1. New York MC & producer Robert Stewart… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 5 Beans:
1. New York MC & producer Robert Stewart. Member of AntiPop Consortium.
2. Vancouver post-rock band, formed in 1995. Added a ‘The’ to the name by 2004. See The Beans.
3. Dutch steetpunk band formed in 1996.
4. Ska group from the 60s.
5. Garage-Psych band from Melbourne/Geelong, Australia. Formerly known as Baked Beans.
1. Beans is a rapper from White Plains, New York. He was a member of the underground hip hop group Antipop Consortium. He is a founder of the record label Adored And Exploited. With his distinctive, fast-flowing and poetic style, Beans amalgamates witty, thoughtful lyrics with his own productions of "Chunky psychedelic electro-hop." According to the Pitchfork Media review for the album Thorns, "The MC is simply good at what he's good at, putting together bushy, crooked beats with rhymes that are both confessional and evasive."
Beans has released two LPs and one EP on AntiPop Consortium's former label Warp Records since launching his solo career in 2003: Tomorrow Right Now, Now Soon Someday EP and Shock City Maverick. The third solo album Only was released on Thirsty Ear Recordings in 2005, followed by the fourth album Thorns on Adored And Exploited in 2007.
In 2011, Beans released the fifth solo album, End It All. on Anticon. It features productions by Four Tet, Sam Fogarino of Interpol, Clark, Tobacco, Fred Bigot, Nobody, Son Lux, Ade Firth, In Flagranti, and The Bumps.
Beans has collaborated with Vernon Reid of Living Colour, Kool AD, Ghislain Poirier, Arto Lindsay, Alec Empire, Funkstörung, Holy Fuck, Evil Nine, DJ Shadow among others.
3. Beans was formed in February 1996. They started out covering some songs (most of them by Operation Ivy) during rehearsals to hone their musical skills, which were then basically non-existent (Sander and Ronald had picked up the guitar just a few months earlier). After the first bassplayer left the band due to lack of motivation, Sander, Ronald and Bikkel went on to play together even without a bassplayer. After about 9 months of doing this and having taken the first steps towards writing their own songs, they were asked to play their first show in february 1997 at a party in a nearby town. Two weeks before this show, Blok joined the band on bassguitar. Blok was already a great guitarist and his bassplaying skills helped define the sound of the band in the early days. For this first show a bandname had to be put on the flyer, so in a hurry the band came up with the name BEANS and kind of got stuck with it as people started to recognise the name.
After about two years of playing shows they decided to record their first full length album 'weapons of the weak' in 1999 (Since no other punkbands were active in the area at the time, a split record or something comparable was never really an option). They recorded it in two days. Their friends liked the album so much that they decided to send a copy of it to a large dutch metal/punk/hardcore magazine just to see what the reaction would be. Onno cromag (a reviewer for the magazine and something of a Hardcore/punk guru) reviewed the album. After hearing it he gave the band a phonecall, saying he was shocked about the high quality of the album. He had also called his friend Laurens, founder and owner of the Belgian hardcore/punk label I-Scream Records and played some songs over the telephone. Laurens offered them a deal to release two full length BEANS albums. They recorded the second album 'C'mon, Get it on!!!' in february 2000, a year after 'Weapons of the weak'. Again 16 songs, again with Menno Bakker. After this release things started to take off and they went on to play more and more shows, some of them with major bands like Dropkick Murphys, U.S. Bombs Oxymoron and Bombshell Rocks among others. In the spring of 2001 their friends from Antidote asked them to go on a european tour with them, which, of course, they did.
Their third CD 'SO IT GOES' was recorded at the end of september 2001, again by Menno Bakker, but due to unexpected delay it didn't hit the shelves until june 2002. The band hit the road again when the record came out and did a small, self-booked european tour. In the end of 2002 Beans released a split 7-inch on Pogo Punx records with their friends BBK. This split-album appeared in the beginning of 2004 on Hannibal Records from Switzerland with some additional tracks from the Filaments (UK) and Body Bag (Switzerland), under the name "Mucho Mas Chaos". In june 2003 Blok left the band due to other obligations that couldn't be combined with the band's plans. Because Blok wanted the band to keep going as best as possible he decided it would be best if he'd quit. They asked their friend Bas to replace Blok. Bas, already a guitarist, quickly taught himself the necessary bass-playing skills. Beans became a part of the Mutti's booking roster and did a 10 day tour with the Real McKenzies, playing big and mostly sold- out venues all around Germany. In april 2004 Beans played the Mucho Mas Chaos tour with the Filaments and Body Bag. Furthermore, they did some small German tours, made some trips to Denmark and Switserland, and played some well-known Belgian festivals.
Beans did a tour of Germany and Switzerland together with De Heideroosjes and Peter Pan Speedrock in november 2004, and the recording of a new full length album is planned for early 2005. Also upcoming is the compilation CD "Oostpunk", featuring bands from roughly the Arnhem-Nijmegen-Ede area. About 15 bands, including BEANS, have recorded two songs each for this comp. Expect this one to be released somewhere in january '05.
More history will follow as time goes on...............
Beans is:
Sander - guitar & vocals
Ronald - guitar & vocals
Bas - Bass
Bikkel - drums
5. Beans is a garage psych band from Geelong/Melbourne, Australia. The band is fronted by fellow Flightless Record artist, The Murlocs’ drummer, Matt Blach. Describing themselves as "A bunch of bloody mates playing some instruments together and shitting out what comes naturally."
They changed their name from Baked Beans to Beans at early 2020 without any explicit explanation.
Toast
Beans Lyrics
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you were smiling at me
you had that gleam in your eye
i didn't see you since latitude
but i want to spend some time with you
All i have on my mind, on my mind is you
zipping up my sleeping bag in the morning time
is to find you weren't around
Well we were rushed off our feet
with no time to eat
just people bare who like to stare
i would run away, far away with you
but you have much better things to do
All i have on my mind, on my mind is you
zipping up my sleeping bag in the morning time
all i have on my mind, on my mind
is to find you weren't around
The lyrics to Beans's song "Toast" seem to be about a past relationship or encounter that the singer is reminiscing about. The opening lines suggest that the two parties had a pleasant interaction at some point, as the other person was smiling and had a certain spark in their eye. The singer hadn't seen this person since a festival called Latitude, but wants to spend more time with them.
However, it seems that the relationship is not as straightforward as it appears, as the second verse alludes to the fact that the singer and the other person were busy and constantly on the go. They were "rushed off their feet" with no time to eat, and surrounded by people who "like to stare." Despite this, the singer would still run away with this person if given the chance.
The chorus repeats the line "all I have on my mind is you" and describes the moment of zipping up a sleeping bag in the morning, possibly suggesting a camping or outdoorsy type of setting. The final line seems somewhat melancholic, as the singer hopes to find that the other person is still around. Overall, the song seems to be about the desire for a deeper connection with someone in the midst of a chaotic environment.
Line by Line Meaning
Started off in
We met at the beginning of something
you were smiling at me
You showed your happiness through your smile towards me
you had that gleam in your eye
Your eyes had a spark of interest or excitement
i didn't see you since latitude
I haven't seen you since we were at Longitude and Latitude festival
but i want to spend some time with you
I wish to spend quality time with you
All i have on my mind, on my mind is you
You are all I can think of, you are my priority
zipping up my sleeping bag in the morning time
I'm getting ready to start my day, packing up my things
all i have on my mind, on my mind
You are constantly on my mind
is to find you weren't around
I want to discover that you are not with me
Well we were rushed off our feet
We were busy and had to rush around to do things
with no time to eat
We did not have time to have a proper meal
just people bare who like to stare
We were surrounded by people who were just idling around and staring
i would run away, far away with you
I wish to escape with you, far from this place
but you have much better things to do
You have other important things to do
Contributed by Michael J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Rozamunduszek
It's actually pretty straightforward how to make beans on toast. The real mystery is how to eat them!
HPVRStuff
@Invalid have you tried toad in the hole or cheese on toast?
Donell Bailey
@Invalid ☹️am I the only normal american
Invalid
I’m a weird American that loves British style Heinz 57 beans. I think that putting them in a bowl and scooping them onto bread in mouthfuls is fire af personally
Donell Bailey
@Nav Navo how to enjoy eating them!
Nav Navo
...with your mouth!
Gordon Campbell
You must butter your toast. And the beans should be brought to the boil in a pan and then simmered for at least 10 minutes for that gooie thick well cooked cafe taste
Naltddesha
Ten minutes? Gat dayum
Kiran Patel
Black pepper on top is a good addition
Kiran Patel
@ROB EVANS you do, plenty of butter!