Paradisco
By: Beck Hansen

Written by: Beck Hansen

Versions:
  1. Paradisco (4:27)
    Available on Stage Whisper.
    Credits
    Bram Inscore: Bass
    Beck Hansen: Drum Programming, Guitar, Keyboard / Synthesizer, Producer, Vocals (Background)
    Cole Marsden Grief-Neill: Drum Programming, Engineer
    Cassidy Turbin: Engineer
    Dean Nelson: Engineer
    Darrell Thorp: Mix
    Charlotte Gainsbourg: Vocals
 
Lyrics:
Paradisco [Version (a)]:

In paradiscos
We get bored of breaking windows
Turning beggars into heroes
Bodies moving
Innuendos in paradiscos
Looking for only pleasure
A little pain, take a measure
When you're a flame that'll burn forever
And forever

I'll burn an effigy out of the past
Then our clothes catch fire as we dance
And I wonder how long it would last
Walking through a room full of broken glass

In paradiscos
We'll make a million out of zeroes
Split an apple with an arrow
Play the violin like Nero
In paradiscos
Into the eye of a needle
You can fly like a mosquito
And turn into a million different people
In paradiscos

I'll burn an effigy out of the past
Then our clothes catch fire as we dance
And I wonder how long it can last
Walking through the room full of broken glass

I'll burn an effigy out of the past
Then our clothes catch fire as we dance
And I wonder how long it can last
Walking through the room full of broken glass
 
The Song:

Back in 2009, Beck was working with Charlotte Gainsbourg on her upcoming album, IRM. He then went out on a tour of Japan behind Modern Guilt, and at one of the shows played a song called "Paradisco." None of us were sure what the song was, so I asked some sources, and it was suggested it might be for the upcoming album with Charlotte. The track, however, was not released on IRM.

Then a couple of years later, Charlotte released a follow-up album that contained a handful of "new" songs. One was "Paradisco"! Charlotte explained in one interview that "Paradisco," was them "just having fun," and that it did not quite fit onto IRM.

The track itself is quite groovy, and I think it's one of Charlotte's best vocal performances ever. It feels like an oddly structured song to me, and I quite enjoy the lyrics. I'm not sure what makes a "paradisco," but I gather that it is a night club/disco and that seems to be the scene of the song.
 
Live:

Played live once:
March 26, 2009

Just played the once so far.