On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 08:51, Perfect Sound Forever wrote:
I agree that Beck seems like he's in a holding pattern now (the latest one sounds like bad Nick Drake).
But to many ears the recent Beck was quite a sonic shock. You have to remember that the great majority of listeners today have never heard *of* Nick Drake, much less heard his music. We played the Beck almost daily at our store when it first came out, and people kept coming up to the counter, asking what the music was. Those who had heard of Beck were quite surprised. Many who bought it came back looking for more stuff like it, which was when we were able to sell them Nick Brake, Damian Rice (a current fave), and the like. And, for what it's worth, the Beck sounds to me to be at about a par with the Nick Drake that I've heard -- though that might be due to my being familiar only with the song "Pink Moon" beforehand, and thus not having to listen through a sargasso of expectations.