REMASTERED IN HD! Official Music Video for Pay No Mind (Snoozer) performed by Beck. Follow Beck: Instagram: / beck Twitter: / beck Facebook: / beck Website: www.beck.com (C) 1994 Geffen Records #Beck #PayNoMind #Snoozer #Remastered
This song is zen. The art of not caring. I think it shaped my world view more than I care to admit. A few more states left to go but I believe I've covered singing this at most public transportation facilities from Virginia to Portland so far.
This is one of the greatest songs you ever wrote. People who weren't there will never know how much you nailed the feeling of the 90s recession and subsequent "jobless recovery" with these lyrics. It's key to really understanding the grunge generation.
I fucking love Beck, everyone of his albums are so different and unique. I love how he doesn't stick to the same formula for all his songs, he does whatever the hell he wants.
And that explains his longevity. The ability (and courage) to try new ideas and not pander to the record company in sticking to a previously 'winning' formula. I can quote an old film noir character here; 'Repetition is death'.
This song give me that 90s, care-free teenager nostalgic feeling. Smoking Lucky Strikes non-filtereds in the rain, walking along the train tracks and going to some crappy, after-school fast-food job.
@@NoahRobertGraves I can see an old Lucky Strike smoke stack out my window here in Church Hill, a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, the former tobacco capital of the world.
I'm 22 and still do shit like these, but the job i have is not half time, more like... From 5 Am to 5 Pm... It's tiring, but i won't let it take out the young rebel mind of mine
I agree--that's exactly why Punk as both the ethos/movement and genre of music died in the 90s. Everybody then thought it was now cool and no longer verboten to comply to the Man and sell out to all the corporate masters, and everybody's still doing it since. :(
Well one thing about the 90s/ the " I pay no mine" attitude was big time the attitude. There where no social justice warriors trying to change the world on every corner. Well frankly I liked it better before the social justice warriors started trying to save the world.
I remember critics in the magazines were all saying that Beck would be a "one hit wonder" we'd never hear from again when "Loser" hit. I then heard this song not much later and wondered if they had even bothered to listen to anything else he'd released because it was clear he had talent and we'd be hearing a lot more from him.
This is why I like Beck. He always seems to write some of the most nonsensical lyrics you've ever heard of, almost like he ad-libs his songs, and yet still makes great music. :)
it makes perfect sense to me... maybe your doing too much indica, get on the sativa baby!!! Give the finger to the rocknroll singer as he dances upon your pay cheque, the flames climb high through the garbage pale sky, like a giant dildo crushing the sun!
Beck is definitely the king of the one-liners. “We are aimless, and our target is an empty wall. Always tainted radiation from the factory. no complaints, but I wish I had more time for my brain.”
@@ChuckFirefox a lot of his lyrics are pretty bizarre and either actually nonsensical or extremely obscure, but yes, this song is much more understandable and based in reality than a LOT of his other songs.
it makes perfect sense. He is an artist dreamer , just got signed by a label. He pays no mind now to the crap he has had to take trying to get by in the USA.. Hes on the train and YES he really made it big in the end . my fav loser. love Beck .
if you sing in your best beck voice and lay your head to one side, letting your cheek sag, you get instant beck tone. how i spend my days is quite brilliant.
I remember buying this on Cassette in 1994 listening to this song in my basement in Bayside Queens I remember the first time I heard it this is only the second time that I’ve heard it great song great album great memories
Geez, listening to this album back in the summer of 1994, working solo evenings at a non air conditioned gas station out on Rt 1 when barely any customers came after 8pm, making $5 an hour and finishing off any Coors Lights the owner left me. This song was me at my summer job at 19, between freshman and sophomore years of college. Fresh in my mind like it was yesterday.
I agree this is his best song in my opinion, And they never play it on radio so it'll always be the best Because the only time you'll ever hear it is if you search an play it!
I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan. I think Beck was a pretty good lyricist and songwriter since the beginning, but it's tough to get over how rough his early recordings sound.
I just had a perfect day. My mind is relaxed because (this may NEVER ever happen again). My eyes are happy from reading under a tree in a meadow. My hands a re smooth from painting, and yet my hands are gritty from rock climbing. I like that feeling. Now my ears feel that way.
I remember when this album came out, first loser, then this song were released as singles and I knew this guy was a genius....still is, making some great tunes....
@@darienhigh same here, I remember Beercan and Loser were on MTV over and over, along with Heart Shaped Box and Black Hole Sun :) I thought Pay No Mind was the best track on the album, but I never saw a video for it until now. I can confirm our learned friend is correct however- Pay No Mind was the second single from the album but unsurprisingly it didn't reach the charts (unless 139 in Australia can be considered charting) and as such got almost no airplay, hence us thinking it was an album release only.
How does Beck only have 400k subs? I thought it would be substantially higher! Kids don't know what good music really sounds like. Cheers Beck and thanks for the great tunes!
@@jasonbarbush1794 Anything that makes a person physically feel good (drug) has the tendency to make someone like it too much or rely on it (addiction).
Aos 2:42 tinha visto pela primeira vez um bluntslide, muito estiloso para a época... Ficava torcendo pra ver novamente na MTV, mas era raridade eu conseguir assistir. Então passei a ver lá nos vídeos da 411 e outros...
I was Beck's (and his wife plus four other people) server at a restaurant I worked at in NYC back in 2013.I wasn't going to intrude on his dinner by telling him I was a longtime fan but at the end of the meal I mentioned I was going to the concert (he was playing with Modest Mouse at a small festival the next day) and wished him a good show when I dropped the check. His wife smiled and asked me a couple questions while Beck just stared at his half eaten dessert. She noticed he was spaced out and nudged him and then told him I would be at the show. He looked me in the eyes for 5 seconds or so and then looked off to the middle distance. It was so weird but also kinda cool. His wife looked at me an gave me an "I'm sorry" look. I got the feeling that happened a lot in that relationship.Anyways, it was cool getting to recommend a wine to Beck and all that.
Just saw Beck in Sydney. So great! And he opened with this song! Apart from fantastic and beautiful music, Beck talked to the audience a lot, got some audience participation going, and was very funny!
