Ghost of Electricity Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I don't know the Oar stuff but the idea of a Beck-Wilco collaboration is appealing....Exactly. The prospects of Wilco and Beck, who are both artists who have never been afraid to forge ahead into new territory while at the same time acknowledging the precedents who have taken them there, in and of itself is an exciting thing. Having never heard the record in question here, i don't think i will make an attempt to hear it before listening to their take on it as it is their collaboration which to me is the exciting thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blureu Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 First video is up! http://beck.com/record_club Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 This is a pretty excellent track, yo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tstrapac Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 First video is up! http://beck.com/record_club Been anticipating this since I first heard about it. Thanks for the heads up. This part confuses me: "Sitting in on drums, we had James Gadson, who's played on most of the Bill Withers records and on songs like 'Express Yourself' and 'I Will Survive." this guy must be Glenn's little brother or something.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rareair Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 nice! i do like that song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reedo Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Just caught this sweet video of Wilco and company covering Skip Spence.Glenn is pretty awesome in this, as is everybody else! http://pitchfork.com/news/37108-beck-wilco-feist-jamie-lidell-team-up-to-cover-skip-spences-album-ioari/http://beck.com/record_club Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 also appears on spencertweedy.com site.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Anyone else have serious issues with Vimeo videos? They are always jumpy for me. I can't even listen to this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 No, this played perfectly for me, even on my old work PC with IE 6.0.2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 So weird. There was a while when Vimeo first became popular when I could play them fine, now it's just stop start stop start, including audio. Maybe I'll try in Safari. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 So weird. There was a while when Vimeo first became popular when I could play them fine, now it's just stop start stop start, including audio. Maybe I'll try in Safari. if you use firefox, just download the add-on "download helper" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006 then you can download the file and listen at your leisure! what exactly is the point of getting all these musicians in, when, so far, everything in the project has the same sound and vibe? "cheer up beck, it might never 'appen!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 This isn't bad. At the very least it may encourage fans of Wilco who don't know anything about Moby Grape and Spence to investigate and expand their knowledge and that's no bad thing. Gary Louris did a great version of Little Hands a while back in a solo show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Beck & Wilco's Version > Skip's Version Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Beck & Wilco's Version > Skip's Version Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Honestly, this outshines the previous Record Club entries. Those felt a bit rushed, and a bit goof-offish. This cover feels faithful to the spirit of the original song without being a note for note remake. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esel Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Beck & Wilco's Version > Skip's Version no. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 no.I'm afraid your opinion is wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I'd say split the difference. The vocals on the Beck & Wilco version are better, but the guitar work on Spence's version is better. Is it wrong that I like this better than most of Beck OR Wilco's recent work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I'd say split the difference. The vocals on the Beck & Wilco version are better, but the guitar work on Spence's version is better. Is it wrong that I like this better than most of Beck OR Wilco's recent work?The vocals on Spence's version really kills it for me. Kills most of the album actually. Anyways, am I blind or is there no shots of John or whoever the mysterious bass player is? I see Pat in the beginning but besides that the only Wilco member's I see are Jeff and Glenn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GasCabbie Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Nels is shown a few times during the video. Pat's sitting with his back to the camera in most of the shots he's in. I couldn't find John or Mikael in there though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esel Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I'd say split the difference. The vocals on the Beck & Wilco version are better, but the guitar work on Spence's version is better. Is it wrong that I like this better than most of Beck OR Wilco's recent work? no, it's not wrong. for me: oar > beck & wilco oar cover > newest beck > newest wilco of course this whole argument is completely idiotic since we've only heard one song from the beck/wilco cover album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Nels is shown a few times during the video. Pat's sitting with his back to the camera in most of the shots he's in. I couldn't find John or Mikael in there though. If the little photos on the edge are any indication, both John & Mike were there: http://www.beck.com/record_club Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 MP3 available here: MUSICAL PAIRINGS. Love the track, I was a little concerned after hearing Beck and Devendra's uh, duet, on So Long, Marianne, but this is excellent. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 MP3 available here: MUSICAL PAIRINGS.Excellent. Thanks for the link! This is a great track; I've probably watched the video a dozen times over the last few days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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