Beck.

NC.

Listened to Mellow Gold last night and I feel like his stuff has really held up. I especially like his slower acoustic folkie stuff, like



Per his Wikipedia page, he's not a Scientologist.

Mellow gold is good and the rest of his 90's work I kinda dig, though I don't love. NC

NC

One Foot in the Grave is still on high rotation here.

A firm NC from me for the albums above as well as Mutations, Guero and even the melodramatic Sea Changes and Morning Phase.

He's everything a huge pop star should be: mysterious, inscrutable, ageless and a musical changeling.

Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but you must respect the massive balls it takes to sing this on SNL:

Crap

Awful

Seems like a nice guy.

But the music is art-hipster pabulum.

I really like Sea Change, but I think that's mostly due to David Campbell's string arrangements.

Beck is NC

Not that much of a fan of his latest stuff, but love just about everything through Guero, with Odelay being my favorite of his.

InMySoul77 wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:02 am Per his Wikipedia page, he's not a Scientologist.

Apparently, he was raised a Scientologist by his parents, and no longer is, so all is forgiven there.

Odelay is one of those albums I never owned but I know almost every moment from it being constantly played, in cars, at parties, venues, etc., well into the late 90s or early 2000s.

NC waffles for the Scientology thing though

The 'good' stuff is bland, ok-at-best, and the slacker culture pastiche stuff is Peak 90s Crap.

iembalm wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:27 am I really like Sea Change, but I think that's mostly due to David Campbell's string arrangements.

I unknowingly heard a song from this release the other day and was struck by how beautiful it sounded. Kinda shocked to realize it was Beck. I think I'd like Sea Change if I ever gave it a good sit-down.

Almost met him once at a fancy local bar but he appeared standoffish. Looking back if I had that high-visibility I'd walk around with a scowl as well.

There was an ill-fated Flaming Lips/Beck tour where Coyne started beef with Beck calling him a "diva" in the press, complaining that he didn't set up his own gear. It's funny-sad to me this notion of Wayne Coyne reading his contemporaries for filth. Talk about a diva.

Don't much care for the alterna-hits but from what I've heard Sea Change is pretty. There was some Scientology hubub happening for a bit. I was never into his deal but will attest to nice melodies here and there.

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