Album: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Band: Wilco
Co-writer: Jay Bennett
Key lyric: “Last cigarettes, are all you can get, turning your orbit around.”
“Jesus, Etc.” has rightfully become a Wilco “standard.” Offering words of comfort and commitment over a melancholy, constantly-moving chord progression, it plays directly to your deepest emotions. When it was released (as a free stream) in late 2001, the lyrics, with their references to tall buildings shaking and voices escaping, seemed to resonate with the national zeitgeist. Today, it’s no less stirring. “Jesus, Etc.” features some of Tweedy’s most memorable impressionistic lyrics: “I’ll be around, you were right about the stars; each one is a setting sun.”
20.“The Long Cut”
19. “That’s Not the Issue”
18. “Promising”
17. “She’s A Jar”
16. “I Can’t Keep From Talking”
15. “Impossible Germany”
14. “Wilco (The Song)”
13. “Gun”
19. “That’s Not the Issue”
18. “Promising”
17. “She’s A Jar”
16. “I Can’t Keep From Talking”
15. “Impossible Germany”
14. “Wilco (The Song)”
13. “Gun”
11. “Laminated Cat”
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American dance band C+C Music Factory (American singer and rapper Freedom Williams, Liberian-born American singer and songwriter Zelma Davis, American record producer David Cole, and American record producer and songwriter Robert Clivilles) in the 2nd Billboard Music Awards press room, at the Barker Hangar of Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, California, 3rd December 1991. C+C Music Factory won the '#1 New Pop Artist,' '#1 Hot Dance Club Play Single,' '#1 Hot Dance Club Play Artist,' '#1 Hot Dance 12" Singles Sales,' '#1 Hot Dance 12" Singles Artist,' and '#1 Hot Dance Club Play Single' awards at the ceremony. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
