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Let the golden age begin
Let the window down
Feel the moonlight on your skin
Let the desert wind
Cool your aching head
Let the weight of the world
Drift away instead
These day I barely get by
I don't even try
It's a treacherous road
With a desolated view
There's distant lights
But here they're far and few
And the sun don't shine
Even when it's day
You got to drive all night
Just to feel like you're OK
These days I barely get by
I don't even try
Not exactly to your point (as many, many songs have the exact same chords), but I remember when I first started listening to RP many years ago and was strumming along with the songs I heard. Bill played 4 songs in a row in the key of F#. Maybe not fully intentional but still I was kind of in awe. Later that day he played 4 songs in a row related to the word "cat" either by artist, song title or lyric. I realized then that I was seeing the handiwork of the segue king. Long live the king!
RP, Bill I assume, does that ALL the time and rarely if ever calls attention to it: three songs with "rain", four with a "devil" reference. When I'm in the lab I'm usually listening. It gives me a kick every time I pick on one of these set connections. Unfortunately the connections based on key, chord progression, etc., are mostly beyond me as I don't play an instrument.
One of my favorite things is when a cover is played and then the next song is a different song but by the artist who wrote the cover just played.
Brilliant!!’
Soft sound. How have I not listened to Beck? I need to get out more.
Or less ))
(Not being a smart-ass; I like it!)
Melissa followed by Golden Age, I wonder how many songs begin E , F#m.........Who knows where the time goes, there's another one, but there must be hundreds! Great segway Bill.
But they diverge after those two chords, Beck to A, and Allmans to G#m.
Still very similar, and prime for a Bill G. segue!
Morning Phase is brilliant and just pips Sea Change.
Morning Phase - "waking light" Brilliant. Headphones required :)
Beck is someone who has passed me by - I love this song though and have heard a few good songs from his new album with a similar feel to this - any suggestions on which CD to buy as a starting point given my love of this sort of song ?
EDIT - just read a review and bought this one (sea change)..
Morning Phase is brilliant and just pips Sea Change.
He has just died and the message is from his greeter/friend/dad who just 'woke' up to explain things.
Take the wheel - enjoy your new horizontal position
Window down, moonlight - you're dead enjoy the heat
Weight, drift away - nothing really matters when you dead
Barely gets by - because he's not getting by, he dead
Doesn't even try - because he can't
Road, view lights - time, blind, darkness
Far and few - you'll be woken up every eon to meet an old friend
Sun don't shine - because he can't see it,
Drive all night - big sleep only way to be ok
EDIT - just read a review and bought this one (sea change)..
Hands down.... Morning Phase
B&R, you get better every day. Your contribution to quality of life is invaluable.
Not exactly to your point (as many, many songs have the exact same chords), but I remember when I first started listening to RP many years ago and was strumming along with the songs I heard. Bill played 4 songs in a row in the key of F#. Maybe not fully intentional but still I was kind of in awe. Later that day he played 4 songs in a row related to the word "cat" either by artist, song title or lyric. I realized then that I was seeing the handiwork of the segue king. Long live the king!
What are the chances of that?
Where has the time gone-Fairport Convention
Melissa-Allman Brothers
Golden Age-Beck
wow - Great Job RP in tying these together
EDIT - just read a review and bought this one (sea change)..
I'd also suggest "Morning Phase."
He is the master. My wife and I are both ex-DJs (Bar, Club, and Radio) and often try to figure out what the common thread is.
This song in particular has a lovely melancholy feel to it.
Quite a change from his earlier work like "Loser" or "Que Onda Guero".
I think "Que Onda guero" is on the album after this.
EDIT - just read a review and bought this one (sea change)..
If you like this one, Sea Change is a great album to start with. And if you want to stay on Beck's "mellow side" try Morning Phase (2014). One of my favorites!
no Beck here lately but a lot of Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin and raggae so this sounds great to me
Plus a lot of Los Lobos and anything that Mark Knopfler has a hand in, not to mention that god-awful Dung Fever.
If you find the opportunity to hear Sea Change in 5.1, make the effort as it's truly worth it (Sea Change was originally released on SACD, then rereleased on Blu-Ray Audio).
Same scenario again just now and have to agree about the lead-in. Do like the song though.
Awesome song, play more Beck. Thanks Bill.
Its helping to make my migraine go away.
But, I don't even try.
Every song by this guy sounds like something else.
no Beck here lately but a lot of Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin and raggae so this sounds great to me
kcar wrote:
Oh, I understand that technical problems can lead to a song's rejection. And yes, our Stingray is a bit of a ranter.
But I understand his grump. One sign and source of RP's success is that listeners regard it as their home on the Web. They've bought in emotionally and likely feel that they're part owners. I saw the same thing at a pottery studio near me. People felt personally affronted when the studio owner told them they couldn't do something or rejected a piece they'd worked hard on. The owner had unintentionally punctured had their sense of belonging at the place and expertise as a potter. Some abruptly quit the studio after a mild run-in with the owner...
Stingray and others, as Gary Gutting points out in that NYT piece, make neutered statements about a musician's or song's worth compared to another but will demand you acknowledge the indisputable greatness of their favorites. Those songs are part of their identity.
Stingray feels at home here and wants to contribute to the catalog. The selection process for offered songs is a black box, though, and you wind up feeling rejected and perhaps less part of the "in" crowd when you get the "sorry" brushoff without explanation.
And if you're Stingray, hearing yet another Beck song ("SCIENTOLOGIST!") instead of your indisputable classic rubs salt in the wound.
Ultimately, this is the Goldsmiths' business. It's their livelihood. My guess is that their personal tastes don't dictate all of RP's catalog. I'm sure demographics and marketing and song analysis algorithms play a part. They might even loathe some songs that the black box tells them to play.
Ultimately, it's better to shrug off the "sorry" message with a "your loss" or "cloth ears" mental note. Don't take it personally, Stingray. There are other Web radio stations you can hang out at...
So much so that when nobody knew of him during his Grammy nod, I stood up and gave a holler, then mo-fo'do Kanye for the next week after....
EDIT - just read a review and bought this one (sea change)..
If you like this song, you will love his latest, "Morning Phase".
Kilroy was there...
Thanks again RP
EDIT - just read a review and bought this one (sea change)..
Ik kan het niet genoeg horen
Could not have said it better myself
Noice!
kcar wrote:
I know the feeling. Bill rejected two songs I really like. But he has to follow his own sense about what constitutes good music and what his listeners will support (with money). Most of us agree that Bill and Rebecca do a great job, despite the occasional groaner and rejection.
"Taste is different" is the usual statement one hears, when no agreement can be made if a song, a film or another
piece of true art is good or not good! I could never accept such a saying. If that were to be true, people could use the very same
argument to trash BEATLES or STONES."
I had a long, long discussion with rdo about this and other topics on the RP page for Ludovico Einaudi's "Time Lapse" song. You should check out the New York Times article I mentioned in one of my posts there. The article is by philosopher Gary Gutting and it's called "Mozart vs. the Beatles. He talks about how people say that no type of art is better than another, but then abandon that argument when they talk about an artist whom they really love. Gutting argues briefly that we can state that some works of art is superior to others...
Here's the link for it:
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/mozart-vs-the-beatles/
And sometimes it just means that the formatting of the upload wasn't right or was corrupted. Stingray just likes drama. Pay him no mind.
Oh, I understand that technical problems can lead to a song's rejection. And yes, our Stingray is a bit of a ranter.
But I understand his grump. One sign and source of RP's success is that listeners regard it as their home on the Web. They've bought in emotionally and likely feel that they're part owners. I saw the same thing at a pottery studio near me. People felt personally affronted when the studio owner told them they couldn't do something or rejected a piece they'd worked hard on. The owner had unintentionally punctured had their sense of belonging at the place and expertise as a potter. Some abruptly quit the studio after a mild run-in with the owner...
Stingray and others, as Gary Gutting points out in that NYT piece, make neutered statements about a musician's or song's worth compared to another but will demand you acknowledge the indisputable greatness of their favorites. Those songs are part of their identity.
Stingray feels at home here and wants to contribute to the catalog. The selection process for offered songs is a black box, though, and you wind up feeling rejected and perhaps less part of the "in" crowd when you get the "sorry" brushoff without explanation.
And if you're Stingray, hearing yet another Beck song ("SCIENTOLOGIST!") instead of your indisputable classic rubs salt in the wound.
Ultimately, this is the Goldsmiths' business. It's their livelihood. My guess is that their personal tastes don't dictate all of RP's catalog. I'm sure demographics and marketing and song analysis algorithms play a part. They might even loathe some songs that the black box tells them to play.
Ultimately, it's better to shrug off the "sorry" message with a "your loss" or "cloth ears" mental note. Don't take it personally, Stingray. There are other Web radio stations you can hang out at...
This song in particular has a lovely melancholy feel to it.
Quite a change from his earlier work like "Loser" or "Que Onda Guero".
I AM ANGRY!
No shit. Really? You know, Stingy, you really need to get out more.
Ik kan het niet genoeg horen
kcar wrote:
I know the feeling. Bill rejected two songs I really like. But he has to follow his own sense about what constitutes good music and what his listeners will support (with money). Most of us agree that Bill and Rebecca do a great job, despite the occasional groaner and rejection.
"Taste is different" is the usual statement one hears, when no agreement can be made if a song, a film or another
piece of true art is good or not good! I could never accept such a saying. If that were to be true, people could use the very same
argument to trash BEATLES or STONES."
I had a long, long discussion with rdo about this and other topics on the RP page for Ludovico Einaudi's "Time Lapse" song. You should check out the New York Times article I mentioned in one of my posts there. The article is by philosopher Gary Gutting and it's called "Mozart vs. the Beatles. He talks about how people say that no type of art is better than another, but then abandon that argument when they talk about an artist whom they really love. Gutting argues briefly that we can state that some works of art is superior to others...
Here's the link for it:
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/mozart-vs-the-beatles/
COOLBEANS SAYS GET A LIFE !
+1!!
COOLBEANS SAYS GET A LIFE !
Becks best album for meHer hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
RF
But I'm sure you've been told that before.
Biscobret wrote:
I came in to say this -- LOL -- guess I'll leave it at the 7...
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked... love this song... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
I AM ANGRY!
Very much so! While "Beck" is "accepted" (into the list of songs) a RARE GEM of fantastic new music was rejected by RP!
I have never really been a fan of Nick Cave, I must admit. Even "Dig, Lazarus dig", though certainly
good music (and "accepted" in RP), was not really among my favourites! The more I was STUNNED,
when I came to know his BREATHTAKING new album "PUSH THE SKY AWAY". Immediately I checked
RP if the album - or songs from it - was "accepted" and put into the pool of music RP-listeners get to hear.
Both of the most outstandings pearls of a sensational AAA-album (!!!) - JUBILEE STREET" and "WE REAL COOL" -
were "rejected".
"Taste is different" is the usual statement one hears, when no agreement can be made if a song, a film or another
piece of true art is good or not good! I could never accept such a saying. If that were to be true, people could use the very same
argument to trash BEATLES or STONES.
I do not know if it was Bill or his wife "rejecting" Cave's new album (as a whole) and especially the two shining pearls, I
mentioned as best songs (in my opinion), but the descision is so WRONG and on the edge to be unacceptable, that one
can only wonder what makes them "accept" Beck, but deny "Nick Cave".
How disappointing!
I know the feeling. Bill rejected two songs I really like. But he has to follow his own sense about what constitutes good music and what his listeners will support (with money). Most of us agree that Bill and Rebecca do a great job, despite the occasional groaner and rejection.
"Taste is different" is the usual statement one hears, when no agreement can be made if a song, a film or another
piece of true art is good or not good! I could never accept such a saying. If that were to be true, people could use the very same
argument to trash BEATLES or STONES."
I had a long, long discussion with rdo about this and other topics on the RP page for Ludovico Einaudi's "Time Lapse" song. You should check out the New York Times article I mentioned in one of my posts there. The article is by philosopher Gary Gutting and it's called "Mozart vs. the Beatles. He talks about how people say that no type of art is better than another, but then abandon that argument when they talk about an artist whom they really love. Gutting argues briefly that we can state that some works of art is superior to others...
Here's the link for it:
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/mozart-vs-the-beatles/
Everyone in your church loves every song played...... That's peculiar, must be a cult.
We do not love every song that is played! But we do love this one...
I came in to say this -- LOL -- guess I'll leave it at the 7...
Miss you so much, Cynaera...
everybody in my church loves this song...
Everyone in your church loves every song played...... That's peculiar, must be a cult.
I AM ANGRY!
How disappointing!
You are always angry. It's your thing.
It actually sounds like a song instead of something that springs out of a can and assaults your ears.
edit-oops,he had to throw the crap in during the ending
Miss you so much, Cynaera...
everybody in my church loves this song...
He's one Hell of a computer operator.
How one can listen to this and derive that conclusion is a mystery to me. Beck somehow incorporates myriad influences and distill something new from the volatile mix. Who can complain about that, especially when the musicianship is so consistently good?
I AM ANGRY!
Very much so! While "Beck" is "accepted" (into the list of songs) a RARE GEM of fantastic new music was rejected by RP!
I have never really been a fan of Nick Cave, I must admit. Even "Dig, Lazarus dig", though certainly
good music (and "accepted" in RP), was not really among my favourites! The more I was STUNNED,
when I came to know his BREATHTAKING new album "PUSH THE SKY AWAY". Immediately I checked
RP if the album - or songs from it - was "accepted" and put into the pool of music RP-listeners get to hear.
Both of the most outstandings pearls of a sensational AAA-album (!!!) - JUBILEE STREET" and "WE REAL COOL" -
were "rejected".
"Taste is different" is the usual statement one hears, when no agreement can be made if a song, a film or another
piece of true art is good or not good! I could never accept such a saying. If that were to be true, people could use the very same
argument to trash BEATLES or STONES.
I do not know if it was Bill or his wife "rejecting" Cave's new album (as a whole) and especially the two shining pearls, I
mentioned as best songs (in my opinion), but the descision is so WRONG and on the edge to be unacceptable, that one
can only wonder what makes them "accept" Beck, but deny "Nick Cave".
How disappointing!
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I AM ANGRY!
Very much so! While "Beck" is "accepted" (into the list of songs) a RARE GEM of fantastic new music was rejected by RP!
I have never really been a fan of Nick Cave, I must admit. Even "Dig, Lazarus dig", though certainly
good music (and "accepted" in RP), was not really among my favourites! The more I was STUNNED,
when I came to know his BREATHTAKING new album "PUSH THE SKY AWAY". Immediately I checked
RP if the album - or songs from it - was "accepted" and put into the pool of music RP-listeners get to hear.
Both of the most outstandings pearls of a sensational AAA-album (!!!) - JUBILEE STREET" and "WE REAL COOL" -
were "rejected".
"Taste is different" is the usual statement one hears, when no agreement can be made if a song, a film or another
piece of true art is good or not good! I could never accept such a saying. If that were to be true, people could use the very same
argument to trash BEATLES or STONES.
I do not know if it was Bill or his wife "rejecting" Cave's new album (as a whole) and especially the two shining pearls, I
mentioned as best songs (in my opinion), but the descision is so WRONG and on the edge to be unacceptable, that one
can only wonder what makes them "accept" Beck, but deny "Nick Cave".
How disappointing!
You mean entitled - like a fundamentalist islamist? Last time I looked, the USA was not keen on accepting them with open arms.
Oh and while I am on it. . . whatever happened to the saying 'land of the free?' I don't seem to hear it now.
He's one Hell of a computer operator.
Do I have scientologist cooties because I listened to this song? Save my soul, Stingray.
Let the golden age begin
Let the window down
Feel the moonlight on your skin
Let the desert wind
Cool your aching head
Let the weight of the world
Drift away instead
Coincidence?
I think not.
