I met you...at JC POLLney - ILM Artist Poll #97 - BECK - the Results Thread

nicely said One Eye Open.

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6. Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
From: Mellow Gold
Single Released: April 1994
521 Points, 16 Votes, 1 Number One

Debra is awesome—Clearly inspired by Prince’s Adore, and it gets much closer to the original than it seems like it should

Great song, weirdly haunting, had to vote

I hate Debra.

I love "Win."

this was number 12 for me, so this placement makes sense.

And the drugs won't kill your day joooooob

Said to be one of the oldest songs on Mellow Gold, Beck has claimed that he wrote it as a struggling musician, at the age of 18 or 19. Beck claimed that the song originally had ten verses, which were cut down for commercial release. On a limited number of Mellow Gold 12" vinyl albums, one can hear a version with an added stanza, which is inserted between the first and second verses of the standard Mellow Gold version.[1] It should also be noted "Got No Mind," a re-recorded, electric full-band arrangement of "Pay No Mind,", features three of the seven verses of "Pay No Mind" that were cut on Mellow Gold and is included on the single for "Beercan."

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5. Novacane
From: From: Odelay
Released: June 18, 1996
563 Points, 17 Votes

Haha yesssss!! My #5 and the poll's too. What a goddamned trip

WELL HANDLED

Forgot to vote for "Modesto"

fuck yeah

"Novacane" is a blast of energy in the middle of Odelay; ironic because novacane is a numbing drug, the opposite effect of a blast of energy. Beck uses a punk rock riff to explore the thrill of touring, while his lyrics convey the opposite side�that constant touring can also be numbing. And to top it off, Beck explained, "We needed to subvert the aggro posturing, so we put in disco horns."

The initial title of the song was "Novacane Express," which clarifies the subject of the song even more, if the constant highway/truck/travel images weren't clue enough.

The attitude is of the song is clear. "On that tune I was down with Ice Station Zebra and Convoy," explains Beck, "kicking ass Antarctica-style." (Ice Station Zebra being a war film, and Convoy a movie about truckers.) Before playing the song in 1995, Beck said "This is called 'Novacane Express,' it's about the last convoy!"

More recently, in 2008, Beck reminisced again about this Convoy film: "Spike (Jonze) and I talked about doing a video together for ten years before we actually ever did one. One of our first conversations was about the movie Convoy � he was obsessed with it. He wanted to do a video where I was in a convoy, so I wrote all this truckers-going-into-oblivion imagery."

An interesting note on the recording is that his vocals were apparently done via walkie-talkie, for that full on CB radio effect.

MISSION INCREDIBLE UNDERCOVER CONVOY
Full-TILT CHROMOSOME COWBOY
X-RAY SEARCH AND DESTROY
SMOKESTACK BLACKTOP NOVOCANE BOY

simon otm

Forgot "Puttin It Down" as well.

"So what
I lost my job at the hut
My ass got cut
But I'll be better at kissing
When my teeth are all missing
And the silverware's burnt
And I'm eating with my fingers"

The recorded Debra is a fine pastiche, but it was a joy explosion live in 1997.

Top 4

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4. Beercan
From: Mellow Gold
Single Released: 1994
648 Points, 18 Votes, 4 Number Ones

yep. big points from me. undeniable. swirling chickens caught in flight. and more!

Apparently I need to go stream/buy a cheapie CD of Mellow Gold.

BTW, "Got No Mind" got 2 votes and 58 total points...

This song and the title track off the album would twist my arm, and encourage me to have that first beer.

Is every track from MG gonna place cuz this is ridiculous

Great, innit? Either our nitemare hippy friend is in the top three or she's dealing with her Texas-sized tofu issues

That said, the top three is obvious

I guess the album is not called "Loser"

Fuck man BECK is a "trigger" for m e.

this placement is a surprise to me

Top 3

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3. Where It's At
From: Odelay
Single Released: July 11, 1996
One vote for U.N.K.L.E. remix
739 Points, 22 Votes, 1 Number One

glad it isn't higher

not coz it's bad but coz the other two feel worthier

I get what you mean, I did vote for it.

Not sure if I have heard the Unkle mix.

“Winos throwing frisbees at the Sun” has been my MO since ‘94

I do remember hearing this for the first time and it blew my mind. I thought, how could I possibly love music any more?

Yes! "How ya like me now? / Pretty good" -- BEERCAN #1

Somebody put a flamethrower on this!

chokin' like a one man Dust Bowl

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2. Jack-Ass
From: Odelay
Single Released: August 26, 1997
792 Points, 22 Votes, 2 Number Ones

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1. Loser
From: Mellow Gold
Single Released: March 8, 1993 and February 4, 1994 (re-release)
878 Points, 25 Votes, 5 Number Ones

blow out!

great poll Bee!!

the right winner. i like to keep things marginal but even i threw this on quite high. it's just so good

great poll, great images