Beck

cbm · Post by **cbm** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:15 am

Radiobuzz wrote:I know Pitchfork is not very well liked around here but I actually do read it a lot, and as I was reading their Morning Phase review I thought how funny it is that they never give Beck's music a good score. Pretty much all of his albums are rated way lower than any of their hyped indie acts using the most ridicule excuses. Sea Change apparently is bad because the rhymes on the lyrics suck, and this new album sucks because the production is too nice and sounds like Nigel Goodrich. His great collection of songs Stray Blues suck because it's not cheap, even though it's the only review I have ever read that takes into account the price of the EP to judge how good it is. And everything he has made since 1996 sucks because it's not Odelay, except for Gûero which sucks because it's somehow similar to it. Come on Pitchfork, you just don't like Beck, admit it.

But yet they will report on anything he does. I don't understand why they (or any music news site) report on music they obviously don't like. I really hate Pitchfork. I think their mediocre review of TCH biased a lot of people toward that album. They seem to have the power to make or break a band. I stopped visiting them along time ago. Glad to see I'm not missing anything.

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:31 am

Just finished my first listen of Morning Phase.

I'm not exactly floored by any means, but I'm also certainly not disappointed. Definitely worth the purchase. It'll probably grow on me with more listens.

Anyone else feel like Sea Change just had more like.. Chutzpah behind it?

EDIT: Hold up, did I hear some faint brass right there at 2:27 on Waking Light?

sunshine recorder · Post by **sunshine recorder** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 6:45 pm

love the live sounding but cleverly layered production on this...keep hearing a bit more each time,waking light and don,t let it go my faves at the mo

North by North · Post by **North by North** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:58 am

Loving Morning Phase, vocal melodies and harmonies in partic.

Also interesting:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wir ... 4-22664481

Anyone else know about this injury?

Basepair · Post by **Basepair** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:41 pm

quite enjoying the new album to be honest.

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:27 am

Bought the record off amazon, came with an mp3 copy. Also came with an mp3 card.

Want an mp3 copy? Pm me and you can have the code!

several · Post by **several** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:12 am

i heard that they give you something called "the vinyl experience" if you do it with a download card
eugh.

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:33 am

Haha good point! I didn't even know about that. But, as it stands, I have the (apparently 'less-vinyl-y') MP3 on top of the actual LP, so I don't think I'd be missing out on too much.

Meddle · Post by **Meddle** » Wed May 07, 2014 6:47 pm

Beck is probably the artist whose collection of music I have is the largest.

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Wed May 07, 2014 7:08 pm

Meddle wrote:Beck is probably the artist whose collection of music I have is the largest.

Word. Always appreciated him, but since I started getting his stuff.. Gotten like 6 albums in the past couple of months. Last (and only other time) I did that was for BoC.

Meddle · Post by **Meddle** » Wed May 07, 2014 8:31 pm

Waterbagel wrote:
Meddle wrote:Beck is probably the artist whose collection of music I have is the largest.
Word. Always appreciated him, but since I started getting his stuff.. Gotten like 6 albums in the past couple of months. Last (and only other time) I did that was for BoC.

Same here...

Integer · Post by **Integer** » Wed May 07, 2014 10:27 pm

Beck is pretty much flawless and his latest effort is great, but I'll always be partial to his early stuff.

Meddle · Post by **Meddle** » Thu May 08, 2014 8:30 am

Integer wrote:Beck is pretty much flawless and his latest effort is great, but I'll always be partial to his early stuff.

Have you checked out any of his early tapes that he used to hand out at his shows?

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Thu May 08, 2014 10:57 am

Jack Ass and Sweet Sunshine are his best tracks,

As much as I love Sea Change and his newer stuff, Nick Drake kinda did that about 30 years ago.

Integer · Post by **Integer** » Thu May 08, 2014 4:15 pm

Meddle wrote:
Integer wrote:Beck is pretty much flawless and his latest effort is great, but I'll always be partial to his early stuff.

Have you checked out any of his early tapes that he used to hand out at his shows?

I have, but not in depth. Has 'Golden Feelings' ever been officially released? I snagged a torrent with his early stuff on mp3 a long time ago, but it was clearly a low quality rip from cassette. I'd love to find a lossless copy.

Meddle · Post by **Meddle** » Thu May 08, 2014 6:58 pm

Integer wrote:
Meddle wrote:
Integer wrote:Beck is pretty much flawless and his latest effort is great, but I'll always be partial to his early stuff.

Have you checked out any of his early tapes that he used to hand out at his shows?
I have, but not in depth. Has 'Golden Feelings' ever been officially released? I snagged a torrent with his early stuff on mp3 a long time ago, but it was clearly a low quality rip from cassette. I'd love to find a lossless copy.

Supposedly a remaster was done in 99 by the label without permission from Beck. As a result, only about 2000 copies were ever pressed on CD.

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Sat May 10, 2014 5:39 am

Integer wrote:Beck is pretty much flawless and his latest effort is great, but I'll always be partial to his early stuff.

That whole album is so stale-cigarettes in the mid-summer desert sun, I love it to pieces.

Meddle · Post by **Meddle** » Sat May 10, 2014 10:43 am

Waterbagel wrote:
Integer wrote:Beck is pretty much flawless and his latest effort is great, but I'll always be partial to his early stuff.

That whole album is so stale-cigarettes in the mid-summer desert sun, I love it to pieces.

That's a near-perfect description. The album itself is probably the one vinyl I want to own before I die, especially the version that was printed om gold translucent wax.

warphead · Post by **warphead** » Sat May 10, 2014 4:14 pm

mellow gold is such a brilliant album, defiantly his best, I bought on a whim years ago when it was first released and was pretty much stunned at the succession of brilliant tunes, I wasn't really expecting much tbh, remember it was back in the days where there was no internet so it was a blind listen.

I love odelay too from pretty much beginning to end, but after that I think the magic was fading for me, mutations was okay (nobody's fault but my own, wow) and midnight vultures was at the time classed as the worst album I'd ever heard by an artist I had love for lol. I think I used the cd case as a beermat.

his stuff nowadays is okay though and worth a listen, Sea Change is a great album but I can't say I rush home and punch the air and think 'I must play Sea Change!!!'

imo

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:26 pm

he hasn't released a bad album. ever.

his worst is about as good as most bands best.