So I’m in Los Angeles this week, which isn’t really worthy of its own blog post but is inspiring this one nonetheless. There are dozens upon dozens of L.A. and California themed tunes; the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in fact, sometimes seem to exist for no other purpose than contributing to this collection. You may have heard though that there was an earthquake here yesterday. It was short and harmless where I was at, but still a weird feeling and enough to remind you that you’d never, ever want to go through a strong quake. With that in mind, I thought I’d do a simple search in my iTunes library for the word “earthquake” just for craps and chuckles, and sure enough one song popped up.
Still a Loser.
The song, of course, is Beck’s “Earthquake Weather” from his 2005 album Guero. The track is a nice bit of light pop weirdness done in the way Beck is well known for; doesn’t strive for new ground but doesn’t feel too much like a boring retread either. I typically prefer my Beck a little more somber (think Sea Change) but the chorus of this tune actually works well for making me forget about the earthquake altogether. I can just walk around humming this instead. And by walk, I mean “drive.”
Download Beck – “Earthquake weather”
Enjoy the song and expect the posts to be a little shorter this week. Here’s some more Earthquake fun:
3 responses so far ↓
unholypassions // July 30, 2008 at 9:32 am |
Glad to hear you survived the rumble and earned you sea legs. The early reports we’ve heard on the right coast is that it was caused by some freakish Scientology experiment between both Beck and Tom Cruise. Can you confirm?
While I was also more of a fan of ‘The Towering Inferno’ that ‘Earthquake’ clip was 8 minutes and 34 seconds of pure apocalyptic sex. Thanks! I only have a few questions. #1) Why does God hate cows? #2) Is it somewhere in the man code that you cannot drop your chicken leg and cold beer while standing on the back deck of your Hollywood Hills home during a 9.9-1/2 quake? #3) Was that Walter Matthau (Bad News Bears) sitting in the bar geting trashed?
holepuncher // July 30, 2008 at 12:16 pm |
As always, I can neither confirm nor deny anything pertaining to our leader L. Ron Hubbard. But you’d be wise to look again at last Saturday’s post…
I have to see EARTHQUAKE. That clip is great. I just love that there’s basically no dialogue, which is the opposite of what happened yesterday. Nobody says “Is that an earthquake?” in that clip. They just quietly go about their pandemonium. I love the kid falling off the bridge and the stuntman whose motorcycle ramp gets ruined. All good. And yep, that’s Mr. Matthau in a badly lit scene.
unholypassions // July 30, 2008 at 2:09 pm |
Earthquake is a real gem! It literally employed hundreds of Star Trek (original series) after it’s demise in ‘69. Who else was qualified to fake stumbling around foolishly? The good citizen’s award easily goes to the old man that shoves the lady out of the elevator only to fall to his own bloody demise. Our country needs more men like him!