Unless I am useless at using the search function I could not find a thread about Beck, so thought I'd start one.

I've been a big fan since Odelay, which is a 90's landmark in my book, all the way to last years Morning Phase,which was my album of the year, albeit in a poor year if you ask me.
For the last couple of months I have been on a Beck binge, especially his albums from the previous decade or so such as Guero, The Information and Modern Guilt, which even though I liked at the time I kinda stopped playing them after 6 months or so. Time, and a bit of reflection, has been very kind to these albums I reckon. Any other fans of Beck here?

Beck Top 5

1= Odelay
1= Guero
3 The Information
4. Sea Change
5. Mutations.

linkous wrote:1= Odelay
1= Guero
3 The Information

I've got Odelay. It doesn't blow me away. Isn't it supposed to? Now, either of those other two, or Midnite Vultures, those blow me away.

Odelay was a huge album in my personal development. It blew me away in 6th grade. I listened to it almost exclusively at that time. I didn't really follow Beck's next set of changes as well. It probably had a lot to do with the influx of testosterone and all the adolescent male stupidity that comes with it. I loved Mellow Gold as well.

I suppose I should get back to his catalog some day.

Pretty big Beck fan.
Sea Change is a desert island disc.

So on Saturday night I saw Beck at Mempho Music Festival; he wasn’t the highlight of my festival, but I thought he put on a good show. In a similar ambivalent spirit, when I was a high school/college/grad student and Beck was in his heyday, I thought Beck tunes were catchy, but he was never an all-time favorite of mine.

Strangely enough on Sunday am (the night after seeing Beck preform), I am in the Memphis airport with my wife and kids, and a gate or so from mine, I notice Beck sitting and talking to someone (a fellow musician, I’d assume). I was not completely star-struck, but I did walk over to speak, in the same manner I would if I had remembered a fellow fan who’d stood beside me the night before. I didn’t ask for autograph, didn’t try to take a “selfie,” and wouldn’t have even asked him to sign my chest (if I had anything to sign). I simply walked over and said, “excuse me,” and explained that I enjoyed the show, said something about being tired and heading to Disney, and thanked Beck for the show. Beck was cordial enough, but when I extended my hand to shake he did not reciprocate. Being a stubborn creature of habit, I extended my hand agian at the end of our conversation, but agian Beck did not shake.

I was not offended in any way, but I just found this whole interaction intreaguing. Did I break some sort of social code, disregard some sort of celebrity interaction protocol, or did Beck just not notice my hand? I do have rather small (some might say, Trump-esque hands); maybe he didn’t notice my hand.

Regardless, I just found the whole encounter interesting and wanted to share and collect the wisdom of my esteemed 3DD pals!

Beaverdam wrote:So on Saturday night I saw Beck at Mempho Music Festival; he wasn’t the highlight of my festival, but I thought he put on a good show. In a similar ambivalent spirit, when I was a high school/college/grad student and Beck was in his heyday, I thought Beck tunes were catchy, but he was never an all-time favorite of mine.

Strangely enough on Sunday am (the night after seeing Beck preform), I am in the Memphis airport with my wife and kids, and a gate or so from mine, I notice Beck sitting and talking to someone (a fellow musician, I’d assume). I was not completely star-struck, but I did walk over to speak, in the same manner I would if I had remembered a fellow fan who’d stood beside me the night before. I didn’t ask for autograph, didn’t try to take a “selfie,” and wouldn’t have even asked him to sign my chest (if I had anything to sign). I simply walked over and said, “excuse me,” and explained that I enjoyed the show, said something about being tired and heading to Disney, and thanked Beck for the show. Beck was cordial enough, but when I extended my hand to shake he did not reciprocate. Being a stubborn creature of habit, I extended my hand agian at the end of our conversation, but agian Beck did not shake.

I was not offended in any way, but I just found this whole interaction intreaguing. Did I break some sort of social code, disregard some sort of celebrity interaction protocol, or did Beck just not notice my hand? I do have rather small (some might say, Trump-esque hands); maybe he didn’t notice my hand.

Regardless, I just found the whole encounter interesting and wanted to share and collect the wisdom of my esteemed 3DD pals!

Maybe he's a germophobe.

Which is a better story: "I shook hands with Beck at the airport" or "Beck refused to shake my hand at the airport"? Consider yourself fortunate!