Jeff Tweedy's basement party keeps the lights on at wilco
"Lou Reed Was My Babysitter" brings a crowded house gig to the channel during a week without new uploads.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Jeff Tweedy "Lou Reed Was My Babysitter" Official Video (Twilight Override)
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A "WATCH YOUR HEAD" banner hangs above the doorway, and the camera heads down into a crowded basement. Jeff Tweedy and his band are tucked among string lights and wood paneling, with barely much separation between the musicians and the people dancing. "Lou Reed Was My Babysitter" makes a music video feel like an invitation downstairs.
Directed by Austin Vesely, the clip is the busiest of wilco's videos for daily views right now, just above the more recently posted "Enough." Both belong to Tweedy's solo album Twilight Override, as does "Feel Free," another song drawing viewers. The basement video's credited cast includes Spencer and Sammy Tweedy, Sima Cunningham, Macie Stewart and Liam Kazar: a sizeable musical gathering squeezed into an intimate setting.
There were no new uploads this week, but the subscriber audience grew by about a thousand to 110,000. That is also the channel's entire net gain over the past month, giving this otherwise upload-free week a small distinction.
"Feel Free" offers a useful companion to the basement party. In its description, Tweedy says he feels most free making a record with friends, singing something connected to the past, present and future. Between the shared cast and the close-quarters performance, these solo releases are hardly solitary affairs.
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