Collaborating with Danger Mouse on Modern Guilt returned Beck to a number of previously disinterested iPods. This past weekend he joined forces with his pops David Campbell and David Campbell's strings at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl. During the 90-minute set, the elder Campbell (Beck's birth name = Bek David Campbell, remember) conducted a full-size orchestra. Spinner was there:
As the orchestra added lush flourishes to the Nick Drake-esque "Round The Bend" and the haunting "Lonesome Tears," Beck thanked the L.A. Philharmonic and Campbell multiple times, though the singer never mentioned his relationship with Campbell. Still, after a superb "Chemtrails" closed the show, father and son walked off the stage, arms around each other, wrapping up one hell of a homecoming for the singer.
Watch "Round The Bend" and "Lonesome Tears" on video, while you dry your lonesome tears.
"Round The Bend"
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"Lonesome Tears"
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Too bad Al Hansen's not alive to make this moment that much more familial (and Fluxus).
