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About The Bees
The Bees' "Voices Green and Purple" is one of the weirdest one-shot obscurities of the 1960s garage scene, coming out on the Liverpool label in Covina, CA in October 1966. The verses were standard two-chord sub-Rolling Stones rants. The psychedelic touch was added not just by the florid and deranged lyrics, but by the choruses, where the tune disappeared, the drums sped up, and the scrawling guitars made ascending shards of noise. The single, encased in a crudely designed picture sleeve that is one of the most coveted collectibles of the garage era, did nothing commercially. However, it became a garage favorite after its inclusion on Pebbles Vol. 3, and got onto the Nuggets box set many years later. The "Voices Green and Purple" Bees are unrelated to the Bees who made a couple of folk-rock singles in 1965 for Mira and Mirwood. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
The Bees's Discography (10)
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Free The Bees |
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Listening Man | Virgin Recor... |
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Octopus | Virgin Recor... |
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Octopus |
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Who Cares What The Question Is? |
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Compilations Featuring The Bees (20)
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The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Lear... | BBC Worldwid... |
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Smokin' Aces: Original Film Soundtrack | Polydor Limi... |
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Goal!: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE | Big Brother... |
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Inspired: THE WORLD'S GREATEST COVERS | V2TV |
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Off The Wall: 10 years off Wall of Sound | Wall Of Sound |
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The Holy Pictures David Holmes |
| Four years in the making, since venturing into the rugged rock-jazz-blues arena with The Free Association; to prepare his fourth proper album David Holmes has put aside Hollywood commitments that began as the soundtrack composer for Steven Sorderbergh movies and has nearly become Holmes main activity as forthcoming soundtracks for the Bobby Sands biopic "Hunger" and "Five Minutes of Heaven" undeniably prove. "The holy pictures" is named after the pub his father was a regular of and conceived as a tribute to the city of Belfast and its people. On it our favourite North Irish DJ gives another lecture on eclecticism and takes a 180 degree turn towards the trendy road where shoegazing and krautrock meet. Next to his cinematic instrumentals, the main surprise here is Holmes singing for the first time, in a not too different manner to Jesus & Mary Chain's Jim Reid. Best example is the first single "I heard wonders", helped by Martin Rev, one half of 70s icons Suicide. Other highlights include the closing track "The Ballad Of Jack and Sarah" dedicated to his parents. Altogether, is a beautiful and rewarding record; his most personal to date. | |
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