We like to offer you fine folks a little something enjoyable with these Friday Fun posts, and we have exactly that today. How about a cover of the Dylan Blonde on Blonde classic I Want You from Toronto's Rock Plaza Central? I Want You is often considered one of Dylan's best, and it's been covered plenty before, but its literary lyrics seem like a perfect match for Chris Eaton's storytelling style. The accompanyment of plucked banjo and sweeping strings that pick up steam as the song goes along, before breaking into a near gallop and then falling in a hush, is also pretty fantastic. This is a good one.

Word on the street is that we're the first Canadian blog to post this, so big thanks to RPC and Stagefright PR for thinking of us. So get it for yourself, and check out RPC's last album ...At The Moment Of Our Most Needing Or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren't Alone if you're new to the band.

MP3:: Rock Plaza Central - I Want You (Dylan Cover)
MYSPACE:: www.myspace.com/rockplazacentral

Labels: Cover, Dylan, Friday Fun, Rock Plaza Central

I'm a big fan of Mayer Hawthorne's debut, A Strange Arrangement, this is something I've mentioned already. However, I have to say I'm impressed that so many other folks have hopped on the Mayer train - his album made it up to the 9 spot on the iTunes, leaping over luminaries such as Madonna and Pitbull to get there (Madonna, really? I assumed people still buying Madonna albums would be rocking those cut-off lace gloves and looking for her new cassette at Sam The Record Man, but what do I know).

This is encouraging for a couple reasons, mainly because it's good to see a quality record get its props, but also because it shows that for all the esoteric esoterica we blogs talk about, people will still support a really good, enjoyable album. So get over to iTunes and support good music by getting your copy.

To give you a gentle, funky push in that direction, here's a OG-approved remix of Just Ain't Gonna Work Out from Mayer and the good folks at Stones Throw. Enjoy.

MP3:: Just Aint Gonna Work Out (Astronote El Camino Remix)
MYSPACE:: www.myspace.com/mayerhawthorne

Labels: Friday Fun, Mayer Hawthorne, Remix