From day one, people have passed this guy of as a big deal. Dust Brothers sound or not, I don’t get why this guy’s music is considered so great. His voice sounds horrible on record.

It's not about his voice. It IS horrible. Vocals aren't the only thing that make a good record. He doesn't care what his record sounds like is his thing I think. He doesn't care about the particulars, just as long as the sound is there, the mix isn't important. His confidence shows thru and makes it good. Have U heard his song "Deborah" for Christsake. CLASSIC.


Prince should do a cover of it by the way. It would be hilarious.

Funny how I seem to enjoy the music of Beck, Bjork and Radiohead, all of
which are infamous for their reportedly "terrible" vocals.

I guess it's just an acquired taste. You learn to love the voice more
and more as you sink deeper into the incredible tapistry of music that
each of them weaves.

Can someone explain why they think Beck is good?


Cause he's got two turntables and a microphone.....


ps Beck kicks ass!

he got good videos

IstenSzek said:

I like Bjork and Radiohead. Beck sounds like a dilettante just playing with different styles.

BobGeorge909 said:

That's not my fav song on Midnite Vultures...and P would sound good singing that, but P can actually sing.

I don't really see the need to listen to beck when I can just listen to Paul's Boutique.

The only album I liked of his was Sea Change.

I think Beck, Bjork and Radiohead are often "trendy" artists for the type of people who pat themselves on the back and award themsleves a gold star after listening to a record.
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he makes relatively interesting music, which i like listening too. i never heard mellow gold, but the rest have been great IMO.

and i like his voice too. it's the kinda dopey voice that works equally well when rapping (because it sounds quirky and nerdy) or when he's deep in a bluesy mood.

his music has charisma, too.

because i like crap. pure and simple.

Crap that has been stamped as good.

thesexofit said:

well, except by music experts such as the fine people contributing to this thread.

Because he is good?

Because he is different.

lilgish said:

lil, quit playin'.

because i think Wing is the patti smith of the new millenium.

VoicesCarry said:

That's what happens with such bands. They do the music they do, then people say they're trendy and cutting-edge, then people get annoyed because other people say they're trendy. It doesn't matter, though. Dig it or not.

VoicesCarry said:

you know what, I think that argument is just not good enough

it's always the same with people, soon as you say you like one
of those artists (god forbid you should like them all), you're
quickly labeled an "elitist prick", who only namedrops those
artists because they're supposedly cool.

much in the same way, people who are always quick to put such
music and it's followers down, could also be considered a bunch
of "elitists" in that they believe they somehow assimilated all
of that work into their system and decided it was crap, before
regurgitating it and consequently obsessively putting it down as
pretentious wankery.

no, no, i'm very sorry, but that kind of argument simply ain't
good enough no more.

now, don't call me elitist, because I have a very distinct fear
that I'm constantly spelling "elitist" completely wrong

but i LIKE being an elitist prick! it keeps all the limp bizquik fans away from me!

Anxiety said:

Amen to that!

seriously - for me, an artist is good if they can do three things:

1. have something interesting to say;
2. say it in a way that it insteresting;
3. effectively communicate it live.

beck does all three very well. if that makes me a snob or a prick or whatever, i can happily hang with that.

beck's music is....i do not know....how you say....
FUN!!!!

VoicesCarry said:

I like Beck, Bjork and Radiohead.

And fuck your gold star. I'll never accept any less than five.

For me, music just gotta make me dance and smile.

Having something interesting to say never comes into it. I don't want music to make me think. I can do that for myself.

Beck guarantees a ride plain and simple. The man might not have the best voice but he definitely knows how to use it to effect with his music. He's a freaken genius as far as I'm concerned

thesexofit said:

hell, a flower can be interesting. i guess i meant i don't like music that's boring.

Anxiety said:

Amen. I don't need music to bore me. I can do that for myself.

IstenSzek said:

I wasn't talking about most of the people here - just people I know well sometimes do this sort of thing. Once it's critically acclaimed, they're into it, for that reason alone. See also: Norah Jones.

If you dig him, ain't no problem with that.

The word often should have signified that I wasn't generalizing to everyone here (although by the looks of it this doesn't seem like the first time you guys have been accused of this ).
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VoicesCarry said:

it's true - i HAVE been accused of it a lot, and it's frustrating to me. i can't help it. i like what i like, and a lot of what's passed off in the mainstream just doesn't interest me. i was brought up listening to stuff like zappa and the beatles and sly and janis - really colorful, extreme, passionate music by people who were doing new things - and i guess i was just conditioned to like that kind of thing. there's some top 40 stuff i like. it doesn't all have to be arty alternative stuff. but i'm not gonna pretend to like something i don't in order to fit in with the crowd. i only live once (that i'm aware of). i don't have time for that kind of carrying on.