Petrified Forest - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

[meltingmedia]

One of his best, and in under 2 minutes. I was so lucky to see him perform live. The lyrics apply so well to today, as this is one of the few Beefheart songs that has a deliberate point in our political world.

[kachunski]

this is an amazing poem

[bbcart1]

Ah, an artist like this comes along every fifty years or so.

Unfortunately I don't see anyone out there ready to replace him.

He had a gift and got as much of it to us as he could afford.

It came at a steep price and its going to take a couple hundred years for

it to sink in.

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[JuneJune1950]

I can't believe that no one has responded to this track yet.

This continues the apparently anarchic trail laid by Trout Mask but ultimately resolves in perfect order.