Beck Shares New Cover of Neil Young's "Old Man" for Sunday Night Football On NBC Commercial Ahead of Tom Brady vs. Patrick Mahomes Match-up (Fonograf Records)
Beck dropped a new song this morning. Well, it's actually a cover of Neil Young's 1971 staple, "Old Man," from his iconic 1972 album, Harvest. And Beck's version of "Old Man" actually made its debut last night during the NFL's Sunday Night Football On NBC. It's a 30-second black-and-white spot showcasing Beck playing "Old Man" on his acoustic guitar inter-spliced with imagery of both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' newly un-retired quarterback, Tom Brady, and the Kansas City Chiefs' own quarterback and rising star, Patrick Mahomes. It sounds like next Sunday, October 2nd, The Bucs & The Chiefs will be facing off, as will 45-year-old Brady and 27-year-old Mahomes. The NFL's clip kinda frames Mahomes as being the next "Old Man" Brady and shows highlights of both players' careers. It even boasts a rather "heart-warming" exchange after 2020's Super Bowl LV wherein Mahomes says, "hey, you're a legend, man" and Brady replies, "yeah, keep in touch." Mahomes, then, replies back, "yeah, yeah, for sure;" little did Mahomes know he and Brady would again be facing off just two short years later following Brady's brief 40-day "retirement" and steadfast un-retirement.
Anyways, it's a cheesy commercial, especially, if you don't really care much about football and/or Tom Brady, for that matter. Otherwise, it's a great cover version from Beck of Neil Young's timeless classic, which still rungs true 51 years later. Beck is scheduled to be opening up for (wait... how is BECK "opening up for anyone" in 2022!!?) Arcade Fire between October 27th and December 2nd, but who knows how long that will last considering the recent string of allegations levied against frontman Win Butler. Beck recently clebrated the 20th anniversary of his own iconic album, Sea Change, with a 35-track Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube playlist he curated himself called Beck | Mellow. Beck is next set to appears on Gorillaz's forthcoming February 2023 album, Cracker Island, on a collaborative song called "Possession Island." Beck has supposedly re-recorded two of his own iconic, genre-defining hits, "Loser" and "Where It's At," so hopefully those will be released sooner than later. Beck's cover of "Old Man" is now available on streaming services on Fonograf Records/Capitol Records.