You Can Call Me King Bee
June 17, 2022 9:58 PM Subscribe
Bruce Springsteen – Royals (orig. by Lorde) (2014) (SLYT).
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I’m not complaining. It’s very good cover and worth another listen. I just was trying to think of where I first came across this, and then it hit me.
posted by jmauro at 11:05 PM on June 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
I’m not complaining. It’s very good cover and worth another listen. I just was trying to think of where I first came across this, and then it hit me.
posted by jmauro at 11:05 PM on June 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Mod note: OP self-flagged, but It's been a while, and some people haven't seen it, so I think we can go with this!
posted by taz (staff) at 11:47 PM on June 17, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by taz (staff) at 11:47 PM on June 17, 2022 [7 favorites]
Love that!! So good. The vibe of working class-ness that Lorde wrote about comes ready-made for a Springsteen take. When you can say that a song seems like it could/should have been written by Bruce... what more can you say? She certainly did not mind.
Lorde praised Springsteen and discussed her reaction to watching the cover version online, “My Twitter went mental. Everyone in New Zealand was like ‘You can’t believe what just happened!’ It was so exciting. It was the highest honor. He’s such an incredible songwriter. I got a little teary. It was very cool... Those words were nothing before I put them into my laptop and started messing around with them in the studio. It’s crazy to me they could come out of someone’s mouth who is that respected.””
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 3:42 AM on June 18, 2022 [5 favorites]
Lorde praised Springsteen and discussed her reaction to watching the cover version online, “My Twitter went mental. Everyone in New Zealand was like ‘You can’t believe what just happened!’ It was so exciting. It was the highest honor. He’s such an incredible songwriter. I got a little teary. It was very cool... Those words were nothing before I put them into my laptop and started messing around with them in the studio. It’s crazy to me they could come out of someone’s mouth who is that respected.””
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 3:42 AM on June 18, 2022 [5 favorites]
His smile at “next big thing” is an absolute fucking delight.
What a great version of this song.
posted by bilabial at 4:31 AM on June 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
What a great version of this song.
posted by bilabial at 4:31 AM on June 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
I hadn’t seen this before! So good! Thank you!
posted by mochapickle at 4:43 AM on June 18, 2022
posted by mochapickle at 4:43 AM on June 18, 2022
King B, maybe, not King Bee?
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:09 AM on June 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:09 AM on June 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
Bruce Springsteen does this a lot, finding a local artist or group to cover when playing in a certain place. It's always great to see the audience respond once they realise who he's covering.
posted by MartinWisse at 7:17 AM on June 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by MartinWisse at 7:17 AM on June 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
That. Was. Awesome!
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 7:29 AM on June 18, 2022
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 7:29 AM on June 18, 2022
When you can say that a song seems like it could/should have been written by Bruce... what more can you say?
It's a much fancier venue and occasion, but this is exactly what I thought when Bruce covered Sting's song I Hung My Head when Sting got a Kennedy Center honor. It's like what Bob Dylan was supposed to have said when he heard Hendrix's cover of "All Along The Watchtower" - "oh, okay, that's what it was supposed to sound like."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:51 AM on June 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
It's a much fancier venue and occasion, but this is exactly what I thought when Bruce covered Sting's song I Hung My Head when Sting got a Kennedy Center honor. It's like what Bob Dylan was supposed to have said when he heard Hendrix's cover of "All Along The Watchtower" - "oh, okay, that's what it was supposed to sound like."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:51 AM on June 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
If you had asked me how old this song was before I came across this post, I would have said 3-4 years. But released 2013? Apparently my Dorsolateral prefrontal right cortex is broken.
(The cover is good!)
posted by piyushnz at 11:34 AM on June 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
(The cover is good!)
posted by piyushnz at 11:34 AM on June 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
Other Boss covers of note:
Rebel Rebel
Highway to Hell
posted by Halloween Jack at 12:51 PM on June 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
Rebel Rebel
Highway to Hell
posted by Halloween Jack at 12:51 PM on June 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
The Bruce cover I want most is Fleet Foxes' Mykonos. It's kind of halfway there already.
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 1:03 PM on June 18, 2022
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 1:03 PM on June 18, 2022
King B, maybe, not King Bee?
Oh! Yeah, that makes sense. It's a great cover but I kept thinking, "King bees aren't really a thing, Bruce."
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:07 PM on June 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
Oh! Yeah, that makes sense. It's a great cover but I kept thinking, "King bees aren't really a thing, Bruce."
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:07 PM on June 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
I love Bruce Springsteen. That is all.
[Like Lorde, too. And it's worth watching the "previously" version which is from a different show and clearly a fan recording and there's a sudden rush of buzzy excitement at around 1:10 when the stadium full of people fully realizes Bruce is singing local pop idol Lorde's hit...]
posted by chavenet at 2:22 PM on June 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
[Like Lorde, too. And it's worth watching the "previously" version which is from a different show and clearly a fan recording and there's a sudden rush of buzzy excitement at around 1:10 when the stadium full of people fully realizes Bruce is singing local pop idol Lorde's hit...]
posted by chavenet at 2:22 PM on June 18, 2022 [2 favorites]
Other Boss covers of note:
"It's time to see if you can Stump the E-Street Band!" (audience requests)
Burning Love
Satisfaction
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
April 17, 2014
I dare you to try not to get weepy during Satisfaction.
posted by mikelieman at 3:17 PM on June 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
"It's time to see if you can Stump the E-Street Band!" (audience requests)
Burning Love
Satisfaction
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
April 17, 2014
I dare you to try not to get weepy during Satisfaction.
posted by mikelieman at 3:17 PM on June 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
corpse in the library, Ursula Hitler - it is likely a hat-tip to "I'm A King Bee" -the blues song by Slim Harpo; most well-known cover is likely by the Stones, but also, Muddy Waters.
posted by lapolla at 5:07 PM on June 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by lapolla at 5:07 PM on June 18, 2022 [3 favorites]
Arguably, this is the best-known cover of "I'm a King Bee."
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:08 PM on June 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:08 PM on June 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
Absolutely loved this cover - good lord who couldn't? But, relating to the post/playlist above, it didn't literally give me frisson like this one did
posted by thecincinnatikid at 7:31 AM on June 19, 2022
posted by thecincinnatikid at 7:31 AM on June 19, 2022
Springsteen doing a You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry) cover in Germany. Has he always done site specific covers like this before 2013?
It tells me they mess around a lot while rehearsing to be able to play songs on the spot like this, without missing lyrics. Another one I remember is Fats doing I Hear you Knocking when requested, but that is such a NOLA song.
posted by indianbadger1 at 8:05 AM on June 19, 2022
It tells me they mess around a lot while rehearsing to be able to play songs on the spot like this, without missing lyrics. Another one I remember is Fats doing I Hear you Knocking when requested, but that is such a NOLA song.
posted by indianbadger1 at 8:05 AM on June 19, 2022
Has Bruce ever done a cover of a Hold Steady song? That seems like such an obvious choice but I can’t tell if it’s ever happened.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 9:28 AM on June 19, 2022
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 9:28 AM on June 19, 2022
She returned the favor - Tougher than the rest
posted by nfultz at 4:48 PM on June 19, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by nfultz at 4:48 PM on June 19, 2022 [1 favorite]
It's from the last post, but deserves a rewatch: Spill The Wine.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:41 AM on June 20, 2022
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:41 AM on June 20, 2022
When I Leave Berlin” - a fairly obscure but still awesome 70s folk song, played in of course Berlin.
posted by Miko at 5:33 PM on June 20, 2022
posted by Miko at 5:33 PM on June 20, 2022
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...and then there's SHOUT in Glasgow, yet another of my long list of favorites.
Thank you for posting! Have a fabulous day everyone!
posted by dfm500 at 10:42 PM on June 17, 2022 [2 favorites]