although trout mask replica is one of my alltime favorites I strongly recommend doc at the radar station.......his last recording for virgin records.I have the original on vinyl (*)-(*)
"While appearing humorous and kind-hearted in public, by all accounts Van Vliet was a severe taskmaster who abused his musicians verbally and sometimes physically. The band were reportedly paid little or nothing. "
In his 2010 memoir "Beefheart: Through The Eyes of Magic", John French recounted being "screamed at, beaten up, drugged, ridiculed, humiliated, arrested, starved, stolen from, and thrown down a half-flight of stairs by his employer"
@nge1301 Might well be,but a bit of salt would be handy,while reading these tall tales.
One has to expect the unexpected though,when putting one's self under the Captain's guidance.That bunch deserved each other anywayz."Trout" is still fucking overrated anywayz.Give me his more easier on the ears SP☼T years any day.
@nge1301 Well,if you go for "Trout",you might find his '71-'72 offerings "Clear Spot" and "The Spotlight Kid",too rockist. I find them his best stuff.
zoot horn rollo AND winged eel fingerling! drumbo! rockette morton! art fucking tripp! the quintessential MB! saw this lineup in Portland summer of '71, and my musical DNA was permanently altered! we miss ya Captain!
ZAPPA said: "u can't do that on stage anymore" ...but that's IMPOSSIBLE to play!!!! simply incredible!!! MAGIC BAND!!!! so long Capt'n & THANK YOU!!!!
As the music played, I began to get an electric tingle in the lower, left part of my brain. It slowly tingled its way up, and over the top of my brain, where it gained in voltage, and then blew out one of my main fuses. I LUV Beefheart man.
There's some missing footage on this. The band continues with a unique art piece called Instrumental for Feet and Fingers. Feel free to check it out on my channel.
@HitThatJiveJack its not actual musical ability that im comparing, its songwriting, i feel that the dead wrote way better songs than zappa regardless if he could play them under the table, eat more drugs and listen to them both and youll see what im getting at
soundin good, and probably one of the best-looking versions of the Magic Band. Rockette Morton and Drumbo looking debonair, and the Captain, always a sharp dresser, sporting that badmitton hat from the Trout Mask Replica cover. style all the way.
Why does everyone have to mention Tom Waits? Sure, Waits is good, and his style is derived from much of what Beefheart did, especially vocal delivery, but he's not the only one Beefheart influenced, and he's definitely not of the same caliber as Beefheart, who literally made portals to new dimensions. EVERYONE's influenced by Beefheart at this point.
when i first heard the Captain in 69 or something, when we all discovered LSD and this music was influenced by ACID bigtime and thats why we loved to listened to it on LSD trips, then it really started to make sense, like Jimi and Bob at the same time they all discovered acid. So for those who are "experienced".. .groovy!
It is more than Beefheart's range--it's his LANDSCAPE, and it is probably the most colourful in all of rock music. Many do not get it, so live and let live, but those of us touched with sand-sky-flame are thankful to the Great Captain who now plays golf with the Big G and pitying the poor hamburgers of the lower depths. Cheers! (Cecil B from Birmingham)
I advice all the people who aren't enjoying Captain Beefheart's more avant garde - inspired works to listen the the album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller). This album has a more "melodic" sound while still having the unique beefheart sound. If you like Shiny Beast, you will more easily enjoy albums like Trout Mask Replica and Lick my decals of baby.
1971....he was way out there in front of the pack. Pop music at the time was what...Elton John? And sure the Beatles were coming to the end of their run. Don Van V just did what he felt like. Lucky for us there were enough people around at the time to care enough to record his music. This stuff is brilliant.
Seriously though, I've just heard The Captain for the first time. This is the music I've always regressed to yet now I see I was progressing and didn't no it. My understanding now is not to let the ship sink! Everyone in the band has a pale, follow the Captain above all don't let the ship sink and beautiful music can be made.
awwwwwwman! Oh Oh!!! I can get all of it!! I didn't have a lick of brains before. But now I can ride on the lucky whistle machine it it don't make me blink ! Heck all's to boot if you grabin at the fat daddy wagon of lermains boot. AwwwwMan Oh Oh I can dig that fat chockin bog hidden sitch is witch. awww it cracked the bone daddy that big ole tooth bone that don't let the begger ride awwwwwwW#@@%$
as someone with zero musical credibility I'm really not sure how anyone can listen to certain Captain Beefheart songs and go "yeah this clearly a joke, nobody could sincerely enjoy this"
I'll admit that it took me some time to get into Trout Mask Replica and was dumbfounded at first, but halfway through I started getting why people liked it. Maybe the "ugh this is awful" commenters judged the man's entire work by this one video? (I honestly prefer the album versions of most of these songs)
the european one, in the Rock In Opposition movement and the american one in the NYC Downtown scene, but most obvious in the San Francisco scene around Ralph Records....that´s evolutionary!!!!
Beefheart always asked their musicians to write the music down on paper from his whistles and piano ideas and then based the entire performance on the scores, most of the passages are not improvisations actually...in this particular video Beefheart is closer to the "double quartets" composed by Ornette Coleman. It´s important to notice that Beefheart left his music career when all his ideas were assumed by at least two new generations of musicians...(continue in next post)
I remember the first time I heard Beefheart, and I hated it. A family friend, a good 10 years or so my senior, came over to dub some LP tracks onto cassette. It was typical late 60s/early 70s stuff, Stones, Winter Bros. Among the LPs was "Trout Mask Replica". My reaction was, "really? You LIKE this?" But by my senior year in HS, digging on the Residents, This Heat, etc, I finally HEARD it. Thank God or Bob or whatever, people like this exist. I'm still trying to live up to this as a musician.
Find the documentary "The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart" (on youtube). Matt Groening explains it perfectly- at first, he HATED it. Listened a few more times and ddidn't like it til he realised they were "trying" to make it all sound the way it does. Then the more he got into it, the more he loved it; he maintains Capt BH's 1st album is the best in the world. It's called avant garde. It pushes your boundaries. Get some!
@Cymrolerpwl Hah funnily enough they played my home town (a real shithole on the north-east coast of England) with Jimmy Carl Black in 2002 (I think)--I got to shake the hand of The Indian of the Group! But yeah they were really good. I take it your friend is their guitarist? I think he played a bit of bass, too...ask him if he can remember the Spiders Web gig in Grimsby! All the best to you both!!!
@MrCleanandWhite Sorry MrCleanandWhite, you're wrong; TheJomogogo is no idiot, he's just a modern example of The Emperor's New Clothes syndrome. Happy new year, pal:
Thank You to who ever posted this.First go forward in peace Captain.And to who ever posted this it is good to see video evidence of the breathing apparatus and the Captain, Thank You again.
I'm pretty sure the bassist is Rockette Morton, who briefly quotes "Hair Pie" during his solo. Love it or hate it (I love it), this is an absolutely astounding performance.
Songs in order: "When big Joan sets Up", "Woe-Is-uh-Me-Bop", "Bellerin' Plain". If anyone can correct me please do. I think the songs are interlaced with two small solo parts (improvised or probably rehearsed) like the end of When Big Joan with the bass and the end of Woe-is-uh with the marimba. Its marvelous to see the live performances like this one, definitely its is the "MAGIC BAND".
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for posting this. John French is THE unsung GREAT drummer!!!! Capt. Beefheart blew my mind and changed my life at a young age. He will be special to me till the the day I die! Thank you Don for giving so much while receiving so little.
@elsisfo - Elliot and I live in the same building - better known as Winged Eel Fingerling - we are "call the cops" buddies when horrible shit goes down in this fucking horrible place in Hollywood - some might say that he and I deserve better - I can't get him to jam and I can play this stuff!
For the Capt. May he Rust in Peas... Bombastic elasticty udders the city that never slips, Sleep peppery tones dripped,splinked,spluttered. Pickled guitar patterns,fell from the stars Drums go bopped and plopped and dropped. Sticks and strings,rhythmically flayed, the breasts of the milk white meat beast. Oh bring me black,my hobo blues Don't let me count,no big toes two I'll wait for ya honey in the ant E Chamber. Blue some smiles,on them glue shoes Wer'e dancin in the full loon tonite BVK
@vonorn sorry but only Beefheart can do Beefheart poetry. I know your tribute is heart-felt but it's buttock-clenchingly cringe-worthy when people try to do it...even John French (see his account of a "dream" near the end of "Through The Eyes Of Magic").
@elsisifo That's Mark Boston (Rockette Morton) on the doubleneck. Elliot Ingber(Winged Eel Fingerling) is in back playing guitar. He has the large beard.
@terrbass thanks for you answer i look at henry kayser and he start to play guitar when he see play elliot in california early days and thats why i look deeper in to him...early mothers freak out album.. any way thanks..
@elsisifo That's Mark Boston (Rockette Morton) playing the doubleneck. Elliot Ingber (Winged Eel Fingerling) is on guitar in the back. He has the large beard.
This is just a modern example of The Emperor's New Clothes syndrome, Zappa said this shit was really innovative and hip, so all the sheep pretended to like this noise because only teh truly kewl would understand it. I think Zappa was playing a joke on the public, this is painful to listen to.
@Cymrolerpwl Fuck, man! I'm 28 so never caught the Captain but I did see the reformed Magic Band in 2003 and it was honestly the best gig I've ever been to. But yeah, envious?!?!? I totally am. Beefheart, Harkleroad, Boston, French and Tripp?!?!? WHOW. These cats were more powerful and avant-garde, "out there", if you will, than the Beatles and their ilk EVER were. Oh and my man--if you haven't read the John French book then do so! It's not be the most flattering portrait of Don Van Vliet...
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LOL The man who tricked many into believing what he did had merit. FACTS: He could not hit 5 octaves (lol he can barely sing thats the point of this joke), so he never broke glasses, he knew his "art" was a joke and his music too, his lack of education is very apparent in interviews. So he was an inside joke that a few people got caught in and decided to go along with to appear to "get it" when the only thing to get was that people wasted their time filming a mongoloid.
It may be true that he couldn't hit 5 octaves, but he still had a huge vocal range and was a great songwriter.
He opened a new dimension for music and influenced many great artists like tom waits.
So, if you think you can call the captain or his art a joke, then you are either a fool who doesn't understand anything about what art can be, or just an ignorant asshole. (excuse my language)
@spicymeatsandwich How much longer are you going to vandalise this page with your debris, you overweening agglomeration of degenerate molecules? What are you writing LOL for? Only a cretin of the first order would willingly debase their discourse with that cliche abbreviation, or as you so eloquently put it, a mongoloid. Where is the incontrovertible proof that he was an inside joke? Show us what hermetic piece of knowledge your vomit is predicated on and what it proves?
Beefheart was a joke, eh? Forget trying to compose something of equal value, just try PLAYING something like Bellerin' Plain or Evening Bell on a guitar. How about singing us your version of Electricity?
In the words of the late comedian Bill Hicks, "The fact that you don't like it or get it - That's fine. The fact that you have to try and make everybody else feel bad for liking it - THAT'S what makes you an asshole."
@pulsedemon Captain Beefheart was recognised as a musical genius by names such as Frank Zappa,Bob Dylan and of all people Jimi Hendrix. He also wanted to smoke some crawdads with Granny,but uncle Jed wouldnt let him! All jokes aside to be on the Beverly Hill billys was a honer for the many musicians that guest starred! Tom Waits said Captain Beefheart was a genius!~
@pulsedemon Amen. Zappa recorded "Trout Mask", said Magic Band did THE WHOLE THING in 1 take, Zappa couldn't find anything wrong, said "Hey, might as well do another take", and they did it in 1 take AGAIN. There ARE some Beefheart songs I find melodically grating (I once played Trout Mask into my unlit fireplace to chase away a raccoon that decided to live there. 'Coon said that guy was an asshole too), you can't put down the musicianship BTW, love your taste in comedians, & FUCK DENIS LEARY
@RaoulDukeOfEarl Where did you get that story? Good one, but untrue. Much of it was live in the studio but there's no evidence that anything was done in one take.
@andaloudog i've heard this story in "captain beefheart: under review." but as it's completely anecdotal (no evidence is presented, nor is it said by any of the people who were actually there), i'd have to agree with you. still a great tale.
@andaloudog Sorry, I just "got that story" from one of the "33 1/3" books, the one by Kevin Courrier, about Trout Mask Replica. I'll try to prepare a bibli-effin-ography for you when I get a couple more seconds to rub together. Perhaps you could get in touch with Mr. Courrier and set him straight.
Zappa had mastery of music but wasted it! CB breathed life into what talent he had... mainly that awesome 4.5 octave vocal range and a vision of what if! Oh, and I forgot, BF had this great sense of the power of humor. hehe!
Zappa had mastery of music but wasted it! CB breathed life into what talent he had... mainly that awesome 4.5 octave vocal range and a vision of what if!
It's so revealing and mindblowing to watch the band go through these tunes - Hackleroad (Zoot Horn Rollo) said it was all about hanging on to your part, because the various time signatures could really lead you astray. Everyone claims influence, but no one sounds like this - I always wonder how he managed to get a band to do it. And Jimmy Carl Black said - Zappa was good, but if you wanted avant garde Beefheart was the man.
@Lazarusb And, where did he say that?? Everything is on the internet these days, give us a link. I don't recall seeing that in the 4 or 5 books on Zappa and The Captain that I've read.
The finest insight into what it might have been like to whitness Don Van Vielt's musical genius. Rest in peace Don, a few of us will never forget you or stop listening to your music for the rest of our lives xxx
WOW!!! God forgive u nutz4all. Apparently u've had 2much extensive classical robot training in time signatures and melody from the mass produced sugar coated fantasy bubble realm. Nutz4all, i thought similarly back in the day, but if you listen to his voice you hear blues licks, pre-boss squelchs and rap overtones. Sorry nutz4all, but you have some catchin up to do, just as I did. Peace!
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WOW!!! What the hell was that??? What a crock of shit...I mean really, you need to be so frickin' drunk and coked out to consider this music...RIP Beefheart and may your "music" be either buried or burned along with you...Damn, that really sucked!!!!
"B&B" Bottleneck& Beefheart. They said he died on BBC today 11:30 Bangkok time.
But they did not play his music.Nope. So crawled out of the bathtub and turned on my computer. YouTube>>>. " Captain Beefheart" Thank you. YouTubers.
too bad you all think Troutmask is an "album", any artist KNOWS that it is a painting. overr8d my browneye!
MrBubblegumballs 2 weeks ago
although trout mask replica is one of my alltime favorites I strongly recommend doc at the radar station.......his last recording for virgin records.I have the original on vinyl (*)-(*)
jules74386 2 months ago 2
@jules74386 The guitar sound on ...Radar Station is so badass. Listen to the Minutemen, they sound like that album a lot.
Tooindieforyou 1 month ago
One of the most wailing band lineups of all time
fordinner 3 months ago
"While appearing humorous and kind-hearted in public, by all accounts Van Vliet was a severe taskmaster who abused his musicians verbally and sometimes physically. The band were reportedly paid little or nothing. "
In his 2010 memoir "Beefheart: Through The Eyes of Magic", John French recounted being "screamed at, beaten up, drugged, ridiculed, humiliated, arrested, starved, stolen from, and thrown down a half-flight of stairs by his employer"
nge1301 3 months ago
@nge1301 Might well be,but a bit of salt would be handy,while reading these tall tales.
One has to expect the unexpected though,when putting one's self under the Captain's guidance.That bunch deserved each other anywayz."Trout" is still fucking overrated anywayz.Give me his more easier on the ears SP☼T years any day.
Interesting performance this.
PAULLONDEN 2 months ago
@PAULLONDEN thats interesting
what album would you recommend? I only heard Trout, and enjoyed it a lot
which do you think its their best album?
nge1301 2 months ago
@nge1301 Well,if you go for "Trout",you might find his '71-'72 offerings "Clear Spot" and "The Spotlight Kid",too rockist. I find them his best stuff.
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nge1301 3 months ago
zoot horn rollo AND winged eel fingerling! drumbo! rockette morton! art fucking tripp! the quintessential MB! saw this lineup in Portland summer of '71, and my musical DNA was permanently altered! we miss ya Captain!
DonInFremont 3 months ago
I got every record this man put out.
lionlr1 4 months ago
ZAPPA said: "u can't do that on stage anymore" ...but that's IMPOSSIBLE to play!!!! simply incredible!!! MAGIC BAND!!!! so long Capt'n & THANK YOU!!!!
marcelpascottoable 5 months ago
haha, watch the "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame add Beefheart! He'd blow the place up!
I now listen to some Beefheart rarities over at "Spotify"
bbcart1 5 months ago
haha, watch the "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame add Beefheart! He'd blow the place up!
bbcart1 5 months ago
John French, Artie Tripp, Eliott Ingber, Bill Harkleroad, Mark Boston, Don Van Vliet
zzwanderer 6 months ago
omg beef is fucking at his zenith here. if you dont get it, dont sweat it. it takes time. revisit in 10 yrs
TheInboil 6 months ago
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!!!
Russelltate 6 months ago
Yea, I was there Ford Auditorium. They're tearing it down now as I type this.
robbee23 7 months ago
@robbee23 u saw this show??
TheInboil 6 months ago
@robbee23 :( The ruins of Detroit haunt me. Still so glorious.
SavethexQueen 5 months ago
I wonder where he is playing at in Detroit.
owlandtree 7 months ago
Everybody's doin it
Don't let them ruin it
They will.
They don't make Cats like this anymore.
As the music played, I began to get an electric tingle in the lower, left part of my brain. It slowly tingled its way up, and over the top of my brain, where it gained in voltage, and then blew out one of my main fuses. I LUV Beefheart man.
magprob 7 months ago 2
Woe is a me bop, my hands are too small!
FastANDBulbous117 7 months ago
The measure of an artist is how misunderstood you are in your own time. Thelonius Monk, that's where Don Van Vleit is.
gj2b 7 months ago
There's some missing footage on this. The band continues with a unique art piece called Instrumental for Feet and Fingers. Feel free to check it out on my channel.
bookheaven1000 7 months ago
this music swirls,sways pushes,pulls and paints beautiful images ...if you dont get it just dont post maaaann
timbo241162 8 months ago
Fuck me... that's fucking frightening
gezunder 8 months ago
capt. beef ain't fucking around... those poor bastards practised his music like 15 hours a day for 8 months like a cult
aakkoin 8 months ago
@HitThatJiveJack its not actual musical ability that im comparing, its songwriting, i feel that the dead wrote way better songs than zappa regardless if he could play them under the table, eat more drugs and listen to them both and youll see what im getting at
MyButtStinks 8 months ago
Psychedelia at its finest!
OdinsOrb 8 months ago
soundin good, and probably one of the best-looking versions of the Magic Band. Rockette Morton and Drumbo looking debonair, and the Captain, always a sharp dresser, sporting that badmitton hat from the Trout Mask Replica cover. style all the way.
GreenManalishiUSA 8 months ago
Awesome clip!
aboutdafunk 9 months ago
Why does everyone have to mention Tom Waits? Sure, Waits is good, and his style is derived from much of what Beefheart did, especially vocal delivery, but he's not the only one Beefheart influenced, and he's definitely not of the same caliber as Beefheart, who literally made portals to new dimensions. EVERYONE's influenced by Beefheart at this point.
Manwithcam 9 months ago
could the cap play melodic sax? he did play a mean harp....
capoeirnesto 9 months ago
Sounds like freeform Jazz
zed0469 9 months ago
I would kill to have been there.
SydBarrett7 10 months ago
@spicymeatsandwich
Douchebag
bertel23 10 months ago
when i first heard the Captain in 69 or something, when we all discovered LSD and this music was influenced by ACID bigtime and thats why we loved to listened to it on LSD trips, then it really started to make sense, like Jimi and Bob at the same time they all discovered acid. So for those who are "experienced".. .groovy!
drfist800 10 months ago
When Big Joan Sets Up
It's on Trout Mask Replica
This version is a bit different from the album version, it sounds more like it would have been on Lick My Decals, using marimba and all of that.
BenjaminFranklinism 10 months ago
What's the name of the first song?
Merzbowxnoise 10 months ago
It is more than Beefheart's range--it's his LANDSCAPE, and it is probably the most colourful in all of rock music. Many do not get it, so live and let live, but those of us touched with sand-sky-flame are thankful to the Great Captain who now plays golf with the Big G and pitying the poor hamburgers of the lower depths. Cheers! (Cecil B from Birmingham)
ccbirbaby 10 months ago
Beefheart was very talented, he was an ARTIST.
cwodragon 10 months ago
Beefheart was very taented, he was an ARTIST.
cwodragon 10 months ago
@ladyash2112 "He was a REAL man and not some dainty pretty boy with a delicate frame"
I didn't realise that REAL men spent a fortune having their nails manicured etc?
I always got the impression that Don was a great big gay bully that wanted to be zappa.
His music was completely different but equally brilliant, thanks to John French, but let's not go there...You MUST read his book though!
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thekwaze 11 months ago
I advice all the people who aren't enjoying Captain Beefheart's more avant garde - inspired works to listen the the album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller). This album has a more "melodic" sound while still having the unique beefheart sound. If you like Shiny Beast, you will more easily enjoy albums like Trout Mask Replica and Lick my decals of baby.
superkulmedkniv25 11 months ago
Fantastic footage, thank you.
babymicrobe 11 months ago
1971....he was way out there in front of the pack. Pop music at the time was what...Elton John? And sure the Beatles were coming to the end of their run. Don Van V just did what he felt like. Lucky for us there were enough people around at the time to care enough to record his music. This stuff is brilliant.
jburke55 11 months ago
brian bedonde
sodemored 11 months ago
Seriously though, I've just heard The Captain for the first time. This is the music I've always regressed to yet now I see I was progressing and didn't no it. My understanding now is not to let the ship sink! Everyone in the band has a pale, follow the Captain above all don't let the ship sink and beautiful music can be made.
70schild63 1 year ago
awwwwwwman! Oh Oh!!! I can get all of it!! I didn't have a lick of brains before. But now I can ride on the lucky whistle machine it it don't make me blink ! Heck all's to boot if you grabin at the fat daddy wagon of lermains boot. AwwwwMan Oh Oh I can dig that fat chockin bog hidden sitch is witch. awww it cracked the bone daddy that big ole tooth bone that don't let the begger ride awwwwwwW#@@%$
70schild63 1 year ago
RIP Captain
cwodragon 1 year ago
as someone with zero musical credibility I'm really not sure how anyone can listen to certain Captain Beefheart songs and go "yeah this clearly a joke, nobody could sincerely enjoy this"
I'll admit that it took me some time to get into Trout Mask Replica and was dumbfounded at first, but halfway through I started getting why people liked it. Maybe the "ugh this is awful" commenters judged the man's entire work by this one video? (I honestly prefer the album versions of most of these songs)
RaymondoPerson 1 year ago
Sensational!
62tenor 1 year ago
the greatest musicians of all time
mradamcooley 1 year ago
i am fascinated by the captain but can also understand the perplexity of guys like spicymeatsandwich
grandecapopirellone 1 year ago
R.I.P. DON VAN VLIET...
flipside1545 1 year ago
what a voice...fuck the range.. i mean THE VOICE!!
lyla40s 1 year ago
Eargasm !
palteonato 1 year ago
I don't understand how there could ever be a better band than this. But I can't wait.
dirtyfilthytart 1 year ago 2
Thanks for all the brilliant music. I'm sad you've gone.
andygray 1 year ago
8:47...Bellerin' Plain....nuff said
joshula13 1 year ago
the european one, in the Rock In Opposition movement and the american one in the NYC Downtown scene, but most obvious in the San Francisco scene around Ralph Records....that´s evolutionary!!!!
antiguoautomata 1 year ago
Beefheart always asked their musicians to write the music down on paper from his whistles and piano ideas and then based the entire performance on the scores, most of the passages are not improvisations actually...in this particular video Beefheart is closer to the "double quartets" composed by Ornette Coleman. It´s important to notice that Beefheart left his music career when all his ideas were assumed by at least two new generations of musicians...(continue in next post)
antiguoautomata 1 year ago
this groove is way off the chaaaain!!
shaft9000 1 year ago
I remember the first time I heard Beefheart, and I hated it. A family friend, a good 10 years or so my senior, came over to dub some LP tracks onto cassette. It was typical late 60s/early 70s stuff, Stones, Winter Bros. Among the LPs was "Trout Mask Replica". My reaction was, "really? You LIKE this?" But by my senior year in HS, digging on the Residents, This Heat, etc, I finally HEARD it. Thank God or Bob or whatever, people like this exist. I'm still trying to live up to this as a musician.
benjaminopie 1 year ago
Find the documentary "The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart" (on youtube). Matt Groening explains it perfectly- at first, he HATED it. Listened a few more times and ddidn't like it til he realised they were "trying" to make it all sound the way it does. Then the more he got into it, the more he loved it; he maintains Capt BH's 1st album is the best in the world. It's called avant garde. It pushes your boundaries. Get some!
lawdawgit 1 year ago
@lawdawgit His first album was Safe As Milk, Trout Mask was his third.
vollsticks 11 months ago
A grEat muSical dAdaisT .. and a remarkable human being. RIP ( rock in paradise ) el 'Cap.
LondonDada 1 year ago
Mr. Bungle must be HUGE Beefheart fans. I mean, FUCKING HUGE. Just saying.
hecbiz75 1 year ago
@Cymrolerpwl Hah funnily enough they played my home town (a real shithole on the north-east coast of England) with Jimmy Carl Black in 2002 (I think)--I got to shake the hand of The Indian of the Group! But yeah they were really good. I take it your friend is their guitarist? I think he played a bit of bass, too...ask him if he can remember the Spiders Web gig in Grimsby! All the best to you both!!!
vollsticks 1 year ago
TheJomogogo
is the idiot that goes around the net preaching that NASA sent men to the moon,
Look at what he watches
fantasy shows.
yeah ....ok...... I guess his parents must have been pretty stupid too.
you know what they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
MrCleanandWhite 1 year ago
@MrCleanandWhite Sorry MrCleanandWhite, you're wrong; TheJomogogo is no idiot, he's just a modern example of The Emperor's New Clothes syndrome. Happy new year, pal:
Gabry20002010 1 year ago
Thank You to who ever posted this.First go forward in peace Captain.And to who ever posted this it is good to see video evidence of the breathing apparatus and the Captain, Thank You again.
edwierdbluez 1 year ago 2
I'm pretty sure the bassist is Rockette Morton, who briefly quotes "Hair Pie" during his solo. Love it or hate it (I love it), this is an absolutely astounding performance.
benjaminopie 1 year ago 6
@benjaminopie yes no doubt about it,this is astonishing.
cosmicrider287 4 months ago
Songs in order: "When big Joan sets Up", "Woe-Is-uh-Me-Bop", "Bellerin' Plain". If anyone can correct me please do. I think the songs are interlaced with two small solo parts (improvised or probably rehearsed) like the end of When Big Joan with the bass and the end of Woe-is-uh with the marimba. Its marvelous to see the live performances like this one, definitely its is the "MAGIC BAND".
Kaminoisee 1 year ago 2
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for posting this. John French is THE unsung GREAT drummer!!!! Capt. Beefheart blew my mind and changed my life at a young age. He will be special to me till the the day I die! Thank you Don for giving so much while receiving so little.
roomclear 1 year ago
who is playing the double necked guitar? thanks.
earinsound 1 year ago
@earinsound Yeah it is Rockette Morton (Mark Boston).
vollsticks 1 year ago
Awesome guitar tribute to the Captain on red square 33 channel
MrVisitor2 1 year ago
@elsisfo - Elliot and I live in the same building - better known as Winged Eel Fingerling - we are "call the cops" buddies when horrible shit goes down in this fucking horrible place in Hollywood - some might say that he and I deserve better - I can't get him to jam and I can play this stuff!
bamboosa 1 year ago
this music is thirty -nine years old and I'm still listening to it daily.
The other day I found out what a Taroplane is!
bbcart1 1 year ago 2
lidź w huj gościu!!!!
Miro8111 1 year ago
Unsurpassed brilliance.
sisterdiggins 1 year ago
A great musican, one of the greatest.
mangiapetardo 1 year ago
Why does he need a text? Heck, I know all the words to those songs.
Frisbieinstein 1 year ago
The Captain is waking up in a banana bin about now...
MrJeffwah 1 year ago
vonorn 1 year ago 3
@vonorn sorry but only Beefheart can do Beefheart poetry. I know your tribute is heart-felt but it's buttock-clenchingly cringe-worthy when people try to do it...even John French (see his account of a "dream" near the end of "Through The Eyes Of Magic").
vollsticks 1 year ago
elsisifo, the picture is so bad it's hard to say for sure, but I think that is Rockette Morton.
chickyraptor 1 year ago
We grew up on Captain Beefheart. Mad genius, the bunch of them. He/They will truly be missed.
Flaghorn 1 year ago
check out the drummer at 6:45....haunting me!
bbcart1 1 year ago
blow that long leanin' note...and let her float!
bbcart1 1 year ago
Do anyone out there know if the guy with the double guitar is Elliot Ingberg?
elsisifo 1 year ago
@elsisifo That's Mark Boston (Rockette Morton) on the doubleneck. Elliot Ingber(Winged Eel Fingerling) is in back playing guitar. He has the large beard.
terrbass 1 year ago
@terrbass thanks for you answer i look at henry kayser and he start to play guitar when he see play elliot in california early days and thats why i look deeper in to him...early mothers freak out album.. any way thanks..
elsisifo 1 year ago
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@elsisifo That's Mark Boston (Rockette Morton) playing the doubleneck. Elliot Ingber (Winged Eel Fingerling) is on guitar in the back. He has the large beard.
terrbass 1 year ago
Genius , the proof that the Creator speaks through music.
edwhisky 1 year ago
Genius , the proof that the Creator speaks through music. He is just using the same vocal technique that Taj Mahal used when older.
edwhisky 1 year ago
What a powerful version of "When Big Joan Sets Up"!
It´s like listen music for the first time.
jesusquinterom 1 year ago
What....The....FUCK is this noise? This is just annoying shit. Don't tell me that asshole on saxaphone is actually playing anything.
TheJomogogo 1 year ago
@TheJomogogo You're Kenny G, aren't you?
Gabry20002010 1 year ago
@Gabry20002010
This is just a modern example of The Emperor's New Clothes syndrome, Zappa said this shit was really innovative and hip, so all the sheep pretended to like this noise because only teh truly kewl would understand it. I think Zappa was playing a joke on the public, this is painful to listen to.
TheJomogogo 1 year ago
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@TheJomogogo You're Kenny G, aren't you?
Gabry20002010 1 year ago
Great performance! R.I.P.
OneMetaphysician 1 year ago
Glad it's recorded, just wish it was better quality. An incredible performance. What a voice.
eyefulpower 1 year ago
RIP Don Van Vliet. A great artist and inspiration for so many other musicians including Tom Waits. (Don was also Matt Groening's favorite musician.)
JaimeGiacomo 1 year ago
Rip thanks for been great artist
You were in sounds of growing up.
pctime 1 year ago
Some of the most out-there music ever created in rock or any other genre. A true artist and iconoclast.
Darrylizer1 1 year ago
bongo fury
bucketdippers4life 1 year ago
I wish l had a pair of bongos
RIP...
DON VAN V...
1mo4dro 1 year ago
@Cymrolerpwl Fuck, man! I'm 28 so never caught the Captain but I did see the reformed Magic Band in 2003 and it was honestly the best gig I've ever been to. But yeah, envious?!?!? I totally am. Beefheart, Harkleroad, Boston, French and Tripp?!?!? WHOW. These cats were more powerful and avant-garde, "out there", if you will, than the Beatles and their ilk EVER were. Oh and my man--if you haven't read the John French book then do so! It's not be the most flattering portrait of Don Van Vliet...
vollsticks 1 year ago
simply unforgettable
they'll never be 'popular'
but they are brilliant
tell your grandchildren !!!- again and again and again
CCBBW 1 year ago
Zoot Horn Rollo play that long lean note.
fastrnb 1 year ago
@fastrnb and let it float
podoau 1 year ago
Truly brilliant. Either you understand it or you are doomed to remain forever dumbfounded. CB was a truly rare genius.
michelesaintthomas 1 year ago
Captain Beefheart reminds me of Howling Wolf (colliding with Ornette Coleman). An intriguing and fiery performance.
marcfedak 1 year ago 2
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LOL The man who tricked many into believing what he did had merit. FACTS: He could not hit 5 octaves (lol he can barely sing thats the point of this joke), so he never broke glasses, he knew his "art" was a joke and his music too, his lack of education is very apparent in interviews. So he was an inside joke that a few people got caught in and decided to go along with to appear to "get it" when the only thing to get was that people wasted their time filming a mongoloid.
spicymeatsandwich 1 year ago
@spicymeatsandwich: You just don't get it.
Volcanomonster 1 year ago
@spicymeatsandwich you have NO idea, what the captain is all about!
It may be true that he couldn't hit 5 octaves, but he still had a huge vocal range and was a great songwriter.
He opened a new dimension for music and influenced many great artists like tom waits.
So, if you think you can call the captain or his art a joke, then you are either a fool who doesn't understand anything about what art can be, or just an ignorant asshole. (excuse my language)
RIP Captain, and thank you for everything
CountOrlokRocks 1 year ago 45
@spicymeatsandwich
Well, if its a joke its an incredibly good one.
Darrylizer1 1 year ago
@spicymeatsandwich How much longer are you going to vandalise this page with your debris, you overweening agglomeration of degenerate molecules? What are you writing LOL for? Only a cretin of the first order would willingly debase their discourse with that cliche abbreviation, or as you so eloquently put it, a mongoloid. Where is the incontrovertible proof that he was an inside joke? Show us what hermetic piece of knowledge your vomit is predicated on and what it proves?
vliet2 1 year ago
@spicymeatsandwich
Beefheart was a joke, eh? Forget trying to compose something of equal value, just try PLAYING something like Bellerin' Plain or Evening Bell on a guitar. How about singing us your version of Electricity?
In the words of the late comedian Bill Hicks, "The fact that you don't like it or get it - That's fine. The fact that you have to try and make everybody else feel bad for liking it - THAT'S what makes you an asshole."
pulsedemon 1 year ago 40
@pulsedemon Captain Beefheart was recognised as a musical genius by names such as Frank Zappa,Bob Dylan and of all people Jimi Hendrix. He also wanted to smoke some crawdads with Granny,but uncle Jed wouldnt let him! All jokes aside to be on the Beverly Hill billys was a honer for the many musicians that guest starred! Tom Waits said Captain Beefheart was a genius!~
mamasboy815 9 months ago
@mamasboy815 they just felt sorry for him
comidachinahuskys2 5 months ago
@pulsedemon Amen. Zappa recorded "Trout Mask", said Magic Band did THE WHOLE THING in 1 take, Zappa couldn't find anything wrong, said "Hey, might as well do another take", and they did it in 1 take AGAIN. There ARE some Beefheart songs I find melodically grating (I once played Trout Mask into my unlit fireplace to chase away a raccoon that decided to live there. 'Coon said that guy was an asshole too), you can't put down the musicianship BTW, love your taste in comedians, & FUCK DENIS LEARY
RaoulDukeOfEarl 6 months ago
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Blahblobify 6 months ago
@RaoulDukeOfEarl Where did you get that story? Good one, but untrue. Much of it was live in the studio but there's no evidence that anything was done in one take.
andaloudog 4 months ago
@andaloudog i've heard this story in "captain beefheart: under review." but as it's completely anecdotal (no evidence is presented, nor is it said by any of the people who were actually there), i'd have to agree with you. still a great tale.
jamey523 3 months ago
@andaloudog Sorry, I just "got that story" from one of the "33 1/3" books, the one by Kevin Courrier, about Trout Mask Replica. I'll try to prepare a bibli-effin-ography for you when I get a couple more seconds to rub together. Perhaps you could get in touch with Mr. Courrier and set him straight.
RaoulDukeOfEarl 3 months ago
@spicymeatsandwich so what, Tonight there'd be Icecream...Icecream for crow.
and you too.
angie4josh 1 year ago
Bands and musicians for years to come will be drawning off Don's work. A rare rare talent. RIP and thanks for some wonderful music.
tys1818 1 year ago
Woe is uh me bop. RIP to the genius. The greatest vocalist. I am incredibly lucky to have lived a life where I can listen to the Captain.
shriktor 1 year ago
R.I.P. Captain. I understood........
OttoDOughto 1 year ago
genius!
bakshay 1 year ago
Zappa had mastery of music but wasted it! CB breathed life into what talent he had... mainly that awesome 4.5 octave vocal range and a vision of what if! Oh, and I forgot, BF had this great sense of the power of humor. hehe!
bbcart1 1 year ago
Zappa had mastery of music but wasted it! CB breathed life into what talent he had... mainly that awesome 4.5 octave vocal range and a vision of what if!
bbcart1 1 year ago
Lick My Decals Off era. Great! RIP Don.
lwsinmass 1 year ago
The Great Spirit (God, Allah, Odin or whatever you call it) has reclaimed one of his prototypes. You'll never hear anything this amazing again.
baldwaller 1 year ago 2
It's so revealing and mindblowing to watch the band go through these tunes - Hackleroad (Zoot Horn Rollo) said it was all about hanging on to your part, because the various time signatures could really lead you astray. Everyone claims influence, but no one sounds like this - I always wonder how he managed to get a band to do it. And Jimmy Carl Black said - Zappa was good, but if you wanted avant garde Beefheart was the man.
underbedbeast 1 year ago
Horrible! Obviously, you guys have no talent... even Zappa, his best friend, thought Beefheart was a no talent retard!
Lazarusb 1 year ago
@Lazarusb And, where did he say that?? Everything is on the internet these days, give us a link. I don't recall seeing that in the 4 or 5 books on Zappa and The Captain that I've read.
lwsinmass 1 year ago
The finest insight into what it might have been like to whitness Don Van Vielt's musical genius. Rest in peace Don, a few of us will never forget you or stop listening to your music for the rest of our lives xxx
Greggels 1 year ago
What A Great, Strange, Beautiful Music!
RIP 牛心隊長
hidehash 1 year ago
Bless you FattyJubbo - Awesome!
robinsnd 1 year ago
WOW!!! God forgive u nutz4all. Apparently u've had 2much extensive classical robot training in time signatures and melody from the mass produced sugar coated fantasy bubble realm. Nutz4all, i thought similarly back in the day, but if you listen to his voice you hear blues licks, pre-boss squelchs and rap overtones. Sorry nutz4all, but you have some catchin up to do, just as I did. Peace!
DENNISKELLER9 1 year ago
RIP BeefHeart.. ou marched to your own beat...
Royalhighlander 1 year ago
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WOW!!! What the hell was that??? What a crock of shit...I mean really, you need to be so frickin' drunk and coked out to consider this music...RIP Beefheart and may your "music" be either buried or burned along with you...Damn, that really sucked!!!!
nutz4all 1 year ago
@nutz4all
if you think this nutz4all is an asshole please click on his name and post a message on his channel.
electrickabuki 1 year ago
@nutz4all Shouldn't that be 'nutz4brains'? There's a parking lot inside your head and you don't deserve to have ears.
Harmonicajello 1 year ago
RIP man. One of my all time heroes. Will be sorely missed.
nigellinaballerina 1 year ago
@ dennis789111 piss off you ignorant twat...
Rrapscallion 1 year ago
"B&B" Bottleneck& Beefheart. They said he died on BBC today 11:30 Bangkok time.
But they did not play his music.Nope. So crawled out of the bathtub and turned on my computer. YouTube>>>. " Captain Beefheart" Thank you. YouTubers.
Bangkok Johnny
carsanookdotcom 1 year ago
We love you Don. RIP
sexrat 1 year ago
About as melodic as a farting contest.
dennis789111 1 year ago
RIP
lmacorp 1 year ago
When Big Joan Sets Up, Woe Is Uh Me Bop, and Bellerin' Plain. This is one of the greatest rock performances you'll ever see.
richiegarcia4 1 year ago
RIP..............thumbs up to show your respect
electrickabuki 1 year ago 2
Thanks, Don, for everything
2heywho 1 year ago
R.I.P. Don Van Vliet
joshula13 1 year ago
Is that Ford Auditorium, which was next to Cobo Arena on the riverfront?
TheRealFearlessFreep 1 year ago
We will not see the like of this great man again.
sinfuldrarson 1 year ago
Au revoir Amigo
sai8htaM 1 year ago
RIP Don
stamp1220 1 year ago
my first experience of The Magic Band on TV in '71... never been the same since! Rest well, dear friend!
yoursaxman 1 year ago
THAT is fast'n'bulbous, got me ?
trojanlol 1 year ago
Goodbye, Cap'n.
brownbess 1 year ago
WOE IS UH ME BOP OH DRAPPA ME BAHBOH
fruitbatrepublic 1 year ago
no dumbass, bh was following natural progression of blues!
bbcart1 1 year ago
they should have been in cosmic germany. it sounds like krautrock. it is kraut. maybe western sweet kraut. he's such a nice boy.
negroe takes dubbleguitar.
bonatzbahnhofsprenge 1 year ago
I didn't know that this was When Big Joan Sets Up till like 30 seconds into the video haha. That was my favorite song off the album ^.^
DrR0cks0 1 year ago