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

Stereopathetic Soulmanure not being on Spotify is argument No. 501 on why throwing away your CDs is stupid

both versions whip ass but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiQVyxguc2s

Peaches & Cream didn't make my ballot in favor of some of the more bonkers MV tracks, but does have some of the best & weirdest lines on that record

Someone on youtube should do a supercut of Beck's end-of-song noise jams, like his version of that Neil Young feedback album.

OK why haven't I heard Stereopathetic Soulmanure before

it rules

Thunder Peel rules, I saw him do it live on the Odelay tour and it smoked

wow yes imago i recommend that you listen to that music album

can't remember where Thunder Peel was on my ballot but it was def in the top 15

"I come from the land of the ice and snow / With the jigsaw jazz and the get-fresh flow"

Nice! I used to go around singing "I got two Clark Gables and a David Cone."

Yeah, Stereopathetic Soul Manure was No. 2 on my albums poll. A great companion to Mellow Gold!

https://i.imgur.com/1aiNduD.jpg
48. Chemtrails
From: Modern Guilt
Single Released: June 22, 2008
140 Points, 6 Votes

very excited that this one made the Top 50.

Ah man these images are stellar

my favorite track on modern guilt, love the prog beck it hints at

Yeah easily the standout of MG. Joey Waronker is just completely bonkers on this. Would love a whole album of tunes in this vein.

I think I cut Chemtrails from my ballot at the last minute, glad it made it.

only song from Modern Guilt that made my ballot, such a good late era song from Beck.

https://i.imgur.com/zGUh7an.jpg
47. Little One
From: Sea Change
Released: September 24, 2002
146 Points, 5 Votes

no sea change songs made my ballot but "little one" was on there for a few of the early drafts. easily my favorite song on the record, think the production on the chorus is perfect

https://i.imgur.com/Xi97uEY.jpg
46. High 5 (Rock the Catskills)
Released: June 18, 1996
161 Points, 6 Votes

One Eye Open is hitting them out of the park!

xp Little One and paper tiger both have that dark-orchestral-psych thing going on and kill it, the most successful songs on Sea Change. Interesting hearing it back to back with Chemtrails

Little One always reminded me of Neil Young’s There’s a World, but that could be my addled mind acting up again

HIGH 5
MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE

Little One was one of two SC songs on my ballot :)

https://i.imgur.com/AahMkl5.jpg
45. Sunday Sun
From: Sea Change
Single Released: September 24, 2002
162 Points, 6 Votes

the other sea change song i love!

never got the love for High 5, maybe my least favorite Odelay track?

Re:High 5 that was the case for me too for a long time, but as the years have gone by I'm come to love it, especially for its placement on the album. Its like all the chaos and layers and samples and noise finally become too much and the album just explodes and breaks down completely.

i forgot "Sunday Sun" was one of the singles from Sea Change. i think i voted for it at number 25 or right around there.

yep it's a victory lap + spontaneous combustion, and it's so fun xp

Hi 5 is on Mellow
It’s a good companion piece to Mountajn Dew rock

https://i.imgur.com/1HYKuKo.jpg
44. Sing It Again
From: Mutations
Released: November 3, 1998
163 Points, 5 Votes

these last three songs each had just one point to separate them from each other.

Hi 5 is on Mellow
It’s a good companion piece to Mountajn Dew rock

― calstars, Wednesday, June 5, 2019 12:20 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cals take a look at that tracklist again

"sing it again" is so lovely and i'm sorta glad it beat those sea change tracks

First track I voted for to show up. I had it high, top 10 I think

hi!

and if it's meant, some accident, some coincidence
crumbs fall out of the sky when you wander by

i mean come on

i agree, such a great song. was number 14 on my ballot.

https://i.imgur.com/4U1raHB.jpg
43. Blackhole
From: Mellow Gold
Released: March 1, 1994
179 Points, 5 Votes

really wonderful run of songs today

Sing It Again probably would have been top 5 for me if I had voted, i've always loved just the sound of the words in that song ("The misers wind their minds / Like clocks that grind their gears")

Hi 5 is on Mellow
It’s a good companion piece to Mountajn Dew rock

― calstars, Wednesday, June 5, 2019 12:20 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cals take a look at that tracklist again

― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:25 PM (twenty-one minu

Credibility shot

Gave Blackhole a whole load of points, but if a song was on Mellow Gold it had a high chance of getting points. One of the better tracks though

This one was v close to the top for me. Have a vivid memory of listening to Mellow Gold on headphones for the first time and hearing this song and having one of those moments where I realized I'd been standing completely still holding my breath, just completely absorbed by it. Incredible recording.

really wonderful run of songs today

it really is and speaks volumes of the depth of his catalog. when i finally got the results you can now see why i had to add ten more songs. these extra ten songs had to make this countdown!

On the contrary: it speaks to the shallowness of his catalog. He knows what he knows, and that's fine with me.

I love Blackhole but (again) could not make room for it, I just love the way the thing sounds, all reverbed out and deep and cavernous

https://i.imgur.com/hlyf02H.jpg
42. Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997
From: Mellow Gold
Released: March 1, 1994
230 Points, 8 Votes