Well, I’m a king bee. I decided to trace the evolution of the song “I’m A King Bee” originally written by Slim Harpo. Many bands have done it, each with their own little spin on the song. I’ve got everyone from Muddy Waters to Syd Barrett to the Blues Brothers. You might hate the song if you listen to them all in a row, but I find it interesting. It’s a good track, a good track. I didn’t get everyone, but I think I got most of the major bands- sorry Stephen Tyler, perhaps its time to die.
1957 by Slim Harpo 1964 by the Rolling Stones 1965 by Pink Floyd 1966 by the Bad Seeds 1969 by the Grateful Dead 1970 by the Doors 1974 by Brownsville Station 1978 by Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush 1981 by Muddy Waters
and in 1976, Belushi on SNL…
“I’m a King Bee” by Slim Harpo
Well I'm a king bee, buzzing around your hive
Well I'm a king bee, buzzing around your hiveWell I can make honey baby, let me come inside
I'm young and able to buzz all night long
I'm young and able to buzz all night long
Well when you hear me buzzin' baby, some stinging is going on
Well... buzz a while... sting it then...
Well I'm a king bee, want you to be my queen
Well I'm a king bee, want you to be my queen
Together we can make honey, the world ever never seen
Well I'm a king bee, can buzz all night longWell I'm a king bee, can buzz all night long
Well I can buzz better baby, when your man is gone
I threw in a few extra Slim Harpo songs about buzzing and bees and such. Hope you enjoy.
The Minutemen I’ve got three Minutemen boots here. Listening to the 3-9-83 show (the best quality of the three) I am again realizing how fucking amazing D. Boon is. I was looking up some things online about him, and he’s # 89 on Rolling Stone’s list of best guitarists of all time. The list is complete bullshit, but I was psyched to see they gave him some credit. As far as originality, I’d have him in the top 5. He had one of the most distinctive guitar sounds in the history of rock music. The other two shows are very low quality, but nice to have… just because.
There’s a documentary out called We Jam Econo. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve heard good things. Also- the past few weeks I’ve had some fun looking at the stuff on Mike Watt’s home page called Mike Watt’s Hoot Page. He does an online radio show called The Watt from Pedro Show. Its interesting to see what he’s listening to, especially newer bands. He likes Boris and Jay Reatard, which is pretty cool.
And I’m not finished yet. Here’s a youtube Minutemen clip to show you the grace of D. Boon.
I know we’ve been on hiatus for a while, but let’s see if we can start it up again. I had no idea people have been asking us to repost a lot of boots because of dead links. The megaupload links don’t seem to be dead, just the sendspace ones. So, hopefully all the dead links will be back up soon. I’m starting with the Black Flag ones. I’ll give you the straight megaupload links. If you don’t like megaupload, oh well. I think I’ll do everything after this on Mediafire.
“Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight I would like to think of one man, a lone individual, a man without name or country, a man whom I respect because he has absolutely nothing in common with you- MYSELF.Tonight I shall meditate upon that which I am.”
Henry Miller, 1934
then Ginn tears into “Nervous Breakdown” It’s Great.
I don’t care if no one is reading. I don’t care if I am screaming at no one. This band fucking rocks. Ape City R&B. I’ve got 4 songs (3 of which you can get at the bands myspace) and they are the only 4 songs I have ever heard of this band. I’d like it if they came to new york because that would be wonderful.
To describe to you the music would be completely ridiculous. Yet I will. No offense to 2 man bands out there, or 1 man 1 woman bands, most of these bands try too hard to make a lot of noise, and can only accomplish it in the studio with 6 or 8 fucking tracks of music. Can you play bass, three guitars, an accordion and bagpipes at the same time on stage Jack White? No?- Go fuck yourself. Ape City R&B is at the core of what rock n’ roll is and should be about- fast, loud, hard and without any of the bullshit most rock bands are all about today.
