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Beck — Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes)
Album: Guero
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Released: 2005
Length: 2:40
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Looking for my place on assembly lines
Fake prizes rising out of the bomb holes
Skeleton boys hyped up on purple
Smoke rings blow from across the disco
Bank notes burn like broken equipment
Looking for shelter, readjust your position
Thought control, ghostwritten confessions
Two dimensions, dumb your head down
Duck, don't look now, company missiles
Power is raunchy, rent-a-cops are watching
Make your dreams out of paper mache
Cliched wasted hate taste-tested

Hell yes, now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing (please, enjoy)
Hell yes, now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes, now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates (please, enjoy)
Hell yes, now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct

Yes (hai), yeah, that's it
Umisei, yeah, that's it
Umisei, yeah, that's it
Hai

Stretched to the limit, attention spans snap back
Retract, collapsing the laugh tracks
Noise response, applause and handclaps
Floodgates open to the sound of the rainbow
Breaking points on the verge of pointless
Fools anointed to the follower's fanfare
Look for the common, not superficial
Code red Cola War conformity crisis
Perfunctory idols rewriting their bibles
With magic markers running out of their ink
Lives in White Out, turn the lights out
Fax machine anthems, get your damned hands up

Hell yes, now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing (please, enjoy)
Hell yes, now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes, now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates (please, enjoy)
Hell yes, now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct

Yes (hai) umisei, yeah, that's it
Yes (hai) umisei, yeah, that's it
Yes (hai) umisei, yeah, that's it
Yes (hai) umisei, yeah, yes
I like your bass, yes, your beat is nice, yes

Hell yes, hai, hell yes, hell yes, hell yes, yes, hai
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I like Beck. But his rap is as bad as the rest of that tired, uncreative, waste-of-time musical genre.
Posted 4 years ago by willjay    [ Reply ]
Just so we’re all on the same page, this is an extensive remix of the original track from Guero. Beck has released a few albums where he allows other artists to remix his songs to create something very different from the original, which I think is cool. This is from Guerolito, which is the Guero remix album. This remix is by 8-bit, and definitely reinterprets the original in an interesting way. The original was probably my least favorite song on Guero (which I love). I enjoy this take, but it probably won’t be in my regular playlist.
Posted 4 years ago by Huck    [ Reply ]
I generally love Beck's music but this is about 2:38 too long.
Posted 4 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
This brings to mind Fascist Christ from back in '93
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 macpeck wrote:
Beck has done some wonderful music yet this is horrible.
 

This is some messed up alternative  version of the tune I like.
Posted 4 years ago by max_p    [ Reply ]
love it
Posted 5 years ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
Beck has done some wonderful music yet this is horrible.
Posted 5 years ago by macpeck    [ Reply ]
This song does not sound like the rest of the album.  This is actually a very good album (Girl, Black Tambourine, Go It Alone)
Posted 5 years ago by yagermeister    [ Reply ]
Awful, pretty much as ever, from Beck. Why play this when there is actual good music out there?
Posted 5 years ago by Quayde    [ Reply ]
For anyone that cares https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerolito is the remix album that has this track on it.
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Amazing breadth of variation. Beck is good. Really good.
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
Stick to the original mix.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
And Beck continues his ruthless one-man trailblazing to new musical frontiers.
Posted 18 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
A remix which yeilds no improvement. Which is surprising, given how infuckingbelievably bad the original version is. . . .
Posted 18 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
love it... great video, too
Posted 18 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
babygirl614 wrote:
OK, so this is a white person rapping.....
Posted 18 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
Sweet! I've never heard this mix before, pretty interesting. He's a talented guy, wrote him off after "Loser" (as everyone probably did). Going to see him tomorrow in NYC, can't wait . . .
Posted 18 years ago by jkamm14    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
I thought she was saying "peace and joy."
or peas in soy??
Posted 18 years ago by cptbuz    [ Reply ]
pleseq wrote:
The female voice ("please enjoy") is Christina Ricci.
I thought she was saying "peace and joy."
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Now come on, y'all. I hope that we all reallize that Radiohead wasn't the first band to use a HAL computer voice in a recording.
Posted 18 years ago by Zygomatic    [ Reply ]
RobGraham wrote:
Hip hop meets Kraftwerk. I probably won't be looking for this album soon...
I normally don't give a hoot about rap. But I find that Beck makes it sorta palatable for an old white dude like me. The album is great, and all over the place in creativity. Love the title cut. This cut is a different remix than the one on the album.
Posted 18 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
OK, so this is a white person rapping.....
Posted 18 years ago by babygirl614    [ Reply ]
RobGraham wrote:
Hip hop meets Kraftwerk. I probably won't be looking for this album soon...
I would say more like Herbie Handcock meets a re-worked Beck. I think I can skip this disk.
Posted 18 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]
Hip hop meets Kraftwerk. I probably won't be looking for this album soon...
Posted 18 years ago by RobGraham    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
I'm glad I was wrong.
that's too funny. i think i like that better! does the computer voice say "biyatch/bee-otch?"
Posted 18 years ago by evilmu    [ Reply ]
evilmu wrote:
you got it! also the Stephen Hawking-esque "Your beat is nice" smacks of Radiohead, fitter, happier, which makes me freaky-happy, too. agh, i'm sick! *dances*
I wasn't sure but I thought they said "Your bitch is nice" when I was listening to the album on the way to work this morning. I'm glad I was wrong.
Posted 18 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
jbgeezus wrote:
I say we decide with a dance-off.
you got it! also the Stephen Hawking-esque "Your beat is nice" smacks of Radiohead, fitter, happier, which makes me freaky-happy, too. agh, i'm sick! *dances*
Posted 18 years ago by evilmu    [ Reply ]
mbolch30307 wrote:
What the hell is this? I've apparently stumbled upon the white guy trying to sound black channel...
YES, its the result of a Ghettochip Malfunction at RP Headquarters
Posted 18 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
UGH! I like the one from the album. This one is just annoying with all the electronic blips and bleeps.
I'm with evilmu in liking this version better. I say we decide with a dance-off.
Posted 18 years ago by jbgeezus    [ Reply ]
evilmu wrote:
hah. i'm the exact opposite. this is the first one i heard so it's the only one i can stand. the other one bores me. then again, i'm geektastic about remixes featuring Nintendo-y sound samples.
Well there you have it! That's what makes the world go 'round
Posted 18 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
UGH! I like the one from the album. This one is just annoying with all the electronic blips and bleeps.
hah. i'm the exact opposite. this is the first one i heard so it's the only one i can stand. the other one bores me. then again, i'm geektastic about remixes featuring Nintendo-y sound samples.
Posted 18 years ago by evilmu    [ Reply ]
pleseq wrote:
The female voice ("please enjoy") is Christina Ricci.
Cool trivia.
Posted 18 years ago by radioparadisehead    [ Reply ]
UGH! I like the one from the album. This one is just annoying with all the electronic blips and bleeps.
Posted 18 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
ottovonbismarck wrote:
How do songs like this manage to get in and yet songs like Wilco's Handshake Drugs or Theologians (two songs I love) don't get in? I'm baffled.
Word. Hell Yes. (love Beck, but this remix is crap)
Posted 18 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Hell Yes! I love the rmx.
Posted 18 years ago by g-rod    [ Reply ]
Suh-hweet remix!
Posted 18 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Birdo wrote:
Posted 18 years ago by Cambot    [ Reply ]
Hell yes. Beck is improving!
Posted 18 years ago by amcallis    [ Reply ]
The female voice ("please enjoy") is Christina Ricci.
Posted 18 years ago by pleseq    [ Reply ]
No no no no no no no no no no! Make it stop!
Posted 18 years ago by slawjam    [ Reply ]
8)
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
How do songs like this manage to get in and yet songs like Wilco's Handshake Drugs or Theologians (two songs I love) don't get in? I'm baffled.
Posted 19 years ago by ottovonbismarck    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Birdo    [ Reply ]
This song is actually a REMIX of "Hell Yes", a track off Beck's forthcoming album Guero. The original version has a lot more scratching and a lot less "Gameboy" beats. Steve griff
Posted 19 years ago by SteveGriff    [ Reply ]
mbolch30307 wrote:
What the hell is this? I've apparently stumbled upon the white guy trying to sound black channel...
I like it (though a bit TOO much synth even for Beck)...he IS one funky white boy! Looking forward to the release. He's also got some serious range though...you want to visit the other end of his soul, listen to his more folky introspective album Sea Change.
Posted 19 years ago by semuta    [ Reply ]
What the hell is this? I've apparently stumbled upon the white guy trying to sound black channel...
Posted 19 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]