Sunday Night Music: The Bird and the Bee, ‘Polite Dance Song’
Would you please clap your hands for The Bird and The Bee, with “Polite Dance Song,” from their album Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future.
Would you please clap your hands for The Bird and The Bee, with “Polite Dance Song,” from their album Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future.
1 | Charles Johnson Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:48:35pm |
By the way, the singer in this duo, Inara George, is the daughter of Little Feat's Lowell George.
2 | JacksonTn Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:49:38pm |
re: #1 Charles
By the way, the singer in this duo, Inara George, is the daughter of Little Feat's Lowell George.
Charles ... that will make albusteve very very happy .. thanks ...
3 | Desert Dog Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:50:25pm |
Little Feat is/was an awesome band. Looks like Lowell's daughter got the music gene too.
4 | NonNativeTexan Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:51:09pm |
I am so ashamed, I have a bunch of those green chairs
in the garage.
7 | MandyManners Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:53:01pm |
If I ever act like this when I get old, I hope The Kid puts me out of my misery.
8 | Truck Monkey Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:54:11pm |
re: #4 NonNativeTexan
I am so ashamed, I have a bunch of those green chairs
in the garage.
They are so 'out' their 'in' again.
9 | JacksonTn Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:54:39pm |
re: #7 MandyManners
If I ever act like this when I get old, I hope The Kid puts me out of my misery.
MM ... girls are better at changing diapers of parents ... I promise I know ... my brothers were no where to be found ...
10 | A Man for all Seasons Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:55:54pm |
re: #4 NonNativeTexan
I am so ashamed, I have a bunch of those green chairs
in the garage.
Nooo! Don't worry we have this under control...I will FED-EX you a small nuclear device to plant in the garage..The code sequence is 1234...Which is weird cause that is the same combo as my luggage...Don't forget to take the before pictures for insurance purposes..
Other wise..I think we are good..
/
11 | FrogMarch Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:56:17pm |
"I'm trying to be as coy as I can
but I want to see your naughty bee"
did she say that at one point or am I just a perv?
13 | FrogMarch Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:57:26pm |
Remember all those 80's MTV generation videos? Hair, makeup, beautiful girls ala David Lee Roth etc...
Oh how times have changed.
14 | MandyManners Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:58:53pm |
re: #9 JacksonTn
MM ... girls are better at changing diapers of parents ... I promise I know ... my brothers were no where to be found ...
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about that dancing.
15 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:58:54pm |
Can't listen right now. I'm on hold (again) with the ASPCA poison control to report that there were no pills produced from the hydrogen peroxide administrations.
They charge $60 for the consult! Still cheaper than the emergency vet on a Sunday night. Not complaining really just suprised. I am very glad they offer the hotline.
16 | Truck Monkey Sun, Aug 2, 2009 7:59:01pm |
re: #7 MandyManners
I hope that I keep a bit of an edge when I get old. Whatever that means. I have been too busy behaving myself and acting responsible... so when I get old I might just have to act up a little. ; )
17 | sngnsgt Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:00:11pm |
re: #4 NonNativeTexan
I am so ashamed, I have a bunch of those green chairs
in the garage.
Are they for sale?
18 | legalpad Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:00:53pm |
re: #7 MandyManners
If I ever act like this when I get old, I hope The Kid puts me out of my misery.
I'm working on a self-destruct button for myself.
19 | jaunte Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:00:53pm |
Lyrics:
Give it up for me please
Put your hands in the air
If you know what's good for you
You wanna shake it like you just don't care
Would you please clap your hands
Now get up on your feet
Ibeg of you to get up and dance
It's such a crazy kick ass beat
Pardon me
The music is moving
Moving from left to right
Apologies
For losing my cooling
Losing the day to night
Since I'm asking so nice
Would you just entertain
There's nothing left to hide you away
Just show a little bit of brain
Yes that is what I mean
That's the nail that I hit
I try to be as coy as I can
But I wanna see your naughty bit
Would you please, would you please
Would you, would you please
(Apologies)
Would you be nasty with me
Do you like dancing with me
I think we have a very special *quality*
I want to show it to you
I want to grow it with you
21 | albusteve Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:03:10pm |
re: #1 Charles
By the way, the singer in this duo, Inara George, is the daughter of Little Feat's Lowell George.
yep...she has some pipes too...groovy!
22 | Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:03:51pm |
OT - Nature is interesting. And scary.
[Link: www.cracked.com...]
23 | albusteve Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:04:27pm |
re: #3 Desert Dog
Little Feat is/was an awesome band. Looks like Lowell's daughter got the music gene too.
she's covered some of his stuff...very tasty
25 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:06:13pm |
re: #22 Mad Al-Jaffee
OT - Nature is interesting. And scary.
[Link: www.cracked.com...]
I hate bugs. I mean HATE. Ok, some I can live with --outside!
26 | Jewels (AKA Julian) Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:07:11pm |
OT: Really nice Sisters of Battle Costume from Comic Con
[Link: forums.relicnews.com...]
27 | Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:07:16pm |
re: #25 ggt
I hate bugs. I mean HATE. Ok, some I can live with --outside!
In that case, you probably won't want to watch the clip of the bat eating centipede.
28 | Kronocide Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:07:27pm |
It has come to my attention that nefarious rumors are being spread about me, having to do with me wearing a mullet, driving a primered IROC Z, and blasting Bon Jovi as I cruised for babes in my sleeveless denim jacket.
That is a bald faced lie.
I had straight long hair, blasted Slayer, and drove a black primered Nova.
Any posers spreading lies and innuendo will be dealt with in the harshest of terms. That is all.
31 | Dark_Falcon Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:09:21pm |
re: #13 FrogMarch
Remember all those 80's MTV generation videos? Hair, makeup, beautiful girls ala David Lee Roth etc...
Oh how times have changed.
Here's some memories for you:
32 | JCM Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:09:47pm |
U.S. identifies remains of pilot missing in Persian Gulf War
Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher's plane was shot down on the first day of the 1991 war. Wreckage was found but not the remains, until last week after an Iraqi tipped off Marines.
Rest in Peace Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, and your family.
34 | Shiplord Kirel Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:11:57pm |
Fell off the wagon again, couldn't resist the temptation and had to try my photo-fu on the nirth certifikate.
Here it is, then:
Proof positive Obama was born in the United States!
(This also reveals the, uh, real irregularities he has been trying to hide.)
35 | Gang of One Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:13:27pm |
This tune is lounge jazz with an edge. Thanks, Charles.
36 | JCM Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:15:23pm |
re: #34 Shiplord Kirel
Fell off the wagon again, couldn't resist the temptation and had to try my photo-fu on the nirth certifikate.
Here it is, then:
Proof positive Obama was born in the United States!
(This also reveals the, uh, real irregularities he has been trying to hide.)
Is that for real!
Wow!
The truth is out there!
/
37 | Gang of One Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:15:41pm |
re: #34 Shiplord Kirel
Fell off the wagon again, couldn't resist the temptation and had to try my photo-fu on the nirth certifikate.
Here it is, then:
Proof positive Obama was born in the United States!
(This also reveals the, uh, real irregularities he has been trying to hide.)
666 Harryhausen Drive [LOL]
/It explains the O's stop motion animation movements.
//You're bad ...
38 | JacksonTn Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:15:56pm |
I wish I could find more videos on her ... and I cannot because she is just one of those musicians that never gets the credit that she deserves ... so anyway ... I will post this ... and if you ever get to see her in person ... she is so great ... one of my favorites ... a friend of mine paid the big bucks to have her at his wedding ... it was so sweet ... I just love her ... this video does not do her justice ...
Marcia Ball ...
39 | coquimbojoe Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:16:13pm |
The guy in the red makes a great appearance in this video too. Maybe the ray gun beams emanating from him in videos is his vocation?
Muscle bound women, fat guys in spandex, dreadlocks and ray gun nipples. Seriously, what more could you want? Did I mention vampires? Ice cream cones? Indiscernable genders? Tu-tus? Some guy wearing a blinged out much too small speedo? Come on peoples, what do I have to do to get to watch?
40 | Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:16:40pm |
Norah Jones on Sesame Street:
41 | Mad Al-Jaffee Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:19:22pm |
re: #38 JacksonTn
Ball is very well known and respected in the Blues scene.
42 | albusteve Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:21:19pm |
re: #38 JacksonTn
I wish I could find more videos on her ... and I cannot because she is just one of those musicians that never gets the credit that she deserves ... so anyway ... I will post this ... and if you ever get to see her in person ... she is so great ... one of my favorites ... a friend of mine paid the big bucks to have her at his wedding ... it was so sweet ... I just love her ... this video does not do her justice ...
Marcia Ball ...
Marsha!...yep...roots
43 | Gang of One Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:21:29pm |
re: #39 coquimbojoe
The guy in the red makes a great appearance in this video too. Maybe the ray gun beams emanating from him in videos is his vocation?
Muscle bound women, fat guys in spandex, dreadlocks and ray gun nipples. Seriously, what more could you want? Did I mention vampires? Ice cream cones? Indiscernable genders? Tu-tus? Some guy wearing a blinged out much too small speedo? Come on peoples, what do I have to do to get to watch?
I actually like this stuff -- it's very cabaret; what my band in the 80s attempted to do ...
44 | albusteve Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:22:29pm |
45 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:23:48pm |
Ok, finally off the phone with the ASPCA poison control. All is good. Dog is really p!ssed at me tho and is not happy she had to give-up her dinner.
47 | FrogMarch Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:24:44pm |
48 | JacksonTn Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:24:59pm |
49 | albusteve Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:25:02pm |
50 | Gang of One Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:25:11pm |
Shiplord ... you have your own thread!!!1!!11!
51 | quiet man Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:26:00pm |
re: #50 Gang of One
A one man show where only one man comments?
52 | Pvt Bin Jammin Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:26:31pm |
Nice song. Not sure about the dancing. Makes me think of the "silver sneakers" routine but I shouldn't laugh, will be there soon enough.
53 | albusteve Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:26:40pm |
re: #48 JacksonTn
albusteve ... blah ... what do you mean by that? ...
people that play music because they have to...it's in their soul, a pure thing
54 | quiet man Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:27:13pm |
re: #52 Pvt Bin Jammin
The dancing made me think of David Lynchs little person in twin peaks
55 | coquimbojoe Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:27:38pm |
re: #43 Gang of One
I really like the music and the video is weird enough to keep me watching. If you don't have a sense of humor you might not get it (not you GOO, others). I am glad someone out there gets it, and its not just me.
56 | JacksonTn Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:27:42pm |
re: #53 albusteve
people that play music because they have to...it's in their soul, a pure thing
albusteve ... I just love her ... always have ...
57 | quiet man Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:28:32pm |
I liked the music and the video, too
Nice flourish
58 | albusteve Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:31:24pm |
re: #56 JacksonTn
albusteve ... I just love her ... always have ...
they want to make money of course, but even if they don't, they play on anyway...it's a high compliment from me...soldiers of rhythm, apostles of melody, agents of the beat...hahaha!
59 | albusteve Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:33:16pm |
all there is to it...take the ride
60 | Gang of One Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:39:27pm |
re: #55 coquimbojoe
I really like the music and the video is weird enough to keep me watching. If you don't have a sense of humor you might not get it (not you GOO, others). I am glad someone out there gets it, and its not just me.
Coquimboe, we are, for better or worse, most likely cut from the same cloth.
61 | D.C. Sun, Aug 2, 2009 8:54:21pm |
While a bunch of people have praised Inara George ("The Bird"), I'd like to say a few words on behalf of the other half of the duo, Greg Kurstin ("The Bee"), who does the instrumental and production work on their albums.
I first saw him when he was gigging around LA with his then-wife, Pamelia, as "The Kurstins" [note: he's remarried, but he's not married to Inara George--she's married to someone else; their partnership is a musical one].
He was a very impressive keyboard player (and Pamelia played theremin and sang). I hadn't kept up with his work for a while and then found out that, among other things, he's the producer behind Lily Allen's hit, "Everything's Wonderful" and he produced her most recent album, "It's Not Me, It's You", which is a nice piece of work (there is one anti-Bush song on it, but one can skip it, ignore it, whatever).
Anyway, of possible interest--experience the whimsical stylings of The Bird and The Bee on The Bird and The Bee MySpace page
Inara George has her own page--her solo stuff (sometimes with Van Dyke Parks) is different than what she does with The Bird and The Bee: Inara's MySpace page
And, Lily Allen's MySpace page, with tracks produced by Greg Kurstin for listening, is here (the anti-Bush song I referenced above is the one with the expletive in the title, should you care to skip it, as it is on her MySpace page).
62 | j_maloney Sun, Aug 2, 2009 9:47:52pm |
Thanks, Charles. This is terrific stuff.
The overall sound and changes reminds me of early Broadcast. Hear "Living Room":
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000019R1/
...Which reminds me of Lush</?tag=littlegreenfo-20"De-luxe" is the best-known part of the record:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002LNN
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63 | Macker Sun, Aug 2, 2009 10:01:26pm |
Y'know, I thought the guy with the eye patch was Mike Ditka, but I'm not sure. Opinions, please?
64 | Cog Sun, Aug 2, 2009 10:04:57pm |
Great song Charles, reminds me of Jem.
For some reason I am on a Concrete Blonde binge, every album is just solid. Not sure what I was doing when they were touring. Another song I just bought, GG Allstars 'Man from Carolina'. So good I have to dig the keyboard out of the garage.
65 | capital L Mon, Aug 3, 2009 4:11:44am |
Both the "Polite Dance Song" and the "She's Got Me Dancing" music video (the latter linked by coquimbojoe above) were directed by Eric Wareheim, of Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job! Tim (Heidecker) and Eric have a very strange sense of humor, rooted in awkward situations, nonprofessional actors, and a "poorly made early nineties public access" aesthetic.
66 | Maltboy! Mon, Aug 3, 2009 10:41:32am |
Just watching those people dance was enough to make my clothes smell like cigarette smoke.
67 | toms38 Mon, Aug 3, 2009 10:58:54am |
Absolutely crazy video. Love The Bird and the Bee. I also love this cool mac video to the tune of their song Again and Again.
Bird and the Bee video
68 | spudly Mon, Aug 3, 2009 1:02:53pm |
re: #67 toms38
That was the first I had heard of them. Loved the video (mac goon that I am). Went right out and got the album.
69 | nines09 Mon, Aug 3, 2009 5:33:10pm |
Little George remains one of my favorites. Timeless. Spooky melodies with catchy hooks and strange lyrics and space videos? I MONSTER Check out Heaven and A Sucker for your Sound. Find Stephen's voice or someone close to it? in a song. Fun stuff.