Animal Collective Get First Official Grateful Dead Sample

Recent live staple "What Would I Want Sky" is approved to use bits of "Unbroken Chain" if Animal Collective wanna put it on record, according to a Tweet by the band's management (via GvsB). Songwriter Phil Lesh apparently loved the track, and Avey Tare (who wrote "WWIWS") has hinted it may show up on a Brothersport EP this winter. Wonder if Phil knows Animal Collective only exists because Geologist and Avey admired each other's Dead shirts in 9th grade? Or so they say. Here's a decent BBC recording of the Merriweather outtake, and the source material (sort of).

Animal Collective - "What Would I Want Sky" (BBC Freak Zone Session) (MP3)

Well, you get the idea.

Posted at 2:31 PM by Scott in MP3, Video
Tags: Animal Collective | Grateful Dead | Phil Lesh

5 Comments

Incredibly overrated band.

Posted by: Frankie Lee at 07/18/09 10:54 AM | Reply
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Neil Young's Tonight's the Night > American Beauty

Posted by: Bob in reply to Frankie Lee's comment at 07/18/09 11:33 AM | Reply
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Until AC achieves massive, unprecedented mainstream success, they are terribly underrated.

Posted by: carl in reply to Frankie Lee's comment at 07/18/09 3:11 PM | Reply
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I know Phil was one of those guys that really got excited when Revolver came out...Merriweather is the most Revolver since Revolver..."Jennifer Eccles" has a steel drum solo...

Posted by: The Hungry I at 07/18/09 11:54 AM | Reply
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Panda's "Bros" is some shit for your ass...Truly...

Posted by: Tolstoy at 07/18/09 5:59 PM | Reply
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