{"id":295,"date":"2012-07-20T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2012-07-18T17:12:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T16:12:31","slug":"song-of-the-week-the-weight-by-the-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;The Weight&#8221; by The Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s song is &#8220;The Weight&#8221; by The Band:<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3LAcP_v-j3I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve loved this song for years, and I&#8217;ve been listening to The Band quite a bit since Levon Helm&#8217;s recent death.\u00a0 The thing I like the most of this song is the mystery of it: what is that load that if I take it off Fanny, I put the load (put the load) right on him (right on him)?\u00a0 Where&#8217;s he come from? 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