I started to listen to The Beat Farmer’s debut album Tales of the New West a few months ago. I came across this song and liked it with the first listen…it took me a second but I realized it was an old Velvet Underground song.
I can’t recommend this album enough. I first heard of the band through a more of a novelty song called Happy Boy. I just recently started to listen to them and they are fantastic.
The Beat Farmers formed in San Diego California in 1983. They went to a studio with a $4000 budget, and they recorded Tales Of The New West. The album was released in 1985. The members were Country Dick Montana, Jerry Raney on guitar, Rolle Dexter on bass, Buddy Blue on guitar, and Joey Harris on guitar. They did a tour opening up for the Blasters and then signed a 7 Record Deal with CURB Records…which turned out to be a mistake…they fought for years to get away from them.
Together they released 6 albums and 15 singles + EPs. The band came to a halt on November 8, 1995, when Country Dick Montana died on stage. They have occasionally got together since then.
This song was on the Velvet Underground debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico and was released in 1967. Lou Reed wrote There She Goes Again. The lyrics to this song must have sounded outrageous to the listeners in 1967. The album only charted at #129 in the Billboard 100 and that would be the best charting LP of all of their 5 original albums.
There She Goes Again
There she goes again (There she goes)Yeah, I see her walkin’ on down the streets again (There she goes)Well, she’s down on her knees again (There she goes)But she’ll never ask you please again (There she goes)
Now take a look, there’s no tears in her eyesShe won’t take it from just any guy. What can you do?
Yeah, when you see her walkin’ on down the streets(There she goes) Yeah, I see her lookin’ at all the boys that she’s gonna meet(There she goes) If I see her messin’ ’round, I don’t know what I’m gonna do
Well, there she goes again (There she goes)Yeah, I see her walkin’ on down the streets again (There she goes)Well, she’s down on her knees again (There she goes)Yeah, but she’ll never ask me please (There she goes) again
Now take a look, there’s no tears in her eyesShe won’t take it from just any guy. What can you do?
Yeah, when you see her walkin’ on down the streets(There she goes) Yeah I see her lookin’ at all the pretty boys that she’s gonna meet(There she goes) Oh, when I see that stuff, I just don’t know
Now take a look, there’s no tears in her eyesLike a bird, she’s a-gonna fly. What can you do?
Yeah, when you see her walkin’ on down the streets(There she goes) Yeah, I see her lookin’ at al the boys that she’s gonna meet(There she goes) Yeah, I know that she isn’t down on her feet(There she goes) Yeah, but she’ll never ask you please (There she goes) Oh-ho!
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Nice cover.
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A station here in Atlanta used to play “Happy Boy” every Friday morning…
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Thats what I first heard by them… the Nashville morning DJ’s did also.
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KFAT in Gilroy, CA liked it, too.
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Is she what made that Beat Farmer a ‘Happy Boy’?
When I saw the title , I thought of that La’s song, but obviously this is different. Never heard it before but it really sounds like Lou Reed and as such, I kind of like their original a bit better. But the Beat Farmers do an OK version and do sound very authentically ’60s on it. Listening to the VU one, I just noticed – doesn’t Lou Reed kind of sound like Bob Dylan? Not in the actual voice but in his cadence and intonations, the way he pronounces words and his tempo kind of changes now and then
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Reed does at times remind me of Dylan by the way he sings. I do like this song…funny enough I listened to the Beat Farmers and thought…man what a great song but something about it I knew…and then I looked it up…heck I did a post on it before by the Underground…I’m glad they brrought it back to a different set of fans.
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The Velvet’s song sounds a lot like There She Goes by The La’s….in parts!
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There She Goes Again 🙂
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It might have influenced the La’s!
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Love the Lou connection. When I saw the title of your take the song instantly started playing in my head. The Farmers do great job. Make it theirs. Yes the album is a good one.
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I should try another album…so far I’ve concentrated on this one.
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I hung until Pursuit of Happiness. You gotta buy an album with a Buffalo on the cover. I love those nasty mangy critters.
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This one doesn’t grab me that much. What does is the band members names- Rolle Dexter, Country Dick Montana, Buddy Blue- not exactly Smith, Brown and Jones. I guess Country Dick couldn’t have left the stage in a more Rock Star way than having a heart attack on stage. (But going out in Whistler BC isn’t exactly Shea Stadium.or the Hollywood Bowl.)
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It’s funny because I liked the song when I heard it…I already did a post on the VU version…but I didn’t put it together until I looked up info!
Yea…that wouldn’t have been their style anyway lol…they just never climbed that mountain…more of a cult following.
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My sister got the Velvet Underground album for Christmas in 1967. I don’t know if my parents ever really heard the lyrics. I do know my dad heard the lyrics to Jesus Christ Superstar because I got yelled at for owning it. He wasn’t happy to learn that he and my mom had given it to me or that my English teacher had recommended it after playing it for us in class. (He didn’t like King Herod’s Song and would not listen to the explanation of its context.)
(Ain’t it good when things are going your way?)
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lol… I came to age in the 80s where parents were a little more modern….just a little. Thats a heck of a Christmas present…I never thought about parents buying The VU for their kids.
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Sorry – they didn’t give her Velvets. It was a sib. They gave me Superstar, not knowing what it was. (And it was mom buying. Dad knew nothing about it.)
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Oh ok…I always liked listening to Superstar…it sticks in my head.
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Great tune by the Beat Farmers. My kind of sound. Sorta garage band with genuine passion for the music.
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damn, to kick off of the face of the earth on stage I guess is the way a lot of musicians would want to go.
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Yea….doing what you love
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Cool!
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Great band! These guys got a LOT of airplay on KSJS, one of our local college stations. It always bugged me that so many people wrote them off as a novelty band cuz of Happy Boy, there was a lot of talent there. I remember this song from the radio but had no idea it was a VU song. I always hated Reed and the VU so I wouldn’t have recognized it I suppose, but the Farmers did a great job with it!
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The only thing I knew about them at first was Happy Boy…I’m glad I investigated them more! They did do a great job of this song…I knew I knew it but couldn’t place it.
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