Jeff Tweedy Reveals Which ABBA Song He Didn’t Initially Like

[@clarewillison9379]

This man is a treasure. Value him and keep him warm and safe forever. 💝

[@lashendawest7509]

We love Jeff tweedy and seth meyers

[@tristyevely3798]

I'm big fan of Family Trips with the Meiers Brothers and Jeff's theme song actually gets stuck in my head all the time. It's very cstchy.

[@Batters56]

As a Brit this is great, understatement, self effacement, being uncomfortable talking about your own success. Lovely guy.

[@JJPsyc]

Jeff is one of my all time favorites and kind of a genius.

[@nathantaylor-gk5qm]

Uncle Tupelo is the beginning band featuring Tweedy and his friend Jay Farar in their young years. Farar went on to lead the band Son Volt, and Jeff created Wilco. The Uncle Tupelo early years 89 to 91 album is fantastic and raw. I was a fan of Jay Farar's voice and the originality of their alt-country-rock sound at that time. I have the CD to this day. It is a great album, and I am 49 years old. Peace through Music

[@Ahzpayne]

Somehow managed a better version of CCR's "Effigy" than CCR did 🤯

[@bookbwitched6823]

What an amazing gift, this man is a GOOD man.

[@bubblesezblonde]

I just realized this is like the last of the late night shows that talks to authors....nice interview.

[@michaeldematteis3409]

Didn’t know Jeff wrote another book.cant wait to get it.have both his others,great books

[@nor123abc]

🎶🎤Family trips with the Meyers brothers, here we go…😄 Also, my favorite Wilco song is How to Fight Loneliness.💓

[@smoothjester07]

Jeff Tweedy is a perfect name for a musician.

[@Abmotsad]

I had a very similar experience. In high school, I was part of the hard rock contingent. It was a vital part of my identity that I hated pop music. I was SO COOL. What an idiot. Then, when I was a bit older, I heard that one of Pete Townshend's favorite songs was "SOS" by ABBA. It took way too long to understand that I can like whatever I want to like. Now I'm 59. I have well over 2000 records. Everything from Judas Priest to Air Supply to Zero 7 to Mozart to Frank Sinatra to Willie Nelson. Young people: don't waste time trying to be cool by not liking things. It makes you tedious.

[@wabbajack2]

As a former tedious young person, hard agree.

[@lisab9541]

Air Supply is so underrated. Really good music. I'm not into a lot of hard metal or punk, definitely not much rap, but there are always exceptions. Gotta be open.

[@xavierrobinson9126]

+1 for Zero 7!!

[@nathantaylor-gk5qm]

Wilco is fantastic live, and Jeff Tweedy is amazing solo in the smaller venues that he toured with various artists, including his kids. He is humble and funny. I have to read this book. His only other book was well done and I imagine from the lines Seth read that this book will be better. Peace through Music and Literature

[@cungar1001]

Wish he would have talked about more songs he loved. Guess I'll have to buy the book.

[@okrajoe]

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot still rulez!

[@LukeVanGeest]

Thanks for having him on here Seth. Need to read this book!

[@doriwiljt]

❤ Jeff

[@slimzimm1031]

Dancing Queen is a stone classic.

[@angel1329us]

No doubt. It's sweeping and epic.

[@clarkb5137]

love how at 2:25 seth tried to get jeff to say dawned on me

[@bgusenius]

My friend helped book Jeff at one of the theaters he played on his solo tour this summer and I tried (and failed) to get a quick meet-and-greet. Had I succeeded, I'd planned to ask about the theme song for Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers (here we go).

[@johngrayatkinson1214]

Jeffs great. Used to jam with his roommate Chris in Bellville,IL

[@angel1329us]

I love him to pieces and I have for many years. I am a die hard Wilco fan, and the greatest concerts I have ever seen were back to back nights of Wilco at Red Rocks. So there is deep love here, and I don't really care, wear what you want, Jeff, it doesn't matter to me, BUT..... I don't understand why he would rather wear that cap, than wash his hair.

[@rockturtleneck]

Nice interview, planning to pick up that book. I had a Dancing Queen experience in college when a friend turned me on to Neil Diamond's Hot August Night album.

[@marktaylor2502]

I am a pro songwriter/ musician This same thing happened to me with Dancing Queen. I was in a Home Depot a couple of years back and was struck by what a perfectly crafted piece of pop music it is! I will never own it but much can be learned from it.

[@heywazup99]

I live a couple blocks from Jeff. I'll ask him about the Family Trips song if I see him

[@ohbusiness]

my dream is to run into him at some point. I have run into Michael Shannon and it went about as well as you would expect

[@nansenscat9315]

Muzzle of Bees 🥰

[@cricketcricket91]

I had the same experience as Tweedy but with a cowboy hat (living in New Zealand)

[@johnmcevoy3598]

We all grow up and shed our pre-conceived notions of good and bad, hopefully.

[@Puffsdad]

If it sounds good, it is good.

[@bsquared4604]

I wanted to hear seths further thoughts on dancing queen and then he pivoted. Arrrggh, I that happens.

[@dreamwell2020]

Here's one more question I wish Seth had asked at the end there. "Do people sometimes come up to you to tell you what they've gotten out of one of your songs, and then you get to empower them by explaining that you didn't put any of that wisdom in there?"

[@marquee-moon]

With all love, someone needs to make hipster garden gnomes based on Jeff Tweedy.

[@jkozy1981]

I love that the greatest songwriter of the 21st Century looks like he’s about to tell you your catalytic converter is going bad.

[@billadams9986]

Correction, that was not Jeff Tweedy, that was Ben Warheit doing a bit.

[@amcaesar]

I was gonna say that.

[@h7opolo]

i notice the stores play that song frequently. it must have been shown to positively affect sales.

[@WalkingmanPattaya]

Not into ABBA "Dancing Queen" but did like some Bee Gees,. He looks like a Rock folk guy? Where is the Beret?? Got to let the hair flow man, ...Let your freak flag fly... from "Almost cut my Hair," David Crosby, CSN&Y ( Hats are for outdoors)

[@jennybee42]

Wow he looks an awful lot like Scott Tanner, the lead singer of Land Ho!

[@mst3kpimp]

jeff looks like sean lennon and artie lange had a baby.

[@MadDragon75]

I was fortune enough to be able to listen to whatever I want. I generally listen to hip hop music. My friends will look at me funny when I listen to Bach and Beethoven... But they didn't judge.

[@user-tc5pl3zw3h]

I love how honest and genuine he is. But his band name would make more sense if his name was Roger. I agree with Jeff that he has no business writing a book. He should get a ghost writer. Anyone who says things like "conceptually conceived", and "my humbleness" shouldn't be in charge of putting words on pages. But his music is truly next level gifts from Heaven. Of course, ABBA was four angels with Heavenly voices, so what would you expect?

[@ftm84]

Some people write better than they speak. His first book is a really great read. You should check it out.

[@user-tc5pl3zw3h]

I'm sure. I'm just poking fun.

[@ftm84]

Right on. @@user-tc5pl3zw3h

[@Dr_1212]

👍

[@eveofthewood]

THAT'S what Jeff Tweedy looks like now???

[@kazza6078]

Is it Aw-ba or Ah-ba?

[@dagobello]

Correction: you didn’t have to be an ass when saying “humility” instead of “humbleness”. They are both correct. You made me doubt myself and I had to google which was correct.

[@nathantaylor-gk5qm]

I did the same, honestly.

[@paulheckbert]

Correction to the correction: nobody was an ass

[@dagobello]

@@paulheckbert you’re wasting your time. Seth doesn’t have a show named “Corrections to Corrections”.

[@amirgat1285]

What's all the fuzz about? what did he say anout ABBA that was uniqe? wise? so he heard the song from speakers...so?

[@dylanmcdermott1110]

The only ABBA song I've never liked is "Mama Mia"

[@jackson5116]

Oh, brother, Tweedy didn't grow up in a small Illinois town, he grew up in metro St Louis, the 20th largest metro area in the US. Belleville, IL is only about 15 miles east of downtown St Louis where the Cardinals, Blues, Rams, and other professional major teams played. Give me a break, there are 3 Metrolink (St Louis version on the El Train) in Belleville connecting it to St Louis. Big difference. He could have worn it in St Louis.

[@CreativeGPX]

This seems like Jack Black before his coffee. An insult to neither man.

[@NewMessage]

Beret to touque isn't a far distance...

[@AndorranStairway]

Uhh did anyone else think this was Jack Black from the thumbnail?

[@cungar1001]

No Jeff's thumbnails don't look anything like Jack's

[@eneobande7433]

Jeff Tweedy looks like Jack Black

[@scottbaxendale323]

You got it backwards.

[@Sajwinder_singh]

thats Jack Black

[@debbibobetty5620]

Good show but you should have held his book up for your audience as you were saying goodnight. Every second in PR light is immeasurable.

[@wabbajack2]

Pretty sure it's 1/60th of one minute.

[@debbibobetty5620]

@@wabbajack2 millions in Hollywood time

[@Davetv1121]

Dork

[@tyr409]

I'm calling for a Boycott for Corrections, featuring Seth Meyers, Twice Emmy nominated, web-series, critically acclaimed. Whirlwind of laughs... I want to get paid if you use anymore of my comments... So... I'm on Strike!

[@ericminch]

OK, I'm with you brother. Let's set up a picket line. Any volunteers to make the coffee? I like mine with some milk. And a side of scrambled eggs with two sausages and hash browns. Maybe some orange juice. Make that a screwdriver. Make that a double.

[@ROLtheWolf]

Looks like Jeff Tweedy is still living on the streets in box...

[@mikejawoski5904]

Jack Black looking old now

[@Ahzpayne]

In order to maintain the level of respect I have for him I would hope it was all of the ABBA songs. I hope it remains all of the ABBA songs. And no. More love is not the goal. There are so many people and so many things deserving of hatred. Like ABBA. And optimism. LOL

[@mallardflopson]

Seth I really don’t think ABBA is pronounced “aah-bah”

[@AlvenmodFoto]

Actually, he gets it closer to the Swedish pronunciation than the typical English pronunciation, well done even though it does sound weird in an English sentence 😂

[@RayasNegroOvejas]

to my swedish ears, it sounded good! in swedish, the "a's are hard/short, at least the first one - actually, they can maybe be comparable to "a car". it's pretty… clean. some other accents, dialects, languages… can seem to add other letters, just because how they pronounce things. I can think of english "a's as cursive, like in…say, "blame", which sort of brings a "j" into the "a" in my ears and isn't used in the name (here). anyway, it isn't so strict. how do you pronounce it?

[@mallardflopson]

@@RayasNegroOvejas @AlvenmodFoto love the depth of this explanation and dying to know if you are also jackals. I pronounce the first ‘a’ like the the a in ‘cat’ and then the remainder like Seth does I think. It’s just the long A at the beginning that sounds so odd to me. But I’m Australian not Swedish so don’t have a huge claim to the correct pronunciation. Do you say it like Seth?

[@Dragonflies48]

It is in New England. Seth's family moved to N.H. when he was 10.

[@AlvenmodFoto]

@@mallardflopson I am Swedish, so just establishing my subject matter expertise first 😉 the way Seth says it is not 100%, but it's closer than the traditional English pronunciation as you mention saying it as "cat", it should be closer to the a's in "car", but shorter and with more punch

[@tonyfan3]

And this guy is definitely is NOT related to Steve Dahl??

[@JacWarner]

Oh Seth. Please start pronouncing Abba properly. Basically- the next person you see will pronounce it correctly. And yes- your kids will definitely say it right. Dude.

[@AlexanderJEBradley]

I love how Jeff Tweedy wore a shirt... not a suit, but better than what Seth is wearing. Wear a suit Seth!

[@ryanmpfeiffer]

I'm not sure anyone can pull off the loose beanie look tbh.

[@Zenithx3]

After watching this, I still have No idea who he is and do not care.

[@davedecastris8741]

And yet you took time out of your idealess and careless life to drop a note here on the internet about what you watched and how it made you feel. It is human to fail-good work.

[@Zenithx3]

Some people lack charisma and make boring guests for a late night show. It IS human to fail.@@davedecastris8741

[@Dragonflies48]

Your loss.