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Beta Band — Dry The Rain
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Zonkers
(Cornfieldville, IL)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:54
 
 wossName wrote:
Still Photo from High Fidelity

 
Awesome!

 I will now sell five copies of "The Three EPs" by The Beta Band. 

whomhow
(changeable)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:53
 

from 2 to solid 1 (while song is playing).



subgyro
(Cowgary, AB)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:53
 
Progressive Folk Hop.

I'm chair-dancing again. About as 10 as it gets!

amoreena
(west whatnot)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:51
 
All you haters.....do two quick shots of Jack Daniels, (or other substance of choice) put on headphones, and you will love this song.

Why not try it, eh?

DonkeyHoaty
Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 03:28
 
 thewiseking wrote:
said it before, bears repeating.....repetition is beautiful

 

I would agree with that - and, although I don't normally comment on others taste in music, etc, I'd also say that the people who don't get this song are missing out, big time.  The Three EPs CD, which this track if from, is a great listen overall, but this particular track is a solid 10.  What is more amazing is that, personally, I don't find it rips anything off - even if other people can hear other artists/songs, I think it is really their unique sound.

wossName
(Earth)
Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 16:45
 
Still Photo from High Fidelity

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 16:36
 
I wonder if they later became the VHS Band? {#Stupid}

ghoffman
(Plano, TX)
Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 16:36
 
Anyone else think this sounds like early Pink Floyd?  Not bad.

cherjr
(New York, USA)
Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 07:26
 
Soooooo underrated....

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 13:56
 
 aspicer wrote:

YES!  I can never hear this song without remembering the scene!  Perfect Pic! 
 

I think in the movie the line goes "watch, I am going to sell 5 copies of the Beta Band" as he spins their album.  I am wondering if that was the only 5 copies ever sold by this band...Well, I bought this CD.  They opened for Radiohead on the Kid A tour.  A forgettable band.  I like this tune though.

Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 23:06
 
Thank you for playing Beta Band! I also recommend Aliens

merkin_muffley
(Down the rabbit hole.....)
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 08:34
 
One of my favourite songs ever. The way it builds towards the end is superb, reminds me of good times when first released.

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 - 14:26
 
 ziggytrix wrote:

Or maybe Beck sounds like this?

 

I am hearing early Floyd.

 



aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 18:52
 
 scrubbrush wrote:
 
YES!  I can never hear this song without remembering the scene!  Perfect Pic! 

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 15:18
 
 horstman wrote:


Overall sounds like Beck.
 
Or maybe Beck sounds like this?


scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 15:15
 


jenovella70
(Willows, CA)
Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 06:11
 
I have an album by Beta Band that I consider a real work of art. I LOVE the easy swagger, general lazy, yet hip feel & sort of techno-tweaked feel of this band. I think it's a perfect hybrid type of sound. The voice is reminiscent of Beck, yes, but I don't confuse them because of a different tonal quality. I really like this band a lot.

haresfur
(Bendigo Australia)
Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 18:01
 
Great movie, good book, the soundtrack works well in the film but I find I don't have much interest in listening to it on it's own.  This tune is decent, though.

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 17:58
 
 meloman wrote:
"image not available"...  wish the sound wasn't.
 

Overall sounds like Beck.

The guitar at the end is very similar to Keith Richards.

Nice combination to make an Okay sound/song.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 17:57
 
8 ——> 9

meloman
(Warsaw, Poland)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 01:53
 
"image not available"...  wish the sound wasn't.

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 11:50
 
...i believe they pronounce their name "BEET-ah Band" - at least they did at the concert i attended...

madaxeman
(Scottish west coast)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 09:55
 
A solid 2.

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 09:53
 
said it before, bears repeating.....repetition is beautiful

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 09:52
 
 MM_Prague wrote:
Anyone else hear echoes of Brian Eno circa Taking Tiger Mountain era?
 
...yeah, you're right - i didn't even notice until you pointed it out!..

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 09:49
 
...i had the pleasure of watching the beta band's number-one-fan perform some sort of fantastically-enthusiastic interpretive dance as they opened before a radiohead show in palo alto, back in 2001...

all.

by.

himself.

...entertaining gesticulations, to be sure, but a bit goofy jumping up in front of the crowd like that...

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 14:38
 
+1 for association with High Fidelity. 10

SigmaBetaTooth
(Frolicking the open fields of venture capitol in Indianapolis, IN)
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 14:23
 
How long has it been? This is one of the golden nuggets that half way through you realize with a pleasant surprise you aren't listening to your ipod.

mmoyer
(Silicon Valley)
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 14:18
 
 DoctorHooey wrote:
I was one of the five in Championship Vinyl that Rob sold this EP to. True story.
 
That is just awesome.

One of my top 5 favorite movies.



dannyboy57
(Somerville, MA)
Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 19:01
 
 MM_Prague wrote:
Anyone else hear echoes of Brian Eno circa Taking Tiger Mountain era?
 
abso - freakin' - lutely! {#Wave}Mother Whale Eyeless

Relayer
(Gainesville, FL)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 07:31
 
Love the song, especially the lyrics.  The last 3 minutes are really incredible in the music and the lyrics. The lyrics to this song really hit me hard when I was going through a divorce:

If there's something inside that you wanna say
Say it out loud it'll be okay
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I Need Love
I Need Love

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 07:29
 
Sounds like a cross between Beck and mid career Pink Floyd, I like. Wonder if they will change their name to VHS Band?

pianocomposer
(Springfield)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 07:28
 
 Jelani wrote:
Beta Band Beck?
 
I thought it was Beck too. It gets a solid 6 from me. I woulda given it a 7 if it had been Beck. Heh heh heh. Life just ain't fair.



rachlan
(nyc)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 07:28
 
I like this.  and never heard it.  i don't think.  and it is raining out.

and yeah.  I thought it was beck at first.



jlind
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 11:58
 

"Who is this?" "The Beta Band" "They're pretty good!" "I know"



Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 11:56
 
DoctorHooey wrote:
I was one of the five in Championship Vinyl that Rob sold this EP to. True story.
Too funny. What hath Mr. Hornby wrought? Details please...



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 08:29
 
 Jelani wrote:
Beta Band Beck?
 

Funny, I always thought that this sounded like Beta Band. Hmmmm, oh well......{#Cool}

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 17:43
 
qual-i-tee {#Music}

DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 17:40
 
I was one of the five in Championship Vinyl that Rob sold this EP to. True story.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 16:21
 
Ugh. sounded Beckish at the beginning, and the end, and in the middle, but no good Beckish diversions form the same old same old...drone. Ugh.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 16:15
 
Beta Band Beck?

Bazooka
(Mountain View, CA USA)
Posted: Jun 26, 2009 - 21:54
 
Squares is cool too. 

MM_Prague
(Prague)
Posted: May 26, 2009 - 02:35
 
Anyone else hear echoes of Brian Eno circa Taking Tiger Mountain era?

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 10:26
 
Thought this was about someone called Lorraine until I turned the sound up.  Need something a bit less dirge-like please - it is 6.30pm on Friday here in UK and I need to be LIVENED UP!!!!!

TampaPurple
(East)
Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 10:26
 
This has probably already been said but, 

"I will now sell five copies ofThe Three EPs by The Beta Band." 

gloriajanell
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 08:24
 
This is my first time hearing this. Thought maybe it was new Beck at first! Most Excellent!!  {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Motor}{#Dancingbanana_2}

cptbuz
(home)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 08:23
 

"My desert island, all-time, top-five most memorable breakups, in chronological order, are as follows: Alison Ashmore; Penny Hardwick; Jackie Alden; Charlie Nicholson; and Sarah Kendrew. Those were the ones that really hurt. Can you see your name on that list, Laura? Maybe you'd sneak into the top ten. But there's just no room for you in the top five, sorry. Those places are reserved for the kind of humiliation and heartbreak you're just not capable of delivering."

great tune, and a great movie




DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 08:20
 
mattt wrote:

I wonder how many folks were like me and first learned of this awesome band from this scene?

Count me as a yes on that one.


dewhead
(Big Orange Country)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 08:20
 
First time I heard this was in the John Cusack movie "High Fidelity." There's some good music in that movie.

a_genuine_find
(Nieuw Amsterdam)
Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 15:07
 
 skdenfeld wrote:
I LOVE the progression of this song!
 
{#Yes}{#Bananajam}funky, tasty turns {#High-five}