our hotel. 1016 01:00:30,598 --> 01:00:32,828 He's doing a kids' show right now as we speak. 1017 01:00:32,933 --> 01:00:33,933 Oh, man. 1018 01:00:34,001 --> 01:00:35,593 He's like, "Yeah, I got... 1019 01:00:35,703 --> 01:00:38,171 Big Bird's coming in tomorrow, and we're..." 1020 01:00:39,773 --> 01:00:42,071 There's Jay right now as we speak. 1021 01:00:43,611 --> 01:00:46,808 So also, although it's already been blown, 1022 01:00:46,914 --> 01:00:49,439 but J.P. Asked if we could sort of steer clear 1023 01:00:49,550 --> 01:00:51,415 of the stage for a little while. 1024 01:00:51,519 --> 01:00:52,519 Until... 1025 01:00:52,586 --> 01:00:54,144 Until sound check is over? 1026 01:00:54,255 --> 01:00:57,349 Until Jay gets, uh, done? 1027 01:00:57,458 --> 01:00:59,858 Has Jay been here since like 6:00 in the morning? 1028 01:01:05,966 --> 01:01:09,902 Gentlemen, we have about 35 minutes to do all of this. 1029 01:01:13,507 --> 01:01:18,001 Yeah, we're going Glenn, we're gonna go... Jay Bennett, 1030 01:01:18,112 --> 01:01:21,513 the entire keyboard world and Jay Bennett electric rig. 1031 01:01:21,615 --> 01:01:22,877 Keep him there. 1032 01:01:22,983 --> 01:01:25,144 After Jay, we'll do Johnny real quick, 1033 01:01:25,252 --> 01:01:27,948 Mr. Tweedy, let Leroy get his world sussed out. 1034 01:01:28,055 --> 01:01:30,683 We're only gonna have time to do about two songs. 1035 01:01:40,634 --> 01:01:42,363 Check. Hey, hey, hey. 1036 01:01:43,304 --> 01:01:45,204 Yeah, the delay's not working. 1037 01:01:45,306 --> 01:01:48,867 ♪ You have to learn how to die ♪ 1038 01:01:48,976 --> 01:01:53,106 ♪ If you want to want to be alive ♪ 1039 01:01:58,018 --> 01:02:00,316 ♪ You have to die ♪ 1040 01:02:01,555 --> 01:02:04,183 ♪ You have to die ♪ 1041 01:02:07,127 --> 01:02:10,961 ♪ You have to learn how to die ♪ 1042 01:02:11,065 --> 01:02:14,865 ♪ If you want to want to be alive ♪ 1043 01:02:38,292 --> 01:02:40,590 - Whoo! - Whoo! 1044 01:02:50,104 --> 01:02:52,800 ♪ I know we don't talk much ♪ 1045 01:02:52,906 --> 01:02:54,965 ♪ But you're such a good talker ♪ 1046 01:02:55,075 --> 01:02:56,474 ♪ Oh, oh ♪ 1047 01:02:56,577 --> 01:02:59,978 ♪ Well, I know we should take a walk ♪ 1048 01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:02,048 ♪ But you're such a fast walker ♪ 1049 01:03:02,149 --> 01:03:03,343 ♪ Oh, oh ♪ 1050 01:03:03,450 --> 01:03:04,576 ♪ Well, all right ♪ 1051 01:03:07,054 --> 01:03:10,023 ♪ I know where I'll be tonight ♪ 1052 01:03:10,124 --> 01:03:11,853 ♪ All right ♪ 1053 01:03:14,395 --> 01:03:17,387 ♪ Outta mind, outtasite ♪ 1054 01:03:17,498 --> 01:03:19,398 No, no. John's introducing me. 1055 01:03:19,500 --> 01:03:21,092 - Oh, okay. - And then I'll go to you. 1056 01:03:21,201 --> 01:03:22,532 - Okay. - Okay? 1057 01:03:22,636 --> 01:03:24,596 When is the new album actually available to people 1058 01:03:24,672 --> 01:03:25,570 to go out and buy? 1059 01:03:25,673 --> 01:03:26,901 That's a good question. 1060 01:03:27,007 --> 01:03:28,565 ♪ I know you probably hate me ♪ 1061 01:03:28,676 --> 01:03:30,906 ♪ That's okay with me ♪ 1062 01:03:31,011 --> 01:03:32,808 ♪ All right ♪ 1063 01:03:35,282 --> 01:03:36,840 ♪ I know where I'll be tonight ♪ 1064 01:03:36,950 --> 01:03:38,508 Good afternoon, good evening, 1065 01:03:38,619 --> 01:03:41,520 and happy Independence Day, everyone. 1066 01:03:41,622 --> 01:03:43,180 Please welcome 1067 01:03:43,290 --> 01:03:48,387 one of America's most exciting and innovative bands, 1068 01:03:48,495 --> 01:03:49,985 Wilco! 1069 01:03:54,768 --> 01:04:00,263 ♪ You don't see me now-ow-ow ♪ 1070 01:04:01,642 --> 01:04:08,571 ♪ You don't want to any... ♪ 1071 01:04:08,682 --> 01:04:10,309 ♪ how-ow-ow ♪ 1072 01:04:14,988 --> 01:04:16,888 ♪ Well, look out ♪ 1073 01:04:16,990 --> 01:04:20,824 ♪ Here I come again and I'm bringing my friends ♪ 1074 01:04:22,129 --> 01:04:24,029 ♪ I said look out ♪ 1075 01:04:24,131 --> 01:04:25,860 ♪ Here I come again ♪ 1076 01:04:25,966 --> 01:04:27,866 ♪ I'm bringing my friends ♪ 1077 01:04:27,968 --> 01:04:29,435 ♪ Okay? All right? Okay? ♪ 1078 01:04:29,536 --> 01:04:31,299 ♪ All right! ♪ 1079 01:04:32,873 --> 01:04:35,034 ♪ I know where I'll be tonight ♪ 1080 01:04:36,076 --> 01:04:37,270 ♪ All right ♪ 1081 01:04:39,747 --> 01:04:43,308 ♪ Outta mind, outtasite ♪ 1082 01:04:43,417 --> 01:04:46,648 ♪ Outta mind, outtasite ♪ 1083 01:04:46,754 --> 01:04:51,282 ♪ Outta mind, outtasite ♪ 1084 01:04:51,392 --> 01:04:53,257 ♪ All right! ♪ 1085 01:05:00,968 --> 01:05:03,368 Show some gratitude! 1086 01:05:18,685 --> 01:05:20,050 Let's talk about Jay. 1087 01:05:20,154 --> 01:05:22,782 All right. I probably won't have much to say. 1088 01:05:22,890 --> 01:05:24,118 - Okay. - Just warning you. 1089 01:05:24,224 --> 01:05:25,452 Okay. 1090 01:05:25,559 --> 01:05:29,154 It's my understanding, from what I heard in the grapevine, 1091 01:05:29,263 --> 01:05:31,493 that that was sort of an amicable separation 1092 01:05:31,598 --> 01:05:33,896 and that, um, I... 1093 01:05:34,001 --> 01:05:35,559 And I don't know that this is true, 1094 01:05:35,669 --> 01:05:37,864 but the hearsay is sort of that he didn't feel 1095 01:05:37,971 --> 01:05:40,337 that he had had as much a role in the songwriting 1096 01:05:40,441 --> 01:05:42,432 as he wanted to have or, uh... 1097 01:05:42,543 --> 01:05:45,068 I think that there's some truth to that, 1098 01:05:45,179 --> 01:05:47,704 and I think there's an effort... 1099 01:05:47,815 --> 01:05:50,181 there's an effort made for it to be amicable. 1100 01:05:50,284 --> 01:05:54,015 Since Jeff's solo tour and Glenn joining the band, 1101 01:05:54,121 --> 01:05:58,023 uh, some dynamics in the band had altered 1102 01:05:58,125 --> 01:06:00,525 in... many different ways. 1103 01:06:00,627 --> 01:06:04,461 I think Jay's contribution to the band over time 1104 01:06:04,565 --> 01:06:07,500 and our collaboration was important 1105 01:06:07,601 --> 01:06:09,694 and was valued in the band. 1106 01:06:09,803 --> 01:06:14,240 As for the circumstances surrounding him leaving, 1107 01:06:14,341 --> 01:06:17,071 I really think that that's up to Jay to define. 1108 01:06:17,177 --> 01:06:22,410 And as far as my, uh, feelings about it, 1109 01:06:22,516 --> 01:06:24,484 I couldn't be happier. 1110 01:06:24,585 --> 01:06:25,585 Jeff was convinced 1111 01:06:25,619 --> 01:06:27,519 that he really needed to tell Jay directly 1112 01:06:27,621 --> 01:06:29,316 and he needed to be the guy to do it. 1113 01:06:29,423 --> 01:06:30,981 We sat down, and he said, 1114 01:06:31,091 --> 01:06:34,788 "I don't think I can make music with you anymore." 1115 01:06:34,895 --> 01:06:36,624 And I said, "Why?" 1116 01:06:36,730 --> 01:06:40,496 And, uh... 1117 01:06:40,601 --> 01:06:45,334 I'm not sure I ever got an answer that made any sense. 1118 01:06:45,439 --> 01:06:48,840 Jay wore out his welcome in a lot of ways. 1119 01:06:48,942 --> 01:06:54,903 It's hard to be working with somebody, uh... 1120 01:06:56,783 --> 01:06:59,650 that... that needs more than you can... 1121 01:06:59,753 --> 01:07:01,482 than you can give him. 1122 01:07:01,588 --> 01:07:05,490 And, um, you know, I'm more interested in being... 1123 01:07:05,592 --> 01:07:07,992 playing music with people that I can share with 1124 01:07:08,095 --> 01:07:09,687 than give things to. 1125 01:07:09,796 --> 01:07:12,526 Jeff was threatened by me. 1126 01:07:12,633 --> 01:07:14,191 It's clear. 1127 01:07:14,301 --> 01:07:17,862 By the attention I was beginning to get. 1128 01:07:17,971 --> 01:07:22,533 Um... 1129 01:07:22,643 --> 01:07:25,203 He wanted the band back. That's simple. 1130 01:07:25,312 --> 01:07:26,870 That's a simple answer. 1131 01:07:26,980 --> 01:07:29,881 You know, Jeff went into this big, long analogy 1132 01:07:29,983 --> 01:07:32,816 about how a circle needs a center, you know? 1133 01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:35,218 Well, he was gonna be the center, right? 1134 01:07:35,322 --> 01:07:36,880 I wasn't gonna be the center. 1135 01:07:36,990 --> 01:07:39,891 It's hard for me to talk about. 1136 01:07:39,993 --> 01:07:45,260 Um, I mean, I've known Jay for... 16 years? 1137 01:07:45,365 --> 01:07:47,230 17 years? 1138 01:07:47,367 --> 01:07:54,967 And... our friendship had, uh... 1139 01:07:55,075 --> 01:07:56,975 run its course. 1140 01:07:57,077 --> 01:08:00,513 There's a lot of power-related issues in Wilco, 1141 01:08:00,614 --> 01:08:02,013 and people are... 1142 01:08:02,115 --> 01:08:04,675 They don't want to lose their gig, man. 1143 01:08:04,785 --> 01:08:07,686 And so they don't want to step outside 1144 01:08:07,788 --> 01:08:12,088 of their little, uh, um... 1145 01:08:12,192 --> 01:08:15,753 uh... scripted role. 1146 01:08:15,862 --> 01:08:19,457 'Cause if they do, this is what happens. 1147 01:08:19,566 --> 01:08:22,933 I think we all knew everyone would be happier in the end, 1148 01:08:23,036 --> 01:08:25,334 and I think Jay would totally agree with that. 1149 01:08:26,173 --> 01:08:28,107 It did not come as a total shock to me 1150 01:08:28,208 --> 01:08:30,267 to be asked to leave Wilco. 1151 01:08:30,377 --> 01:08:33,369 It had been in the back of my mind. 1152 01:08:33,480 --> 01:08:37,041 In fact, I'd talked to Leroy about this extensively... 1153 01:08:37,150 --> 01:08:42,213 that, to quote myself, "My days in Wilco are numbered." 1154 01:08:42,322 --> 01:08:44,722 I had thought very, very seriously 1155 01:08:44,825 --> 01:08:46,554 about leaving the band. 1156 01:08:46,660 --> 01:08:49,060 I just happened to be beaten to the punch. 1157 01:08:49,162 --> 01:08:54,065 When you're Jay Bennett or whomever and you leave the band, 1158 01:08:54,167 --> 01:08:56,692 you have to kind of start over. 1159 01:08:56,803 --> 01:09:00,432 You're going back to playing for 35 people 1160 01:09:00,540 --> 01:09:04,704 or 100 people or whatever from sold-out theaters. 1161 01:09:04,811 --> 01:09:08,212 ♪ So sleep now ♪ 1162 01:09:08,315 --> 01:09:10,715 ♪ My darlin' ♪ 1163 01:09:10,817 --> 01:09:16,778 ♪ And I will keep all the bad dreams away ♪ 1164 01:09:17,991 --> 01:09:21,518 ♪ And breathe now ♪ 1165 01:09:21,628 --> 01:09:24,461 ♪ Breathe easy ♪ 1166 01:09:24,564 --> 01:09:29,695 ♪ And I will say all the right things to say ♪ 1167 01:09:30,837 --> 01:09:34,830 ♪ Because we made you ♪ 1168 01:09:34,941 --> 01:09:37,569 ♪ My darlin' ♪ 1169 01:09:37,678 --> 01:09:44,083 ♪ From a love that was in our hearts ♪ 1170 01:09:44,184 --> 01:09:48,211 ♪ We were a family ♪ 1171 01:09:48,321 --> 01:09:52,553 ♪ My darlin', right from the start ♪ 1172 01:10:04,304 --> 01:10:07,467 ♪ Grow up now ♪ 1173 01:10:07,574 --> 01:10:10,475 ♪ My darlin' ♪ 1174 01:10:10,577 --> 01:10:15,640 ♪ Just don't grow up so fast ♪ 1175 01:10:17,417 --> 01:10:20,648 ♪ Be careful ♪ 1176 01:10:20,754 --> 01:10:23,723 ♪ My darlin' ♪ 1177 01:10:23,824 --> 01:10:27,624 ♪ But make all the good times last ♪ 1178 01:10:27,728 --> 01:10:29,628 They delivered a great record, 1179 01:10:29,730 --> 01:10:31,891 and I think it's a record company that, 1180 01:10:31,998 --> 01:10:33,056 for whatever reason, 1181 01:10:33,166 --> 01:10:35,566 can't handle that type of great record. 1182 01:10:35,669 --> 01:10:39,799 And so, fantastic. Let's go do something else. 1183 01:10:39,906 --> 01:10:40,372 I don't know how to make 1184 01:10:40,474 --> 01:10:41,474 I don't know how to make 1185 01:10:41,508 --> 01:10:43,533 something other than the record we made, 1186 01:10:43,643 --> 01:10:47,545 and I think to entertain 1187 01:10:47,647 --> 01:10:53,847 any of their half-assed, fearful, frightened bullshit 1188 01:10:53,954 --> 01:10:58,789 would be to compromise something that is a big part of my soul. 1189 01:10:58,892 --> 01:11:01,622 You know? Like, it's a part of my heart. 1190 01:11:01,728 --> 01:11:05,164 And I don't have any interest in doing that anymore. 1191 01:11:05,265 --> 01:11:07,825 I think it's a really, really, really strong record. 1192 01:11:07,934 --> 01:11:09,333 I think it's a statement. 1193 01:11:09,436 --> 01:11:11,802 I think it's the right record for them to make... 1194 01:11:11,905 --> 01:11:13,463 now in their career. 1195 01:11:13,573 --> 01:11:16,303 And I think there are dozens of labels 1196 01:11:16,409 --> 01:11:19,139 that would be ecstatic to have it 1197 01:11:19,246 --> 01:11:21,840 and who, if you delivered this record, 1198 01:11:21,948 --> 01:11:24,508 would call you up and, you know, be excited about it. 1199 01:11:24,618 --> 01:11:25,516 That's all. 1200 01:11:25,619 --> 01:11:28,679 You know, that's what I'm tired of is, like, no enthusiasm. 1201 01:11:28,789 --> 01:11:32,691 Why is Wilco dropped, uh, 24 hours after they deliver 1202 01:11:32,793 --> 01:11:34,852 a record like "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"? 1203 01:11:34,961 --> 01:11:37,361 Um... I mean, 1204 01:11:37,464 --> 01:11:39,523 we've contemplated that question at great length 1205 01:11:39,633 --> 01:11:41,032 over the summer, and in the end, 1206 01:11:41,134 --> 01:11:43,398 I think Tony and I both just sort of put our hands up 1207 01:11:43,503 --> 01:11:45,698 and said, "I guess we're glad that it just happened, 1208 01:11:45,806 --> 01:11:47,671 "and we won't try to over-intellectualize it 1209 01:11:47,774 --> 01:11:49,071 any further." 1210 01:11:49,176 --> 01:11:50,973 But I really think, looking back on it, 1211 01:11:51,077 --> 01:11:52,567 it's because of marketing. 1212 01:11:52,679 --> 01:11:55,409 And it's because you have an artist like Jeff Tweedy 1213 01:11:55,515 --> 01:11:57,642 who's put out, uh, you know, 1214 01:11:57,751 --> 01:12:02,211 four or five records in a row with a record company 1215 01:12:02,322 --> 01:12:05,223 and they haven't been able to bring sales up to a level 1216 01:12:05,325 --> 01:12:08,783 where it's really significantly affecting their bottom line. 1217 01:12:08,895 --> 01:12:10,192 They, uh, I guess, 1218 01:12:10,297 --> 01:12:13,323 stop thinking about it from a pure artistic level 1219 01:12:13,433 --> 01:12:16,163 and just say, "We don't make money on this guy." 1220 01:12:16,269 --> 01:12:19,898 And then he delivers a record which, for whatever reasons, 1221 01:12:20,006 --> 01:12:24,238 they evaluate as being difficult to raise 1222 01:12:24,344 --> 01:12:27,836 to the next level of public appeal, 1223 01:12:27,948 --> 01:12:31,008 so they say, "Well, okay, we're not going to..." 1224 01:12:31,117 --> 01:12:34,644 I guess, to use a phrase... "throw good money after bad. 1225 01:12:34,754 --> 01:12:37,951 "We've spent $200,000 recording this record, 1226 01:12:38,058 --> 01:12:40,618 "but it's gonna cost us another $300,000 or whatever 1227 01:12:40,727 --> 01:12:43,127 "to launch a marketing campaign for it, 1228 01:12:43,230 --> 01:12:46,597 and we just don't think we're gonna make our money back." 1229 01:12:46,700 --> 01:12:49,100 So they drop the artist. 1230 01:12:49,202 --> 01:12:53,036 Um, this, of course, creates a situation for us 1231 01:12:53,139 --> 01:12:55,869 where we have a finished record and we want to put it out. 1232 01:12:55,976 --> 01:12:58,376 "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" has actually turned into 1233 01:12:58,478 --> 01:12:59,877 a kind of metaphor. 1234 01:12:59,980 --> 01:13:03,780 It's now a measure of what record companies... 1235 01:13:03,884 --> 01:13:05,943 or not even so much record companies, 1236 01:13:06,052 --> 01:13:08,816 but the corporations that own record companies... 1237 01:13:08,922 --> 01:13:10,651 are willing to put up with. 1238 01:13:10,757 --> 01:13:13,157 Ultimately, what it came down to 1239 01:13:13,260 --> 01:13:15,922 was they had told Jeff Tweedy, "We don't like your album. 1240 01:13:16,029 --> 01:13:17,428 We don't want to release it." 1241 01:13:17,530 --> 01:13:20,021 In the end, you know, 1242 01:13:20,133 --> 01:13:23,034 it doesn't really matter who puts the record out. 1243 01:13:23,136 --> 01:13:27,197 Eventually, either in the near future 1244 01:13:27,307 --> 01:13:31,209 or in the way-far, distant future, 1245 01:13:31,311 --> 01:13:32,869 someone's gonna get it. 1246 01:13:32,979 --> 01:13:36,176 As long as music is available, someone will hear it. 1247 01:13:36,283 --> 01:13:38,183 The record label must have found it to be 1248 01:13:38,285 --> 01:13:40,480 something of a public-relations problem, 1249 01:13:40,587 --> 01:13:43,147 because the press really latched on to the situation 1250 01:13:43,256 --> 01:13:45,986 as something of a... 1251 01:13:46,092 --> 01:13:48,356 using Jeff as a poster boy as to what problems 1252 01:13:48,461 --> 01:13:50,691 were going on in a lot of record companies... 1253 01:13:50,797 --> 01:13:52,662 and in particular Warner Brothers... 1254 01:13:52,766 --> 01:13:54,165 with their artist rosters. 1255 01:13:54,267 --> 01:13:57,168 And they didn't want it to blow up any further than it did. 1256 01:13:57,270 --> 01:14:02,003 So they, um, after a certain amount of, uh, 1257 01:14:02,108 --> 01:14:03,905 anxiety-ridden conversations, 1258 01:14:04,010 --> 01:14:05,671 said, "We think the right thing to do 1259 01:14:05,779 --> 01:14:07,838 "is let you take your record somewhere else... 1260 01:14:07,948 --> 01:14:09,006 wherever you'd like." 1261 01:14:09,115 --> 01:14:10,514 Every time we put out a record, 1262 01:14:10,617 --> 01:14:13,381 the length of time that a record company is willing 1263 01:14:13,486 --> 01:14:16,683 to actually even, uh, humor you 1264 01:14:16,790 --> 01:14:18,724 about, like, working on your record 1265 01:14:18,825 --> 01:14:20,053 has gotten shorter. 1266 01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:24,893 Music is not limited to what happens in a business quarter. 1267 01:14:24,998 --> 01:14:26,625 And... 1268 01:14:30,236 --> 01:14:31,794 You know... 1269 01:14:31,905 --> 01:14:35,136 this is a record, okay? 1270 01:14:35,241 --> 01:14:37,835 This is something that, probably, someone will buy. 1271 01:14:37,944 --> 01:14:40,435 They'll pay, 15, 16... whatever... bucks for it. 1272 01:14:40,547 --> 01:14:42,447 And that's cool, but, you know, 1273 01:14:42,549 --> 01:14:45,109 what's encoded somewhere in the bottom of this thing... 1274 01:14:45,218 --> 01:14:48,619 this dopey little disc... you know, that's what matters. 1275 01:14:48,722 --> 01:14:52,783 This... the artifact, the actual object... is not. 1276 01:14:52,892 --> 01:14:56,453 What's encoded in here, if it's any good... 1277 01:14:56,563 --> 01:14:58,121 you know, you'll hear it. 1278 01:14:58,231 --> 01:15:00,529 And you'll either get it or you won't, 1279 01:15:00,633 --> 01:15:05,002 and just as... as a... as a writer, as a fan, 1280 01:15:05,105 --> 01:15:07,369 as a guy who just listens to music a lot... 1281 01:15:07,474 --> 01:15:09,533 you know, if you don't get it... 1282 01:15:09,642 --> 01:15:13,237 you know, I just think that's kind of too bad. 1283 01:15:19,719 --> 01:15:23,120 ♪ There's a magazine called Sunset ♪ 1284 01:15:23,223 --> 01:15:26,681 ♪ And a tape machine that won't let ♪ 1285 01:15:26,793 --> 01:15:32,629 ♪ Me ever forget this impossible longing for you ♪ 1286 01:15:32,732 --> 01:15:35,724 "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" has been finished now 1287 01:15:35,835 --> 01:15:37,530 for about six months. 1288 01:15:37,637 --> 01:15:41,596 The band have done a little bit of touring, um... 1289 01:15:41,708 --> 01:15:44,438 word got out that the band were out of their deal, 1290 01:15:44,544 --> 01:15:46,705 and we started getting a lot of calls, 1291 01:15:46,813 --> 01:15:50,806 um, and basically started talking to people. 1292 01:15:50,917 --> 01:15:54,045 I think we were dealing with about... 1293 01:15:54,154 --> 01:15:58,318 25 or 30 labels initially, and then, as time passed, 1294 01:15:58,425 --> 01:16:01,553 we have been whittling the list down, 1295 01:16:01,661 --> 01:16:05,688 and we're now talking to five or so 1296 01:16:05,799 --> 01:16:10,031 and hope to have that resolved in the next week or two. 1297 01:16:10,136 --> 01:16:12,366 I don't have any money. 1298 01:16:12,472 --> 01:16:14,269 I don't have very much. 1299 01:16:16,876 --> 01:16:19,845 Oh! I only have $6. 1300 01:16:19,946 --> 01:16:21,504 You want something to eat, Sammy? 1301 01:16:21,614 --> 01:16:22,512 Yes. 1302 01:16:22,615 --> 01:16:24,446 I want something to eat. 1303 01:16:24,551 --> 01:16:25,609 What do you want? 1304 01:16:25,718 --> 01:16:27,117 Soda. 1305 01:16:27,220 --> 01:16:28,778 Soda. 1306 01:16:28,888 --> 01:16:30,788 Honey, I don't have enough money. 1307 01:16:30,890 --> 01:16:31,948 I know. 1308 01:16:32,058 --> 01:16:33,787 I'll go get some money. 1309 01:16:33,893 --> 01:16:37,920 Never in my wildest, most optimistic moment 1310 01:16:38,031 --> 01:16:39,862 did I think that we'd be sitting here 1311 01:16:39,966 --> 01:16:41,729 in the position we're in right now, 1312 01:16:41,835 --> 01:16:44,565 which is with a finished record 1313 01:16:44,671 --> 01:16:49,631 that... is ours to take wherever we want. 1314 01:16:49,742 --> 01:16:53,143 You could certainly say that they fucked up 1315 01:16:53,246 --> 01:16:56,340 by letting the band go and walk away with a record. 1316 01:16:56,449 --> 01:16:58,178 It's really an opportunity 1317 01:16:58,284 --> 01:17:01,014 that maybe comes along once in a career. 1318 01:17:01,121 --> 01:17:04,352 The claw machine ripped him off. 1319 01:17:05,558 --> 01:17:06,786 It wouldn't play? 1320 01:17:06,893 --> 01:17:11,455 No, it... it went by itself. 1321 01:17:11,564 --> 01:17:12,963 Tony, smell Sam's butt. 1322 01:17:13,066 --> 01:17:14,124 No, thanks. 1323 01:17:14,234 --> 01:17:16,202 I need to know if he needs a diaper. 1324 01:17:16,302 --> 01:17:17,860 I think he does. 1325 01:17:19,739 --> 01:17:24,972 I was surprised at the number of record companies 1326 01:17:25,078 --> 01:17:27,842 that were willing to pay a large amount of money 1327 01:17:27,947 --> 01:17:30,074 to be sort of in the Wilco picture. 1328 01:17:30,183 --> 01:17:31,810 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 1329 01:17:35,021 --> 01:17:36,613 Recognize it? 1330 01:17:36,723 --> 01:17:38,452 What is it? 1331 01:17:38,558 --> 01:17:41,425 - Guess. It's one of your songs. - It's one of my songs? 1332 01:17:41,528 --> 01:17:43,086 "I'm Trying to Break Your Heart"? 1333 01:17:43,196 --> 01:17:44,094 No. 1334 01:17:44,197 --> 01:17:45,721 Uh, "I Need a Camera"? 1335 01:17:45,832 --> 01:17:46,730 No. 1336 01:17:46,833 --> 01:17:48,892 - "Dreamer in my Dreams"? - No. 1337 01:17:53,306 --> 01:17:54,204 No? 1338 01:17:54,307 --> 01:17:56,241 - "Casino Queen"? - Unh-unh. 1339 01:17:56,342 --> 01:17:58,401 - "California Stars"? - No. 1340 01:17:58,511 --> 01:17:59,739 Tell me. 1341 01:17:59,846 --> 01:18:02,747 It's something with a drum in it. 1342 01:18:02,849 --> 01:18:04,612 "Heavy Metal Drummer." 1343 01:18:04,717 --> 01:18:05,615 Yes! 1344 01:18:05,718 --> 01:18:07,276 How's that go? 1345 01:18:12,859 --> 01:18:16,260 ♪ I sincerely miss those heavy metal bands ♪ 1346 01:18:16,362 --> 01:18:20,765 ♪ I used to go see on the landing in the summer ♪ 1347 01:18:20,867 --> 01:18:22,596 ♪ She fell in love with the drummer ♪ 1348 01:18:22,702 --> 01:18:24,602 ♪ She fell in love with the drummer ♪ 1349 01:18:24,704 --> 01:18:26,331 ♪ She fell in love ♪ 1350 01:18:28,541 --> 01:18:33,137 ♪ Shiny, shiny pants and bleached-blond hair ♪ 1351 01:18:33,246 --> 01:18:36,909 ♪ A double kick drum by the river in the summer ♪ 1352 01:18:37,016 --> 01:18:38,916 ♪ She fell in love with the drummer ♪ 1353 01:18:39,018 --> 01:18:40,576 ♪ Another, then another ♪ 1354 01:18:40,687 --> 01:18:42,655 ♪ She fell in love ♪ 1355 01:18:45,525 --> 01:18:50,224 ♪ I miss the innocence I've known ♪ 1356 01:18:52,565 --> 01:18:57,593 ♪ Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned ♪ 1357 01:19:05,278 --> 01:19:09,112 ♪ Unlock my body and move myself to dance ♪ 1358 01:19:09,215 --> 01:19:13,151 ♪ Into warm liquid, flowing, blowing glass ♪ 1359 01:19:13,253 --> 01:19:17,349 ♪ Classical music blasting masks the ringing in my ears ♪ 1360 01:19:17,457 --> 01:19:19,823 The record had started to leak a little bit 1361 01:19:19,926 --> 01:19:21,120 from labels and so on, 1362 01:19:21,227 --> 01:19:23,491 and copies were starting to float around. 1363 01:19:23,596 --> 01:19:27,498 And initially we tried to slow it down... 1364 01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:30,160 we knew we couldn't stop it... and then, at some point, 1365 01:19:30,270 --> 01:19:32,966 I think we just decided, "You know what? It's out there. 1366 01:19:33,072 --> 01:19:35,006 "Let's embrace it and make it available 1367 01:19:35,108 --> 01:19:37,770 through our website if people want to hear it." 1368 01:19:37,877 --> 01:19:40,607 A lot of people were really aware of the new songs, 1369 01:19:40,713 --> 01:19:43,181 to the point where, I think, a lot of people, 1370 01:19:43,283 --> 01:19:45,808 in the front rows, at least, knew all the words. 1371 01:19:45,918 --> 01:19:50,753 ♪ Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned ♪ 1372 01:19:53,660 --> 01:19:58,791 ♪ I miss the innocence I've known ♪ 1373 01:20:01,634 --> 01:20:06,833 ♪ Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned ♪ 1374 01:20:09,776 --> 01:20:14,941 ♪ Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned ♪ 1375 01:20:18,117 --> 01:20:23,521 ♪ Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned ♪ 1376 01:20:23,623 --> 01:20:25,352 ♪ Whoo-hoo ♪ 1377 01:20:25,458 --> 01:20:27,688 ♪ Whoo-hoo ♪ 1378 01:20:27,794 --> 01:20:31,025 ♪ Whoo-hoo, hey ♪ 1379 01:20:31,130 --> 01:20:33,496 ♪ Whoo-hoo ♪ 1380 01:20:33,599 --> 01:20:35,362 ♪ Whoo-hoo ♪ 1381 01:20:35,468 --> 01:20:38,232 ♪ Whoo-hoo, hey ♪ 1382 01:20:59,926 --> 01:21:06,354 After months of... discussions and ruminations, 1383 01:21:06,466 --> 01:21:08,627 we have decided to sign... 1384 01:21:08,735 --> 01:21:10,965 The band's gonna sign to Nonesuch records. 1385 01:21:11,070 --> 01:21:13,971 We've agreed to all the major terms, 1386 01:21:14,073 --> 01:21:18,737 so the record will come out on Nonesuch in April. 1387 01:21:18,845 --> 01:21:23,339 I do find it ironic and a little humorous 1388 01:21:23,449 --> 01:21:25,849 that Time Warner is the parent company 1389 01:21:25,952 --> 01:21:28,546 of both of these labels... Reprise and Nonesuch. 1390 01:21:28,654 --> 01:21:30,713 - Are you Jeff? - Yeah. 1391 01:21:30,823 --> 01:21:32,381 - Nice to meet you. - You too. 1392 01:21:32,492 --> 01:21:35,120 One way to put the reason for picking Nonesuch 1393 01:21:35,228 --> 01:21:37,025 is that they were the best combination 1394 01:21:37,130 --> 01:21:40,566 of sort of the business deal and a creative home. 1395 01:21:40,666 --> 01:21:43,533 In hearing the record, you know, in the first 30 seconds, 1396 01:21:43,636 --> 01:21:46,537 I felt that there was something going on with this record 1397 01:21:46,639 --> 01:21:48,869 that I hadn't heard in a Wilco record before 1398 01:21:48,975 --> 01:21:52,536 and that it, you know, was... it sounded brave to me. 1399 01:21:52,645 --> 01:21:55,614 Um, you know, it may have been the same 30 seconds 1400 01:21:55,715 --> 01:21:56,875 that convinced Reprise 1401 01:21:56,983 --> 01:21:58,951 that they didn't want to put out the record. 1402 01:22:05,091 --> 01:22:07,958 Okay, you ready to start signing things? 1403 01:22:08,060 --> 01:22:09,084 Mm-hmm. 1404 01:22:11,531 --> 01:22:13,829 Yeah, it looks good. 1405 01:22:13,933 --> 01:22:16,299 Hold on. 1406 01:22:16,402 --> 01:22:18,768 One more. 1407 01:22:18,871 --> 01:22:20,998 This is to get paid. 1408 01:22:21,107 --> 01:22:22,836 Definitely sign that one. 1409 01:22:22,942 --> 01:22:24,341 And I sign here. 1410 01:22:24,444 --> 01:22:26,207 You sign there. 1411 01:22:29,015 --> 01:22:30,573 And you're back in the fire. 1412 01:22:30,683 --> 01:22:31,741 Thanks. 1413 01:22:31,851 --> 01:22:33,512 It's a deal. 1414 01:22:36,055 --> 01:22:38,956 ♪ Be not so nervous ♪ 1415 01:22:39,058 --> 01:22:42,118 ♪ Be not so pale ♪ 1416 01:22:42,228 --> 01:22:45,254 ♪ Someone watches you ♪ 1417 01:22:45,364 --> 01:22:48,629 ♪ You will not fail ♪ 1418 01:22:48,734 --> 01:22:52,170 ♪ Be not so nervous, be not so pale ♪ 1419 01:22:54,941 --> 01:22:58,399 ♪ Be not so nervous, be not so pale ♪ 1420 01:23:01,113 --> 01:23:05,914 ♪ Be not so sorry for what you've done ♪ 1421 01:23:07,620 --> 01:23:09,679 ♪ You must forget them now ♪ 1422 01:23:09,789 --> 01:23:11,256 ♪ It's done ♪ 1423 01:23:13,993 --> 01:23:18,692 ♪ And when you wake up, you will find that you can run ♪ 1424 01:23:18,798 --> 01:23:22,165 We're about two months away from the record coming out. 1425 01:23:22,268 --> 01:23:23,826 The advances are here. 1426 01:23:23,936 --> 01:23:25,665 Jeff is in town doing press. 1427 01:23:25,771 --> 01:23:27,830 He goes to Europe next week to do press. 1428 01:23:27,940 --> 01:23:29,669 It all begins now. 1429 01:23:29,775 --> 01:23:32,801 ♪ Be not so fearful ♪ 1430 01:23:32,912 --> 01:23:36,143 ♪ Be not so frail ♪ 1431 01:23:36,249 --> 01:23:38,479 ♪ Someone watches you ♪ 1432 01:23:38,584 --> 01:23:40,415 ♪ You will not leave the rails ♪ 1433 01:23:40,520 --> 01:23:42,886 What are we, almost eight months or nine months 1434 01:23:42,989 --> 01:23:45,287 since the record was originally planned to come out 1435 01:23:45,391 --> 01:23:46,688 on another label? 1436 01:23:46,792 --> 01:23:50,057 So it's been a long road, but it's the beginning. 1437 01:23:50,162 --> 01:23:53,461 ♪ Be not so fearful, be not so pale ♪ 1438 01:23:56,168 --> 01:24:00,798 ♪ Be not so sorry for what you've done ♪ 1439 01:24:02,542 --> 01:24:04,510 ♪ You must forget them now ♪ 1440 01:24:04,610 --> 01:24:05,668 ♪ It's done ♪ 1441 01:24:05,778 --> 01:24:07,678 We're... couldn't be more excited 1442 01:24:07,780 --> 01:24:09,008 about the long-term prospects 1443 01:24:09,115 --> 01:24:10,844 of being able to work with this band. 1444 01:24:10,950 --> 01:24:15,512 ♪ And when you wake up you will find that you can run ♪ 1445 01:24:15,621 --> 01:24:18,852 ♪ Be not so sorry for what you've done ♪ 1446 01:24:18,958 --> 01:24:20,926 It's a long road to here, 1447 01:24:21,027 --> 01:24:23,518 but, you know, it's a new chapter now, 1448 01:24:23,629 --> 01:24:25,589 and, uh, we're, um... couldn't be more optimistic. 1449 01:24:41,347 --> 01:24:44,578 ♪ Choo-choo Charlie had a plenty good band ♪ 1450 01:24:44,684 --> 01:24:48,484 ♪ But he couldn't understand why no one would go ♪ 1451 01:24:52,124 --> 01:24:55,685 ♪ The World Record Players on a tour of Japan ♪ 1452 01:24:55,795 --> 01:24:59,856 ♪ Charlie's fixin' his van with the left arm tan ♪ 1453 01:25:02,368 --> 01:25:07,271 ♪ He said, "Monday, I'm all high" ♪ 1454 01:25:07,373 --> 01:25:10,274 ♪ "Get me out of FLA" ♪ 1455 01:25:10,376 --> 01:25:14,642 ♪ "In school, yeah, I fooled ya" ♪ 1456 01:25:14,747 --> 01:25:17,215 ♪ "Now I know I made a mistake" ♪ 1457 01:25:25,691 --> 01:25:27,249 ♪ Blister on the turnpike ♪ 1458 01:25:27,360 --> 01:25:28,918 ♪ Let me by ♪ 1459 01:25:29,028 --> 01:25:32,987 ♪ I only want to wonder why when I don't die ♪ 1460 01:25:36,535 --> 01:25:38,560 ♪ Ooh, I shot ya ♪ 1461 01:25:38,671 --> 01:25:40,400 ♪ Yeah, I know ♪ 1462 01:25:40,506 --> 01:25:44,135 ♪ I only want to go where my wheels roll ♪ 1463 01:25:48,014 --> 01:25:51,916 ♪ Monday, I'm all high ♪ 1464 01:25:52,018 --> 01:25:54,578 ♪ Get me out of FLA ♪ 1465 01:25:54,687 --> 01:25:58,919 ♪ Well, I fooled ya in school, yeah ♪ 1466 01:25:59,025 --> 01:26:01,220 ♪ Now I know I made a mistake ♪ 1467 01:26:35,828 --> 01:26:38,695 ♪ Everybody's wonderin', "Where'd he go? ♪ 1468 01:26:38,798 --> 01:26:43,098 ♪ "He must be down in Pensacola hidin' from the snow" ♪ 1469 01:26:46,739 --> 01:26:49,902 ♪ The World Record Players on a tour of Japan ♪ 1470 01:26:50,009 --> 01:26:52,307 ♪ Charlie's fixin' his van ♪ 1471 01:26:52,411 --> 01:26:54,538 ♪ He's waitin' for a postcard ♪ 1472 01:26:56,849 --> 01:27:01,582 ♪ He said, "Monday, I'm all high" ♪ 1473 01:27:01,687 --> 01:27:04,451 ♪ "Get me out of TLA" ♪ 1474 01:27:04,557 --> 01:27:08,288 ♪ "I cut class in school, yeah" ♪ 1475 01:27:08,394 --> 01:27:11,192 ♪ "Now I know I made a mistake" ♪ 1476 01:27:12,698 --> 01:27:14,928 ♪ I made a big mistake. ♪ 1477 01:27:15,034 --> 01:27:16,433 Whoo! 1478 01:27:16,535 --> 01:27:17,559 Whoo! 1479 01:27:31,450 --> 01:27:32,450 Whoo! 1480 01:27:45,898 --> 01:27:47,957 Whoo! 1481 01:27:48,067 --> 01:27:49,796 ♪ All right! ♪ 1482 01:27:49,902 --> 01:27:51,335 ♪ All right! ♪ 1483 01:27:51,437 --> 01:27:53,371 ♪ All right! ♪ 1484 01:27:53,472 --> 01:27:55,201 ♪ All right! ♪ 1485 01:27:55,307 --> 01:27:57,036 ♪ All right! ♪ 1486 01:27:57,143 --> 01:27:58,838 ♪ All right. ♪ 1487 01:27:58,944 --> 01:28:00,309 ♪ All right. ♪ 1488 01:28:00,412 --> 01:28:01,811 ♪ All right. ♪ 1489 01:28:10,322 --> 01:28:11,721 That's the coup. 1490 01:28:11,824 --> 01:28:15,817 That's like the coup of all time for us. 1491 01:28:15,928 --> 01:28:18,829 To basically get, you know, 1492 01:28:18,931 --> 01:28:21,331 one of the biggest entertainment corporations 1493 01:28:21,433 --> 01:28:22,627 in the world 1494 01:28:22,735 --> 01:28:27,263 to release us from a contract essentially Scot-free 1495 01:28:27,373 --> 01:28:29,739 with a record that they had already paid for 1496 01:28:29,842 --> 01:28:32,777 and then sell it back to them for three times the money. 1497 01:28:32,878 --> 01:28:34,812 They disliked the record so much 1498 01:28:34,914 --> 01:28:36,347 that they paid for it twice. 1499 01:28:47,293 --> 01:28:49,193 Hold your breath. 1500 01:28:49,295 --> 01:28:50,523 Make a wish. 1501 01:28:50,629 --> 01:28:52,392 Count to three. 1502 01:28:52,498 --> 01:28:56,059 ♪ Come with me and you'll be ♪ 1503 01:28:56,168 --> 01:29:00,229 ♪ In a world of pure imagination ♪ 1504 01:29:00,339 --> 01:29:07,802 ♪ Take a look and you'll see into your imagination ♪ 1505 01:29:13,419 --> 01:29:17,446 ♪ We'll begin with a spin ♪ 1506 01:29:17,556 --> 01:29:21,788 ♪ Traveling in the world of my creation ♪ 1507 01:29:21,894 --> 01:29:26,456 ♪ What we'll see will defy ♪ 1508 01:29:26,565 --> 01:29:30,023 ♪ Explanation ♪ 1509 01:29:39,011 --> 01:29:42,811 ♪ If you want to view paradise ♪ 1510 01:29:42,915 --> 01:29:47,318 ♪ Simply look around and view it ♪ 1511 01:29:47,419 --> 01:29:51,048 ♪ Anything you want to, do it ♪ 1512 01:29:51,156 --> 01:29:55,115 ♪ Want to change the world? ♪ 1513 01:29:55,227 --> 01:29:57,957 ♪ There's nothing to it ♪ 1514 01:30:15,381 --> 01:30:18,282 ♪ There is no life I know ♪ 1515 01:30:18,384 --> 01:30:21,444 ♪ To compare with pure imagination ♪ 1516 01:30:21,553 --> 01:30:29,119 ♪ Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be ♪ 1517 01:31:09,735 --> 01:31:13,603 ♪ If you want to view paradise ♪ 1518 01:31:13,706 --> 01:31:17,267 ♪ Simply look around and view it ♪ 1519 01:31:17,376 --> 01:31:21,403 ♪ Anything you want to, do it ♪ 1520 01:31:21,513 --> 01:31:24,141 ♪ Want to change the world? ♪ 1521 01:31:24,249 --> 01:31:29,209 ♪ There's nothing... to it ♪ 1522 01:31:39,932 --> 01:31:45,029 ♪ There is no life I know ♪ 1523 01:31:45,137 --> 01:31:51,872 ♪ To compare with pure imagination ♪ 1524 01:31:51,977 --> 01:31:58,143 ♪ Living there, you'll be free ♪ 1525 01:31:58,250 --> 01:32:06,250 ♪ If you truly wish to be ♪ 114306

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