Quote Originally Posted by DarrenH
Beck - Guero. I had to hear for myself what all the hoopla was about. It's been many years since I heard Odelay, something I loathed when it first came out in '96, but reading so many good things about Guero piqued my interest so off to the store I went. Barns and Stables lets you pre-listen to some, but not all, cd's and I'll be damned if Guero wasn't one of them. So I tried Odelay and it worked and you know what......not a bad listen. Damn good in fact. So I put it down and bought Guero since everybody's saying it sounds a lot like Odelay and you know what.... I liked it too. Not every track but it's still pretty good. Gonna go get Odelay later on this week I think. Isn't it funny how tastes change?
One thing, for me, about both of these Beck albums.... I loved them from first listen and they grew on me even more.
I remember back to the days living in L.A. when people said Beck was a one-hit-wonder after Loser. He went back to playing small clubs, like the Aligator in West LA. But it didn't stay that way. I've always been annoyed at music biz people who hear something and say it will be a one-hit-wonder. No one knows anything. Blink 182 was this very mediocre punk band (everyone in L.A. said that) but then lightning struck and they started cranking out radio hits. Who knew? Certainly not them. They were always nice people, I'm happy for them. It just goes to show that you never know what will happen.