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Perhaps the strangest thing about seeing John Stirratt and Nels Cline of Wilco comfortably eating burritos at the Harvard Advocate at 2 p.m. on a Monday was that it didn’t seem at all strange to them. This sort of bemused acceptance of everything—be it the miracle of Wilco’s latent mainstream success or the oddity of their appearance last week for a public Q&A session at the Advocate—is as pervasive in the easy-going, warm mannerisms of the group’s bassist and guitarist...
...Jeff [Tweedy, Wilco’s frontman and principal songwriter] has quipped more than once that for every new Wilco record, just enough people come on as jumped ship. There seems to be a sort of balance,” added Cline with a slight grin. Stirratt laughed easily, explaining, “We figure everyone in the country is going to be a Wilco fan at one point...
Despite their increasingly complex lives, both Stirratt and Cline hold a special place in their schedules and hearts for Wilco. When asked about their favorite songs, both thought hard for a few seconds before responding. Stirratt chose “She’s a Jar” from the group’s 1999 album, “Summerteeth,” explaining, “There have been a few really magical moments when you finish a take and just know it’s good before you hear it. That was one of those moments...
Cline chose “Radio Cure” for it’s sumptuously textural treatment of depression, but expressed a special affection for “You and I,” one of the standout tracks on last summer’s “Wilco (The Album),” and a track he sees as one of the best examples of Wilco’s unique appeal...
...Jeff is now joking when we play the old material, saying things like ‘That’s for all of you who remember what Wilco was like with edge!’ because there are all these ideas that people have about longevity as a band and stylistic diversity and they start trying to place you,” he said. “So here’s this gentle pop song called ‘You and I’ on the new record and… I was just totally freaked...