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jeff beck- emotion and commotion
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Your so enthousiastic Matt, is it any good ? Hopefully its not as experimental as some. I think I'll pop Guitar Shop in now, its been awhile, that had some stuff on it I didnt get the point in delving into.
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on my way to buy it now. i've heard 2 songs from it and right now it seems as if beck covers a few different styles on this one. also buy it from best buy. it has a bonus live dvd.
hope this link helps anyone interested: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125420200&sc=fb&cc=fp#playlist
Guitar Shop has sounded better to me later than it did initially, I've mellowed. Amazing the sounds, noises and tones he can get from a Strat. I think of Beck and Vai as "The Wizards"
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I'm not a fan of Beck, but you have to see his "Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scotts" (DVD or Blu-Ray better like I saw it 
). Not only he slays playing guitar, but his bass player Tal Wilkenfeld it's out of this planet (and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums helps a lot).
). Not only he slays playing guitar, but his bass player Tal Wilkenfeld it's out of this planet (and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums helps a lot).
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I'm not a fan of Beck, but you have to see his "Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scotts" (DVD or Blu-Ray better like I saw it
yeah they are on the bonus dvd you get. its a 2007 crossroads performance
I'm not a fan of Beck, but you have to see his "Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scotts" (DVD or Blu-Ray better like I saw it
Jeff never really went away, but Live at Ronnie Scotts was his rebirth all the same. He is jaw dropping good. I had the good fortune to see him with that same band, doing pretty much that show last year (he did a small American tour after his induction into the R&R Hall of Fame). It was amazing. Really. Jeff does NOT get enough credit as one of the greats, but really that's because he kind of went the fusion route, so most folks don't altogether think of him as a "rock" guitarist anymore.
Anyway, the new one is a continuation of the Ronnie Scott's era band/sound. For my money I could have lived without all the vocal tracks, but you can't fault Jeff for trying to be at least a little more accessible. The instrumental stuff is typical, brilliant, understated Beck. One of my all time fave guitarists for sure. I hope he tours to support this one in the U.S. That was probably the best show I saw last year.
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Same here, specially the ones with Imogen Heaps, her voice just can't make it for me.
I think that as beautifully jazzy the concert was, it will be ridiculous to say Beck is not a rock guitar player (still I know what you talking about).
I think the term rock has been severely reduced and revisioned lately. I'm sure that back in 1969 no one would have doubt to give Hendrix, Beck, Clapton and so the rock guitar moniker.
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Tal Wilkenfeld ROCKS! I can definitely stomach some fusion, and will have to get my @ss out to B-Buy and pick this up! I saw a lot of the Crossroads vids, so at the very least, it'[ll be worth it for the DVD...
Beck stepped drastically away from rock in '75 and to me this is when he came into his own. He's been all over the map though and I havent kept up on his discography, even back logged stuff. Most of the earlier rock did not stand out enough to me at the time to buy, it came around at parties and that was good enough.
My favorite Beck album is BBA and BBA live. It is his most "rock" album in my opinion. Like Razoredge said when he started the jazz/fusion thing thats where he really stuck out from the others. I highly recommend Blow by Blow, Wired and There and Back.
It's probably the heaviest one, but I'd nominate Truth as a tie for the most rock album.
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I'm going to check this one out soon, at least as a download. That Ronnie Scott's concert DVD has got a TON of airplay from me over the past year. It's usually the first DVD I put in when it's time to rock in front of the tv. LOVE everything about that DVD, and my girlfriend loves the Joss Stone and Imogen Heap songs so I can usually crank that one without getting flak.
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