Great album. There are some annyoing tracks, but Peaches & Cream, Broken Train, and Milk & Honey are masterpieces (especially Milk & Honey)...
You dare not mention 'Debra' as one of those? Once the cheap lyrics are gotten past, its all raw power. I agree though, some tracks are just too much in Beck experimenting in this field of music, but nonetheless, some great music exists here.
~rougerum
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetYou dare not mention 'Debra' as one of those? Once the cheap lyrics are gotten past, its all raw power. I agree though, some tracks are just too much in Beck experimenting in this field of music, but nonetheless, some great music exists here.
~rougerum
Uhhh, I agree!!! This cd is THE ULTIMATE PARTY DISC!!!!!
Have you heard Beck's indies (Stereopathetic Soul Manure and One Foot in the Grave)? One Foot in the Grave is decent, some pretty OK acoustic songs, but really has nothing more to offer as far as his genius in later albums. Stereopathetic Soul Manure is horribly annoying. Sounds like he spent a day in his basement recording various sounds.
I like Midnight Vultures. Included to the tracks you mentioned, I enjoy Debra and Beautiful Way.
His best so far is Odelay.
One Foot in the Grave is one of his best albums... it really defined that side of Beck... It goes along with his more laid back albums... Mutations and Sea Change.... I dig it quit a bit.
Stereophonic is kind of funny, but just a bunch of "shit" he did.
Midnite Vultures was a welcome departure from his usual....I loved his scathing review of Hollywood and/or L.A....There's one gem on Stereopathetic that I listen to alot: Devil's Taco or something...."Satan gave me a taco, and it made me really sick...." Fucking love that song.
Anyway, Mutations (for me) is right up there with Odelay...Sea Change and Mellow are a notch below.....
Much like magnolia, i hated this disc when it first came out. so much so that i actually sold it on ebay. i don't know when or how it happened, but it is now one of, if not my favorite album ever.
yeah, i love this cd. its probably one of my all time favorites as well. i actually got a chance to talk to beck for a few minutes backstage after one of his shows and told him of my love for his underappreciated album and he seemed kind of surprised. PRESSURE ZONE.
o maria reminds me of an aimee mann song. i don't know which.
oops. we weren't talking about mutations. damn beck and all his "m" album titles. my favorite MV songs is niccotine and gravy.
everything beck does is amazing...it's just fucking amazing
everytime i listen to one of his records is like a completely different trip in each one...
my fav is Odelay, but on the rest I just can't decide...the complete lo-fi weirdness of Stereopathetic Soulmanure, the folk, up close country feeling of One Foot in the Grave, the melodic elegance of Mutations, the complete rock party of Midnite Vultures and the sad, nostalgic almost crepuscular sound of that masterpiece called Sea Changes...I loved them all...
I love the guy cause he's always pushing his own boundaries...never boring, if you ask me...
Mellow Gold - 10.0
Odelay - 9.6
Mutations - 9.9
Midnight Vultures - 7.2
One Foot in the Grave - 8.5
Stereopathetic Soulmanure - 6.5
Sea Change - 9.5
how about beck b-sides? ive got about 3 or 4 cds full. have you heard any of these?
SEA CHANGE ERA
-ship in a bottle
MIDNITE VULTURES ERA
-salt in the wound
-this is my crew
-arabian nights
-dirty dirty
-midnite vultures
-zatyricon
MUTATIONS ERA
-one of these days
-diamond in the sleaze
-halo of gold
-electric music and the summer people
-black balloon
-runners dial zero
ODELAY ERA
-diskobox
-clock
-feather in your cap
MISC
-deadweight
-erase the sun
-sa-5
-boyz
-diamond dogs
some of them are A-OK
(personally i prefer post-mellow gold beck, although i do have a bunch of earlier stuff.)
Quote from: themodernage02how about beck b-sides? ive got about 3 or 4 cds full. have you heard any of these?
-arabian nights
-diamond dogs
Covers of the Siouxsie and the Banshees and Bowie tunes, respectively??
yes the DIAMOND DOGS is the timbaland produced bowie cover from the MOULIN ROUGE soundtrack but the ARABIAN NIGHTS is just a name coincidence. unless the other version sounds like this...
Bazookas and fisticuffs
Medicating in Porsches
98-karat stick shift
Chinatown late-night meals
Alfonso giving me a backrub
2 pm laser vizzaginal rejuvenation
Triple album project
Detonatin' tracks like these
Magnums and barrettas
Part-time hostages in pottery classes
Blind date at the wax museum
Norwegian hockey players passed out in government limos
Prime ministers with cryogenic faces
Louis Vuitton suitcases
Autographs and paid vacations
Divorce papers and synthetic lubrications
Playin' you like top-40 stations
Ah you know the deal
Arabian nights
White satellites
Voodoo is tight
Like sleek diamond ice
Airbrushed memories strewn like pamphlets into fifth Mississippis
Time-lapse footage of duct-taped lies
Animal frequencies pinching deodorized nerves
Cosmetic procedures on the cartilage of apocalypse
Mannequin tycoons with airport piano bar mystiques
Remodeling conjugal amaracus
Flexing like suburban Spartacus
Getting smacked up by unemployed hand models
Running out into the middle of traffic with beaujolais bottles
Arabian nights
White satellites
Voodoo is tight
Like sleek diamond ice
best lyrics ever...
Quote from: MeshMellow Gold - 10.0
Odelay - 9.6
Mutations - 9.9
Midnight Vultures - 7.2
One Foot in the Grave - 8.5
Stereopathetic Soulmanure - 6.5
Sea Change - 9.5
Yes, I've hard all of those...I own a whole nunch and the rest I downloaded it...I collect them actually, but in Mexico is kinda hard to keep up...
And yes, he writes the best lyrics ever, sometimes I just can't believe the way this man mixes words...
Quote from: MeshMellow Gold - 10.0
Odelay - 9.6
Mutations - 9.9
Midnight Vultures - 7.2
One Foot in the Grave - 8.5
Stereopathetic Soulmanure - 6.5
Sea Change - 9.5
Yes, I've hard all of those...I own a whole nunch and the rest I downloaded it...I collect them actually, but in Mexico is kinda hard to keep up...
And yes, he writes the best lyrics ever, sometimes I just can't believe the way this man mixes words...
is satan gave me a taco well liked in mexico alexandro ?
Heh-heh. Now that one's a gem.
I own all of his albums, and I'll pop one in according to the mood I'm in. Midnite Vultures gets played at every one of my parties; Soul Manure is for private consumption; Mellow Gold-anytime; Mutations is great make-out music ( :-D ); Odelay and the others are for whenever, really.... :wink:
Quote from: SantaClauseWasA BlackManis satan gave me a taco well liked in mexico alexandro ?
It's not like Beck is very big in Mexico...most people only remember Loser really, but there's of course, a small crowd for him, and most of them know that song...we all like it a lot...it's a funny song no matter where you are from...
Quote from: themodernage02how about beck b-sides? ive got about 3 or 4 cds full. have you heard any of these?
The "Loser" and "Beercan" singles are two of his most essential discs. You need those as part of your b-side compilation.
have the loser one. but not the beercan one, surprisingly. although i might have the songs downloaded somewhere.
i downloaded most of the bsides mentioned and burned them. i love that disc. one of my favorite beck cd's.
I like Mutations the best, maybe b/c of the Nigel Goodrich production.
Midnite Vultures is a fun album, it reminds me a lot of Prince, who I think is great.
I never got into Odelay or Mellow Gold and I have yet to hear Sea Change.
Quote from: SHAFTRI like Mutations the best.......I have yet to hear Sea Change.
Do something about this, like, now. Mutations fans should all love Sea Change.
Beck - Midnite Vultures
This should be owned by everyone. So eclectic Beck is with songs like...
Nicotene and Gravy
Sexx Laws
Mixed Bizness
Debra...
Must listen to Beck now...
anyone else heard the new pink song written by beck "Feel Good Time" from charlies angels II? it sounds exactly like something off midnite vultures. remind me to hate the general public when this becomes a huge hit. if beck does it, nobody wants to hear it, but the exact same song coming from pink, and you watch, its going to be huge.
Such is the Way of the World my friend. :(
Just picked up Sea Change and WOW!
It sounds like Beck is finally bearing his soul for us....just fucking beautiful!
This album is one of my favourites. It's just so damn fun. I think Beck's best work is probably Sea Change and this, although pretty much everything he has done is really good.