Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Flowers: May 3, 2011

Following last week's Bees episode, Variations on a Theme chose to focus on the object of bees' affections: Flowers. Herein is the first part of a two-part series on flowers. This week's episode deals with flowers in general.

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Camper Van Beethoven - "Flowers" - Key Lime Pie (1989)

Shotgun Jimmie - "Too Many Flowers" - Transistor Sister (2011)

Wilco - "Forget the Flowers" - Being There (1996)

What role do flowers play in a relationship?

Kathleen Edwards - "Asking for Flowers" - Asking for Flowers (2008)

Jim Bryson - "Flowers" - Where the Bungalows Roam (2007)

Cross Canadian Ragweed - "Flowers" - Soul Gravy (2004)

We continue to examine how flowers play into love and life.

Mazzy Star - "Flowers in December" - Among My Swan (1996)

Animal Collective - "In the Flowers" - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

Now we get a little more esoteric on the subject of flowers.

Frog Eyes - "A Flower in a Glove" - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph (2010)

Radiohead - "Last Flowers" - In Rainbows (2007)

Last Flowers transitions us to the subject of flowers and mortality.

Simon & Garfunkel - "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)

Attack in Black - "Leaving Your Death in a Flowerbed" - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips) (2009)

We end with a vision of what the world will be like post-civilization—covered in flowers.

Talking Heads - "(Nothing But) Flowers" - Naked (1988)

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