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Friday fun: It’s Plant Records

(For a bit of fun, every Friday our Plant Records Manager, Chris Bisson, the guy who maintains all the recorded information on our plant collections, will do a regular blog slot where he recommends his favourite “plant records” – that is, songs that are in some way linked to a plant. (Do you see what we did there?) )

‘Buddy Holly’ Weezer (1994)

An appropriately seasonal theme this week! There about 600 species of the genus Holly worldwide, but the one primarily associated with Yule is Ilex aquifolium L. with its evergreen glossy spiky leaves and vivid red berries prominent through the cold winter months.   Originally sacred to Druids, a symbol of protection and fertility, the holly was later appropriated by Christianity.

Spike Jonze directed the memorable video for this 1994 track by Weezer, the California alt rockers fronted by enigmatic Rivers Cuomo, who have just released their seventh album ‘Raditude’.

Chris Bisson – Plant Records Manager  – Eden Project

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