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I was introduced to Beck’s music in 1994 by a wack southerner named Aaron via a promo EP he’d scored entitled: “Loser.”<\/p>\n

The soon-to-be-famous title track had yet to gain the rotation that would propel its author to stardom and the opinions of most who heard it at the time were that it was a goofy knock-off that would fade as quickly as it had arrived.<\/p>\n

Aaron was not so sure.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Me? I was charmed by the delightfully off-kilter, psuedo grunge-rap-folk sound but also assumed that the accompanying record, like so much of what I consider musically genius, would gain a meager cult status and have a limited shelf life.<\/p>\n

Oh, how wrong we doubters were.<\/p>\n

Now that Beck has gone from kooky goof to serious artist to … well, he’s getting kind of dull, if you ask me, it is fun to listen back to these earlier, rootsier tracks.<\/p>\n

While “One Foot In The Grave” remains my favorite album, Beck’s Loser EP still features some of my favorite moments in his career:<\/p>\n

Alcohol<\/span>
Beck – Loser<\/span><\/p>\n

Alcohol leaving me dry
Now it is time for pie
Taking them as they come
Alcohol please give me some<\/p>\n

If I stay in the same place
The animals will lick my face
Soak in the dawn of day
Rolling my body away<\/p>\n

Alcohol leaving me high
Now it is time for pie
Taking them as they come
Alcohol please give me some<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Beck<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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