Guess I'm Doing Fine

"Guess I'm Doing Fine"
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Guess I'm Doing Fine is a single by Beck, from his fifth major-label album, the critically acclaimed Sea Change. It was a successful single and is one of Beck's better known songs.

Music video

The video was directed by Spike Jonze, and produced by Emma Wilcockson. It shows Beck playing a guitar, and walking around many places. In one moment, he doesn't hold a guitar, but due to special effects, the guitar begins to follow him. He walks to a tree with his guitar, and sits down. Eventually, a soccer ball hits him while he's sitting, and the person who accidentally rolled the ball on the ground to hit him, asks "What are you doing?" (Closed captioning is now on), while Beck answers, "Oh..um.., we're shooting a video for a song I wrote. The soccer player says "What's the song about?", and Beck replies "Oh man, It's a long story". Then, the closed captioning ends, while Beck tells the person about the song. He begins to play soccer with the soccer player and "the crew", but he leaves after a few minutes, and he begins walking with his guitar on.

Critical reception

The song mostly gained quite positive reviews from critics. Rolling Stone magazine said Guess I'm Doing Fine was one of the highlights of Sea Change and one of the songs that made it his best album. The song also got a positive review from The Decade, who made a list of the best songs of the 2000s; they said the song was the 99th best song of the 2000's. E! Online also gave the song a positive review, saying it was one of the highlights, and also added that the song got even better with repeated play.

External links

http://www.rhapsody.com/beck/sea-change
http://followthesound.blogspot.com/2009/09/beck-guess-im-doing-fine.html