Beck - Guerolito

listening to it for the first time now and i have to say that
i'm not too happy with it. it's cool, but there is not a lot
of groundbreaking stuff here.

in fact, most of the songs kinda flow along being not an
awful lot different from the Guero versions, apart from
a few tweaks here or there.

very uneventfull and just bland in places. the things that
jumped out for til now are "ShakeShakeTambourine"
which is actually quite a cool remix and there are a few
very nice touches in the "Earthquake Weather" remix.

the "Hell Yes" remix is just ok, but perhaps only because
the rest of the preceding material sounded so weak.

"Broken Drum" by Boards of Canada closely resembles the
mix that was previously released on an EP, although this
one is less sparse and misses some of the magic from the
first version imo. Having said that, this has some very
nice strings that backwards keys which sound rather nice.

the "Scarecrow" remix starts out very promising but ends
up being just a bit of a mess if you ask me.

"Wishing Coin" and "Farewell Ride" are droning and just
too repetitive and boring.

Though "Rental Car" is a nice one again, it's a breath of
fresh air after that last stretch of heavy, pretentious
and boring mixes. It's light and bouncy.

Last, but certainly not least is "Emergency Exit" which
is the first one that -to me- sounds like a real remix,
and not just some knob twiddling. Having said that, I
still don't think it's really good and once you kind of
get into it it's already finished. it's a great intro
but not a great remix lol.

Such a shame since I expected so much from this. However,
Guero already is one of the best 5 albums for me this year
so I guess expecting the remix album to be as good was a
bit silly. The songs were already way too cool in their
original format. Remixing adds very little to them and it
even drags them down in a lot of instances.

I saw him perform on one of the old SNL repeats they run on cable. I don't know what song it was but I've dancing around the periphery of his music for awhile and now I'm ready to dive in. Any suggestions of what I should start with?

JackieBlue said:

Yeah it sounds like he has a lot of variety but I like most of what I've heard. I'll check out the reviews. Thanks.

JackieBlue said:

I'm not too impressed with Guerolito either.. the best beck remixes are when Beck remixes them.. he is more eventful and interesting...


I would suggest the two exclusive tracks for guerolito on iTunes.. they are pretty good, and they arent on the album....

JackieBlue said:

I never liked Beck until recently. I always viewed him as kinda of a goofball. Talented but too nerdy for me. Well somehow I stumbled upon Mutations and I fell in love with it. From there I went on to other releases and now I really dig him.
I think Guero might be a good starter because it's kinda of a culmination of all the styles he's done before on one disc. Songwriting is better though on all the other albums others have mentioned.
Go to your local library, most carry a good selection of music and if they do they are sure to have some Beck.

try to find Beck - Feel Good Time


thought that was interesting.. also equally interesting he gave it to Pink

Sdldawn said:

Bfunkthe1 said:

I wasn't digging Guero all too much so I was a bit disappointed that the remixes didn't appeal to me all that much either.

Seachange is the real gem for me.