Beck Did It Better

We are talking about Beyonce and the ultimate album about infidelity. Jay-Z messed up with Becky with the good hair and we are here as Becky with the good Hars, as in Har di Har har (laughing.)  We debut the new "spanking of the week" segment, we talk about the best way to get student's attention and what places we would get taken to by our special someone. Then we talk about how to give someone t...

Hey everyone! Why is a jazz album on this list? We don't know. Are we actually smart guys who know a lot about jazz? YES, we are! Thanks, Ken Burns! We talk about the greatest selling jazz album of all time and Rob teaches you very poorly about Modal music. You might say he is a modal student!  If podcasting is cool, you can call us Miles Davis! Rob starts by immediately calling the album by the w...

Sorry for the blank ep again. Aaron is on such thin ice!    Move over Rover, let Beck Did It Better take over. We are talking about the greatest debut album of all time with Jimi Hendrix: Are you experienced. We talk MItch Mitchell, Noel Redding, The Ventures, and BECK this week.  We look at this fantastic album and discuss guitars, singing and all the stuff that goes into an album. Matt is now in...

SORRY FOR THE DELAY AND THE BLANK EPISODE. I put Aaron in charge of this ep and he blew it sorry.  We are talking about John, Ringo, Paul, and George. This is the album that broke them up and that fire is brought to this one as well. We are talking about sledding as adults, Aaron's celebrity spotting and Rob makes a best friend.    We debut Matt's tribute to the listeners and we get into the 1000...

Today we are talking about one of the sexiest albums of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums, D'Angelo's Voodoo. This is his second album after Brown Sugar and D'Angelo and Questlove made sure that this is one of the funkiest, grooving albums that you will ever hear, even if you have no idea what D'Angelo is saying.   We take a call from the Beck line and we hear another weird thing that Aaron does in...

Do you think your Wu-Tang sword can defeat me?" "En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style" We have talked about this album for the last 26 episodes and now we are finally talking about it! We catch up with the RZA, the GZA, Ghostface Killah, and ODB! We take some constructive criticism from a caller and then we have a DOUBLE making fun of Aaron. He needs to protect his neck? We bring da ruckus...

We look at a New York proto-punk legend, Patti Smith, and her combination of music and poetry.  We get to hear Aaron sing a bit on the opening song and we make a rare apology to Aaron. Then Russ apologizes to Rob and eventually, Matt apologizes to us all.  Rob summarizes the three Alicia Silverstone Aerosmith videos, we talk baseball cards, Aaron doesn't talk about food, and we talk about what str...

We are 1/4 of our way through 1/5 of the list and we are talking about one of the greatest songwriters of all time with Carole King. We talk ring tones because we are all old as hell and you know we are talking about Crazy Frog. Then we talk about watching movies together in college and we follow Russ of his Odyssey of mailing some shirts. Then we talk about more baking classes and waterbeds.  Rus...

We listen to the eponymous album by The Velvet Underground and Nico.  We start by talking about Aaron's brand new foot issue after we make fun of him for his food-based Rolling Goen.  Then Aaron keeps it going by talking about how this album caused him to read some of that classic Lou Reed fan fiction and the joys of going hiking.  We talk relegation and getting dumped because someone listened to...

We talk about the 90's hit by the Notorious B.I.G. We delve right into the music and our memories but we have to get some stuff out of the way to begin. We get a caller to the BECK LINE who shares her favorite dirty Christmas song and the rest of the episode is a true cakewalk.    The reviews are in from experts in the art of speech and we talk about the worst conversations you can be in. Then we...

Hello everyone, get ready to strap your hands across my engines!   This episode is legitimately good! I am just going to start telling people when they are good. We are talking THE BOSS and his 1975 hit album BORN TO RUN! We start with a super special voicemail and then we use parts of that voicemail to make intense jokes about one of us! Standard stuff!  Then we MAKE FUN OF AARON for making assum...

We take big step into a different type of album. Where lyrics and melody don't matter! None of us are Radiohead fans but will this album win us over? Is it a Rolling Groan? Listen and find out! We get angry letter from Houston and find out who is God's gift to men!   Matt talks parenting and that naturally leads to a conversation about Jackass. Russ talks airports and he and Matt try to decide who...

We talk about the sensational 2015 album and how it is both stressful to listen to and modern poetry. We talk about watching your children play sports, favorite holiday gifts and there is an apology of the week involving Mariah Carey and a red snowmobile suit.  We talk about how this album is a history lesson in music from funk to bebop  (with Thundercat and George Clinton) and how Busta Rhymes le...

Hey Y'all,    In this episode, we talk about Kanye's post Taylor Swift interruption opus, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. We talk about the album, what led to him making it and why it is both funny and powerful.  We listen to a song about Russ selling knives, we take a nice voicemail from the BECK LINE (802 277 BECK.)  We give some creative criticism of our first apple podcast review/ fan we do...

In this episode we talk about the Rolling Stone list of " The Greatest Rock & Roll Christmas Songs, Holiday Songs." That title is not great but this episode sure is!    If you want to listen along, here is a link to the playlist.  We start with the 12 days of This Funny Podcast Feed and then talk about the sobriety of the various hosts. Then we meet the hit new character "Big Bopper Claus" and...

We are talking about the first true rap album on the top 500. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy. We talk about the incredible sound on the album, Chuck D and his awesome presence and what do we make of Flavor Flav any way?  Before we get into the album, we have a couple of special guests to talk about Minnesota United soccer and we once again debate how good is Wonderwa...

This week the Beck Did It Better boys dive into the 1967 record from the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. We are talking about the great documentary "Amazing Grace" and why James Cleveland bugged us so much. We delve into recording the album at Muscle Shoals and why Aretha's version of RESPECT is so much better than Otis Redding's.  We get a couple of calls from (very nice) people (that we don't ma...

In this episode, we meet at a spooky mansion to talk about the best selling album of all time. Thriller! Does that make it the best album ever?  We talk about flying with children, talking to kids about werewolves, and our favorite way to cook vanilla coconut greens. Then we look at the slickly produced "Thriller" and talk about if it is too perfect? We talk Quincy Jones, more Paul McCartney, and...

We are all thankful for many things this year. We are especially thankful for the support we get from our loved ones when making this podcast. It is more like indifference but we still appreciate it.  The three spouses of the members of Beck Did It Better got on the mic to talk to Russ about their thoughts on the podcast, when it bugs them, and they give some dating advice to Russell.    Enjoy the...

We talk Lauryn Hill and her only album on the Top 500. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is #10 on the list. We take some more voicemails from angry listeners and talk about a random playlist that is not making fun of said caller. It Thuds!   We talk politics and gas station etiquette while Russ explains what tenterhooks are. Russ talks about his job in a pyramid scheme while the rest of the guys ig...

Hoo baby! More Bob Dylan for you! We talk about Bob's breakup album and how it was yet another album partially recorded in Minnesota!    Aaron plays his audio diaries for us so we can listen to him go insane while he sleeps with the rats and tells us the perils of going to the bathroom in the same spot in the yard.  We discuss broomball and dealing with mice and we talk about yet another multi ins...

Listen... we talk about a lot of stuff in this episode. It might be our best ever. But none of that matters. Aaron is currently living in his garage and needs to crawl out a window to go to the bathroom. It is all I can think about.  Matt hates Halloween and the BIG BOPPER makes a comeback. But that is all background noise compared to Aaron being locked into his garage at night by his wife.    We...

Welcome to the election day episode of BECK DID IT BETTER. This week we are electing the number 7 album on the list, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. We talk love triangles and how this sounds like a greatest hits album.  We also talk about the first song to hit a billion downloads on spotify and youtube and then get in an argument about whether "Wonder Wall" is truly a stadium anthem (it is).  Then we g...

Welcome to the Halloween edition of Beck Did it Better!  This week we are talking about our most modern album yet! Nirvana's Nevermind. We talk about the death of hair metal and one of the most iconic album covers of all time.  Russ tells us his disastrous idea for being the cool guy on the block during Halloween and Rob plays the scariest songs ever. Aaron explains what a natural pharmacy is and...

Hello, people of earth!    This week we are talking about the final album The Beatles ever made. Abbey Road! To help us out we have a special guest and self not proclaimed expert EMMERSON! He helps us break down what makes this album so special and how it can be view through the lens of The Beatles breaking up.  We also explore the ins and outs of the PAUL IS DEAD conspiracy theory and talk the wo...