Freeload: Wilco & Fleet Foxes, “I Shall Be Released” (Bob Dylan Cover)
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A couple weeks ago we posted the above video of Wilco and Fleet Foxes super-banding Dylan’s classic at a show in Oregon and pined for the days of Last Waltz-ian onstage brotherhood, keeping the dream alive for everyone who still believes in the power of scruffy dudes to create some transcendent moments. We’ll leave it up to you to decide how powerful this song actually is by saying you can only get it (if you’re an honest person) if you go to Wilco World and pledge to vote in November’s presidential election.
Download: Wilco & Fleet Foxes, “I Shall Be Released” (Bob Dylan Cover)
Posty Service
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Many of the best pop songs ever written start with a snare hit. Take for example, this number by the ever-popular B. Wilson (you missed out by not spinning at the FADER house, in the event you are listening BTW). Much respect to being lovey dovey, but the award for the ultimate snare hit goes to Sir Robert Zimmerman for his six minute plus ode to, um, school? Napoleon? We’re not exactly sure, but we’re willing to check out the new book from the sometimes snoozy, sometimes brilliant pop critic Greil Marcus to try to find out.
Dude just wrote a whole book on “Like A Rolling Stone” called Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan At The Crossroads. If you know the work of critic Greil Marcus, you know that he digs Dylan, loves dead French dudes and that his writing might have your brain calling for a REWIND!
