Beck Covers

September 9, 2009 2:41 PM

Covers by Beck and bonus Beck-related stuff (Many of these will play automatically when you open them)

Your Cheatin Heart (original by Hank Williams, couldn't find a version online)

Alegretto Per Signora (Original)

Pink Moon (Original)

Might be behind a login wall:Sin City (Original)

Everybody’s got to learn sometime (Original)

Parasite (Original)


Bonus:

Beck Watches Johnny Cash talk about Beck

Loser covered by Danny Barnes

Mashup:

Common and Beck - Walls of the Corner (BLOM Remix)

posted by kathrineg (18 comments total)

That Sunday Morning cover is awesome. Thanks very much!
posted by solipsophistocracy at 2:47 PM on September 9

previously
posted by Stylus Happenstance at 2:57 PM on September 9

Covers by Beck.
posted by gman at 2:57 PM on September 9

Wave of Mutilation
posted by Ironmouth at 3:46 PM on September 9

Xenu thanks you.
posted by minimii at 4:20 PM on September 9 [1 favorite]

Since that list includes Beck doing two Daniel Johnston covers, I will use this as an excuse to link to my favorite live radio moment of all time: Yo La Tango playing at WFMU covering Speeding Motorcycle with Daniel on vocals over the phone.
posted by gwint at 4:50 PM on September 9 [1 favorite]

Can't we go a day without somebody posting about Glenn Beck?

What?

Oh.

Nevermind.
posted by wendell at 4:58 PM on September 9 [2 favorites]

Communication with those outside Scientology, "wogs," is manipulated to achieve the desired ends of the cult.
posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist at 5:35 PM on September 9

MeTa.
posted by homunculus at 6:00 PM on September 9

Kudos to him for the balls to cover Pink Moon. A pretty solid version. Great Sunday Morning cover. Something about his cover of True Love Will Find You In The End rubbed me the wrong way.
posted by Corduroy at 6:11 PM on September 9

The fact that Beck covered the Korgis makes me feel much less dorky for the summer of 1990, when I kept a cassette of Dumb Waiters in the deck of my Beetle, frequently blaring the music as I drove down I-20, I-30, Loop 820, or some such, barking along to "Rover's Return."
posted by mds35 at 6:44 PM on September 9

Beck Record Club
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 7:39 PM on September 9

if we're talking about beck and covers, i'll bring up what i've been bringing up for the last few weeks - beck's record club - " an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day. An album is chosen to be reinterpreted and used as a framework. Nothing rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track is put up here once a week. As you will hear, some of the songs are rough renditions, often first takes documenting what happened over the course of a day. There is no intention to 'add to' the original work or attempt to recreate the power of the original recording. Only to play music and document what happens. "

while we're at it - i love his idea of irrelevant topics. so far, the first one with tom waits has been my favorite.
posted by nadawi at 7:45 PM on September 9

damn, fuzzy monster beat me to it while i was typing all that up.
posted by nadawi at 7:46 PM on September 9

Sorry, nadwai. If it makes you feel better, Stylus Happenstance beat us both to it in this thread, and tawny was all over it back in June.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 7:55 PM on September 9

Christ. Who in the hell likes Glenn Beck anymore?
posted by CountSpatula at 8:50 PM on September 9

Can't we go a day without somebody posting about Glenn Beck? What? Oh.

(tangent)

Oh, PLEASE tell me someone, somewhere has created a YouTube video for "Loser" out of Glenn Beck footage.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:16 PM on September 10

Universal has the rights to that song very well enforced on youtube :(
posted by kathrineg at 2:54 PM on September 10