In praise of..... Beck!

[MissMillie]

Driving into work today, my iPod shuffled over to Devil's Haircut. I forgot how much I liked Beck...



Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperature's dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Heads are hanging from the garbage man trees
Mouthwash jukebox gasoline
Crystals are pointing at a poor man's pockets
Smiling eyes ripping out of his sockets
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Love machines on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies on the dropout buses
Hitching a ride with the bleeding noses
Coming to town with the brief case blues
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
Ghetto-blasting disintegrating
Rock 'n' roll, know what I'm saying
And everywhere I look there's a devil waiting
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Devil's haircut! In my mind!
Devil's haircut! In my mind!
Devil's haircut! In my mind!

[underpants]

1. .......... .....

Scientologist

:yoiks:

[MissMillie]

2. really... too bad

I think he's really inventive when it comes to music.

[johnnie]

4. From what I hear he doesn't practice it

He was born into it and I don't think he is one any longer. I could be wrong though... it has happened once or twice.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. Odelay is an amazing album.

I've rarely heard an album that blended almost every major musical style and still sounded great. There's not a weak track on that whole album.

[nutsnberries]

5. Here's to Beck

:toast:

Beck is great. I saw one of his shows at a fairly small place in 1997 - it was AWESOME!

Just yesterday I was listening to Sea Change which I haven't listened to for a few months. Then I filled my CD tray with the rest of my Beck CDs for today.

I never knew his link to Scientology until this thread so I wanted to check it out. :(
I went to Beck.com and got interested in the links page (good, but i can't get the music to stop so i can listen to the clips http://www.beck.com/ )

Wikipedia says... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck

Beck has been a Scientologist for most of his life but has only recently publicly acknowledged this fact. As the child of Scientologists, he attended the Scientologist-run Apple School in Los Feliz. After a brief stint at a public school, he dropped out in 9th grade and attended various Scientology training courses, completing at least 13 between 1986 and 1989. It is not clear what his involvement was during the 1990s, but he appears to have distanced himself from it to some degree.

His name appears in Scientology literature again in 2003, showing that he is a member and a donor. In 2003 or 2004, he married Marissa Ribisi, who is also a second-generation Scientologist.

After many public denials of his affliations to the Church of Scientology, Beck publicly acknowledged them for first time in an interview published in the New York Times Magazine on March 6, 2005. Further confirmation came in an interview with the Irish Sunday Tribune newspaper's i Magazine in June 2005, where he is quoted as saying, "Yeah, I'm a Scientologist. My father has been a Scientologist for about 35 years, so I grew up in and around it." When questioned, he was vague on Scientology's core beliefs.

[Strong Atheist]

6. And here I thought you meant

[Radio_Guy]

9. I thought she meant Glen Beck

I was about to scream at my monitor.

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. Satan gave me a taco and it made me really sick

The chicken was all raw and the grease was mighty thick
The rice was all rancid and the beans were so hard
I was gettin' kinda dizzy eatin' all the lard
There was aphids on the lettuce and I ate every one
And after I was done the salsa melted off my tongue
Pieces of tortilla got stuck in my throat
And the stains on my clothes burned a hole through my coat
My stomach was a-tremblin' and I broke out in a rash
I was so dry and thirsty and I didn't have no cash
So I went and found a hose, tore off all my clothes
Turned on the water and it shot right up my nose
Some old lady came along and she thought I was a freak
So she beat me with a handbag till I could hardly speak
I was lying there naked, my body badly bruised
In a pool of my own blood, unconscious and confused
Well, the cops came and got me and threw me in their van
And I woke up on the ceiling and I couldn't find my hand
They took me to the judge, his eyes a-glowin' red
The courtroom was filled with witches and the dead
Well, the sheriff was a hellhound with fangs and claws
The prisoners were tied up and chained to the walls
The air was gettin' thick; the smoke was gettin' thicker
The judge read the verdict: said, "Cut off his head!"
Well, they placed me on the altar, and they raised up the axe
My head was about to explode when I noticed the Marshall stacks
I noticed all the smoke machines, cameras and the lights
Some guy with a microphone, runnin' around dancin' in tights
And I noticed the crew and the band playin' down below
And I realized I was in a rock video

So I went and joined the band and I went out on tour
And I smoked a lot of heroin and I passed out in manure
I made out with the groupies, started fires backstage
I made a lot of money and I gave it all away
Well, the band got killed, so I started a solo career
And I won all the awards and I drank all the beer
I opened up a taco stand just to smell the smell
cookin' with the devil; frying down in hell

[meegbear]

8. Here here!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

10. I've been fortunate to see him play live three times

And I have to say -- he's even better live. Quite the little breakdancing showman.

My favorite time was back before he was really famous (post-Loser but pre-Odelay); he played in a parking lot to an audience of about 50 of us following his main stage gig at Lollapalooza. Just him and an acoustic guitar, playing a lot of old Woody Guthrie songs and such. He also passed an extra mic around the crowd and had various people do a beat-box while he played some of his more contemporary stuff. Needless to say, it was one of those rare, sublime, unforgettable moments.

[BigMcLargehuge]

11. I want to get with you, and your sister

I think her name is Debra...

Great albums all the way around.

i met you
at JC Penney
i think your nametag
said "Jenny"
i coldstep to you
with a fresh pack of gum
somehow i knew
you were lookin' for some
like a fruit that's ripe for a pickin'
i wanna do you like that Zankou Chicken
'cos only you've got a thing
that i just got to get with
i just got to get with you
and you know what we're gonna do

i wanna get with you
and your sister
i think her name's Debra

i wanna get with you
and your sister
i think her name's Debra

i pick you up late at night after work
i said "lady, step inside my Hyundai"
i'm gonna take you up to Glendale
gonna take you for a real good meal
cos when our eyes did meet
girl you know i was packin' heat
ain't no use in wastin' no time gettin' to know each other
cos only you got a thing
that i just got to get with

i wanna get with you
and your sister
i think her name's Debra

i wanna get with you
and your sister
i think her name's Debra

lovely lady
girl you drive me crazy