Captain Beefheart

[Cenotaph]

I'm a rather avid fan of this man's work (read several books about him and seen quite a few documentaries about his life and work). What he lacked in eclecticism (on a superficial level, that is), he made up with brilliance and uniqueness. His magnum opus, Trout Mask Replica (1969), is a work of art and exhibits a type of music normally found in free improvisation and free jazz... even though the entirety of it is composed. It's dada, it's blues, it's fucking Captain Beefheart.

Anyways, here are a few videos:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjWoDKj-BoE]Dachau Blues - YouTube[/ame][ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9eTwPgl0GU]Captain Beefheart- Dr. Dark - YouTube[/ame][ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8mKHO2aX_k]Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band Fallin' Ditch - YouTube[/ame]

Anyone else a fan?

 

[bayoubill]

yep...

 

[BakshisMouse]

According to this dude, Trout Mask Replica is the best rock album ever!

 

[Cenotaph]

According to this dude, Trout Mask Replica is the best rock album ever!

Never been a fan of Scaruffi's ratings on albums. However, he's a great musical historian, and he occasionally gives interesting insight into the music every now and then.

 

[ginscpy]

According to this dude, Trout Mask Replica is the best rock album ever!

Never been a fan of Scaruffi's ratings on albums. However, he's a great musical historian, and he occasionally gives interesting insight into the music every now and then.

Better than Sgt Peppers??

What a clown.

Beatles don't even make his top 29 groups of the 1960s.

Spare "alternative" viewpoints...............

 

[Cenotaph]

According to this dude, Trout Mask Replica is the best rock album ever!

Never been a fan of Scaruffi's ratings on albums. However, he's a great musical historian, and he occasionally gives interesting insight into the music every now and then.

Better than Sgt Peppers??

Well, I personally prefer TMR over Sergeant Pepper's, but then again they're both very different albums.

 

[ginscpy]

he needs to get off the drugs

I never heard of Trout Mask Replica

 

[Cenotaph]

he needs to get off the drugs

Eh, it's just his opinion. Music is a very personal construct you know...

I never heard of Trout Mask Replica

It really is a wonderful, timeless album. I highly recommend you give it a listen whenever you get the chance.

 

[ginscpy]

he needs to get off the drugs

Eh, it's just his opinion. Music is a very personal construct you know...

I never heard of Trout Mask Replica

It really is a wonderful, timeless album. I highly recommend you give it a listen whenever you get the chance.

I played a few of Captain Beefheart tunes on your link. And read some of the rave reviews. And the bio of the guy - partner of Frank Zappa.

Guess I am missing something.

Need to be on drugs to decihper that incoherant NOISE.

 

[ginscpy]

I'm into folk rock stuff from the 60s like Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds.

Really mellows you out.

 

[Cenotaph]

I don't do drugs, and I love the album. It's not for everyone, though, I guess.

(I enjoy contemporary folk and folk rock also, by the way).

 

[edthecynic]

he needs to get off the drugs

Eh, it's just his opinion. Music is a very personal construct you know...

I never heard of Trout Mask Replica

It really is a wonderful, timeless album. I highly recommend you give it a listen whenever you get the chance.

I played a few of Captain Beefheart tunes on your link. And read some of the rave reviews. And the bio of the guy - partner of Frank Zappa.

Guess I am missing something.

Need to be on drugs to decihper that incoherant NOISE.

This one's for you.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN0eesCbN2A]I Love You, You Big Dummy - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ginscpy]

Just a bunch of noise to me.

My parents said the same thing about the Beatles.

I had heard of Zappa vaguely - but not this guy.

re: I Love You, You Big Dummy

some comment said "it kicks ass"

guy needs a lobotomy

 

[edthecynic]

Just a bunch of noise to me.

My parents said the same thing about the Beatles.

I had heard of Zappa vaguely - but not this guy.

re: I Love You, You Big Dummy

some comment said "it kicks ass"

guy needs a lobotomy

Well, you should just love this one.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyw3GIayapk]Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Cenotaph]

Just a bunch of noise to me.

My parents said the same thing about the Beatles.

I had heard of Zappa vaguely - but not this guy.

re: I Love You, You Big Dummy

some comment said "it kicks ass"

guy needs a lobotomy

Beefheart's music isn't textural or abrasive enough to be noise. He's more like a weird combination of blues, Bach, dadaist poetry, and avant-garde jazz. This is noise (from the man who invented noise music):

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHLmitA3o6g]Luigi Russolo - Veglio Di Una Città (from "Die Kunst der Geräusche") - YouTube[/ame]