Beck rocks a U47 live on SNL(?)

losthighway · Post by **losthighway** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 8:31 am

Not only did he play one abstract beauty of a slow-burner on national TV, but he also did it in front of an orchestra while singing into a U47. Amiright?

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/ ... ve/2753020

eh91311 · Post by **eh91311** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:19 pm

U47? Looked like it. That Beck track was a little underwhelming chord-wise...

Nick Sevilla · Post by **Nick Sevilla** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:41 am

Beautiful song.

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:52 am

It's pretty cool to see someone on SNL with a chamber orchestra.

I wish there wasn't such a spitty reverb on his voice so we could have really heard that mic. I wonder if the song works better in context of the record.

Scodiddly · Post by **Scodiddly** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:21 pm

DPA 4099's on the strings!

Agree about the overly-heavy reverb. I think it would have sounded better without it.

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:00 pm

drumsound wrote:It's pretty cool to see someone on SNL with a chamber orchestra.

I wish there wasn't such a spitty reverb on his voice so we could have really heard that mic. I wonder if the song works better in context of the record.

Is the audio from SNL performances on TV even actually from the performance seen? I thought this stuff was mostly pre-recorded.

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:52 pm

kslight wrote:
drumsound wrote:It's pretty cool to see someone on SNL with a chamber orchestra.

I wish there wasn't such a spitty reverb on his voice so we could have really heard that mic. I wonder if the song works better in context of the record.
Is the audio from SNL performances on TV even actually from the performance seen? I thought this stuff was mostly pre-recorded.

I really don't have the foggiest clue. I'm just commenting on what I heard. It did seem like he was singing and that the mic was reacting to proximity.

losthighway · Post by **losthighway** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:41 am

It seemed like the vocal was live to me. Not like when I made everyone at the Super Bowl party sad by explaining that the person was lip-syncing.

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:19 am

Nice song, but what's with that hat? Makes him look like a child.

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:41 am

losthighway wrote:It seemed like the vocal was live to me. Not like when I made everyone at the Super Bowl party sad by explaining that the person was lip-syncing.

I thought the RHCP performance famously had live vocals only, and prerecorded instruments (no guitars plugged in?)...

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:39 am

Loved this. Everything about it. Crooner Beck!

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:25 am

I thought it was pretty good, also.

Not the hat, but my daughter noticed it looked like he hadda girl's shirt, even if the buttons were on the correct side ...

jwnc · Post by **jwnc** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:04 am

The new Beck album is pretty incredible to me, the orchestral song on the cd is drentched in reverb but in a good way, its warm, atmospheric, etc. The verb on SNL was kinda harsh and cold so it wasn't as nice as the cd is.

Jason

Scodiddly · Post by **Scodiddly** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:43 pm

ubertar wrote:Nice song, but what's with that hat? Makes him look like a child.

I feel like a dick for saying this, but probably hair loss.

Scodiddly · Post by **Scodiddly** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:44 pm

My question is "what was the spotlit dude with the keyboard thingy doing?".

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