Beck @ Element 09/26

And just when you thought Beck wasn’t cool anymore, he went and did something like this…and totally redeemed himself! Well not that Beck’s rep really needed any sort of redemption, but closing his sold-out kind-of-secret show at the Element in Los Angeles by rhyming over a funky mash-up—which included his own “Hell Yes”, David Bowie’s “Fame”, Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust”, Prince’s “Erotic City”, Justin Timberlake’s “Rock Your Body”, and probably several other songs that we missed in all the excitement—surely reminded the Hollywood crowd that, as a white boy, you don’t have to be Eminem or Marky Mark to spit slick lines. Donning a pink collared shirt under a Tom Petty-like black vest/pants/fedora combo, Beck captivated the suped-up warehouse’s audience with a set of mostly new tracks from his Oct. 3 release, The Information, as well as a few choice tracks from Sea Change and Guero. Ignoring the bar’s bustling waitresses and pushy security guards, the night’s highlights included a peppy rendition of “Paper Tiger”, the pounding “Nausea”, and of course “Girl”. On stage, Beck performed with a sense of honesty behind his songs, and while there were no puppets or onstage dinner parties, if this casual attitude is what we can continue to expect from Beck, well so be it; because it’s always been the music first, then the gimmicks.

Check out the setlist after the jump.

*Special thanks to Andrew Y for the setlist and Ice Cream Man for the It’s It! frozen treat.

Comments

[nikki]

um, hi, that sounds fucking amazing! i so wish i could have been there...