Beck

Beck released his third album, Mellow Gold, in 1994. It was one of three he released that year!

Beck has somehow come up with a 2016 version of the bemused surrealist funk of Odelay. The track has Atlanta trap drums and a woozy flute-loop and a little bit of just-woke-up rapping from Beck. www.stereogum.com Watch the video featuring Beck's kids! youtu.be

"The New Pollution" was released as the third single from Beck's fifth album, 'Odelay.' This remix was released on the 12" version of the record.

For Colin! --- "Blue Moon" is a song written, produced and performed by Beck, issued as the lead single from his twelfth studio album Morning Phase. The song is the musician's first release on Capitol Records (after leaving his previous label, Geffen Records). The song became Beck's first single to top the U.S. Adult Alternative Songs chart, and was nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance at the 57th Grammy Awards.

Happy Thursday and welcome to Drive Time! Connect with us at dj@kexp.org or 206-903-5397. Beck's "Deadweight" samples Iron Butterfly, Louis Jordan and Grand Funk Railroad. It was released on the soundtrack to 'A Life Less Ordinary' at the end of 1997. -- bit.ly Enjoy this video: youtu.be

The whistling in the intro comes from "The Moog and Me" by Dick Hyman. The organ line is sampled from "Life" by Sly & the Family Stone.

Hear anything familiar? Beck sampled multiple elements of Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon." --- "Cellphone's Dead" first showed up on stage in early 2005, when it was called "Knock Out." The main rap verses were in place, but back then, the chorus was: "Here we go / Stereo / One by one / I'll knock you out / We'll go down / Round and round / Round and round / One by one / I'll knock you out / Knock you out / Knock you out."

#59-Best Opening Songs A 2008 retrospective review of this 1996 album reads: "In hindsight, the record sounds like the world's most accomplished demo reel-- an introductory smorgasbord pumped-up on its own premeditated randomness." Check out the full article here: tinyurl.com

#87--Best Opening Tracks... -- In the early 1990s Beck Hansen and co-writer Carl Stephenson spent a few hours recording a song called “Loser,” which fledgling label Bong Load Custom Records pressed 500 copies of. It surprisingly made some noise on FM radio in L.A., and Beck was signed to Geffen imprint DGC, which re-released “Loser” in 1994 and included the song on Beck’s album "Mellow Gold." -- The chorus of "Soy un perdedor" is Spanish for "I'm a loser." Go here to watch a retrospective on the making of "Mellow Gold": www.youtube.com

#259 Midnite Vultures is the seventh studio album by American musician Beck, released on November 16, 1999, by DGC Records. While similar to most of Beck's previous albums in its exploration of widely varying styles, it did not achieve the same blockbuster success as his breakthrough album Odelay, but was still critically acclaimed and commercially successful. www.kexp.org/donate