BECK

[PHATJ]

Mellow Gold is such a fun head trip of an album. Like spending an afternoon huffing gas with the redneck kids down the block.

The Loser single is fucking crazy (and awesome) too. Alcohol, Corvette Bummer, Fume, Steal My Body Home, and an alternate Soul Suckin Jerk are all on there.

Never heard any of those -- I'll hunt em down tomorrow morning. Thanks!

Awesome. If you like Mellow Gold, you'll love these. Guaranteed.

The "Beercan" single is great too.

It is. "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack" is also on my Loser single. IIRC, it is the UK version.

[bune]

What is considered "super rare" in the internet age where you can put anything out there for download?

This was 1995, and the internet wasn't all out crazy yet. As far as I know, most of those songs have only surfaced in obscure live versions, such as a JJJ broadcast that seems to be pretty uncommon even today. Another two are on a 7" that was only 100 copies, and they are even taken from a crappy cassette there.

Huh. I figured that most bootlegs and such would have made the jump to the computer when more methods of creating digital versions of tapes and records became prevalent.

I am shocked -- SHOCKED -- at all the Guero hate.

Guero is probably my favorite of his pop/rock albums. I even bought the 5.1 deluxe version - It's as awesome as you think.

[Kevin Davis]

I hated Odelay when it first came out. It was a huge disappointment for me. I learned to enjoy parts of it, but I still think it's a turd.

If he had finished the album he abandoned before Odelay, it would have been incredible. A lot of those songs are still unreleased and super rare.

Mutations brought back my faith big time, but then there was Midnight Vultures...another one that doesn't impress me much.

It seems like he has been repeating this back & forth pattern ever since.

I actually like Guero a hell of a lot, and I don't consider it to be of the same ilk as Odelay & MV.

"Midnite Vultures" is probably my least favorite of his major releases -- much like "Stupid Mop, "Bugs," etc. disproportionately inform "Vitalogy"'s reputation as a "weird, experimental" album, I think the opening and closing tracks on "Midnite Vultures" kind of incorrectly frame the album as this no-holds-barred, good-time dancefloor album, when in reality a lot of what comes between is just kind of midtempo, plastic, and average. I do really like "Beautiful Way" though.

[epilogue]

Mixed Bizness might be my all time favorite Beck song.

[tragabigzanda]

[epilogue]

Mixed Bizness might be my all time favorite Beck song.

Not my favorite, but it's great.

It's so groovy and fun and catchy as all fuck. There are better Beck songs but few (if any) that I enjoy listening to as much as that one.

[tragabigzanda]

[Kevin Davis]

I love "Jackass." The sample of Them's cover of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"' is spot-on. I feel like "Odelay" is full of little tidbits like that.

[epilogue]

I need to revisit Odelay. It's always been pretty far down on my Beck rankings. But it's been ages since I've even tried listening to it.

[PHATJ]

Jackass might be my favorite Beck song. The single has a cool version called Lloyd Price Express that I like a lot too.

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[PHATJ]

Mellow Gold is such a fun head trip of an album. Like spending an afternoon huffing gas with the redneck kids down the block.

The Loser single is fucking crazy (and awesome) too. Alcohol, Corvette Bummer, Fume, Steal My Body Home, and an alternate Soul Suckin Jerk are all on there.

Never heard any of those -- I'll hunt em down tomorrow morning. Thanks!

Awesome. If you like Mellow Gold, you'll love these. Guaranteed.

The "Beercan" single is great too.

It is. "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack" is also on my Loser single. IIRC, it is the UK version.

Spinning through these this morning.

Alcohol is great, reminds me a lot of Ramshackle, which has always been one of my favorites.

Corvette Bummer is fun, but nothing that wasn't already represented on Mellow Gold.

Fume is a trip. The first half is sort of whatever, but then I love that he engineers a more organic song breakdown in the middle that's like a precursor for similar moves on Odelay. And then the second half of the song is disgusting and awesome.

Steal My Body Home is ok. Very druggy.

I really like Soul Suckin Jerk (Reject) -- I could maybe be persuaded it's better than the album version, given a few more listens.

MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack is fun. As a song, it's definitely familiar territory for Beck. But man, the lyrics are great and I really miss that sense of irreverence from him. I feel like he sort of outgrew that stuff, got all serious on Sea Changes and Morning Phase, and is now gonna try to recapture that on the new album. But my hopes aren't too high.

Thanks guys! A bunch of new/old Beck songs was a great way to start my morning.

I'm glad you were able to check them out! It's always fun to discover material that you never knew was there. I think your reaction and description of the songs pretty much matches how I feel about them. I remember being 14 or 15 years old and loving those songs. It's probably been several years since I've listened to any of them. I just might have to bust of that CD tonight.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

None of you guys have this bootleg?

BECK
GOIN' NOWHERE FAST
(The Early Years)
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DISC 1: CASSETTE
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01 The Fucked Up Blues
02 Special People
03 Magic Stationwagon
04 No Money No Honey
05 Trouble All My Days
06 Bad Energy
07 Schmoozer
08 Heartland Feeling
09 Super Golden Black Sunchild
10 Soul Sucked Dry
11 Feelings
12 Gettin' Home
13 Will I Be Ignored By The Lord?
14 Bogus Soul
15 Totally Confused
16 Muthafukka
17 People Gettin' Busy
18 Let's Go Moon Some Cars
19 Goin' Nowhere Fast
20 Sucker Without A Brain
21 Deep Fried Love
22 I Feel Low Down
23 Big Stompin' Mama
24 Death Is Coming To Get You
25 Don't Shit Me Mama
26 Cut In Half Blues
27 Ace of Spade
28 Too Many Blues
29 When The Water Will Take Back The Land
30 Slimy Power Chick
31 Mattress

DISC 2: VINYL & FM
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01 To See That Woman Of Mine
02 MTV Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack
03 It's All In Your Mind
04 Feather In Your Cap
05 Whiskey Can Can
06 Glut
07 Untitled
08 Pay No Mind
09 Steve Threw Up
10 Cupkake
11 Totally Confused
12 Mayonaise Salad
13 Gettin' Home
14 Black Fire Choked Our Death
15 Feel Like A Piece Of Shit (Mind Control)
16 She Is All (Gimme Something To Eat)
17 Pinefresh
18 Lampshade
19 Feel Like A Piece Of Shit (Crossover Potential)
20 Mango (Vader Rocks!)
21 Feel Like A Piece Of Shit (Cheetoes Time)
22 Styrofoam Chicken (Quality Time)
23 Whimsical Actress
24 Johnny Depp
25 Scavenger
26 Hard To Compete
27 Megaboob
28 Feel The Strain
29 Curses
30 Spirits
31 ¿Untitled?

DISC 3: DIGITAL
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01 Leave Me On The Moon
02 Underwater Music
03 Pickled Fish
04 Put It In Neutral
05 Bogusflow
06 Born Of Whiskey
07 Dad Came Home
08 Fish Bait
09 Spanking Room
10 Corvette Bummer
11 Close To God
12 The Way It Seems
13 Stagolee
14 Soul Suckin' Jerk (Reject)
15 Asskizz Powergrudge (Payback! '94)
16 Girl Of My Dreams
17 Alcohol
18 Fume
19 In A Cold Ass Fashion
20 Got No Mind
21 Mexico
22 This World May Lose It's Motion
23 MTV Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack

[PHATJ]

I don't. But then again I've never sought out any Beck bootlegs. It looks awesome!

[tragabigzanda]

[Teeeeeekay]

Same.

[VinylGuy]

i would love to have that.

I listened One Foot To The Grave because of this thread.

[epilogue]

I give exactly zero shits about bootlegs. So, no. I have not heard it.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I will be checking that out.

[epilogue]

Yeah, that looks pretty awesome.