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Song’s old, show’s old. Â Don’t care. Â This is awesome:
[youtube]http://youtu.be/7ZWaWrvJ7nA?hd=1[/youtube]
Recently reminded of this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwgt9Dxyyv0[/youtube]
Credit to Delta, ATL, Spondivits, etc. for the recent reminder, and SWATS in general, for all this.
So, there was this original, by Bob Dylan. Â Secret? Â I’d never really paid attention to it, before 2009.
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM[/youtube]
It’s great, isn’t it? Â But in that weird way that makes the first time you heard a song stick as the original, I’ll always associate this with the Whitlams. Â I was rolling north on the Bruce Highway in Australia when I first heard it:
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAtA6rEpF40[/youtube]
Bonus Bruce Highway music –
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWneXu5bJSA[/youtube]
Outkast – Git Up, Git Out
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acN_99gfuAM[/youtube]
 Curtis Mayfield – Diamond in the Back
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVANQheoRUw[/youtube]
Sly and the Family Stone – Family Affair
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdiRhzTsSnk[/youtube]
Camera Obscura’s Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken:
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Who4OL08iR8[/youtube]
Beirut’s Postcards from Italy:
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61BVv6pLtw[/youtube]
Continuing the postcard theme (ever heard of Postcrossing?), here’s Jens Lekman’s Postcard to Nina:
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmq3GXsMcHM[/youtube]
Shimmy shimmy ya . . .
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITLNzPoEqs[/youtube]
Me and Mariah . . .
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuzVicP6tcg[/youtube]
Hey, Dirty, baby I got your money . . .
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKw5mBh4rYs[/youtube]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Maps (acoustic):
M83 + Men At Work = City Down Under:
When I first heard this Blawan joint, it took me straight to the early 90s, but I couldn’t quite place it. Â Getting Me Down:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RJy2-F2irA[/youtube]
Turns out I just didn’t keep Brandy within reach:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzpLkcfBe-A[/youtube]