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Beck has announced 'Ride Lonesome', his first new album in seven years
Nigel Godrich mixes his first album of new material since 'Hyperspace'.
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'Readymade' by Beck is an alternative track from the album 'Odelay' (1996). The lyrics paint a restless search for air on an open road, with a sense of things fraying and being pulled back together. Images of thin resources and watches falling out of tune give the song an anxious, self-sustaining momentum, while the repeated idea of being “stuck together like a readymade” frames connection as something assembled, not guaranteed. By the end, the sense of departure is held in the sight of bags waiting, even as the scene continues to come apart.
"Readymade" is a track by Beck, from the album Odelay, released 1996. The track is 2:37 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Beck.
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An open road where I can breathe Where the lowest low is comin to me I can pull myself back up back down Stuck together like a readymade And nobody knows where we been Cancelled rations are running thin Watches tick out of tune Falling apart like a readymade And my bags are waiting In the next life Rubbish piles fresh and plain Empty boxes in a pawn shop brain License plates stowaway Standing in line like a readymade And my bags are waiting in the next life An open road where I can breathe Where the lowest low is comin to me I can pull myself back up back down Stuck together like a readymade And my bags are waiting in the next life
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Duet version arrives as Beck prepares to launch his North American tour run.
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