Beck - Heartland Feeling Lyrics
I'm totally fucked up. I can barely speak.
I'm totally fucked up. They gave me so many drugs.
But, uh... I'm gonna be here...
Alright, what we're talkin about here is... is kind of a...
it's a heartland feeling... like, uh, Mellencamp, you know, kind of a Mellen feeling.
Uh, we're gonna need a real quick... uh, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bruce Spingsteen, Bob Seeger...
that type of feeling. A Mellen feeling.
You know, real, uh, powerful, approving music, uh... of a heartland quality, uh, just powerful straight-forward music.
And if you can't get just the right type of feeling, find someone who will pass and change them.
Old man johnson got his head in his hand
Makin' his way across state in a fiddlin' band
With hair all down in his eyes
And the microphone all covered with flies
When he gets done playin, goes back to his room
And he picks up a magazine, turns on the TV
Lights a cigar as he's fallin asleep
Well he's only a person
Who doesn't know shit
Yeah, nothin happenin
That's about it
Yeah
Well little Rosanna came from Texarkana
Had fourteen dollars wrapped in a bandana
Came into town not lookin for much
Well she found a hound dog and she named him Dutch
She got a job at the arcade takin' quarters
But she was never too good at takin' orders
So one night she stopped givin out change
She kicked the boss in the shin and unplugged the games
She's only a person
Who doesn't know shit
Nothin' happenin
That's about it
Ooo ooo
Yeah yeah yeah
Sam got canned at the cannery
He punched out the clock that night
His knuckle was bleeding as he walked home
He was cold and he had a headache
Well his wife was cookin canned beans
He took out all the money out of his jeans
And he set it on fire in the kitchen sink
As his wife handed him a drink
He was only a person
Who didn't know shit
Nothin happenin
That's about it
Oh yeah
Ooo ooo ooo
Smiler was lookin' for handouts
Sleepin' in an abandoned lighthouse
Down at the mini-mall shakin his hat
Washin' windows with his bare hand
He found a sports car
With the keys in the ignition
It just seemed so easy
He took a joyride, drove it into a hedge
Came out with the steering wheel wrapped around his head
Well he's only a person
Who doesn't know shit
Nothin happenin
That's about it
Ooo ooo yeah
Well Janie was born in a small town
Everybody just standin around
They had bingo games and the raffle
Everybody chewin tobacco
Well she grew up kinda restless
All her boyfriends wanted to be dentists
Well, she got a job at the truck stop
And she got old fast and never did what she wanted
She's only a person
Who doesn't know shit
Nothin happenin
That's about it
Yea yeah yeah
Oh yeah
[etc.]
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Beck Heartland Feeling Comments
God beck satan?
And unplugged the games . love it
Real powerful approving music
I don't know shit
And that's about it
song for the average American. politics have nothing to do with it you racist.
Christopher Burkett that's about it .ooh yeah
it is the song for a trump voter. God bless them. someone is finally doing right.
Christopher Burkett This song is 26 years old...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f34qI4EofQ4
still have dreams about wanting to go gaming but all the machines are turned off for the season.
He was only a person, who didn't know shit, nothing happening, that's about it.
“It has about eighteen verses, I think. I sometimes would play it in the show until the whole room clears up and everyone leaves.” ~ Beck
Hey I've been subbed to you for a while and I'm so glad I've found and really gotten into this older beck stuff and I was wondering if you knew any good places or websites to buy some of this older beck music. Or even if we could just talk beck for some time. I've always found his stuff really interesting and I find myself on YouTube looking for beck songs at 2:00 am. So if you had any pointers at all let me know
My old college band once played a gig so bad even the bartenders walked out.
NEGIEK you sound just like me! i adore beck to the moon and back i don’t think he has the golden feelings for sale anymore cause he sold the tapes back in the 90s
Theme song for the average Trump voter.
Wow I don't think you get it at all
its a song about opportunity and failure. politics have nothing to do with it. nice try. take your liberal joke elsewhere.
Christopher Burkett . thank you
larry sanders
BassHeadsProduction . what's up with Larry Sanders .
only a person who doesn't know shit. Nothing happening- that's about it. Yeah, baby, you're singing my song.
"Find someone who will pass and change them."
I like this rough feeling.
last time I say it but Beck has some serious Boredoms influences in his songs...but his songwriting is his own and very unique!! Love this artist
Not asking you to say it again, but Boredoms? Really? I mean I love me some Yamantaka Eye, but.. beyond the collage at the head of this song, this comment doesn't really make sense in this context. Now as to avoid to being a dick who sh*ts on people, you have seemingly great taste in music and I generally agree with this statement with regards a great deal of early Beck. Great parallel to draw. May nothing but happiness come through your door.
This Beck song reminds me of Hunter S Thompson for some strange reason!
Like numba a hundred!
the end sample is Tokens - I hear Trumpets blow
I think this song is a great early example of becks attitude towards life and his songwriting style.. I love it
If you liked this, check out A Western Harvest Field By Moonlight. Or, in fact, any of his other albums. He really likes to reach in every possible direction.
beck in the intro sounds exactly like thurston moore haha
Delectable.
what song is this?
seth mason Heartland Feeling from his cassette-only 1993 album Golden Feelings. It was briefly on cd in 1999, but he sued the label to keep it out of print.
love this song, anyone know what the sample is at the very end?
Doesn't give a F^&! :)
that`s the best song about the feelings
He sounds like Greg Ginn from Black Flag with his deadpan intro speech
I bought "Golden Feelings" on cassette for $7 from Beck when I saw him (and met him) the first time in 1994 in Boston, MA! Probably one of my favorite Beck releases! I also have "MTV makes me want to smoke crack" on Green vinyl!
Willin' to sell that cassette?..haha. Love early Beck man that's so cool
How much would it take to get you green mtv, I have the clear one myself even more rare
I think it has kind of a melon feeling.
@wasabihansen
no, as in beck is a dj cowboy as well as a rock folksinger :P
this song has exactly the right balance between sarcasm and seriousness. perfectly judged. good job, mr. hansen
who is dj cowboy?
i agree!, this song with sissyneck and guess i'm doing fine are my favorite songs ever
@ssstoffe
and dj cowboy. don't forget dj cowboy.
nothin happenin.,.
Bruce is both rock and folksinger. He is at times very much a heartland folksinger. I love both Bruce and Beck.
I love the old (or would that be young?) Beck, his early work is far better than anything past odelay.
Nothing can compete with Midnite Vultures.
Ryan Smith
Hey I know you!!
He's not just a rocker. He does folk as well and much more!
shit I want this song...
I'm really liking this song. A lot of heartwarming but surreal lyrics and I like all the "moment in time" mimi-stories that Beck paints so beautifully as only he can.
And then that ending....
this is hilarious. Beck at his best!
In my top 5 Beck songs of all time! God I love this.
Golden Feelings pops up on ebay once in a while but be expecting to pay for it!
this is great. i love beck and i want this album