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Wilco — Can't Stand It
Album: Summer Teeth
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Released: 1999
Length: 3:38
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The way things go, you get so low
Struggle to find your skin
Well hey ho, look out below
Your prayers will never be answered again

Phones still ring and singers sing
Speakers are speaking in code
What now, well anyhow
Our prayers will never be answered again

You know it's all beginning
To feel like it's ending
No love's as random as God's love
I can't stand it, I can't stand it

The way things get, you get so high
Funny how we make new friends
Well hey ho, I gotta go
My prayers will never be answered again

You know it's all beginning
To feel like it's ending
No love's as random as God's love
I can't stand it, I can't stand it

Speakers singing, speakers speaking
Speaking in code
Speakers singing, speakers speaking
Speaking in code

You know it's all beginning
To feel like pretending
No love's as random as my love
I can't stand it, I can't stand it

Your prayers will never be answered again
Your prayers will never be answered again
Your prayers will never be answered again
Your prayers will never be answered again
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I saw Wilco on stage last year. Very disappointed. Some band are better on radio than live. Whatever it still good on RP.
Posted 3 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
This gets an 8.   I like most of Wilco, the hook  and I just downed a Chopin martini   {#Cheers}
Posted 7 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Pretty solid band! Yeah! {#Cheers}
Posted 8 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
 Peter_Bradshaw wrote:
{#Heartkiss} ........ wilco's best album for me
 
Same here.
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss} ........ wilco's best album for me
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
It's a good album...still kind of trippy and edgy. However, I think their most recent albums have gone too soft.
Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Best Wilco album? Underrated anyway.


Jay Bennet Rules!
Posted 11 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the-second-sort-Kinks. 4. 
Posted 11 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
SOLID SOUND THIS WEEKEND!!
Posted 11 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
My intro to Wilco was with this album. A neighbor had me listen to Summerteeth (and Queens of the Stone Age). Thank GOD for good taste and old fashioned music sharing. My fav was We're Just Friends.
Posted 11 years ago by Spiderwoman    [ Reply ]
not my favorite Wilco song...that guitar bit gets stuck in my head and I can't chase it out
Posted 11 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
Just saw them at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown NY — great outdoor show, great beer, great music, great time!
Posted 12 years ago by SlinkyJ    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
Most bands can only dream about writing and performing songs that are this good. A solid 10!
 
Winner of the award for "Best use of church gong chimes" - Wilco !
Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
A lessor Wilco song is better than most — a good Wilco song is on another level.  Hail Tweedy.
Posted 12 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Cake except that it rhymes.

Blech! 
Posted 12 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Good band, good tune.
Posted 12 years ago by steelinox51    [ Reply ]
I thought I had this CD (I did not). I just bought it
Posted 12 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Don't tell anyone they're good
Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Most bands can only dream about writing and performing songs that are this good. A solid 10!
Posted 13 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
No loves as randon as god's love, I can't stand it.{#Notworthy}
Posted 13 years ago by jesspra    [ Reply ]
Summer Teeth Lager

Posted 14 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
This was the cd my friend gave me to become familiar with WILCO in 2003...Played it til the sun came up and then went through their whole catalogue...now my favorite band of the last 20 years...Tweedy is in a class alone.
Posted 14 years ago by madhoop    [ Reply ]
sorry ~ had to
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
The way things go
You get so low
Struggle to find your skin
Hey ho
Look out below
Your prayers will never be answered again

Phones still ring
And singers sing
Speakers are speaking in code
What now
Well anyhow
Our prayers will never be answered again

You know it's all beginning
(It's all beginning)
To feel like It's ending
(Feels like It's ending)
No loves as random
As God's love
I can't stand it
I can't stand it

The way things get
You get so high
Funny how we make new friends
Oh hey ho
I gotta go
My prayers will never be answered again

You know It's all beginning
(it's all beginning)
To feel like It's ending
(Feels like It's ending)
No loves as random
As God's love
I can't stand it
I can't stand it

Speakers speaking
Speakers speaking
Speaking in code

Speakers speaking
Speakers speaking
Speaking in code

You know It's all beginning
(it's all beginning)
To feel like pretending
(To feel like pretending)
No loves as random
As my love
I can't stand it
I can't stand it

Your prayers will never be answered again
Your prayers will never be answered again
Your prayers will never be answered again
Your prayers will never be answered again
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh, one the good Wilco songs!{#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
I can stand this song ...if fact I love it!! {#Music}
 
Another classic!

Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 robco1 wrote:

I can't recall having seen a single video on MTV any time in the last 15 years. Now its "Jackass/RealFakeWorldTV."

 
Amen.  We canceled our sat subscription partly because of that.  Muchmusic has gone the same way; not much left out there for a music lover.

Posted 14 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
The baseline makes me think of Savoy Brown. 
Posted 15 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
"No love's as random as God's love;
I can't stand it... I can't stand it!"

Amen brother!
Posted 15 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
Prolly my favorite Wilco album, though I have them all.
 
You're my kinda hippie.

Posted 15 years ago by Smoove_D    [ Reply ]
Happy RP Friday!  TGIRPF!!! 
Posted 15 years ago by iscoot4peace    [ Reply ]
TJOpootertoot wrote:
You left out the part where, having demanded a single, Warner absolutely buried it. Do you recall seeing the video on MTV?

I can't recall having seen a single video on MTV any time in the last 15 years. Now its "Jackass/RealFakeWorldTV."

Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
alanthecowboy wrote:
I'm beginning to feel that every pop song needs tubular bells in it...

That's how I feel about the Mellotron...

Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
I'm beginning to feel that every pop song needs tubular bells in it...
Posted 15 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
I can stand this song ...if fact I love it!! {#Music}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
As dull as Jim Lehrer on the Colbert Report.

Posted 15 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Prolly my favorite Wilco album, though I have them all.
Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
QualityPie wrote:
That's truer than you might think. When Wilco submitted Summerteeth to Warner Bros., "Can't Stand It" wasn't on the album; the album was otherwise as released, with "She's A Jar" batting leadoff and all else following. The company rejected it, saying it needed a grab-you pop song, something that could be released as a single (they felt it had no singles). Wilco whipped up "Can't Stand It" out of nothing, pronto, on demand. The company approved, the album got released, and when the whole stupid dance happened all over again with the next album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco bought out their contract and left Warner.
Great pop history lesson -- appreciate it.
Posted 16 years ago by softjeans    [ Reply ]
qosforever wrote:
This song remind me of "All is a game" from Nada Surf.
Yeah, the guitar riff before he says, "Can't stand it," is similar.
Posted 17 years ago by Mindscrape    [ Reply ]
QualityPie wrote:
That's truer than you might think. When Wilco submitted Summerteeth to Warner Bros., "Can't Stand It" wasn't on the album; the album was otherwise as released, with "She's A Jar" batting leadoff and all else following. The company rejected it, saying it needed a grab-you pop song, something that could be released as a single (they felt it had no singles). Wilco whipped up "Can't Stand It" out of nothing, pronto, on demand. The company approved, the album got released, and when the whole stupid dance happened all over again with the next album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco bought out their contract and left Warner.
You left out the part where, having demanded a single, Warner absolutely buried it. Do you recall seeing the videon on MTV? Me neither. We can all be thankful for the great li'l pop song Wilco produced out of nothing but it's also a a fascinating insight into the industry - and, as you say, what ended up happening with Wilco's next album.
Posted 17 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
QualityPie wrote:
That's truer than you might think. When Wilco submitted Summerteeth to Warner Bros., "Can't Stand It" wasn't on the album; the album was otherwise as released, with "She's A Jar" batting leadoff and all else following. The company rejected it, saying it needed a grab-you pop song, something that could be released as a single (they felt it had no singles). Wilco whipped up "Can't Stand It" out of nothing, pronto, on demand. The company approved, the album got released, and when the whole stupid dance happened all over again with the next album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco bought out their contract and left Warner.
Wilco knows how to work the suits .... give them what the suits think they want, make it a hit and laugh all the way to the bank. Wilco is very fresh, very dedicated, very important and very good ...
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
Easily the most pop song on this record, and a great opener.
That's truer than you might think. When Wilco submitted Summerteeth to Warner Bros., "Can't Stand It" wasn't on the album; the album was otherwise as released, with "She's A Jar" batting leadoff and all else following. The company rejected it, saying it needed a grab-you pop song, something that could be released as a single (they felt it had no singles). Wilco whipped up "Can't Stand It" out of nothing, pronto, on demand. The company approved, the album got released, and when the whole stupid dance happened all over again with the next album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco bought out their contract and left Warner.
Posted 17 years ago by QualityPie    [ Reply ]
This song remind me of "All is a game" from Nada Surf.
Posted 17 years ago by qosforever    [ Reply ]
Simply put: one the best contemporary American Rock bands... period... smart, fresh, innovative, It really doesn't get much better.
Posted 17 years ago by wally42    [ Reply ]
Yep, aptly named song - does what it says on the tin. Nice instrumentals, shame about the voice... :(
Wilco and out.

Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I have not been able to become a fan of Wilco despite many attempts, but I really, really like this song (and a couple others off this album).
Posted 18 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
Dammit, I love this...
Posted 18 years ago by fureanbode    [ Reply ]
Does anyone here the beginnings of "You're so vain" in the chorus?
Posted 18 years ago by chinchita    [ Reply ]
eelsy too...
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
coentje wrote:
Yoohoo, I have the honours to be the first bore! I really don't see what is so wonderful about this. Pretty dull stuff.
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Posted 18 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
No love's as random As God's love Man, that's brutal.
Yes, it is. Been there. And back. Saw a local band last Fri. do a cover of "Misunderstood." Did it proud.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
Their semi-happy phase?
My thought's exactaly....
Posted 18 years ago by freeone1    [ Reply ]
These guys just do it for me.
Posted 18 years ago by Dylan76    [ Reply ]
No love's as random As God's love Man, that's brutal.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Their semi-happy phase?
Posted 18 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Not a big fan of this band, but I REALLY like this song!
Posted 18 years ago by Mark1970    [ Reply ]
This CD is one of those rare discs that, when inserted into my player, lives there for days and days and days. I just love it. Gimme this and The Jayhawks Hollywood Town Hall, Greatful Dead American Beauty the new Scissor Sisters albums and I could drive from here (Chicago) to L.A. and back and never be happier.
Posted 19 years ago by Hempeltons    [ Reply ]
Yoohoo, I have the honours to be the first bore! I really don't see what is so wonderful about this. Pretty dull stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by coentje    [ Reply ]
a good song from a GREAT album, "Summer Teeth" !!! Try listening to Shot In The Arm......powerful !! Each Wilco album seems to eclipse the previous one for me, anyway, but after hearing this song again I'm reminded of how good the album really is......thanks RP.... I'm lovin' listening to you!!
Posted 19 years ago by Barry    [ Reply ]
Great song, great record, great band.
Posted 19 years ago by miahfost    [ Reply ]
More Wilco!!!
Posted 19 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Great album...
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Easily the most pop song on this record, and a great opener. Bells add a nice touch.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]