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1) 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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Mellow Gold
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Guero
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Dustache
Judging from the unbelievably good new songs (and the reappearance of Evil Things which dates back Sea Change) we might get another Mutations/Sea Change type of album. Exciting to say the least.
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Horse_Deceased
Think again then.
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mugiwara95
i thought that beck was an anime??? [2]
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Redistribution
i thought that beck was an anime???
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joao-pamplona
This man is an absolute genius. [7]
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GagaZaynLover
This man is an absolute genius. [6]
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jalpego
This man is an absolute genius. [5]
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lightyears84
Anybody wants to sale a ticket for beck in paris?
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lilcia14
Please more European dates (yes, I'm dreaming) :v
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geniepowerz
ODELAY!!!! ODELAY!!!!!!!
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xladyshamblesx
Is that Paris date correct? God, I want nothing more than for him to come to Europe.
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Offino
Michael Gira makes god music [3]
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cokeboy2
''are people even listening to that entire album? '' Yes, just look at the plays.
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SamuraiSx
do someone know if Japanese BECK have another tag ?
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Dustache
Michael Gira makes good music [2]
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xladyshamblesx
Michael Cera makes good music
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lilcia14
he's genius.
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Dustache
Blackhole is one of his best songs.
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heroinhero115
loser is way overplayed, it's terrible and beck's aware of it. theres way better tracks even on mellow gold. are people even listening to that entire album?
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