Beck - Morning Phase (February!)

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Mon February 17, 2014 7:16 pm

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Amazing...way better than Sea Change IMO.

Lets not get carried away...

Wendy Carlos's Twin · Mon February 17, 2014 7:21 pm

verb_to_trust wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Amazing...way better than Sea Change IMO.
Lets not get carried away...

Fuck you! I'm totally serious.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Mon February 17, 2014 7:47 pm

I like it a lot.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Mon February 17, 2014 7:51 pm

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Amazing...way better than Sea Change IMO.
Lets not get carried away...
Fuck you! I'm totally serious.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Mon February 17, 2014 10:12 pm

verb_to_trust wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Amazing...way better than Sea Change IMO.
Lets not get carried away...
Fuck you! I'm totally serious.

Also, The Whole Love is a fantastic album worthy of Wilco's legacy.

i got bugs · Post by **i got bugs** » Mon February 17, 2014 11:35 pm

i agree but im not a big fan of sea change

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Mon February 17, 2014 11:59 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Amazing...way better than Sea Change IMO.
Lets not get carried away...
Fuck you! I'm totally serious.

Also, The Whole Love is a fantastic album worthy of Wilco's legacy.

It only has two songs, Pete! TWO! (Art of Almost and One Sunday Morning)

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Tue February 18, 2014 1:13 am

This is the leakiest leak in all leakage.
It's been out there probably before he even recorded it. That leaky.

Blood great record though

Dev · Post by **Dev** » Tue February 18, 2014 1:30 am

the only beck albums that are listenable the whole way through are modern guilt and guero in my opinion

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Tue February 18, 2014 1:40 am

To omit Mutations is a crying shame.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Tue February 18, 2014 2:22 am

I streamed this on NPR this morning. Add me to the "love it" list.

Wendy Carlos's Twin · Tue February 18, 2014 3:20 pm

Dev wrote:the only beck albums that are listenable the whole way through are modern guilt and guero in my opinion

Add "Mutations" to that list and I agree.

EJ · Post by EJ » Tue February 18, 2014 3:22 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:I streamed this on NPR this morning. Add me to the "love it" list.

I will be doing this today.

elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Tue February 18, 2014 3:35 pm

EJ wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:I streamed this on NPR this morning. Add me to the "love it" list.
I will be doing this today.

did it.

loved it.

zeb · Post by **zeb** » Wed February 19, 2014 1:49 am

More good words:

http://xpressmag.com.au/beck/

Blaine Ryan · Post by **Blaine Ryan** » Wed February 19, 2014 2:48 am

I really like this album. It's very enjoyable, very pretty, very relaxing stuff. But I've probably listened to it 10 or 20 times now and have yet to take from it much beyond that. Not a bad thing, but it's interesting.

Steven Hyden pretty much nailed it in his review, I think: http://grantland.com/features/beck-phases-out/

On Benji’s closing track, “Ben’s My Friend,” Kozelek tells a story about buying $350 lampshades while in the midst of a quasi nervous breakdown. The song delves deep into neuroses stemming from Kozelek’s professional jealousies and artistic inadequacies. It draws you into personal territory that people generally try to avoid in their own hearts. (Also: It’s really funny.) Beck, meanwhile, just shows you some really nice lampshades.

zeb · Post by **zeb** » Wed February 19, 2014 3:16 am

I think that both songwriters have different voices in terms of their lyrics. Neither one is objectively better than the other.

Blaine Ryan · Post by **Blaine Ryan** » Wed February 19, 2014 3:30 am

Oh, definitely. I just liked that analogy. As much as I enjoy listening to this album, I feel like it's ultimately kind of shallow.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Wed February 19, 2014 3:36 am

I am normally a big fan of Hyden's writing but that "which Beck is the real Beck?" business is beneath him, as if an artist who sometimes makes quirky, upbeat records and sometimes makes confessional, downtempo records is somehow being "fake" when indulging in one or the other. He's a Neil Young fan; he should know better.

digster · Post by **digster** » Wed February 19, 2014 3:38 am

As usual, I don't agree with something someone wrote on Grantland at all, but they sure sound good writing it.

That's a very interesting review, although I think his whole notion of 'who is the real Beck' is kind of an oversimplification of him as a musician. I also think Morning Phase, as a whole, sounds far more optimistic than Sea Change. Morning is a great example; it does sound like Golden Age, but trades that song's melancholy for something that, to me, sounds far more comforting and hopeful.

.......and Kevin Davis beat me to the punch. Agreed with that notion entirely, and Young was pretty much the person I had in mind as a forebear to Beck's work. Surely by now no one thinks that Young must at his heart choose between vulnerable folkie and eardrum-damaging rocker.

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