Beck makes the "old" new

Beck and MGMT played a private, live show for WXRT radio today. Both bands played an unrehearsed live show together on-stage for the first time. There were a few hits from each artists' repertoires, with the majority of the show being covers of old songs that sounded oh-so-new:

Blowin' in the Wind, played in minor key, Beck commented afterwards, "there's nothing like a funeral dirge in the afternoon. This song sounded particularly fresh and appropriate for these times. All the Young Dudes sequed into Across the Universe and Dear Prudence. A sprinkling of songs and bits of songs in homage to the Windy City: Cat Stevens' The Wind, Dust in the Wind, Another One Bites the Dust and Windy.

The sound was particularly unique as MGMT's drummer fashioned a drum kit from a cardboard box and white plastic utility bucket. Chatted with a guy touring with MGMT and asked him if there was a difference to the Chicago music crowd. He said that the Chicago fans were more about the music and less about making the scene, like he has seen in NYC and LA.