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July 10, 2008

New Beck Video - "Gamma Ray"

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We've been pretty upfront about liking Beck's Modern Guilt. One of our favorite tracks is the darkly upbeat "Gamma Ray," which pairs a ghostly background vocal echo with a sort of thwapping groove. The surrealistic video for the song -- which, as we mentioned, you got if you preordered Modern Guilt at iTunes -- adds various shapes, stripes, spinninig lips, dissolving Becks, a bouffant, and dead-eyed and paper-headed extras to the mix.

The general vibe's reminiscent of the teaser trailer, but this definitely scurries deeper into the rabbit hole. (Thanks for the heads up, Mike.)

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very similar to the information videos but with a much more vintage rock feel like the rest of the album, i like it. video reminds me of this http://youtube.com/watch?v=vgcuU_JWuQU

Posted by: EnchantingWizardofRhythm at 07/10/08 1:50 PM  | Reply
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My pleasure. I couldn't shy away from the challenge you presented in that earlier post.

Posted by: Mike at 07/10/08 2:12 PM  | Reply
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This man can do no wrong. Nice one. True Soul.

Posted by: HappyParts at 07/10/08 3:44 PM  | Reply
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He is still does solid vids.

Posted by: gearsofrock at 07/11/08 8:12 AM  | Reply
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This dude never ages.

Posted by: mitchell at 07/11/08 2:14 PM  | Reply
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yeah! why is he still so attractive?!

Posted by: naomio o.  in reply to mitchell's comment at 07/11/08 8:20 PM  | Reply
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I am loving this Beck video, and his hair

Posted by: shelley profile link at 07/12/08 12:02 AM  | Reply
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Nice record, great song, good video.
Bad live show... saw him last week and the sound was awful. The track selection and oreder was a mistake andthe band sounded weak.
I waited outside the venue with a friend to have Beck's autograph and he came out surrounded by 5 security studs and hanging by the arm of a roadie... there about 20 fans waiting and he looked and acted in a Michael Jackson weird way.. I was boomed and sad to see someone I admire quite a bit in such mental state.

Posted by: Adrian at 07/13/08 12:51 PM  | Reply
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This is not the actual video. Sorry to ruin things for you guys. The original stars Chloe Sevigny (Not yet released)

Posted by: Anon at 10/11/08 2:19 PM  | Reply
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