Beck - Morning Phase

The problem with this album is that John Grant's Pale Green Ghosts exists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvM3D4XE9qM&feature=kp

somebody should ask him if some of that Morning Phase money will go to fund scientology's department of attack and general harassment . didn't listen, too bad for me.

the strings on "wave" sort of sound like homogenic-era björk imo

I heard a review of this album on NPR but thought it was a look back at 'Dark Side of the Moon'.

I like this more now that I can listen to the whole thing. Phase->Turn Away does it for me.

not heard sea change since it came out really but i like this more than i remember being into that album. the melodies seem less 'monotone'. or maybe its just that theres a lushness to how hes produced his vocals on this that does it for me (beck seems to sing 'better' these days). was expecting it to be really lame and transparently trying to court a specific audience but its a bit better than that.

its odd, even those other non album tracks like i wont be long, they all have a similar sheen to them. its the sound of nice, lush digital production, but not that expensive, its low-ish budget lushness. i wont be long is great though - chorus reminds me of i wanna be adored/stone roses, surprisingly.

none of these non album songs is all that novel or radical etc (at least not in the way his old stuff was) though, only defriended sounds like becks been listening to clams casino or some cloud rap stuff.

actually, i take that back - the extended version of gimme is pretty special. reminds me a little of mid-80s/parade-era prince.

I'm not really feeling this but then again "Midnite Vultures" was the last Beck album I was into.

actually, i take that back - the extended version of gimme is pretty special. reminds me a little of mid-80s/parade-era prince.

― StillAdvance, Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:20 PM (Yesterday)

The extended versions of all of them are pretty great, IMO, but yeah, "Gimme" went from being not much of anything in its normal release, to something really special and unexpected in the 24-minute version.

What did you think of "NYC 73-78"?

woah "gimme" is great- where is this extended version?

This album seems to be what is known as 'polarising'.

This album is what some call "boring."

Luxuriously boring though. This is high-end, hand-woven, artisan tedium.

Gimme Extended version here maybe

http://plixid.com/2013/09/25/beck-gimme-single-2013-mp3/

the beck that I wish would return:

http://www.spin.com/sites/all/files/styles/style620_413/public/130730-Best-Lollapalooza-Beck.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I357vCLnHTM#t=46

Thanks, SNL, for not trying to appear funny in the slightest. Is that lady on the right in the show now?

yes.

She isn't funny.

She's pretty funny.

bazinga.

Well, not in that promo. But in general she's pretty funny. Her 'Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started Talking to at a Party' character was great.

Sounds like a riot.

Ha, I realized as I typed it out that the name of the character was going to make it look much less funny than it actually was. But I also realized I'm defending an SNL cast member on a Beck thread and, why?

By the look of this, Beck is turning into Capt Beefheart in his demeanor

beck is looking plastic and inanimate as ever... look at that perfectly sculpted hairdo. ever since the Mutations cover, his projected image has been well dubious to me.

By the look of this, Beck is turning into Capt Beefheart Crunch in his demeanor

Fwiw, that hair doesn't look so much perfectly sculpted as it does a combover.

Oh shit. That's what's with those fucking hats. Beck is bald!

man, tough crowd

like this as much as sea change now. Heart is a Drum and Turn Away are great. I know it's boring, but I am kind of boring. Write a Simon and Garfunkel song. Put some reverb on some overdubs. Add some reverse tape effects. I will listen to it.

"Write a Simon and Garfunkel song" is no easy task. Especially not to the extent that he pulls it off.

Yes, he definitely pulls it off. Turn Away is stunning.

still have yet to listen to this but did DVR Saturday Night Live to hear two songs, they were OK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFuu512Fjo

it isn't "thrilling," but i like this song. i like singer-songwriter, gloomy beck.

Beautiful album. I like it more than Sea Change.

Will see how it fares as the year progresses.

yeah, I've grown to like it more than sea change as well.

"blue moon" rules

finally heard this on real speakers and it does sound magnificent

Seeing him on Thursday. It's been awhile.

sounds great on Austin City Limits atm

Don't keep up anymore, so I missed this--ordered a copy after looking at this thread. Objectively, if you'd told me 20 years ago that the guy who made "Loser" would one day be doing nothing but sad-guy ballads that occasionally sound like Dark Side of the Moon, I probably would have said "Please, no." But going through one of my periodic bouts of self-pity last week, it fit my mood perfectly. My favorite is "Don't Let It Go," which I'd recommend to any parent in the middle of Frozen overload. (I realize sad-guy ballads were always a part of Beck--"Pay No Mind" was my second-favorite song on the debut.)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Lol at super specific Grammy categories

LOL at them getting rid of gender-specific categories (which, for the record, I'm absolutely fine with) but keeping categories that stopped making sense whenever Van Cliburn's last #1 album was.

LOL at Kanye getting up just as Beck began his speech, only to wave a "never mind" and sit down. Beck looked more confused than Taylor Swift did.

'indie' rock now the official music of old farts

Didn't you pay attention to the awards? Beck is simply "Rock" as opposed "Indie" or "Alternative".

They have indie categories now?

let's just say he's the only Best Album winner I've seen play at Maxwells.