Whats playing on your system today?

Beck - Morning Phase.


Just recently discovered this. Listening to it every day. I'm just blown away. I'm a sucker for echo chamber. Very mature. Introspective. I can hear lots of stuff in it. Simon and Garfunkel, Grateful Dead, Astral Weeks to name a few. Some of it borders on Gregorian. Hypnotic. It is also a cohesive album not just a collection of songs. They're different but they work together in the order they are presented. A lot like Astral Weeks.

Hi-res streaming SQ is good. Could have been better though.


Funny thing is, I'm going back and listening to his other stuff and it just doesn't click for me.

n80,
He’s great, isn’t he? I love that recording too. He’s in a way like the anti-Dylan to me. He understands that melodies matter, and that keeping variety in instrumentation and contrasting textures and colors helps to tell the story and make music emotional and engaging. Never boring.

Another thumbs up for "Morning Phase"

Lucinda Williams / Ghosts of highway 20 

Sounds like I will have to go back and listen to Morning Phase.
I tried other Beck stuff and it left me cold.
Maybe that is the one.

I often just don’t get whatever Beck is trying to do.