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Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
Jeff Tweedy
4.38 AVERAGE
228 reviews for:
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
Jeff Tweedy
4.38 AVERAGE
Muy para hardcore-fans de Tweedy/Wilco, pero disfruté mucho leer a un tipo del que he aprendido tanto con canciones. Obviamente habla de música, de su curiosa adicción a los calmantes y de, en el fondo, cómo es esto de convertirse en adulto exponiendo todas sus heridas en canciones.
Shocking to see, if you know me: Pete, the Wilco Lover, loved this book. The truth is, however, that I don't normally gobble up rock memoirs. I love Elvis Costello, for example, but was exhausted by his, and I still haven't gotten around to Chrissie Hynde's.
What Tweedy does well is give his story some shape, some structure. The chapters move chronologically, but each also has its own focus (depression/songwriting/dealing with life as a member of a band), creating several different levels of action. Yes, there were some chapters that were soggier than others to me, but, like songs on a record, the chapters I dug may be the ones you find soggy, and vice versa. The ending also feels a bit rushed; it could be that the first 3/4 was such an involved process that he ran out of steam, but it also could be that he's hit his stride, with a great family and a band that has a stable and productive line-up, so there's just less to dwell upon. For now. The first 3/4 or so is damn near perfect, though, and the ending validates the role any creative endeavor can play in helping someone become the best kind of someone they are supposed to be.
Oh, and the solo record's pretty damn good, too.
What Tweedy does well is give his story some shape, some structure. The chapters move chronologically, but each also has its own focus (depression/songwriting/dealing with life as a member of a band), creating several different levels of action. Yes, there were some chapters that were soggier than others to me, but, like songs on a record, the chapters I dug may be the ones you find soggy, and vice versa. The ending also feels a bit rushed; it could be that the first 3/4 was such an involved process that he ran out of steam, but it also could be that he's hit his stride, with a great family and a band that has a stable and productive line-up, so there's just less to dwell upon. For now. The first 3/4 or so is damn near perfect, though, and the ending validates the role any creative endeavor can play in helping someone become the best kind of someone they are supposed to be.
Oh, and the solo record's pretty damn good, too.
It’s fine. If you’re a fan, it’s fine. I would’ve enjoyed more details about making albums (most are largely ignored) and less about the emotional struggle of songwriting. But, it’s fine.
Wilco has been my favorite band since somewhere in the thick of grad school, and I expected that I would love Tweedy’s memoir. This was even better than I hoped. His sections on family and struggles with addiction are especially good. My favorite parts are the conversations with his wife, Sue Miller, who is a saint, and the stories about meeting Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.
“Mine ain’t about yours. And yours ain’t about mine. We all suffer the same. You don’t get to decide what hurts you. You just hurt. Let me say my shit, and you say your shit, and I’ll be there for you. Okay?”
"Let's Go" proves that you don't need a ghost writer to achieve a very good autobiography. Jeff Tweedy uses honest, unpretentious prose to chronicle his life so far - from his earliest childhood memories in Belleville, IL to his current days as the leader of Wilco and backup singer of the Racoonists. His winking sense of humor lets the reader know that he's not overly impressed with his own accomplishments, and his gratitude for making it this far is obvious and genuine. One wouldn't know that he might very well have his best days ahead of him.
I particularly enjoyed his technique of incorporating snippets of conversation with his wife and son regarding whether or not to include certain elements of his past life. Like the book itself, it was entertaining, enlightening and ultimately uplifting.
I particularly enjoyed his technique of incorporating snippets of conversation with his wife and son regarding whether or not to include certain elements of his past life. Like the book itself, it was entertaining, enlightening and ultimately uplifting.
I’VE ONLY REALLY LISTENED TO ONE WILCO ALBUM AND I FOUND THIS BOOK FOR FREE SO I CAN SAY, AS SOMEONE WITH NO EXPECTATIONS OR PRE-CONCEIVED NOTIONS, THIS MEMOIR IS THOUGHTFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND REALLY, REALLY GOOD
This book answered, in part, a lot of questions and closed some loose threads about one of my all time favorite bands. It also gave me a fascinating and at times uncomfortably honest insight into one of my songwriters. You don’t have to love, or even like, Wilco to appreciate this book.
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I really, really enjoyed this book.
Yes, I am a fan of Wilco's music. But what compelled me to read this book is the intellect, humor, and often disarming honesty that author Jeff Tweedy has displayed in every interview with him that I've ever heard or read. Those same traits define Let's Go (So We Can Get Back).
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) is written in a very casual style. It's pleasant---it reads as if he's having a conversation with you, riffing on all of the important things in life... love, responsibility, creativity, independence, parenting, etc. And because my perspective aligns almost perfectly with his on all of these subjects, I often found myself thinking, "Wow, what a smart, sensitive, reflective, likable guy."
I do not look to actors, musicians, athletes, etc. for wisdom. But Jeff Tweedy has lived an unusual life in music, he's done a lot of thinking, and he has wisdom and laughter to share in spades. Highly recommended.
Yes, I am a fan of Wilco's music. But what compelled me to read this book is the intellect, humor, and often disarming honesty that author Jeff Tweedy has displayed in every interview with him that I've ever heard or read. Those same traits define Let's Go (So We Can Get Back).
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) is written in a very casual style. It's pleasant---it reads as if he's having a conversation with you, riffing on all of the important things in life... love, responsibility, creativity, independence, parenting, etc. And because my perspective aligns almost perfectly with his on all of these subjects, I often found myself thinking, "Wow, what a smart, sensitive, reflective, likable guy."
I do not look to actors, musicians, athletes, etc. for wisdom. But Jeff Tweedy has lived an unusual life in music, he's done a lot of thinking, and he has wisdom and laughter to share in spades. Highly recommended.