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from my library

Beck - Odelay - 1996



Influences abound from L.A. born Beck. Unique throughout, you certainly can't pigeonhole him. Fourth release and the only one I own. Don't mean that negatively. Just the only one I got around to. Hell, a man can't buy everything. I love the eclectic taste here of just being all over the board. Not a great album for me but pretty good. Album charted at #16 with singles of Devils Haircut (23), Where It's At (5), Jack-Ass (15) and The New Pollution (9). Single positions are Modern Rock charts. Also a grammy for album and another for Where It's At. We used to call those the kiss of death. Love that 60's look in track #4.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Favorite Track - Sissyneck

I don't need no wheels
I don't need no gasoline
'Cause the wind that is blowing
Is blowing like a smoke machine

If I said to you
That I was looking for a place to get to
'Cause my neck is broken
And my pants ain't getting no bigger

I got a stolen wife
And a rhinestone life
And some good ol' boys
I'm writing my will
On a three dollar bill
In the evening time

All my friends
Tell me something is getting together
I got a beard that would disappear
If I'm dressed in leather
Now let me tell you about my baby
She was born in Arizona
Sitting in the jailhouse
Trying to learn some good manners

I got a stolen wife
And a rhinestone life
And some good ol' boys
I'm writing my will
On a three dollar bill
In the evening time

Matchsticks strike
When I'm riding my bike to the depot
'Cause everybody knows my name
At the recreation center
If I could only find a nickel
I would pay myself off tonight
'Cause nobody knows
Where the good times have passed out cold

I got a stolen wife
And a rhinestone life
And some good ol' boys
I'm writing my will
On a three dollar bill
In the evening time

I got a stolen wife
And a rhinestone life
And some good ol' boys
I'm writing my will
On a three dollar bill
In the evening time

Don't talk to me
If you're looking for somebody to cry on
Don't talk to me
If you're looking for somebody to cuddle


1) Devils Haircut - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG3sS8RBdms
2) Hotwax - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpqTFCGpOFo
3) Lord Only Knows - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GROZm6wqshk
4) The New Pollution - *** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIf7wEJrjEk
5) Derelict - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUfoX275lOs
6) Novacane - * - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2hvp9u1QBI
7) Jack-Ass - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDh_hzNh_Vc
8) Where It's At - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uQ9W4KexnA
9) Minus - * - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH98B3HdhUk
10) Sissyneck - *** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfO9IKmOav4
11) Readymade - * - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJmU1nKbpY
12) High 5 (Rock The Catskills) - * - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4il1Otk8Ho
13) Ramshackle - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV295R0DfAo

3's - 3
2's - 6
1's - 4

Rating - 1.9