i heard a few tracks from this at a saturday morning yoga class. rolled my eyes when his smoggy voice rolled in, think i was in warrior two.― mattresslessness, Monday, February 9, 2015 4:09 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mattresslessness, Monday, February 9, 2015 4:09 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I love this post so much <3
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 02:26 (nine years ago) link
I do think Beck gushing about how excited he was when Kanye West came onstage, and about what a fan he is, is pretty funny (good-funny). I still see him as Mark Fidrych, more or less, part of why I still like him.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Mark_Fidrych.JPG/200px-Mark_Fidrych.JPG
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 02:51 (nine years ago) link
wow. That is uncanny.
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 03:22 (nine years ago) link
i like this album but i swear i have seen/heard more ppl talk about it now than when it came out, the level of interest its getting w/r/t Bey far outweighs its actual interest as an album
and if i see one more person do a shitty FB "Beck album =1 writer 1 producer vs Beyonce 27 songwriters 19 producers"i will burn down the internet with a flamethrower
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 03:07 (nine years ago) link
See also: Aphex. I mean Syro's alright, but lol at getting a Grammy for it considering the rest of his entire career to this date.― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Monday, February 9, 2015 10:14 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Monday, February 9, 2015 10:14 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
To be fair, the best electronic album category has only existed since 2005.
― Tove Lo Tove You Baby (jaymc), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 04:14 (nine years ago) link
apparently some indie women i know think that Beck is gorgeous? WTF?
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 04:49 (nine years ago) link
he used to be when he was young. now he just looks scrawny & bug-eyed
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 04:51 (nine years ago) link
Yeah he was dreamy 20 yrs ago
― Tove Lo Tove You Baby (jaymc), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 05:31 (nine years ago) link
Still dreamy gawd what do you want a 45 year old to look like
― turn dog for up (fgti), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 05:48 (nine years ago) link
less gaunt
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 06:05 (nine years ago) link
Beck hasn't gotten crazy enough with the Cheese Whiz in his dotage for some, apparently.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 07:07 (nine years ago) link
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-beck-annie-lennox-grammy-awards-album-sales-bump-20150218-story.html
Answering the Twitter hashtag mystery "#whoisbeck," the veteran indie rocker not only came away from the 2015 Grammy Awards ceremony with the coveted album of the year trophy, but his exposure on the show (and additional media fallout from Kanye West’s photobombing of his moment) helped fuel a whopping 483% increase in sales of his winning album “Morning Phase.”
The album shot from No. 39 a week ago on sales of 12,200 copies to No. 8 as about 71,000 copies were snapped up following the Grammy telecast.Historically, artists featured in the show’s high-visibility performance slots often fare better than many who actually win awards, but in this case, Beck benefited from taking one of the big four category awards (record, album, song and new artist) and got additional camera time in his joint appearance with Coldplay’s Chris Martin...
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 February 2015 03:07 (nine years ago) link
Wow that doesn't sound like too many extra sales.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 February 2015 04:47 (nine years ago) link
It's 2015, less folks are buying albums and cds
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 February 2015 06:35 (nine years ago) link
i'm more surprised that 12k ppl bought it the week before to be honest
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 19 February 2015 06:45 (nine years ago) link
An increase of 50,000 tho, I wonder how many people watched the Grammys and how much money was spent on it and LOL
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 February 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
This is very heartwarming:
http://www.etonline.com/music/160033_kanye_west_finally_listens_to_beck/
― clemenza, Sunday, 22 February 2015 06:02 (nine years ago) link
@justinbieberThis @beck album is incredible
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 10 March 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
well I just received this as a present
why is Beck so sad
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
the gentrification of silverlake?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
forced back into Scientology, had to dump his old GF, hasn't cheered up since Sea Change
― sleeve, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
the happy party vibes of guero always seemed forced to me (still some jams on it)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:14 (eight years ago) link
Why is his voice auto tuned on this audiophile album?
― niels, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
I liked the Oar cover album a lot, and I have plenty of love for earlier sad Beck but this just sounds so flaccid and mopey, the pace of everything is near glacial, like its goal is to help me take a nap
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:20 (eight years ago) link
i remember i used to fall asleep listening to sea change when it came out - i felt that was one of its great attributes!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
hey I like naps too
not really what I want/expected from Beck, there's better nap-inducing music out there for me. the industry love for this album is based more on industry politics than anything else bu it's still weird to think that anyone would rate this sleepy fairly generic and hook-free album ALBUM OF THE YEAR I mean waht
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link
was pretty sure the endgame of the whole beck / kanye kerfuffle this year was going to be kanye embracing scientology
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:36 (eight years ago) link