10.21: Beck in Jersey City
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I wasn’t sure Beck could improve on his amazing acoustic set he did at Lincoln Center a few years ago but he topped himself once again with a fun multi-media freak-out in which his whole band was mimicked onstage in real time by a team of puppeteers. In the live setting the level of Beck’s musical ability is really just awe-inspiring as he just flips effortlessly through just about every genre of modern music all while cracking jokes with the audience and having fun with his band. At one point he mentioned how he had just been fired by the Rolling Stones and then ripped into the best cover of “No Complaints” I’ve ever heard - so good you had to wonder what the hell the oldsters were thinking when they let him go. At another point his band brought a table onto stage, sat down and started eating salad while Beck serenaded them acoustically (including an acoustic version of “Debra”). Then they all started playing the plates and glasses with their silverware so Beck joined in with his guitar and the whole thing morphed into a song. Beck also had about the most energetic hype man on stage with him dressed in a button down shirt and computer geek thick framed glasses doing karate kicks, jumping jacks, disco twitches, and robo b-boy dance moves through the whole concert (this guy could give hype-man king Flavor Flav a serious run for the money).
So, some things never change – Beck is one of the most talented & consistently innovative musicians of our time and its cool to see he hasn't lost his touch or his sense of humor.
Watch & Listen:
Beck - video: "Think I'm in Love, live in Jersey City"
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I wasn’t sure Beck could improve on his amazing acoustic set he did at Lincoln Center a few years ago but he topped himself once again with a fun multi-media freak-out in which his whole band was mimicked onstage in real time by a team of puppeteers. In the live setting the level of Beck’s musical ability is really just awe-inspiring as he just flips effortlessly through just about every genre of modern music all while cracking jokes with the audience and having fun with his band. At one point he mentioned how he had just been fired by the Rolling Stones and then ripped into the best cover of “No Complaints” I’ve ever heard - so good you had to wonder what the hell the oldsters were thinking when they let him go. At another point his band brought a table onto stage, sat down and started eating salad while Beck serenaded them acoustically (including an acoustic version of “Debra”). Then they all started playing the plates and glasses with their silverware so Beck joined in with his guitar and the whole thing morphed into a song. Beck also had about the most energetic hype man on stage with him dressed in a button down shirt and computer geek thick framed glasses doing karate kicks, jumping jacks, disco twitches, and robo b-boy dance moves through the whole concert (this guy could give hype-man king Flavor Flav a serious run for the money).
So, some things never change – Beck is one of the most talented & consistently innovative musicians of our time and its cool to see he hasn't lost his touch or his sense of humor.
Watch & Listen:
Beck - video: "Think I'm in Love, live in Jersey City"
Related Posts:
10-21 Spank Rock in Jersey City"
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Nev, you might want to add this to your CMJ music calendar. Only $1
http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=3696
Posted by
Anonymous | 4:50 PM, October 23, 2006
No doubt, thats crazy!
Posted by
FWYB | 6:22 PM, October 23, 2006
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