Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk

[Bensedin5mg]

ingenioso!

[almishti]

The Captain sure knew how to get the bass working from the bottom up on his early songs!!!!!!!! Rock solid bottomless bottom.

[crmarcin]

my all time favorite artist, bar NONE! I'm a beefheart fan from the 60s and until forever.

[royorbitol]

What would happen if you let little children listen to this.....?

Will they become superintelligent?

Must be.

[LBDumont]

@royorbitol Mine did OK. I'm not sure they're super intelligent, but they have good taste in music.

[FriedAbortions]

RIP Beefheart



[flowerdoodle]

That photo is scary. Its the sort of photo that would have spooked me as a kid. Its got a strange "Star Wars in bondage" feel

[juliotoru]

@flowerdoodle this is nowhere near the superficial side STAR WARS was and is.

[flowerdoodle]

@juliotoru That's why I said "Star Wars in Bondage." Like they would be in the cantina in a dark corner.

[teknofonix]

unbeleivable - the man was a true genius

[PinkcoltheGIRL]

R I P MAESTRO

[djeangabin]

Captain oh my captain

[DaDa2Phlux]

Now that the energy in the form of the man has passed into the continuum ,the hyenas come forward to read his words ,stealing them to pass off as their own & try on his clothes - but they don't fit.,nor will they ever

[hyaena84]

when did I say I hated anything? Nope, I dont hate Zappa but I dont really know any of his work beyond what they used to play on the King Biscuti Flower Hour. I dont know if I see any of his music as relevant today, as in influencing other artists.

[theblahman]

@hyaena84 Just because douche bands who can barely play there instruments werent inspireed by Zappa doesnt mean that his music isnt relevant, check out "Freak out!", "We're only in it for the money", "Hot Rats", "Overnight Sensation", "Apostrophe" and "Joes Garage" for proof of how innovated he is, this will also show u how diverse the man is, he really is a genius, give those albums a whirl, their fantastic

[JamesMarshallJohansn]

rip

[totenkray]

I love Captain Beefheart and sir, your genius isn't wasted upon the halls of music. Because many have followed your amazing mind; White Stripes, Beck and I even hear the roots of a thousand others but I only hear you sir. RIP.

[GibsonSunburstDC]

RIP :(

[DavoidWill]

Hi squarepyramid99, I feel a bit old when I say this, but 'safe as milk' was what the freakz (not me!) used to say about acid in the sixties … I think I paid 10 shillings for this album … it was a bit fierce for me then but it sounds pretty tight and together now.

[unumsedleonum]

No one should try to label Van Vliet's music or his art in general, it's all about licking your decals off, baby.

[zarbithechti]

Wouahhh, quel beau son ! C'est d'enfer !!!

[mengmar1]

trash can blues...brilliant line

[mengmar1]

trash can blues...beilliant line!

[mengmar1]

scary photo...the sort of thing you have nightmares about appearing in your bedroom when you were a kid

[hyaena84]

I dont think people should be subjected to such awful crap. Seriously, wtf.

[brabon1]

@hyaena84 yup....you should stick to lady gaga, justin bieber and the jonas brothers

you heathen bastard

[hyaena84]

@brabon1 - if you werent such a dim wit... you'd see a clue to my musical tastes in my user name. And, Siouxsie has been known to go on record for her love of Marc Bolan - but even a fan could see this is pretty bad. . . . so you pretty much attacked me without merit. I stand by the comment. This is so bad, it should never have been captured.

[brabon1]

@hyaena84 i loved t-rex, but they were not as innovative as beefheart

bet you hate zappa too

[CK2890]

@hyaena84 I dont think anyone should be subjected to YOUR crap. SERIOUSLY

[SirFrone]

your talking about 'punk' in here? This is art, not a fashion statement you yuppie.

[Trevorsteph]

Yeah, it's pretty undefinable in terms of genre. You could call it a form of proto-punk but it's closer ot being psychedelic blues avant-garde rock.

[RoyOrbiton]

Damn, I love this guy.

[bradominus]

Interesting, but not my taste...

[Cuttingtorch]

I've always considered myself strange (eccentric tho I'm not wealthy) and this music strikes a chord with me. Electricity is probably my fave CBMB toon so far. It does something to me I can't place. Makes me want to snort Pixie Sticks offer my children up to fresh vegetables.

[drumier]

punk doesn't deal with the blues it's one color / one mood joe jackson is as close as i'll get . let's hand the influence to question mark and the mysterians and maybe that spazz quirk that mick jagger has.

the captian for me is a poet/ artist/musican. a unique american original

[Psykelic68]

Progressive, Psycedelic, Amazing and Paralizing.

One of their best song from their best album, and this version is the best. (it was released in many differnt versions)

[HighFlyinDragon]

This is a quality composition which has links to the heart of music just as, say, Beethoven does ... Quite simply: magical!

[countdown247]

the chap on the right looks like mr blobby

[xsnappax]

Beefheart is a genre all on his own,but all you Beefheart lovers all ready know that, don't you?

[JoeRailfan]

Second the nomination for "Clear Spot". IMHO it's Beefheart's best (with "Spotlight Kid" a close second). A lot of this album was recently posted to Youtube, so check it out while you can. He had a truly awesome version of the Magic Band at the time (just listen to "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man")!

[pyannaguy]

Beefheart has balls like major planets. He's off the originality thermometer. Compared to him...."different" is hard to achieve.

Check out the "Clear Spot" album if you can get it. It's musically some of his most accessible stuff and a wonderful place to work back from. Peace...

Just a little raving from an old, life-long fan...

[FlaviusMaximus1967]

NEON MEATE DREAM OF AN OCTAFISH!!!

[JazzyJonas]

Beefheart's genre is "other."

[dazamaru]

desert blues mystic....4 octave incantations....fast and bulbous

[dirtbag1713]

look, calling beefheart "proto punk' does not mean that people think they're similar to the sex pistols or some crap like that. to alot of people "punk" means making your own kind of music with your own rules and guidelines. therefor beefheart was very "punk" before there was such a thing. check out We Jam Econo and you can even hear Mike Watt talk about bands he and his bandmates considered punk when they started out

[hosteII]

Sex Pistols it´s Not Crap,definitely!!!

It´s the Beginnin´ of a new Era.

[ToySoldier1994]

loven beefheart ,zappa does anyone know or have metal man has hornets wings?

[thecupdidit]

uhhh i dunno where u guys are getting all this punk this punk that from, dude, its blues rock fusion deal withit, its just dam good and they got soul. x

[clivatxt]

Mr BeefHeart isn't pre neither post punk dudes... its BeefHeart! enough said...

[chinagirl84]

He sounds like Howlin \wolf......on acid.

[coetmor]

Also... check out english band STUMP e.g. censorship stripper. They big beefart fans and it shows.

[bassxcakes]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'm really getting into their stuff.

[coetmor]

I always like a touch of the FLANGE.

[robcmoseley]

Impossible to bracket Beefheart I think. A true original. Bless him.

[wakeupwilliam]

it is evident that much of the instrumentation on strictly personal contributed to the true American punk music that we have.

if you dont see that, youre crazy!

[JRL10040]

Yeh, I'm fairly crazy all right, but I think these cats were not your average punk garage band musicians. They were pretty heavy duty music students with a wealth of musical experience. The intricacies of the conversations they established are so far beyond what I associate with "punk" that punk would cease to be punk if it contained this stuff. It is avant-garde. More at home in the world of Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor than The Sex Pistols. I am *not* putting down punk music in any way.

[wakeupwilliam]

Right you are! or agreed, at least!

After study, submersion, and musical exploration I wouldnt really even consider Sex Pistols "real" punk.

i love it though, man.

This is kind of where i moved on to from my love of punk and zappa.

[Manusturbo]

what you mean is they were post punk before punk even existed

[wakeupwilliam]

well, nah.

more pre-punk, which makes more sense.

[squarepyramid99]

My 2 pence worth: I just think those guys were taking The Blues and sending it to another place. The result may sound a bit "punk", but that'll be because punk is really only freaked out blues rock. Uh?

[chrisburchardt]

I concur. Bloody right too, Square.

Yours, Chris the Concurror

[TheMidnightBell07]

@squarepyramid99 Hey, I call his music Psychedelic Bluegrass

[gezunder]

@squarepyramid99 lick my decals off

[vidsee]

LOL!

[Nekrochomikon8]

oh, by the accident i voted it for one star :/ how silly thing i am. i wanted to give it five.

[mellymanfamily]

i love this album, kandy korn is the ultimate rave up!

[sethaugustus]

Does anyone know the origin of this photograph and who took it ? I used to have a copy of it back in the 70's.

thx

[squarepyramid99]

Originally this photo was the inside of the gatefold album cover for "Strictly Personal" and it is still contained in the photo's on the CD of that album. The credits for photography in the CD sleevenotes are given to Guy Stevens.

[hatecominupwithnames]

great take, thisone, powerful! raw! excellent! i like take 5 alot too, the drums are supercool there. wipping like machineguns with the bouncing groove that playing with alotta feeling gives. ooh aint my writing funny , no. but who cares.

Captain Beefheart is about as close to a musical genius as it gets! great!

[Chickenpainter111]

I wish this take was on Mirror Man! (unphased of course.) Take 12 sounds like the band is about to fall asleep.

[billyshitcheese]

vuggin vurnyoominul, giggos?

[Honeysucklebommie]

This was the first song that drew me into Dons work all those years ago.

Props to all of his drummers too, they are like the glue that binds its all.

This one John French gets an American indian war dance beat happening.But from what I understand Don was exacting at how he wanted everything played so its all down to him to him as well.

[aeolipile1]

was "it's as safe as milk." an old slang phrase or something? or was it always only a title made up entirely by don? i'd appreciate any response/responces! -bobby cormier

[squarepyramid99]

Forgive me if I have the song lyrics wrong, but I THINK it goes...

"Woman of my life, she says..Try some of This, it's as safe as milk, it's as safe as milk! Well, I never heard it put quite that way..."

I guess, if Don never heard it put quite that way...then the phrase was unique to the song.

I never heard it put that way either, at least not before the song, I heard it said afterwards though...

[Heintz0]

Internet says that the right lyrics are:

Dropped some drops in an ashtray hit a wrong place

Woman at my blinds to see spiders spinning lines

Its a safe as milk it's a safe as milk.

[lucien6823]

I always took this to be an LSD anthem, that it was acid that was 'safe as milk'. But then I was doing a lot at the time...

[aeolipile1]

thanks!

[McGuinty1]

I thought exactly the same thing

[rockgoingsouth]

The Cap picked up on an ironic phrase 'safe as milk' referring to the way strontium 90 had got into the food chain and into milk, including baby-milk

[SleeplessNights007]

@aeolipile1 'Safe as Milk' was picked because at the time (late 50s/early 60s) there were articles in the news about Strontium-90 showing up in cows, plants, and human breast milk. Google 'Strontium-90 in milk' for tons of articles.

[bobbycormier]

@SleeplessNights007 thanks so much! it was great to get your reply. i'll google strontium-90. i think i remember a reference to it in "Dr. Strangelove..." maybe i'm wrong about that. damn! now i'm gonna have to read that whole script. anyway, filling my own head up with arcane facts from pop-culture-past is what makes me happy. thanks for helping.

[mengmar1]

this music is awesome. horrid music but upon closer inspection i realised it was the best music in the world lol

[BMayhew60]

meng, I never heard it put quite that way, but it's as safe as milk!

[youtubbs67]

Anything Don does is great.

[crinkleman123]

Beefheart=Awesome

[crinkleman123]

what version is this?

[squarepyramid99]

Ok...don't be confused...The original ALBUM "Safe As Milk" (1967) did NOT have a track on it called "Safe As Milk". However, Beefheart's 2nd album "Strictly Personal" (1968) DID, and that is this version.

Any alternative versions you may hear, including that on the re-released ALBUM "Safe As Milk" were recorded circa 1968 but not released until recently. Got it?

[bocgas]

Salute to The Captain....

Big up your bad self

[Domytar]

sssssssaFFFFFFFFEEEEEEEEE  ASSSSSSSS MIILLKKKKKKKK

[Signzit]

i like the raw

[JRL10040]

How did they accomplish the flanging in those days?

[longde]

touching the FLANGE of the tape reel to delay the audio a little bit and overimposing that delay onto the same audio track. i'm not very good at explaining it but the original way of doing it was just using tape.

[vidsee]

I reckon the first band to do a flange effect was The Small Faces at IBC Studios. I've never found an article describing how it was done though.

[SNDproduction]

greaaa8t sonnng

[shadowbanshee]

wow we realy do like the same stuff.

[Johnjteeee]

this man used his creative freedom to free others of a boxed up mindset. How enjoyable he is, I'm glad he never let anyone stop him from being himself and loving it. Awesome band!

[Damphear]

any safe as milk is good.

[squarepyramid99]

I know and like the version you mean...but for me this is the original as IT came out in the 60's and those other versions were not released until decades later.

[maxtib]

This is the best version I reckon. Thanks for putting it up.

[hancollin]

I do still prefer the version i heard first on the reissue of safe as milk. I usually like the first version of any song I hear though

[sunnycure]

yeah same, i love the other version, safe as milk take 5, his voice sounds alot better on that one

[regromusic]

i still like the version on the bonus tracks of safe as milk better

[vidsee]

Can you post it? Never heard it. Only have my worn out vinyls.