1) Beeches… Read Full Bio ↴There might be more than one artist with the name Beeches
1) Beeches is a lilting indie-folk outfit comprising singer-songwriter Luke Thompson and producer/Shakes frontman Alex Price.
2) March 2004 was an important date in the history of music. It was the month when beeches were born and first spent three hours together in a fire-hazard death-trap of a practice room. The rhythm section were tight and knew what they were doing with their bass and drums. The booze section were loose but knew which off licence had the best deal of 8 cans for £5.
The band born that day haven't changed... apart from the line-up, the name and the arrangements of several songs.
After a year or so of working in the practice room, the band knew the time was right to take the songs to the people and play a gig. The Lonely Planet guide to Britain, the London Tourist Board nor the official capital bus tour make no mention of the fact, but on April 29th 2005 the Bull and Gate of Kentish town gave permission for a four piece called beeches to play out their view of the way of the world for 17 and a half minutes.
"I thought you were drunk" "You've got some strange ideas" and "XYZ" were comments thrown their way by other bands on the bill. With these endorsements ringing in their ears and buoyed by the success of the gig, the band did nothing together for a couple of months. When they did meet tho it seemed they'd forgotten most of the songs and each others names.
This collective dementia was only temporary and the music was re-born with a greater energy and purpose than ever before. With only a shoddy live recording to their names and some crappy minidiscs taken from various practices, the four of them decided, for the sake of posterity, to record their songs properly - in the studio. Owing money to various guitar collectors, the slippered Steve Honest took on the job of committing 9 Beeches songs to compact disc.
The evenings of the ninth month of 2005 - renamed Beechtember - were happily spent at the Honest ones' playboy penthouse recording the music that has, so far, brought so much happiness to so few (45 and counting). With "Then We're Agreed" completed, the band played their second gig at the Bull and Gate. Despite three guitars combusting, a bassist collapsing and a drummer cursing the kit, they still rocked.
Since then Neil, Andy, Tom and Kev have gone from strength to strength playing a shed load of gigs in 2006 and 2007 (including a festival in Weymouth and to a room of confused looking Germans in Munich).
The band could have broken up and dissolved when Neil went on a spiritual journey (read: trying to avoid work) to South America for 6 months. However, on his return the 4 beeches are back together trying to remember how all the songs go and what the words are.
Fate conspired to throw these four people together, whereas Destiny hasn't picked the red carpet up from the dry cleaners...but she will, oh yes...well, she might.
Young Soul
Beeches Lyrics
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I told you honey all I wanna do is stay young with you
We'll run away & find a place of our own
Follow the coast on down to Mexico in the blue
So if you wanna go sometime
Just say you'll keep me at your side
I looked at you & said I'm falling in love
I've got some money for a place in the South
Just say the word & we can head down there now
And leave it all behind
So if you wanna go sometime
Just say you'll keep me at your side
Stay Young, stay young with you.
You looked at me & said lets never grow up
The lyrics of Beeches's song, Young Soul, convey the desire to remain young and carefree with the person you love. The first verse talks about a conversation where one person suggests never growing up and the other agreeing, expressing their longing to stay young together. The second verse talks about falling in love and wanting to spend the rest of their lives with each other, leaving everything behind to start fresh in a new place.
Overall, the song seems to be about cherishing youth and the idea of escaping to a simpler, more carefree life. It represents a longing for idealistic happiness and the desire to remain in a state of blissful ignorance. The lyrics are accompanied by a mellow, nostalgic melody that evokes feelings of nostalgia for the past and the desire to hold onto fleeting moments of joy.
Line by Line Meaning
You looked at me & said lets never grow up
You expressed your desire to never age and always retain our youth.
I told you honey all I wanna do is stay young with you
I conveyed my longing to always stay young with you and never grow old.
We'll run away & find a place of our own
We'll escape from the world and venture out to discover a haven that's solely ours.
Follow the coast on down to Mexico in the blue
We'll travel along the coastline of Mexico and relish the beauty of the blue sea.
So if you wanna go sometime
If you ever wish to embark on this dream journey with me,
Just say you'll keep me at your side
Promise to be by my side and make this a lifelong journey together.
I looked at you & said I'm falling in love
I gazed at you with love in my eyes and confessed my feelings for you.
You told me honey ‘I can never get enough, you're always on my mind'
You reciprocated my feelings and assured me that you can never get enough of me on your mind.
I've got some money for a place in the South
I have enough funds to get us a place of our own in the Southern region.
Just say the word & we can head down there now
If you agree, we can leave immediately and head down to our newfound home.
And leave it all behind
We'll leave behind all our worries and troubles.
Stay Young, stay young with you.
Let's remain youthful and cherish each other forever.
Contributed by Ryan L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.