VIDEO: Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Shows His Top 40 Passion

Thanks to Paste Magazine for the help on this video, posted 3 months ago on YouTube. I know we talked about Wilco covers yesterday, but this is sort of a role reversal. Jeff, ever the crowd-pleasing performer with his playful jokes, ditches yet another classic from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in favor of Ms. Knowles' monstrous radio/club/everywhere hit. So it's Wilco covering someone, not Someone covering Wilco. See, we vary our content, geez.

Time To Get Your Dancing Shoes

(photo via this isn't happiness)

Dr. Tristan Jehan has come up with a way to make anything swing. Dr. Tehan created something called "The Swinger" which pretty much says it all. Basically, Jehan's creation is an algorithm that makes almost any song sound more like a swing number. Now, you can dance to anything because it'll be a consistent beat and you'll only have to learn that dance where you sway back and forth (I run a music blog; I know nothing about dancing). Never again will you have to dream about getting your groove on to Metallica or Guns 'n Roses because now you can realize your dreams and get down to your favorite classic jams.

Guns 'n Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"


Metallica - "Enter Sandman"


Hear more samples over at Music Machinery.

Credit to NPR for info on this story.

More on Dr. Tristan Jehan here.