Banjo, also known by the name Let's Go Moon Some Cars is the first track on Banjo Story and Fresh Meat + Old Slabs.
Description[]
The song is generally about teenage antics, like stealing beer, setting stuff on fire, you know, things that teens do for fun, while Beck tries to rock the banjo. This is one of Beck's earliest songs, as it's the first song on his first ever release. 4 or 5 years later, he included the song again on Fresh Meat + Old Slabs, a gift for his mother. That version starts off with a sample about making music, and is played on the guitar instead of the banjo, with some percussion added.
"Let's Go Moon Some Cars" is the more common title and the title on Fresh Meat, but the official title and title on Banjo Story is simply "Banjo."
Lyrics[]
Banjo Story version[]
Yee-haw!
Let's go moon some cars
I said let's go moon some cars
Let's go moon some cars, my friend
Let's go moon some cars
(aw man)
Let's go steal some beer
I said let's go steal some beer
Yeah, gotta steal some beer, my friend
Yeah, let's go steal some beer
Let's go set something on fire
I said let's go set something on fire
Yeah, let's go set something on fire, my friend
Yeah, let's go set something on fire
Let's go shoot some pigs
Oh yeah, let's go shoot some pigs
Yeah, let's go shoot some pigs, my friend
Ah let's go shoot some pigs
Fresh Meat + Old Slabs version[]
lay us a tune on an unbroken spinet! And let the bells ring. Let the bells ring! Play music now. Play us a tune on an unbroken spinet. Do not strike music from old broken keys. Do not make ghosts with faded tinklings on the yellowed board. But play us a tune on an unbroken spinet!
Let's go moon some cars
Yeah, let's go moon some cars
Yeah, let's go moon some cars, my friend
Yeah, let's go moon some cars
Let's go steal some beer
Yeah, let's go steal some beer
Yeah, let's go steal some beer, my friend
Now, let's go steal some beer, whoo!
Let's go set something on fire
Yeah, let's go set something on fire!
Let's go set something on fire, my friend
Let's go set something on fire
Let's go shoot some pigs
Yeah, let's go shoot some pigs
Let's go shoot some pigs, my friend
Let's go shoot some pigs
Let's go steal some beer
Yeah, let's go steal some beer
Let's go steal some beer, my friend
Let's go steal some beer
Ooooh! Yee-haw!
(screaming)
Listen[]
Banjo - Beck
Banjo Story version.
Banjo - Beck (Fresh Meat)
Fresh Meat version.