Good Habits - She Bangs The Drums

She Bangs The Drums by The Stone Roses is a Mancunian classic that has a special place in our hearts for multiple reasons; Manchester is where we met, studied and formed Good Habits.
I (Bonnie) had already covered the song as part of a production with Contact Theatre’s Young Company in the show titled ‘She Bangs The Drums’, celebrating 100 years since women won the right to vote, what has changed and what still needs to changed. So when we were asked by a close friend in New Zealand to cover it at his birthday party, we couldn’t wait to put our alt-folk spin on it. A week later we were in the studio recording the album and just knew it had to be on it.
We are thrilled that the video was filmed by our lovely friend, videographer and endless source of positivity, Cadby Kong. This particular video was filmed in (and on top of) The Devenport Folk Club, a 19th century bunker situated on Takarunga in Auckland that has been at the heart of the NZ Folk scene for the past 50 years. And as if by fate, the late president of the folk club and ‘virtual godfather’ of NZ folk music, Roger Giles, had emigrated out to New Zealand from Shropshire (Pete’s home county).
Vocals/Cello - Bonnie Schwarz
Accordion/Percussion - Pete Shaw
Written by The Stone Roses
Arranged by Pete Shaw and Bonnie Schwarz
Recorded at Tsunami Sounds Studios Levin
Mixed by Alex Armstrong-Holding
Mastered by Matt Wood
Videographer: Cadby King

[@retrotechnical]

Impossible to watch this without a huge smile - awesome!

[@goodhabitsband]

Ahhh thanks so much!!

[@pammoore3447]

What a fabulous cover ! Absolutely joyful ❤

[@goodhabitsband]

Thanks so much!!

[@stevedonnelly1012]

Top notch musicianship and a great song to boot. What’s not to like?

[@goodhabitsband]

Thanks so much!

[@JuliLa222]

Hey Lovelies.. Lovely to see & hear your joYous grooves HERE.. 👏 👏 👏

[@janward7977]

Really great to see you at Shrewsbury again this year.

[@goodhabitsband]

It was so great to be there, it's one of our favourite festivals!

[@TheTroubleNotes]

This is so brilliant! Love this one!

[@raddonstephenson5633]

WoooooOOOOOwowowowowoOOO!

[@alfnoakes392]

See you at Womad (New Plymouth) next Weekend 😃

[@childofthe50s53]

Saw them a few days ago at Christchurch Folk Club......brought the house down, so energetic and joyful.

[@goodhabitsband]

Yay!

[@svrao72]

This is brilliant, loved it. Good luck to both of you 👍👍

[@goodhabitsband]

Thanks so much!

[@Krackatau]

The song made it on my Spotify Wrapped playlist! Happy to have found it this year!

[@goodhabitsband]

YaaaaaaaaY that’s so cool to hear

[@linusorri]

So fun!

[@goodhabitsband]

Thanks so much!

[@mikaeldelta]

Finally, some good music 🌼

[@goodhabitsband]

🎶🌻❤

[@crispinkeith8945]

Unusual and exhilarating!

[@goodhabitsband]

Thanks! great compliment :)

[@ruthmusic8122]

So good you two!Love what you do!

[@goodhabitsband]

Thanks Ruth! Have you been to Devonport Folk Club in Auckland? - that's where this was filmed and they have all sorts of great concerts :)

[@ruthmusic8122]

@@goodhabitsband Yes,I have been there once....lovely folk music venue. Love the outdoors shots.....overlooking the city and windswept hair!

[@lelegemma1]

Such a fun tune ❤

[@goodhabitsband]

Thanks!!

[@cosmicvibes7452]

Hi! This is so good! Btw I’m flora😃😃

[@goodhabitsband]

Thanks Flora

[@Lunatraktors]

❤‍🔥

[@goodhabitsband]

[@WorldofUkes]

I'm all for interesting interpretations of songs but I prefer it when they're other people's favourites. It's a bit different when it is songs you are attached to personally from your own formative years (I've heard enough jazzy, jolly versions of Radiohead songs I loved as an angst-ridden teenager to be nervous about a genre-crossing cover of a song I love). If it's a song you listened to constantly and I lived and loved to it, and when you're still a bit hooked on the melancholy that the soundtrack to those years conjures up... then alarm bells ring. I expected it to be good, but not for me. I didn't expect to love it, as I did. To feel the energy of the original and find it didn't tread on the toes of my memories. And as a pleasant surprise, to learn what some of the words actually were, when sung by someone with a better voice than Ian Brown!

[@goodhabitsband]

Ah wow. What a truly thoughtful and kind comment to read. I can relate to this feeling, and am so glad you felt this way about our cover - it’s a special one to us too ❤️ thank you!

[@WorldofUkes]

@@goodhabitsband You're welcome, and sorry for any concern about the way the comment was going... it had a happy ending at least when you read to the end!