Old Composer REACTS to Beck - Loser - THE HOOK BOMB | The Decomposer Lounge | Reaction Breakdown

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[@KeyOfGeebz]

How many of you got 🧀"CRAZY WITH THE CHEESE WHIZ"🧀? What other BECK songs should I do?

[@jonnysilanko1843]

"The New Pollution" is a good one!

[@marcarizmendi1415]

Can you hear a harmonica on the left can ?

[@RhetroAktive]

Ramona

[@paprinas]

Where it’s at is awsome 😌

[@Steam_Engenius]

Debra. Truck driving neighbors downstairs. Pay no mind. Anything off of The Information.

[@dwiii1635]

In an interview, Beck said he writes melodies to his songs with dummy lyrics first then writes sensical lyrics before recording. For this song, he said as the song came together, they decided to just leave the nonsensical lyrics and have the chorus be the only thing that lyrically makes sense, ironically, sung in a different language than English.

[@iloveushutup]

Spanish

[@kansasgoldilocks]

And thank god because it gave us the timeless phrase "get crazy with the cheese whiz!"

[@aloafofbagels6381]

It also harkens back to the days when he played at Cafès! He would write lyrical songs but sometimes he would sing complete gibberish to see if his audiences were even listening.

[@79Glitch]

@@iloveushutup Not Spanish, although there is a Spanish equivalent.

[@Kalithrasis]

@@79Glitch He does sing "Soy un perdedor", but his pronunciation disguises it.

[@kanescrimes4848]

Finally, a reactor that doesn't pretend they haven't heard all of the worlds most popular songs.

[@kaithecactus3714]

Don't think anyone does that

[@kanescrimes4848]

@@kaithecactus3714You think wrong then.

[@kaithecactus3714]

@@kanescrimes4848 i think you just created a type of person in your head for you to get angry at for the sake of complimenting this guy. I highly doubt you heard this reaction and your first thought was "wow, finally someone who doesn't pretend to know this song!" Who does that? Who pretends to know songs? All the music critics i watch are brutally honest about everything

[@kanescrimes4848]

@@kaithecactus3714 " i think you just created a type of person in your head for you to get angry at for the sake of complimenting this guy" Again, you think wrong. " I highly doubt you heard this reaction and your first thought was "wow, finally someone who doesn't pretend to know this song!". You're dumb, here's why. 1-Did I say it was the first thing I thought? 2-I didn't say they pretend to already know the song. I said they pretend to NOT know the incredibly popular song. You can't even understand what you read. Where are you getting this confidence? it's definitely unwarranted.

[@kanescrimes4848]

@@kaithecactus3714 In other words: Lots of reactors will pretend to have NEVER heard a famous song (especially if it's trending in some way) so they can get more views. If you don't understand how pretending that, amounts to more views, then you aren't intelligent enough to have this conversation. Helpful hint: Feel less, think more.

[@oldcat7]

Fun. Catchy. Weird. Unique. Bold. This is a timeless song.

[@Lu_Cidtrip]

DEMS DO BE FACTS DOE

[@Pako_equis]

Beck is a legend Up All Night is my favorite song

[@chrisdavis4149]

Odelay Classic!

[@mikaeljacobsson1437]

I heard it when it had its debute on MTV and i loved the feel it gave me. I was in my youth and that song made me a Beck fan.

[@boywonderrr71]

My favorite Beck song & remember the controversy about Lucas getting pissed about the Storm Trooper helmet! They blurred it as Beck was threatened by lawsuit.

[@dennis927]

My favorite line by far is the dramatic "I cant believe you!" cracks me up every time

[@raleighsmalls4653]

No. It's "Crazy with the Cheez Whizz."

[@jacobhaagerup7816]

This was a pivotal song in college life for me as a Gen X and perfectly embodied the rootless lack of meaning, focus and sense of a future we felt at the time. Life consisted mostly of a hunt for experiences, senseless stunts and consumption of alcohol which the video somehow portrays vividly, while we were engaged in lengthy conversations about purely academic topics we mostly didn't understand and the never ending search for the next obscure band to come out with another noisy guitar hook. Fun times, really.

[@breakingchris6889]

I always thought it’s was… “sooooo head to toe, I’m a loser baby” Cool that he actually says I’m a loser in Spanish now that I found that out years later 🤙🏻

[@SvenGold]

It was released in 1994 - so i was 15yrs old and i remember that MTV played it over and over again. My 5yr older brother loved it so i did not . Guess i was to young. But i also was an odd kid, only listening to the Beatles and Oasis a little later. I remember that i did not like the "rapping" in particular, lol. Today i can enjoy this timeless classic.

[@wataworks6478]

This song didn't make sense when I first heard it. But i love it such that I often sing it. Oh 90s, good times!

[@rich0274]

This came out when I was in my second year at San Diego State. Landed right on time for me. My chicano roommate and I were the only ones that laughed when our friends were singing "so....open in the door"...

[@maclancastermusic4757]

My parents were graduating SDSU that year! lol

[@teapotdome]

Beck's whole band is legit. I saw him in Providence, out of no where he brings Jack White out to play the encore with him. Jack White played the slide part of this, it was incredible.

[@mavjimbo]

Whoa how Kool was that

[@paulcallaway71]

I love "different" and Beck fits that love. For me Beck has always been a bigger than life persona and when I saw him in concert for the 1st time in 2019 (at 48 yo) I honestly got choked up. It was like a near religious experience and my most cherished concert I've been to.

[@heatherspitzberg6696]

I was in college in full-on grunge-alt mode so, to me, this was the ultimate song of irony of that time. And I loved the ridiculous Bush quote.

[@parallelearthstudio8385]

Im 48 now. At the time, I lived in Murphy North Carolina, Tucktaway in the mountains going to community college. All we would do was drink beer and listen to random songs like rage against the machine, pearl jam, Beck, Soundgarden, Alice in chains… The list goes on as do the memories.

[@Comrade_mommy]

I had just moved to Greensboro NC to live w my sister at 18; I moved from from the triangle; chapel hill/Durham. I had a full scholarship and almost went to college at Appalachian but instead became a drug addict. But I listened to a lot of the same music you listed.

[@makotroid108]

I'm also from the NC mountains/foothills, Morganton. Same here in the 90s; beer, community College and alternative. Camping in the woods n such as well 🤘

[@paulniemiec3165]

Beck is a genius! He continues to crank out meaningful music ❤️

[@mspicer3262]

when this first came out, I was 26, and an independent, unlicensed pharmaceutical sales agent. this song was an instant hit, it was just so groovy, catchy and fun...

[@winstonwright3613]

As a former regular customer of reliable, independent, unlicensed, pharmaceutical sales agents, and in the words of Tom Segura "I appreciate you, motherf****r!"

[@anthonyblack3579]

Can't remember 90% of my school work but every lyric, every guitar strum and drum hit of this song has been locked into my brain since the 90's.

[@joshuapeterson6072]

"I'm a driver, I'm a winner, things are gonna change, I can feel it" must have inspired The Distance by Cake. They are in my mental 90s jukebox.

[@notthat8163]

Check out Whisper by Galen Tipton! It's a whacky and varied EDM piece. Reminiscent of that Igorrr track Very Noise you reviewed but without the metal infusion. I'd love to know what a composer thinks of the insane musical passages on this thing. Also, other songs that I think would be fascinating is taking a look at modern alternative pop hits. Artists like Laura Les & Dylan Brady, Dorian Elektra, SOPHIE (rip), Charli XCX, and Dua Lipa have brought pop into a new renaissance in the back half of the decade. Songs I would suggest: SOPHIE- It's okay to cry and Ponyboy 100 gecs- Money Machine and Stupid Horse Dylan Brady- Of Course, I Still Love You Charli XCX- Gone and 1999 Dua Lipa- Future Nostalgia

[@claudiotacchi]

I danced to this song on the beaches many times; in Italy, there were only a few of us who knew Beck during those days. I have wonderful memories

[@cupakabra162]

In the 90's MTV was a paradise for all teenagers around the world at the same time. We who are now adults, marked by music and groups from that period, want to feel the enchanting impression of our "first time" watching these first reactions from various people. Beck - Loser is on the list

[@alecoram7874]

Beck was one of my biggest musical influences in my senior year of high school and beyond (I'm 28 now - graduated in 2011). I was into Syd Barrett's solo work at the time and was really drawn to his quirky lyrics and chord progressions. Beck fit right into my tastes. This was more than likely the first song I heard by him. Really opened my eyes to how unique instruments can meld together in a fun way.

[@natewilliams1062]

I was 15/16 when this came out. He said some shit with this one; A lot of it unintentionally but a 15/16 year old has time to parse it...to no avail but to great success? Cool shit! Thanks😃👍

[@brianshubert1333]

I think I was a senior in high school when this came out. I specifically remember listening to it in both late high school and early college. It evokes memories of lazy summer afternoons riding in the car with the windows down. I can still recite most of the lyrics.

[@collinbeal]

Please react to Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz for your Hit Bomb series

[@EricGrassi]

Seconded

[@dansoare6184]

I concur!

[@blakemeads9225]

Yes!! That song is like one big hook

[@kevindemaria6652]

Oh hell yeah

[@faegoyle777]

Now that would be interesting

[@MelissaKipp]

It wasn’t the time I first heard this song, but the most memorable was when I was a teenager. I was closing the store at Baskin Robbins (which was attached to a movie theater) on a Saturday night, and I was cleaning with the music up pretty loud. While I was mopping the floor, a guy I had the hots for walked by, and right as we made eye contact, “I’m a loser baby” blared out the radio. I cannot hear that song to this day without going right back to that moment.

[@RedsunMusiq]

I remember listening to a lot of beastie boys around 2000 and that is when this song came to my ears.. It was instantly added to my limewire playlist! I was about 15yr old and only spoke french so the song always made sense to me 😄

[@Verifraudreports]

beck. and cake. constantly on the radio at the paintball field in the 90s i always mix them up in my head

[@sleigh4019]

When this came out in the 90s as a 16-18 year old ..it was like hell yeah!!! Just fit with are 1990s vibes .. Was like a re-do of the good days man..no war no bs ..times were chill

[@SiD-vs7jg]

This channel just keeps getting better and better each day. Love it, keep on keeping on Geebz.

[@eiroasis]

I was 15 when I first heard this song. '94 when it came out and it changed my life. I must have played it a million times.

[@PeckiePeck]

"In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey." And so a career began.

[@Cthulad]

I was a teenager at this time, and it was something that spoke to myself, and my friends. The CD was in my collection the moment it was released. Such a great time in my soundtrack of life. Love the channel!

[@barleymepodcast2301]

Beck’s dad is actually a composer who handles a lot of orchestral arrangements on a lot of albums over the years. He handled one of the most underrated pop gems of the 90’s, Blinker the Star’s “August Everywhere.” For tracks, I’d recommend either of the first two: September Already or Below the Sliding Doors. Love the channel. Cheers!

[@IceKoldKilla]

"Sooooy un perdedooooor!" I liked how he used spanish on some of his songs. In this case just spanish for "I'm a loser". 😁 I gotta listen to more now. Just recently listened to this album. Really liked it.

[@kerrytaylor1795]

I always wondered what the heck he was singing, I thought it was just nonsense sounds for some reason. Thanks matey

[@rickc2102]

I feel like it was a nod to The Pixies, who had a number of little Spanish bits in their songs.

[@murdockreviews]

High-school, and I would first hear this on an alternative radio station (back when people actually listened to the radio to discover new music).

[@ThisSteveGuy]

I was around 17 when Loser came out. At the time I was basically a stoner, into weird stuff like Mr Bungle and Ween as well as grunge and of course classic rock. The CD single for Loser got a lot of play from my friends and I. There's some really great, funny tunes on that. Anyway, thanks for doing all this!

[@432htz3]

I have absolutely no idea why anyone would dislike this track.....So damn good. it was massive when it came out.

[@domenicgalata1470]

The drum loop is from Taj Mahal - Walk On Guilded Splinters. It’s the drum break from the opening of the song looped in reverse. Taj Mahal is a treasure . That album Ton Ton Macoute! Is a classic. Some of the Allman Bros Band played on several of the tracks.

[@Petteriks]

Love this song, takes me back to my childhood. I was young and MTV alive!

[@KandKCreate]

I very distinctly remember when this song came out. I was 19 and a sophomore in college, working in the dorm commissary. The grunge/alternative movement hit right as I was entering young adulthood and it was awesome to experience it at that age.

[@ole661]

"That's right bring me the Hook Bomb Siren," sounds like a great song name. I am so glad you are venturing into these different styles and cool sounds. This is awesome.

[@La_sagne]

you would never think of it unless youve just listened to it, but this is really beautifully composed and mixed.. perfect song in many ways

[@AlindBack]

Alright, well now there needs to be a legit Hook Bomb Siren!

[@dustinm2364]

My favorite line is "drive by body pierce". It's funny picturing that. Any keyboard playing?? Keep doing what your doing. We all love it. Every time I get a notification on a new video, I have to stop what I'm doing and watch it. You are getting quite the following!! Keep up the great work.

[@louis-michelchartier2498]

First day of High School, recorded it the night before with 4 other song (top 5 at my local radio station) without listening to it before the next day. Discovered it, sitting at my desk while waiting for my very first high school class to begin. The cutest girl in class heard it because my headphones were so loud. She talked to ME, asked "you love Beck too?". "I sure do!" Never heard that song before the last 30 seconds, but I was, without a doubt, a Beck fan for now on! Turned out, it was pretty good too!

[@stonerainproductions]

I was in my early 20's in my first place of my own when this came out. I loved the song right away and really embraced the whole 90's sound as soon as it came out. I was so tired of most music from the 80's I wanted a change badly at that point.

[@alexc.c.4025]

I was 18, living in a small town in the south of Sweden. My best friend played bass in a Nirvana cover band and I was helping friends organizing "illegal" rave parties, this song fitted perfect to that specific time. So did Devils Haircut 2 years later. Sounds like a Sitar to me to. Rock on. =)

[@cearbhaillblain]

Weird, I was 18 and playing bass in a Nirvana cover band and some friends organised a party called Bogstock. This was Ireland though not Sweden. Crazy coincidence.

[@snuffcarl]

ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅH ÅÅÅÅÅKAAA PENDELTÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅG = Nostalgi

[@henkwilson1445]

Which small town?

[@captgeech]

This song came out when I was 9...and my most vivid memories of that time were when my family went on yearly vacations to a lakehouse. I'm sure everyone else was out having fun in the lake while me and my cousins sat inside and watched MTV. Songs like this, and Black Hole Sun, Nirvana, remind me of those videos and sitting in that lake house on the floor watching them. Two years later I'd see my first concert White Zombie and The Ramones :)

[@thomasmartin5865]

I was young and maybe missed it when it was released but became a Beck fan a few years later and absolutly loved it and as I was 14 kinda absorbed Beck into my identity.

[@davidvschoor]

High school. Listening to late night alternative radio in my sister's room. That's where I first heard this. If you're from South Africa - "if it's too loud you're too old."

[@Amanda-si1qz]

LOVE BECK! First listen was in my early 30’s when it was first released. Loved it immediately and have followed Beck religiously through to the present day. Yep, much older as well...bugger! My especially favourite albums are Mutations, E-pro, Sea Change, Morning Phase and The Information.

[@isabeau82]

If you listen to Beck's Wave, it reminds of Radiohead's Pyramid Song. I love how Beck, much like Radiohead, freed himself from genres and from industry rules of pleasing the same audience and following a formula; and just makes the music he enjoys. Very creative.

[@jefffrasca4054]

I had just started listening to the radio when this song came out. It's one of the first tapes I ever bought. This was my "walk on" music when I was 13.

[@staceyenglish8936]

I got into this first hearing, I'm forty nine and at the time Beck was the only "grungy" solo artist. Beck is a legend!

[@UMfan21]

7th grade. This made so many mixtapes off the radio. I can still remember so many life experiences with songs like this as my soundtrack.

[@dreww1609]

Senior in High School in DC area - we had a huge huge radio station WHFS back then that was a pipeline into the whole side of music that was emerging and leftover gems from the 80s that became alt rock - and this song got so big it made it to the more pop or straight rock stations but Beck has been a life long genius and this was so fun and made me more interested in "Odelay" when it came out and THAT was a true soundtrack for one of the great moments o my life on a road trip in college. Beck is amazing is the moral of that story.

[@MattMajcan]

i used to think beck was weird and annoying but as ive gotten older i realized hes really a talented songwriter

[@der_pinguin44]

His work on Scott Pilgrim vs The World was phenomenal.

[@melance]

He's weird and a really talented songwriter. You were half right in the past :)

[@letravaildegodard7537]

@Alex Dahl Of course! Aphex Twin is great. My favorite one is probably Lichen, really cool track.

[@boddaboom77]

@@der_pinguin44 SPvTW has probably the best original soundtrack of any movie I've ever seen. It's just so damn good.

[@matthewsummers9732]

This song was at my adolescence so its always been with me into my adult life from time to time it pops up, I'll always listen to it

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

Mid 90s...I was in junior high....hs class of 2001 baby. I very clearly remember watching this on beavis and butthead but also hearing it on the radio forever.

[@wompa70]

I was an instructor at Ft. Huachuca, AZ when this came out. But really started listening once I got to Korea. Mellow Gold, Smash from The Offspring, Downward Spiral, and Garbage are the four albums that send me back there.

[@heistkev]

Used to skateboard to this all the time. This song was absolutely life-changing for me. One of my all time favorites. Nothing has sounded anything like it before it came out and nothing has sounded remotely close to it since. CLASSIC!!!

[@DARK_NRG]

I remember this being released when I was in High School. I loved the fact it didn't fit into what everyone was listening to so I connected with it right away.

[@Clarabow75]

I was 19 / 20 and loved it I’d just had my first baby who’s 27 now , reminds me of good times love Beck still do , girl ( my sun eyed girl ) is a beautiful tune aswell 😊

[@TravisOwenMH]

For me this song was around spring of my senior year. I just happened to catch the first air of the video on Much Music. We were instantly hooked!

[@wyattderr8600]

Spring of 93...in last year of middle school, just introduced to Metallica, Gwar, Misfits earlier that year. The very start of my lifelong love for alternative/extreme music. Oh, started skateboarding that year too.

[@lolh4x]

I'm 27 now, the song came out in 1993 or 1994. Pretty much as early as I can remember music I remember this song. My parents grew up on old school metal and classic rock, and then my mom got into alternative rock a little later. This song could have been on the radio on my way to school, and probably was many many times. This song is just a classic 100%

[@SheaStoney]

I first heard this song when I was backpacking in Australia for 7 months in '93/94. I liked it so much I bought a cassette single of it. I just kept hearing it on the radio over there and it was part of the soundtrack of my trip there when I was isolated from everything going on in music back in North America. The other albums that were part of that soundtrack were Pearl Jam's Ten that I brought with me and then the big launch of the follow up, Vs. which was huge over there too. I was introduced to Soundgarden's SuperUnknown on a 10 hour drive from Alice Springs to Adelaide with a local Aussie who saw them at a summer festival there. The soundtrack of our youth is a real thing that sticks with you.

[@kevinlockwood1434]

Beck was just after high school for me. Still listen to his stuff all the time.

[@NoNameForThisGuy]

I’ve always thought of Faith No More as a band that just jumps from hook to hook. Maybe I just like them a lot but all the different segments of their songs seem to be “the memorable one.” I’m sure you’ve heard Epic, so check out Falling To Pieces by them if you’re interested.

[@kenndoll83]

I think Epic would be a great addition to the Hook Bomb series.

[@jumblat941]

The one hook you didnt mention in amongst that whole cluster bomb is the start of the chorus. When he sings "Soy un perdedor" it spans a major 9th in the space of 4 notes - and upwards too, which in our normal musical vocab seems to mean hope, elation, positivity.. then a second later he's saying he's a loser. Blew my little teenage mind. It was thr coolest thing I'd ever heard

[@jrottendevil]

I'm 33...i was 5 when this song came out. probably heard it on the radio at the time but i mostly remember listening to it over and over when i was in middle school.

[@cosmojo72]

I was 11 when it came out. I remember my parents blasting this in their old T-top Cameron with the speaker box in the back. It's been a constant staple in my life! Fantastic live show, too!

[@chris.t6668]

I was living in L.A. Instant ear worm. It was everywhere. We used to go to his mom's coffee house, which usually had a line. He'd occasionally show up and busk on the sidewalk for all the patrons. This was even AFTER this song and album blew up. I actually got to see Beck open for Johnny Cash in Hollywood. Weirdest crowd ever. L.A. hipsters combined with Bakersfield cowboys with giant belt buckles. One AMAZING show.

[@dougjano]

I'm 34 and first time heard was in late 90's. I completely forgot about this song until few years ago when I listened "the heart is a drum" which has a video clip that reminds this one.

[@MolecularShadowFox]

First heard this amazing track on Singled Out on MTV back in the day. I've loved it every since

[@drummer265]

This song always takes me back (kind of I'm only 30) to like 9th grade smoking with my best friend at the time who put this on. Not the first time I heard it but one of those random, super vivid memories. Great video as always!

[@DeAnne1233]

So much good stuff. Who wonders if termites choke on splinters if you also smother them with wax or decides that cheese whiz needs a shoutout? Beck, just Beck. Both lines make me snicker every time. ‘You can’t write if you can’t relate’. Powerful in it’s simplicity. I was about 24 (married, 2 kids) when this song came out. At the time I was exhausted, and just starting to realize the impact that my parents had psychologically and emotionally. Part of me felt a sense of disillusionment with my place in the world. It’s the struggle of a lot of people who become parents, they take a hard look at the parent they want to be whether it’s being like yours or the opposite of them. It still sets your mind back to how you felt you were treated, which opens up pain. That began my self help journey and Beck was a small part of that process for me. Wait, there are more people that feel like weirdos, losers and worthless sometimes? I get cha buddy. Sometimes we reflect the worlds perception of us negatively even though that’s not how we want to be seen. If you hear that you’re worthless so many times, you start to beat up on yourself before anyone else gets the chance. Once you’re in this defensive posture psychologically, it’s hard to dig yourself out of the hole you just buried yourself into. Just like music, it’s always a learning process with a bell curve. On a different day, I can hear this song and just listen to the sarcasm dripping in the vocals and instruments with enjoyment. Apologies for being long winded Ohana, I just enjoy your analysis of my favorite songs because I try to do the same type of breakdown when I listen to songs. One moment i’ll tune my ear to follow the baseline with appreciation then turn towards the time keeping beat or maybe the harmonics coming off of a keyboard. It is a lot of fun to do with noise cancelling headphones on now. It lets me rediscover why I love them so much. So, thank you for your approach with the reactions. It’s actually helpful when you visually point it out at the time too. I can sometimes tell which instrument you’re following along with when you focus in on one and that’s pretty cool from my perspective. Just wanted you to know. Does that get Kama’Aina discount? 😉🫶🏻

[@martinrobinson936]

This song dropped when I was in my formative years away from home at university. And yes we had group sessions to decipher the lyrics, same as we did for REM songs.

[@jasonmgomez]

in 1993, when beck released this, I was 20 and a Marine. I saw the smartass style for what it was, self deprecation. Its funny and I love comedy so I gravitated to it.

[@pickthestickup]

Beck's Odelay album came out when I was entering middle school. It was all over the radio.

[@Sebastian-mr1ik]

I'm 22 now, first heard this track from my brother when i was about 9 and was a total jam back then, still is to this day

[@paulniemiec3165]

We were just married (still are!) and buying our first house. Hartford had just reformatted a station to creat out first ‘90’s Alternative’ format. This and Creep by Radiohead are two of the first songs I remember hearing the weekend we moved into our house. Wow, the memories come flooding back!! Thanks for what you do!

[@looneyloser3337]

First heard this in my early teens, when I was allowed more control over what music I listened to. Late 00's. It's still a pretty well played song on my local rock station now

[@fishcakes5626]

Wow it’s been awhile since I’ve sat down to listen to this. I think the first time I heard it was in middle school. I actually looked up the lyrics and since then I can recite it line for line 😂

[@HALberdier17]

I was six when this song released. I had to be about that age when I first heard it because my older siblings used to watch MTV all the time or listen to the alternative rock stations when we were in our parents car.

[@brianc5410]

I was obsessed with weird al when I was a kid and the chorus to this was included in his song “the alternative polka”. Always reminds me of that

[@bink]

Funnily enough, that was my first introduction to the song... I didn't hear it for real until a year later.

[@L33PL4Y]

Same here, I can't hear this song without thinking of Weird Al's polka version

[@kennyg823]

I was in high school when this came out, and i remember we were driving home from school when it came on...and it was like "what was that!?" And "i don't know what he was saying, but its awesome and i can't wait to hear it again"

[@laurenhunterviolinchannel1123]

Beck is phenomenal. He’s super picky and diligent believe or not (also like the members of tool, lol). His delving into so many styles and genres of music is just so respectful. I was late in hearing this song, was 9 when it dropped. By middle school it was an anthem of sorts and made us giggle A LOT!

[@aryansigrid]

I was 21 yrs old with a 3yr old child & studying when I first heard this song back in the 90's. I loved it straight away. It was cool to me as I felt like a misfit, loved grunge & the the 'Hooks', of course! TY Geebz.

[@kellykampa1546]

I was 17 when this came out. I first heard it at the beach with friends. I absolutely loved it then and love it even more now. I felt like a loser then (not anymore). Thanks for all you do! Rock on old(ish) man!

[@brandbird]

Heard this one when it first came out, loved it right away, and still love the whole Mellow Gold album. I was like 17 then so this really hit me hard, because it had parts of all the styles I was interested in. Ever since then I've been a fool for any kind of music that moves me, no matter the genre.

[@DarlaVaughan]

1000th like.. aww right " getting crazy with the cheese whiz" got me... I was in my 30s. I subbed last night bc of your brilliant breakdown of Sound of Silence. I love your vibe...

[@DuggieDug111]

Well my story is a weird one...It was like 95' and I was 11 years old. My aunts bf at the time was a geek and built my family our first computer with Windows 95 on it. Whenever I lost in Solitaire, that audio clip came up, "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me".....Had no idea what that was until I was 13 and started listening to the radio

[@Californyuhh]

That’s such a total 90’s anecdote. Iconic.

[@jenynz5334]

Nice 😁. I miss putting .wav files for older Windows sounds. Had Onyx's Shut 'Em Down for the shutdown tune. I used to be so cool, lol. My teen son disagrees.

[@saint3211]

I was 11/12 when I first heard it transitioning schools fit pretty nicely with that alienated feeling I had of being surrounded by strangers and a system I didn't understand. The lyrics don't have to mean anything but I still related to it. I'm so glad I found beck, it was comforting during that phase.

[@Steam_Engenius]

Weird,I just recently got back into Beck. Mellow gold and The Information both have very special places in my heart.... And of course Odelay.

[@dhoffnun]

This song came out when I was in late middle school / early high school, and generally is probably what got me into Beck.

[@WristyGymnast]

Early high school - just started taking my music seriously. Searching for my sound, this wasn’t it, but still loved it