The Daily Orange

Paving the way

Abstract:
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks "Real Emotional Trash" 80 Decibels Indie Rock Sounds Like: Lou Reed, The Pixies Anyone who saw the Bob Dylan biopic, "I'm Not There," would say that out of all the cover songs featured throughout, one clearly stuck out - Stephen Malkmus' version of "Ballad of a Thin Man....

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Jack Fate

posted 3/05/08 @ 5:29 PM EST

Ballad of a Thin Man about being too cool for your own good? Um, no. A song that has been considered everything from a depiction of homosexual sensibilities to Dylan's caustic insult to the at-that-time ubiquitous square press corps, it's probably safely only NOT about one thing: being too cool. I suppose it's fitting that someone espousing on Music in the papers would make such a gaffe. Seems like the more times change, the more things remain the same...

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