vgallo6 said:

Midnight Vultures

Stax said:

Thank you very much

BlaqueKnight said:

Did he rape one of your relatives?

sheesh..
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BlaqueKnight said:

Not all of his music is done "in jest". Are you just judging his work by this one clip, which for some reason people think he's trying to sound like Prince? (A connection I'll never understand really understand personally )

People act like Prince invented falsetto singing or something, and anyone who sings in that manner must be copying him.

Listen to Sea Change if you haven't heard it already. He sounds NOTHING like he does on this song, "Debra" that's been posted here.

minneapolisgenius said:

I have said this myself many times on here before. I certainly don't need clarification of that fact. I've heard a few songs and I don't hear genius in this artist.

minneapolisgenius said:

i've been listening to this album a lot again lately and it's just such a
good effort. there's not a bad song on it and the mood is perfect.

such incredibly good songwriting and sincere singing. you can't knock the
man before you've heard this album.

Sdldawn said:

...to an indifferent world...

MartyMcFly said:

I'm interested. Although, the world is indifferent to me too

Beck sort of reminds me of Prince in other ways too. He has so many different styles and you never know what he's gonna do next. I'm assuming the people on this thread that have no love for him have not heard any of his records.

IstenSzek said:

I think its my favorite.

I wouldn't necessarily call Beck a genius. But he doesn't have to be. Without question, he's one of the more interesting artists out there today. If 'Sea Change' was all he'd done, he'd have accomplished one of the most beautiful, reflective albums of the last decade.

BlaqueKnight said:

and funny how whenever anyone mentions beck and prince in the same thread, the haters come out of the woodwork.

alwayslate said:

Yes I did but I don't want to take it there or this thread will be 8 pages long.

Okay, I'm gunna lay it down for some of y'all:

Mixed Bizness is the most Princey song Beck has done,

closely followed by Get Real Paid

2ndly, Beck said Debra was NOT inspired by Prince but started out as a soul "slo jam" he'd muck around with in encores... it then turned to the recorded version on Midnite Vultures... which is a great record in its own right btw and yes, it nods to Prince in parts.

And is Beck a genius?... in some ways, yes (especially lyrically) but let's not compare him to Prince... they're both musical charlatans... but he's as different to Prince as Bowie is.



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tribute: when someone rips your style for one song or album

copycat: when someone rips your style, your image, your whole vibe, and tries to make a career out of it.


now. which has beck done where prince is concerned?

BlaqueKnight said:

Have you heard Guero or Sea Change?

BlaqueKnight said:

Okay. That's fair, but can you really say an artist is overrated when in reality you don't really like him?

I don't think anyone's called him a certified genius. I didn't.

mrdespues said:

musical charlatans - I like that!

I'm a long time Prince fan & a short time Beck fan.
I liked a few songs from Midnite Vultures
but overall the cd didn't click with me.
And I never liked the song Debra.
I found Sea Change to be too Gordon Lightfootish. Too folksy.
Lately I've been listening to Guero & I really like it.
Bought the special edition & the remix edition.
I find with Beck its an adventure every cd.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

You made it 2 minutes.. the Force is strong in you.. But I feel you.. first 30 seconds of wrong notes I had to quit it..

I dig where he is trying to go is all I can say about it.. but off notes are off Notes..

Next -

Ifsixwuz9 said:

You made it 2 minutes.. the Force is strong in you.. But I feel you.. first 30 seconds of wrong notes I had to quit it..

I dig where he is trying to go is all I can say about it.. but off notes are off Notes..

Next -

Haven't you people ever heard of the healing power of laughter?

namepeace said:

musicians and gearheads tend to hate beck because he's self-taught and became popular by way of his DIY aesthetic. that's not considered "real musicianship" to people who listen to jeff beck and steve vai albums.

Anx said:

Not so fast, I listen to both Beck Hansen and Jeff Beff, and I'm a musician. I know many musicians who like both Becks. Don't let the closed minded folks you know (or the ones here in this thread ) give the rest of us a bad name!!

Anx said:

You mean like . . .



(and no, that doesn't put Beck on P's level, perish the thought . . .)

BlaqueKnight said:

I never called him a genius.

IstenSzek said:

Exactly.

thebige said:

I love both Beck AND Jeff Beck. Two totally different kinds of Becks, but both unique artists IMO.