Beck To Bystanders: "Psych!" - Idolator Comments

Beck To Bystanders: "Psych!"

BakerStreetSaxSolo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:51:32 EDT

Caribou is a good call actually, this record sounds to me like an Andorra/In Rainbows hybrid, but with an extra focus on rhythm that's often startling (the rattling insect-in-a-jar in Volcano) There are better songs than Gamma Ray - Walls, Volcano, Chemtrails, Replica - but some not so good ones too. Whole record is only 33 minutes though, about half the length of The Information, and about 10 minutes (or 3 songs) too short ideally.

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Beck To Bystanders: "Psych!"

cheesebubble — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:56:05 EDT

Gamma Ray trumps the other two but even it fails to really impress. I hope there are some better selections on the album.

cheesebubble

Beck To Bystanders: "Psych!"

thearcanemodel — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:31:02 EDT

i like! and agree that "gamma ray" is the best of the bunch.
@Cheap Shot:
i was still getting a caribou vibe from "chemtrails", but see your point about this aphrodite's child song. also, that rat with webbed feet or whatever REALLY creeps me out.

thearcanemodel

Beck To Bystanders: "Psych!"

loudersoft — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:46:39 EDT

There's a definite Donovan/Cat Stevens/Gordon Lightfoot thing going on with "Orphans". And I agree about the Aphrodite's Child ripoff.

loudersoft

Beck To Bystanders: "Psych!"

Cheap Shot — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:33:17 EDT

@natepatrin: haha, I agree!

Cheap Shot

Beck To Bystanders: "Psych!"

natepatrin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:27:53 EDT

@Cheap Shot: Not a complete ripoff -- for one thing, I can listen to the vocals in the Beck song without cringing.

natepatrin

Beck To Bystanders: "Psych!"

Cheap Shot — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:07:06 EDT

Too bad "Chemtrails" is a complete riip[ off of an Aphrodite's Child song "The four horseman":

Cheap Shot