Beck - Modern Guilt

this is being d/l now. any thoughts yet?

haha Beck & Danger Mouse totally deserve each other

on paper this sounds like the ilm antichrist

I liked him more when he couldn't play guitar properly and took the occasional diversion into total noise territory.

the last thing I remember liking of his was whatever song he had in Inland Empire. Other than that, I gave up on him around the time of Sea Change and haven't paid attention since.

well, it it called "modern guilt"
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i've been wanting for a long time to call a new beck album the first great one since midnite vultures but i don't think this is it yet

songwriting is a bit lazy on most of these songs though i do like the first track and the title track so far

if this is anything like sea change I might like it; i hated midnight vultures, and the albums since sea change though. I'll give it a listen but keep my expectations low

rev otm

Does it have that song he did on SNL recenty, where his band backed him by playing spoons on a dinner table? That song was gr8.

bit of a dated zeitgeisty title, that. then again, im sure we have lots of new things to be guilty about that beck could zero in on. or cryptically talk nothing about.

listend to 2 songs from this, delete them afterwards, dont care about the rest.

Does it have that song he did on SNL recenty, where his band backed him by playing spoons on a dinner table? That song was gr8.

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I think that was from his last album.

dude's just a thetan d-bag

soy un thetan d-bag

beck is the new dylan because he wears bolo ties now. what a treasure he is for the world of music.

this album is so much better than the last two. Beck might have something left afterall.

something

I think that was from his last album.

No, it wasn't on The Information.

this album is so much better than the last two. Beck might have something left afterall.

The Information was good! Not revolutionary, but half of it was very retro-ish, California-ish catchy pop, e.g., Think I'm In Love, Strange Apparition, Nausea, Cellphone's Dead.

I think this album, The Information, and Guero form a trilogy of albums I can't bring myself to care about. Like Lord of the Rings.

this album is so much better than the last two. Beck might have something left afterall.

scientology?

if this is anything like sea change I might like it

Not very likely with Dangermouse producing. But listening to other work Dangermouse has produced (Gorillaz in particular) makes me think he is the right man for Beck's more postmodern and "funky" self.

Then hopefully he will also soon team up with Nigel Godrich for a "singer/songwriter" album again.

you forgot the scare quotes around "postmodern"

"Say it Right," Nelly Furtado.

"Say It SHITE" morelike

Scientology - don't, don't do it.

This album is actually a lot more subdued than I was expecting it to be. No, it's not Sea Change-level mellow - still has beats - but Beck's delivery is super laid back. Based on one listen.

Oh joy

The best excuse for not listening to an album in history: "He's a thetan."

Seriously, I've got to start using that one!

No, it's not Sea Change-level mellow - still has beats

"Sea Change" also has drums.

drums /= beats geir

why do I bother

Yeah, "beats" as in there is an electronica/hip hop element underlying the songs, courtesy Dangermouse.

So this is basically Gnarls Beckley then?

(If so, that's fine.. just wonderin')

i actually like this album and wasn't expecting it to. it's certainly better than the last two albums which I could barely listen to once.

"Replica" is like the same beat as Gnarls Barkley's "Open Book"

I have the "Modern Guilt" about wasting $15 on a Beck CD without downloading it first and realizing it's not very good.

I really like the first three songs

well not really really like, but they're nice.

I'm liking this. "Chemtrails" is lovely.

replica is real nice (i like the sound of this album so far)

what does thsi album sound like? breezy "modern rock"?

I thought I was a bit underwhelmed by this last year, but looking back at iTunes stats I see I've played it a lot.

It's so short I tend to listen to it as a complete album and have never bothered to investigate what most of the tracks are called.

dude has his two houses for sale... for a couple of million each.WTF.