they're probably the SOLE music retailer (or even critic!) in the world
that's not afraid to say that beck *sucks ass*. read on:
BECK "Midnite Vultures" (DGC) cd 15.98
Uh, hi. You've probably already made up your mind about Beck, and ain't
gonna be swayed one way or the other. So please enjoy Jim's following track
by track analysis. You may disagree, and that's okay! [1.] Soul-funk
appropriations that feature an odd concoction of chemically imbalanced
sex-talk between Prince and Marilyn Manson (if you think this is a cruel
comparison, it's not. that's just what it sounds like). [2.] Really weird
far-from-melodic orchestral meanderings not as good as The Beatles "Hey
Jude" but in the same vein. [3.] In one ear and out the other. [4.] A
Tom-Tom Club rip off of outerspace lite-electro-pop, with alot of
white-boy-trying-to-be-black bass slapping. [5.] This is sorta what I
thought Beck did... a glam rock reinvention of rap. [6.] Actual lyric from
a song that sounds like Andy Gibb fronting the Latin Playboys: "We're on
the good ship Menage a Trois" (!?!) [7.] Another Beatles reference, this
time a really a super clunky revision of "Mr. Taxman." [8.] '80s cocaine
club grooves with all sorts of spacey fx and a 'hip' '90s pastiche of
turntablism and timestretching. [9.] Beck sounds like Courtney Love on a
really bad heroin bender waking up next to Jimmy Buffet. [10.] ZZ-Top
guitar-fuzz gated into the most driving song on the album (but that doesn't
say much).[11.] Back to that Marilyn Manson / Prince fusion over horn
soaked slow-jam funkiness. Is this supposed to be funny?
Prognosis: Worst
album I've heard since that Geri Halliwell record.
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