Blow in the Wind
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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 and "The Money Will Roll Right In" by Fang. 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 line "How did the cat get so fat?" from "Perfect Government".
The album is made up entirely of "Hits of the 1960s". The band's version of "Different Drum" can be heard during the credits of the film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
Original performer |
| 1. |
"Blowin' in the Wind" |
Bob Dylan |
Bob Dylan |
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| 2. |
"Sloop John B" (contains an interpolation of "Teenage Lobotomy" by the Ramones, written by Dee Dee Ramone) |
Brian Wilson |
The Beach Boys |
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| 3. |
"Wild World" |
Cat Stevens |
Cat Stevens |
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| 4. |
"Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" |
Barry Mann. Gerry Goffin |
Barry Mann and The Halos |
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| 5. |
"Elenore" (contains an interpolation of "London Calling" by The Clash, written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones) |
The Turtles |
The Turtles |
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| 6. |
"My Boyfriend's Back" |
Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer |
The Angels |
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| 7. |
"All My Loving" (contains an interpolation of "You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)" by the Dickies) |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
The Beatles |
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| 8. |
"Stand By Your Man" |
Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette |
Tammy Wynette |
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| 9. |
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" (contains an interpolation of "Stranger Than Fiction" by Bad Religion, written by Brett Gurewitz) |
John Phillips |
Scott McKenzie |
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| 10. |
"I Only Want to Be With You" (contains an interpolation of "The Money Will Roll Right In" by Fang) |
Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde |
Dusty Springfield |
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| 11. |
"Runaway" |
Del Shannon, Max Crook |
Del Shannon |
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| 12. |
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" |
Gerry Goffin, Carole King |
The Shirelles |
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| 13. |
"Different Drum" |
Michael Nesmith |
Linda Ronstadt |
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