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I hate to even say this out loud, but my introduction to "This Wheel's on Fire" was via the 90s-era TV show Absolutely Fabulous, which used the song as its theme. Rather than the Band's version, though, AbFab used a poppy, sort of psychedelic version by Julie Driscoll. The original was a darker-themed dirge recorded by Bob Dylan and the Band during the legendary 1967 sessions at Big Pink. It would later be officially released on the 1975 The Basement Tapes album. Like many Dylan songs, [...]

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