Let's talk about Beck, man

[bleep]

hurrah for it being Soup-day!

[rskapcat]

Yay Soup!

"So meaty..."

[malcolmjamalawesome]

This was the second best 90's era MTV interview next to Riki Rachtman just not knowing what to make of Kurt Cobain in his yellow dress.

[fikus222]

Here are the setlists from my shows:

Lollapalooza August 18th, 1995
Shoreline Amp, Mt. View

1. Fuckin' With My Head
2. Thunderpeel
3. Novacane
4. Pay No Mind
5. Where It's At
6. Mutherfuker
7. Loser (Beatbox)
8. Loser (Electric)
9. Blackhole
10. Beercan
11. Jimmy Carter

Tibetan Freedom Concert June 16th, 1996
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA

1. Pay No Mind
2. Alcohol
3. Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs
4. Asshole
5. One Foot in the Grave
6. Burnt Orange Peel
7. High 5
8. Hollow Log

Mesa Amphitheater, April 22nd, 2000
Mesa AZ

1. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
2. Devils Haircut
3. Mixed Bizness
4. Novacane
5. Milk & Honey
6. Sissyneck
7. Loser
8. Pressure Zone
9. Nicotine & Gravy
10. Debra
11. Tropicalia
12. Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
13. Sing It Again
14. Nobody's Fault But My Own
15. Jack-ass
16. The New Pollution
17. DJ Swamp Solo
18. Where It's At
19. Beercan
20. Minus

Vegoose October 29th, 2005
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas NV.

1. Loser,
2. Black Tambourine
3. Girl
4. Que Onda Guero
5. Devil's Haircut
6. Minus
7. The New Pollution
8. Lost Cause
9. He's A Mighty Good Leader
10. Hotwax
11. Nicotine & Gravy
12. Rap Freestyle
13. Hell Yes
14. Where It's At
15. Broken Drum
16. Nobody's Fault but My Own*
17. Debra
18. Golden Age
19. Clap Hands
20. Sexx Laws
21. Mixed Bizness
Encore:
22. E-Pro
23. Get Real Paid>Jam

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, July 11th 2005
Santa Cruz CA

1. Clap Hands
2. Black Tambourine
3. Girl
4. Beercan
5. Hell Yes
6. Minus
7. The New Pollution
8. Rental Car
9. Qué Onda Guero
10. The Golden Age
11. Scarecrow
12. We Dance Alone
13. Devils Haircut
14. Missing
15. Loser
16. Touch Dolphins
17. Sexx Laws
18. Broken Drum
19. Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
20. Happy Birthday
21. Jesse's Girl
22. Lost Cause
23. Satan Gave Me A Taco (Golden Leftovers version)
24. Jack-ass
25. It's All In Your Mind
26. Cold Brains
27. Guess I'm Doin' Fine
28. Clap Hands
29. Where It's At
30. E-Pro
31. Nicotine & Gravy
32. Mixed Bizness

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, May 30th, 2006
Santa Cruz, CA.

1. Devils Haircut
2. Girl
3. Qué Onda Guero
4. Black Tambourine
5. The New Pollution
6. Mixed Bizness>
7. I Want to Take You Higher Medley
8. The Information
9. Hotwax>
10. Hell Yes Medley
11. Minus
12. Soldier Jane
13. Paper Tiger
14. Movie Theme
15. Lost Cause
16. Guess I'm Doin' Fine
17. One Foot in the Grave>
18. Lonesome Whistle>
19. Clap Hands Medley
20. Beercan
21. Sexx Laws>
22. Debra Medley
23. Where It's At>
24. High 5 (Rock the Catskills) Medley
25. PuppeTron
26. Loser
27. 1000BPM
28. E-Pro

The Download Festival, September 30th, 2006
Shoreline Amp. Mt. View, CA.

1. Loser
2. The Information
3. Girl
4. Black Tambourine
5. Qué Onda Guero
6. Devils Haircut
7. Minus
8. Paper Tiger
9. Think I'm In Love
10. Nausea
11. Motorcade
12. Broken Drum
13. Lost Cause
14. Debra
15. The Golden Age
16. Clap Hands>
17. One Foot in the Grave Medley
18. PuppeTron
19. 1000BPM
20. Where It's At
21. E-Pro

Outside Lands Music Festival, August 22nd, 2008
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.

1. E-Pro
2. Girl
3. Nausea
4. Timebomb
5. Qué Onda Guero
6. Gamma Ray
7. Loser
8. Devils Haircut
9. Hell Yes
10. Modern Guilt
11. Soul Of A Man
12. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
13. Walls
14. Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
15. Lost Cause
16. Chemtrails
17. Where It's At>
18. Qué Onda Guero Medley

Because you care, that's why.

[sbessiso]

Here are the setlists from my shows:

Lollapalooza August 18th, 1995
Shoreline Amp, Mt. View

1. Fuckin' With My Head
2. Thunderpeel
3. Novacane
4. Pay No Mind
5. Where It's At
6. Mutherfuker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7. Loser (Beatbox)
8. Loser (Electric)
9. Blackhole
10. Beercan
11. Jimmy Carter

Tibetan Freedom Concert June 16th, 1996
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA

1. Pay No Mind
2. Alcohol
3. Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs
4. Asshole
5. One Foot in the Grave
6. Burnt Orange Peel
7. High 5
8. Hollow Log

Mesa Amphitheater, April 22nd, 2000
Mesa AZ

1. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
2. Devils Haircut
3. Mixed Bizness
4. Novacane
5. Milk & Honey
6. Sissyneck
7. Loser
8. Pressure Zone
9. Nicotine & Gravy
10. Debra
11. Tropicalia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12. Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
13. Sing It Again
14. Nobody's Fault But My Own
15. Jack-ass
16. The New Pollution
17. DJ Swamp Solo
18. Where It's At
19. Beercan
20. Minus

Vegoose October 29th, 2005
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas NV.

1. Loser,
2. Black Tambourine
3. Girl
4. Que Onda Guero
5. Devil's Haircut
6. Minus
7. The New Pollution
8. Lost Cause
9. He's A Mighty Good Leader
10. Hotwax
11. Nicotine & Gravy
12. Rap Freestyle
13. Hell Yes
14. Where It's At
15. Broken Drum
16. Nobody's Fault but My Own*
17. Debra
18. Golden Age
19. Clap Hands
20. Sexx Laws
21. Mixed Bizness
Encore:
22. E-Pro
23. Get Real Paid>Jam

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, July 11th 2005
Santa Cruz CA

1. Clap Hands
2. Black Tambourine
3. Girl
4. Beercan
5. Hell Yes
6. Minus
7. The New Pollution
8. Rental Car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9. Qué Onda Guero
10. The Golden Age
11. Scarecrow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12. We Dance Alone
13. Devils Haircut
14. Missing
15. Loser
16. Touch Dolphins
17. Sexx Laws
18. Broken Drum
19. Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
20. Happy Birthday
21. Jesse's Girl
22. Lost Cause
23. Satan Gave Me A Taco (Golden Leftovers version)
24. Jack-ass
25. It's All In Your Mind
26. Cold Brains !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
27. Guess I'm Doin' Fine
28. Clap Hands
29. Where It's At
30. E-Pro
31. Nicotine & Gravy
32. Mixed Bizness

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, May 30th, 2006
Santa Cruz, CA.

1. Devils Haircut
2. Girl
3. Qué Onda Guero
4. Black Tambourine
5. The New Pollution
6. Mixed Bizness>
7. I Want to Take You Higher Medley
8. The Information
9. Hotwax>
10. Hell Yes Medley
11. Minus
12. Soldier Jane
13. Paper Tiger
14. Movie Theme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15. Lost Cause
16. Guess I'm Doin' Fine
17. One Foot in the Grave>
18. Lonesome Whistle>
19. Clap Hands Medley
20. Beercan
21. Sexx Laws>
22. Debra Medley
23. Where It's At>
24. High 5 (Rock the Catskills) Medley
25. PuppeTron
26. Loser
27. 1000BPM
28. E-Pro

The Download Festival, September 30th, 2006
Shoreline Amp. Mt. View, CA.

1. Loser
2. The Information
3. Girl
4. Black Tambourine
5. Qué Onda Guero
6. Devils Haircut
7. Minus
8. Paper Tiger
9. Think I'm In Love
10. Nausea
11. Motorcade
12. Broken Drum
13. Lost Cause
14. Debra
15. The Golden Age
16. Clap Hands>
17. One Foot in the Grave Medley
18. PuppeTron
19. 1000BPM
20. Where It's At
21. E-Pro

Outside Lands Music Festival, August 22nd, 2008
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.

1. E-Pro
2. Girl
3. Nausea
4. Timebomb
5. Qué Onda Guero
6. Gamma Ray
7. Loser
8. Devils Haircut
9. Hell Yes
10. Modern Guilt
11. Soul Of A Man
12. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
13. Walls
14. Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
15. Lost Cause
16. Chemtrails
17. Where It's At>
18. Qué Onda Guero Medley

Because you care, that's why.

you

lucky

bastard

[Cdubby]

this was AWESOME

[fikus222]

you

lucky

bastard

Some of the highlights include:

Beck at the Tibetan Freedom Concert telling the back story behind the Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs and asking the crowd if anybody had his lost original tape recording of the neighbors fighting.

The show from the Midnite Vultures tour in '00 was completely awesome, from the music to the stage set-up to the huge speaker wall that they brought with them. Beck jokingly invited everyone up to his hotel room (which overlooked the venue) for an afterparty. I did however, go to the real afterparty that DJ Swamp spun at.

At the Vegoose show Beck and his band were dressed up as boy scouts and had a tent and campfire set up on stage. They brought a couple on-stage from the crowd and during that evolution one of the band members tripped over the tent and ate some serious sh!t. Beck laughed his ass off and asked if there was someone in the crowd dressed as a doctor who could provide assistance.

The '05 show in Santa Cruz was the first show that Beck had done in the Cruz in forever and he was stoked to be there. We actually walked by him him and a lady on the street as he was pushing a stroller in downtown Santa Cruz.

[bmack86]

Could you post the setlist from that show? I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

Gamma Ray
Orphans
Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat
Soul of a Man
Inside Out
Modern Guilt
Youthless
Fuckin' With My Head
Walls
Chemtrails
Lost Cause (Electric)
Asshole
Nitemare Hippy Girl
Think I'm In Love
Tension
Time Bomb

Sexx Laws
Debra

One of the best shows I've been to.

[sbessiso]

Some of the highlights include:

Beck at the Tibetan Freedom Concert telling the back story behind the Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs and asking the crowd if anybody had his lost original tape recording of the neighbors fighting.

The show from the Midnite Vultures tour in '00 was completely awesome, from the music to the stage set-up to the huge speaker wall that they brought with them. Beck jokingly invited everyone up to his hotel room (which overlooked the venue) for an afterparty. I did however, go to the real afterparty that DJ Swamp spun at.

At the Vegoose show Beck and his band were dressed up as boy scouts and had a tent and campfire set up on stage. They brought a couple on-stage from the crowd and during that evolution one of the band members tripped over the tent and ate some serious sh!t. Beck laughed his ass off and asked if there was someone in the crowd dressed as a doctor who could provide assistance.

The '05 show in Santa Cruz was the first show that Beck had done in the Cruz in forever and he was stoked to be there. We actually walked by him him and a lady on the street as he was pushing a stroller in downtown Santa Cruz.

*sigh*

I'm forever grateful for finally being able to see him last October. I just wish I had a time machine so I can experience pre-guilty/depressed Beck

[Alchemy]

Beck likes to play in El Paso for free, and sometimes he hangs out around here. One time, he was hanging around at this art gallery and my friend was playing some electronic music. Pretty intense having Beck in the crowd. A month later, Beck played a free show and I got to meet some of his band mates, and I said, "Thanks for coming, Beck," and he said, "Yeah," but we couldn't really hang out with him because he hurt his back earlier. Then I saw him on his recent tour, and after the actual concert, he played a free show at one of the local bars, but I was too tired to go to that.

[bballarl]

I really love Midnite Vultures. "Sexx Laws" and "Mixed Bizness" were on the first mix CD I ever made (or actually had someone make for me since I didn't have DSL or a burner in 6th grade). This fucking kid would make people pay him to burn them CDs. But it was worth it, that mix kicked ass.

Good memories. I really like Beck. He was awesome at Detour in 06, but that is the only time I have ever seen him live.

[paulb]

Sally, find me a setlist from the Vancouver show I saw last year with Band of Horses opening.....

[bmack86]

The most awesome site with an almost-complete set-list archive and all sorts of other fan goodness.

[bmack86]

And, check out the notes on some of the songs. For example, Beck hadn't played Nitemare Hippy Girl in 13 years until he busted that out at the Echo show recently.

[bballarl]

I love fansites like that. The Smashing Pumpkins have a really good one too.

[paulb]

i fucking hate you Beck!

[bmack86]

Just to cap it off, here's all the setlists I've seen

Coachella 2004
1.Cold Brains
2.Already Dead
3.Kanga Roo
4.Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
5.Long Way Back From Home
6.True Love Will Find You In The End
7.Lost Cause
8.Puttin It Down
9.Gameboy Experiment
10.Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' About That Girl

The Wiltern 1/17/05
1.Guess I'm Doin' Fine
2.Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
3.Lost Cause ("Will Ferrell comes out in a red unitard and performs an interpretive dance of the song. Beck stops and tells him it's a personal song and that he's baring himself up there. Will apologizes and agrees to keep his distance. Beck starts again. So does Will, who humps Beck's pump organ.")
4.Lonesome Tears
5.Time / So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star / Good Times, Bad Times (Beck played electric guitar on a final jam that included Jack Black on vocals and guitar, Kyle Gass on guitar, Dave Grohl on drums, Josh Homme on bass, Eddie Vedder on electric guitar and vocals, and (of course) Will Ferrell on cowbell. The jam included the Chamber Brothers' "Time", the Byrds' "So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star", and Led Zeppelin's "Good Times, Bad Times".)

Greek LA-8/17/05
Beck joined the White Stripes on stage. They performed 'Cold Brains' together, and then Beck played bass on the Stripes' 'Denial Twist'.

The Echo-3/22/07
1.Think I'm In Love
2.Lord Only Knows
3.We Dance Alone
4.Scarecrow / Emergency Exit Medley
5.Paper Tiger
6.Movie Theme
7.Black Tambourine
8.Landslide
9.Lonesome Tears
10.Nausea
11.Cellphone's Dead / 1000BPM Medley
12.Minus
13.E-Pro

Outside Lands 2008
1.E-Pro
2.Girl
3.Nausea
4.Timebomb
5.Qué Onda Guero
6.Gamma Ray
7.Loser
8.Devils Haircut
9.Hell Yes
10.Modern Guilt
11.Soul Of A Man
12.Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
13.Walls
14.Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
15.Lost Cause
16.Chemtrails
17.Where It's At / Qué Onda Guero Medley

The Echo 3/11/09
1.Gamma Ray
2.Orphans
3.Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
4.Soul Of A Man
5.Inside Out
6.Modern Guilt
7.Youthless
8.Bonfire Blondes
9.Walls
10.Chemtrails
11.Lost Cause
12.Asshole
13.Nitemare Hippy Girl
14.Think I'm In Love
15.Threshold
16.Timebomb
17.Sexx Laws
18.Debra

[bmack86]

And, WHAT THE FUCK?!

From their blog:

Last November, Beck and his band covered on stage, “Star Power.” This is a Sonic Youth song from their album EVOL. A few months later, it was announced that Beck was releasing a cover of “Green Light,” which is also from EVOL. That release was a single, the b-side being a Sonic Youth cover of “Pay No Mind” no less!

What does all this EVOLness mean? We learned today, thanks to our friends in Japan, that Beck has covered the whole album. He said this in an interview/article with a Japanese magazine. I’m told it will be part of some Sonic Youth box set. I know SY has been releasing Deluxe versions of their albums, so maybe EVOL Deluxe? Or maybe some greater box set project?

Regardless, this is super interesting and really a fun thing for Beck to have done!

[fikus222]

Bmack, those are some pretty sweet shows. That wiltern show sounds like it was a blast and those echo shows are awesome.

Edit:

EVOL? Interesting...

[paulb]

The Beck setlists ive seen:

my first ever concert...
06.18.03
Orpheum Theater,Vancouver, BC
Openers:
The Black Keys

SETLIST:
Novacane
Mixed Bizness
Thunder Peel
The New Pollution
Get Real Paid
Nicotine & Gravy
Lazy Flies
Do You Realize?? (The Flaming Lips cover)
Nobody's Fault But My Own
Guess I'm Doing Fine
Lost Cause
Lonesome Tears
Cold Brains
Paper Tiger
Loser
Hotwax
Milk & Honey
Pressure Zone
Hollywood Freaks
Where It's At
Hot In Herre (Nelly cover)--
The Golden Age
It's All in Your Mind
Sunday Sun
--
Devils Haircut

Sasquatch 06
1.Devils Haircut
2.Girl
3.Qué Onda Guero
4.Black Tambourine
5.The New Pollution
6.Mixed Bizness
7.Information
8.Hotwax
9.Hell Yes
10.Minus
11.Soldier Jane
12.Paper Tiger
13.Movie Theme
14.Lost Cause
15.Guess I'm Doin' Fine
16.One Foot in the Grave
17.Clap Hands
18.Beercan
19.Sexx Laws
20.Where It's At
21.Loser
22.1000 BPM
23.E-Pro

Beck
June 13th, 2008
Echoplex
Opener: FUCKER CANCELLED!!!!!!!!

Beck
August 28th, 2008
The Orpheum
Opener: Band of Horses

1. Loser.....

[Castanets]

Re: 'Debra'

I was just listening to Midnite Vultures on the way home from work today. That falsetto in Debra, coupled with that pretty flawless motown-esque backing band, is just astonishing. I hadn't listened to it in a couple of years maybe and I got goosebumps.

Question: Was this a fluke or could he ever really, truly duplicate that incredible falsetto in a live setting?

[weeklymix]

absolutely love beck's music.

but unfortunately the only time i've seen him was ACL2008 and he flat out blew.

would like to see a good show soon.

[sbessiso]

Hijacked Flavors is an incredible website.

And, check out the notes on some of the songs. For example, Beck hadn't played Nitemare Hippy Girl in 13 years until he busted that out at the Echo show recently.

Damn man, you're so lucky. That was one of the first Beck songs I truly fell in love with.

I hate that "Mutations" got the shaft this last tour. He didnt play not one song off of it when I saw him, and looking at the setlists he didn't play any of it anywhere....

Except in Europe where those bastards got TROPICALIA

The Beck setlists ive seen:

my first ever concert...
06.18.03
Orpheum Theater,Vancouver, BC
Openers:
The Black Keys

SETLIST:
Novacane
Mixed Bizness
Thunder Peel
The New Pollution
Get Real Paid
Nicotine & Gravy
Lazy Flies
Do You Realize?? (The Flaming Lips cover)
Nobody's Fault But My Own
Guess I'm Doing Fine
Lost Cause
Lonesome Tears
Cold Brains
Paper Tiger
Loser
Hotwax
Milk & Honey
Pressure Zone
Hollywood Freaks
Where It's At
Hot In Herre (Nelly cover)--
The Golden Age
It's All in Your Mind
Sunday Sun
--
Devils Haircut

Dude this setlist is fucking perfect

[paulb]

i know...its all been downhill since.

[sbessiso]

You're cruisin' for a bruisin'

[justinaqui]

Our fine local independent record shoppe has video from a Beck in-store performance from 1994 on their website. Quality is about what you'd expect from something recorded 15 years ago, but still kind of cool. http://www.criminal.com

[rage patton]

Do You Realize?? (The Flaming Lips cover)

WTF!?!? Beck doing a Flaming Lips cover AND The Black Keys opening? Why the fuck didn't I listen to Beck in 2003...

[dietpepsi]

Beck drinks Diet Pepsi.

[rskapcat]

Re: 'Debra'

I was just listening to Midnite Vultures on the way home from work today. That falsetto in Debra, coupled with that pretty flawless motown-esque backing band, is just astonishing. I hadn't listened to it in a couple of years maybe and I got goosebumps.

Question: Was this a fluke or could he ever really, truly duplicate that incredible falsetto in a live setting?

Indeed he can. At least he did on the Midnite Vultures tour.

[elementquencher]

Beck's show at Street Scene was boring as hell and he didn't seem to into it at all. Disappointed and not a fan anymore after that.
He can go play for Tom Cruise's 50th B-day bash!

The sound for Beck at Street Scene suckeedddddd it was so fucked for a lot of his set.....I mostly blame that...