A Pop Post-Modernist Gives Up on Irony
BECK sees dead ends everywhere on his new album, Mutations. Creativity and culture are played out, love has faded away. There arent even any new jokes to be told. Who wants to be there to sweep the debris, to harness dead horses? he sings. Well, for the length of the album, it seems that Beck does. He contemplates entropy and decay with his most lucid and unguarded songs, as he renounces his old studio tomfoolery. Some of the songs could be about long-lost love, but nearly all of them also read as impressions of a time when the only certainty is a free-floating sense of loss.. Jon Pareles interviews pop singer-songwriter Beck; reviews his new album, Mutations; photo
Grammys: Beck Responds to Kanye Wests Album of the.
Beck didnt mind when Kanye West rushed the stage and almost took the microphone ahead of his album of the year acceptance speech at Sunday nights Grammys. In fact, he wanted the rapper, who quickly smiled and��.
A Sound Arranger With an Ear for Pop
MOST SUCCESSFUL POP musicians have a knack for writing unforgettable melodies, lilting harmonies, exquisite arrangements, irresistible rhythms or revelatory lyrics. Beck, the 25-year-old Los Angeles faux naif who refuses to acknowledge that his one hit (Loser) has any musical or cultural significance whatsoever, possesses some of these gifts. But he has two things that are more important: raw instinct and a restless creativity. Whether lazily rattling an acoustic guitar or piecing together an elaborate sonic web, Beck is guided by an ear for sound and its placement in space. He has been called a slacker rapper, an indie bluesman and a Gen X Dylan leading a new folk revolution. But the truth is that Beck is a sound arranger. His songs only seem randomly constructed, strummed or sung; in truth, to remove a single lyric or sound from a piece would destroy it. His music appears unwieldy, on the verge of collapse, yet like a spinning top it has a momentum that keeps it from crashing to the ground.
Death of T. Romeyn BECK.
From the Albany Evening Journal. We discharge a melancholy duty in announcing the death of this eminent, widely known and universally honored citizen. Dr. BECKs health had been gradually declining for several months.. his death
Kanye West Doesnt Care About BECK, People | The Daily.
If you watched the Grammys, you have my sincerest condolences for wasting 4 hours of your life. Its 2015, and now we have the technology to condense hours and.
Kanye West -- When I Insinuated BECK Wasnt a Real Artist I.
Kanye West now says he was not suggesting Beck wasnt a real artist when he ranted an ultimatum that real artists might boycott the Grammys.. but it sure sounds like thats what he was saying. Kanye, Kim and North West��.
Who Is BECK? Meet the Big Grammy Winner Here!
Most importantly ��� Beck is an accomplished musician who has released a ton of albums! Among them include Golden Feelings (1993), Stereopathetic Soulmanure (1994), Mellow Gold (1994), One Foot in the Grave (1994), Odelay (1996), Mutations (1998), .
That Ticking Sound? It’s Beck’s New Single
Reviews of new releases by Beck, Susanna, Bill Mays, Happy Apple and Aesop Rock.
Grammys: Kanye West Rails Against BECK, Explains Stage.
According to Kanye West, he wasnt joking when he nearly crashed the stage ahead of Becks album of the year speech. For a moment, it looked like West would repeat his infamous Taylor Swift interruption at the 2009 VMAs,��.
Eight great, weird Beck songs better than anything on Grammy Album of the.
When Kanye West went on a rant about ���artistry,��� directed at Album of the Year winner Beck (and the Grammys in general), it was a poorly chosen target. To be sure, Becks ���Morning Phase��� is nothing more than pretty landscape music; but that doesnt.
Kanye: BECK needs to respect artistry, bashes Grammys
(CNN) According to Kanye West, he wasnt joking when he nearly crashed the stage ahead of Becks album of the year speech. For a moment, it looked like West would repeat his infamous Taylor Swift interruption at the 2009 VMAs, but he aborted with a .
Grammys 2015: Who Is BECK? - The Hollywood Reporter
So this guy named Beck beat Beyonce and Sam Smith to win the 2015 Grammy for album of the year. If you dont know who he is, theres a good chance youre under the age of 25 or dont follow alternative music much.
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Beck Responds To Kanye Wests Grammys Stage Rush.
Beck could care less about Kanyes Grammys shade.
Kanye wasnt joking, tells E! that BECK needs to respect artistry and he.
During a very gloomy Grammy Awards, the Internet perked up when Kanye West appeared to pull a Kanye West and stormed the stage in protest of Beyonc�� not winning one of the biggest prizes of the night ��� album of the year ��� which went to Beck for .
Imma Let You Finish, BECK: Kanye Almost Hijacks Grammys
Beck scored something of an upset at 2015 Grammy Awards Sunday night when his Morning Phase won Album of the Year over the likes of Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Pharrell, and Beyonc��. Becks triumph was nothing in comparison, however, to the little .
Beck Loves and More or Less Agrees With Kanye
Beck, pretty much the most agreeable guy in the world and winner of this years Grammy for Album of the Year, was excited when Kanye West joined him onstage last night, also thought that Beyonc�� was going to win, and��.
Critics Choice: New CDs
Beck Guerolito (Interscope) Remixing means never having to say youre done. Guerolito contains remixes of every song on Guero, the stoically death-haunted album Beck released in March. A connoisseur of samples, Beck chose remixers from underground and overground hip-hop, electronica and French pop. He apparently limited their leeway; most follow the original song structures and keep vocals clearly audible. These remixes are not dance-floor deconstructions but full-fledged alternate productions.. Jon Pareles Critics Choice review of new CD by Beck; photo (M)
Grammys: Becks Morning Phase Pulls an Upset Win for Album of the Year
The third time was the charm for Beck, who won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards for his laid-back ���Morning Phase.��� It was the first time in his career that he had won that top honor after being nominated in the category twice before, in 1997 for .
Kanye West After the Grammys: BECK Shouldve Given His Award to Beyonce
According to Kanye West, he wasnt joking when he nearly crashed the stage ahead of Becks album of the year speech. For a moment, it looked like West would take the stage similarly to his infamous Taylor Swift interruption at the 2009 VMAs, but he.
A Rock Comedy Without Punch Lines
LAUGHTER is the immediate response to most of the songs on Becks sixth album, Midnite Vultures -- so much so that it could be called a comedy record. But its a comedy record in the sense that intelligent directors make comedy films: its one big aesthetic disposition, rather than the series of bulletlike jokes on what are commonly called comedy records by the likes of Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. Midnite Vultures is funny without making actual jokes. (Its last track, Debra, is the only song with something resembling a narrative.) Beck has a pitch-perfect ear for pop-music convention, but Midnite Vultures presents a kaleidoscope of folly; it doesnt stand still long enough to make single punch lines. If it had to be compared to a particular film comedy, it might be Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction, with its vivid language, cartoonish exaggerations, sendups of eroticism and self-importance and sequences of script and action that leave your jaw hanging. Midnite Vultures (Geffen DGC 0694904852) is inscribed with all of the above. And as with that movie, there are bound to be critics soon accusing Beck of racialist caricature; he has never gone so far before in the direction of mockery.. Ben Ratliff reviews Midnite Vultures, sixth album by performer Beck; photo (M)
GRAMMYs Album of the Year: BECK Wins for Morning Phase
He may have flown under the radar the whole ride, but in the end, Beck came out on top. The rocker scored the award for Album of the Year for his album Morning Phase���and seemed as baffled as many upon accepting his��.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian BOTH Throw Major Shade At.
In an interview after the event, Yeezy explained ranted as to why he attempted to crash Becks acceptance speech for Album of the Year as his wife, Kim Kardashian, nervously looked on. West spouted: The Grammys, if they��.
Grammy Awards 2015: Kanye West storms the stage - Daily.
The singer, who is married to Kim Kardashian, made a brief appearance onstage at the 57th Awards in Los Angeles alongside Beck, 44, when he won for his album, Morning Phase. The situation looked similar to one six��.
BECKs mellow Morning Phase rises to Grammy glory
Beck Hansen, who used the same crew of musicians for Morning Phase, won Album of the Year and Best Rock Album at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, his fourth and fifth wins. (Sea Change, its spiritual predecessor, was nominated in 2003 for Best .
Kanye West -- Imma Let You Finish BECK, But. | TMZ.com
Kanye West was really pumped up for Becks big Grammy win Sunday night. so much so, he almost relived his famous Taylor Swift moment from the 2009 Video Music Awards. Beyonce lost the album of the year award to��.
Beck Beats Beyonc�� For Album Of The Year
The Beygency is going to be mad. Beck took home the Album of the Year award at the Grammys on Sunday night for Morning Phase. He beat Beyonc��s Beyonce, Sam Smiths In the Lonely Hour, Ed Sheerans X and Pharrell Williams Girl for the honor .
Sam Smith, Beck Claim Top Grammys
Alt-rocker Beck, whose single ���Loser��� propelled him to fame more than 20 years ago, was the unlikely winner at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, as his 12th studio album ���Morning Phase��� was awarded album of the year���despite selling far fewer copies than .
Kanye West attacks BECK post-Grammys; BECK praises Kanye
Rapper Kanye West reprised his infamous stunt at Sunday nights Grammy awards, unexpectedly taking the Staples Center stage as Beck was accepting the Album of the Year award. The singer-songwriters win was the unquestioned shock of the night, as his .
Kanye West Just Let BECK Know His Grammy Beylongs to.
Kanye West Just Let Beck Know His Grammy Beylongs to Beyonc��. The same move that caused America to shun Kanye West in 2009 earned him a spot in the nations good graces forever in 2015. Congrats on your fucking��.
Kanye West pulls a Kanye on best album winner Beck at.
Beck was as surprised as the rest of the audience Sunday night when he won album of the year for ���Morning Phase,��� beating out expected victor Beyonc��. And just as when Taylor Swift beat Beyonc�� at MTVs Video Music��.
Watch BECK Keep Cool With Chris Martin After Big Grammy Win
Shortly after Beck won Album of the Year and deflected a literal Kanye moment at the Grammys, the singer performed his Morning Phase tune Heart Is a Drum with help from Coldplays Chris Martin. Even though he was probably pumping with adrenaline, .
BECK responds to Kanye Wests Grammys snub: I still love him
NEW YORK - Its almost a rite of passage for award-winning artists not named Beyonce to take shots from Kanye West at award ceremonies, but Monday, Beck ��� Kanyes latest victim ��� is apparently taking it all in stride after��.
Kanye West on Becks Grammy: He Shouldve Given His Award to Beyonce
When Kanye West rushed the Grammys stage Sunday night after Becks Morning Phase was named Album of the Year, a brief moment of shock swept through the audience. Was it a stunt referencing the 2009 ceremony, during which Kanye interrupted .
Kanye West Disses BECK: Beyonce Shouldve Won Grammy For Album Of The.
Kanye West, 37, may have stopped himself from interrupting Becks acceptance speech at the Grammys on Feb. 8, but that doesnt mean he didnt want to. He made it very clear at the E! after party that he thinks Beyonce, 33, should have won ��� even if it .
Your Argument Makes No Sense: BECKs Question for.
President Barack Obamas speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday stunned Glenn Beck, who described it as a lecture to Americans not to wag our fingers at [the Islamic State] for executing, crucifying, setting��.
Kanye Pranks BECK after Beyonc�� Loses Best Album
West would have grabbed the microphone out of Becks hand, as the singer had just beat Beyonc�� (and a few other, lesser acts) in the Best Album category. Beyonc��s self-titled album set digital sales records and was among the years best-reviewed albums.
Kanye West causes Grammy controversy as Beck accepts award
Apparently Kanye West didnt learn anything from his 2009 award show fiasco. When Prince announced Beck won the album of the year for Morning Phase at the 57th annual award show, West took to the stage. As Beck began to give his acceptance .
Kanye West almost interrupted Becks big Grammy win
In his second win of the night, Beck won the Grammy for Album of the Year���and kept his cool as Kanye West unexpectedly approached the stage, motioned as if to interrupt, then turned around and aborted the mission.
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Ulrich BECK, Sociologist Who Examined Risk, Dies
German sociologist Ulrich Beck, who examined the way modern society deals with risk, has died. He was 70.