Beck - Cellphone's Dead (The Information)

Beck performing his single release "Cellphone's Dead" from his 2006 Interscope album "The Information."

Lyrics-

Strange ways coming today
I put a dollar in my pocket
And I threw it away
Been a long time
Since a federal dime
Made a jukebox sound
Like a mirror in my mind
To comb my worries
Fix my thoughts
Throw my hopes
Like a juggernaut walks
Now let-down souls
Can't feel no rhythm
Sorry entertainers
Like aerobics victims
Hybrid people
Light a wooded matchstick
Toxic fumes from the
Burning plastic
Beats are broken
Bones are spastic
Robots talkin'
With a southern accent
Voodoo curses
Bible tongues
Voices comin'
From the mangled lungs
Give me some grit
Some get-down shit
Don't need a good reason
To let anything rip

Radio's cold
Soul is infected
One by one
I'll knock you out
God is alone
Hardware defective
One by one
I'll knock you out

Mr. Microphone making
All the damage felt
Like a laser manifesto
Make a mannequin melt
There's people phonin' in
Like it's unlimited minutes
Going through the motions
Just to say that they did it
Treadmill's running
Underneath their feet
So they feel like they're going somewhere
But they're not
So let's put boots
On the warehouse floor
Comin' to you
Like a rope on a chainstore
Throwing equipment
From a moving van
Grab a microphone
Like a utility man
Now fix the beat
Now break the rest
Make a kick drum sound
Like an S.O.S.
Get a tow-truck
Cause it's after dark
And the dance floor's full
But everybody's double-parked!

Cell phone's dead
Lost in the desert
One by one
I'll knock you out
Eye of the sun
Is out of its socket
One by one
I'll knock you out
One by one

This jam is real... that's right

Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun

Ahhhhhhhhhh

Credits-

Vocals: Beck Hansen, Lucia Ribisi
Background Vocals: Beck Hansen, Steve Blacke, Cosimo Hansen
Cello: Steve Blacke
Percussion: Steve Blacke
Mixed By: Nigel Godrich
Produced By: Nigel Godrich
This Video Edited By: StrayBlues
Thanks To: Interscope, Beck Hansen, whiskeyclone.net
MMVIII

Category:

Music

Tags:

• beck
• hansen
• cellphone
• cellphone's
• cellphones
• dead
• the
• information
• rap
• alternative

[XeroOwnz]

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That beat is SOO AWESOME!

Beck <3

[Hostog]

Haha the cd came with lots of stickers so you could make your own cover... I love Beck, entertaining music, always something new to hear

[totalignoranceinc]

anyone notice any similarities to the bass line in this to chameleon by herbie hancock i dont know maybe im just crazy either way beck works just as well as herbie

[MrStrangemeadowlark]

@XeroOwnz That's the Herbie Hancock Chameleon synth sound right there!

[vendetta920]

ites so alive <3 ROAR!!!

[bquarante]

@XeroOwnz

thank you Herbie Hancock <3

[bquarante]

check this out  >>> herbie hancock chameleon

[evanrkg]

I love the 60s-ish samba-like intro/outro/break -- my favorite part of the song, to be honest

[TheLovesoul1]

this very tight beck is the shiz.

[BlackBeardDelight187]

@XeroOwnz When I first heard this song I never noticed it; its very subtle but when I realized it through my headphones I loved it even more. This is why I smiled when I read your comment. Cheers buddy.

[Posthuman2003]

just great

[vegetagod]

This is the only song from the 2000s i'd trip acid to, ya know? Beck is the shit.