Issue #3: Music
So last night, the staff and editors of 826LA’s Good Times decided that local music would make a fine issue. To keep you entertained while we prep the print edition of the Good Times, here’s what our staff wrote about local musicians Beck and Castledoor.
Beck is looking for his Girl
The song “Girl” by Beck, was released on Guero on March 2005. The song is about a guy talking about a girl that he likes. I didn’t like the video because the story doesn’t go with the song that’s he is singing. The song is about a girl but in the video it only shows stuff, like a car, a map, a brochure, a hotdog stand and the TV screen dividing in half. Beck is walking through LA and in the video they don’t even show the girl that he is talking about. They show men playing instruments most of the time.
- By Miguel
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Beck’s “Loser”
It’s funny and it has a good beat. In the lyrics he says “I’m a loser baby” in Spanish. He sings the chorus – “Soy un perdedor / I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me” – backwards. The music video made me feel like I was in juvenile hall because it sounds like when you walk inside jail. It’s also funny when the cheerleaders dance silly. The video is set in the forest of LA It’s funny when the guitarist is on the roof playing the guitar, because that’s what I would do. The song is about how he’s a loser and why won’t you kill him.
Beck used to be in a comedian show, and he cut his hair.
- By Bianca
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The Echo Park/Silverlake band Castledoor’s album is called Shouting at Mountains. This is a good name for it because it makes you think of happiness. My favorite songs are Skipping Stepping Stones, Fifth Tambourine and Dumpster Diving. The music in “Dumpster Diving” sounds happy, but the words are romantic. They’re about a date diving in a dumpster and finding stuff. That sounds like a weird, stinky and dirty date to me. The video for this song is awesome because as first I thought they were going to be dressed like hobos, but actually they dress fancy and take care of each other. They brush their teeth, but then they jump in the dumpster and fly in this universe and they land in front of their instruments and start to sing. I like the guy’s voice. It’s a good voice, and a romantic voice. It would be good music for your iPod or your car because it makes you sing it out loud. “Fifth Tambourine” seems sad, actually sad and happy at the same time. My favorite part of this song is the drums. They’re pretty good. Their songs feel long. I like the squirrel on their poster.
- By Alanis