Nuggets: Voices Green and Purple by The Bees

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1. That’s a lot of Bees. I rather like the band from the Isle of Wight. However, these guys sound like they had a bit of promise…

   • There’s also a Japanese band named the B’z.

     • And apparently, they’re huge over there…

       • Tom Waits is Big In Japan too.

2. Jagger’s voice was emulated by many bands back then it seems. The simplicity of it is the reason I like it. No frills rock track with spaces to breathe. Robbie Wood has a mixture of Jagger and also Van when he was in Them. I love stories about these long-forgotten garage bands. In his case, there had to be some regret that more wasn’t done… I love these styles of songs.
   I just looked up The Silver Seas, really cool music. I have heard of them…I don’t know if it’s because they are local or I saw them on a blog.

   • Christian posted about Daniel Tashian recently – I haven’t heard any of his solo/Silver Seas stuff, but I love his collaborations/productions for Kacey Musgraves (who won best album grammy for 2018’s Golden Hour) and Josh Rouse.

     • I knew that name sounded familiar…you are right…I liked what I heard of the Silver Seas.
       I do like the Bees song…I’m going to make a playlist in youtube of those. I’m glad Kaye put this together or these songs could have been forgotten…

       • I’m working backwards, so it’s going to take us a long time to get to the Kaye tracks. I’m going through the Rhino 4-CD set – the first CD is the original Nuggets album that Kaye made.

         • It will be a great series.

         • It will take a few years!

3. That is confusing – with this and the group that did Sunshine Hit Me, I’m now familiar with 2 of the Bees. And as a bonus, it always reminds me of Arrested Development!
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J2kc4oZTVU

   • Lots of insect names in the early days of rock and roll – Crickets, Beatles, Bees, Iron Butterfly….

4. This is an excellent Nugget track cuz it has everything you need to be a great garage rock song. It has a great guitar hook and a great vocal hook that are repeated over and over. And it sticks in your head from the first time you hear it. That’s how these songs are. You could tell from the first listen wheher they’re any good or not. They take hold right away.

   • Yeah, I’m ranking them as I go and I think this one will end up in the upper echelons.

5. The original Nuggets is a classic, probably my favorite sampler/collection. Kaye opened a window into a short, exciting period that had already become forgotten. The expanded collections are interesting but, in my view, just too much. So I give you credit for taking on this mighty task!

   • It’s definitely an interesting period – the parameters of rock were still becoming established. I’ve enjoyed it so far, I’ll see how it goes. There’s Nuggets II as well!

6. This, to me, sounds like an American band trying to do British psychedelia. Like the energy, but the result doesn’t thrill me so much. Solid 7/10.

   • I like a bit of weirdness.

     • Sure! I prefer UK psychedelia to US. (Hence my query about whether you have the second Nuggets box)

       • Yup, planning to cover Nuggets II as well. But long term project.

         • When it gets closer, maybe we could talk about finding a way to collaborate.

         • Sure – let me know if you have any ideas! Will obviously be a while away.

7. I think I’m with vinyl connection here – like the elements but seems more like a song idea or demo that never got fully finished.

   • It’s my favourite so far – like a short little burst of intensity.