Beck - Devil Got My Woman (live cover on British TV)

[tomlovin2]

Poor video and even worse recording, like someone captured a TV broadcast with a camera.

[wickawickawick]

his guitar sounds out of tune

[CitizenDane27]

Anyone that says a cover is not as good as the original is completely missing the point. It's not supposed to be. Beck never thought this'd be as good as the original. He's a music fan playing one of his favorite songs. Simple as that.

[gusset08]

Beck is good but check out Andrew Winton playing Devil Got My Woman. This guy is awesome.

[thailow117]

should be playing it in d-minor tuning. but he does a decent rendition, far better htan his go on 'I'm so glad'.

He did record some pretty specacular albums though.

[johnjtheoriginal]

i wonder what can't play in the best way this genius...

[w13rdguy]

Imitation is flattery. Thank you, Brits, for popularizing{and thereby preserving} this American art form.

[LIFEONPLANETBECK]

Music and art are meant to transcend all boundaries of race and prejudice....

[youhaveaids666]

beck sux

[Bronzewhaler82]

sound quality of this video is shit

[chadchesnutter]

You can be poor and sad and feel like your the only person alive no matter what color you happened to be,none the less what person you are, if your keeping this music alive continuing to tell the story that's what it's all about and i love beck.

[nein318]

skip james's original is the best and i don't think that any cover will keep up with the original song.

[Yorranne1]

this does not hold a candle to skip's original.

[ntucker88]

shouldn't you be proud a current arist is paying respect to skip instead of being a ass?

[Yorranne1]

not being an ass... just saying there are some things that should be left alone. you can't cover something that was done perfectly.

[SpiralBomb136]

Id love to hear a full clear version of this.

[colemckelvie]

gimme your email and i'll send u the recorded version I have

[SpiralBomb136]

Can't.Every time i try to log in, it does not work.And when i create a new account it deletes itself for some reason.

[RenshiottParrfmFyrre]

great song

[thahalsey]

anyone like lightnin hopkins?

[Heeey333]

lightnin hopkins sucks

[derekexcelcisor]

shit yeah, bitch

[ariellehunter]

@thahalsey yeah I love Lightning Hopkins !

[bravelittlebeemer]

He simplified the finger picking too much. It's a lot faster and much more complex. Pretty good cover though, Skip's songs deserve so much more attention than they actually get. He's probably the best old blues player that's ever been, yes even better than Johnson. Don't forget he was a mean blues pianist as well.

[WiicanWizard13]

Skip James does a much better job with his song. I like beck but this is skip james song, and it should stay that way! thats all music is today, is remakes from the best genre ever Blues!

[wrdshmn]

It pains me to agree with you because I'm a huge Beck fan, but you are correct. *grin*

[WiicanWizard13]

well dont get me wrong, I love Beck too. Hes a great singer. But i'm sorry Skip James is awesome! They both do a good job.

[betweendreams6]

So cool,

I love this Skip James song

[billagordon]

poor quality vhs shite,no i wont watch your videos daddy no,no

[ihateanglophiles]

Re: Colemckelvie...

Dear Comeclavicle, you've no idea what your talking about.

...reminds you of Son House a a person, or?

Yup, they're both not using a pick.

Beck finger-picks NOTHING like Sonny.

[LizardKingSnake]

Granted, a lot of scenes written about in blues songs came from servants working in the fields all day. Conditions were pretty terrible for the African-Americans. So they sang about it. I think any person, race,religion, or gender can play the blues. So if a white guy wants to play the blues, let him. He hasn't worked in the fields most likely, but hey, a lot of blues guys/girls today haven't. Let's hope all this, because I'm white [Still playing[trying] the blues].

[alwaysdestroy84]

I think the blues unites blacks and whites more than any other type of music. Blues is the poor man's music and when you don't have any money and life's thrown you more than your fair share of troubles, it doesnt matter what color your skin is, we're all blue inside.

[KP5000]

i can't say i can play the blues, but i've seen plenty of hard times for a white man. i've seen my share of poverty, addiction, murder, disease... my sorrow goes beyond a woman leaving me, although that's happened too.

[colemckelvie]

the way beck picks with his right hand reminds me of son house

[Bohumill2]

no...its Skip James...

[colemckelvie]

i know it's a skip james song, but im saying the picking style he's using

[Kockabilly]

pain created to cure pain

[gjazz22]

maybe its is skin color & up bringing but from a past life..

who were you ??in 1942??? 1908????

[frietag]

i was John Epsteen a lawyer persecuted by the nazi. And before that i was Ron Fincklestien. I ate babies lol.

[frietag]

The blues doesn't come from skin colour or Up bringing But a fire inside your heart. I dont remember who said it but its true. Not about how poor you were. Its about The fire inside.

[bigfoothunter12]

I really hate racist people and if I wad God I would strike you dead! Beck is awesome and Skip James kicks ass, and if you freaks dont fucking like either of them then you can suck your own ass! Skip James and Beck rules and fuck all you haters!

[powerkor]

^feel the love

[Bohumill2]

JEaaaaaaaaah

[loserbabysowhydontyo]

quite a talent. never heard him play blues guitar like that

[eimead]

to be fair... becks amazing... and it's pretty shit to say that the colour of your skin determines what music you can play.... if you're argueing that cause it was written by a black man, then surely, by your logic, Li Jie shouldn't approach Bach. he slipped on guitar a bit, but otherwise... great.

[FuzzyCabesas]

eime, the funny thing is that the kid who brought up the whole race thing is a white, suburban kid who tries to play the blues. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that, but he should look in the fucking mirror. If white people can play black music, then brown people (like myself) should be able to play white music. Am I right?

[kaitlinmj]

Hear hear!

[pls24]

thats right man

[MNc99]

Damn straight. Music shouldn't have any boundaries, people should stop being so fucking petty.

[rmcnabb]

Meaningless race issues aside - Beck couldn't carry this tune in a bucket. What a sad joke.

[dandilion66]

fuck you!!! beck is great and its sad that you cant understand his talent

[wererer2]

wtfucks wrong with all these people posting comments about having to be black and poor to play the blues. All you have to do is feel it. If your white and rich and all you want to do is play the blues because it feels so good down deep, thats cool.

[cl0udtop]

Yeah, taht's right, there are rules, you can only play certain songs if you are the right colour. Idiot. Shame that BB and Albert and Muddy would have to disagree with you, but then I guess you just know more about the blues than they do.

Self righteous frogshit. It's a decent version and if he wants to cover it with respect, who cares where it's from. Are black people from chicago forbiden to play songs by the Who? Shove your musical apartheid up yr clacker. Enjoy the music.

[FuzzyCabesas]

Yes, exactly. Thank you. It's like saying that blacks from New York ghettos in the early 1980's weren't allowed to sample from german dance albums because they knew nothing of technology.

[jessupar]

you people are fucking morons. Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV as you put it) has more soul and feeling in his hat then Beck has in that voice. Skips version will forever be the best, you just cant get that sound anymore, because it's rich white men singing songs poor black men wrote, and are making even more money off of it.

Stevie had drug problems and drank alot, amoung many other things. what's beck got the blues about? "aint got enough money.... to buy a whole town"?

[FuzzyCabesas]

The blues are about being black & poor? Rich white men can't have the blues? Who better than Stevie Ray Vaughan to prove you right! No? Well, SRV was always coked up & drunk so it must have been ok for him to play the blues, right? Of course! The wealthy don't have problems!

[blanksight]

actually, blues nearly always are about being black and poor.

[FuzzyCabesas]

NEARLY always about being black and poor. I understand what you're saying, and agree with you to a certain point. You see, jessupar is over here making comments about how "rich white men sing songs that poor black men wrote" blah, blah, blah, while he's at home doing the same exact thing! Moanin' the blues about how his parents wont raise his allowance.

[eimead]

i think you'll find... that this very song... being about a woman, disproves your theory about blues... unless

"The woman I love, woman that I loved

Woman I loved, took her from my best friend

But he got lucky, stoled her back again

And he got lucky, stoled her back again" is a metaphor about being black and poor?

[ariellehunter]

i like his Skip James cover ! i like his original music too . it's like different blues . I'm a Loser Baby. Not Delta but self -painful .

[ssstoffe]

Yeah! And how about his Hollow Log?! It's great.

[geokoo]

Awful!!!

You need an overdrive and a whole band to move me.

[quadr0phenic515]

really? you're missin' out then...

[geokoo]

Hey! Check the original version. Maybe you will understand what I mean!

[FuzzyCabesas]

I didn't know the original version has overdrive and a band... Look, this cover isn't as good as the original, but it was done pretty well.

[geokoo]

Well of course there is no band, no fx in the original version, nothing at all. Just a man and his story!But men! this guy (Beck), ain't got that feeling!!

Sorry guys, my opinion... and you know what they say about opinions...

[ssstoffe]

There is of course not a band or an overdrive in the original version of this song. Are you one of these SRV, Guitar-Mastur-bation fans? Guys like SRV might as well record with Yngwie Malmsteen or Dream Theater. Just as much NOT blues as one another. Blues is about saying what you want others or yourself. A bit like the old punk.

[geokoo]

Well I guess you misunderstood me because my English are awful.

What I want to say is that I prefer the original version,, a pure feeling that comes from one man only!

The band and the overdrive comment it was a kind of an irony.

By the way I hate MAlmsteen SRV and all of this stupid machines. they are not musicians!

But i also believe that beck's version is not good at all!

[ssstoffe]

Ok. Yes, that's good enough. You are very right. Opinions are for everyone. And you are very entitled to have one.

[chepeadan]

that sucks...the original is much much better..

his guitar playing is not bluesy at all..

[moloko89]

thats a great rendition of the original. yes, guitarwork is nice... i think beck is underrated.

[clattybrown]

I love how this guy wades in and out of so many different types of music and some how can two or three on one disc, not many can do that, great vid thanks for posting

[curien1000]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this. I'm a huge fan of Beck and Skip James, but I've never seen this clip before. I didn't know he covered his one - its one of my personal favorites!

[jacklloyd25]

what ya think of ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, for me its the whiteAlbum, then one foot in the grave. Beck's Early stuff will age better than his newer stuff. First time i heard the OG skip james-devil got my woman, It blew me away, that vocal arrangement.

[kumsasa]

.........skip james would hahe approove this!!

[arappabugzappa]

Beck doing Skip James is just groovy.

And yeh, the distorted quality makes it more intersting.

[FuzzyCabesas]

Both very true. I don't know, most British tv I've seen looks & sounds like this. Beck also covered "He's a Mighty Good Leader" on the "One Foot in the Grave", which was also originally done by James.

[parrecords]

Do you mean PAL?

British TV looks great, this is from an old VHS tape I presume.

The differences between NTSC and PAL are colour differences and frame speed. PAL is 24 (same as films) and NTSC is 26 frames a second. PAL has a richer colour, which NTSC has a slighlty more contrasty colour (so you can always tell american TV, as the colours look a different

[FuzzyCabesas]

Yes, that's probably right. I never really knew the difference between NTSC and PAL. I have this old bootleg VHS tape with a bunch of Smiths performances and it looks the same as this. Thanks for the info!

[parrecords]

heh no problem!

Im a film student so I have to know all that crazy stuff!

thanks for digging it out btw, i love the EP version and the original song

[curien1000]

Yes, it makes it sound more like those old Paramount 78's with the shitty cheap shellac that they recorded James on in the first place. Pretty cool effect, even if inadvertant...

[mrmree]

I actually prefer the video distortion of this. neato

[0rac1e]

I wish Beck would play more guitar driven music these days.

[ShannaTheWally]

woah, how old is this?

[FuzzyCabesas]

This is either from 1994 or 1995.

[dantejones]

I'd kill to have this in better quality.

[FuzzyCabesas]

Pretty rare shit, huh? I found it on Soulseek a while back.

[nicorigo]

I think it's available on a LP dating back from the Odelay area....together with a spannish version of Jack-ass (burro)and some other nuggets...

[parrecords]

It is on the Jackass EP (1997) track 5.

sounds great. Other than this the EP is basicly a bunch of remixes.