Happy Birthday, Guero. Your Popsicle Is Melting.

March 29th, 2007 by

So somebody posted over on Stewoo that today is Guero‘s second birthday.  It is no big secret that Guero is not my favoritest of Beck’s albums.  I think it suffers from Beck trying too hard to sound like Beck, which is crazy because he does not have a set “sound.”  He’s always changing, and that’s how we like it.  Also, in spite of the number of cool blues songs on the album, there is, in my opinion, a lack of emotion and the level of work that are normally associated with Beck’s music.

But while I think these things are true, I do enjoy a number of the songs individually, and even more so, live.  (“Broken Drum,” “Scarecrow,” and “Emergency Exit” are my favorites.)  Because of that, I am not sure how Guero will figure in historical terms of Beck’s oeuvre.  It is a popular album, for sure. “E-Pro” was a surprisingly big hit, and in the end, Guero probably served its purpose of bringing Beck back into the spotlight a bit (esp. after the style of Sea Change).  Some of Guero‘s songs will probably be played live for a long time.

But what is it as an album?  Did the album have the impact of Odelay?  The charm of Mellow Gold?  The brazenness of Vultures?  The craft of The Information?  Not at all.  What does it have?  I’m not sure, to be honest, even two years later…

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masterpieces liquidate in fertile tears

March 29th, 2007 by

According to our friends at Hambeck (original post / English translation), Beck has added a show at the Liquid Room! Some of you may have known about this, but it was news to me. This is exciting because Beck’s last performance at the Liquid Room, in 2003, is widely considered to be one of the best Beck concerts (or at least recordings) ever. Seriously, it’s an amazing show, you have to hear it. The Liquid Room is a small venue that holds about 1000 people, and Beck often comes alive in smaller settings like that.
Will this new show be as good as the last? Hopefully some Japanese fans will record it so we can find out!

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I Plug ‘Em In My Eyeballs (Hey!)

March 28th, 2007 by

I filled out some shows on Hijacked Flavors with embedded Youtube videos.  Here is a good example of one of the shows.  Man, that’s a crazy performance!  Look at Beck go!  Anyway, there’s lots of these clips on Hijacked now, so look around, or look at the Updates page.  Or just go to Youtube and type in “Beck live” like I did.

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days fade to black

March 26th, 2007 by

For those collector types out there, I found something interesting recently. Many Beck fans know that Beck’s mother Bibbe was in the band Black Fag (note: not Black Flag) with Vaginal Davis. What I did not know until now is that, according to the discography on Vaginal’s website, Beck actually produced two records for Black Fag. The first, a 7″ EP entitled Parerga y Paralipomena, was released in 1992 and the second, a 12″ LP called 11 Harrow House was released in 1995. I would love to hear these, but unfortunately, they are both “rare and out of print”. If anybody knows where I can get copies of either the records themselves, or even just the music from them, please post here or e-mail us at computergirls@whiskeyclone.net. Maybe we’ll send you something special in return…

Actually, if you’ll permit some train-of-thought-ramblings, I’ve been meaning to run a contest on here for awhile. Perhaps this will be my first attempt at a whiskeyclone.net contest. A prize will go to the first person that tracks down these items. I don’t know what the prize will be yet, but it’ll be something. This contest is open-ended and will end when I say so. Go forth! Find the music!

(BTW, there are some other cool producers listed on that page: Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and Bong Load Poop Alley man Tom Grimley also both produced Black Fag releases. Neat.)

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I get my kicks on the mellow side…

March 24th, 2007 by

Hello to ALL BekFRX and BekFRXETTES!

It is an honor to be part of Paper Tiger. I gotta give mad thanks to the Newtron Bomb who’s given me the opportunity to THRUST my Beckish rantings upon your feeble minds as I fiendishly laugh with joy….

OK, so a little bit about me. I’m a 25 Single/White/Male lookin’ for Miss Right…errrr yeahhhhh. I currently reside in the state of Utah where I am attending Brigham Young University. I’ll be graduating this April with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I’m excited to enter the workforce and who knows where a job may take me. Maybe I’ll end up being your next door neighbor (poor you. hehe)

OK, so on to the IMPORTANT stuff. I’ve been listening to Beck since shortly after Odelay dropped. I remember hearing Loser, but Odelay is what hooked me. I have seen Beck live exactly 3 times. Two of those times were just last summer including the INFAMOUS Bonnaroo meetup. I met a bunch of FRX from the Becktabs DC++ hub which I have been apart of for the last few years. The Beckhub forum/hub are where I am known by the moniker “BEBO”.
I’m getting the feeling that the NEXT question on your minds is, “Your last name is Hansen, are you related to Beck?”. Well, I will respond with a question. Will you still read my bloggings and and treat me as Beck family even if I’m not related to him? Just having the same last name should at least get me a few points, right?

As far as where I intend to go with the keys to this blogging car? I’m not totally sure yet. I hope to add some of my personal Beck insights. Oftentimes I have an interesting thought/idea concerning the world of Beck pop into my mind. I suggest them to some of the hubbers who either promptly tell me I’m crazy or high. What can I say, I’m a FRX. We’ll see how it goes.

So for my first post I’d like to get your feedback on a musical question that popped into my mind and is indirectly related to Beck. Why is it that many people tend to pick up and put on mellow/sad/emotional album when they are feeling down? I recall some times when I was down, pulling out Sea Change and really feeling comforted. This record to me is one of the ultimate mood records. The lyrics more than any other Beck record are direct and personal. There’s no beating around the bush, and we can feel/empathize/relate to Beck. I guess what I am wondering though is why not a happy record to PULL us out of the dumps? Why not something happy and fun like an old Presidents of the USA record (I know maybe some of you may hate on these guys but I love nothing more sometimes than having a good time while listening to their stuff)? I’m pretty sure we all have good collections of music with a spectrum of moods/images/thoughts they invoke. In broader terms, do we listen to music to MATCH our moods, or do our moods and to a greater extent our personalities begin to MATCH our music? Have a good one, and until next time…
DIZCUSS!

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welcome to my house, let’s go fuck on my couch

March 24th, 2007 by

We’re adding a new blogger here at Paper Tiger, and I’d like you all to give him a warm welcome. Jeremy Hansen (who some of you may know as Bebo) is a good friend a fellow bekfrx who I think will make a great addition to our blog. He’ll probably be posting something about himself soon, so I’ll leave the introduction at that.

Vin and I are grateful to him for agreeing to help out around Paper Tiger and we’re both looking forward to his contributions.

Welcome Bebo!

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Can I Get A Little Echo On This? Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy

March 23rd, 2007 by

Beck played last night at The Echo in Echo Park, CA.  It was a short show, just a spontaneously announced warm-up show before heading off to Australia and Japan for a short leg of the tour.  The band was having fun, as they tried some slower tunes (“Lonesome Tears” and “Movie Theme”) among the fun stuff (“Cellphone’s Dead,” “Lord Only Knows,” “Nausea”). 

Otherwise, don’t forget, there’s the giant CD boxset of Beck’s singles being released in early April (see below).  Apparently, Odelay Deluxe is still on for then too (I’ll believe that when it’s in my hands). 

Reportedly Beck’s been recording informally, and recently told a Japanese paper he wanted to put out another acoustic record (but as usual with Beck, don’t count on statements like that).

If you’re in Australia or Japan and going to one of the shows, e-mail us setlists or pics or info, or if you can keep us up-to-date on any interviews or radio appearences or anything like that, we’d love to hear from you: computergirls at whiskeyclone.net

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a single solid light

February 9th, 2007 by

More news from HMV Japan via HamBeck. Also coming out on April 4 (in addition to Odelay Deluxe) will be an 18-disc singles boxset. The tracklist will be:

Disc 1　「LOOSER」
1. Looser
2. Corvette Bummer
3. Alcohl
4. Soul Suckin Jerk(reject)
5. Fume
6. Totally Confused
7. MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack
8. Steal My Body Home

Disc 2　「BEERCAN」
1. Beercan
2. Got No Mind
3. Asskizz powergrudge(Payback!’94)
4. Spanking Room
5. Loser(pseudo-muzak)

Disc 3　「PAY NO MIND(Snoozer)」
1. Pay No Mind
2. Special People
3. Trouble All My Days
4. Supergolden

Disc 4　「WHERE IT’S AT」
1. Where It’s At(Edit)
2. Make Out City(remix by Mike Simpson)
3. Where It’s At(remix by Mario C.and Mickey P.)
4. Where It’s At(remix by John King)
5. Bounus Beats6. Where It’s At(remix by U.N.K.L.E)

Disc 5　「DEVILS HAIRCUT」
1. Devils Haircut
2. Dark And Lovely(remix by The Dust Brothers)
3. American Wasteland(remix by Mickey P.)
4. .000.000
5. Devils Haircut(remix by Noel Gallagher)
6 Groovy sunday(remix by Mike Sipmson)
7. Lloyd Price Express(remix by John King)
8. Clock

Disc 6　「THE NEW POLLUTION」
1. The New Pollution
2. Richard’s Hairpiece(remix by Aphex Twin)
3. Electric Music And The Summer People
4. The New Pollution(Mario C.& Mickey P.remix)
5. Lemonade
6. Thunder Peel

Disc 7　「SISSYNECK」
1. Sissyneck
2. The New Pollution(remix by Mickey P)
3. Feather In Your Cap

Disc 8　「JACK-ASS」
1. Jack-Ass
2. Jack-Ass(Butch Vig mix)
3. Jack-Ass(Lowrider mix by Butch Vig)
4. Burro(Mariachi Version)
5. Strange Invitation
6. Devils Got My Woman(Skip James cover)
7. Brother

Disc 9　「DEADWEIGHT」
1. Deadweight(Edit)
2. Erase The Sun
3. SA-5

Disc 10　「TROPICALIA」
1. Tropicalia
2. Halo Of Gold
3. Black Ballon

Disc 11　「NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MY OWN」
1. Nobody’s Fault But My Own
2. One Of These Days
3. Diamond In The Sleaze

Disc 12　「SEXX LAWS」
1. Sexx Laws
2. Salt In The Wound
3. Sexx Laws(Wizeguyz remix)
4. Sexx Laws(Malibu remix)
5. Sexx Laws(Instrumental)
6. Sexx Laws(A Cappella)
7. Sexx Laws(Wizeguyz Instrumental remix)
8. Sexx Laws(Wizeguyz Bonus Dub)
9. Sexx Laws(Night Flight To Ojai)

Disc 13　「MIXED BIZNESS」
1. Mixed Bizness
2. Mixed Bizness(Nu Wave Dreamix)
3. Mixed Bizness(Cornelius remix)
4. Mixed Bizness(DJ Me DJ You remix 01)
5. Dirty Dirty
6. Mixed Bizness(Dirty Bixin Mixness)
7. Arabian Nights
8. Mixed Bizness(Alternative Mix)
9. Mixed Bizness(Cornelius Instrumental)
10. Mixed Bizness(DJ Me DJ You remix #2)
11. Mixed Bizness(Transatlantic Rmx)
12. Mixed Bizness(Fernando G. Rmx)
13. Mixed Bizness(Transatlantic Rmx Instrumental)
14. Mixed Bizness(The Latain Mix)
15. Mixed Bizness(Hardmix)

Disc 14　「NICOTINE & GRAVY」
1. Nicotine & Gravy
2. Midnight Vultures
3. Zatyricon

Disc 15　「E-Pro」
1. E-Pro
2. Venom Confection(E-Pro remix by Green.Music & Gold)
3. Ghost Range
4. Bad Cartridge

Disc 16　「Girl」
1. Girl
2. Girl(Recluse Street Remix by Octet)
3. Bit Rate Variations in B-Flat
4. Girl(Junior Senior Remix)

Disc 17　「HELL YES」
1. Hell Yes
2. Ghettochip Malfunction
3. Gucci Bag in Flames
4. Gameboy / Homeboy
5. Fax Machine Anthem

Disc 18　「BLACK TAMBOURINE」
1. Black Tambourine
2. Black Tambourine(Instrumental)
3. Black Tambourine(South Rakkas Crew Remix)
4. Superthriller Daddy Daddy Remix)

The price for this collection is listed at ¥12,600, which is about US$100.

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deluxe cockroach telling me what’s real

February 8th, 2007 by

Hi everyone.

I have some exciting news for you. Most of you have probably already heard that a deluxe version of The Information is coming out soon (Feb 27 in North America). It’ll have the international bonus tracks, a bunch of remixes, homemade videos for all the songs except O Menina, and two studio videos.

Last year, though, we kept hearing news about a deluxe 10th anniversary edition of Odelay coming out. When 2006 ended without official word of the rerelease, many of us gave up hope of seeing it. Well, it’s back, baby! HMV Japan has a page up for the rerelease! There’s not much information there, other than a release date (April 4) and the fact that it’ll be 2 CDs. Hopefully we get official confirmation and a tracklist soon. And hopefully there’s some new stuff on there that we haven’t heard before.

(Thanks to my favourite Japanese Beck blog HamBeck for linking to this.)

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Animals With Bananas

January 16th, 2007 by

Yes, a second apology for missing comments. A lot of real comments sometimes get lost in a wave of Spam comments.

To make it up, check this out:

http://music.yahoo.com/promo-31904706

Both Dave and I were there and had a blast, and that’s me on the right, as the “uberfan.” I’m in the Q&A as well. Enjoy! If you’d like, you can purchase the set from Yahoo directly.
Also if you haven’t heard, The Information Deluxe version is coming out sometime soon. Has some extras, remixes and lyrics and stickers. The only thing I’d really be interested in was more accurate song credits! Info on Info Deluxe at beck.com.

Otherwise, not sure what’s ahead for 2007. A short tour of Japan is in April, that’s the only real official activity scheduled. I know Beck’s recorded some tracks here and there for whatever… no idea what’ll happen with those. With Beck, who knows?

UPDATE 2007-02-06: Beck got bumped for John Legend on the page linked above. The Beck set can now be found at here.

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