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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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ofgriding wrote:
7 hours ago

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

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Paul-Nic wrote:
yesterday evening

LOSER!! I love that song :)

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terick_g wrote:
yesterday morning

That Record Club with Jamie Lidell is soo freaking awesome. so.

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YankeeShambles wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

You can download Harry Partch off Stereogum using the following link: http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new_beck__harry_partch_101791.html

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horcio wrote:
Monday evening

MrDaniel_UK you are awesome guy ;D

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vans1170 wrote:
Monday evening

this record club stuff is cool.. but original stuff would be cooler!

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thekidwiththefa wrote:
Monday morning

I've got 307 on my iTunes, but a whole bunch in a folder I haven't organized yet.

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terick_g wrote:
Monday morning

i have 552 beck songs on my iTunes, i couldn't listen to everything in one day if i wanted to!

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MrDaniel_UK wrote:
Monday morning

Listened to all 134 Beck sogns on my iTunes today. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

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DonSmilo wrote:
Sunday afternoon

modern guilt is by far the best album, I heard of him.

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victorlaurent wrote:
Sunday afternoon

lost cause <3

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MetalGodAttacks wrote:
Sunday morning

fuuck yea

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thesuperalive wrote:
Saturday evening

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

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LINK2K9 wrote:
Saturday 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:
Saturday evening

<3

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carooh wrote:
Saturday afternoon

tropicalia <3

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Davetate wrote:
Saturday afternoon

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

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Dustache wrote:
Saturday afternoon

You don't know Tom? :o

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conigliofrank wrote:
Saturday morning

What Tom Waits about?

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somepoorsoul wrote:
Saturday 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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