The Swirling Eddies / The Farm Beetles – Swirling Mellow/Meat The FarmBeetles (*NEW-CD) Daniel Amos band
Swirling Mellow (1989). Between Let’s Spin and Outdoor Elvis, Gene Pool (Greg Flesch) put out an album of reimagined versions of the songs on Spin—reimagined, that is, as an ungodly combination of bit music and easy listening, played on what sounds like a $20 Casio. It is the definition of inessential, but the amazing thing is how not bad it is. The arrangements are more interesting and intricate than they have any right to be, and Flesch varies the sounds on each track. “Catch That Angel” apes Les Baxter-style exotica (albeit with a synth lead), and “Rodeo Drive” features a truly ridiculous fake trombone. But the best track is “What a World, What a World,” which moves beyond the album’s premise into something genuinely beautiful.
Meat the Farmbeetles (The Farmbeetles, 1998). Almost the definition of a fans-only release—and never conceived as anything else—Meat the Farmbeetles features parody country renditions of Beatles songs like “Bertday” and “Strawburry Fields.” Nobody needed this record, and nobody asked for it, but it might give you a laugh or two.
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The crazy Swirling Eddies masquerading as illiterate Hillbillies are covering Beatles tunes on this very limited release, which is re-released along with the only Swirling Eddies fan club release Swirling Mellow. Mellow versions of: 1. Let's Spin! 2. Catch That Angel 3. Big Guns 4. Rodeo Drive 5. Ed Takes a Vacation 6. Snowball 7. I've Got an Idea 8. Don't Ask Me How I Feel 9. What a World, What a World As well as Beatles covers: 1. Yisterdie (1:37) 2. Hilter Skilter (2:39) 3. Strawburry Fields (4:12) 4. A Day In The Laff (3:01) 5. Imagin' (1:45) 6. Within' Ya, Without Ya (2:21) 7. Bertday (1:53) 8. Ravolution # Niner (1:25) 9. 'N The End (0:49) The Farm Beetles are: George Bob - fiddle, steel guitar, pitchfork, silo Paul Bob - vocals, bass, plough John Boy - vocals, banjo, tractor Ringo - drums, rake Special Guests Billy Shears - shears Arnold Ziffle - grunts, squeals Produced by Georgie Porgie Martin
Track list
Swirling Mellow
1 Let's Spin (Mellow) 1:43
2 Catch That Angel (Mellow) 3:06
3 The Unsuccessful Dutch Ministry/The Big Guns (Mellow) 3:01
4 Rodeo Drive (Mellow) 1:58
5 Ed Takes A Vacation (Mellow) 3:54
6 Snowball (Edited LP Version) 0:08
7 I've Got An Idea (Mellow) 2:02
8 Don't Ask Me How I Feel (Mellow) 2:44
9 What A World (Mellow) 3:56
10 Untitled 0:08
Meat The Farm Beetles
11 Yisterdie 1:37
12 Hilter Skilter 2:39
13 Straw Burry Fields 4:08
14 A Day In The Laff 3:01
15 Imagin' 1:45
17 Bertday 1:51
18 Revolution No. Niner 1:27
19 'N The End 0:42
20 Within' Ya, Without Ya 2:18
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