The First Time with Beck
Matt talks to Beck Hansen about the first key musical moments in his career to date, including the variety of music styles he grew up with which led him to make his unique music.
Another chance to hear Matt Everitt talking to Beck Hansen in 2017 about the first key musical moments in his career.
Beck is one of the most versatile and inquisitive musical minds to emerge from the US underground. He grew up listening to folk, classic rock, punk and hip hop in Los Angeles and busking around the underground anti-folk scene in New York. This journey led to him creating albums that have encompassed blues, slacker rock, lush Americana, Prince-style soul funk, psychedelia and pop.
In the 90s, when he first found fame, he was regarded as a postmodern pop star for his skill in playfully blending the past and present, but now, nearly 25 years later, it's obvious he was just a great songwriter looking to see what styles worked best for his music.
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Beck's fear of 'Loser'
Duration: 01:30
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Beck
Tropicalia
- The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
- Columbia.
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Beck
The New Pollution
- DGC.
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Frank Churchill And Larry Morey
I'm Wishing, One Song
- Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
- disneyland.
- 3.
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The Beatles
If I Needed Someone
- Rubber Soul.
- Parlophone.
- 13.
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DEVO
Uncontrollable Urge
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo / Devo Live.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 1.
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Prince
The Beautiful Ones
- Purple Rain.
- Warner Bros. Records.
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
From Her to Eternity
- The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds.
- Mute Records Limited.
- 16.
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Beck
MTV Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack
- Loser.
- 4.
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Beck
Loser
- Geffen.
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Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come
- BR Music.
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Harold Faltermeyer
Axel F
- Premier Coll'tn Of Instrumental Hits.
- Kenwest.
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Public Enemy
Rebel Without A Pause
- Global Television.
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Neil Young
Pocahontas
- Hitchhiker.
- Reprise.
- 1.
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Kenickie
Punka
- EMI.
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Blur
Beetlebum
- Food.
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James
Ring the Bells
- Fontana.
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
American Girl
- MCA.
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The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
- Global Television.
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