Wilco Sucks - Your Favorite Band Sucks Podcast

[@setharmstrong3502]

The favorite band of every urban lumberjack-looking, craft brewery hipster. You know the ones...

[@danieljliverslxxxix1164]

I'm impatiently awaiting the Foo Fighters episode.

[@GodbreadGilfredBiago]

The most bland band ever.

[@the_som]

Been a long time since you guys have done a band I actually like. This will be fun!

[@spensert4933]

Whew you guys are back. Was running low on disgust and bile.

[@In_Thy_Flesh]

I dare you to do an episode on The Dead Kennedys.

[@anorexorcistburger]

It’s been more than 2 weeks, TYLER.

[@docdeens4030]

Wilco: the band that single handedly raised the price of PBR from 75 cents at my local bar to five bucks. Thanks dicks.

[@DaisyChaine]

they don’t even drink

[@DaisyChaine]

Also wtf drinks PBR

[@DaisyChaine]

Hipsters have been drinking Coors for like the last10-15 years anyways , old man

[@thirdlegstalliano]

Wilco fans drink pbr

[@wildmercuryfilms]

Jay Bennett is what made Wilco great. When they fired him, they became a Generic Band. Listen to “Can’t Stand It,” “California Stars,” “War On War,” “Jesus Etc,” “Remember The Mountain Bed,” “Secret of the Sea.”

[@guyincognito320]

Was he on those tracks or nah

[@michaeldonovan7522]

Wilco sucks after Jay Bennet

[@scherryvalentine9673]

That time Foxygen opened for Wilco but didn’t know who they were.

[@murraypassarieu9115]

I like it better when y’all do good bands but this should be fun anyway

[@YourFavoriteBandSucksPodcast]

burn

[@setharmstrong3502]

When have they ever done an episode on a good band?

[@YourFavoriteBandSucksPodcast]

wait, yeah, what he said

[@JimBobMcGillicuddy]

@@YourFavoriteBandSucksPodcast Still waiting for Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, and Merle Haggard. And then of course the Velvet Underground, Television, The Fall, The Jam, Pavement... so many terrible artists left to cover

[@evanwright9016]

​​​@@JimBobMcGillicuddyZappa, Gang of Four, Wire, Coil, Swans (especially late-period Swans), Labradford, Low, Neurosis, Loop, Townes Van Zandt, Hella, Deerhoof, Quasi, Ruins, Fela Kuti, Magma, Rudimentary Peni, Jaga Jazzist, Miles Davis, Augustus Pablo, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Brainiac, Björk, Aphex Twin, Melt-Banana, Brian Eno/Roxy Music, 16 Horsepower/Wovenhand, Miracle Legion, Dinosaur Jr., The Young Gods, the Human League, anything Jason Molina's been involved in, John Prine, Autechre, Portal, Morbid Angel, Talk Talk, Wipers, Minutemen, King Tubby, etc.

[@johnnycatsup]

Big fan of everything up through The Whole Love (after which the songwriting fell off a cliff), but it’s always good spiritual discipline to listen to YFBS eps about bands I like

[@gingerale3070]

im down with any fucking podcast that mentions 16 Horsepower. just the mere fact that a host even knows about their greatness lets me know that they are a trusted source of what is "good" and "bad" music.

[@malai-kwainewschannel3302]

This channel is awesome. Helps to differentiate between ones affinity vs ones value judgment.

[@n.w.2579]

I like "Summerteeth" and think it is easily their best. But I still think it is generic background music. It doesn't sound like Spoon.

[@puffitale]

I started listening to this episode as a podcast on a train home. I thought you meant floppy hat as in a bucket hat or something. I am happy I was wrong.

[@michaelwills1926]

You’re right, they’re wrong, for better or worse

[@bobertrobertson130]

can you do a Frank Ocean sucks, feel like he's due rn

[@CarlyonProduction]

YES. My god his fucking dans. I like the guys music but holy shit he and his music sucks!!

[@jdwilliams202000]

He actually sucks lol

[@jammyjams8522]

Excited for this year of YFBS (But you guys will never do a Zappa episode)

[@thirdlegstalliano]

Zappa sucks

[@GeorgiaCav]

Back in 2003, I fell into the music media hype trap for this band and watched the documentary and bought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Summerteeth. When I realized I couldn’t bring myself to listen to either record all the way through, I made a mixtape of four or five of the songs from both albums (that’s two or three songs per album, not four or five each) that I found listenable, including ELT and Camera. Then I realized I couldn’t even listen to the mixtape all the way through and gave up, sadder but wiser.

[@Erniewatchesyourubepvt]

The hat wasn’t floppy enough guys

[@rowdyrob2276]

Jeff Wilco gets me every time 😂

[@bunny70]

more of a fan of Jay Tupelo myself

[@riffgodinc7993]

In the UK, Wilco is the name of a home store, so now I'm confused. I've never heard of this band before

[@bottlemanic]

Snap. Never heard of the band either so I just picture the store

[@faaaduma6876]

No one knows them either. No worries.

[@StalinBballin]

Shoutout to 16 Horsepower. David Eugene Edwards rules. Wovenhand is another one of the great bands he’s involved in.

[@tom-]

i’d love an episode on Ghost

[@youngflygawdtherelentless2838]

Open up two windows on your computer, play the kiss episode and the queen episode at the same time

[@Genny-Zee]

Wilcos drummer worked on T-Shift’s latest album. So that tells me all I need to know.

[@AnnoyingOrange420]

I bought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot for 2$ at a used CD shop and still regret it

[@ZeonNoOukoku]

Glad to hear you mention 16 Horsepower. Such a fantastic band. On the other side of "Alternative Country", what do you think of Mohave 3, especially their earlier work?

[@bobertrobertson130]

whats your opinion on Arctic Monkeys, seems like they've quietly been the most popular band of the last 10 years

[@thirdlegstalliano]

Arctic Monkeys suck

[@StalinBballin]

Oh shit, a Butch Walker reference! Dude took guitar lessons from my guitar teacher in high school, so you can thank Jerry King for Butch Walker.

[@nashwhal]

I knew this was coming eventually

[@evanwright9016]

Jeff Tweedy's voice is if Wayne Coyne took a liking to nicotine instead of LSD, or even better, some drunk guy trying a John Prine impression. That's never a compliment.

[@wolfstar675]

Please do an Aaron Lewis/Staind sucks episode!

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Agree

[@JimBobMcGillicuddy]

But Staind is good

[@pricila6511]

​​@@JimBobMcGillicuddy Hahaha 😂😂😂... Staind.. As in shit "staind" music

[@johnakni]

Wilco is actually way worse than you describe. I remember hearing one album ( against my will) which sounded like they took The Band and crossed it with Little Feat, but removed all the interesting aspects of both bands but kept all the terrible aspects. Spiders is a rip off of the Peter Gabriel song On the Air, despite the band claiming its their token experimental krautrock song.

[@n.w.2579]

I am confused Wilco hasn't even resembled country since "Being There," their second album. Of course I agree they are a perfect band for a genericized adult contemporary indie generation. They made krautrock and experimental rock sound unassuming enough to be played in the Starbucks mix.

[@tiffanyr9975]

I’m so happy i came to youtube to see what the “floppy hat” was that y’all were talkin about. I never would have guessed. I’ve always known it as the “rich mom on vacation” hat, most likely paired with giant designer sunglasses, so it’s hilarious to imagine hipsters wearing those

[@mattjohn4731]

ELT is still a banger. Thanks for mentioning Jim O'Rourke. That's an interesting tidbit. Which leads to are you covering Sonic Youth? Or Dinosaur Jr?

[@curly_wyn]

Yes, they must cover Sonic Youth! They suck! They’re noise!

[@BCThunderthud]

I think I might have fallen for this if it didn't happen at the same time that I was first getting into actual country music. I don't know about how I feel about this coming from a Gram Parsons apologist though.

[@misterknightowlandco]

Gram Parsons was kinda the Jeff tweedy of his day now that you mention it

[@earl_raymond]

i have never heard a single song from this band, but, after this i do not want to still. lol i do however want to listen to the other bands that you mentioned, you dudes have never let me down before.

[@j.jester7821]

Wilco is so boring and derivative. It is very Bland. One of my best friends is huge Wilco fan, I have to keep my opinion to myself to avoid offending him.

[@JohnSmithAprilMay]

I would love an episode on Faith No More. I'm pretty neutral on them, but I also don't get all the hype around Mike Patton's voice when he sounds like he a cartoon character with a broken nose more than half the time.

[@magicjackm]

tell us you've only heard The Real Thing without telling us you've only heard The Real Thing

[@WokeAssMessiah]

@@magicjackm just last week someone recommended that I listen to FNM’s live version of some song so I went to YT and holy shit did that song suuuuck, Patton couldn’t hit any of the notes, it was just embarrassing

[@JohnSmithAprilMay]

@@magicjackm I love the assumption die hard fans have of any band. "You just haven't heard the RIGHT album, man." Nah, dude, I had a phase. I heard them all.

[@tuckercherry8655]

They were playing a music festival I went to this past weekend. Didn’t stay for their set and now I feel vindicated.

[@charles616]

Now that Tyler coined the phrase, when are we getting an "Nonetry Music" shirt?

[@rodneyanonymous666]

Thank you

[@Hodakawombat1]

Wilco sucks but Tweety is from St. Louis. (Yeah, lounge ax, i know). Pitchfork has always been pretentious crap.

[@RedParker-ts]

YHF is excruciating to listen to. If I want to learn "How to Write One Song" the last person I'd buy a book from would be Jeff Wilco, as he hasn't done it yet. "Crawling is screw faster latch, I blow it with kisses" get fuckin real

[@darealberrygarcia]

Nobody even questions if Wilco sucks 😅

[@farmyardflavours]

i like your show. one of my favorite bands is Culture Club and would love to see you do an episode dedicated to them, lol

[@tripperdelaluna1]

ELO's "Out of the blue" is a double album.

[@tripperdelaluna1]

also 13:34 Son Volts "trace" is a great album - way better than "AM" - but they should've stopped there.

[@Chrismw81]

I'm new here but love the show. Any Marilyn Manson plans??

[@saltybutsain6348]

My favorite podcast

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Too me

[@soapybeats4111]

the Heavy Metal Drummers song was kinda good tho ngl

[@Cars_and_Games]

Jay Bennet, Wilco guitarist, was my first guitar teacher in Champaign-Urbana, in 1994. R.I.P. Jay. That said, i never really liked Wilco. As a teenage beginner guitarist in the 90s I wanted to learn dumb shit like Metallica and Alice and Chains.

[@IolZ555]

Can’t wait for the Playboi Carti sucks episode, truly some of the worst music I’ve heard is by him

[@idolgray]

Die lit is great...because pierre bourne.. WLR is one of the most overrated "influential" albums recently...somehow the artist carti influenced makes music thats 10x worse.

[@jejelad]

Please do a Spoon sucks!

[@TheMisterthoms]

Dead the f*** on with Billy Bragg, and the Radiohead comparisons.

[@GardenCelluloids]

Didn't they do a song that appeared in the first Spongebob movie?

[@harrisonmullaly9194]

You mean Ween?

[@GardenCelluloids]

@@harrisonmullaly9194 Wilco did Just A Kid and the song appeared in the 2nd part of the credits

[@EverythingFarley]

When are you two going to do no/fx, bright eyes, Dinosaur Jr., sonic youth, velvet underground.

[@garysmith9823]

Spot on.

[@JKAV_76]

Floppy hat = the hat Steven Tyler wears

[@faaaduma6876]

I was doubtful for some reason, that' you'll you ever come for N'SYNC. Dang!!!

[@jjerkamillo]

This entire time I thought I was musically inept for not understanding this band's appeal. On the other hand, I'm literally listening to Pennywise right now, so what the fuck do I know?

[@fanboy6405]

nirvana is more country than wilco. cant wait for the john mayer episode!

[@nopes4545]

Yes, finally!!!

[@jerrybergsteinbaum8008]

Wait....that's not Dave landau?

[@bunny70]

I'm a big fan of Uncle Tupelo from when I saw them by chance in 91. Still Feel Gone is still one of my all-time favorite top 5 albums. never was a fan of Wilco. I feel like Jay and Jeff got into many heated arguments in the studio and because of that mostly the good stuff got released But my defense of Tupelo is that no one was really that sound back then and really didn't become that successful til the end

[@tbecker403]

Uncle Tupelo is one the best bands ever, and few people have heard them. Jeff has done some decent stuff with Wilco, but I’m more of Jay fan.

[@DBB57]

Nice shout to Slim Cessna and Munley

[@bystanderbehindamask7369]

who?

[@LettersofVerax]

16 Horsepower reference!

[@wildmercuryfilms]

25:26 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a Masterpiece. Jay Bennett is the reason it was so great. Listen to the song “War On War.” Musically, that song is superb. Very experimental, and simultaneously very catchy. “Pot Kettle Black” is also an excellent song from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The entire album is about September 11th. Wilco claims it isn’t, and that it was recorded before September 11th. I believe that’s true, but not all of it was recorded before September 11th: the song “Jesus, etc,” the centerpiece of the album, was most likely recorded after September 11th. Some of the lyrics are: “Tall Buildings shake, voices escape, singing sad songs.” It’s beautifully inspired by September 11th. They claim it’s not at all inspired by September 11th, though the album cover is of 2 identical buildings in Chicago. Yes, I believe those are a “fictional” representation on the Twin Towers. Again: I believe they claim Yankee Hotel Foxtrot had nothing to do with 9/11 because they didn’t want to appear to capitalize off that tragedy. Another great song on the album is called “Kamera.” No songs on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot could be described as “Alt.Country.” It’s more like an Experimental version of “Guitar-Pop.” At any rate, as they were completing Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Jeff Tweedy fired Jay Bennett, who’s the one who made all of the songs on Yankee so beautifully experimental. Since then (1997-2001) Wilco has become a very generic band.

[@bobertrobertson130]

The fact that you have to go this in depth to defend Wilco says enough about the band

[@wildmercuryfilms]

@@bobertrobertson130 My Brother, I’m guessing you haven’t listened to any of the songs I mentioned. I watched this entire video, and I can easily tell that neither of these dudes listened to more than 5 minutes of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. And they didn’t listen to the songs I mentioned. I enjoy differing opinions. I also like it when people disagree with my opinion. But I don’t like it when a couple idiots OBVIOUSLY didn’t listen to the album that this podcast seems to be focused on. The dude on the left DEFINITELY did not listen to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and the dude on the right seems to have listened to the 1st song, and stopped there. Here is the most absurd part of this podcast: They are putting down “Alt.Country” the whole time (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot has NO RELATION to Alt.Country, by the way), WITHOUT ONCE MENTIONING THAT MAINSTREAM COUNTRY IS THE DUMBEST, LIGHTEST, FAKEST VANILLA CR** EVER MADE. For example: Here are some MAINSTREAM COUNTRY GARBAGE from 2002, when Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was released: Faith Hill - Cry Toby Keith - Courtesy of the red, white & blue Montgomery Gentry - My Town Rebecca Lynn Howard - Forgive John Michael Montgomery - Til Nothing Comes Between Us Pinmonkey - Barbed Wire & Roses Diamond Rio - Beautiful Mess Go listen to those songs. THAT’S THE GARBAGE THEY CALL “NEW COUNTRY.” It literally is the worst garbage being created in the world, and is still being made today. Alt.County isn’t perfect, but the point was to make Old Timey Country with REAL INSTRUMENTS that’s the opposite of the OVERPRODUCED NON-MUSIC that is New Country. At any rate, enjoy your evening.

[@wildmercuryfilms]

29:44 This dude didn’t “Go Back and listen to the album.”

[@wildmercuryfilms]

@IchigoMatsumoto1889 My Brother, I wish I could be a hipster. I understand what these Bros are doing. They’re being contrarian. They made videos of why Nirvana sucks, why Jimi Hendrix sucks, why Beck sucks, etc etc etc. So they’re trying to bait people. Again: They’re trying to poke people to get a reaction. But: They should at least listen to the album they’re talking about. Almost this entire podcast episode is about the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but neither of them listened to the album, but they claim they did. They should just say: “We didn’t listen to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. One of us listened to One Song, and this other dude didn’t listen to even one song. We hate the idea of this band, so we’re going to give non-specific-generic put-downs, because we never listened to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.” They are liars. That said, that’s the point of their podcast: They make fun of everything just to get a reaction out of people. I agree: Wilco has sucked ever since 2001-2002 when they fired Jay Bennett. Jay Bennett was the dude who pushed their experimentation forward and added all the interesting sounds. Without Jay, Wilco is as boring and generic as these dudes say.

[@BSPNode]

Always been a Wilco fan. Just remember, you can’t always change everyone’s opinion on the band. Personally the Jay Bennett era was the best (1996-2001)

[@tokumillennium5162]

I don't believe Wilco is real and you guy make that up

[@mitlaameesh]

spotify is the community no live bands add to their tours, except its studio albums lol

[@mitlaameesh]

spotifys embarassing, man

[@bobuzaka492]

You guys have gone and upset Jeff Wilco...now he's gonna write a song about it. That song will also suck, probably on limited edition color 180g vinyl too.

[@PopCounterCultureEd]

More like wontco

[@EverythingFarley]

I got a Dr Pepper tattoo, #DoctorPepper

[@germscott4779]

I hope they have or will do Steely Dan, so nauseating.

[@YourFavoriteBandSucksPodcast]

we did

[@RyanSheppard-tq4pg]

I love Tweedy and this is hilarious! lol

[@leekthomas737]

red house painters are my favourite band. they don't suck

[@Sam-dd5pu]

What do you guys think of Iggy pop

[@TheHSIHP]

Wilco is a rock band. Critics called Wilco alt country, not the band.

[@curly_wyn]

Well they certainly don’t ROCK, since their music seems to be very acoustic-guitar-based

[@pjr5913]

That hat is a taco

[@misterknightowlandco]

So you don’t like Americana music… ok… yeah a lot of it is Bob Seger mixed with alt. Rock and the occasional bluegrass instrument being thrown in 😂 it’s country music for those who grew up in the suburbs but only like 15 minutes away from the actual country

[@Electra-xm7lu]

The first time I heard Wilco was also the last time. It is sad that such bleak and generic garba..., I mean "music", has a market.

[@jejelad]

No mention of Loose Fur!

[@Steiney]

Thank you! I hate this band so much and our community radio station worship Jeff Tweedy. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@givem110]

Impossible Germany is a good song but the rest just makes me sleepy.

[@CoffinReaper2006]

Gonna be a lot of angry dads

[@DrinkerOfWindex]

These guys were on the bill for a ton of different festivals I went to back in the day, but I can honestly say I never saw them.

[@jonathandavis-po6js]

Is wilco a band

[@Magick_People]

Jeff Wilco 😂

[@atlasking6110]

Wilco does suck. I got suckered in to buying one of their CD's based on the critical raves and it SUCKED. Not one decent song on it. I used it for a beer coaster for a while to get some use out of it, then tossed it.

[@beakyfree7023]

Wilco are like indie films for unseasoned potatoes. Needless to say, the intro music for the pod sucks.

[@GodbreadGilfredBiago]

I don't know man, Wilco is pretty good.

[@TroysSweetCornhole]

Why do i not take these guys seriously? Who are they?

[@ericajohnson7535]

they're such an esoteric nu-listeneable band...

[@annmahn6091]

Would like to hear you do Greta Van Fleet……… I’ll still like you 😂

[@annmahn6091]

But you have to watch some of their interviews…. Like Addressing All of Your Questions on their KZbin..

[@Hottub111]

I like the show .. but i think tattoos suck

[@lipittysplit8722]

You guys should do a punk band after the *NSYNC episode like NOFX or bad religion

[@hudsonmarshallmusic5750]

*HIS NAME IS JEFF TWEEDY NOT JEFF WILCO*

[@YourFavoriteBandSucksPodcast]

according to you

[@MeatCatCheesyBlaster]

Yeah right and I suppose the green guy isn’t named Halo

[@mustydustard]

what even is your favorite band, ive listened to hours of this podcast and i just hoyta know

[@drummer78]

Southern Culture on the Skids is way cooler.

[@DaisyChaine]

post 2011 wilco sucks