Go F*ck A Headphone
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 at 9:43 amMany of you may have noticed that yesterday saw the release of a new Beck single. This one-off single — “Timebomb” — was a quickie done in four weeks with a supposedly somewhat famous cast of back-up singers (Rhianna was a name dropped). If you listen to the song, you can… oh, you want to hear it? Here ya go…
Okay, after listening to the song, it’s quite obvious that Beck has been listening to a lot of The Go! Team meaning he’s suddenly decided to relive some high school days and, like, totally make, like, a high school marching band song so he can live out his dreams of being flag girl screaming with the band, “We got a timebomb! We got a timebomb! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick!” to not only build school spirit, but to totally psyche out the rival high school. OMG! It’s all fresh and tight, you know?
What is interesting about his new song is the lyrics are his least obtuse. It’s obviously about the dangers of smoking tobacco and the agonizing wait for cancer to come visit. The ‘warning light’ is the doctor’s prognosis. The ‘red alert’ is the coughing up of the blood. The ‘timebomb’ is inevitability of death. The ‘we cut the power’ is your family taking you off life support. Heady stuff for a fun, marching-band romp. Oy!
And, no, even I have no idea why some guy is screaming “Go f*ck a headphone!” throughout the song.
Oh, and thank you soooo much Beck for finally giving us a great summer single AT THE END OF AUGUST! JEEZ! Oh, well, I guess we just go when the muse strikes us.
Listening to: “Timebomb” - Beck
You can buy your own personal copy on:
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 am
Is it just me or are you doing a disservice to this single by posting the track?
You could have just linked to the live version that is floating around everywhere.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 am
I am suddenly a band geek hating cheerleaders again.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 am
I don’t think so. You can’t download the song from this site, so I think of it as a preview. The iTunes button will take you to the service if you want to purchase it.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 am
Duck:
Then Beck has done his job.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
It reminds me of a mash up of Avril Lavigne’s ‘Girlfriend’ and Stefani’s ‘Hollaback Girl’.
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:43 pm
It sure is catchy, but I still don’t own a single Beck tune! It would be a good mashup with Toni Basil’s Mickey! ehehe!
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Ha! That’s funny. Two mesh-up comments.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:19 pm
That’s b-a-n-a-n-a-s.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Yes, indeed it is.
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Cool song. Beck is underrated, I think.
More importantly though, how did you imbed a song via your post. Me want to do that ;)
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:55 pm
No I didn’t notice.
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:56 pm
But if it’s any consolation, I loved it!
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Jason:
It’s an audio plug-in. I’ll have to find it for you.
Mike:
Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Let me know about the plug in too.
Odeo doesn’t always work.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:28 am
This is the plug-in I use on Wordpress:
http://www.1pixelout.net/code/.....ss-plugin/
It looks exactly like the one up here, plus you get to control the colors, etc.
Syntax is a snap:
[audio:/path/to/my.mp3]
And if you do a full HTTP link, WP will auto-podcast it. If you do relative (especially if you do relative from the folder you set in Audio Plugin, it won’t).
August 28th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Oh, and I think it says “Now Suck A Headphone” :D
crazy beck and his OT levels. xenu is probably changing the intro on multiple play backs :)
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True story: Beck is the only Scientologist that I respect (as a general rule of thumb). There are a few others, but Beck was born into it, and doesn’t push it on others, unlike some couch jumping midgets we all know. but I won’t name names.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:58 am
It was only right before the release of “Timebomb” that I even found out that he was a Scientologist. It’s the first time that I actually respect someone in that religion. And that damn Xenu for making me hear an ‘f’ instead of a ’s’. I’m full of Body Thetans today. How about you?
August 28th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
wow Beck jumped the shark.
That song was like a car wreck involving your mother in law. You want everyone to be ok but at the same time she really pisses you off.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Beck? Jump a shark? I don’t think it’s that bad. It’s easily made fun of, but it’s also fun, but then opinions like a colon blah, blah, blah.
August 30th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
as a huge fan of the go team i resent this blog post :)
also it’s not hard to download of here:
http://www.thewebpen.net/blog/audio/timebomb.mp3
it took me about two seconds to find that link.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:29 am
SHUT UP! Not everyone knows how to pick through the code. Jeez! Why do you have to be a ruiner??? Waaaah.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:47 am
sorry. i didn’t know if you knew you someone could do that and just wanted to make you aware. feel free to delete the comment if you want.
have a great weekend Howard!