DISQUS

matt melis · 1 year ago

Sweet review, Mike. Beck used to be a favorite, but I've sort of moved on from him. And while I'll probably never buy another Beck album, your review brings up a great point about seeing an artist live, especially when he or she has a band that can consistently bring it each night. I might not be a Beck fan these days, but I still might dig seeing this type of show live.

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Michael Roffman · 1 year ago

Dude, you totally would. He scales back far. It's light on Mutations (nonexistent, actually) and Mellow Gold, but Odelay is well represented and so is Sea Change, which makes me a happy camper.

He does everything. He explores every facet of his styles in under two hours no less.

doug kaplan · 1 year ago

I know that he played Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat by Dylan in the encore...

J · 1 year ago

I could not disagree more with this review!!! The show in my mind was terrible. There were sound issues galore and the set list was not put together right. He kept getting the crowd in to it and then losing them, SERVERAL TIMES, until he pretty much lost them. Beck has some great songs and albums, but for a show to be great you have to get the crowd up, then play your crap like you have to, then come back stong at the end...this did not happen. I guess this may be why he's playing Aragon and not United Center..

On a side note, I heard 4 or 5 melodies from various different artist... I think one was Seiger or Allman (early) and another was some country stuff...

O well, I just wish his shows were better cause I think last night was pretty bad!

Michael Roffman · 1 year ago

Thanks doug! I had one song written down, but couldn't tell the lyrics I had written down. It was the one song I was lost on... but man did it rock.

I'd have to say you're alone in your opinion, J. Everyone I was around (the front section) was ecstatic and having the greatest time, and the sentiments were similar on the train ride home. It was euphoric for everyone, I assumed.

Sorry, I didn't run into ya. Maybe I would have heard the real lowdown.

Anonymous · 1 year ago

he played Novacane? bullshit.... sick...sounded like a fun show.

luke macleod · 1 year ago

Bullshit that he's not coming to Michigan. Course were used to that by now.

Trent · 1 year ago

Don't forget, he also played Hank Williams' "heard that lonesome whistle blow" after the two songs from Sea Change.

Thanks for the review though. Good stuff.

fucking bullshit · 1 year ago

i had tickets

and then they got lost

bulllllshit

omphaloskeptic · 1 year ago

How can you not comment on the terrible acoustics and poor sound quality? I realize we probably can't fault Beck or MGMT for that, but it basically ruined the show. Shoddy journalism!

Michael Roffman · 1 year ago

Shoddy? It's easily crappy, liminality! Haha.

To be honest, aside from MGMT, I did not hear the bad acoustics. It sounded great.

Sascha · 1 year ago

Solid review! Sounds like Thursday night was good - I went to the Friday night show. Any chance of a set list from that? It was definitely a different order from the Thursday list.

Dizastrow · 1 year ago

I went to see Beck in St. Paul, MN on September 30th, just days before his Chicago shows. I am a huge fan of Beck and I would have to agree that this show was not his best. Ive seen him 5 times now, and every time they get progressively worse. He seemed disechanted with being there and it was as if he just got up there and pounded out a 2 hour set for appearances sake. MGMT was good, if not better than the Beck show. It pains me to write negative things about my favorite artist, but.....its true!!

omphaloskeptic · 1 year ago

ok, redacted--I just assumed, since we tried so many different spots, that everyone experienced the crappiness of the sound.

carlos · 1 year ago

The sound was awful. For both nights the PA was feeding back and was way to loud. I can't believe that everyone else didn't notice.