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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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thesuperalive wrote:
yesterday evening

"Harry Partch" is insane, in a good way.

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LINK2K9 wrote:
yesterday evening

The best part about Beck is, no matter how arty or whatever he can get, he knows its all just a fucking laugh at the end of the day.

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Sobakkaa wrote:
yesterday evening

<3

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carooh wrote:
yesterday afternoon

tropicalia <3

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Davetate wrote:
yesterday afternoon

The Full Story: http://wp.me/pHwfE-1S

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Dustache wrote:
yesterday afternoon

You don't know Tom? :o

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conigliofrank wrote:
yesterday morning

What Tom Waits about?

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somepoorsoul wrote:
yesterday morning

So Fried Burger tried to Patch up his Partch comment with a load of crap!! Music news can still be entertaining. The output that Beck has, the quality, why ever... ever! challenge that. Radiohead need to write a song about Tom Waits now...

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becker_90 wrote:
yesterday morning

He is the best.

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thekidwiththefa wrote:
yesterday morning

I GOT BENT, LIKE A WET CIGARETTE, AND SHE'S COMIN AFTER ME WITH THE BUTTERFLY NECK

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anakin45 wrote:
Friday afternoon

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait: http://atticawebzine.free.fr/blog/?p=1252

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conigliofrank wrote:
Friday afternoon

Harry Partch, people. Absolutely genius.

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Dustache wrote:
Friday afternoon

More like fluxus

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Origamihirn wrote:
Friday afternoon

okay Harry Partch is fucking dada

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thekidwiththefa wrote:
Friday morning

beck is outdoing himself, the harry partch song and the charlotte gainsbourg stuff is amazing

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anubis2591 wrote:
Friday morning

Harry Partch knows that the train goes click clack.

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KidIRA1 wrote:
Thursday evening

fuck you, Beck. other music just doesnt sound near its potential after listening to Harry Partch

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historique wrote:
Thursday evening

<3

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-jennnnnie- wrote:
Thursday evening

Harry Partch!!!

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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Thursday evening

Didn't ask you.

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