New song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTM3YPTYNo0
― MarkoP, Monday, 15 June 2015 13:08 (eight years ago) link
exciting to hear him over something that has a non-sleeping pulse again but i have no idea why this is five minutes long?
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 15 June 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
In the afternoonRiding the scape goatBurning equipmentDecomposing
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
Dud
― bagging area (map), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 22:16 (seven years ago) link
Hate the fucker forever for his Scientology shenanigans, but totally classic obv. Odelay.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 22:31 (seven years ago) link
more like grodie-lay
― bagging area (map), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
:( You guys are such haters!
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:16 (seven years ago) link
He hasn't made a great album in quite awhile but I have a soft spot for him. afaict his "Scientology shenanigans" consist of mentioning it in a single interview way back when so eh whatever
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:20 (seven years ago) link
i guess he's not that bad
― bagging area (map), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
j/k
Most people I talk to are surprised about the Scientology thing.
I do make sure to mention it.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:30 (seven years ago) link
get crazy with the cheez whiz
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
afaict his "Scientology shenanigans" consist of mentioning it in a single interview way back when so eh whatever
marrying another raised-as-Scientologist semi-celebrity on COS instructions is something of a shenanigan I guess
― Shakey δσς (sic), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
went through a phase of firing musicians and replacing them with scienos when he first returned to the church, but the Album Clubs suggest he pulled away from that again (I stopped paying attention before Sea Change)
― Shakey δσς (sic), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
I gotta say ... dud. He's obviously ambitiously dud, and there is some classic mixed in there, too, but dud all the same. I even put on Odelay for the first time in eons the other day and found it more irritating than entertaining.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:57 (seven years ago) link
Lol @ sic w the inside scoop on COS instructions
That interview i ref'd was right after his marriage iirc. Def something COS-related goin on w him around then.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
idk i'm at the point where his questionable commitment to the bullshit scam cult he was brainwashed into as a kid doesn't have as much weight for me as his last couple records being boring and shitty does
but i will still rep for all that stuff posted in the 2012 revive, that is some seriously good shit there
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 00:11 (seven years ago) link
Otm
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 00:11 (seven years ago) link
CHOKING ON THE SPLINTERS
― calstars, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
I don't give a shit about his beliefs. I just want him to focus on his lyrics. Dudes a poet
― calstars, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
We haven't had that spirit here since One Foot in the Grave.
― thrill of transgressin (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 01:45 (seven years ago) link
no money no honey
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 01:47 (seven years ago) link
The thing I like about the Earth is the range of colors, fantastic to mundane, brilliant to dull.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
I do like the lines "Getting fat on your own fear / bring that beer over here."
― thrill of transgressin (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 01:51 (seven years ago) link
lol!
― calstars, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
All around the water tank
Mellow Birds Gold
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 06:51 (seven years ago) link
Give the finger to the rock 'n' roll singer, as he's dancing upon your paycheck. The sales climb high through the garbage-pail sky. Like a giant dildo crushing the sun.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 07:12 (seven years ago) link
That's why.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 07:21 (seven years ago) link
yeah - where did that come from - so unexpected and ephemeral
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 08:05 (seven years ago) link
One Foot in the Grave has a deluxe edition! Haven't heard the extra tracks yet but the titles are promising:
"It's All in Your Mind"* – 2:54"Whiskey Can Can"* (Beck/Calvin Johnson) – 2:12"Mattress" – 2:31"Woe on Me" – 3:10"Teenage Wastebasket" (electric & band) – 2:28"Your Love Is Weird" – 2:27"Favorite Nerve" – 2:05"Piss on the Door" – 2:05"Close to God"† (Beck/Calvin Johnson) – 2:28"Sweet Satan" – 1:45"Burning Boyfriend" – 1:12"Black Lake Morning" (Beck/Sam Jayne) – 2:25"Feather in Your Cap"* – 1:13"One Foot in the Grave" – 3:18"Teenage Wastebasket" (acoustic) – 1:27"I Get Lonesome" (alternate version) – 1:56
― calstars, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:03 (seven years ago) link
report back, that's my favourite Beck record
― Shakey δσς (sic), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link
just ordered - thanks
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
a bunch of those extra tracks were singles/b-sides (I don't have them all but I do have a bunch) - good period for him
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 2:12 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol I quoted this to my favorite English prof in college -- he was one of those "I don't watch TV or listen to popular music" types and I wanted to show him that there are like artists today who get it, man, or something.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
Lol. That takes me back. Didnt have internet in '94 yet. Me and a pal were listening to Loser on my walkman during biology class, trying to decipher and write down the lyrics (they were in the Mellow Gold cd booklet we got a month later). Got suspended for not paying attention.
What did your teacher make of your effort?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
I think he wrote back (email) "Sounds like this Beck is one of us," or something to that effect. I don't think he would have said anything quite as corny as "one of us." He was a fan of Mark Leyner and had this one Jerry Garcia quote about poetry that he would refer to a lot even though his cultural knowledge otherwise stopped at the moment Dylan went electric, so I thought maybe he'd like it.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v_dng3X7mk
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
It's just the shit-kicking', speed-taking'Truck-driving' neighbors downstairsYeah...yeahWhiskey-stained buck-toothedBackwards creepwGrizzly bear motherfuckerNever goes to sleep
Whiskey-stained buck-toothedBackwards creepwGrizzly bear motherfuckerNever goes to sleep
Literary my own neighbour. I'll give him that.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmCcCrPmyAQmy favorite thing of his. everything after mellow gold is supremely uninteresting imo.
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link
Odelay has its moments. And his channukah rap was sublime. But that's about it.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
"Go on mutherfucker! Put your clothes on!"
I always wondered if this was an actual fight B had in pre-fame LA slumming it phase
― calstars, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:58 (seven years ago) link
I believe its for real, but Beck was not involved.
― Mark G, Thursday, 4 August 2016 07:07 (seven years ago) link
was quite surprised to see our boy featured on the Flume record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6In1gr36A
not sayin' it's good or anything. It does amuse me. I mean.. imagine making a dance record, ponderin' who we gonna call. we need a great singer. Beck!?!?!
Mellow Gold is my fav Beck record. Have a soft spot for Midnite Vultures
― Ludo, Thursday, 4 August 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
Midnite Vultures is probably my favorite, some worthwhile stuff after Sea Change as well but I have mostly lost interest
― ro✧✧✧@il✧✧✧.c✧✧ (sleeve), Thursday, 4 August 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
yeah i have no interest in hearing anything post-Sea Change, for some reason. his 90s work still sounds fabulous, though. personal favorite definitely Odelay. i recall Stereopathetic Soul Manure being completely batshit and sprawling and fun but it's been a long time since I last heard it.
― brimstead, Thursday, 4 August 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
Stereopathetic Soul Manure
his most "lol 90s" record imo. Reflects that intersection of amateurish flailing + willful sloppiness + "check out how annoying THIS sound is"-style pseudo-avant-garde shenanigans to "freak out the squares" that was in vogue and registered as "challenging" at the time. Contains a lot that qualifies more as sound collage or noise experiment than song, and feels like it's trying to be confrontational as a result. I like a fair chunk of it, but it's more interesting as a cultural relic than as a collection of music that is enjoyable to listen to.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 August 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
Supposedly the argument from "Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs" was a portion of one of many, many actual arguments had by Beck's downstairs neighbors at the time. This particular one got so loud and violent he couldn't record anything in his apartment, so he recorded the fight instead. Legend has it that the fight ended in the street, with a battle axe involved.
― Tom Violence, Thursday, 4 August 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
― brimstead, Thursday, August 4, 2016 10:02 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Same. Love everything up until Sea Change, but with that record it all became full circle: he'd recorded everything, every style, he is capable of. Everything after that has always felt like repetition of something he's done already. But everything up to and including Sea Change is classic imho.
Remember ordering Stereopathetic cd at my go to record store. It was like they were trying to find the holy grail, lol, took absolutely aaaaages for them to finally get that imported.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 4 August 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
I'm an alien from another sphere
― calstars, Thursday, 4 August 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link