Beck - Devils Haircut

[RideMyBMW]

Rockford Files all the way bay-bay!!!!

[Pokal777]

@saltman4452 Let me remind you: Beck is awesome.

[giga0524]

"when I wrote the lyrics for devil haircut I was thinking..... wait what was that song about again?" That's Beck for ya.lol

[Pinupblonde13]

BECK ;D

[stratman250]

savetube this one.

[Burt472]

Genius.

[xpas1992]

great

[MrCatstail]

Thanks for posting,

great song.

[hubi373]

Astonishing fantasy and great art work. Thanks that there's inspiration and not only mainstream crap out there.

[warcraftfan911]

itsthis kind ofmusic that makes me want to learn more about music sometimes. i have a guitar techniccally im fine ive never triedto learn a song though. i need another hobby anyways.

[dwright71]

Is it me or does Beck look like Dwight Yoakam in this video?.

[wasabihansen]

haha, i don't think so, it's only for the hat

[krazyjay619]

Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading

And everywhere I look

There's a dead end waiting

Temperature's dropping at the rotten oasis

Stealing kisses from the leperous faces

Heads are hanging from the garbage man trees

Mouthwash jukebox gasoline

pistols are pointing

At a poor man's pockets

Smiling eyes ripping out of his sockets

[ilovepinkfloydyay]

Bit unecassary to flame him like that, you dont HAVE to read his comment. Dont be a clegg.

[TIKOREX]

Love beck !!! Beck Rules

[stfwho]

this conversation is over, troll.

[stfwho]

I only posted it so people who don't strive to be ignorants like you might actually like to know something about Beck's body of work. If you don't like it, go away and don't read it.

[stfwho]

Fun Fact: Odelay is a word derived from Mexican slang term "Órale", which means "great", "awesome", or "good-bye".

I didn't even notice the resemblance till I did a search on Odelay.

Beck's a pretty sharp guy

[EvilCatInTheHat]

@stfwho that isn't that fun

[stfwho]

Rock n' Roll, you know what I'm sayin'?

[capitolofficial]

the tail end of this song is pretty rad i'd say.

[gesamtschule222]

yeah the reaper soundtrack !!!

[vandenbrink1]

odelay is a masterpiece

[Jimmyjewels]

me too :(

[Born2Hula1219]

I love this song so much, and I have every remix available! Beck is my escape from most of the crappy music they throw out on the radio these days.

[sweetttina666]

YEAHHH!- THE FUTURE OF MUSIC!....What?....This came out in 1996?....Really?.....Oh. Sorry.

[FAT0004]

Random close-ups FTW!!!!

[myschievousme]

Its WTF LOL

[Twiztedzen]

i think he just wants all the pretentious overthinkers to assume theres more to it but really he just flipped through the dictionary and picked words at random.....

[zulamoon]

miss beck n his quirky mv. late 90's was full of great dance songs,fun senseless but stuck in your memory

[julyboy66]

Damn , what about 'the Information '

[LiteOfDae]

his lyrics make a lot of sense when you are properly tweaked...

[wwgt]

Crazee...KEWL !!!!

[scoyeo]

Beck proves that your lyrics dont have to make sense to make good music

[ReDhAvEn1993]

Lyrics are good and make sense, they are just highly metaphoric. In strange way he is say I'm thinking evil thoughts, he describes the visuals as you would see in hell.

[ConductiveDan]

@scoyeo but then sometimes there's those little glimpses of clarity... hero poet

[QuipHop]

Echoes of Midnight Cowboy, hints of enlightenment, daunting melodies, and a vinyl aftertaste... Great song!!!

[Capcoor]

I did a delayed reaction laugh when I read that.That was pretty good.

[stfwho]

@Capcoor

Oh, delay?

[manaledo]

Jolly good Beck is a big fan of Lobelia Sound have a look at i need my home youll see why

[MotorsportUK2009]

Somethings Wrong cos my mind is fading . . and everywehere i look there's a dead end waiting.

[rubberting]

the lyrics to this song make me laugh :)

[leonardbullhock]

class tune

[LiquidSolidusSnake]

I thought this was the one where random bits in the surroundings fold in

[dhfhdfhd]

you can find out what odelay means in the becktionary^^

[01hdav]

hahaha GO FUTURAMA! "Odelay is a real word! just look it up in the Becktionary!"

[echoplex1991]

'Bender... you just have to look into your heart to write beautiful lyrics... like when i was writing Devil's Haircut I was feeling... ... ... ... ... ... Wait... Whats that song about again?'

[Matthew1242]

The rhyming Bectionary......

[robswartzer1]

Odelay, Guero, Modern Guilt...all summer albums!

[georgerocksmysocks]

Love him :D

[Surfanimal1990s]

cool beck in Midnight cowboy,awesome!

[cassluvdogs]

this is definately good music...especially for them college kids.

[bookoodiggydow]

beck is perfect summer music

[whitemanGOD]

air, moon safari. download that album. great summer album, trust me!

[cheryllynnmc]

mouthwash, jukebox, gasoline.

And a devil's haircut to boot.

[grungesoundsgood]

Beck is the shiznee. end of!! BOO-YA

[dicko6ft7]

tune

[iLoveJerryHsu]

didnt jason lee direct this

[robswartzer]

especially love the beats and riffs and sound effects on Odelay

[robswartzer]

Odelay is still my fav. album from Beck although I enjoy his other singles and song covers.

Even so, this album still makes me laugh and dance to this day.

[qoh9292]

is this video about paparazzi?

[himkdm]

Can't believe this is a dozen years old. I always think of it as his 'new' song. Anyone know some good retirement homes?

[KerreyTheBitterSugar]

Beck's such a cool and sexy guy

[cofo112087]

He sounds so much like Kurt Cobain

[daholwe]

yeah but "clearer" lol

by the way i like Rick Astley more lol

[Dark1Sky]

amen there <3

[robswartzer]

This song kicked off Odelay and made Odelay unforgettable for me.

LOVE the lyrics...

"comin' to town with the briefcase blues"

[Onlydreamin1959]

Whomever said this music was garbage was harsh. This album demonstrated Beck's intelligence. he demonstrated a rare ability on this album. He acted as a DJ turned songwriter and that's not garbage. It's complete creativity and a way of looking at music that was duplicated years after the fact. I guess people don't understand the album?

[darthragar]

man. this is awesome.(Odelay ftw.)

btw does anyone else think Michael Cera looks a lot like Beck when Beck was young? For some reason, I think so.

[allyjeffy]

yeah, I thought that the first time I saw him too.

[animator850]

OMG i can't stop listening to this i mean WTF? anyway i have beck's odelay album with this in it so send me a request and i might post it on my account! so subscibe and send a request!

[smoskepof]

so nice!

[balaulu]

he looks like no one else and ever. it's cool

[kellyxkinevel]

its like an old cop or western film

[NightShipT]

He opened with this song in Reno last week! One of the best concerts I've been to, period.

[Onlydreamin1959]

There will always be a riff, etc., that reminds us of something else. I just went through this on another thread and we were able to narrow it down to one artist. It doesn't really matter. If a new artist does something new with material it belongs to them. And owning the CD, I note that Beck was particularly careful in crediting whomever he could. Just for an example, think of the blues. Who wons that ryhtym? Yet riffs, etc., are argued about. Good for you for noticing, but it's not a big deal.

[madmagyar]

Sure it's a big deal and it is not arguing who did it 1st either. Sure, if an artist uses a "riff" and makes it their own within their composition..kudos to them. The question was where did it come from? It is important in the fact that the "riff" can open up folks to discoveries of other artists as a result. It would be cool, at least for me, to know how Beck happened upon that "riff".

[kawaiiElectro]

my god..i haven't heard this song in forever!!!!! haha.....wow...i didn't even know beck sang this until now

[mrb3213]

one of my favorite albums, and i think one the best albums ever made. truly a masterpiece of modern music.

[andre2robb]

totaly agree...

[Onlydreamin1959]

This was a masterpeice of modern music. He combined so many other artists in this album. It truly was great.

[dkindt69]

he may have borrowed the bassline, but he also made a much much better song, the haunted sounded like garbage compared to beck.

[v5spectre]

check the becktionary

[adubon]

futurama?

[v5spectre]

Yeah, that's a good episode. They play a song that I can't find. It's driving me nuts.

[lsurfreak]

i think the song your thinking of is where it's at off of odelay i think

[alligater20]

best bassline evr

[BOBPOPROCK]

best vid ever..look at those shots!

[mendejo]

those very first notes are the ones that Smash Mouth uses on one of their songs...

[franchisepeat]

yeah but who do u think does it better?

thats what i thought...

[DocSloth]

yeah! much music! yeah! beck!

[kslice8]

how old was he?

[siddharta19832]

I love Beck. So much.

[boredsophmore]

A true genius of music can make up random crap for the lyrics and good music and will still make great record sales.

[xshabootiex]

I love Beck. He doesn't HAVE to make sense!

[artfuldodgeress]

i dont see why everyone has to know the meaning. as long as it sounds good, then who cares

[randomlyric]

just cool

[Thermalfiredotcom]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat video....the last few seconds are super wicked

[poomonpie]

its not about anything, its a good song thats really a bunch of ryming lyrics and a catchy rythm

[Ailie19]

How would you know what he wrote it about

[sonicdeathphysh]

..gran tema ..fueron buenos times para la music y este tema no es la excepcion

[ollieroks]

if like it, it doesn't have to have meaning. i never cared about lyrics especially now a days

[bt2tags]

Look up "devil's haircut" on wikipedia dot org

[xxBleachFanaticxx]

what is this song about?????????? plz tell me! seriously

[opinionhead444]

It's like Midnight Cowboys meets the Matrix...before the Matrix was a seed in the mind of the Wachowski brothers.

I guess. Great video, nonetheless.

[monkeybeasto]

He should do more vids with Gondry(tho I dunno if Gondry did this one)

Beck rules all.

[sweetttina666]

One of my favorite videos. Makes me feel paranoid.

[Freespeech1776]

This guy was great, young, talented and had a bright future. Than like many of the talents, he disappeared!

[tomibeck]

disappeared? what the fuck are you talking about?

[strangeBEEhavior]

totally with you on that..i fucking love this man!!!! :DDD

[12345Charles]

anyone who doubts beck can fuck off, hes one of the most orriginal artists of all time

[monkeyh20]

how old is that guy now?

[DrBrown29]

I got a white trash mullet in my mind

[zeppelin707]

Beck isn't white trash...you're fucking stupid

[DrBrown29]

Mr. zeppelin707, white trash mullets are the new metro thing

[zeppelin707]

Indeed

[JamesBB7]

LOL

[demonfan4life]

Love his music and dig his videos,how can anyone not like this guy?

[revolution9999999999]

All Becks songs are either excellent or awful. This is the only one that is somewhere inbetween.

[Wisec4g]

now if only those guns on those ships would fire on any of the goddam hippie jam band concerts that seem to infest every urban center these days

[Sukainami]

WHOAH =0! Its like 3:13 seconds of a guy walking with a cool song playing! I want my bands music videos to be like that.

[hannah12345hytg]

YAY! beck!!!!

[AutumnDevi]

i love this song! Beck is amazing!

[mauriciorapdo]

GREAT FINAL: DECADENT NOISE!!!

[juerguin]

uno de mis videos favoritos

[hwdptv]

\m/ buchy za to

[wikipedianerd123]

this video is brilliant

[talkingskull]

thanks for this vid i havent heard this song seinc i was 7

[osufan77]

I remember going to this album's tour back in March 1997 with the Roots and Atari Teenage Riot opening. Great memories

[dask8erboi]

ha ha! when I was listening to this I thought he was saying: "I got a devil's HANDBAG in my mind..." lol

[santajesus]

coming from him, there's no much difference between handbag and haircut...

I don't see why handbag would be funnier, or funny.

good to see you're thinking, though!

[appleclipse]

"Devils Haircut" is a single by Beck, taken from the album Odelay (1996). It features Beck walking through various locations, wearing cowboy attire and carrying a boombox. At some points, the action freezes and the camera zooms in on a random part of the scene.

Thank god for you. If it wasnt for you, I wouldnt be able to enjoy Becks only good song.

[champainless]

yes i concur. he should change his s/n to captnobvs...imagine someone watching this and not understanding that the camera was freezing or he was wearing cowboy attire?

[pogopogopogo3]

"only good song" ?? what are you talking about!

[kemyndie]

Please don't be ignorant. This is good for someone who don't remember the name of the video and can be able to recognize it by the explanation.

[arkiteta]

Nooossa... essa música é muito boa... Ow... this music is a great song!!! :)

[tovelina69]

Beck looks like Midnight Cowboy-Joe Buck in this vid

Gr8 song!!!

[BeckRocks]

haha yea but Beck is wayyyyy cuter than Joe Buck!!

hehehe ^_^

[eduardoeacr]

This video was directed by Mark Romanek

Good video n' song.

[sentaagne]

briliant.sekond comment :)

[Zeppelin5080]

First comment. Awesome song.