Mellow Gold [Explicit Lyrics]

Tracks:

Loser
Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
F---in With My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)
Whiskey Clone, Hotel City 1997
Soul Suckin' Jerk
Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)
Sweet Sunshine
Beercan
Steal My Body Home
Nitemare Hippy Girl
Mutherf---er
Blackhole

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Far more than a novelty jester, Beck is a musical anarchist and bummed-out street prophet whose audience will squirm and thrill to the slacker delta blues of "Whiskeyclone" and urban nightmares like "Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs." --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

"Everyone's out to get you motherf^*&#*$!".......2007-06-19

One thing that's interesting about Beck, other than just him, is the level of ambition he has always had. In the period of 1993-1994, he even released three albums all on different record labels. Of course, being on Geffen, "Mellow Gold" was the one meant to break Beck through.

Many people always talk about "Loser", and while that's a good song, I'm honestly very sick of it. That being said, the lyrics are amusing, especially the "get crazy with the cheez whiz" line. There are a few songs that I prefer to listen to and the high points of this album are pretty high. "Motherf--ker" is one of the noisiest and rock-ish songs Beck has made and I find it amusing when his voice raises on the track. It's brilliant. I also really enjoy the final track "Blackhole" which is pretty amazing, really. It's probably my favorite song on the album, with a nice acoustic guitar leading the track, along with its quirky tune. As well as that cool bonus ending of the album that's kinda white noise-ish. "Pay No Mind (Snoozer)" and "Beercan" were singles that didn't get as much recognition but are great in their own right. The latter reminds me of some of what came on later records and is some fun.

There are a couple of tracks I don't particularly care for. I found "Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)" to be rather annoying and I felt that a track like "Steal My Body Home" was kind of failed in its execution. I like sitar in lots of songs, but it just doesn't quite fit in here.

Like many Beck albums, this one tends to be highly regarded. While a great album, I tend to prefer Odelay and Mutations. People who don't like something offensive are better off starting elsewhere and people who like a song-structured album are better advised going with Sea Change and Guero. It'll take little while for this to sink in for some, but for most part it is worth it.

Classic Beck.......2007-06-13

In my opinion this is Beck at his finest. It was released right before things became a little more mainstream (not that I fault him for that, it restores my faith in humanity when the mainstream actually picks up on something cool). For the Beck fan it's a must have. For the Beck-in-passing fan you may or may not like it as much as some of his later more radio friendly stuff, so make sure you give it a good listen before you buy it.

More like Mellow _____.......2007-04-17

This is my thir dattempt at Beck. I stil don't knkow if I like him or not, because his albums seem very different. Guero was good, Midnight Vultures was absolutly _____ and souless, and this is the same way. Only it's a _______ blend of Bob Dylan Ripoff, except Beck dosen't even come close to Dylan in quality.

Loser is the only good song, the rest are _________. The problem is the folk songs. His voice is absolutly ________, just like on MIdnight Vultures, his voice is souless and boring, it's because that music has to have a voice, or else it os8unds like complete _______. Beck shouldbn't do this kind of music because he sucks at it. PLus it's boring folk. It has no melody.

Melody is what makes music, you _________. Toi the people who think that a strong melody is so ________ mainstream, that's what ________ music is based upon.

Those are my quick reasons why this album fails to be good in any ________ way. Ignore the hype.

Alchemy.......2007-01-10

The moment that Beck took the leap from cult artist to mainstream success was just a "Loser" away. But it wasn't just that weird mash-up of folk-styles to hip-hop rhythms to a grungey lyric that did it, it was the fact that "Mellow Gold" conformed to nobody's rules. Unless you were into serious underground lo-fi music scene (the only act that rated a comparison at the time was Guided By Voices), there wasn't a thing on the popular music radar that even came close to this.

Beck Hansen had no illusions to pop stardom. Like David Bowie, his vision was just of a character called "Beck." He made off-the-cuff observations like "Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs" or "Soul Sucking Jerk" and mixed it with psychedelic stuff like "Steal My Body Home." He delivers hip-hop like "Beercan" and laid it next to hard rock like "Mutherf__er." And lyrically, he delivered non-sequiturs with a slacker's ease. "In the time of Chimpanzees I was a monkey:" those are the first words you hear on "Mellow Gold" and the last thing on the CD is electronic feedback squeal. Dippy, trippy, and brilliant, this now twelve year old album still sounds like nothing else out there, and there are hundreds of artists out now trying to come within touching distance. "Mellow Gold" changed the musical landscape, which, by my definition, makes it a five star album.

The coolest, period........2006-08-14

12 years have gone by, and still no one has made an album as cool as Mellow Gold. No one.

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WRONG TRACK LISTING ABOVE - CORRECTED TRACK LISTING

Am Gold: Mellow Hits 69-74
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Time Life Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00005Y9ZY
Release Date: 1999-12-21

Tracks:

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Spiders And Snakes
(You're) Having My Baby
Afternoon Delight
Music Box Dancer
Sometimes When We Touch
After The Lovin'
Muskrat Love
Lovin' You
The Candy Man
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
My Melody Of Love
Feelings
You Light Up My Life
Theme From S.W.A.T.
Ben
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Pillow Talk
I Honestly Love You
Desiderata

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WRONG TRACK LISTING ABOVE - CORRECTED TRACK LISTING.......2006-07-11

1. Sky High - Jigsaw
2. Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare
3. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
4. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
5. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando
6. Without You - Nilsson
7. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
8. Shannon - Henry Gross
9. One Less Bell To Answer - The 5th Dimension
10. Everybody Plays The Fool - The Main Ingredient
11. In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) - Zager And Evans
12. Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins Singers

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Vol. 2-The Best of Mellow Gold
Various Artists
Manufacturer: EMI Special Products
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Lost In Love - Air Supply
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Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli
You Could Have Been With Me - Sheena Easton
Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch
All By Myself - Eric Carmen
Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester
Make A Little Magic - The Dirt Band
Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
More Love - Kim Carnes

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Am Gold: Mellow Hits of the '70s
Dawn featuring Tony OrlandoMinnie Riperton , Jim Stafford , Dan Hill , Morris Albert , Les Crane , Rhythm Heritage , Sylvia , Olivia Newton-John , and Frank Mills
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000QIX3J6

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20 tracks: 1. Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree 2. Spiders and Snakes 3. (You're) Having My Baby 4. Afternoon Delight 5. Music Box Dancer 6. Sometimes When We Touch 7. After the Lovin' 8. Muskrat Love 9. Lovin' You 10. Candy Man 11. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 12. My Melody of Love 13. Feelings 14. You Light Up My Life 15. Theme from S.W.A.T. 16. Ben 17. Escape (The Piña Colada Song) 18. Pillow Talk 19. I Honestly Love You 20. Desiderata

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Q Playlist Presents Mellow Gold
Wilco , Billy Bragg , Elliott Smith , Sondre Lerche , Death Cab for Cutie , Clayhill , I am Kloot , Shack , Evan Dando , and Big Star
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1.) Elliott Smith - "A Fond Farewell" 2.) Sondre Lerche - "Track You Down" 3.) Death Cab For Cutie - "Summer Skin" 4.) Clayhill - "One Nerve" 5.) I Am Kloot - "From Your Favorite Sky" 6.) Shack - "Shelley Brown" 7.) Billy Bragg - "Walk Away Renee (Version)" 8.) evan Dando - "Shots Is fired" 9.) Big Star - "Thirteen" 10.) David Kitt - "Dancing In The Moonlight" 11.) Chris Bell - "I Am The Cosmos" 12.) Neko Case - "John Saw That Number" 13.) Wilco - "Jesus, Etc. (Live)" 14.) The Tenderfoot - "Still Holding My Stomach In" 15.) Jim Noir - "Turn Your Frown Into A Smile"

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loser
Wonderfully Bizarre
Clean.
Please don't get the censored version.
Exceptional!

Mellow Gold [CLEAN VERSION]
Beck
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000HZHT
Release Date: 1993-09-21

Tracks:

Loser
Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
%*!@?# With My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)
Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997
Soul Suckin Jerk
Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)
Sweet Sunshine
Beercan
Steal My Body Home
Nitemare Hippy Girl
&*$^?#%*@!#
Blackhole

Customer Reviews:

loser.......2006-03-23

Loser is the best song ever. period. If that doesnt make you sing along nothing will. Beck is a great artist

Wonderfully Bizarre.......2006-03-15

I enjoy artists like Beck. When he created this CD he clearly didn't care what was popular and what would sell. Instead, he did his own, often quirky, sometimes amusing, and nearly always enjoyable, thing. The range of styles is interesting. On this CD are elements of thrash ("Sweet Sunshine"), blues ("Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997" and "Pay no Mind", where he also sounds a bit like Dylan), progressive ("Blackhole"), and grunge ("Loser"). There are even hints of pop, hillbilly and folk. Beck chooses elements that fit his concept for a particular song and I suspect he cares little whether a particular listener likes or does not like a particular song.

I can see how some listeners might not like this CD. The styles are too broad for people with a narrow range of tastes, or for those whose definition of cutting edge music is limited to one genre. Beck has a relatively mellow style on this CD, as the title suggests, that might also put some listeners off. However, while the style is generally mellow, there were enough pace changes to hold my interest from beginning to end.

The lyrics owe more to blues than to pop or rock. Beck nearly always seems to want to tell a story or make a point. That doesn't mean that Beck sings the lyrics in a blues style, only that Beck likes to have a purpose to his lyrics, which is a characteristic of blues. Some listeners may object to the lyrics because this CD is the so-called "clean" version. The "explicit" version contains four-letter words. Artistically the "explicit" version was Beck's original intent. You should choose the version that meets your sensibilities.

The music itself is wonderfully bizarre. The range and combination of instruments I can barely begin to guess at because Beck combines electronic effects with various combinations of instruments and frequently bizarre vocal effects to create a complex mix of sound that challenges my ability to decipher. Beck combines this mixture with the previously mentioned combination of styles to synthesize quirky, yet interesting sounds. For an example of what I'm talking about, listen to "Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)." The principal instrument in this song is an acoustic guitar, but the vocals range from a falsetto to a bass in a bizarre combination. This last song might have been something that Frank Zappa might have sung, though without the four-letter words.

Perhaps the best-known song on this CD is "Loser," which received a fair amount of video airplay on MTV and VH1. The video was every bit as experimental as the remainder of the CD is musically. With elements of grunge and no real plot or theme, the video is impressionistic, and has more of a theme than a story. However, given the range of music on this CD, do not judge the CD by "Loser," because it is the only song like it on the CD.

"Steal My Body Home" sounds like psychedelic rock. Cool song, very slow, interesting electronic effects. Turn on the black lights! I had to mention this song because I like its combination of retro-psychedelic sound with grunge and other elements. The next song is "Nightmare Hippy Girl," which seems to fit with the psychedelic song just previous, but the styling of "Nightmare Hippy Girl" is more folk-rock than psychedelic rock. Yet, it fits.

My favorite song is "Blackhole." The progressive elements have tinges of The Moody Blues from the time of "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" and "Seventh Sojourn," but of course Beck has made this in a style all his own. At about five and a half minutes into the song, the music stops, and when it restarts it is no longer music, it is a bizarre combination of sound effects a la King Crimson, but sped up and with a greater range. It sounds weird, but interesting.

This CD is so weird that it may be inaccessible to some listeners. However, it is this wonderfully strange and weird music that drew me to progressive music in the first place. Beck is a music artist, experimenting to create the unusual. He certainly does that here. I recommend this CD to those who like music as art, particular for those who like mellow progressive rock.

As I noted above, this version is the so-called "clean" version. Be sure you choose the version that you think is best for your needs. Good luck!

Clean........2003-06-07

A decent album with pros and cons. This version takes out a few of the curse words Beck was known for using in his earlier pre-Odelay days. A fun album, lots of different styles, probably his most diverse album from 'Golden Feelings' and 'Western Harvest' to 'Sea Change'. Includes 'Loser,' one of the few songs that changed much of pop music in the nineties being one of the first to mix the pop formula with hip-hop (just about any big pop star in the nineties was either influenced by this song or by the post-grunge movement or both). The clean version isn't better or worse to the listener, just cleaner. I guess one could say that you're not listening to it the way the artist intended, but to average listeners the music holds up the same.

Please don't get the censored version........2001-07-21

Beck is one of the most talented musicians alive today. I own every album he's ever put out, and I have to say that this censored version is a travesty. If you don't like profanity, then just listen to something else. He's not a sewer of vulgarity- just the occasional cuss word now and then. If you like good music, then buy any other album he's put out. Hearing the blanched-out "replacement" words for the original lyrics make me cringe.

Exceptional!.......1999-07-04

An exceptional album to say the least! Inventive rythmes and pictoral lyrics make this album great. You'll appreciate the clever ways he edits out the profanity. Overall a four star effort!

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Mellow Gold - Music CD
Rupert Holmes , Dan Hill , Billy Ocean , The Stylistics , Kathy Troccoli , Santa Esmeralda , Bobby Caldwell , Paul Young , Gino Vannelli , and Micheal W. Smith
Manufacturer: Universal Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000SCVM34

Product Description

MELLOW GOLD - ALL ORIGINAL ARTISTS - Track Listing: 1. Terminal - Rupert Holmes 2. Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill 3. Suddenly - Billy Ocean 4. Betcha By Golly Wow - The Stylistics 5. Never My Love - Kathy Troccoli 6. You're My Everything - Santa Esmeralda 7. Heart Of Mine - Bobby Caldwell 8. Love Won't Let Me Wait - Paul Young 9. Hurts To Be In Love (Live) - Gino Vannelli 10. I Will Be Here For You - Micheal W. Smith 11. Just To See Her - Lou Pardini 12. All In Love Is Fair - Workshy 13. Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Live) - Carole King 14. Through The Fire - Jocelyn Brown 15. I Can't Tell You Why - Rita Coolidge 16. How Can I Tell Her - Lobo <1997 Universal Records> [Preferred Seller for this item: cdpeople115]

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The Best of Mellow Gold - Volume 2
Air Supply , Little River Band , Gino Vannelli , Sheena Easton , Bob Welch , Eric Carmen , Melissa Manchester , The Dirt Band , Naked Eyes , and Kim Carnes
Manufacturer: Cema
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Best of Mellow Gold - Volume 2 // 1. Lost In Love - Air Supply 2. Cool Change - Little River Band 3. Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli 4. You Could Have Been With Me - Sheena Easton 5. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch 6. All By Myself - Eric Carmen 7. Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester 8. Make A Little Magic - The Dirt Band 9. Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes 10. More Love - Kim Carnes

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Mellow Gold
Tarachine
Manufacturer: 3d
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FPWZ9Y
Release Date: 2006-07-11

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Mellow Gold

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Release Date: 2006-05-23

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