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Blow in the Wind

Field	Value
name	Blow in the Wind
type	Cover
artist	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
cover	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Blow in the Wind cover.jpg
released	March 20, 2001
genre	Punk rock
length	26:02
label	Fat Wreck Chords
prev_title	Turn Japanese
prev_year	2001
next_title	Take a Break
next_year	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 interpolation 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. Similarly, the track "Different Drum" also ends with a guitar riff taken from "Georgy Girl" by the Seekers.

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.

The band's version of "Sloop John B" is featured in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.

Track listing

Personnel

Spike Slawson – vocals
Chris Shiflett (a.k.a. Jake Jackson) – lead guitar
Joey Cape – rhythm guitar
Fat Mike – bass
Dave Raun – drums

References

Baker, Richard. (2001-04-06). "Blow in the Wind: CD Reviews". [[The Age]].
"Blow in the Wind – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | Songs, Reviews, Credits".
Ruch, John. (2001-04-20). "Discs – Me First, listeners come last". [[Boston Herald]].
Phillips, Megan. (2001-07-19). "CD of the Week". [[Calgary Herald]].
"Robert Christgau: CG: me first".
Weingarten, Marc. (2001-04-13). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: Blow in the Wind/Face to Face: Standards & Practices".
Mayhew, Malcolm. (2001-07-20). "Disc Notes". [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]].
Nathanson, Ian. (2001-05-06). "Nicks cuts in her friends". [[Ottawa Sun]].
Robison, Mark. (2001-06-15). "CD Rack". [[Reno Gazette-Journal]].
Lah, Jung. (2001-05-07). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes more of a novelty this time around". [[The Stanford Daily]].
Sterdan, Darryl. (2001-07-06). "Compact Discs". [[Winnipeg Sun]].

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