{"id":166,"date":"2008-08-03T11:35:19","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T16:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whiskeyclone.net\/papertiger\/?p=166"},"modified":"2008-08-03T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2008-08-03T16:35:19","slug":"the-beck-oeuvre-song-1-000000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/papertiger\/2008\/08\/03\/the-beck-oeuvre-song-1-000000\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beck Oeuvre: Song #1 “.000.000”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a new blog series, where a select bunch of Beckfrx will share their reminiscences, thoughts, inspirations, interpretations of EVERY Beck song! How’s that for ambitious? The Beckfrx have all been fans for a long while, we’ve lived with these songs as long as possible, and hopefully have interesting things to say. Please add your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n

We’re going alphabetically, and yes, we know this will probably take five years to finish.<\/p>\n

Today’s first song: the always mysterious “.000.000<\/a>“!<\/p>\n

Newtron<\/b>: <\/p>\n

This has always been one of my favorite Beck songs. In my mind I group this in with ‘Lemonade<\/a>‘. They were both among the first Beck b-sides I heard (Odelay<\/i> was my first Beck album, and its singles were my first Beck singles). Both these songs were so different from what was on Odelay<\/i> — so weird and non-commercial — and listening to them I started to realize that Beck was working on a lot more layers and levels than I had originally assumed. 16-year-old Dave loved it because it was fucked up and different, and 26-year-old Dave loves it because it rocks my ass (gently).<\/p>\n

BTW, I pronounce this “zero hundred thousand”. What does everyone else say?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Breathmint<\/b>: <\/p>\n

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listening to this song over and over makes it difficult for me to breathe. kind of scary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vitamin.Deb<\/b>: <\/p>\n

Funny, and probably somehow appropriate, that we begin with a track that evokes for me the horrors of backwardsness. (Is that even a word? Check the Becktionary.) Looking backwards, trying to live backwards. I’m not someone who knows much at all about the technical aspects of music, but it feels to me like there are one or more elements in this song that were recorded and then inverted, a la the little man in Twin Peaks. Anyway, yeah, so I’ve got someone close to me who can’t get over the past, who is hopelessly mired in it, and this song makes me think about that. Disquieting, cautionary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

Beck<\/a><\/b>: <\/p>\n

There were definitely lyrics and they were very meaningful. I think. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AlmostAGhost<\/b>: <\/p>\n

This song will always just be, to me, those nights I’ve spent, sitting in the dark, headphones on, listening to the song in tiny fragments, played over and over, *PAUSE* *REWIND* *PLAY* *REWIND* *PLAY*, trying to figure out what those lyrics are. And never succeeding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And finally here<\/a> is an unofficial “inverted mix” of the song, which (ever so slightly) emphasizes the vocals, and has a cool drum sound.<\/p>\n

Up next: “10,000 Pesos”!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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