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Loser

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I bought this CD Single simply for the simple reason that I loved the song, "LOSER"(at that time I was not a big Beck fan...I would come to my senses though and that changed). The lyrics to this song are simply beyond brilliant! This is the song that made the world aware of one of the best artists in the music industry today.

"CORVETTE BUMMER" has got a really good beat to it, while "ALCOHOL" has a cool pace to it and for the majority, is similar to MELLOW GOLD's "BLACKHOLE".

This version of "SOUL SUCKIN' JERK" is not a remix of the one you hear on MELLOW GOLD. More like just a different approach to the song using the same lyrics, but in a different music style. That, and it's a much longer version than the album version.

"FUME" is a great song. Awesome beat, great lyrics, and as usual with Beck and his last song, he has a little wait before going crazy on a melody.

I highly recommend this CD single to any Beck fanatic AND any music lover wanting to experiment!

This EP is absolutely perfect, I bought this based on hearing "Loser" on the radio again recently, and the best song on here has to be "Corvette Bummer", can't see why it failed to get on the album."Gonna walk around this town with a can of whiskey, gonna fly like a bird..", and the reject version of "Soul Suckin' Jerk" is also superior to "MellowGold"'s version. "Fume" is also awesome, "Smokin' broken pencils and drinkin' a Coke" will make you just crack up. Put this one in your cd changer in your trunk for sure.

Great deal for this EP. It's pretty common, so if you haven't picked it up already, you probably aren't a huge Beck fan. All 4 unreleased tracks are excellent. The standout is the remix of "soul suckin' jerk". It's sbout twice as long with the original with extra verses and additional instrumentation thrown into the mix. It's really not a remix at all, just a different version. "Fume" chronicles a joyride complete with the two things no traveler should be without: nitrous and molly hatchet. All songs would easily fit on to "Mellow Gold", and prominently feature Beck's pop sensibilities. That's it. It's only 5 songs, so that's all I'm writing. Buy it. It's worth it. Thank you. Good Night.

Evidently, there are 2 versions of this single. I bought one way back in the day which has LOSER on it, accompanied by CORVETTE BUMMER and these two other UNBELIEVABLE songs! TOTALLY CONFUSED, a mellow song with (get this) a female back up singer, and one of Beck's greatest songs of all time--MTV MAKES ME WANT TO SMOKE CRACK, where Beck tears it up on the piano. You need to find this version of the single as well, because the songs on this particular version are really cool, but having a Beck collection at your home without MTV MAKES ME WANT TO SMOKE CRACK is like showing up at church naked...it's UNSPEAKABLE!

First of all, its an EP but it has LOSER on it which I already have. Then it also has SOUL SUCKIN JERK which I already have. So what am I paying for? Well first off, SOUL SUCKIN JERK is even better than the one you know (and that song was flippin awesome in the first place).
Well, consider a few things. How much of a BECK fan are you? Do you like the LOSER song? Are you into BECK because you just heard that E-PRO song on the radio?
I like the songs on here a whole lot, personally. I wouldn't have just bought this myself on a whim, I knew ahead of time that I wanted the songs... Like FUME. This is a very raw, old school BECK song, about locking yourself up in a vehicle with your friend and huffing gas to get high. This song has one of the greatest BECK hooks ever....

Theres a fume, in the truck
and I don't know if I'm dead
or what the f*ck

Great stuff. Beck doesn't sware like he used to. He used to sware alot. He had a lot more piss and fire in his songs, this stuff may seem very strange to new fish. CORVETTE BURNER is another raw rowdy peice and ALCOHOL is a folksy ONE FOOT IN type of song. If you've never heard the ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE album, this one may seem kind of strange too.
Beck has a lot of ultra rare stuff, B-sides, soundtrack cuts, indie records... One of these days it would be nice to see some sort of anthology be released. Theres so much great stuff by this loser.

As for this one, try and get it cheap, as it IS only three songs that you wouldn't be able to find else where.

This EP is a true gem. Other reviewers here have sung its praises well, but most have suggested it was released (or should be considered) as suplimentary material to Mellow Gold. This EP apeared before Mellow Gold, and its vision should be credited for MG and Beck's popular breakthrough. Most of these tracks were recorded in an amateur studio, written and performed by an artist who was hitherto a nearly homeless outsider in the Indie scene in LA. On this disk you will hear a Beck with the dazzling lyrical inventiveness and surefooted rhythm that he has become known for, but little of the pretentiousness and bloated overproduction that releases like Midnight Vultures have earned him. Lest we forget, Beck's arrival marked a breakthrough for whiteboy hiphop nearly as significant as the Beastie Boys. This EP marks that emergence and thus will always sound revolutionary to me. This disk is loaded with significance and the artist seems to know it. Behind the laughing-up-his-sleeve bravado, the Beck of the Loser EP is exploding with the urgency of this new vision. It continues to astound me.

"Loser" is the song that put Beck on the musical map and this EP (5 songs, 23 min.) is essential to any Beck fan's collection. For one, none of the 4 bonus songs are on the "Mellow Gold" album.

"Corvette Bummer" is in the same vain as the "Mellow Gold" album, with an irresitable beat. "Alcohol" is an accoustic reflective tune, quite nice. "Soul Sucking Jerk" is a 6 min. scratch-and-rap tune, also irresistable. "Fume" is the only weak track of the bunch.

Beck has done many different things since "Mellow Gold". I loved "Midnite Vultures" but I just didn't "get" his latest CD ("Sea Change"). However, Beck's output from the "Mellow Gold"-era remains unsurpassed, and this EP is essential.

I bought Mellow Gold when it was new and never had any reason to pick up the Loser EP, or so I thought. A few years later a friend played the EP for me and I flipped over how good it is. The songs and arrangements here are my favorite recordings Beck has ever done. I looked for Loser on CD for years and never found it, eventually concluding that it was out of print and I was out of luck. When I happened to stumble across it as an Amazon MP3 download I think I clicked the buy button quicker than I ever have in my life.

This may be a short CD, but it's a fun one. If you like Beck, every song on here will have you paying attention! You'll be hitting the < button on your CD or MP3 player over and over again!

I really dig this single. The version of Soul Suckin' Jerk took a little getting used to because I grown up on the original. But after listening for a while I started to really appreciate the differences. The other songs are all classic Beck. Very much in the same style of Mellow Gold. If you enjoyed Mellow Gold, I see no reason why you wouldn't like this.