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Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Beck’s music is known for its pop-junk culture collage of musical styles, ironic lyrics, samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and heady sound effects.

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.

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spaaceships wrote:
9 hours ago

BEEEEEEEECK

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chump86 wrote:
yesterday evening

loooooooooooooool

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Twiggy_Manson wrote:
yesterday evening

"During a 1993 show at the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles, Beck (who would later write the lyrics "Fuck L. Ron Hubbard and fuck all his clones") bleated like a sheep for a good portion of the show. "Before our set this guy tries to intimidate me by showing me a gun in his jacket," Beck recalled. "I explained to him that if he pissed me off I’d start a riot."

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Majors10 wrote:
yesterday morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE

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maggotmadhatter wrote:
Wednesday evening

there's nothing negative to say ^__^ Beck is still amazing!

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paulihoney wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Hotwax <3

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Vitor___ wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

beck so se for de maconha!

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GwndlnRr wrote:
Tuesday morning

Aw beck <3

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eisteejunky wrote:
Saturday afternoon

haha yeees me2!

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realRemox wrote:
Friday evening

wanna drink some Beck's now..

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EggToastKid wrote:
last week

Harry Partch is so damn good

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florfordinner wrote:
last week

thanks so much. beck love

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terick_g wrote:
last week

this doesn't happen often, I have the christmas spirit right now, so i uploaded Modern Guilt, Modern Guilt Acoustic, Modern Guilt's Bonus Tracks & B-Sides, some other rare tracks, The Record Club: The Velvet Under Ground & Nico, Songs Of Leonard Cohen, and the 6 tacks the Oar album has to date.... HERE: http:// bit. ly/69jiig <- put it together, and enjoy! :D

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backfires wrote:
last week

i haven't really been keeping up with record club 3, how is it?

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EggToastKid wrote:
last week

my bad. My senses were overcome by Michel Goundry, and i just barely noticed Beck's voice wondering around certain parts.

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trashcityrocker wrote:
last week

http://fabiomolli.livejournal.com/8111.html

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reklamation wrote:
last week

EggToastKid, to be accurate, i noticed three times (at least?) :D

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BarLights wrote:
last week

love his collaboration with charlotte gainsburg AMAZING!!

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captainpotatoe wrote:
12 days ago

he's sucha cutie :) i love beck.

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EggToastKid wrote:
12 days ago

I watched eternal sunshine of the spotless mind last night, and who do i hear singing in two different parts throughout the movie?

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