Beck - I'm so glad

[Lafayettebluesman]

Why does no one else see how bluesy this is? I love this, and not just because I like Beck! This is a great cover!

[sparkyization]

@Lafayettebluesman I agree. A good musician just can't hurt a good song! Dis stuff be da' bomb! ;-)

[deceased32]

PLEASE NO

[Wavelength247]

WHY are people SUCH idiots? A cover is a tribute to an artists NOT A FUCKING IMITATION! Beck gives it his own to a great artists he admires; and for the morons who live under a rock; it's ALL borne of the blues as the saying goes...Think before you type such stupid comments ppl, yeah I know, some just can't express an intelligent thought if they tried...

[MrMattTheKnife]

This is the worst piece of crap I've ever seen. Why is this guy famous? Why?

[LIFEONPLANETBECK]

How predictable, all the anal retentives, purists and tight asses can't handle someone like Beck who dares to mess with convention, and step over the line and sacred cow puritanism(tunnel vision) of a form(genre)...Get the led outta yer noggin' peeps, free your ass and your mind will follow.....evolve people, seek new frontiers, there's a big 'ole world out there....get outta yer cave and explore the possibilities of doing something different....it's all born of the blues any way you slice it

[gigitigardner]

@LIFEONPLANETBECK you type in a pittsburgh accent...

[LIFEONPLANETBECK]

@gigitigardner Je ne comprends pas....entirely,Uhm I gues that's cool?! , It's really just a mish-mash of urban vernaculary ya dig?

[angelicabelladimare]

oh my god, no...

[monya7]

of course I love everything beck touches, but I think the cream cover is better

[aaronfoster624]

the thing is nirvana actually did a good cover of leadbelly. this is just rubbish.

[vatonaught]

Why do so many musicians pay homage to their mentors? Why are there so many deaf and blind amongt us?

[liquidfreak]

Why do so many blonde hair, blue eye rich alt-rockers do covers of old blues numbers, it's pathetic. (ie Kurt Cobain, this guy)

[WhineyGuitarplayer]

Because that's the music that they like, that's where most music comes from, old blues. It's not pathetic at all, you need to experience the blues.

[LeFruFru]

I'd like to see the original footage of the second part of the video with Skip James, cuz I cant find early original footage of him playing this song

[glaxev]

fucking destroyed a good song

fucking spawns of satan sent here from hell to lower the standard levels of music and take away all the soul

[bravelittlebeemer]

Wow...murdered this beautiful song. Doesn't even begin to give Skip justice.

[Pickles1232]

Awful

[rodyvanhalen]

he's not got the blues

[aaronfoster624]

you cannot be serious, beck

[ihateanglophiles]

This ain't no 'interpretation'...ain't no 'heart-felt rendition'...ain't no nod to Skip.

This is just a fucking joke.

beck oughta be ashamed and embarrassed!

[foxandbranch]

What a worthless performance.

[ADumbUsername]

People who can't play harp shouldn't just pick one up and blow. It's not a f**king kazoo for christs sake! -How offensive (to guitarists) and lame would it be if a musician who had no idea how to play guitar just straped one on and gave the strings a bash?

That said, ...original is a classic -credit to beck just for giving it a go, even if it comes off a bit half arsed.

[SteerforthBinoculars]

I expected better from a Beck cover of Skip James. It doesn't really stand up to anything, never mind Skip's original. Oh well.

[keypusher]

Well, a Skip James cover of "The New Pollution" would probably be lousy too.

[ihateanglophiles]

keypusher's comment = smug and ignorant pseudo wit.

[bocablues]

Thanks for posting this, especially the Skip James original. Am a huge blues fan. White guys covering blues is ok I guess as it sends the message of this great artform to people who would never hear it. As far as living the blues, think what it would have been like to black in the Mississippi Delta in the 1920's and 1930's. They had a real reason to "moan".

[elminino29]

love it

[dandilion66]

I love it too!

[thehighesthippie]

BOOO! for the first part. the black guy rocked!

[wererer2]

skip james

[lostintheblues]

The Skip James song is in open Dm tuning.

And the black guy wasn't Skip, it was just some video made to look like it. He isin't even playing the guitar.

[wererer2]

That Is in fact in standard tuning

[carswell98]

I don't think there is such a thing as a good punk cover of a blues song, thats just offensive to my ears

[pls24]

this isn't punk man

[ssstoffe]

I think it's a great punk-rock cover of a traditional blues song.

[ncbrosig]

sweet aaron burr's pistol, is that in standard tuning?

[moloko89]

open d, i think

[LonelyPixie]

I love this song and Beck's cover. This is what i call Music.

[superlucido]

black power!!!

[jackalope30]

I don't think you guys get this at all...it's evident that the sound quality was intentional. I think this is an outstanding performance.

[cgarr]

through this video is how i fell in love with the danelectro sound. its so vintate! (ie. crap) i coud easily see how ppl dont like it but meh screw them i love it so much.

[heyholden]

I don't agree. To me, this is a fine cover from Skip James' original. It's a pity that the sound is not good enough to appreciate it, I believe.

[surfercrow]

i like Beck OK, but that was CRAP! Skip's original version is so far superior.