Un collage donde lo absurdo convive con la melancolía, la ironía con la revelación y lo cotidiano con lo surreal. Eso es el trabajo lírico de Beck, un artista que siempre se ha caracterizado por sus singlurares postales pobladas de demonios con pantimedias, carreteras perdidas, barcos que se hunden y pueblos donde nadie se mira de frente.
A lo largo de su discografía ha expluesto fragmentos de sus sueños que parecen rotos, pero que en el fondo hablan de amores, caídas, soledad y redención. Y aquí repasamos algunos de sus momentos más chingones de esta genialidad narrativa difícil de clasificar:
1. Devil’s got your pantyhose on his head, oh yeah, and he’s robbin’ me but all I got is cornbread.
Fucking with My Head (Mountain Dew Rock / Mellow Gold LP / 1994
2. Satan gave me a taco and it made me realy sick. The chicken was all war and the grease was mighty thick. The rice was all rancid and the beans were so hard. I was gettin’ kinda dizzy eatin’ all the lard.
Satan Gave Me a Taco / Fresh Meat + Old Slabs DEMO / 1993
3. High as the light of day You’re falling down across your lost highway. Why does it hurt this way, to come so far to find they’ve closed the gates?
Heart is a Drum / Morning Phase LP / 2014
4. We’ll be on the shoreline when the heavy ship goes down. Did you think that you were lucky? You should see yourself now.
Strange Apparition / The Information LP / 2006
5. I met you at JC Penny, I think your name tag said Jenny. I cold-step to you with a fresch pack of gum if somehow I knew you were looking for some. I wanna get with you and your sister, I think her name is Debra.
Debra / Midnite Vulutres LP / 1999
6. Your brains went black when she took back her love and put it out into the sun. The birds did fly when the heavens all went dry, and the cigarettes were smoking by themselves.
Asshole / One Foot in the Grave LP / 1991
7. There’s too many people you used to know, they see you coming, they see you go. They know your secrets and you knew theirs. This town is crazy, nobody cares.
Lost Cause / Sea Change LP / 2002
