Why I love Wilco, part umptybillion

Fleet Foxes and Wilco covered Bob Dylan's "I Shall be Released" at a recent live show, and they're giving it away online if you promise to vote. Wilcoworld (via James Home on Twitter; photo of guitar rack on-stage at Wilco's set during Outside Lands via Crowdfire; image by John Battelle).

[#1 posted by minTphresh , September 23, 2008 7:53 PM]

ah loves me soma dat wilco too! w00t!

[#2 posted by Joel Johnson , September 23, 2008 8:08 PM]

Fleet Foxes is my favorite band in ages.

[#3 posted by RocketMantis , September 23, 2008 8:23 PM]

If you need a free song to motivate you to vote, please don't vote.

[#4 posted by g.park , September 23, 2008 8:51 PM]

I saw Wilco with Sleater-Kinney and the Flaming Lips on New Years Eve 2004-2005 at Madison Square Garden, 5th row.

Wilco closed the set, and played Wilco songs up until midnight, when they did the countdown-confetti-balloon magic. After midnight, though, Tweedy & Co started a set of covers that included this one, with a slideshow behind them, the lyrics projected large so the entire stadium could sing along. It was easily one of the best concerts I have ever been to, and nothing's lived up to it since. And I'm an ardent Death Metal fan.

[#5 posted by harry8 , September 23, 2008 9:57 PM]

Socially and politically aware musicians. Nice.
Not so adept at being socially and politically aware that they realise that this thing called the internet extends beyond the national borders of the country they are in. FAIL. (Or perhaps they really are asking foreigners to promise to mess about in US domestic politics illegally?)
I did like their version of Woody Guthrie's California Stars.

[#6 posted by Pam Rosengren , September 23, 2008 10:18 PM]

I can has it too?

Over here in Australia we always want to vote in the US elections, claiming "no domination without representation" but we are not allowed to yet. I would vote if I could.

[#7 posted by devophill , September 23, 2008 11:27 PM]

Reason #only I love Wilco- They're that one popular band Nels Cline is in.

[#8 posted by mcscruffington , September 23, 2008 11:28 PM]

I agree with #2, Fleet Foxes is a very very wonderful band, and even if they only get mentioned for working with Wilco, they deserve all the attention they can get. Simply beautiful.

[#9 posted by wilco , September 24, 2008 1:29 AM]

10 years ago, I first came to Stockholm and was greeted with a huge poster "Wilco is in town".
- How did they know I was coming?
- Oh there's a band that has my name, I see.
So I checked them out and they're pretty good indeed.

Still, wish that poster hadn't been behind glass...

Wilco Burghout

[#10 posted by timmaah , September 24, 2008 6:00 AM]

Not really my style..

I prefer The Slackers version

http://www.amazon.com/Shall-Be-Released-Album-Version/dp/B000YQQYDW/ref=sr_f2_1/002-6181355-0966408?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1222261190&sr=102-1

[#11 posted by awood , September 24, 2008 7:57 AM]

I downloaded it even though I'm in Canada, although when I opened it was only 28 seconds long...

[#12 posted by Chainring , September 24, 2008 10:03 AM]

#11 - it's shorter because you downloaded from Canada. The metric version is only 28 seconds. International listeners can order the standard full-length song, but Europeans will require an adapter plug.

[#13 posted by ryane , September 24, 2008 10:57 AM]

timmaah.. I was coming to the comments section to post the same thing...

http://interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=119963&

get it on vinyl there...