 Modern Guilt (2008) [ larger cover art ] |
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There's a bottomless pit that we've been climbing from
Just to get on level ground
Shake your seasick legs around
Everyone in a logo town
Signs of life are stark and flickering
I need a bed to lay my body down
Dead weight to carry me down
Some static is lulling me to sleep
Hang your clothes on a chain link fence
In a junkyard say amen
Your mouth is full of wordless hymns
And run-on sentences
And we're helpless and forgetting in the background holding nothing
And we're youthless and pretending in the bearhands holding nothing
There's a million horse dragging down a monolith
these trademarks so bereaved
Tied my leg to a barricade
with a plastic handgrenade
They tried to turn emotion into noise
I need a teleprompter for my life
Need a pipeline to the night
My body can't get no relief
And this life it goes by fast
To treading water in the past
While you try to reanimate something that you don't understand
And we're helpless and forgetting in the background don't saying nothing
And he's youthless and forgetting in the bare hymns tied to nothing
And he's helpless and forgetting in the background don't saying nothing
And he's youthless and pretending with his bare hands tied to nothing
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 21:12 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| JIan (Phoenix, AZ, USA) | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 12:09  Turned up!! |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 15:50 Yep. I like this very much. Thank you Beck! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 21:14 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 09:00 Profound lyrics, and I love the bass line... this song is cool... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 14:03 sirdroseph wrote: Beck good, me like Beck.  Me too! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 04:28 Beck good, me like Beck. |
| squidish (Underwater in the SF Bay) | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 17:48 Beck does MGMT |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 17:41 This is one of my (many) RP favorites — I included it on a mixed cd and followed it up with Yoav - Club Thing (which I used to hear on here but haven't heard in a long time, but it does make for a great segue if I do say so myself). |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 14:18 just played yesterday. . . |
| Theodoransky (Mexico) | Posted: Mar 21, 2010 - 00:12 today is the third or fourth beck song i am hearing here. not that this is a bad thing. |
| chirpie (olathe, kansas) | Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 14:26 CortezTheKiller wrote: I really enjoy listening to any song taken off this album separately. I just can't hack listening to it all in one go. True! This album felt like a collection of singles vs Guero or The Information which play better as a cohesive piece. |
| flatpicker (Toronto, Canada) | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 10:38 Great tune! Awesome album! Like a fine wine, Beck gets better with age! |
| oppositelock (On the road) | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 10:38 Like |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 10:37 I didn't know Glen made music.  |
| casey1024 (Between past & future...) | Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 07:31 rahjo wrote: sucko barfo! OLD! Released - 2008 - or were you referring to the "sound"? |
| zipper | Posted: Aug 12, 2009 - 16:15 This CD has been playing in my car for about a week. During the drive to work, planning my day, and during the drive home, planning my evening, about the only thing that comes through is "shake your seasick legs around." Cracks me up every time, and I walk through the door chanting it ike it's a mantra. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Aug 12, 2009 - 16:13 Panic in DEE-troit..... |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 15:46 Nice followup to Janice's "Move Over" |
| crockydile (I miss Excelsior!) | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 12:35 Bill, you're on a roll. Like a car with no brakes careening down a San Francisco street...Joplin to Beck. Hold on!  |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 15:18 Reckless! But in a good way.  |
| Xeric (Up on the Roof) | Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 20:51 gjeeg wrote: The usual unbridled genius Ah. Maybe that's the problem. |
| nwskinner (Sydney) | Posted: May 15, 2009 - 01:12 dogpound wrote: wow a Beck song I totally dont hate. Don't know if I would go quite that far, but it is not their worst. And I didn't rip my headphones off. |
| lingchih (Irving, Texas) | Posted: May 08, 2009 - 08:39 Sorry, I couldn't let "sucko, barfo, OLD" be the topmost comment. Quite a nice tune. |
| rahjo | Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 12:37 sucko barfo! OLD! |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Feb 21, 2009 - 05:01 The usual unbridled genius |
| CortezTheKiller | Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 17:08 I really enjoy listening to any song taken off this album separately. I just can't hack listening to it all in one go. |
| dogpound (the island on which I belong) | Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 08:20 wow a Beck song I totally dont hate. |
| rdo | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 10:11 fuh2 wrote: My 999th song with a 9 rating. The Lake Wobegon effect |
| fuh2 (The Ring of Fire) | Posted: Jan 10, 2009 - 11:19 My 999th song with a 9 rating. |
| greyfin10 (Panama City, FL) | Posted: Dec 23, 2008 - 08:23 djengs wrote: ... If you like what he did at some point, it is out there. When you are ready for something else, he is way ahead of you. Preach it! I absolutely agree with this. I understand someone wanting more of a dish they love though. |
| djengs | Posted: Dec 09, 2008 - 20:51 AphidA wrote: Beck's new stuff bums me out. I want the Beck we had circa Mutations . I really don't think you understand this guy. He doesn't spend a lot of time on the same road. Can't say I like everyting he has done, but (like RP) I like him all the more for it. If you like what he did at some point, it is out there. When you are ready for something else, he is way ahead of you. |
| Johnny-smooth (On my bicycle) | Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 15:11 Tim_in_N_FL wrote: Beck is consistently one of the most creative artists on the commercial scene. Kudos Sir !Agreed |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 14:57 michaelgmitchell wrote: I don't give a rat's ass about the guy's beliefs. He constantly wows me with his stretch of musicality. I had never listened to Beck until I discovered RP. I'm amazed that an old guy like me would actually have 3 Beck selections on my iTunes purchase list. I've heard a lot of crap from him, but he still grabs me with certain creations. Totally understand. I am no spring chicken myself and have Beck on my shelf now. And as I mentioned in another song post, my marketing guy, a retired US military intelligence officer who was in Berlin when the wall came down, now listens to Beck in his STS, and LOVES it. Thanks to RP. |
| Tim_in_N_FL (Florida) | Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 11:20 Beck is consistently one of the most creative artists on the commercial scene. Kudos Sir ! |
| WayUpNorth (North Maine Woods) | Posted: Nov 18, 2008 - 07:09 purplespider wrote: I think his weird has become more subtle and intellectual. I agree. Everything he does is "interesting" at a bare minimum. |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON Canada) | Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 07:43 I don't give a rat's ass about the guy's beliefs. He constantly wows me with his stretch of musicality. I had never listened to Beck until I discovered RP. I'm amazed that an old guy like me would actually have 3 Beck selections on my iTunes purchase list. I've heard a lot of crap from him, but he still grabs me with certain creations. |
| jpfueler (South o' Ft Worth) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 13:47 diazo wrote: Yep. Almost as weird as all the other religions. |
| Dancing_banana (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 13:40 my love for this song increases every time i hear it! very cool. |
| AphidA | Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 07:39 Beck's new stuff bums me out. I want the Beck we had circa Mutations . |
| Wittgenstein (Sydney, Aus) | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 06:01 DELTA__9__FOOLS wrote: This album is in constant rotation for me right now. What, as in rotating on its way out the window? |
| Kittee (NC- Dreaming of the Mountains) | Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 07:38 Ok we are headed into some good Friday music now. Beck - Youthless Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Diablo Rojo Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - The Thrill is Gone |
| diazo (high in the northern rockies) | Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 17:16 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: He's gotten more into Scientology over the years. Is that weird enough for you? Yep. Almost as weird as all the other religions. |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 17:14 vit wrote: Is it me or has this guy gotten a lot less weird over the years? He's gotten more into Scientology over the years. Is that weird enough for you? |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 10:49 Loved Bill's comments about the phrase "Moden Guilt" and the current financial crisis. It's too bad we can't send Mr. G to Washington to put some sense into those &%$& people. (hmm. Mr. G goes to Washington. Is there a movie title in there somewhere?) |
| DELTA__9__FOOLS (Dirtona, FL) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 10:39 This album is in constant rotation for me right now. |
| purplespider (Portland, OR) | Posted: Sep 18, 2008 - 23:31 vit wrote: Is it me or has this guy gotten a lot less weird over the years? I think his weird has become more subtle and intellectual. |
| songbirdfemme (syracuse ny) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 09:45 black321 wrote: Mojito? why yes, I think I will! |
| sutcliff (Saint Louis) | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 08:11 I heard a piece about him and this album on NPR this morning. I am liking what I hear. |
| Kristi (Athens, GA) | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 08:09 Gotta admit, Beck's growing on me. Especially this new album. I think I'll have to go out and buy it soon.... |