Monday, June 20, 2005

Beck - "Everybody's gotta learn sometime"

I mentioned that I like the song from the end of "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind." But I never looked in to who did it. Well, they just played it on the radio this morning. I would have never guessed, but it's Beck! Whodathunkit?

It's good stuff. And quite unBeckish to my knowledge. Good work Beck!

Hmm... now that I'm listening to it... it reminds me of Aimee Mann's stuff in the movie Magnolia... hmmm... any reasons for this???
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Anonymous said...

Amy told me about your blog a few weeks ago, but I kept forgetting to look at it until now.

This is good stuff.

I wrote down the names of a bunch of the bands you mentioned so that next time I'm in a music store I'll be able to remember what I want to buy. I got Daniel to make a list of jazz for me a while ago, but I've gotten a number of those cds now and the others are hard to find. I'm very confident in this new list.

I like Bob Dylan too and, like you, I'm not sure why. He's not a particularly great guitarist or singer. His lyrics are great, although I'm also often unable to figure out exactly what he's talking about.

I've figured out two reasons I like Bob. They're a little vague. But I think they're good overall guidelines for good music.

First, he's sincere. He's ultimate priority is good music. The fame and fortune is good, but I get the feeling he'd be playing in his basement even if nobody'd ever heard of him. He likes making music and he believes his message. People like honesty.

Second, he's a storyteller. I'm not sure what it'd be like to take a trip "on a magic swirling ship," but it's fun to imagine. And we've all had conversations like the one he describes in Don't Think Twice It's All Right. People like stories.

I guess this comment really should go on the Bob Dylan entry, but I clicked on this one first and I can't think of anything to say about Beck at the moment. I hope you don't mind. Discussions about music are always good regardless of where they take place, right?

So, since I've gleaned so much good musical advice from your blog, I think it's only right for me to offer a suggestion. On a whim I recently bought Neil Young's Greatest Hits (http://www.neilyoung.com/greatesthits.html). It's great. It reminds me of Dylan in a way, but it's easy to see the influence Young had on people such as Nirvana. And the stories he tells in songs such as Keep on Rocking in the Free World are simply amazing. Then there's Cinnimon Girl, Ohio, Southern Man, Old Man... It's some good stuff. I hear you might be around next weekend; I can burn a disc for you if you like.

Ok, I'm at "work" so I should wrap this up. Thanks for the musical suggestions. Keep on blogging.

Always,
Todd.

10:21 AM
Anonymous said...

nathan,
it's me. daniel's friend dylan. remember? anyway, i was just lurking around the eenterneet and i stumbled across you. you were just lying there on the information superhighway. with no clothes on. you should get dressed, it's cold out here. anyway, the reason this tune doesn't sound like a beck tune is that it was written by this band called the korgis.
they were sort of a one-hit kind of group from the eighties. also, if you like the way beck sounds on this tune, check out his second last album "sea changes". it's a melancholy acoustic guitar-type thing. pretty good. his newest album is sort of sucky though. i'd skip it. bye bye.

6:33 PM
Nathan Funk said...

Hey Daniel's friend Dylan... of course I remember you! You're mister "listens to James Taylor's Shower the People" when you're nervous. Or at least that's how I remember you.

But how in the world did you find this blog??? I thought this blog was pretty much the darkest cornery corner of the eenterneet. Only crazy people visit the blog! And only crazier people leave comments ;) sorry Todd.

Anyway, thanks for dropping by. Please come again. Point me to your blog or audioscrobbler profile if you've got one.

9:34 PM

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