Hansen not Hanson
Not a big fan of the group Hanson…..but a huge fan of Beck Hansen…..he goes by just Beck.
On the drive to the gym this morning, I was listening to NPR. Low and behold, Beck was being interview on NPR’s Morning Edition. He has new album coming out Modern Guilt which I’ve heard bits and pieces from, but really need to sit down and listen. His music is so unique….and is definitely one of those artists that you like or don’t like. I’m not sure if there is much in-between.
In his interview on NPR, it was interesting to hear the history of the way his songs are sung….kind of off the cuff…what did he just say, making up new words, etc. He says he based it off of how his grandfather used to talk…back in the 1960s.
A quote from NPR from Beck about his grandfather:
“He had a lot of made-up words, or what seemed to be made-up words,” Beck says. “He was just riffing all the time. You know, it was ‘broken-down traffic miasma, we boogied uptown over here,’ and whatnot, and this and that. It was all just rolling off of his tongue.”
I just think he is the coolest cat around.
Take a listen…..
(circa 1997 Grammys! Check out Ellen)
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