40 Day Dream/Geez Louise Explained

40 Day Dream/Geez Louise
Cover:40daydreamcover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Released: (7" vinyl only)
Genre:Indie folk, indie pop
Label:Rough Trade, Community
Prev Title:Simplest Love
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Home"
Next Year:2010

"40 Day Dream"/"Geez Louise" is a 7" vinyl single released in the UK to succeed the album Up from Below by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It appeared on the sixth episode of the third season of Chuck (entitled "Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler" and airing on February 1, 2010); Episode 2 of HBO's Hung; Jimmy Kimmel Live! on November 11, 2010;[1] and Conan on December 15, 2010.[2]

After repeated requests from a fan to play "40 Day Dream" at a show in 2016 in which the band was only performing new album PersonA, Alex Ebert joked, "It’s like my 'Free Bird.' I was so full of shit then."[3]

Notes and References

  1. "40 Day Dream", YouTube, retrieved December 15, 2015
  2. Web site: Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros "40 Day Dream" 12/15/10 – Video @ Teamcoco.com . Tbs.com . 2011-09-15 .
  3. Web site: Edward Sharpe is Dead: Alex Ebert on the Magnetic Zeros' Pursuit of Failure, Identity, and Unrealism.