1. "I'm not familiar enough with his work to talk about if MV is his best" In response to Reply # 0 Mon May-20-19 07:12 PM by obsidianchrysalis
But it was the album that made me believe the hype about his talents.
I'd only heard Loser and the hype about that song turned me off. That he was a White culture vulture who poked fun at hip-hop. (yes, I was THAT fun to listen to music with back then.) I liked some of the songs off of Odelay but I only gave that a chance because my brother really dug that album.
Didn't get around to Mutations but I appreciated that he did something off the wall.
I think Risky Business? was the first single on Midnight Vulturs and when I heard it I was really taken by it.
The songs throughout are legit funky and he managed to keep his irrevarent personality throughout too. It kind of helped him escape the cultural vulture tag in my eyes. His winks and nods made it clear he was laughing at himself in a way throughout. He really made that style his own, which is really hard to do.
5. "Gonna check this one out. Never really listened to Beck" In response to Reply # 2
other than a few of his bigger hits. but a couple years ago I heard Say Goodbye around the time a friend passed and it hit my emotions with a bag of bricks.
9. "Didn't listen when it dropped, but just tried..." In response to Reply # 0
Without it giving a full, truly attentive listen, and without the power of nostalgia propelling it, some of it sounded like borderline Flight of the Conchords-level parody. Wasn't really into it.
10. "Brilliant album. My favorite Beck work." In response to Reply # 0 Fri May-24-19 11:27 AM by Boogie Stimuli
I had "Beautiful Way" on repeat a lot a couple of months ago. "Milk & Honey" is that joint too. I pretty much love the whole album tho. I still remember listening to that album for the first time and being kinda blown away by how Beck put it together and realizing the guy was really legit beyond that "Loser babbyyyyyy" joint lol. He was pretty big for that and Devil's Haircut, but I never thought much of those songs personally. I felt, and still feel, like Midnite Vultures was possibly his most natural expression as it pulled together all of his influences in the most cohesive and pleasant way of anything he ever released. It really sounds like Beck just doing Beck... all sides of himself, fully fleshed out and sonically realized. Sea Change is an extremely soothing work, and it's even therapeutic if you're going through some shit, and I love it for that. I choose Midnite Vultures over it simply because it captures the full spectrum of Beck much better.
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