Written by: Beck Hansen, Eugene Blacknell, The Dust Brothers
This Version:
- Shake Shake Tambourine (Ad-Rock Smallstars Remix) (3:36)
Available on Guerolito Album Sampler and 2 other releases.
CreditsAd-Rock: Engineer, Remix
Jen Weiner: Engineer, Mix
Adam Horovitz: Mix
Beck Hansen: Vocals
Lyrics:
Don't stop
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Hey yo Ad-Rock
?? motherfucker
Black hearts in effigy
We sing the song that was hated
All dressed in rag and bones
Sharks smell the blood that I'm bleedin'
I know there's something wrong
Might take a fire to kill it
Might take a hurricane
Don't know the life that I'm leavin'
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
My baby run to me
She lives in broken-down buildings
Can't pay the rent again
These spider webs are my home now
And when the sun is down
We'll shake and rattle our bodies
To keep it warm at night
My tambourine is still shaking
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
Black tambourine
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Black hearts in effigy
We sing the song that was hated
All dressed in rag and bones
Sharks smell the blood that I'm bleedin'
I know there's something wrong
Might take a fire to kill it
Might take hurricane
Don't know the life that I'm leavin'
Black tambourine
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Hey yo Ad-Rock
?? motherfucker
Black hearts in effigy
We sing the song that was hated
All dressed in rag and bones
Sharks smell the blood that I'm bleedin'
I know there's something wrong
Might take a fire to kill it
Might take a hurricane
Don't know the life that I'm leavin'
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
My baby run to me
She lives in broken-down buildings
Can't pay the rent again
These spider webs are my home now
And when the sun is down
We'll shake and rattle our bodies
To keep it warm at night
My tambourine is still shaking
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
Black tambourine
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Black hearts in effigy
We sing the song that was hated
All dressed in rag and bones
Sharks smell the blood that I'm bleedin'
I know there's something wrong
Might take a fire to kill it
Might take hurricane
Don't know the life that I'm leavin'
Black tambourine
Ohh ohh oh black tambourine
Doo doo doo doo
The Song:
"Shake Shake Tambourine" is a remix of "Black Tambourine" by Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys. It is on Guerolito. Ad-Rock sort of removes all the guitars, replacing them with a dance-floor keyboard beat. This is a really catchy mix.
Also part-way through the Modern Guilt tour, Beck took to performing the song live with just Gameboys/keyboards/electronics, and recreated Ad-Rock's arrangement to do so.
"Shake Shake Tambourine" is a remix of "Black Tambourine" by Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys. It is on Guerolito. Ad-Rock sort of removes all the guitars, replacing them with a dance-floor keyboard beat. This is a really catchy mix.
Also part-way through the Modern Guilt tour, Beck took to performing the song live with just Gameboys/keyboards/electronics, and recreated Ad-Rock's arrangement to do so.
Live:
Played live 25 times:
Earliest known live version: August 24, 2008
Latest known live version: March 26, 2009
Played live 25 times:
August 24, 2008
August 28, 2008
August 30, 2008
August 31, 2008
September 20, 2008
September 22, 2008
September 25, 2008
September 27, 2008
September 28, 2008
September 29, 2008
...and 15 more.
August 28, 2008
August 30, 2008
August 31, 2008
September 20, 2008
September 22, 2008
September 25, 2008
September 27, 2008
September 28, 2008
September 29, 2008
...and 15 more.
Earliest known live version: August 24, 2008
Latest known live version: March 26, 2009