I Am Trying To Break Your Heart opening credits
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- Опубликовано: 14 фев 2007
- The awesome opening credit roll to the Wilco documentary "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart", with the accompanying acoustic version of the song. Come on, tell me it wouldn't be cool to drive around Chicago with Tweedy while he lets you listen to the first cut of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot...
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Whenever I'm away from my hometown of Chicago, I watch this video and get incredibly homesick and nostalgia. I almost want to cry.
Same here
Unbelievable part of an unbelievable movie. I can't believe the story of this record was captured so well.
in certain way, it's a real reality
I love that Jeff drives a Honda with a Spongebob figurine dangling from his rear-view mirror
This version of the song played along with this video, to me, perfectly captures Chicago. Beautiful.
This scene makes me miss Chicago, too. I also live in LA, but Chicago is my true home
I had a laugh at the poster up there saying they liked it "until the belly drawing scene" - thats one of my favourite parts! His tummy is so cute, and I like seeing scenes of him and Jay interacting in a friendly way. I know they were good pals even if they clashed professionally - you can see their camaraderie in the film. RIP Jay: such a shame :(
Thanks for posting. This is my favourite version of the song, and it happens to be one of my favourite DVDs. I love that Tweedy's got Spongebob hanging from the rear-view.
The best version of this song ❤ put this on spotify pleaaase
This is one of the best songs ever. Amazing.
this intro is so fucking amazing
And it totally, I think, sets the mood for the rest of the film.
He's not saying it's meaningless, just that the lines have no direct meaning. The way he's interpreting the piece as a whole is that the lines are supposed to be like sweet nothings. The piece as a whole has meaning while each individual line does not. Also, poetry doesn't have to make sense. Some pieces are entirely about mood rather than meaning.
One of the best openings to one of the best movies ever - it captures a great band beautifully, making awesome music while dealing with some personal and professional stumbling blocks. Not unlike the Beatles at the end. Regarding some of the comments I have been reading here: Jeff may not have a "perfect" voice but that is part of its beauty - it is full of life and character. And I'm surprised no-one has yet mentioned how gorgeous he is - what an adorable face :)
This is awesome. I love Chicago. and Wilco.
i don't give a shit what you guys are fighting about. this song/dvd are bad ass. i used to fall asleep to it nightly for a while.
Thanks for posting this, love this mellow version. I drive out of the city to it every day. And... it's about that time right now.
Such a catchy guitar riff
Watched the documentary last week (I'm 18) and I gotta say it was legendary. Best band ever!
Ditto what everyone else has said...this movie is worth your money.
This band gives the fans so much music for free, I think the least we could do is buy the DVDs and maybe a couple of concert tickets or something.
Go in peace Jay, the best Wilco days were with your inclusion.
Beautiful Chicago
Such a good documentary.
i am also in LA, and also miss chicago!
The opening to the WILCO live DVD. We of a certain age have broken someone else's heart.
the guy may not sing beautifully, but his voice has depth, or maybe i just see it because i'm aware of his mesmerising personality. either way, who cares? he gives me chills.
Love it
Come someone tell me where I can get a file of this beautiful acoustic version of "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart"?
I think this song has lots of meaning, if youve ever been through a messy break-up or been cheated on it makes a whole lot of sense
In the film, he plays it with a capo on the 2nd fret. D, A minor , E minor
I love that this is in Chicago :0)
this version is so good
"HELLO!" haha I love the end
Awesome.
The acoustic version is nicee.
Let's see if it works but that's the best advice I have ever gotten. Even better than "say no to drugs".
Jay Bennett Rest easy mate-you will be missed...
As much as we could argue about the meaning for years and years, the only truly obvious thing about the song is how much of it is a stream of consciousness, a narrative that wouldn't even make sense to the narrator if he sobered up and saw it a week later.
He's drunk ,and that is clear, but beyond that, who's to say anything about the song's intention? As many times as I thought I've hit the meaning of the song, It usually just means I drunk dialed the wrong girl again.
Can't believe you guys are fighting on a Tweedy song. Just enjoy it, man. And if you can't or don't enjoy it, watch something you do enjoy.
The lyrics make sense, it's a poem.
10 year anniversary since the release of the album, barely any mentions in the media, weird
wow
amen
@jovenmedia ... the meaning is right there, I'm sorry if you can't hear it
MattsMusic56 here amazing
buckminster,
As your attorney, I advise you to purchase it.
yeah it kind of makes you wonder what bands this guy is into. my guess is that he likes songs that read like a story in readers digest. at any rate wilco is like one of the dutch masters and this guy would be more into thomas kinkade
I wish I could find this version as a download.
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@MAugustineP You're right, but I've been pleasantly surprised a couple of times :)
I think so.
where can i download this version? i cant find it anywhere
Anybody know the alcoholic who destroys his relationships with the people who matter most to him. A moment of self recognition: "I am trying to break your heart"
@getfunkySTUDIOS meaning is subjective...
meaning is are just labels that we put on things to make sense of them, and most of the time the meanings we give things are meanings we have read somewhere or heard from somebody you thought was smarter than you were...
but yeah I dig poetry, just don't spend to much to try and understand it, and just enjoy it.
i guess ' american aquarium drinker' could be a sort of profile someone fills on a dating site, you know, nationality, sign etc. drinker is ironic. and it goes well with aquarium, semantically. the second one i have no idea.
i do capo 2nd and play the a, em, d shapes.
the end fucks it up
@Emac951 lol wilco is from chicago
@jovenmedia Pretty sure each verse in this song is a drunk dial to the same woman at a different point in their relationship.
Is this the acoustic version with the Capo on 2 and d, em, G chords?
Help me out.
aquarium drinker - drink like a fish. assassin down the avenue - drinking swagger on. with the swagger on he kills his relationship with the person he loves. "what was I thinking when I let go of you." SAD. he remembers: tongue tied lightning- that great feeling when you are first falling in love and can hardly talk. loves this woman but his out of control drinking leads him to kill what means most to him. it's even easy when drunk to just let it all go. alcohol controlling life. crying out.
this looks like an amazing film, does anyone know where i can see it
It's free this week
@jovenmedia
I'd submit that the lyrics may have no logical meaning because they are the ramblings of a drunk. The speaker, after all, says: you were so right when you said I been drinkin'.
And while the version here (from the film) is "cleaner," the ambient sounds and instrumentation on the album version align with an inebriated reading of the song--all that dissonance and fumbling SOUNDS like a drunken haze on the part of the player, even if carefully, brilliantly constructed by Wilco.
Pretty much anything that is considered classic and groundbreaking was disliked by most over 35 at the time. Zeppelin, Floyd dark side of the moon, Television, etc. If you lack the imagination to see meaning in lyrics that don't hit you right over the head, that's your problem I guess. YHF is destined to be a classic.
"People are very open minded about new things as long as they're exactly like the old ones."
-Charles F. Kettering
@devenlyon
If you like this song, and I do, please check out the cover by J C Brooks and the Uptown Sound. It is on RUclips. They did a 180 and totally sent it uptown, but it is great!
graduated in 1971, and I did actually google the term. ALL the posts are derived from the line in this song. I asked an open question: if it is so meaningful, what does it mean......and you cannot explain it. That is because it's nonsense; a phrase made up to fit that piece of the melody. You are in denial.
Don't think so. I wish it was though!
I don't think it really serves the song to be searching for a specific meaning in each turn of phrase. Jeff has mentioned in interviews that he enjoys finding words that sound good or cool together and putting them in a song, even if they don't make sense.
Anybody have the chords/tab to this version???
He plays A, em, and D7 with a capo on the second fret without a pick. On this one, he also hits the strings on certain beats- you can add those at your discretion
@lmrickford one man's rubbish is another man's... etc.,
This is good, but nowhere near as great as the opening scene of Haskell Wexler's "Medium Cool." The news station biker riding through the Chicago streets to the sound of Love's "Emotions" is unforgettable.
@jovenmedia it's irony...
I do make money with originals and also covers, and I can sing very well.
No it's not the money and many artists have sold out, and that is admirable if Wilco didn't. No argument there. It costs money to mount a tour to promote a band and a record, and the other musicians and crew have to be paid.
Seems pandemic that any Wilco fan who has responded to me begins by calling names. However, it seems unlikely that any of you can say I'm wrong when I say that this is a nonsense song.
Step up to the plate and answer the question:
Translate the lyrics to this profound and meaningful writing........Specifically and clearly define the terms
"Aquarium Drinker" and
"Assassin Down the Avenue".
Boy you little folks get really mad when someone inquisitively calls you on something.
That third one would actually be a G major, not E minor.
@jovenmedia maybe the intention of mantra is lost on you.
When you learn about seduction you will understand that it only works because you remember one thing
over and over and over
i am trying to break your heart.
sometimes it gets boring, and you get frustrated thinking that it isn't happening the way that you want it to.
maybe the substance is the damned obviousness of love, but that is the mark of the genius of it, isn't it?
After you get out of high school we'll talk about working as a producer.
Yes I play a great deal of music. Have many hours of studio experience.
I do not focus my entire day on Guitar Hero and X-Box. I know damn well you have Guitar Hero.
Take a nap. Your
Mommy will be home soon.
i knot even know whats happening here?!
@mattdre93 A Em D
@misterbuckethead i know...but dont worry..you will get some sweet man meat soon. and you can have your bottle. oh did you mean me? nah not mad...i just love picking on wilco fans. thanx for your time and your goat. we will surely kill it and make tacos. have a nice one...someone is really smart...what a genius ...that would be you einstien . waaaaaaaaah!!!
I am am amercian aquarium dreeenker
i assasin down the avenue
IAAAAD
IADA
I am tryin' to break your hearT
IATTBYHt
alliteration methinks folks
I haven't heard such phenomenal singing talent since Bob Dylan......
How can I get a record contract????
ACTUALLY.... its B, Fm, E repeated
And a singer. Not some drunk who groans and gets paid for it.
jovenmedia I like how you try to impute meaning onto a song you argue has no meaning. Great song regardless.
Have original music--not published. It gets stolen on occasion.
Many artists do lots of covers. The Beatles covered dozens of songs and made their careers on them.
a, em, d minor.
Talking about song, via a premier vocal performance. It doesn't matter who wrote it. It could be Happy Birthday.
Talking about profound and meaningful lyrics.....Not like "I am an American aquarium drinker". NOBODY has yet explained what these nonsense lyrics mean. I think it means this guy is smart enough to get you to buy his cds by writing nonsense songs.
Tabs?
This song is awesome...
In my opinion, this song has absolutely no meaning, it's heavy on style but intentionally doesn't have any content.
Sort of like when you're whispering sweet nothings to a girl and promising her the world when you're really just looking to screw. You recite poetry and sew together beautiful soliloquies but in the end:
"But still I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy
I am trying to break your heart"
I'm sure you've researched this fully and speak with authority, or maybe you're guessing.
Take the last two lines of the coda. This will be representative of the beginning of the song, as usually the melody is written before the lyrics). It should be then obvious that the writer place words which fit into the tempo and metre of that coda. Other options are usually inserted as second and third verses. He obviously used any nonsense words that exactly fit that tempo and metre. You are a fool.
i'm sorry for my last comment it was elitist and rude. 1st of all all art is subjective and means different things to different people. Tweety never says what his lyrics mean 4 this very reason. 4 me aquarium drinker means that he sees himself as a sort of sideshow act, a freak and i assasin down the avenue means that he moves with purpose but wishes to remain unnoticed and hiding out in the big city is the perfect place to do so.
the ending is the best part. the navel gazing driving is dumb. great song tho.
"If you lack the imagination to see meaning in lyrics that don't hit you right over the head, that's your problem I guess"
"I assassin down the avenue?" Somebody has a big problem indeed...."Tongue-tied lightning?"
This is a nonsense song for kids? Or just nonsense.
why don't you just go listen to your jouney albums and leave the people who like good music alone. or maybe read a book it might help you understand the concept of metaphore.
I would ask you to explain both accusations if you were old enough to realize the necessity to do so.
There is no hypocrisy in anything I've said, nor foolishness. Maybe you just picked two words out of the dictionary?
You'll be going back to tenth grade pretty soon so hurry.
By the way....this is America, and this forum is for comments and opinions. My opinion is:
This song has inane lyrics, (look it up babies), and the singer's voice is pretty fucking bad.
Other than that, you can keep your opinions in gym class.
I'd rather enjoy any song by a person who can sing. There are so many talented singers.............surely you people must realize that this singing is rather poor at best, by any standards.
Lots of knowledge my friend, but just because my opinion doesn't jive with yours doesn't signify lack of knowledge. Been playing and recording music for 43 years. Likely longer than you've been alive.
I could play this recording in front of any given 300 people and I would imagine 280 of them would say it stinks. It is very poorly written and played. The lyrics do not mean a thing; they just rhyme and fir the metre (look it up kid).
This shlt is for kids who play X-Box and watch cartoons.
"i really do hate pretentious middle age losers in cover bands" You're assuming that cover bands are pretentious (did you look that one up?). For a child of 18 you seem to know everything. to folks in their 40s and 50s that this kind of odd "singing" of absurd and obtuse lyrics is indeed trying to appeal to teens. This is a novelty, appealing to a small specialized audience. by the way, we play 85 songs---some of which are original but unpublished. Can you do that? I don't mean on Guitar Hero.
The only thing you produce is a big turd every morning.
1. List your five major FPVs.
2. What percentage of youth in the US under 15 have NPP?
I am waiting.
"I, Am Trying, Not to Barf."
Dude, that phrase at 1:46 doesn't even qualify as singing.
Write a letter to Crosby, Stills, and Nash and ask them about the distinct tonal qualities of this vocal performance. Ask them to compare it to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes".
Listen to Mark Farner sing "Isn't It Amazing".
This song BLOWS.
no actually you should go and listen to Wilco and keep your juvenile commebts about "art" to yourself. I was originally responding to the comments you all have made about this being profound, meaningful art. It is horrible writing and horrible singing. Deny that?