Exactly adarpino1. I don't know why our bro here needs everything to have a "message" or to be well-defined. Just go with the words and imagery he's throwing up for us. It's like poetry, steam-of-consciousness, and a hell of a song.
Absurdist poetry, basically. You can make it mean as much or as little as you want to. He's an amazing musician. I like Where It's At from that time period.
Well put! A great example and great tune is Earthquake Weather. The whole album Guero is great! He was and is ahead of his time to this day imo. Don't try so hard listening to what he is saying just listen and feel what you want each time you listen to the same song. It's great.
It was meant almost as a joke--he was still a teenager i think, and he bet somebody he could write a song with completely nonsensical words and still make it a hit--and he was SO right. He's a living legend. Beck is like the Beastie Boys and David Bowie made a love baby. Anything from Odelay, Guero, or the Information--EVERY track is a mind-blower, and YOU will really like it I think. :)
@@Samhalta OMG I just watched an "I Am the Walrus" reaction video today, and I had the exact same thought! I'd never thought to connect it before, but yeah, basically! :)
He was 23 when he made this. I was 17 in high-school when I first heard it on the radio in art class. I'll never forget that day ever. Been a fan ever since.
My first language is spanish and it took me 15 years to find out he was singing 'Soy un perdedor'......... but no criticism!! even some spanish speaking singers I dont undrstand what they're singing heheee
@@christinechin1909 rofl - that's almost as good as "Secret Asian or Aging Man". (Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers? I think that's who sang it and it's a really good rocking tune) But you did better than me because I had no idea what he was saying XD. -
lol same. And I wonder what it means that us teens back when this came out we're not phased by how weird and random this song and video was. What do you think that means? lol
Alright Jay! Beck is borderline genius & the fact that he doesn’t care what people think or try to impress anyone just makes it so much better! Love it 💯
Beck is one of my favorite artists. "The New Polution", "Guess I Am Doing Fine", "Sexx Laws", "E-Pro", "Tropicalia", "Heart Is A Drum", "Stormbringer", "Modern Guilt", "Looking For A Sign", "True Love Will Find You In The End", "Cellphone's Dead", "Threshold", "Defriended", "Colors", "I Just Started Hating Some People Today"... the guy's musical library so diverse in genres.. he is one of a kind with a wry sense of humor.
@@deesee3622 I didn't include that one because many other people suggested it, but that one is definitely a staple... same with Hotwax, Lord Only Knows, Devil's Haircut, Deadweight and Sissyneck.... the whole Odelay album is up there as one of the best of the 90's for a reason. The dude has so many great songs... hard to believe he has been making music for almost 30 years now.
True Love Will Find You in the End is a cover of Daniel Johnston....an outsider folk artist like none other! He’d be another interesting listen for this channel....I recommend the original version of that song as well as speedy motorcycle!
I was thinking the exact same. Same goes for 'birdhouse in your soul'... Know every word, but can't find the car keys that were in my hands two minutes ago.
Beck is one of the first Abstract Rappers, the lyrics are meant to be poetic unlike mainstream rap. Look up abstract rappers, it's a thing in the underground.
@@fucker661 lol yup. Q-Tip from Tribe Called Quest is also known as “The Abstract”, or “The Abstract Poet”. They had mainstream success in the early 90s, still one of the most beloved hip hop groups of all time. Other people like Aesop Rock, and to a degree Atmosphere early in their careers, would fit into the “abstract” category too. Aesop is probably the most complex rapper I’ve ever heard...listening to him for 20 years and still trying to figure shit out lol.
@@saintsataniko2116 "one letter off" yeah, right, and your and you're mean the same. It doesn't sound the same for us that speak Spanish and if you write it like that somewhere else, you are going to be mock, I'm making you a favor.
This was his first commercial hit, and yeah he's a pretty unique and artistic guy, but he gets that naturally. His Mom was an artist and part of Andy Warhol's Factory scene and his Dad is one of Hollywood's biggest composer/arranger/conductors. His next album, Odelay, exploded. You've probably heard the big hit from it "Where' It's At" or "Devil's Haircut" or "New Pollution". He won two Grammy's for that album, which was produced with the Dust Brothers, fresh off of working with the Beastie Boys. Go for "Where It's At" next. Thanks! Peace from SF
It's a lyrical technique: you basically write down phrases on a deck of cards and then slap down a few cards in random order, and that's your lyric. Leads to some interesting stuff....
@@lynnhamps7052 and Bowie borrowed it from William Burroughs who used to write like that. Typing a page on a typewriter, cutting it up, then placing the fragments together to create interesting phrases/new words.
"A piece of wax falling on a termite who's chokin on the splinters" LOL Real twisted lyrics but so catchy. I really enjoy your videos and choice in music bro, keep it coming.
The song "Hook" by Blues Traveler is about that: "It doesn't matter what I say So long as I sing with inflection That makes you feel I'll convey Some inner truth or vast reflection But I've said nothing so far And I can keep it up for as long as it takes And it don't matter who you are If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks Because the Hook brings you back I ain't tellin' you no lie The Hook brings you back On that you can rely"
I remember the first time I heard The Distance. I was already in my old-fart 40s so I was WTF? First opinion.... "not my piece of cake". Awhile later for whatever reason it finally clicked. Love them, and I've been luckily enough to see them live.
Beck has had an amazing 25-year career, from folk ballads like 'Lost Cause' to funky jams like 'Sex Laws'. He's collaborated with everyone from Pharrell to Paul McCartney, and had one his songs covered by Johnny Cash.
I was just looking over a list of awards Beck has won and it amused me to see he was the College Artist Of The Year in 2018 at the age of 48. A great artist that's always followed his own path.
Listening today, I can see how this would be weird in 2021, but back in 1994 it was new and ultra cool. Very GenX. Jay is the best because he doesn't dismiss the old obscure stuff, he totally gets it. So thoughtful.
Back around 17 years ago I was working at a dead end job with a bunch of other dumb-but-saveable lost souls. When this song would come on the radio we all would sing the chorus in unison. We might have had differing thoughts on specific lines, but the vibe spoke to us emotionally.
The song wasn't supposed to make any sense. If I remember right, he wrote the song as sort of a protest against people who just listen to music for entertainment, but don't pay attention to the content. His point was that catchy music would be popular even if it was stupid...he never said it, but I wonder if the chorus is meant to lull you into a sing-along, and then you end up being the "loser" who doesn't appreciate art....who knows.
Beck’s musical library is so ridiculously diverse and wonderful! The man is truly a musical genius! Long time Beck fan here! Some other great songs by Beck are, Chemtrails, Lost Cause, and Devil’s Haircut! Each a uniquely thrilling experience! He was into genre bending/ending before it was cool 😉! Great reaction as always! Much ❤️
I love his song Sexx Laws. It's so good. Oh, and my favorite part of the song is when he says "Drive by body piercing." I just always giggle trying to figure out how that would work.
Beck was wearing a Star Wars Stormtrooper maak. Due to copywrite infringement it had to be blurred. Beck said people don't listen to lyrics and could still make a hit from a catchy beat. ✌
Beercan, Where It’s At, Devil’s Haircut, Sexx Laws, Sissyneck, Jack-Ass, Ramshackle, Mixed Bizness, Black Tamburine, Deadweight, Tropicalia, E-Pro, Heart Is A Drum, Colors. The man’s a total genius.
@Randall Ozmun according to Wiki it was of the Butthole Surfers seven album, but I cant say I ever heard another one of their songs, I remember the album Electiclarryland, but in those days we couldn't afford to buy many albums, so I never owned it. I may check it out though, now I have had a "flash back" lol
Beck is like that weird friend you have, who does and says quirky stuff that nobody ever understands. Yet somehow, you love him for it. And I loooooooove Beck. He's weird, in the best possible meaning of the word.
Yes! All the Beastie boy reactions before me find the source of things I've been saying (or a way of saying) for decades, but had forgotten where it came from!
BTW, Beck linked to this video on his facebook page. He must like your reaction, maybe because "WHAT?!?" was the reaction he really wanted from this song. Nailed it!
Not everything has to have a clear meaning. The song is mostly just wordplay, creating images that are sometimes funny, sometimes dark. He's not telling a story. When this track first came out it had people all over the world singing the chorus "I'm a loser, baby, why don't you kill me?". That's a darkly funny achievement in itself, and the groove is terrific.
I had to laugh so hard at that first pause 🤣 that was a priceless reaction, because we all felt that way when this song came out. But it was a HUGE hit because it was so different and good. Definitely do Where It's At, such a great song!
Beck is amazing- so quirky and super funky. He IS super creative.. Allow the lyrics to just be - songs don't always need stories. Thoughts are all over the place, disconnected, crazed snippets - music is the best place to mimic that. Two Turntables and a Microphone is bomb. Beck took the Beasties creative energy and jazz/funked the hell out of it.
I have to say. As someone who was a teenager in the 90's. All this type of thing trained us to interpret symbolism. In this song Beck is talking about what it's like to live wherever he is in America. I had never seen reality based footage or anything o wherever he is.Awesome. Took me years to realise he was saying'I am a loser' in Spanish. When he chants in the background. So he's probably near Mexico!
I cannot express how completely sure I was that Beck was a one-hit wonder when this broke through in the early 90s. Many bands that were popular at that juncture were, but I couldn’t have been more wrong about Beck and his “novelty song”. Nearing 30 years later and he’s still producing amazing work!
this song is essentially a time machine to the 90s, so if it's a little weird, it's just from a very different time. a reaction to the song "Colors" would be awesome. it's a very, very different sound than this one. maybe get a collab between Beck and Chemical Brothers with the incredible video for the song "wide open."
Everyone in the chat had great things to say about the weirdness that is Beck. For me it is also about the time period. It was a product of the culture of the young people at the time. Older people called us “slackers” and if I remember this song became the hero of the “slacker” vibe.
This song was great, I always laughed when he said "Getting crazy with the cheeze whiz" and "Drive by bikers" it's fantastic! Beck is very respected in the industry. He's won many awards, one quite controversial grammy, I think he beat out Beyonce for album of the year a few years back.
It’s the 90s. Nothing makes sense. We’re losers. It’s Whatever. Why don’t you kill me? Tupac, Biggie, Cobain, Easy E, Hoon, Cornell, Staley, Weiland. This song captures the artistic ethos of the decade.
He's a rapper/singer, and was on heavy rotation on MTV. Back when grunge and alternative music was pop music 🎶 along with r&b. His videos were always cool and his was enjoyable. I listen to all types of music.
I'm SO glad you finally had a Beck song. "Loser" is from 1993 and he hasn't slowed down yet! Please listen to "Where It's At", "Think I'm in Love" and "Lost Cause." ... or really anything he's done!
He was basically Homeless when this track came out, and it catapulted him to stardom. Dust Brothers made the beat. He wrote and spit it in one take. They also produced most the music on the Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique album
So beck uses all types of instruments and effects to create an audio collage of sounds... his lyrics in songs like this are just another layer of sound. He does have extremely serious songs with deep lyrics but this is just something fun for him
His face is blurred-out in the beginning because he was wearing an old-school STAR WARS stormtrooper helmet... when the video first came out, you could see it, but at some point when new STAR WARS movies started coming out in the late 90s & early 2000s, it got censored... can't find the original video of this ANYWHERE!!! 😢 ...same thing with WEEZER's say it ain't so video ( when the band is in the backyard playing hackey-sack.. one of the guys has a stormtrooper helmet printed on his shirt, but not anymore.............
Oh man- this is a cool throwback! Lol 💜✌️👍 EDIT: Yep! Definitely sticks with you- did back in the day, still does...aaaand now I’ll be singing/humming it the next 24 hours-😅👍
He is still around makin' music. Hyperspace is the fourteenth studio album by American musician . It was released through Capitol Records on November 22, 2019. The album was primarily produced by and Williams, as well as Cole M.G.N., Greg Kurstin and Paul Epworth. He was so honored to collaborate with Pharell.
So actually, when Beck finished his verses for this song and his producer played it back, he thought it was so bad that he was like "I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me?" and that was the hook. He actually thought the song was mediocre, only released it at the insistence of Tom Rothrock, the other producer involved. I think much like some of R.E.M.'s tracks, there isn't a point to them. Definitely recommend checking Where It's At, it's just as if not more fun than this
Ok, Beck was a folk singer in East LA doing serious Son House and other tunes. People in the cafe just ignored him, didn't clap and the end and kept talking. He came up with joke songs like this for his friends and for seeing if anyone the audience was paying attention. It was formally written and recorded in 6hrs and became as an experiment with beats with producer playing the sitar. Then somehow it hit the radio and became a 90s slacker anthem.
Might be helpful to know that his father is a well-known collage artist. It's all about assembling interesting images and the juxtapositions between them.
“WHAT????” Perfect reaction to Beck. I will never know why this song got so popular when it came out, I didn’t like it BUT it did get stuck in my head and over time I’d find myself singing it randomly. There’s just something about it you can’t resist. Definitely check out Where It’s At.
So much talent. This guy is insane. What an amazing career he’s had. This was his breakthrough hit in the UK and he never looked back. So many different musical styles.
We don't always know what Beck is going on about, but the vibe he creates is unmistakable. He's just on another level man lol
Get crazy with the cheese wizz
Facts!!
Exactly adarpino1. I don't know why our bro here needs everything to have a "message" or to be well-defined. Just go with the words and imagery he's throwing up for us. It's like poetry, steam-of-consciousness, and a hell of a song.
@@Predulus Hahaha! Well put.
Couldn't have said it better
Absurdist poetry, basically. You can make it mean as much or as little as you want to. He's an amazing musician. I like Where It's At from that time period.
"Impressionist" Poetry. Phrases designed to create imagery. David Bowie "Bewly Brothers" is like that.
Like Swedish "Kent"
"Where it's at"! Excellent choice!
Well put! A great example and great tune is Earthquake Weather. The whole album Guero is great! He was and is ahead of his time to this day imo. Don't try so hard listening to what he is saying just listen and feel what you want each time you listen to the same song. It's great.
Devil's haircut, in my mind, devil's haircut, in my mind....
It was meant almost as a joke--he was still a teenager i think, and he bet somebody he could write a song with completely nonsensical words and still make it a hit--and he was SO right. He's a living legend.
Beck is like the Beastie Boys and David Bowie made a love baby. Anything from Odelay, Guero, or the Information--EVERY track is a mind-blower, and YOU will really like it I think. :)
Ha, so it's a kind of "I am the Walrus"? I didn't know that ^^
@@Samhalta OMG I just watched an "I Am the Walrus" reaction video today, and I had the exact same thought! I'd never thought to connect it before, but yeah, basically! :)
He was 23 when he made this. I was 17 in high-school when I first heard it on the radio in art class. I'll never forget that day ever. Been a fan ever since.
@@Samhalta I was just going to mention John Lennon when I saw your comment.
Straight on point, could not have said it better - thank you.
The hook “Soy un perdedor” is “I’m a loser” in Spanish....
Never knew that. Gracias. I thought he was saying something about a door. lol
My first language is spanish and it took me 15 years to find out he was singing 'Soy un perdedor'......... but no criticism!! even some spanish speaking singers I dont undrstand what they're singing heheee
OMG, I thought all these years he was singing, “so, I’m a Neanderthal!”
I thought he was saying " So, open the door"
@@christinechin1909 rofl - that's almost as good as "Secret Asian or Aging Man". (Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers? I think that's who sang it and it's a really good rocking tune) But you did better than me because I had no idea what he was saying XD. -
"Where It's At" is a must. Also "Devils Haircut". I was like 14 when Beck came out and I loved him.
He would really like “Where it’s At”
Yeah he would.
Where It's At is where its at!!!😆🔥🔥🔥
Don't forget New Pollution
🤘🎵"2 turntables and a microphone... 🎤"😂💃
The look on your face and the nervous laughter..😂 This reaction was everything it should have been.
My favorite one yet! lol.. it was perfect!
lol same. And I wonder what it means that us teens back when this came out we're not phased by how weird and random this song and video was. What do you think that means? lol
Alright Jay! Beck is borderline genius & the fact that he doesn’t care what people think or try to impress anyone just makes it so much better! Love it 💯
@Luna Raven Awww, thanks. Always good to have you at my side 🙌🏻
Genius but oddly follows Scientology so clearly not intelligent in other areas.
Beck is one of the greatest artists ever. No lie. His body of work is astounding
This right here^
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 and E T True. You never know what is coming from him, consistently astounding.
Up until his last album. Was just awful.
“Hey man, what genre of music do you play?”
BECK: Yes.
Is it normal in my mind I hear the -(Yes!)- in robot voice?
(From Hell Yes)
@M. Limole He had a top 40 country album. Beck can do anything.
His head is blurred out because he's wearing a Star Wars Storm Trooper mask and that's copyright infringement
Dam copyright monsters 😂 I remember people taught he was trolling gangster rap 😂
🙄
good, because it looks cool like that
I swear I remember a version of this video where it wasn’t blurred out from many years ago.
@@BlueFinchi videotaped mtv when they premiered it and it wasn't blurred out then..
Beck is one of my favorite artists. "The New Polution", "Guess I Am Doing Fine", "Sexx Laws", "E-Pro", "Tropicalia", "Heart Is A Drum", "Stormbringer", "Modern Guilt", "Looking For A Sign", "True Love Will Find You In The End", "Cellphone's Dead", "Threshold", "Defriended", "Colors", "I Just Started Hating Some People Today"... the guy's musical library so diverse in genres.. he is one of a kind with a wry sense of humor.
And “where it’s at”
@@deesee3622 I didn't include that one because many other people suggested it, but that one is definitely a staple... same with Hotwax, Lord Only Knows, Devil's Haircut, Deadweight and Sissyneck.... the whole Odelay album is up there as one of the best of the 90's for a reason. The dude has so many great songs... hard to believe he has been making music for almost 30 years now.
E-Pro is NICE. Really cool sound.
True Love Will Find You in the End is a cover of Daniel Johnston....an outsider folk artist like none other! He’d be another interesting listen for this channel....I recommend the original version of that song as well as speedy motorcycle!
Yep, and with his catalog, watching "Heart is a Drum" video is sublime.
“Where It’s At” and “E-Pro” are two of my favs but it’s hard to go wrong with Beck. He’s a goddamn genius
Yes, E-pro, I still have that on my jogging playlist for years. It's so catchy and uplifting.
I got two end tables and a telephone!
@@0okamino Lolz
I loved this song in middle school! At 40, I still remember every weird word of it. I can't remember what I did 5 minutes ago though
I so know that feeling!
I was in middle school when this song came out. One of my favorites.
I was thinking the exact same. Same goes for 'birdhouse in your soul'... Know every word, but can't find the car keys that were in my hands two minutes ago.
@@d1btd3265 yessssss! They Might Be Giants!!
Same here. Wait, what were we talking about ?
Beck is one of the first Abstract Rappers, the lyrics are meant to be poetic unlike mainstream rap. Look up abstract rappers, it's a thing in the underground.
It's been a thing for years and no it wasn't underground like every hipster claims nowadays
@@fucker661 lol yup. Q-Tip from Tribe Called Quest is also known as “The Abstract”, or “The Abstract Poet”. They had mainstream success in the early 90s, still one of the most beloved hip hop groups of all time.
Other people like Aesop Rock, and to a degree Atmosphere early in their careers, would fit into the “abstract” category too. Aesop is probably the most complex rapper I’ve ever heard...listening to him for 20 years and still trying to figure shit out lol.
Wow - have not heard the term "abstract rap" - but yeah... okay
He’s a Grammy winning artist if I’m not mistaken. Try Where it’s At.
It reminds me of MF Doom.
This song is an ONION. Keep peeling the layers away and it gets more and more BRILLIANT. Keep listening and reading the lyrics.
Someone has been watching Shrek, lol jk. I agree
Oh, boy! My schoolmates and I used to sing loud in the classroom "I 'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me" every time we failed at math test. 😂😂
This made me laugh out loud.
🤣 i used to love singing this song ,when it came out too.
I'd sing it to my daughter when she'd ask absurd things like why cant I have (insert designer clothing brand) in her early teens! Lol
"Soy un perdidor...And my time is a piece of wax falling on a termite who's choking on a splinter!" Beck has always been a musical genius.
If you want more Beck go with "Devil's Haircut." Another classic!
I don't want to be That person but I speak Spanish and the word is "Perdedor".
Get crazy with the Cheez Whiz!
@@letmadora28 You're that person. But then the word is the same, the spelling is literally ONE letter off.
@@saintsataniko2116 "one letter off" yeah, right, and your and you're mean the same. It doesn't sound the same for us that speak Spanish and if you write it like that somewhere else, you are going to be mock, I'm making you a favor.
And if you hear his song, "Lost Cause" you wouldn't believe it's the same person! ❤️
One of my favourite songs ever
would definitely love to see a "lost cause version 2) reaction. just a bit higher quality video, imo.
@@stevehaines213 I totally agree!
@@HarveyTwoFaceDent Yes! Mine too! Not kidding I felt changed when I heard it! Lol
Lost Cause and Jackass are my two favorite sad Beck songs, every style he plays he excels in
This was his first commercial hit, and yeah he's a pretty unique and artistic guy, but he gets that naturally. His Mom was an artist and part of Andy Warhol's Factory scene and his Dad is one of Hollywood's biggest composer/arranger/conductors. His next album, Odelay, exploded. You've probably heard the big hit from it "Where' It's At" or "Devil's Haircut" or "New Pollution". He won two Grammy's for that album, which was produced with the Dust Brothers, fresh off of working with the Beastie Boys. Go for "Where It's At" next. Thanks!
Peace from SF
Yes!
And dont forget Beck's maternal grandfather was also on the creative bent too.
I never knew his pedigree. That's awesome, thank you for posting.
It's a lyrical technique: you basically write down phrases on a deck of cards and then slap down a few cards in random order, and that's your lyric. Leads to some interesting stuff....
Bowie was doing this technique, not on cards but scraps of paper, some of which he'd rip....many years before Beck and his ilk....
It isn't quite that random, as the lines still rhyme.
@@lynnhamps7052 and Bowie borrowed it from William Burroughs who used to write like that. Typing a page on a typewriter, cutting it up, then placing the fragments together to create interesting phrases/new words.
That technique dates back to the early 1900’s in France. He did not invent this.
@@vacheriedevacherie1959 fwiw, Syd Barrett of early Pink Floyd fame also used it.
"A piece of wax falling on a termite who's chokin on the splinters" LOL
Real twisted lyrics but so catchy.
I really enjoy your videos and choice in music bro, keep it coming.
Thats my favorite line from the song.
They line does always stand out to be the most too! Lol
" Get crazy with the cheese whiz"😁
I believe it's a statement about the the fact anything about nothing can be made into a hit song in the music industry....and it worked.
The song "Hook" by Blues Traveler is about that:
"It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel I'll convey
Some inner truth or vast reflection
But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks
Because the Hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The Hook brings you back
On that you can rely"
That's pretty darn good! Never thought of it like that before. Haha!
1# hit song by the minuteman does that too.
Cake - "The Distance" and "Short Skirt/Long Jacket"
...and all the other songs by Cake. :)
Yes! Great band!
Yes please.
I remember the first time I heard The Distance. I was already in my old-fart 40s so I was WTF? First opinion.... "not my piece of cake". Awhile later for whatever reason it finally clicked. Love them, and I've been luckily enough to see them live.
Fashion nugget is one of the most underrated albums of all time.
Beck has had an amazing 25-year career, from folk ballads like 'Lost Cause' to funky jams like 'Sex Laws'. He's collaborated with everyone from Pharrell to Paul McCartney, and had one his songs covered by Johnny Cash.
I was just looking over a list of awards Beck has won and it amused me to see he was the College Artist Of The Year in 2018 at the age of 48. A great artist that's always followed his own path.
Beck is a whole vibe..."crazy with the cheese whiz"...😂😁😁
My favorite line of the song lol
😂 yes!
Double barrel buckshot
Gawd we screamed that line in high school. Lol
Yes! Came here to say this too! Nice!!!!
Get crazy with the cheese whiz! 😄
Drive-by body pierce!
His reaction made me laugh so hard. I remember when this song came out
Listening today, I can see how this would be weird in 2021, but back in 1994 it was new and ultra cool. Very GenX. Jay is the best because he doesn't dismiss the old obscure stuff, he totally gets it. So thoughtful.
i was one of the gen xer and this was my theme song
Back around 17 years ago I was working at a dead end job with a bunch of other dumb-but-saveable lost souls. When this song would come on the radio we all would sing the chorus in unison. We might have had differing thoughts on specific lines, but the vibe spoke to us emotionally.
This was huge. Made absolutely no sense, but I loved that. He had so many other great songs. He’s often reinventing himself
The song wasn't supposed to make any sense. If I remember right, he wrote the song as sort of a protest against people who just listen to music for entertainment, but don't pay attention to the content. His point was that catchy music would be popular even if it was stupid...he never said it, but I wonder if the chorus is meant to lull you into a sing-along, and then you end up being the "loser" who doesn't appreciate art....who knows.
Ah!😮🙂
I'm only here because Beck shared you on his Facebook. 😂
Link?! Plz
The way Beck mixes rock, rap, funk, and country is awesome. He is a great artist, and his band is amazing.
Beck’s musical library is so ridiculously diverse and wonderful! The man is truly a musical genius! Long time Beck fan here! Some other great songs by Beck are, Chemtrails, Lost Cause, and Devil’s Haircut! Each a uniquely thrilling experience! He was into genre bending/ending before it was cool 😉! Great reaction as always! Much ❤️
Lost Cause and Girl are my personal favourites from the old days, but Morning Phase album was the beacon I was looking for.
I love his song Sexx Laws. It's so good.
Oh, and my favorite part of the song is when he says "Drive by body piercing." I just always giggle trying to figure out how that would work.
There was a news story yesterday where they planning to offer drive-through vaccine injections.
@@debjorgo that'd b tricky cos they gotta monitor U for at least 15 mins/half hour afterwards. At least here in Oz they do
Beck was wearing a Star Wars Stormtrooper maak. Due to copywrite infringement it had to be blurred. Beck said people don't listen to lyrics and could still make a hit from a catchy beat. ✌
Beercan, Where It’s At, Devil’s Haircut, Sexx Laws, Sissyneck, Jack-Ass, Ramshackle, Mixed Bizness, Black Tamburine, Deadweight, Tropicalia, E-Pro, Heart Is A Drum, Colors. The man’s a total genius.
Satan Gave Me A Taco
Good call, Beercan is extremely underrated.
LOVE Beck!!! This song also reminds me of the song 'Pepper' by the Butthole Surfers
Good Song!!! 🤘🏼
It’s the drums I totally get it
another song that came out at around the same time with a similar feel was Butthole Surfers - Pepper
@Randall Ozmun according to Wiki it was of the Butthole Surfers seven album, but I cant say I ever heard another one of their songs, I remember the album Electiclarryland, but in those days we couldn't afford to buy many albums, so I never owned it. I may check it out though, now I have had a "flash back" lol
Yes! I was going post this too
Beck is like that weird friend you have, who does and says quirky stuff that nobody ever understands. Yet somehow, you love him for it. And I loooooooove Beck. He's weird, in the best possible meaning of the word.
"Get crazy with the cheese quiz" I catch myself saying that randomly to this day!
Yes! All the Beastie boy reactions before me find the source of things I've been saying (or a way of saying) for decades, but had forgotten where it came from!
Beck writes the craziest and most creative lyrics - you should dive in a little; or maybe even head first. He don't disappoint
I believe Beck created this on a DARE..... He bet someone he could make a HIT OUT of NONSENSE!
BTW, Beck linked to this video on his facebook page. He must like your reaction, maybe because "WHAT?!?" was the reaction he really wanted from this song.
Nailed it!
Lol love the look on your face it's Beck for ya 🎼❤🎼
"Devils Haircut" and "Where It's At" are other catchy ones.
Love the lyrics they are so random but works perfectly.
Not everything has to have a clear meaning. The song is mostly just wordplay, creating images that are sometimes funny, sometimes dark. He's not telling a story. When this track first came out it had people all over the world singing the chorus "I'm a loser, baby, why don't you kill me?". That's a darkly funny achievement in itself, and the groove is terrific.
I had to laugh so hard at that first pause 🤣 that was a priceless reaction, because we all felt that way when this song came out. But it was a HUGE hit because it was so different and good. Definitely do Where It's At, such a great song!
Beck is amazing- so quirky and super funky. He IS super creative.. Allow the lyrics to just be - songs don't always need stories. Thoughts are all over the place, disconnected, crazed snippets - music is the best place to mimic that.
Two Turntables and a Microphone is bomb. Beck took the Beasties creative energy and jazz/funked the hell out of it.
Beck is in his own lane ha ha.
I have to say. As someone who was a teenager in the 90's. All this type of thing trained us to interpret symbolism.
In this song Beck is talking about what it's like to live wherever he is in America.
I had never seen reality based footage or anything o wherever he is.Awesome. Took me years to realise he was saying'I am a loser' in Spanish. When he chants in the background. So he's probably near Mexico!
We said what??? at the same time 😂😂😂
I cannot express how completely sure I was that Beck was a one-hit wonder when this broke through in the early 90s. Many bands that were popular at that juncture were, but I couldn’t have been more wrong about Beck and his “novelty song”. Nearing 30 years later and he’s still producing amazing work!
Beck is some kind of genius. You can't define or pin him down.
I remember this song when it first came out in 1994, only TODAY I realised he says "Soy un perdedor" instead of "So open the door" LOL.
this song is essentially a time machine to the 90s, so if it's a little weird, it's just from a very different time. a reaction to the song "Colors" would be awesome. it's a very, very different sound than this one. maybe get a collab between Beck and Chemical Brothers with the incredible video for the song "wide open."
Colors! Colors! Colors!
Oh my god I LOVE Wide Open. I played it on repeat for days when that album came out.
beck was huge in the 90s. this song was made in the 90s hence why it’s very strange. those days were the best. the 90s were awesome!!
So many songs to suggest "Girl", "Black Tambourine", "Que' Onda Guero", "Devil's Haircut", "Where It's At"
Fuck yeah, Black Tambourine’s a banger!
I am so happy that you listened to Beck!! Next try any song from Odelay! It will blow your mind. Please keep diving into his work. You won't be sorry!
Everyone in the chat had great things to say about the weirdness that is Beck. For me it is also about the time period. It was a product of the culture of the young people at the time. Older people called us “slackers” and if I remember this song became the hero of the “slacker” vibe.
Yeah. Slacker rap. Or slacker hip hop. G love, fun lovin criminals etc...
I just saw Beck open for U2 a few years ago (stadium seats about 75,000!) 💥
I also saw him play at Lollapalooza in 1995 🔥
Beck is a musical genius!
I used to think beck was from the future. The music scene caught up to him five years ago. He’s still making music💚
Gotta check out "where it's at" or "Sun eyed girl"
Other Beck songs (not in any order):
1. Where It's At
2. Cellphone's Dead
3. Timebomb
4. Devil's Haircut
5. Colors
6. Lost Cause
Definition of alternative, doesn't have to make sense.
Beck's got a deep, deep bench of great songs. The albums "Odelay" and "Midnite Vultures" are both just wall-to-wall.
Soy un perdedor means i'm a loser in Spanish
You dont say ??
@@redmeghixtape410 he asked the question. No one was talking to you.
This song was great, I always laughed when he said "Getting crazy with the cheeze whiz" and "Drive by bikers" it's fantastic!
Beck is very respected in the industry. He's won many awards, one quite controversial grammy, I think he beat out Beyonce for album of the year a few years back.
So many worthy Beck songs, but I'll request Que Onda Guero.
Yes!! 🙌
That song is dope. His best IMO.
It’s the 90s. Nothing makes sense. We’re losers. It’s Whatever. Why don’t you kill me? Tupac, Biggie, Cobain, Easy E, Hoon, Cornell, Staley, Weiland. This song captures the artistic ethos of the decade.
His dad is is a composer. I remember reading something recently on David Campbell.
And a Scientologist I believe 😱
@@lonedinosaur13 I think that's what it was about 😂
He's a rapper/singer, and was on heavy rotation on MTV. Back when grunge and alternative music was pop music 🎶 along with r&b. His videos were always cool and his was enjoyable. I listen to all types of music.
Johnny Cash liked Beck. He covered one of Beck's songs and Beck opened a show for Cash too.
Sounds like beck sampeld the riffs in the beginning from, midnight rider by alman brothers band.
"I don't know what the songs about so far". LOL! Understatement of the century.
One of my favs! It's just nonsensical. The "soy un perdedor" part translates to "I'm a loser" in Spanish.
I'm SO glad you finally had a Beck song. "Loser" is from 1993 and he hasn't slowed down yet! Please listen to "Where It's At", "Think I'm in Love" and "Lost Cause." ... or really anything he's done!
You should check out another Beck song called "Where It's At". Here's a link:
ruclips.net/video/EPfmNxKLDG4/видео.html
He was basically Homeless when this track came out, and it catapulted him to stardom. Dust Brothers made the beat. He wrote and spit it in one take. They also produced most the music on the Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique album
Okay, have to go feed the cats, so someone take the FIRST wheel, please. Good luck and God bless!
Been rapping this song since 7th grade, got the lyrics off the closed captions on MTV. Beck is a 🐐
It doesn't make any sense, don't try to interpret it
Listen to his song “Jack-ass”. Most chill thing you’ll ever hear. Beck is my all-time fav. Pure genius. Seems like a genuinely wonderful person too.
Guitarists play RIFFs not RIFTs
I love that you are always dissecting lyrics, quite astutely I might add, and here you're just like "screw it! I'm gonna enjoy the ride!" lol
He was tripping on acid when he wrote the lyrics. This genre is psych-folk.
So beck uses all types of instruments and effects to create an audio collage of sounds... his lyrics in songs like this are just another layer of sound. He does have extremely serious songs with deep lyrics but this is just something fun for him
His face is blurred-out in the beginning because he was wearing an old-school STAR WARS stormtrooper helmet... when the video first came out, you could see it, but at some point when new STAR WARS movies started coming out in the late 90s & early 2000s, it got censored... can't find the original video of this ANYWHERE!!! 😢 ...same thing with WEEZER's say it ain't so video ( when the band is in the backyard playing hackey-sack.. one of the guys has a stormtrooper helmet printed on his shirt, but not anymore.............
Oh man- this is a cool throwback! Lol 💜✌️👍 EDIT: Yep! Definitely sticks with you- did back in the day, still does...aaaand now I’ll be singing/humming it the next 24 hours-😅👍
Bambini!
@@elysehfm8797 hey hey lady! How are you?🌼
@@kimberlinibambini1988, I'm well, thank you. How are YOU?
@@elysehfm8797 same as usual, right now...hanging in there- thanks for asking-☺️💖
This is 'Zen And Art Of Song Writing': Colorless green ideas sleep furiously, because aliens wear hats.
He is still around makin' music. Hyperspace is the fourteenth studio album by American musician . It was released through Capitol Records on November 22, 2019. The album was primarily produced by and Williams, as well as Cole M.G.N., Greg Kurstin and Paul Epworth. He was so honored to collaborate with Pharell.
So actually, when Beck finished his verses for this song and his producer played it back, he thought it was so bad that he was like "I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me?" and that was the hook. He actually thought the song was mediocre, only released it at the insistence of Tom Rothrock, the other producer involved. I think much like some of R.E.M.'s tracks, there isn't a point to them. Definitely recommend checking Where It's At, it's just as if not more fun than this
Ok, Beck was a folk singer in East LA doing serious Son House and other tunes. People in the cafe just ignored him, didn't clap and the end and kept talking. He came up with joke songs like this for his friends and for seeing if anyone the audience was paying attention. It was formally written and recorded in 6hrs and became as an experiment with beats with producer playing the sitar. Then somehow it hit the radio and became a 90s slacker anthem.
One of the best right here.. iconic.
Used to pump this out a lot when I worked in a fashion store 15 years back
Fun fact, after he says Yo bring it on down the audio we hear is actually the chorus backwards
Beck is a huge Prince fan. His song "Debra" is his Princiest tune. He also covered Raspberry Beret.
Might be helpful to know that his father is a well-known collage artist. It's all about assembling interesting images and the juxtapositions between them.
“WHAT????” Perfect reaction to Beck. I will never know why this song got so popular when it came out, I didn’t like it BUT it did get stuck in my head and over time I’d find myself singing it randomly. There’s just something about it you can’t resist. Definitely check out Where It’s At.
So much talent. This guy is insane. What an amazing career he’s had. This was his breakthrough hit in the UK and he never looked back. So many different musical styles.