Blow in the Wind

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Blow in the Wind
Cover album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Released	20 March 2001
Recorded	?
Genre	Punk rock
Length	26:02
Label	Fat Wreck Chords FAT-620
Producer	?
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes chronology
Turn Japanese (2001) Blow in the Wind (2001) Take a Break (2003)

Blow in the Wind is the third album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 2001 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. 'Blow in the Wind' features several tracks which are led off with musical mash-ups of, or homages to, classic Punk songs - a trend the group began on their second album (Are a Drag) with an appropriation of "Generator" by Bad Religion for their cover of "My Favorite Things", and would continue with Take a Break and Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah: "Sloop John B" samples "Teenage Lobotomy" by The Ramones, "Elenor" samples "London Calling" by The Clash, "San Francisco" samples "Stranger Than Fiction" by Bad Religion, "I Only Want To Be With You" samples "The Money Will Roll Right In" by Fang and "Different Drum" samples "Gimme Some Love" by Graham Coxon. The first song begins with a clip similar to the hidden track on the NOFX album Punk in Drublic where Fat Mike attempts to find the proper pitch of the word "how" in the song "How did the cat get so fat?"

The album is made up entirely of "Hits of the '60s."

[edit] Track listing

1. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan)
2. "Sloop John B." (Traditional, but Slawson sings the Brian Wilson adaptation of the original lyric. Therefore, it is arguable that this is a Beach Boys cover).
3. "Wild World" (Cat Stevens)
4. "Who Put The Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" (Barry Mann)
5. "Elenore" (The Turtles)
6. "My Boyfriend's Back" (The Angels)
7. "All My Lovin'" (The Beatles)
8. "Stand By Your Man" (Tammy Wynette)
9. "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" (Scott McKenzie)
10. "I Only Want to Be With You" (Dusty Springfield)
11. "Runaway" (Del Shannon)
12. "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" (The Shirelles)
13. "Different Drum" (Linda Ronstadt)

(Original performers/writers shown in parentheses.)

v • d • e Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Spike Slawson · "Fat" Mike Burkett · Chris Shiflett · Joey Cape · Dave Raun Brian Baker · Scott Shiflett · Eric Melvin Studio albums Have a Ball · Are a Drag · Blow in the Wind · Take a Break · Love Their Country · Have Another Ball Live and compilation albums Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah EPs Turn Japanese Related articles Fat Wreck Chords · Lagwagon (Joey Cape, Dave Raun) · NOFX (Fat Mike, Eric Melvin) · Foo Fighters (Chris Shiflett) · Swingin' Utters (Spike Slawson) · No Use for a Name (Chris Shiflett)