Mad Men tried to get Beck to record the show’s theme song

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Beck revealed in his recent Billboard interview that the hit show Mad Men had tried to get him to record the theme song. After turning it down the RJD2 recorded A Beautiful Mine for the theme, which is now recognized around the world. From Billboard:

I suggest that he obviously has confidence in his own instincts, but Beck quickly demurs, “My instinct has definitely gone awry; I could give you many examples.” He laughs and tells me about how, several years ago, he turned down repeated requests to write the theme song for a new cable TV series. “It’s about ad executives in the ’60s? They’re going to make a show about that? Really? Um, I don’t think so,” he remembers saying. “Yeah, just like the best show ever made!”

Beck has a new album Morning Phase that is out on 2/25, and you can stream it in full right here.

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