Cause when our POLL did meet, Girl you know I was packin' heat! - ILM Artist Poll #97 - BECK (Voting is open until Saturday, June 1, 2019)

Just listened to Mutations for the first time in 15+ years, turns out I still know every word and note. Time's weird; great album.

whoaaaa @ "runners dial zero" i wish all copies of mutations included it

uh wtf these standalone singles he did in 2013 ("defriended," "it won't be long," "gimme") are all great, especially the extended versions?

why did he immediately abandon this direction for morning phase

I've stopped listening. Way too many.

otm, there are definitely too many beck songs

plus the extended versions of "defriended" and "i won't be long" run 14 minutes, and "gimme" goes for a lean 25. his most creative work of the '10s for what it's worth, the songs are v weird and layered but not as excitable as his early work (figures) but for once this is a feature not a flaw, they're like beck's cracked synthetic idea of chamber music. i would recommend anyone who loves beck's music listen to "gimme" at least

conversely, do not listen to the warby parker song reader comp if you want to stay awake

Time is running out. I have done a few of these poll and know that the majority of the ballots will come in on the last day. That is fine and this plea is not for those people. People on the fence however, PLEASE VOTE! Even if you can only put together a five song ballot, I will take it. We need the ballots and there won't be an extension.

putting together a ballot, struggling with the order...are mixed ballots accepted?

they are

guys i cannot emphasize enough how essential the three 2013 singles are, i have been listening to them all day

thanks for that tip. i would not have gotten around to hearing them otherwise.

i have tried Colors but just can't get into it. maybe a song will make my Top 25 but doubt it. might just vote one of the songs into the video part of this poll and be done with that album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvDy3Gi8k2s

OK yeah I can make room for that, very cool

damn I'm at 23 tracks already

my ballot is a mess

but i'm giving up after finally adding "nyc (73-78)," there's no more room

can’t manage to get any of the songs on morning phase stuck in my head, they all turn into “cold brains”

Yeah, taking some time to draw up a ballot now

sent my ballot a bit ago

surprised myself with my number 1

I would bet money that I will be the only #1 for my #1

I would bet money that I will be the only #1 for my #1

same

can't believe all of you love "Satan Gave Me A Taco" as much as I do, I'm touched

i may try and throw together a ballot on this, havent had the time to dive into the catalog like i wanted so it may be pretty basic.

go crazy with or without cheez whiz, spottie

that run of non-album singles from 2013 rules yeah and is easily his best material this decade. iirc they were from an abandoned follow-up to Modern Guilt

"Satan gave Me A Taco" just baaarely missed my ballot

yay, we are into double digit ballots now. keep voting!

i will send out another round of confirmation emails in the morning.

going through them again i'm pretty sure "I Won't Be Long" is my favourite of the 2013 singles, especially the extended version

^^^^ yes!!!!

Voted! Took a while to decide on a ballot - I had one ready about a week ago but ended up re-doing the whole thing after re-listening to various things. I do think Beck is quite hit-and-miss as an albums artist so in the end I only voted for five of those rather than the full seven.

upon winning best album in 2015, somebody interviewed him in the press room immediately afterward, and asked him about Kanye pass/ag walking up to the podium in protest. memory serves, he handled it exactly right, saying something like "well he and what he does is what I aspire to." In the next 24 hours, there was a tidal wave of "how dare kanye do that" from the likes of David Crosby, Paul Stanley…and also many people who would have been delighted if, say, Axl Rose rushed the grammy stage and did a punk-as-fuck move on a past his prime guy like Lionel Richie.

I'm in like a phaser pedal

i'm totally confused...

...by you

i have received a few more ballots, another round of confirmation emails will be coming out soon. i will let you know when finished.

time is running out...please remember to VOTE!

Mine is sent. Hope it got through.

just sent out all confirmation emails (including yours wtev) if you have not received one from me then please resend.

just looking over what we have so far, without giving away anything all i can say is that we are in for a treat next week.

I should send a ballot soon.

Brad intimidated me.

it's time for people to open up a bottle of wine. open up YouTube, Spotify or other and make a ballot of Beck songs.

you have just about a day and a half left...get voting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE8aJwCp2Fc

Do we feel like tracks Beck wrote and produced for other artists qualify?

If so, I'd definitely include at least this track from Charlotte Gainsbourg's 'IRM':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erbb_SNP778

From description and production aesthetic, 'Mutations' seems like it'd be an album I'd love. But at the time it came out, it left me really flat; and maybe even moreso now, it just does nothing for me. Even 'Guerro' and 'The Information,' which I never heard at the time, do more for me on listening for the purposes of this poll.

The fact it seems so beloved here makes me feel like I need to give it more chances...

The thing that pulled me back into Beck and made me realize he's actually still as brilliant as ever but mostly just not via albums was his full-album cover of 'Oar'. James Gadson's drumming throughout is just so great. That he could put together intepretations and production so fully-formed in just a day was/is mind-boggling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJonU9233Do