Perusing Mentalfloss.com last night I read about Beck's Record Club, which has so far recorded the music or The Velvet Underground (I know, shut up), Leonard Cohen, and now INXS' album Kick. I know.
From Beck's site:
Record Club is an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day. The album chosen to be reinterpreted is used as a framework. Nothing is rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track is put up here once a week. The songs are rough renditions, often first takes that document what happened over the course of a day as opposed to a polished rendering. There is no intention to 'add to' the original work or attempt to recreate the power of the original recording. Only to play music and document what happens.
This is genius. Some of the tracks flat-out blew my mind – "New Sensation" for instance. I've played this 42 times.
This is good stuff.
And you could say they took "Mediate" in an, um, different direction.
Beck is alone on "Loved One". He did a fantastic job.
"Never Tear Us Apart" makes me want to pick up the violin again, but I am against torture. St. Vincent's vocals are perfect for this song.
That was enjoyable. And the way to make '80s music relevant and refreshing. Go Beck.
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