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About This Track
“Where It’s At” is the first single from Beck’s 1996 album, Odelay. Beck wrote the song in 1995. He premiered it at Lollapalooza 1995, in a version very similar to its incarnation on Odelay. He has played the song very often since 1995, although he regularly experiments with the music and lyrics.
“Where It’s At” has a number of spoken samples that Beck and the Dust Brothers incorporated into it. Many of these come from an obscure sex education album titled Sex for Teens: (Where It’s At), a subtitle Beck borrowed (see link below). Other vocal samples incorporated into “Where It’s At” come from “Needle to the Groove” by old school rap group Mantronix (“we’ve got two turntables and a microphone…”), as well as The Frogs (“that was a good drum break”). The song also references Gary Wilson, one of Beck’s influences. “Where It’s At” was the first music video to be broadcast on MTV2 on August 1, 1996. The video features a parody of William Shatner’s video of “Rocket Man”. An adaptation of the song in Futurama was also used with Bender playing the ‘washboard’ in various parts, the same episode in which Beck makes an appearance throughout the show.
“Where It’s At” has a number of spoken samples that Beck and the Dust Brothers incorporated into it. Many of these come from an obscure sex education album titled Sex for Teens: (Where It’s At), a subtitle Beck borrowed (see link below). Other vocal samples incorporated into “Where It’s At” come from “Needle to the Groove” by old school rap group Mantronix (“we’ve got two turntables and a microphone…”), as well as The Frogs (“that was a good drum break”). The song also references Gary Wilson, one of Beck’s influences. “Where It’s At” was the first music video to be broadcast on MTV2 on August 1, 1996. The video features a parody of William Shatner’s video of “Rocket Man”. An adaptation of the song in Futurama was also used with Bender playing the ‘washboard’ in various parts, the same episode in which Beck makes an appearance throughout the show.
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Shouts
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maxlharris wrote:
What about those who swing both ways, the AC/DCs?
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Adrian347 wrote:
That was a washboard break! [2]
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woah_oh wrote:
just clap your hands just clap your hands!
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KimJongKill wrote:
That was a washboard break!
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m0mo- wrote:
so gooddddddddddddddd
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Riverstokes wrote:
Sounds like the doors? Sublime? Been listening to music long?
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jobbyfingers wrote:
2 fat hookers and a plastic bone
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Crazyjesse2 wrote:
Two turntables... a microphone.. and a friggin musical genius
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bowiebuddy wrote:
Sounds like The Doors, lyrics like Sublime, I love Beck♥
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
Dust Brothers, Mantronix and The Frogs are sampled
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lauraoyeah wrote:
i would do awful things to beck. mmm.
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idiotsdream wrote:
@Krusov - Same. This and Sexx Laws.
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krusov wrote:
Every time I hear this song, I think of the Futurama episode that Beck guest starred in.
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soothsayer92 wrote:
man, that's actualy pretty repetivive. i'v noticed while i'm working here for like the past 5 minutes, i'v been hearing pretty much just those same keyboard riffs for this whole time being :/
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mellow_becktabs wrote:
classic
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SoupForOne wrote:
First song I ever heard by Beck, when he played it on SNL..those were the dayzzz
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jillian8 wrote:
I haven't put this disc in the player for eons!
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Bearrorist wrote:
Great example on how to use samples.
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larinocertonta wrote:
i love everything (and i mean it) about this guy
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tttaco112 wrote:
ya its a very melty song.
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