it's got a similar sound to Nick Drake hence the strings, i love both River Man and this but the mood is different.. the storyteller on RM is like this kindly and mildly smilling pal who apparently knows more than the rest, differently from the one from Beck's song who's totally lost and sad in terms of his thoughts. there was a very great comment on this website on Beck's Movie Theme, about "Beck having figured out everyting about the world and not being happy with the result", i see it so perfectly in this and other Beck songs. it's just in his voice - it can be crazy, calmly ironic but so sad and deep at times.
it's got a similar sound to Nick Drake hence the strings, i love both River Man and this but the mood is different.. the storyteller on RM is like this kindly and mildly smilling pal who apparently knows more than the rest, differently from the one from Beck's song who's totally lost and sad in terms of his thoughts. there was a very great comment on this website on Beck's Movie Theme, about "Beck having figured out everyting about the world and not being happy with the result", i see it so perfectly in this and other Beck songs. it's just in his voice - it can be crazy, calmly ironic but so sad and deep at times.