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Beck — Hell Yes
Album: Guero
Avg rating:
5.8

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Total ratings: 370









Released: 2005
Length: 3:15
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Looking for my place on assembly lines
Fake prizes rising out of the bomb holes
Skeleton boys hyped up on purple
Smoke rings blow from across the disco

Bank notes burn like broken equipment
Looking for shelter, readjust your position
Thought control, ghostwritten confessions
Two dimensions, dumb your head down

Duck, don't look now, company missiles
Power is raunchy, rent-a-cops are watching
Make your dreams out of paper mache
Cliched wasted hate taste-tested

Hell yes now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing
(Please enjoy)
Hell yes now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates
(Please enjoy)
Hell yes now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct

Stretched to the limit, attention spans snap back
Retract, collapsin' the laugh tracks
Noise response, applause and handclaps
Floodgates open to the sound of the rainbow

Breakin' points on the verge of pointless
Fools anointed to the follower's fanfare
Look for the common, not superficial
Code red Cola War conformity crisis

Perfunctory idols rewriting their bibles
With magic markers running out of their ink
Lives in White Out, turn the lights out
Fax machine anthems, get your damned hands up

Hell yes now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing
(Please enjoy)
Hell yes. now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes. now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates
(Please enjoy)
Hell yes. now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct

Yes (Hai) Umisei(?)
Yeah, That's it. (repeated)
Umisei sumisei(?)
Yes.
I like your bass.
Yes.
Your beat is nice.
Yes.
Hell yes.
Hai.
Hell Yes.
Hell Yes. (gasp)
Hell Yes.
Yes.
Hai.
Comments (90)add comment
there is no excuse for this punishment.
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Please make it stop!
Posted 10 years ago by ScottD    [ Reply ]
Hell yeah! Bring it on!
Posted 10 years ago by Krakus    [ Reply ]

Yuck.
 
Posted 10 years ago by rspauldi    [ Reply ]
This sounds exactly like Beck
Posted 10 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
That's what I said when I saw Beck headlining at Coachella: https://www.coachella.com/
Posted 10 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 kazuma wrote:
I'm pretty sure this is what Spike Jones would have sounded like using today's technology.
 Nailed it! Production as instrument, big fun!
Posted 10 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
rap/crap this throw away s^it is all I hear when I leave the house it sucks, no one plays, it's all canned corporate crap.
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
I love Beck, but his music gets waaaaay too much airplay on this station. It's being played to death.
Posted 11 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Man, I haven't played this record in a LONG time, great song!
Posted 11 years ago by Stephenater    [ Reply ]
maximinimalist wrote:
...should try to find his own style instead of trying to fit into one.
are you kidding me?!
Posted 18 years ago by ndfan75    [ Reply ]
5.9?! Hell, 10!
Posted 18 years ago by Jennnn    [ Reply ]
This beat is nice.
Posted 18 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
...should try to find his own style instead of trying to fit into one.
Posted 18 years ago by maximinimalist    [ Reply ]
fuh2 wrote:
Leave it to Beck to make rap actually cool and palatable.
He did? Why doesn't Bill play that one?
Posted 18 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
"Peace and Joy"? "Hell Yes!"
Posted 18 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Beck seems to be hit and miss with me. I do like this and Scarecrow (haven't heard the rest of the album) whereas I disliked most of Midnite Vultures. His earlier albums are the same - some I quite like, some I don't like at all.
Posted 18 years ago by The_Seeker    [ Reply ]
ad4tise wrote:
... If this is what RP is going to be playing from now on, I am gone!
Yup, this is gonna pretty much be it from now on.
Posted 18 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Goofy but cool. Makes me want to get drunk and twirl a glow stick.
Posted 18 years ago by SaintAwesome    [ Reply ]
CaptTofu wrote:
sounds like porn music.
Wow what porn are you watching?
Posted 18 years ago by Bizzarefall    [ Reply ]
"...you gotta admit that this cat is talented" OK, but this one falls into the cat's litterbox tootsie roll category. I did give it an extra point for its ability to get stuck in my head.
Posted 18 years ago by rcurrier    [ Reply ]
But it's hate-taste tested! How can you go wrong! Me likes the Beck-a-licious hipster goofus funkeeness. I like your bass, your beat is nice! Hell yes! dogpound wrote:
Posted 18 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Leave it to Beck to make rap actually cool and palatable.
Posted 18 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
My 15 month old daughter rocks out everytime I play this album in the car. What can I say, the girl knows what she likes.
Posted 18 years ago by SigmaBetaTooth    [ Reply ]
sounds like porn music.
Posted 18 years ago by CaptTofu    [ Reply ]
hell yes. now i'm cleaning the floor; my beat is correct.
Posted 18 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
Horrible, just horrible. The LAST thing I want to hear upon waking on Sunday morning. If this is what RP is going to be playing from now on, I am gone!
Posted 18 years ago by ad4tise    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
HELL YES!
Posted 18 years ago by wade44    [ Reply ]
awesome song....love this album/artist
Posted 18 years ago by Benjamin1225    [ Reply ]
woo hoo!
Posted 18 years ago by rexi    [ Reply ]
I'm pretty sure this is what Spike Jones would have sounded like using today's technology.
Posted 19 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
veegez wrote:
Who else'll give me a Hell Yes on this one? Too many party pooper Hell No responses.
Hell Yes. I went out and bought this album. Glad I did.
Posted 19 years ago by Dahnyul    [ Reply ]
Who else'll give me a Hell Yes on this one? Too many party pooper Hell No responses.
Posted 19 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
This album took a few listens to get used to, but I now love it.
Posted 19 years ago by Leaf13    [ Reply ]
Have to say I much prefer the Beck of "Sea Change" and "Mutations" to this style
Posted 19 years ago by Jezza    [ Reply ]
Hell no!
Posted 19 years ago by theo    [ Reply ]
Is that the Chicken Dance song I hear?
Posted 19 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
for those of you that didn't already know: "hi" means "yes" in japanese.
Posted 19 years ago by LLMikeJ    [ Reply ]
I'll say it again:
Posted 19 years ago by Death_to_Clear_Channel    [ Reply ]
Faithful_Fool wrote:
I wish I had his bank account!!
I wish I had his OT level. This dude is totally clear! "Look, ma! No body thetans!!"
Posted 19 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Cliche wasted, hate taste tested. :D
Posted 19 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
TheLoneIguana wrote:
Talented, maybe, but this song annoys the heck out of me.
I wish I had his bank account!!
Posted 19 years ago by Faithful_Fool    [ Reply ]
"...you gotta admit that this cat is talented" at what?
Posted 19 years ago by ajman    [ Reply ]
Impatiently awaiting 10/5/05
Posted 19 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Talented, maybe, but this song annoys the heck out of me.
Posted 19 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
Still, my fiance doesn't like this Guy. Personally, I think he's a genius. Even if you don't dig his brand of music, you gotta admit that this cat is talented.
Posted 19 years ago by foppy-knight    [ Reply ]
Strange how much I can enjoy "Guero" and then find this one so annoying
Posted 19 years ago by CinnamonGirl    [ Reply ]
Somebody told me the girl talking in this Christina Ricci who is Beck's sister-in-law. Rather than inducing nausea like most rap does, this induces pleasure.
Posted 19 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
Who isn't?
Me. I'm worth every f'ing penny.
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
fun, i guess. but i miss the pre-video game music soundalike days.
Posted 19 years ago by chillynne    [ Reply ]
Do I like this song? Hell yes. Beck, Mozart. What is, Musical Geniuses from the 1700s to the 2000s, Alex. "I want to be an artist that transcends genres even as he redefines them!" - Bender.
Posted 19 years ago by walk    [ Reply ]
Xeric wrote:
Oh, for fuck's sake. The worst yet.
...don't hold back, just say what you mean.
Posted 19 years ago by silver_deuce    [ Reply ]
Oh, for fuck's sake. The worst yet.
Posted 19 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
Ah you brilliant foxy musical genius Beck Hansen.... I like your bass, your beat is nice.
Posted 19 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
Who isn't?
Weird Al Yankovic
Posted 19 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
shevek wrote:
Beck is overrated.
Who isn't?
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
Y E S !
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Beck is overrated.
Posted 19 years ago by shevek    [ Reply ]
Quayde wrote:
Aaah, Beck. The first artist on RP to have two number 1's in my ratings. 'Sucko Barfo' isn't hyperbolic enough for this >>insert appropriate blasphemy here<< awful tripe. How do producers let this leave the studio? Do they all have tinnitus and wear ear muffs? I'd rather eat adipocere than listen to this. RP, you can do better. Much better.
Having spent a good portion of my adult life in a recording studio, I can honestly say, you just don't find stuff this good very often. Tinitus? Maybe, but I know that Beck is unique, innovative, and refreshingly better than all the crap I hear on commercial radio, and I'd go so far as to say deserves higher accolades than the majority of great RP artists!
Posted 19 years ago by Xenochronicity    [ Reply ]
GreenJello wrote:
ditto.
Just does nothing for me. Beck is a musical slummer.
Posted 19 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
Please make it stop. :grumpy.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by frenchdenis    [ Reply ]
Art_Carnage wrote:
Hell, no.
ditto.
Posted 19 years ago by GreenJello    [ Reply ]
Hell, no.
Posted 19 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Gotta say this is wicked. Hell yes! I like your bass. Your beat is nice. I caught you a delicious bass. Just a guess, but the "hai" that the girl says is "yes" in Japanese, so maybe she's Japanese. Sounds like Bjork tho.
Posted 19 years ago by amcallis    [ Reply ]
This didn't stink. Faint praise, but it's heaps from me for something of this ilk. Normally, this would bring a knee jerk mute reaction. I'm looking forward to the next hearing.
Posted 19 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
Barry wrote:
is this rap or is it hip hop(?) or what's the diff?? nevermind, don't really care. i have heard some good stuff on Guero, but for now i'm hooked on Sea Changes....hard to beat that one.. ;-) as always...thanks RP !!
I'm totally hooked on Sea Change as well.
Posted 19 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
That's because, thankfully, he was smart when he negotiated his record deal...
You're right about him getting the right to release obscure material on indie labels. But when he tried to release Mutations on Bong Load Records, the sh*t hit the fan and everybody sued everybody. Basically, DGC (Geffen) ended up releasing it. I don't think he'll be able to release anything on an indie label unless it approaches the ultra-wierd. But, yeah, a smart move when during the 1994 label bidding war.
Posted 19 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Barry wrote:
is this rap or is it hip hop(?) or what's the diff??
It's Beck. Couldn't you tell by the harmonica?
Posted 19 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
NiceGuy2005 wrote:
Interesting that most artist when they hit the big time become more main stream, but not Beck.
That's because, thankfully, he was smart when he negotiated his record deal. He was fortunate enough to hit the scene when labels were signing anything calling itself, "alternative." From what I understand, his original contract allowed him to record on other labels. Then, when Mellowgold blew up the spot, he had a lot a clout - if his main label didn't let him do what he wanted to, he could give them his crap, and record his good stuff elsewhere. I think those of use that enjoy his tunes have benefitted greatly from this.
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Beck is still Beck and that's a GOOD thing! S.
Posted 19 years ago by Sean-E-Sean    [ Reply ]
Hip Hop? Just Skip Hop. Please.
Posted 19 years ago by Lkw    [ Reply ]
Interesting that most artist when they hit the big time become more main stream, but not Beck.
Posted 19 years ago by NiceGuy2005    [ Reply ]
Quayde wrote:
How do producers let this leave the studio? Do they all have tinnitus and wear ear muffs? I'd rather eat adipocere than listen to this.
Hmm, tinnitus worked into a Beck groove. But it's just so subjective.... Good idea! Awesome track!
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Quayde wrote:
Aaah, Beck. The first artist on RP to have two number 1's in my ratings. 'Sucko Barfo' isn't hyperbolic enough for this >>insert appropriate blasphemy here<< awful tripe. How do producers let this leave the studio? Do they all have tinnitus and wear ear muffs? I'd rather eat adipocere than listen to this. RP, you can do better. Much better.
You know that "Star Trek" episode where they go to the mirror world and everyone is evil? That's how I feel when someone articulately slams my favorite artists. This guy is passionate, educated, witty, persuasive... and WRONG. Hey, so was Jim Jones; sometimes the cult drinks the cool aid. Doesnt' make them right, just dead. BTW - this song is very very very good. Beck for me, adipocere for you.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Quayde wrote:
Aaah, Beck. The first artist on RP to have two number 1's in my ratings. 'Sucko Barfo' isn't hyperbolic enough for this >>insert appropriate blasphemy here<< awful tripe. How do producers let this leave the studio? Do they all have tinnitus and wear ear muffs? I'd rather eat adipocere than listen to this. RP, you can do better. Much better.
And just in case you really wanted to know...What 'adipocere' means Which I could have comfortably lived out my life without knowing, but that's what makes RP so much fun.
Posted 19 years ago by g-rod    [ Reply ]
is this rap or is it hip hop(?) or what's the diff?? nevermind, don't really care. i have heard some good stuff on Guero, but for now i'm hooked on Sea Changes....hard to beat that one.. ;-) as always...thanks RP !!
Posted 19 years ago by Barry    [ Reply ]
Aaah, Beck. The first artist on RP to have two number 1's in my ratings. 'Sucko Barfo' isn't hyperbolic enough for this >>insert appropriate blasphemy here<< awful tripe. How do producers let this leave the studio? Do they all have tinnitus and wear ear muffs? I'd rather eat adipocere than listen to this. RP, you can do better. Much better.
Posted 19 years ago by Quayde    [ Reply ]
Bought the disk a couple of days ago and this is my favorite track. Don't know how I completely missed Beck before. Thanks RP for making me take notice.
Posted 19 years ago by mrmojorisin    [ Reply ]
Cliche' wasted, hate taste-tested, hell yes... None of us are this cool. I want to be Beck.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
After I heard Loser for about the 837,000th time I really tuned out Beck for a long time (which of course was easy to do until online stations came along). Thankfully, I've since been reintroduced by RP. The man really is brilliant. And I gotta say, having heard the album version for the first time just now, I like the remix better!
Posted 19 years ago by g-rod    [ Reply ]
This is the only Hip Hop allowed on this Station. Too bad. Bring out Snoop...
Posted 19 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Love it... Only Beck could pull this off.
Posted 19 years ago by jtapscot    [ Reply ]
Is this hellagood?
Posted 19 years ago by randomprime    [ Reply ]
TheLoneIguana wrote:
I'd give it a "Hell No," but that's too obvious.
c'mon beck is good sh!t...
Posted 19 years ago by rush-2112    [ Reply ]
I'd give it a "Hell No," but that's too obvious. Is he sampling the "Bit" from Tron?
Posted 19 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
Nice groove, I've been listening to Beck for a long time now, and I'm glad I like his newer stuff - otherwise I'd feel like I'm losing my funk!
Posted 19 years ago by Ender43    [ Reply ]
first play on rp? hell yes. beck is the shiznit.
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]