Verpeiler
(Düsseldorf, Germany) | | Posted: May 03, 2013 - 06:34 | |
THIS is Beck? I thought it might be Ryan Adams. Never heard anything this good from Beck - not a fan of his lo-fi experiments, but this I like.
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 15:37 | |
A beautiful, sad song! The world doesn't have enough.
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Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.) | | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 06:59 | |
What an artist! Great stuff.
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coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 19:25 | |
I deeply appreciate all the different aspects of this gifted musician, and most make me grin or laugh or sing along, but this one ALWAYS gets me right square in the heart, renders me pensive and gets me looking out the window at the slanting gray rain...(and The Corgis' remake he did for Eternal Sunshine, too...whoah; either of these can take me to where he is when he sings them...)
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Stingray
| | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 19:23 | |
SCIENTOLOGIST (and WHINER!!)
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terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, TX) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 21:21 | |
One of my favorite sad, sad songs.
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keenevision
(Near Boston) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 04:36 | |
"Allman Brothers sound".
Wow. Good call....
I like this tune, esp. with the Alman bros thought.
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 10:42 | |
forge wrote:Critics were like "what the faaah, this isn't anything like Beck's previous stuff, this kinda sucks," and although I agree, I still think this and a few other tracks on this disc are most superb. Dude is a genius all right, wonder what's up with that scientology thing. Meh whatever I guess.
This is by far my favorite album of his. Any critic that says that is not a very well versed critic IMO. |
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Mugro
(My body is in Dubai, but my broken heart is in Red Sox Nation) | | Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 00:05 | |
There's a blue bird at my window I can't hear the songs he sings All the jewels in heaven They don't look the same to me I just wade the tides that turned
Till I learn to leave the past behind It's only lies that I'm living
It's only tears that I'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing
Guess I'm doing fine All the battlements are empty
And the moon is laying low
Yellow roses in the graveyard
Have no time to watch them grow Now I bade a friend farewell
I can do whatever pleases me It's only lies that I'm living
It's only tears that I'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing
Guess I'm doing fine Press my face up to the window
To see how warm it is inside
See the things that I've been missing
Missing all this time It's only lies that I'm living
It's only tears that I'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing
Guess I'm doing fine (x2) |
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paranoidfloyd
(Saskatchewan, Canada) | | Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 07:19 | |
Baby_M wrote:Beck does his best Gordon Lightfoot imitation — and it works!
Nice call - and it does work. |
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 07:16 | |
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Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 11:43 | |
Beck does his best Gordon Lightfoot imitation — and it works!
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 11:42 | |
NatureDeficit wrote:Allman Brothers sound That is an interesting thought... this is not one of my favorite songs by Beck, but I like the perspective you posted... I see the song a little more favorably now...
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NatureDeficit
(Virginia) | | Posted: Jun 25, 2011 - 17:58 | |
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forge
(Boynton Beach, FL) | | Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 13:59 | |
Critics were like "what the faaah, this isn't anything like Beck's previous stuff, this kinda sucks," and although I agree, I still think this and a few other tracks on this disc are most superb. Dude is a genius all right, wonder what's up with that scientology thing. Meh whatever I guess.
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jersey_birdman
| | Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 13:44 | |
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mbriner
(So Cal) | | Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 13:31 | |
flatpicker wrote:Haunting and wonderful.
Beck is one of the best in music today.
Agreed! |
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Stingray
(EUROPE) | | Posted: Aug 29, 2010 - 13:23 | |
HANDS OFF - SCIENTOLOGIST!!!
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flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada) | | Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 13:32 | |
Haunting and wonderful.
Beck is one of the best in music today.
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Jul 12, 2010 - 19:25 | |
Buddikat wrote:What do you do with yourself when you must bid "a friend farewell"? I understand the "dreary" comments on this cut, but as I live with that question these days, I am grateful when a skillful artist/song can make a lonely process seem less lonely. And then you can move on to something like "Walking on Sunshine." (Smile)
(And if you need something more raw than Beck, on a similar, heartbroken theme, check out nearly anything on "End Times" by Eels—not for the faint of heart.)
Nice post, and I agree completely. Love this Beck CD and that crazy/melancholy Eels disk as well. |
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Buddikat
(New York State) | | Posted: May 25, 2010 - 21:20 | |
What do you do with yourself when you must bid "a friend farewell"? I understand the "dreary" comments on this cut, but as I live with that question these days, I am grateful when a skillful artist/song can make a lonely process seem less lonely. And then you can move on to something like "Walking on Sunshine." (Smile)
(And if you need something more raw than Beck, on a similar, heartbroken theme, check out nearly anything on "End Times" by Eels—not for the faint of heart.)
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muse_Kidd
| | Posted: May 25, 2010 - 20:55 | |
Standing on the back porch... looking out across the yard... over the tall grass into the woods... listening alone...
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: May 25, 2010 - 20:50 | |
The last few comments were quoting other comments that basically said this song was dreary, depressing, boring... Personally, I like it. It has a flow to it that matches my mood tonight. I don't sleep much, so when I can find a song that affects me like a warm, scented bubble bath right before I hit the sack, I'm a happy camper.
This song does it. I think I might actually be able to sleep without dreams tonight. And Beck, I mean that in a GOOD way. Beautiful, ethereal song. I didn't listen to your lyrics this time, because honestly, I just fell into the music. Thank you.
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stephw
(Ottawa, ON) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 11:52 | |
leaf wrote:The song is just plain dreary.
I'll add my nodding head....to just plain dreary too!  |
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Walrus_Gumbo
| | Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 11:50 | |
Antochius wrote:So he made this album after a painful breakup well boo hoo zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Certainly left you bitter, didn't it? |
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Mar 23, 2010 - 12:50 | |
leaf wrote:The song is just plain dreary.
The song is just plain bad. |
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Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere) | | Posted: Mar 23, 2010 - 12:46 | |
sirdroseph wrote:Just an extraordinary album; start to finish. By far his best effort! I'll add my nodding head as well. |
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 09:11 | |
sirdroseph wrote:Just an extraordinary album; start to finish. By far his best effort! |
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sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 12:48 | |
joskootje wrote:most people disagree, but I don't mind.
sea change is beck's best album!
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sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 12:47 | |
Just an extraordinary album; start to finish. By far his best effort! |
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