Beck - Heartland Feeling (Golden Feelings)

Beck performing "Heartland Feeling" from his 1993 Sonic Enemy debut album "Golden Feelings."

Lyrics-

Alright, what we're talking about here is a kind of a, it's a heartland feeling. Mellencamp, you know, kind of a Mellenfeeling. OK, what you got to get together is some heartland folk singer, we're gonna need it real quick...John Cougar Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, that type of feel...a Mellen-feeling. A real powerful, approving music of a heartland quality, uh just powerful, straight forward music and if you can't get just the right type of feeling, find someone who'll pass and change them.

Old Man Johnson got his head in his hand
Making his way across state in a fiddlin' band
With hair all down in his eyes
And a microphone all covered with flies
When he gets done playing, goes back to his room
Climbs into bed in his cowboy boots
And he picks up a magazine, turns on the tv
Lights a cigar as he's falling asleep
Well, he's only a person who doesn't know shit
Yeah, nothing happening, that's about it, yeah

Well, little Rosanna came from Texakan
Had fourteen dollars wrapped in a bandana
Came into town not looking for much
Well, she found a hound dog and she named him Dutch
She got a job at the arcade taking quarters
But she was never too good at taking orders
So one night, she stopped giving out change
She kicked the boss in the shin and unplugged the games
She's only a person who doesn't know shit
Nothing happening, that's about it, ooh yeah yeah yeah

Sam got canned at the cannery
He punched out the clock that night
His knuckle was bleeding as he walked home
He was cold and he had a headache
Well, his wife was cooking canned beans
He took out all the money out of his jeans
And he set it on fire in the kitchen sink
As his wife handed him a drink
He was only a person who didn't know shit
Nothing happening, that's about it, yeah huh

Smiler was looking for handouts
Sleeping in an abandoned lighthouse
Down at the minimall, shaking his hat
Washing windows with his bare hand
He found a sports car with the keys
In the ignition, it just seemed so easy
He took a joy ride, drove it into a hedge
Came out with a steering wheel wrapped around his head
Well, he's only a person who doesn't know shit
Nothing happening, that's about it, ooh ooh yeah

Well Jane was born in a small town
Everybody just standing around
They had bingo games and a raffle
Everybody chewing tobacco
Well, she grew up kind of restless
All her boyfriends wanted to be dentists
'Til she got a job at the truck stop
And she got old fast and never did what she want
She's only a person who doesn't know shit
Nothing happening, that's about it, oh yeah... ooooh

Credits-

Acoustic Guitar: Beck Hansen
Vocals: Beck Hansen, Steve Hanft
Written By: Beck Hansen
Produced By: Beck Hansen
This Video Edited By: StrayBlues
Thanks To: youtube.com, whiskeyclone.net, beck.com, UMG
MMVIII

Category:

Music

Tags:

• beck
• hansen
• heartland
• feeling
• golden
• feelings
• rare
• folk
• indie
• alternative

[StrayBlues]

Golden Feelings pops up on ebay once in a while but be expecting to pay for it!

[pigeontoucher]

I think it has kind of a melon feeling.

[danielion999]

this is hilarious. Beck at his best!

[shoDOHC]

best.

[earwax8toecheese]

thats about it

[SunbeltRyders]

Lol, genius

[FreeAvidD]

@cuddlesducks Yeah, beck in an interview once talked about how to find the right balance of humor in your music...

[ManiaKattaK]

@wasabihansen

no, as in beck is a dj cowboy as well as a rock folksinger :P

[cuddlesducks]

this song has exactly the right balance between sarcasm and seriousness. perfectly judged. good job, mr. hansen

[sdsma101]

Probably drunk when he did this, or maybe his friend there got him drunk.

[wasabihansen]

who is dj cowboy?

[wasabihansen]

i agree!, this song with sissyneck and guess i'm doing fine are my favorite songs ever