A Blog about Beck. Because He's American

So when I first discover that I like something, I have a tendency to become sort of obsessed with it until something else comes along for me to become obsessed with. Currently, I'm going through a Beck phase. So for my first blog, I will talk about him.

Beck was born in Los Angeles, California in 1970.  His first big hit, "loser", came out in 1994 on the,"Mellow Gold" album. Beck has experimented with various styles of music, ranging from his earlier punk-influenced albums to bluesy, acoustic music. He's even written some country music, such as his song, "Rowboat", which was actually covered by Johnny cash (You know you're cool if Johnny Cash has covered your music).

Johnny cash talks about Beck
I guess the reason I like Beck so much is because he has tried out so many different styles, which is very evident when listening to the several albums that he's released over the years. My personal favorite album of Beck's would probably be, "Sea Change", which is primarily just acoustic. If you're interested in listening to Beck's earlier, funkier, punkier material, Mellow Gold is probably your best bet.

Also, Beck has very recently contributed some of his songs to a new video game called Sound Shapes, a game in which the music played in the background acts as the obstacles that your character must overcome to reach the end of the stage. I found this to be particularly rad.

Sound Shapes- "Cities"