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Statistics
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Artists:
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6,825
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Albums:
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34,370
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Lyrics:
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288,483
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Song Views:
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43,914,654
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Reviews:
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10,300
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Comments:
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155,535
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Online Users:
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Usage Statistics
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Black Tambourine
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song "Black Tambourine" was featured in the David Lynch film Inland Empire.
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Clap Hands
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Submitted By: Big D
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The set up for "Clap Hands" on an episode of Saturday Night Live consisted of half a dozen people playing with silverware at a dinner table while Beck played guitar and harmonica. It also consisted of puppets, representing Beck and the people playing at the table, "performing" backstage.
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Deadweight
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Submitted By: Big D
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This song has a music video directed by Michel Gondry. It interweaves footage from "A Life Less Ordinary" with images of Beck, who lives in a paradoxical world.
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Devils Haircut
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Submitted By: Big D
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The video was meant to reference the films Midnight Cowboy and The 400 Blows.
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Devils Haircut
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Submitted By: Big D
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"Devil's Haircut" won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video.
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Devils Haircut
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Submitted By: Big D
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As is common with his Odelay-era songs, Devils Haircut is driven by a number of samples: the drums in the choruses and drum breaks come from Pretty Purdie's Soul Drums; the drumbeat during the verses comes from Them's cover of James Brown's Out of Sight; and the guitar riff was taken from another Them cover (this time of I Can Only Give You Everything,) but it was replayed by Beck, rather than sampled.
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E-Pro
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Submitted By: Big D
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The video for the song was created by Shynola, four visual artists based in London who have collaborated on a variety of projects, most notably a number of acclaimed music videos for several pioneering artists.
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Earthquake Weather
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Submitted By: Big D
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Money Mark, solo artist and keyboardist for the Beastie Boys, plays the organ on "Earthquake Weather".
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Farewell Ride
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song "Farewell Ride" was featured in FX trailers promoting the final season of The Shield.
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Go It Alone
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Submitted By: Big D
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Jack White of The White Stripes plays bass on "Go It Alone".
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Hell Yes
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Submitted By: Big D
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Actress Christina Ricci provides the cameo voice in "Hell Yes".
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Jack-Ass
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song is based on a sample of It's All Over Now, Baby Blue performed by Them, from their 1966 album Them Again.
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Jack-Ass
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Submitted By: Big D
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Willie Nelson has an appearance in the music video, playing a ghost in the mine.
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Loser
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Submitted By: Big D
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The title "Loser" comes from what Beck called himself after his first attempt at rapping.
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Ramshackle
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Submitted By: Big D
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Includes a hidden track of looped electronic music.
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Rental Car
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Submitted By: Big D
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Petra Haden, formerly of That Dog and The Rentals, provides an intricate backing vocal track for "Rental Car".
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Sissyneck
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Submitted By: Big D
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For the bass line of the song, the Dust Brothers sampled "A Part of Me" by the band Country Funk.
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The New Pollution
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Submitted By: Big D
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The influence of The Beatles' experimental song "Tomorrow Never Knows" from their 1966 album Revolver is strong in this song. For one, there are many tape loops sampled in the song, most of them repeating several times throughout the whole song. The repeating drum track played in the song is strikingly similar to the one found on "Tomorrow Never Knows." The instrumental solos in the song are also very similar to the Beatles' song. More of the Beatles' influence can be found in the song's bass line, which is reminiscent of the bass line in Taxman.
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Where It's At
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Submitted By: Big D
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"Where It's At" is notable for the number of odd spoken samples that Beck and the Dust Brothers incorporated into it. Many of these come from an obscure sex education album titled Sex for Teens: (Where It's At), whose subtitle Beck borrowed. Other vocal samples incorporated into "Where It's At" come from "Needle To The Groove" by old school rap group Mantronix ("we've got two turntables and a microphone..."), as well as The Frogs ("that was a good drum break"). The song also references Gary Wilson, one of Beck's influences.
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Where It's At
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Submitted By: Big D
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"Where It's At" was the first music video to be broadcast on the television channel MTV2. The video features a parody of William Shatner's video of "Rocket Man".
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