Part comical, part sensical, and part Dadaistic. If you listen to Beck's early stuff, that which didn't make the radio, it's quite different from this, but he began working with modern genres and built from there. The funkiest white boy this side of hip hop and rap.
Certainly his breakthrough track, but I think "Where It's At" off his MUCH bigger album "Odelay" refined this vibe and became a bigger and much more timeless song.
At one point I had every one of his albums, I think sea changes was his masterpiece. Maybe not as innovative and eclectic as his other albums but there isn’t a bad song on it.
Such a great artist. His Morning Phase album, which won the Grammy for album of the year, is amazing and every song on his Colors album is a banger. The man is crazy talented.
@ViewsFromThe502 The blur effect at the start is to cover a storm trooper helmet he wears for a bit, had to be removed or face the wrath of Lucas Films. Now nearly 30 years later it would be Disney demanding it not be shown.
I just realized that the intro to the videos are him referencing the original Django with the coffin pulling via the chain-if you didn’t know, that’s why Tarantino called it Django Unchained.
His album Sea Change killed me - when I need to get mellow that is the one my husband and I put on. Guero is also a particular favorite of mine. Beck is just a genius in general.
Hey guys!!! I'm new to the channel and your reactions are so fun to watch. I just discovered you and immediately subscribed 😊 Can you do Bill whithers Use me and Stevie Wonder Don't you worry about a thing? I'm 55 and I love to see a younger generation enjoying and discovering old school music❤❤❤
I would swear the dude on the roof was my late brother in-law, he always wore shades jeans and no shirt! Right down to the hair looked exactly like that dude ✌️
There are so many places to go with Beck. I'd recommend E-Pro, The New Pollution, Sexx Laws, Soldier Jane, Profanity Prayers, Dreams... and that's just taking one track each from six albums.
I had a Ms.Rutledge !!!! She was a 60 year old art teacher that would fit in more today way more than she did in 1994. She was crazy as a run overed dog but she was cool af
Teacher names: Anything with the word "apple" As a kid I had a science tea her with name "Bateson"..wondered if his parents had a sense of humor and made his first name "Master"..😂
old guy but kinda liked this song. By the way have you beat on odd teacher names. My principal in 6 grade was a guy named Richard Herr....figure it out.
Not sure if it would be good for your channel, but you guys should check out his album Sea Change on your own time... it's nothing like this and it's absolutely brilliant (very chill). Never been a huge fan of this song, but that album is pretty special.
I was 16 when this came out and it was SO COOL that my mother didn’t like it. You should try “Where it’s at” - it came out a few years later…aaaah…the angsty 90’s…
Your teacher called Mr. Riddle didn't have the first name Jim. did he? Because in England going for a "Jimmy Riddle" means you're going to take a p*ss. 😁
Good "Victorious" reference... Heard of him, but don't know his songs. The guitar in beginning sounds like out West. Yes there were always the kids in the back sleeping. Most of my teachers wouldn't ask if he was okay they would say "get up". Philly = melted mozzarella. It is unconventional... Not a song i would seek out. Not very positive. But i get that is the point. He seems interesting and like he is pretty thoughtful in his lyrics.
@ViewsFromThe502 Still love you guys just prefer when new to all ! Curtis Mayfield - " Freddie's Dead " ( from Superfly soundtrack 71 ) funky purification version please ( full version ) !! 🙏
I always thought and I believe he also stated the lyric mean nothing. It to prove point he could make a hit with lyrics than meant nothing because he was out as not a good at lyrics. Every time I hear this one it reminds me of Eminem My Name is Slim Shadey.
OT1H you guys made some astute comments. OTOH if 2/3 of you have already heard the song and/or seen Beck’s show years ago, then this IS NOT a REACTION video, is it? So I feel kinda clickbaited. Just be honest about what your video is. If I’d known what I was getting, I might’ve liked the video better.
@@ViewsFromThe502 Still love you guys just prefer when new to all ! Curtis Mayfield - " Freddie's Dead " ( from Superfly soundtrack 71 ) funky purification version please ( full version ) !! 🙏
Ahem, ..Nick?? "ess-entrick" is NOT a word, "EX-centric" is. (both of those, there, being "pronunciation keys," NOT, actual words!) Eccentric. [pronounced: "ex-centric"] Get it in your brain, or stop using it (as in: permanently!).
True it’s not a word but maybe Nick was trying to say “esoteric” and it came out “ess-entrick”? That said, I appreciate the call-out bc I have similar annoyances eg when ppl say “agree-ance”, which is not a word. #AgreeMENT ✌🏽
@@gabrielmcdonnell8699 It DOES hit me in a ... uniquely annoying spot. (Those types of things.) 👍👍 ...but, yes: without being "on-site," or knowing people extensively ...it's, sometimes, difficult to, really, know what they were thinking/what they intended. 🤷 🤦 ....
@@ViewsFromThe502 🤷🤷 How would I be aware of that, sir?🤷 ...look: as a public speaker, you hold a fairly large amount of responsibility for: using the language at a higher-standard than, just, "the average schlub off of the streets" (or "whatever "). I get that you are being "informal" and "unpretentious" (🤷🤷), with your friends ...however: you chose to be a public figure in a public venue. Your ability to appear "as an executor at the highest echelons" ..."Sorry": it matters (and has larger effects on society). -Also: I pick-up on stuff like that and... its (perhaps "inexplicably"🤷) personally offensive & irritating, to me. I couldn't keep myself from pointing it out, to you. 🤷
@@ViewsFromThe502 For the future, Nick 🤷 ...here's an idea: if you find that you are, incontrovertibly, "having problems" pronouncing a word... or, simply, "get lazy" ...or whatever-the-case-may-be 🤷🤷🤷, why don't you, simply, write the word down on a piece of paper ("notebook-size" [the classic 8½ x 11 😋], OR larger), hold it up, where the word would go, in your conversation, edit that in and let people read it themselves. 🤷🤷 -That way: you get to use the term that you want ...and everyone gets to understand it and/or learn it, themselves. 🤷
th-cam.com/video/eyCEexG9xjw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cdu8WY0L9QS230SC I agree with Nick and Ty about the opening line, "In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey" being a great "hook" to pull in the listener, if the music hadn't already done so. It could be argued there's also a possible secondary meaning to the line as well. Nick makes a very good point about the main character's lack of evolution, but it seems like Beck and the other songwriter are simply trying to get across the idea that the subject in the song is simply different from all the majority of living things. So, it's a great use to make the line as accessible to as many listeners as possible. I recall when this video was starting to get played on MTV (around the days just before MTV became RTV for "Reality TV"). It was not uncommon for MTV to play some "unconventional" stuff, especially in the early days when they lacked videos to air. The above link is for a video along this same vein from 1982 called "Mexican Radio" by a group named Wall of Voodoo. Most of the time, these out of left field videos simply fell short musically and/or aesthetically. However, as soon as I heard the intro and first line of "Loser," I was wiling to buckle up and experience the seeming craziness going on in the video. It was a case, as the guys can appreciate, their own hometown Louisville legend Hunter S. Thompson's famous line, "By the ticket, take the ride." As a final note, Beck's musical abilities didn't emerge from a vacuum. His father is an extremely well-respected and longtime music arranger, composer, and conductor, working with serious heavyweight artists (from the past and present in several different genres, including his own son) and on many film scores over the years.
Part comical, part sensical, and part Dadaistic. If you listen to Beck's early stuff, that which didn't make the radio, it's quite different from this, but he began working with modern genres and built from there. The funkiest white boy this side of hip hop and rap.
Certainly his breakthrough track, but I think "Where It's At" off his MUCH bigger album "Odelay" refined this vibe and became a bigger and much more timeless song.
Two turntables and a microphone...
At one point I had every one of his albums, I think sea changes was his masterpiece. Maybe not as innovative and eclectic as his other albums but there isn’t a bad song on it.
Fun fact: the melody in the chorus is the end of "Hey Jude"
I'll never forget when Kanye yanked the mic out of Taylor Swift's hand and ranted onstage about how Beyonce should have won the award instead of Beck.
That was a beautiful summary of this song Nick. On point.
Such a great artist. His Morning Phase album, which won the Grammy for album of the year, is amazing and every song on his Colors album is a banger. The man is crazy talented.
Get crazy with the Cheez Whiz!!! This song is my guilty pleasure. The words are nonsense but the beat slaps.
Beck was Napoleon Dynamite before Napoleon Dynamite.
Lol
No. No. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate Napoleon Dynamite but I love this song.
@@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan Why so you hate ND?
@@craigroaring We simply have different opinions.
He's a chameleon like David Bowie, he never does the same staff twice in a row, every record is very different.
all time classic! ♥
Saw him live at a festival in the late 90s. He absolutely killed it. The dude is an amazing performer live as well as an incredible songwriter.
@ViewsFromThe502 The blur effect at the start is to cover a storm trooper helmet he wears for a bit, had to be removed or face the wrath of Lucas Films. Now nearly 30 years later it would be Disney demanding it not be shown.
Gotta say......this song never tires = Classic and in a time capsule.
Beck Is a certified musical genius with multiple Grammys. Some of his folk / Americana/country music is his best
I just realized that the intro to the videos are him referencing the original Django with the coffin pulling via the chain-if you didn’t know, that’s why Tarantino called it Django Unchained.
Robert Downey, Jr. guest apearance at 8:48
That guitar riff smacks of Midnight Rider by the Allman brothers.
Right
Very common for artists to incorporate the sounds of other artists into their own work
@@mavjimbo Well, who'd have thought!
His album Sea Change killed me - when I need to get mellow that is the one my husband and I put on. Guero is also a particular favorite of mine. Beck is just a genius in general.
Love Beck he's unique and fun❤...love your reactions as usual you guys don't disappoint...I love the info you give and your stories it's always fun❤
A unique artist...I was 31 in 91, Beck really caught the ear...I wouldn't buy an album, but I appreciate his genius....
This one and Where It's At, my Beck faves❤️
Hey guys!!! I'm new to the channel and your reactions are so fun to watch. I just discovered you and immediately subscribed 😊 Can you do Bill whithers Use me and Stevie Wonder Don't you worry about a thing? I'm 55 and I love to see a younger generation enjoying and discovering old school music❤❤❤
I would swear the dude on the roof was my late brother in-law, he always wore shades jeans and no shirt! Right down to the hair looked exactly like that dude ✌️
There are so many places to go with Beck. I'd recommend E-Pro, The New Pollution, Sexx Laws, Soldier Jane, Profanity Prayers, Dreams... and that's just taking one track each from six albums.
A "Beck" of All Trades
We use to listen to this song when I was working collections as a loan collector.
Yeahhhhh Ty!
Go Colts!
DERELICT off the Odelay album is a personal favorite. So otherworldly.
I love this, why haven’t I ever heard of Beck b4!?🔥
Huge huge song back in the day
I had a Ms.Rutledge !!!! She was a 60 year old art teacher that would fit in more today way more than she did in 1994. She was crazy as a run overed dog but she was cool af
Keep going with Beck. A few song recs: "Lazy Flies," "Devil's Haircut," "Where It's At," "Lost Cause," "Blue Moon."
Teacher names:
Anything with the word "apple"
As a kid I had a science tea her with name "Bateson"..wondered if his parents had a sense of humor and made his first name "Master"..😂
Hell Yes by him is also a great one🙏🙏
He's so creative and unique❤
My high school world history teacher / basketball coach was Coach Sports.
Ty, whatchu think about AR5? Can't wait to see him this season. Keep on truckin fellas!
Beck is a musical genius. It's been fun watching him develop over the years. Loser is a treasure but my favorite is "Up All Night".
Wife Speaking..., .., : All of these lyrics pertain to the loser persona...Absolutely!
My grade 8 math teacher was Sister Joan.
In concert, you get the electric guitar
Sitar in the Middle East? You mean India😎🤔
Where It's At is my favorite Beck song though I do love this, too. ❤
"Where it's at"
Still the only trilingual song I've ever heard.
That spanish in the song is so bad, that maybe most of spanish speakers (me for example) maybe thinked he was singing "Sooo, open the door"... 😂
old guy but kinda liked this song. By the way have you beat on odd teacher names. My principal in 6 grade was a guy named Richard Herr....figure it out.
And dropped everything
Jessco White!
Beck - New Pollution
The cheese in the can isn't Cheez Whiz, that comes in a jar. The big brand in a can is Easy Cheese.
Get crazy with the Cheez Wiz
Totally different vibe, but Heart Is a Drum by Beck is so beautiful! He is so versatile. (Check it out.)
Not sure if it would be good for your channel, but you guys should check out his album Sea Change on your own time... it's nothing like this and it's absolutely brilliant (very chill). Never been a huge fan of this song, but that album is pretty special.
Please go down the Beck rabbit hole in the future. He has much better songs than “Loser”. Thanks.
I have 2 more requests for you guys; "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest and "Sweet City Woman" by the Stampeders. I think you'll like both.
As a Philadelphian, cheesesteaks get provolone or American. Putting a cheese sauce on it is just not right.
I was 16 when this came out and it was SO COOL that my mother didn’t like it. You should try “Where it’s at” - it came out a few years later…aaaah…the angsty 90’s…
Would love to see you react to some Ghost songs🤘🏼
You guys should do some Everlast!
Your teacher called Mr. Riddle didn't have the first name Jim. did he? Because in England going for a "Jimmy Riddle" means you're going to take a p*ss. 😁
How about some blues,
Roadhouse blues/ The Doors
Good "Victorious" reference... Heard of him, but don't know his songs. The guitar in beginning sounds like out West. Yes there were always the kids in the back sleeping. Most of my teachers wouldn't ask if he was okay they would say "get up". Philly = melted mozzarella. It is unconventional... Not a song i would seek out. Not very positive. But i get that is the point. He seems interesting and like he is pretty thoughtful in his lyrics.
Please do Billy Joel.. River of Dreams
Soy un perdido = I’m a loser in Spanish 😜
@ViewsFromThe502 Still love you guys just prefer when new to all !
Curtis Mayfield - " Freddie's Dead " ( from Superfly soundtrack 71 ) funky purification version please ( full version ) !! 🙏
Get crazy with the Cheese Whiz! Such a great tune!
Another song about nothing is the Beatles I Am the Walrus. And I think it's a little bit more interesting
Oh whatever, i thot it was the FJB version which is Awesome 👌
I always thought and I believe he also stated the lyric mean nothing. It to prove point he could make a hit with lyrics than meant nothing because he was out as not a good at lyrics. Every time I hear this one it reminds me of Eminem My Name is Slim Shadey.
soy un perdedor
Mr. Z
No whiz
Is it rap-rock?
His music is alternative/ pop
Hello! React to Jenni's "Playtime" you will love it. Greetings!
Zelensky where's the principal, how's that sound?
I would like to dedicate this song to the MAGA Cult and Trump supporters everywhere. LMAO!
Ratliffe
Rutledge was perfect, quit fukkin wit the feng sui
It’s incredibly and wonderfully white thrash it’s the boys in the for the trailer park
OT1H you guys made some astute comments. OTOH if 2/3 of you have already heard the song and/or seen Beck’s show years ago, then this IS NOT a REACTION video, is it? So I feel kinda clickbaited. Just be honest about what your video is. If I’d known what I was getting, I might’ve liked the video better.
We're always honest lol if we've all heard it- it's a review. If there is at least one of us that hasn't heard it, it's a reaction.
Loser..... Colts..... I see what you did.
Soooyyyyy un perdedor....
Come on, everyone's heard this.
Everyone except Ryan. Oh, and some folks in the comments.
@@ViewsFromThe502 Still love you guys just prefer when new to all !
Curtis Mayfield - " Freddie's Dead " ( from Superfly soundtrack 71 ) funky purification version please ( full version ) !! 🙏
Cut up lyrics, takes a magazine and cuts a bunch of sentences out and throw them on the table and pick them out at random, no meaning whatsoever
You lost this boom gen x'er with this one. I'll catch y'all on the next one :)
Waaay too much talking. You killing the vibe with all that chatter.
You can always fast forward. It's free!
Never really liked this song even when it was new. I do like you guy and your reactions
Ahem, ..Nick?? "ess-entrick" is NOT a word,
"EX-centric" is. (both of those, there, being "pronunciation keys," NOT, actual words!)
Eccentric. [pronounced: "ex-centric"]
Get it in your brain, or stop using it (as in: permanently!).
Don't make fun of my pronunciation lol. Remember that these videos are edited, I had trouble saying it so I just took the easy route 😛
True it’s not a word but maybe Nick was trying to say “esoteric” and it came out “ess-entrick”? That said, I appreciate the call-out bc I have similar annoyances eg when ppl say “agree-ance”, which is not a word. #AgreeMENT ✌🏽
@@gabrielmcdonnell8699 It DOES hit me in a ... uniquely annoying spot.
(Those types of things.)
👍👍
...but, yes: without being "on-site," or knowing people extensively
...it's, sometimes, difficult to, really, know what they were thinking/what they intended.
🤷
🤦
....
@@ViewsFromThe502 🤷🤷 How would I be aware of that, sir?🤷
...look: as a public speaker, you hold a fairly large amount of responsibility for: using the language at a higher-standard than, just, "the average schlub off of the streets" (or "whatever ").
I get that you are being "informal" and "unpretentious" (🤷🤷), with your friends
...however: you chose to be a public figure in a public venue.
Your ability to appear "as an executor at the highest echelons"
..."Sorry": it matters (and has larger effects on society).
-Also: I pick-up on stuff like that and... its (perhaps "inexplicably"🤷) personally offensive & irritating, to me.
I couldn't keep myself from pointing it out, to you.
🤷
@@ViewsFromThe502 For the future, Nick
🤷 ...here's an idea: if you find that you are, incontrovertibly, "having problems" pronouncing a word... or, simply, "get lazy" ...or whatever-the-case-may-be 🤷🤷🤷,
why don't you, simply, write the word down on a piece of paper ("notebook-size" [the classic 8½ x 11 😋], OR larger), hold it up, where the word would go, in your conversation, edit that in
and let people read it themselves. 🤷🤷
-That way: you get to use the term that you want ...and everyone gets to understand it and/or learn it, themselves. 🤷
th-cam.com/video/eyCEexG9xjw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cdu8WY0L9QS230SC
I agree with Nick and Ty about the opening line, "In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey" being a great "hook" to pull in the listener, if the music hadn't already done so. It could be argued there's also a possible secondary meaning to the line as well. Nick makes a very good point about the main character's lack of evolution, but it seems like Beck and the other songwriter are simply trying to get across the idea that the subject in the song is simply different from all the majority of living things. So, it's a great use to make the line as accessible to as many listeners as possible. I recall when this video was starting to get played on MTV (around the days just before MTV became RTV for "Reality TV"). It was not uncommon for MTV to play some "unconventional" stuff, especially in the early days when they lacked videos to air. The above link is for a video along this same vein from 1982 called "Mexican Radio" by a group named Wall of Voodoo. Most of the time, these out of left field videos simply fell short musically and/or aesthetically. However, as soon as I heard the intro and first line of "Loser," I was wiling to buckle up and experience the seeming craziness going on in the video. It was a case, as the guys can appreciate, their own hometown Louisville legend Hunter S. Thompson's famous line, "By the ticket, take the ride." As a final note, Beck's musical abilities didn't emerge from a vacuum. His father is an extremely well-respected and longtime music arranger, composer, and conductor, working with serious heavyweight artists (from the past and present in several different genres, including his own son) and on many film scores over the years.