That's MISTER Beanpole To You!
Beanpole is the bastard child of Derek Greenberg. I grew up with Derek in the San Francisco East Bay and played in countless bands with him, and we have had a long beautiful history together (we started a religion in High School, at one time were roommates and I even dragged him along on the Spent Poets misadventures/recordings and tours).
Besides being one of the most talented guitarists I've ever known, Derek has been(forever)obsessed with a three things, The Beatles, Disneyland and musically combining the two via a persona called "Beanpole". Beanpole sounds nothing like The Beatles or Disneyland but the observant listener will hear traces of Greenberg's obsessions sprinkled throughout these tracks. Here's the real scary thing, this is the most honest music ever made. None of this stuff was intended to be "weird".
These recordings feature a cavalcade of musical miscreants featuring yours truly and Les and Ler from Primus, to name but a few, but it really is Derek who is playing most (if not all) of the instruments on these tracks. A few of these songs were recorded at Ler's studio when he lived in Berkeley and I believe "Chicken Boy" was recorded at Les' studio (he played drums). Some of these songs go back to 1981, and some date to a few years ago. Les still maintains that it was Beanpole that single handily collapsed his "Prawn Song" label, as his distributor got so freaked out after hearing these tracks that they pretty much ran for the hills.
I remember when we went to master these tracks for the sadly unreleased "Beanpole Improves" album and we showed up to the session with a pile of dusty cassettes in a shoe box. That poor engineer.
So enjoy these tales of a Farmer who falls in love with an onion (and his flirting with a Bartlett Pair!), of an abducted Grandma and a "family tree that's perfectly straight" of a Chicken Boy and an Embryo who is mercilessly bullied until he gets his hands (fins?) on the school PA system. (LEAVE ME ALONE!!)
Also if you play bass I'd recommend learning the bass line to "His Name Is Beanpole". I did!
I love these songs so much.
Chicken Boy
Cousins
Embryo
Farmer Loves An Onion
Grandma
His Name Is Beanpole
Judge Wapner
Pumpkin Pickin' Time
Sponge Boy
Supper Time!
Besides being one of the most talented guitarists I've ever known, Derek has been(forever)obsessed with a three things, The Beatles, Disneyland and musically combining the two via a persona called "Beanpole". Beanpole sounds nothing like The Beatles or Disneyland but the observant listener will hear traces of Greenberg's obsessions sprinkled throughout these tracks. Here's the real scary thing, this is the most honest music ever made. None of this stuff was intended to be "weird".
These recordings feature a cavalcade of musical miscreants featuring yours truly and Les and Ler from Primus, to name but a few, but it really is Derek who is playing most (if not all) of the instruments on these tracks. A few of these songs were recorded at Ler's studio when he lived in Berkeley and I believe "Chicken Boy" was recorded at Les' studio (he played drums). Some of these songs go back to 1981, and some date to a few years ago. Les still maintains that it was Beanpole that single handily collapsed his "Prawn Song" label, as his distributor got so freaked out after hearing these tracks that they pretty much ran for the hills.
I remember when we went to master these tracks for the sadly unreleased "Beanpole Improves" album and we showed up to the session with a pile of dusty cassettes in a shoe box. That poor engineer.
So enjoy these tales of a Farmer who falls in love with an onion (and his flirting with a Bartlett Pair!), of an abducted Grandma and a "family tree that's perfectly straight" of a Chicken Boy and an Embryo who is mercilessly bullied until he gets his hands (fins?) on the school PA system. (LEAVE ME ALONE!!)
Also if you play bass I'd recommend learning the bass line to "His Name Is Beanpole". I did!
I love these songs so much.
Chicken Boy
Cousins
Embryo
Farmer Loves An Onion
Grandma
His Name Is Beanpole
Judge Wapner
Pumpkin Pickin' Time
Sponge Boy
Supper Time!
posted by MBO at 10:40 AM
13 Comments:
Thank you so much for posting them Adam, and to all who made the music.
Viva la internet!
-Miles
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haha... wow, what a way to lighten up my friday afternoon... thanks to you and Derek for posting these.
You forgot to mention that he's also an amazing programmer... we actually did some really fun/useful work back at @#$%... and that was rare.
"...it's skin was very clear, it had so many layers, he had to shed a tear." rad!
oh shit I'm gonna throw up.... too drunk for this right now. I do it in the morning, I've got aspirins! Fins will never leave you alone. It's gone too far. Drunk, yes. Oh god. I lovethis site. There ain't no other band that is actually good that you can interact with them on their site. At least somehow. At least somehow you can write dumb shit with drunk weirdness on top of it. WHAT?½!?!
ah shit.
hmm...
eh..
What I was trying to say is that HONEST music that is considered to be weird is always great. "this is weird" "no goddamit! it's honest!"
an endless road of bathtubs.
Ok I'm drunk.
Sorry for all this, but I had to do it.
Gonna listen to those songs for the hangover.
Howard, Come here and buy me a cocacola, let's drive to Norway and listen to MBO all the way.
a gay dream.
I love women.
Still drunk.
OK! BYE GUYS!
Where are the women from this site???
Adam, is there any women in the audience when you play??
Wow, that requires some heavy waking up in the early morning!
Shakki!: Honest drunkenness is as beautiful as honest music.
Hang in there, through that cold and dark winter.
Howard:
I'm feeling sick! I look outside and the sky is dark as that sea in the beginnin of JAWS and air is cold as the beer I drank last night. I need CocaCola, Chips, Greasy Food and Good Music.
Beanpole. Incredible stuff.
Spongeboy rules!
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wow... it has begun.
Wow, what an honor. Thanks for the kind words and making the beanpole tracks available for download.
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