Red Mosquito

His whole post-Sea Change period in the 2000s (Guero, Info and Modern Guilt) is fairly underrated I think. There's also a bunch of great stuff from the period that was unreleased, or relegated to soundtracks and such. I listened to Modern Guilt for the first time in a while recently, and that's an awesome little record.

Never heard Modern Guilt. Im not sure why.

About to dive in Mutations right nowww

Whatever you do, don't think for too long about how Beck is a Scientologist.

Oh he can do whatever he wants.

With time i learn how to separate the artist from the work.

Simple Torture wrote:Whatever you do, don't think for too long about how Beck is a Scientologist.

I like Beck n'all, but I have a hard time getting past the Scientology thing. I listen to him a lot less because of it.

darth_vedder wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:Whatever you do, don't think for too long about how Beck is a Scientologist.

I like Beck n'all, but I have a hard time getting past the Scientology thing. I listen to him a lot less because of it.

Whats the problem with that? He is not telling you to join with his music.

tragabigzanda wrote:

digster wrote:His whole post-Sea Change period in the 2000s (Guero, Info and Modern Guilt) is fairly underrated I think. There's also a bunch of great stuff from the period that was unreleased, or relegated to soundtracks and such. I listened to Modern Guilt for the first time in a while recently, and that's an awesome little record.

You think? I find all those records to feel like complete re-treads of things he'd done before. Modern Guilt at least explored some new territory.

I really love Guero.

VinylGuy wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:Whatever you do, don't think for too long about how Beck is a Scientologist.

I like Beck n'all, but I have a hard time getting past the Scientology thing. I listen to him a lot less because of it.

Whats the problem with that? He is not telling you to join with his music.

True, I'm just a weirdo

darth_vedder wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:Whatever you do, don't think for too long about how Beck is a Scientologist.

I like Beck n'all, but I have a hard time getting past the Scientology thing. I listen to him a lot less because of it.

Whats the problem with that? He is not telling you to join with his music.

True, I'm just a weirdo

Nope, i get what you mean. It used to bother me too with other artists and filmmakers...these days im just trying to focus on the work.

digster wrote:His whole post-Sea Change period in the 2000s (Guero, Info and Modern Guilt) is fairly underrated I think. There's also a bunch of great stuff from the period that was unreleased, or relegated to soundtracks and such. I listened to Modern Guilt for the first time in a while recently, and that's an awesome little record.

Totally agree. I listen to that period perhaps more than any other these days.

Hot Tip: Lots of great songs on those records for get-togethers and party playlists!

tragabigzanda wrote:

digster wrote:His whole post-Sea Change period in the 2000s (Guero, Info and Modern Guilt) is fairly underrated I think. There's also a bunch of great stuff from the period that was unreleased, or relegated to soundtracks and such. I listened to Modern Guilt for the first time in a while recently, and that's an awesome little record.

You think? I find all those records to feel like complete re-treads of things he'd done before. Modern Guilt at least explored some new territory.

I don't know; I know that that was the press tag for Guero ('he's finally going back to his Odelay roots!) but I don't really hear that beyond some surface similarities. Guero is alot darker thematically and musically, for one. It's probably his most successful attempt molding the blues he listened to as a kid with the more experimental, sound-collage side of his music.

And The Information doesn't really sound like anything else in his catalog to me. It's a mess of a record, but that's what I like about it.

darth_vedder wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:Whatever you do, don't think for too long about how Beck is a Scientologist.

I like Beck n'all, but I have a hard time getting past the Scientology thing. I listen to him a lot less because of it.

Whats the problem with that? He is not telling you to join with his music.

True, I'm just a weirdo

In all fairness, he's 3rd generation and was born into it. We all know what happens in that cult if you don't stick with your family. All I've ever heard him say about it is the standard "I've seen them do amazing things" bullshit that they all spout, so it's hard to say how involved he really is.

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:Whatever you do, don't think for too long about how Beck is a Scientologist.

I like Beck n'all, but I have a hard time getting past the Scientology thing. I listen to him a lot less because of it.

Whats the problem with that? He is not telling you to join with his music.

True, I'm just a weirdo

In all fairness, he's 3rd generation and was born into it. We all know what happens in that cult if you don't stick with your family. All I've ever heard him say about it is the standard "I've seen them do amazing things" bullshit that they all spout, so it's hard to say how involved he really is.

He's also married to one of the Ribisi's, who are super into that shit.

I still love his music but I can't say I don't think about it almost every time I listen.

PHATJ wrote: I really love Guero.

I think it's my favourite of his releases

"Strange Apparition" might be my favorite song of his since Sea Change. Not many songs you could point to that sound like it.

You guys do know that a lot of musicians you listen to are probably christian, right? So how does that not turn you off from them but Scientology turns you off from Beck? Asking for a friend.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:You guys do know that a lot of musicians you listen to are probably christian, right? So how does that not turn you off from them but Scientology turns you off from Beck? Asking for a friend.

Is this a serious question? Have you read anything about Scientology ever? Look up "disconnection," for starters.

PHATJ wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

digster wrote:His whole post-Sea Change period in the 2000s (Guero, Info and Modern Guilt) is fairly underrated I think. There's also a bunch of great stuff from the period that was unreleased, or relegated to soundtracks and such. I listened to Modern Guilt for the first time in a while recently, and that's an awesome little record.

You think? I find all those records to feel like complete re-treads of things he'd done before. Modern Guilt at least explored some new territory.

I really love Guero.

So do I. And I wouldn't call it a re-treat of Midnight Vultures either.

evenslow wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:You guys do know that a lot of musicians you listen to are probably christian, right? So how does that not turn you off from them but Scientology turns you off from Beck? Asking for a friend.

Is this a serious question? Have you read anything about Scientology ever? Look up "disconnection," for starters.

Yes, it is outrageous and stupid. But it doesn't affect my enjoyment of his music. Neither does if someone believes that a magician running around 2,000 years ago saved all of mankind, even those that didn't believe in him and "killed" him.