48 - Beck

I got two turntables and a microphone

Beck clocks in at number 48. He makes really creative music, and he is also a Scientologist.

Wiki - Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public throughout his musical career as being amongst the most creative and idiosyncratic musicians of 1990s and 2000s alternative rock.

The four time platinum artist rose to underground popularity with his early works, which combined social criticism (as in "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack" and "Deep Fried Love") with musical and lyrical experimentation. He first earned wider public attention for his breakthrough single "Loser", a 1994 hit.

Discography -

Mellow Gold (1994)
One Foot in the Grave (1994)
Odelay (1996)*
Mutations (1998)
Midnite Vultures (1999)
Sea Change (2002)*
Guero (2005)
The Information (2006)
Modern Guilt (2008)

*=Best albums

Favorite top 10 BECK songs:

10 Sexx Laws
9 The New Pollution
8 Nausea
7 Think I'm In Love
6 Girl
5 E-Pro
4 Lost Cause
3 Devil's Haircut
2 Loser
1 Where It's At

Beck remixed songs from his 2005 album Guero, and put them in an EP called Gameboy Variations. They are pretty amazing.

Beck is a very creative songwriter and musician and I think making a song with him would be something that I would want to do before I die. I think I can make it happen.

Loser is one of the best debut songs of all time, and is there a better breakup song than Lost Cause? No.



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