Adding captions to pictures of Beck, using his own lyrics.
“Modern Guilt” by Beck.
Modern guilt is all in our hands
Modern guilt won’t get me to bed
Say what you will, smoke your last cigarette
Don’t know what I’ve done
But I feel afraid
Two sides of the same coin for a folk singing Beck: “Loser” and “Got No Mind”. Both songs comes from around the same time period, so I thought I’d put them side-by-side since this was a period Beck wrote few self-reflective songs.
“Heartland Feeling” by Beck:
Old Man Johnson got his head in his hand
Making his way across state in a fiddlin’ band
With hair all down in his eyes
And a microphone all covered with flies
When he gets done playing, goes back to his room
Climbs into bed in his cowboy boots
And he picks up a magazine, turns on the tv
Lights a cigar as he’s falling asleep
Well, he’s only a person who doesn’t know shit
Yeah, nothing happening, that’s about it, yeah
Beck played this song as himself on the Larry Sanders Show in 1995
(H/t CatchHell, via riotsqurrrl)
“Chain Reaction” by Beck
For a paralyzed mind in a kerosene jar
Barracuda believer with a heathen guitar
Apocalyptic nostalgia tokens
Dark arks set sail for Antarctica oceans
It’s a chain reaction, yea!
“Rowboat” by Beck.
Pick me up, give me some alcohol
In your truck, playing the radio
I’ll be home with the gasoline
You’ll be stoned, you’ll be far away
Johnny Cash was fond of this song, so he played it on several occasions and covered it on one of his records.
“Sexx Laws” by Beck
I’m a full-grown man, but I’m not afraid to cry!
Hope you ended up where you wanted on Valentine’s Day, and thanks for joining us on LOLBeck!
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“Tropicalia” by Beck.
I see them rise and fall into the jaws of a pestilent love
You wouldn’t know what to say to yourself
Love is a poverty you couldn’t sell
Misery waits in vague hotels to be a victim
Who wouldn’t want a romantic getaway with Beck to the nearest tropical wasteland? Happy Valentine’s Day from LOLBeck!
“Get Real Paid” by Beck.
We like the boys with the bulletproof vests.
We like the girls with the cellophane chests.
I know you really want it ‘cause your Daddy’s always on it.
And he knows just how to flaunt it. He got pictures in his wallet.
And he wanna be your lover. Does he look just like my mother?
Does he cover you like butter and just leave you in the gutter?
I wanna know if I’m worth your time.
There’s so much to do before you die.
Beck kind of has a funny way of asking “Will you be mine?” on Valentine’s Day; happy V-day from LOLBeck.
