New Beck - "Necessary Evil"
Modern Guilt is the '60s psych-pop reinvention that keeps on giving. Never mind that what it's given of late is a fittingly forgettable, colorless collagist clip for one of its least memorable songs; this is 2009 and the promo cycle springs eternal. This new one comes with the UK iTunes Deluxe release, and I so want to meet the person that bought it once and is lured again by the Deluxe tag, but no bother: it's a new listen for a new packaging of an otherwise worthy album. Song title says it all, but then Beck's always been a good lyricist.
All mean things said, this is actually a good little listen. Clearly b-side material, but Hansen's voice always sounds right over wobbly rhythm sections with drunken slide guitars. Necessary evil I'm starting to wonder what happens now? More videos duh.
Posted at 5:57 PM by amrit
Tags: Beck
I think Modern Guilt is an OK album...but I think I'd really like to hear a full album of tracks like this. A return to his sort of stripped-down sound, and let Danger Mouse sit this one out.
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seriously... Danger Mouse is good at his own stuff, but often over kills a lot of stuff. Maybe it is a covert operation, he goes out and produces crappy albums so that Gnarls Barkley will sell out! HA!
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Stewart Copeland kept Sting from getting all Blue Turtle on us.
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Sounds like an upbeat "No Expectations" by the Stones.
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This would immediately be the second or third-best song on Modern Guilt.
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This definitely owes a lot to No Expectations (slide guitar, open tuning, parts of the progression, etc.). On the bright side, it's a great Stones song.
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Beck's cover of No Expectations w/ Beth Orton is excellent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3EuwOotA5M
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this is about the best track of his I've heard since sea change. if beck starts writing like this again, I'll start paying for his albums again.
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Where can we download this?
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Right here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/oxk8df
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High Five!
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Great song...for those of you complaining that new album was over produced (and I'm not necessarily arguing either) check out what a lot of the songs would have sounded like when Beck plays them acoustic in studio:
Orphans -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX0WWzwbTsw
Modern Guilt -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjjNSJ0oGYE&feature=related
Gamma Ray -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNyFrKC9RYo&feature=related
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this owes nothing to the stones...you guys are idiots....
because it uses slide guitar...?
like slide guitar hasnt been used before the stones
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This dummy enjoyed the listen. Thanks.
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I wholeheartedly agree with adam
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and one foot int he grave is one of my favourite albums
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agreed. for all the "beck is back!" hype surrounding it, modern guilt was remarkably uninspired. give me this & "vampire voltage" over "orphans", "volcano" or "soul of a man" anytime. i'll gladly take it.
and speaking of MoGu, the beck show i went to in NYC in support of the album was probably the worst $60 i've ever spent... although i guess i couldn't think of a better way to show your contempt for touring by playing an over-priced half-assed show for all your loyal fans.
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