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Song’s old, show’s old. Â Don’t care. Â This is awesome:
Recently reminded of this:
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.
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:
Bonus Bruce Highway music –
Outkast – Git Up, Git Out
 Curtis Mayfield – Diamond in the Back
Sly and the Family Stone – Family Affair
Camera Obscura’s Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken:
Beirut’s Postcards from Italy:
Continuing the postcard theme (ever heard of Postcrossing?), here’s Jens Lekman’s Postcard to Nina:
Shimmy shimmy ya . . .
Me and Mariah . . .
Hey, Dirty, baby I got your money . . .
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:
Turns out I just didn’t keep Brandy within reach:
