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Throwing Frisbees at the Sun : A Book About Beck
Beck - Book - by Rob Jovanovic
(2015)
At
a time in rock and pop history where most things in music have been
done before, few artists have proved as restlessly innovative over the
past two decades as Beck. Since bursting onto the scene in 1994 with
'Loser', he has zigzagged his way across the contemporary music
landscape, consistently remaining one step ahead of expectations and
doing things his own way: shape-shifting from indie icon to pop crooner,
from folk hobo to Latino-rap hipster, and dabbling in country metal,
blues and rock along the way, balancing big-budget chart highs with
lower-key, introspective acoustic albums. Beck hails from a family tree
rich in music and performance art, which has filtered into his music,
videos, and live work.
Early
shows included spoken word sections, songs made up on the spot, and
stage clearances using his leaf-blower. His enthusiasm for the
experimental has not diminished with age. In the 21st century, he
founded the Record Club, which brought together disparate artists to
record cover versions of whole albums in a single day for release
online.
Then
he took a troupe of doppelganger marionettes out on tour and made the
brave decision to release Song Reader as a hardcover set of sheet music,
challenging buyers to record and play their own versions of his new
songs. Throwing Frisbees at the Sun is the first serious study of Beck's
life and work for more than a decade. Drawing on new interviews with
friends, family, collaborators, producers, and band-members, Rob
Jovanovic has fashioned a carefully crafted, career-spanning
retrospective befitting the many twists and turns of this intriguing
performer's path through life and music.
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