Loser Beck Hansen By Schyler Richardson Beck Hansen

Loser Beck Hansen By Schyler Richardson

Beck Hansen • Born July 8 th 1970 in Los Angeles • Had many musical influences from family and city • Mostly writes/plays alternative rock • Known for creating musical collages of a wide range of styles • 4 platinum albums, best selling album Odelay • Received 3 Grammy Awards from 12 nominations

Loser • Released March 8 1993 as a single • Re-released in 1994 album Mellow Gold • Written and recorded with producer Carl Stephenson in 6 hours. • Lyrics are nonsensical • Beck really thought he was a loser • Received unexpected radio airplay • Number ten on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart & topped Modern Rock Tracks chart. • Ranked 203 in Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

Listening Guide Text Time : 22 : 34 : 45 Musical Elements Instrumentation Introduction, 8 Measures, Duple, Lead Guitar, Drum Homophonic. Instruments slowly come in set, Bass guitar, one by one. Tambourine In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey Butane in my veins So I'm out to cut the junkie With the plastic eyeballs, Spray-paint the vegetables Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose Kill the headlights And put it in neutral Stock car flaming' with a loser And the cruise control Baby's in Reno with the vitamin D Got a couple of couches, Sleep on the love seat Someone keeps saying' I'm insane to complain About a shotgun wedding And a stain on my shirt Don't believe everything that you breathe You get a parking violation And a maggot on your sleeve So shave your face With some mace in the dark Saving' all your food stamps And burning' down the trailer park Verse One – doesn’t change many notes Drum set, while singing. Guitar hits note and fades Tambourine, Sitar at beginning. Sitar ascends and descends through riff. Verse Two – Same voice, guitar still hits fading note, bass guitar comes in with similar riff as sitar Drum set, Bass guitar, Tambourine, Sitar Verse Three – The lead guitar comes back Lead Guitar, Drum in. The bass guitar and sitar stop half way set, Bass guitar, through. At the end of the verse his voice Tambourine, Sitar cracks a little. Another tambourine solo.

Listening Guide 1: 02 (Yo. Cut it. ) Interlude – continues melody at beginning Lead Guitar, Drum then tambourine comes in at end. set, Tambourine 1: 08 Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? (Double-barrel buckshot) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? Chorus – Beck singing with multiple voices, ascends at first then descends. “Double barrel buckshot” is spoken. Lead Guitar, Drum set, Bass guitar, Tambourine, Sitar 1: 29 Interlude – short, continues main melody Drum set, Bass guitar, Shaker 1: 31 Forces of evil in a bozo nightmare Banned all the music with a phony gas chamber 'Cuz one's got a weasel And the other's got a flag One's on the pole, shove the other in a bag With the rerun shows And the cocaine nose-job The daytime crap of the folksinger slop He hung himself with a guitar string Slap the turkey-neck And it's hanging' from a pigeon wing Verse Four – Less instruments, “bozo” is accented. Drum set, Bass guitar, Shaker Verse Five – Bass guitar comes in. Lead Guitar, Drum set, Bass guitar, Tambourine 1: 41

Listening Guide 1: 53 2: 04 2: 26 3: 00 3: 23 You can't write if you can't relate Trade the cash for the beef For the body for the hate And my time is a piece of wax Falling' on a termite Who's choking' on the splinters Bridge – Guitar plays a different riff more spread out, Beck sings a little differently than verses. Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? (Get crazy with the cheeze whiz) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? (Drive-by body-pierce) (Yo, bring it on down) Soooooooyy. . [Chorus backwards] (I'm a driver; I'm the winner; Things are gonna change I can feel it) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? (I can't believe you) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? Chorus – Beck singing with multiple voices, Lead Guitar, Drum ascends at first then descends. Another set, Bass guitar, saying in between main line and at the end. Tambourine, Sitar Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? [Repeat] (Sprechen sie Deutsch, baby? ) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? (Know what I'm saying'? ) Repeat Chorus - Beck singing with multiple Lead Guitar, Drum voices, ascends at first then descends. set, Bass guitar, Another saying in between main line and at Tambourine, Sitar the end Drum set, Lead Guitar, Tambourine Interlude – drum set plays with background singing. Chorus is played backwards, line from a movie is put in middle. Electronic sound at end. Lead Guitar, Drum set, Bass guitar, Tambourine, Sitar, electonics Chorus - Beck singing with background singers, ascends at first then descends. Is longer than the other chorus’ Lead Guitar, Drum set, Bass guitar, Tambourine, Sitar

Listening Guide 3: 45 Outro – The guitar strums a final chord along with the rest of the instruments slowly fading out. Lead Guitar, Drum set, Bass guitar, Tambourine, Sitar