The Decemberists – “Valerie Plame”
The first in The Decemberists’ new singles series, “Valerie Plame” is an unrepentantly over the top, banjo and horn-laden ode to the infamously embattled CIA agent (told through the eyes of a lovestruck contact) that ends with a wild, “Hey Jude” rip-off but is (quite slyly and sarcastically) one of the best political songs of the decade.
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