Peon - Lick My Decals Off, Baby

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band

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Music

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• blues

[TheOverseer4003]

sometimes i can't even believe how beautiful this song is. it blows my mind.

[meddlezombie04]

there is so much beauty in this song.

[ChrisRenePlaylist]

beautiful

[rhythmking10]

Pretty amazing timing of Zoot Horn and Rockette, really nail all those phrases and rhythms.

I've got a great transcription of this, got to learn and post a keyboard version, should take 6 months !

[DocEleven]

A couple of months ago, I met a guy on an Amtrak bus to Arcata, Ca. that had come all the way from the U.K. to pay tribute to The Skipper. Don passed away at a hospital in McKinleyville. RIP, you trouble maker, you.

[ajgree6]

Just listened to this record tonight on vinyl. It's his best. The only others that are close is Safe as Milk and Strictly Persona. I love this record.

[mikegoodfss]

RIP

[DaDa2Phlux]

Sad ? Yes,because honesty & wonder went with him Soon enough the arrival of his "facsimile".... that is the reason for sadness.

[tys1818]

I have tears in my eyes taking in this wonderment on this sad day. RIP Don.

[unumsedleonum]

I like how this is fucking perfect.

[Diomedes22]

@JuneJune1950 You couldn't possibly sound like a bigger fool criticizing Beefheart for not quite making it, when so many intelligent people think this is a masterpiece.

[pariahpete]

Absolutely JuneJune. I couldn't agree with you more. What kills me is it could sound like a lilting Elizabethan melody with soft tenderness. The decision to make it hesitant and edgy with each note clearly distinct and forceful makes it incredible. There is tenderness, too. Only CB & the Magic Band could think that way and pull it off. It's no coincidence that it's called "Peon". Humble beauty. I think it's Don's masterpiece. I was lucky enough to see it played by Rockette and Zoot Horn in '71.