we now return you to our regularly scheduled programming. todays song is one of my favorites of all times and its by the ever changing beck off his album “sea change” that came out some time when i was in college, and also a request by nick. as you maybe can tell, my fact checking seems to be falling by the wayside, and since it usually consisted solely of wikipedia anyway, i figure you arent necessarily losing out on top notch info. but anyway, sea change was one of those albums that had a definite sound that wasnt really like any other beck stuff for the most part. the other album like this was “midnight vultures”, which was full of big instrumentation and funky funky tunes. like the 10+ minute “debra” with the classic chorus line “i wanna get with you and your sister. i think her name is debra”. maybe one of the most fun albums ever?
the other cool thing about beck (aside from being one of the most eclectic and interesting people out there, both personally and musically) is that one of his band members once hit on my friend sarah. we were ushering his show at hill auditorium back in the day (i want to say we were still in high school) and were standing in the back of the auditorium and this guy was just mackin hardcore on her. then the opening band finished and becks band stared up, and sure enough, there was the hitman himself, right up there on stage. i cant remember if he was the drummer or the bassist.
does anyone not like this song? can anyone not like this song? i really like when theres two guitars in a song, and one is playing the melody, and the other is just noodling around the entire time playing fills and just layering it on thick. and then theres some bells in there. and then theres some great lyrics. the centerpiece of a classic album thats both soft and powerful. still crankin out the hits after all these years.
beck – lost cause
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My fav Beck album is still Mellow Gold, and the song “Beercan”. However, I also loved the original “Soul Suckin’ Jerk” that was on the Loser EP. I didn’t like the final version on Mellow Gold.
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I love this song and think that Sea Change is an entirely underrated album
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I’m so behind on my dailybeatz! But…great choice! It’s definitely one of my fav Beck songs!
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Beck has many great songs so it’s hard to say which one is the “best”.
I personally like Scarecrow and Farewell ride off of the album Guero.
The song Lord Only Knows off the album Odelay also is a must when speaking about top songs.
I could go on and on… Orphans, Youthless, Nicotine and Gravy, Modern Guilt, Rental Car, etc.
Last thing is that the song Loser is often been said to be his best song… I overwhelmingly disagree. Loser is a fun, catchy song but no where near the songs I just listed and many more.
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