If there ever was a profound inspiration behind a song, Beekeeper Spaceman undoubtedly earns a medal for its Greek mythology allegory. On their new song “Locusts and Honey” that Glide is premiering (below), the voice in this song is John the Baptist’s, or to use the scriptural language: ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness.”
“In ‘Locusts and Honey,’ the prophet-singer knows he’s about to be beheaded, but he stands there, ten toes down, and taunts his feasting murderers. In the second verse, he says, ‘Who’s got the platter? Baby, get the dagger. I got the laughter.’ Then in the chorus he reminds his killers that, just like Orpheus, he’ll keep on singing even after death: ‘Dancing money can’t unsing wild song.’ It’s quite a mic drop for wild John,” says primary songwriter/ singer/guitarist Greg Brownderville.
