Beck was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell (a musician and son of a Presbyterian minister) and Bibbe Hansen (a former dancer for The Velvet Underground, founding member of the satirical band Black Fag, and visual artist). When his parents separated, Beck stayed with his mother and brother in Los Angeles, where he was influenced by that city's diverse musical offerings—everything from hip-hop to latin music—and his mother's art scene – all of which would later reappear in his recorded and published work.
Although Beck's work defies easy description, his eclecticism and genre experiments have sparked comparisons with Prince, though Beck was undoubtedly a less prolific artist, and drew on an absurdist, free-flowing lyrical style totally original when first exposed to mainstream audiences (indeed, some critics labeled him and his breakthrough single Loser as novelties - see below). Despite this individualism, Beck's music was very much a product of the 90s and the media age in general, with hip hop, indie/underground rock, electronic music and genre-benders like the Beastie Boys as notable touchstones; in addition, some critics could not resist likening his head-spinning lyrical aesthetic to a post-modern Bob Dylan sensibility.
After dropping out of high school in the mid-1980s, Beck educated himself and traveled widely. In Germany, he spent time with his grandfather, fluxus artist Al Hansen. His artistic relationship with his grandfather may have influenced both his album art and sense of musical collage. He began the musical activity in 1988. The late-80's found him in New York City as part of the punk-influenced anti-folk music movement.
Beck returned to Los Angeles at the turn of the decade, destitute but motivated. During this time, Beck sought out (or snuck onto) stages at venues all over Los Angeles, from punk clubs to coffee shops. Some of his earliest and most thought-provoking recordings were achieved by working with Tom Grimley at Poop Alley Studios, a part of WIN Records.
In this atmosphere of heady creativity the founders of Bong Load Custom Records discovered Beck. Their 1993 12" vinyl Loser, from an initial run of 530 copies, created a sensation on college and alternative radio that led to a furious bidding war between labels to sign Beck. Eventually, he chose Geffen Records, who offered him terms that included an allowance for the release of independent albums while under contract (he may have owed Bong Load another album or two).
In 1994, Geffen's official debut release of Mellow Gold made Beck a mainstream smash success; it also led to his iconic status as the "slacker" representative of the alternative rock scene, although the title of the song had been ironic.
At the same time, he released Stereopathetic Soulmanure on Flipside Records and One Foot in the Grave on independent K Records. Beck took his act on the road with the 1995 Lollapalooza tour. Still, some critics panned him as a one-hit wonder. Audiences' (especially at Lollapalooza) familiarity with Loser only, and their general disinterest in his other work only reinforced his image as a one-hit wonder. It's been said said that Beck released Stereopathetic Soulmanure and One Foot in the Grave to shake the Gen X-ers that associated themselves with him and made "Loser" their slacker anthem.
The one-hit wonder label was put to rest with the release of 1996's Odelay, a collaborative effort with The Dust Brothers, producers of Paul's Boutique. The lead single, "Where It's At", received heavy airplay and its video was in constant rotation on MTV. Within the year, Odelay had received perfect reviews in Rolling Stone and Spin magazines, having been listed on countless "Best of" lists (it topped the Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for 'Album of the Year'), receiving double-platinum status, and earning an impressive number of industry awards, including two Grammys.
Odelay was followed in 1998 by Mutations. Produced by Nigel Godrich of Radiohead fame, it was intended as a stopgap measure before the next album proper. Recorded over two weeks, during which Beck recorded one song a day, the sessions produced 14 songs. Mutations was a departure from the electronic density of Odelay, and was filled with folk and blues influences. Songs on the album consisted of older tracks, some even dating back as far as 1994.
In 1999, Geffen released the much-anticipated Midnite Vultures, an orgy of sexual and culinary innuendo supported by a world tour. For Beck, it was a return to the high-energy performances that had been his trademark as far back as Lollapalooza.
After Midnite Vultures came Sea Change in 2002, another airy and emotional album with producer Nigel Godrich, which became Beck's first U.S. Top 10 album, reaching # 8. Sea Change was conceptualized as an album with one unifying theme—the stages following the end of a relationship. The album also featured string arrangements by Beck's father and a sonically dense mix reminiscient of Mutations. The Sea Change tour featured The Flaming Lips as Beck's opening and backing band.
In September 2003, Beck returned to the studio to work on his sixth major-label album. Guero was produced by the Dust Brothers and Tony Hoffer and features a collaboration with Jack White of The White Stripes; it marked a return to Odelay-era sound. The album was released in March of 2005 and despite critical acclaim, the album received a more lackluster response from Beck's indie-oriented fanbase.
Beck married Marissa Ribisi in April 2004, shortly before the birth of their son, Cosimo Henri Hansen. 2004 also saw the release of "10 Years of Mellow Gold," a short documentary about Beck's first album.
Beck's next album, The Information was released on October 3, 2006. It is a largely electronic and ambient, filled with blips and beeps. It was produced by Nigel Godrich, who worked on "Sea Change" and a longtime Radiohead and Thom Yorke producer. The first single was Nausea, an acoustic rock hip hop song. The next single was Cellphone's Dead, and the third single was Think I'm In Love.
His next single, Timebomb, was released on iTunes on August 21, 2007, and the limited edition vinyl 12" was released on November 2, 2007, with an instrumental version of the song on the B-side. In December, 2007, it was announced that Timebomb had been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.
Modern Guilt was the eighth studio album by Beck. It was released on July 8, 2008. The album fulfilled Beck's recording contract with Interscope Records. Outside of North America, the record was released by XL Recordings. Its three singles were Chemtrails, Gamma Ray, and Youthless.
Modern Guilt features two contributions by Cat Power and was produced by Beck and Danger Mouse.
The album entered both the Billboard 200 and the Canadian Albums Chart at number four, and gave Beck his first ever Top 10 placing on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number nine. The album has also been Beck's best charting album in Australia, reaching 13. It sold 84,000 copies in its first week. Although successful, this does not match the first week sales of The Information, which were 99,000. In December 2008, Modern Guilt was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 51st Grammy Awards.
Song Reader, a project Beck released in December 2012, is 20 songs presented only as sheet music, in the hopes that enterprising musicians will record their own versions. The idea of Song Reader came about nearly fifteen years prior, shortly after the release of Odelay. When sent a book of transcribed sheet music for that album, Beck decided to play through it and grew interested in the world before recorded sound. He aimed to keep the arrangements as open as possible, to re-create the simplicity of the standards, and became preoccupied with creating only pieces that could fit within the Great American Songbook. In 2013 Beck began playing special Song Reader concerts with a variety of guests and announced he was working on a record of Song Reader material with other musicians as well as possibly a compilation of fan versions.
In the summer of 2013, Beck was reported to be working on two new studio albums: one a more self-contained acoustic disc in the vein of One Foot in the Grave and another described as a "proper follow-up" to Modern Guilt. Beck expects to release both albums independently. He released two standalone singles over the course of the summer: the electro ballad Defriended and the chorus-heavy I Won't Be Long. A third single, Gimme, appeared on September 17.
In October 2013, it was announced that Beck signed to Capitol Records. Beck released his twelfth studio album entitled Morning Phase on 21 February 2014. For the recording of Morning Phase, Beck reunited with many of the same musicians with whom he had worked on the critically acclaimed 2002 album Sea Change. On January 20, 2014, the album's first single Blue Moon was released. Beck released the second single, Waking Light, on February 4, 2014.
4 years later, on October 13th, 2017, Beck released the second album that was supposed to come out alongside Morning Phase. This album was called Colors. Colors is very different from Beck's previous albums, in which he takes a stab at pop music. Beck's expertise, mixing genres, works in this album when he mixes Alternative Rock, hip hop, and a lot of Pop. The album's earliest single, "Dreams", was released in June 2015, and three more ("Wow", "Dear Life", "Up All Night") were released between June 2016 and September 2017. The title track was released as a single in April 2018. The album won the Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classic) at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
After a short wait, Beck released Hyperspace on November 22, 2019. There was little marketing for this album. The whole album is a collaboration with Pharrell Williams, as he produced almost every song on the album. The album's first single was "Saw Lightning" released on April 15, 2019, and had a folk-pop sound to it. It doesn't fit with the rest of the album's synth lo-fi sound. Other singles were "Hyperlife" and "Uneventful Days" on October 17, 2019, and "Dark Places" on November 7, 2019.
2) BECK can refer to a fictional rock band from the Japanese Anime series BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad. The fictional BECK's songs feature in the BECK Original Sound Track. BECK's style and members are highly influenced by various different artists. From vocals in the style of Zack De La Rocha from Rage Against the Machine, guitar influenced by Tom Morello of the same band, the band is highly influenced by rap-rock.
As the series develops, other influence appear, including guitar in the style of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, and Red Hot Chili Peppers John Frusciante. During the series, the band covers a famous The Beatles song, 'I've got a Feeling'. The name BECK could have possibly been influenced by the first artist Beck, mentioned above. Harold Sakushi, the original author of the series, has confirmed that BECK is generally based around the Red Hot Chili Peppers, being his favourite band.
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Beck Lyrics
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人間サファリパーク エスケイプ
脳内APE
蔓延する 集団洗脳工作
NO THANK YOU
足並み揃えてイイ子ちゃんじゃ
間違いなく深みにハマる
軒並反抗期の俺らはまさに自由気まま
何が大切か問う 言葉には
不純物なし クリアー
無理せず マイペース
そのレースには不参加
YO まだ何か文句あっか?
俺らはホント馬鹿ばっか
でも皆最高のPURE MOTHER FUCKER
FLY WITH GOD OF WIND
HERE WE GO ALL AMIGOS
FLY WITH GOD OF WIND
HERE WE GO ALL AMIGOS
WHO? WHO? 風神
TAKES ME CRUSIN'
風切る MUSIC
形はFREE
WHO? WHO? 風神
TAKES ME CRUSIN'
風切る MUSIC
WHO? WHO? FOOLIN'
これが現在進行形
無限に広がる空間
自由自在
行きたいトコ 上下左右 何処へでも
行くぜKEEP ON
基本は自分
”理論じゃなく感覚”が持論
いろんな色 白黒オンリーじゃねぇ 自由な発想 捨てる邪念
FLOW LIKE流れる雲
何故なんて理由はWHO KNOWS?
必要なし
明日は明日 赴くまんま おまかせ
焦んなくたって そのまんま 自分のまんまでOK
ほっとけ!
風に乗っける MY WAVE
飛べ
FLY WITH GOD OF WIND
HERE WE GO ALL AMIGOS
FLY WITH GOD OF WIND
HERE WE GO ALL AMIGOS
WHO? WHO? 風神
TAKES ME CRUSIN'
風切る MUSIC
形はFREE
WHO? WHO? 風神
TAKES ME CRUSIN'
風切る MUSIC
WHO? WHO? FOOLIN'
These lyrics are from the song "Loser" by Japanese rock band Foojin. The song expresses a sense of rebellion against societal norms and conformity, encouraging listeners to embrace their individuality and embrace a free-spirited way of life. The opening verse describes a "concrete hell" that traps people in a brainwashed mindset, but the band members refuse to conform and instead embrace their natural impulses and desires.
The chorus repeats the phrase "fly with god of wind" as a metaphor for transcendence and freedom, suggesting that listeners can rise above the limitations of their current lives and find a higher purpose. The lyrics continue to emphasize the importance of staying true to oneself, rejecting societal pressures and expectations, and living life on one's own terms.
Line by Line Meaning
行くぜ コンクリート HELL
Let's go to the hell made of concrete
人間サファリパーク エスケイプ
Escape from the human safari park
脳内APE
The ape inside our brains
蔓延する 集団洗脳工作
The widespread brainwashing by groups
NO THANK YOU
No, thank you
足並み揃えてイイ子ちゃんじゃ
Being a good kid by walking in line
間違いなく深みにハマる
Certainly falling into the depth
軒並反抗期の俺らはまさに自由気まま
We are rebellious against the establishment and so free-spirited
ココ NO バリア
There's no barrier here
何が大切か問う 言葉には
The words that question what is important
不純物なし クリアー
No impurities, clear
無理せず マイペース
Take it easy, at my own pace
そのレースには不参加
Not participating in that race
YO まだ何か文句あっか?
Hey, do you still have any criticism?
俺らはホント馬鹿ばっか
We are truly just a bunch of idiots
でも皆最高のPURE MOTHER FUCKER
But we're all the best pure motherfuckers
FLY WITH GOD OF WIND
Fly with the god of wind
HERE WE GO ALL AMIGOS
Here we go, all friends
WHO? WHO? 風神
Who? Who? The wind god
TAKES ME CRUSIN'
Takes me cruising
風切る MUSIC
The music that cuts through the wind
形はFREE
The form is free
WHO? WHO? FOOLIN'
Who? Who? Foolin'
これが現在進行形
This is present tense
無限に広がる空間
The infinite space that expands
自由自在
Free to do as we please
行きたいトコ 上下左右 何処へでも
Go wherever we want, in any direction
行くぜKEEP ON
Let's keep going
基本は自分
The basics are oneself
”理論じゃなく感覚”が持論
My belief is that it's not about theory, but about feeling
いろんな色 白黒オンリーじゃねぇ 自由な発想 捨てる邪念
Various colors, not just black and white, free thinking, discard evil thoughts
FLOW LIKE流れる雲
Flow like the flowing clouds
何故なんて理由はWHO KNOWS?
Who knows why?
必要なし 明日は明日 赴くまんま おまかせ
No need to worry, leave it to tomorrow
焦んなくたって そのまんま 自分のまんまでOK
Don't rush, be yourself, and that's okay
ほっとけ!
Leave it alone!
風に乗っける MY WAVE
Riding the wind, my wave
Contributed by Jasmine W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@armynurseboy
I like this version a bit better. Has a bigger, fuller sound.
@dieslowly
I wanna go cruisin with Foojin, sounds like a blast.
@davidetrani6115
If you like this you should check YKZ great band, rock to the beats and fire that burns within are damn great albums
@dylanjacobs661
Careful beck your “Rage against the Machine” is showing.
@theycallmejoey283
Godamn this is a vibe
@IkkiSon
Chiba >>> All
@alperenayten4722
Bir anime müziğinin çıkabileceği en yüksek noktalardan.
@StaveBrentski
Love the break down in verse 2
@PatrickDAllen1
It's not a breakdown, technically. A breakdown is "defined" by being only vocals and drums. You can hear bass and guitars behind the bit I think you're referncing.
It's just a slightly different rythym that differs from the main vocal rythym and line.
@glaunoams
medio temaa