{"id":26660,"date":"2016-11-23T09:08:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=26660"},"modified":"2016-11-23T09:10:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T17:10:50","slug":"watch-wilco-perform-two-schmilco-songs-for-the-take-away-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2016-11\/watch-wilco-perform-two-schmilco-songs-for-the-take-away-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Wilco Perform Two &#8220;Schmilco&#8221; Songs For The Take Away Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schmilco_wilco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-26662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schmilco_wilco-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"schmilco_wilco\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schmilco_wilco-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schmilco_wilco-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schmilco_wilco-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schmilco_wilco-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schmilco_wilco.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>American greats<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wilcoworld.net\/\">Wilco<\/a><\/strong> have had two very prolific years, releasing a critically-acclaimed album each year. Following on the heals of last year&#8217;s heralded\u00a0<em><strong>Star Wars<\/strong><\/em> album, <strong>Wilco<\/strong> won hearts and minds this year with their album <em><strong>Schmilco<\/strong><\/em>. The band has been touring behind the new album and recently played <strong>Le Guess Who? Festival<\/strong> in Holland. \u00a0Fortunately, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogotheque.net\/\"><strong>La Blogotheque<\/strong><\/a> caught up with <strong>Wilco<\/strong> while they were there and captured two stellar performances by the band of the nostalgic\u00a0<em><strong>If I Ever Was A Child<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Normal American Kids<\/strong><\/em>, both of off <em><strong>Schmilco\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(lyrics below). \u00a0Though the setting is dusky, as usual the band shines brightly (especially <strong>Nels Cline<\/strong> and the harmonists).<\/p>\n<p>Check &#8217;em out below and go\u00a0buy <em><strong>Schmilco<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/wilco.kungfustore.com\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TdnVgAxBuqQ\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ttGIEmAjqTs\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If I Ever Was A Child<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never been alone<br \/>\nLong enough to know<br \/>\nIf I ever was a child<\/p>\n<p>I was tied up like a boat<br \/>\nUnbuttoned like a coat<br \/>\nSet free for a while<br \/>\nWell I jumped to jolt my clumsy blood<br \/>\nWhile my white, green eyes<br \/>\nCry like a window pane<br \/>\nCan my cold heart change<br \/>\nEven out of spite?<\/p>\n<p>I slump behind my brain<br \/>\nA haunted stain never fades<br \/>\nI hunt for the kind of pain I can take<\/p>\n<p>And I cry like a window pane<br \/>\nCan my cold heart change<br \/>\nOver night?<br \/>\nSo I won&#8217;t ever want to touch<br \/>\nYour heart too much<br \/>\nOr hold you too tight<\/p>\n<p>I slump behind my brain<br \/>\nA haunted stain will never fade<br \/>\nI hunt for the kind of pain I can take<\/p>\n<p>I never was alone<br \/>\nLong enough to know<br \/>\nIf I ever was a child&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Normal American Kids<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remind myself of myself long ago<br \/>\n&#8216;Fore I could drive, &#8216;fore I could vote<br \/>\nAll of the time, holding a grudge<br \/>\n&#8216;Fore I knew people could die just because<br \/>\nShot from a sling, head full of buzz<br \/>\nI knew what I liked was not very much<br \/>\nHigh at the time, tied to the grid<br \/>\nAlways afraid of those normal American kids<\/p>\n<p>Oh, all of my spirit leaked like a cut<br \/>\nI knew what I needed would never be enough<br \/>\nI was too high to change my bid<br \/>\nAlways afraid to be a normal American kid<\/p>\n<p>Always hating normal American empty summer days<br \/>\nLightning crazed and cracked like an egg<br \/>\nHigh behind the garden shed<br \/>\nPainting myself as a normal American kid<br \/>\nI always hated it<\/p>\n<p>High as high as high can loom<br \/>\nUnder the sheets in my bedroom<br \/>\nI was high as high can get<br \/>\nAlways afraid of those normal American kids<\/p>\n<p>Oh, bongs and jams, and carpeted vans<br \/>\nHate everything, I don&#8217;t understand<br \/>\nHigh times tightening the lid<br \/>\nI had to get away from those normal American kids<br \/>\nAlways hated those normal American kids<br \/>\nAlways hated those normal American kids&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American greats Wilco have had two very prolific years, releasing a critically-acclaimed album each year. Following on the heals of last year&#8217;s heralded\u00a0Star Wars album, Wilco won hearts and minds this year with their album Schmilco. The band has been touring behind the new album and recently played Le Guess Who? Festival in Holland. \u00a0Fortunately, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26660"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26668,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26660\/revisions\/26668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}