Chit-Chat Check-In #156 • Transcript
Hello from Albuquerque. That has to be one of the only cities with two Qs in its name. Maybe one of the only words? I like it. I want to put two Qs in my name somehow. Jeff… Quetwqueedy…
This song is a request from Michael Mettes. I think I’ve been playing it since even Uncle Tupelo days. Definitely early Wilco did it a fair amount. It’s one of my favorites. Such an evocative and weird lyric. Beautifully empathetic and sad.
I tried to do an acoustic version, where I don’t really scream it, but it just doesn’t communicate. So I had to stand up and sing full-throated. The iPhone doesn’t quite record loud things as well, but I thought it was worth sharing, since you requested it, with a little bit of an explanation—that I think you really should stand up and sing this song. In the original key, if you can, because that’s where it lives and breathes. The key of A.
Carry on. OxO—Jeffy
This Week in Wilco, Etc.
1995 / May 5: Wilco appears at Liberty Lunch in Austin, TX. They open their 21-song set with a cover of Doug Sahm’s “Give Back the Key to My Heart” and end the night with a cover of Tom Petty’s “Listen to Her Heart.”
2003 / May 7: Wilco play a 13-song set for PBS Soundstage in Chicago, IL. The performance, which also features Sonic Youth, airs on September 1, 2003.
2021 / May 10: On The Tweedy Show #175 Jeff debuts the new song “Soldier Child.” It will later be released by Wilco on Cousin (dBpm Records).
I Wish I Was Your Mother (Mott the Hoople cover)
