bee girl

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edited May 2008 in The Porch
my girlfriend just called and on her way to work they played "bee girl" on the radio. she was pretty sure it was the song but was shocked by it being on the radio. afterwards the dj said that was eddie vedder with a tribute to shannon hoon from bind melon. he didn't die in may though, it was october. not sure why it was played. especially since our radio stations suck in lexington and usually only play metallica, acdc, and kid rock. rarely do they even play the usual pearl jam radio songs.
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  • California Posts: 596
    :eek:

    The DJ must like that song...
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  • Posts: 11,175
    ?
    that song was written before Hoon died i'm pretty sure. i don't think the DJ knows what the hell he's talking about.
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    Wtf? How dare you compare AC/DC to those other two! If I knew a station that played AC/DC regularly I'd be delighted. :cool:
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    i used to like ac/dc but i am sick of them. maybe you should move to lexington so you can hear them all the time. you will be sick of them too.
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  • Posts: 1,424
    Fuck ACDC. So overrated.

    That's interesting about Bee Girl being on the radio. Very unusual. The most obscure PJ song I've heard on the radio is Yellow Ledbetter. Other than that it's usually stuff from Ten or Vs with something from a newer album every once in a while.
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  • Posts: 6,952
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    ?
    that song was written before Hoon died i'm pretty sure. i don't think the DJ knows what the hell he's talking about.


    its not about hoon, in any way shape or form.
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    MattyJoe wrote:
    Fuck ACDC. So overrated.

    I agree...except I think the Bon Scott stuff was pretty good.
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  • Posts: 1,175
    restlesssoul wrote:
    its not about hoon, in any way shape or form.

    Well. . . it is about the bee girl in their video

    sorta of related i suppose
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  • Posts: 104
    MattyJoe wrote:
    Fuck ACDC. So overrated.

    That's interesting about Bee Girl being on the radio. Very unusual. The most obscure PJ song I've heard on the radio is Yellow Ledbetter.

    Yellow Ledbetter Obscure? This song is a staple on most toronto area stations!
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  • Posts: 9
    How good is that tune !! it's the perfect accompanyment to any situation,
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    Monkey Wrench wrote:
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    Yea, I hear YL constantly on the radio. You probably meant 'obscure' because it was a b-side but it's definitely played a lot.

    In fact I used to get into trouble at work because as soon as the radio started playing it I would get up and leave. Get it? Like at PJ shows? How everyone leaves? Hahahaha.
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  • Posts: 133
    I coulda swore ed wrote bee girl in the bad radio days... anyone know this for sure??
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  • Posts: 1,683
    Bee Girl has no link to Blind Melon whatsoever, look here:

    http://www.korat.co.il/pearljam/Ibook/Other/beegirl.html

    Ed dedicated Bob Dylan's song "Forever Young" to Shannon in 2004:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=TYzPwceEa1Y
  • Posts: 7,762
    crazyindigo82 wrote:
    I coulda swore ed wrote bee girl in the bad radio days... anyone know this for sure??

    Nah ... Ed and Jeff improvised it on Rockline. Couldn't have been a holdover from Bad Radio. No Rain came out in 1993 ... meaning there was no "Bee Girl" to sing about until at least then
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    elmer wrote:
    Bee Girl has no link to Blind Melon whatsoever, look here:

    http://www.korat.co.il/pearljam/Ibook/Other/beegirl.html

    Ed dedicated Bob Dylan's song "Forever Young" to Shannon in 2004:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=TYzPwceEa1Y

    Yipes. You're wrong twice.

    The "9 year old girl in the video" Ed mentions was in the Blind Melon video for No Rain.

    And that version of Forever Young was not dedicated to Shannon Hoon. That is a You Tube myth.
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  • Posts: 1,683
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Yipes. You're wrong twice.

    The "9 year old girl in the video" Ed mentions was in the Blind Melon video for No Rain.

    And that version of Forever Young was not dedicated to Shannon Hoon. That is a You Tube myth.
    Fuck! :)

    If the quote is true, then why'd he think her obnoxious? Doesn't seem to be playing up in the video, or is that the moniker he's given her having viewed her in something else?

    I was a lil dubious about the Dylan song seeing that it was in 2004, found it mentioned on giventowail and although the page wouldn't open I just thought fuck it, this'll do!
  • Posts: 133
    Don't care who's wrong and who's right but I found this on YouTube and being a HUUUUGE Shannon fan, felt the need to share...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzPwceEa1Y

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  • Posts: 2,261
    elmer wrote:
    Fuck! :)

    If the quote is true, then why'd he think her obnoxious? Doesn't seem to be playing up in the video, or is that the moniker he's given her having viewed her in something else?

    I was a lil dubious about the Dylan song seeing that it was in 2004, found it mentioned on giventowail and although the page wouldn't open I just thought fuck it, this'll do!

    In the liner notes for Lost Dogs Ed said he met her somewhere with her mother, and he was chatting to her, and she was rude / swept up in her own hype, and that he was concerned about a kid forgetting to enjoy childhood.
    he said the song was about "hoping that she was ok" or something to that effect
  • Grimsby, UK Posts: 109
    As I recall, she was the final 'Act' at the MTV Music Awards 93, just prancing around on-stage in her Bee outfit, along to No Rain, as the closing credits came up.
    And that was after the Pearl Jam/Neil Young highlight of the evening!
    I guess that was why Ed was worried about her 'celebrity,' and "Bee Girl," the radio improv, was recorded the following month in Oct 93

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