As spring continues to take hold in the Northern Hemisphere, we will start seeing more of our busy little friends, Bees. Variations on a Theme celebrates bees on this episode.
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We start with something sweet.
Feist - "Honey Honey" - The Reminder (2007)
Warpaint - "Bees" - The Fool (2010)
Let's continue in a bit of an experimental vein.
Animal Collective - "Bees" - Feels (2005)
Shitt Hottt - "Foreign Bees" - Are You There God? It's Me, Shitt Hottt (2007)
Now we check in with a few songs using bees as metaphors for love and relationships.
The Stills - "Killer Bees" - Rememberese (2003)
Bishop Allen - "The Envy of the Bees" - November (2006)
Wool on Wolves - "Honeybee" - Grey Matter (2010)
Let's go down a blues path for a minute.
Muddy Waters - "Honey Bee" - The Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001)
Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Honey Bee" - The "3B" Blues Boy: The Blues Years, 1952-1959 (1991)
We get stung with love.
Paul Curreri - "Bees" - Are You Going to Paul Curreri (2006)
Laura Cantrell - "Bees" - Humming by the Flowered Vine (2005)
And we sign off with an epic bee song.
Wolf Parade - "Kissing the Beehive" - At Mount Zoomer (2008)
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