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Beck Did It Better

Music, Music Commentary, Music History

Beck Did It Better is a comedy podcast where we discuss the top 500 albums of all time as decided by Rolling Stone magazine. We don’t know the Beatles from the Beach Boys, but we are here to talk about it. We also give dating advice to our single friend.

Episodes
346
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 38 min
On air since
2020
Latest episode
1 week ago

Episodes

346 episodes, newest first

  1. Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever (1989) with Neal from Lakeville

    Episode 511

    Show notes

    What is scarier than bringing on a hip hop fan to talk Tom Petty? We find some songs that are certainly scary to listen to and Russ announces that this is the worst group of songs he has ever heard and we listend to Replica Trout Mask!

    We talk baseball, how to talk to kids about sensitive subjects, more baseball and not at all about watches!

    Then we talk Tom Petty and how an album this good can have a last song that is so bad.

    Next week we are going to be off but then we are coming back with BB King live at the Regal or Neil Young when the rust sleeps.

    2 hr 46 min
  2. 295. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (with Peter from Pigseye) 2013 ep. 295

    Episode 510

    Show notes

    Folks, we have Peter on who is just the best and you can hear me try to impress him on our longest episode ever. We have 2 paradoy songs, some great games and lists and this album us a banger.

    however.. i have to say that at the end of all this aaron showed us the cast on his thumb when we were not recording and it was HUGE. I can't think about anything else.

    Next Week: Neil Young and Crazy Horse with Rust Never Sleeps

    2 hr 43 min
  3. Weezer: Weezer (Blue Album) 1994 ep. 294

    Episode 509

    Show notes

    We are finally talking Weezer but before we do, we talk old radio shows, hit the wildest region of the cereal bracket, and talk about going to a weezer concert.

    then we talk weezer and do a list of the best bands to come to minneapolis with Weezer!

    Next week, Daft Punk Random Access Memories

    1 hr 50 min
  4. The Breeders: Last Splash (1993) ep. 293

    Episode 508

    Show notes

    Get out your Guiness book of world records and join us at your favorite resatraunt as us four YOUNG guys hang out and talk about young things like customer service, showing up to things early, and what you do when your phone is terrible and doesnt just do what it is SUPPOSED TO DO EVEN THOUGH IT COST 1000 Bucks.

    Then we have a list of the best bands with Twins and then we talk about this fun band where every song is a slightly different version of alternative music.

    Next week. It's happening.
    Blue Album by Weezer.

    1 hr 11 min
  5. Van Halen: Van Halen (1978) w Jon from Edina ep. 292

    Episode 507

    Show notes

    Listen,

    This album rips. It's so good that I had to reach out and BEG our guest to come on. Jon loves all things guitar and so I had to bring him on to talk about Eddie and the boys and literally his boy later in the band's life.

    And what a life that was. I knew more about Van Halen and its members than any band ever. Thats crazy when you think about it.

    We discover a new thing Aaron is into and then hear him spin a terrifying yarn. Then Russ talks us to the most fiber filled bracket ever.

    Listen to this ep and then go back and listen to the Destiny's Child one again and a lot of the jokes make more sense and it also explains why we never seem to mention Russ's BIG NEWS.

    Also I got in big trouble at home making the paroduy song at the end but it was worth it.

    Next week we have the Breeders and Last Splash.

    1 hr 47 min
  6. Russell's BIG NEWS

    Episode 506

    Show notes

    Listen, this is a podcast bit you can send to anyone and it is no boring watch stuff, just Russells Rolling Going. Send it to everyone you know to share our wonderful news.

    You can't say this podcast has not had a story arc.

    26 min
  7. Destiny's Child: The Writing's on the Wall (1999) ep. 291

    Episode 505

    Show notes

    Listen, we can tell you all about our favorite watches or some mystery shoes that we sent to us in the mail but this episode has the biggest news that (thus far) has been dropped on the podcast ever. Its so big, I am going to release a second episode this week that is just Russ's Rolling going.

    We talk Destiny's Child and Beyonce and the perils of going against her online or even if you are in Destiny's Child itself.

    Finally, we have a lot of inception type jokes in this one so get ready to relisten to this one after Van Halen next week and it will make more sense.

    1 hr 41 min
  8. Beck Does it Again! John Lennon: Imagine (1971) orig aired

    Season 2, Episode 504

    Show notes

    Rubs eyes.

    Oh man... where am I? I thought today was sept 9th! Its the day Lennon released this album. This has one of my favorite parody songs and a lot of jokes about women I love making love to people who aren't me.

    This episode made me laugh made me what to go to Vegas. We get the origins of East St. Paul, and the origins of Aaron's weird relationship with his car dealer.

    The bleeped joke was "loose slots" I hated that I remembered that.

    1 hr 28 min
  9. Outkast: Speakerboxx/The Love Below (2003) ep. 290

    Season 2, Episode 503

    Show notes

    Listen. This is a great album and all. There is some funny stuff here in the middle and at the end but mainly, we get to hear a record buying list from Aaron and it is exactly what you think it would be.

    We talk breweries, the importanance of visiting friends, how Rob is dealing with his Cpap. Then we give some more showering tips and do a list that Russell does NOT like.

    Next week we have Destiny's Child: The Writing's on the Wall

    1 hr 29 min
  10. A TRIBUTE TO DOLLY PARTON

    Episode 502

    Show notes

    We replay all the times we talked Dolly Parton on the podcast and then replay our Coat of Many Colors episod

    1 hr 48 min
  11. Björk: Post (1995) ep. 289

    Season 2, Episode 289

    Show notes

    We've driven through the mountain passes of Iowa to bring you this episode about Björk's 2nd album Post. We head out to the field of dreams, get expensive tickets to a game, and Aaron has a car dealer say "Please leave me alone."

    Then we go over more of our favorite cereals and don't talk about nearly as many mining accidents as we did last week.

    So put on your latex and meet us next week when we check out an underground album called Speakerboxxx/ Love Below by Outkast. (kind of)

    1 hr 39 min
  12. The Modern Lovers: The Modern Lovers (1976) ep. 288

    Episode 501

    Show notes

    FROM ROLLING STONE: Jonathan Richman moved from Boston to New York as a teenager in hopes of sleeping on Lou Reed’s couch. That influence shows on the two-chord anthem “Roadrunner.” Recorded in 1972 but not released until 1976, Lovers turned the tough sounds of the Velvets into an ode to suburban romanticism. “Rock & roll was about stuff that was natural,” Richman said. “I wasn’t about drugs and space.” Songs like “Pablo Picasso,” “Girl Friend,” and “Dignified and Old” touched generations of punk and indie-rock innocents.

    Note From Rob: Some of the audio for the sfx and music sucks because my computer sucks. How can a MacBook bought this year not handle RECORDING A PODCAST? I am too lazy to fix it all, and the music is not that great anyway.

    1 hr 23 min
  13. The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) ep. 287

    Episode 500

    Show notes

    Hey everyone,

    Look out for those bedposts this week as we talk a Faux British invasion and we go deep underground for the Byrds/ Bob Dylan mash up of Hey Mr. Tambourine Man. We talk going up to Alaska, barfing on a boat, getting your fiber and why Hublots just plain blow on this three man weave of an episode.

    Then we turn up the treble and listen to this divisive album while also talking about the biggest mining disasters of all time (these days it would be a data mining disaster)

    Next week we talk The modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers. If you have heard of the band, I am impressed.

    1 hr 39 min
  14. Beck Does it Again: Ready to Die by the Notorious B.I.G. (1994) Orig Aired 1/26/21

    Episode 499

    Show notes

    In 1994 on this day Biggie married Faith Evans and very little else happened on that date so this is the ep you are getting while we finish up our summers. To be honest, I have no idea if this is any good or not but it is episode 22 which is very funny unless you understand the concept of aging.

    Enjoy.

    If you hate this, you will really hate http://www.beckdiditbetter.com

    802 277 BECK and the voicemail is NOT full. That is a rumor.

    1 hr 33 min
  15. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication (1999) ep. 286

    Season 2, Episode 498

    Show notes

    Today we are talking big life changes by way of when you get better at baseball, and then we talk a LOT of baseball before Rob shares the horrors of the plane ride over. Then we chat about the best songs about handiwork, and we sample the wondrous (and glowing) Mountain Dew Donut by Kwik Trip.

    Then we get our bong di biddie bing bong on with another Rick Rubin joint (stop selling crypto) and talk about a banger of an album that should be higher on the list.

    Next week, we have the Byrds with Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man.

    visit Beck Did It Better.com and call or text 802 277 BECK

    1 hr 38 min
  16. Big Star: 3rd/ Sister Lover (1978) Ep. 385

    Episode 497

    Show notes

    THERE HAS BEEN A DISASTER. AARON HACKED INTO MY EDITING AND DELETED MY AUDIO FOR THE FIRST PART!! Reload the podcast if that it is happening.

    http://www.beckdiditbetter.com

    802-277- BECK

    1 hr 22 min
  17. BECK Does a Clip Show! The best of the Crash Test Dummies, LIVE, and Dirty Granny

    Episode 496

    Show notes

    On this day (July 14th), 60 years ago (1966), Ellen Reid was born.

    She was the keyboardist for the band the Crash Test Dummies! So I compliled all times we mentioned them. Then that wasn't enough time so I grabbed all the times we talked about LIVE and then I added Dirty Granny because why not?

    We are recording this Friday so we probably will have an episode soon.

    1 hr 18 min
  18. Beck Does it Again: Micheal Jackson: Off The Wall (1979) orig aired 4/27/21

    Episode 495

    Show notes

    Stil haven't had a chance to record but today is the 17 anniversary of the funeral of Michael Jackson. 17th year gift is "traditonal furniture" so BDIB is sending him a chimp cage and some Malachite vases.

    1 hr 25 min
  19. Beck Does it Again- Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA (1984) orig aired 5/9/23

    Episode 494

    Show notes

    We are still in schedulepocalypse, and I am going to Italy soon, so we will call this a planned vacation that we knew was coming.

    June 30th, 1984, Bruce Springsteen hit his highest chart number ever with "Dancing in the Dark" hitting number 2 (When Doves Cry.)

    TBH I don't know anything else about this episode but you pigs will each any slop I bring you so eat it up and enjoy not working in the summer.

    1 hr 52 min
  20. Beck Does It Again: Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Western and Country Music (1962) Orig Aired-1/24/23

    Episode 493

    Show notes

    Today is the day this Album became #1 in the U.S. in 1962, and I thank God every day I wasn't around then. It sounds boring as hell.

    Apple didn't like how I uploaded this so I had to do it again. Sorry Manny

    Just a heads up... we are in schedulepocalypse and might take a few weeks off. Sorry that my wife loves to plan stuff! Call in and complain on the voicemail. 802 277 BECK

    1 hr 36 min

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