Captain Beefheart - The Floppy Boot Stomp

Track #1 from the album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)

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[thealtusflute]

love this album!

[rjparnell13]

I saw them live 4 times over 20 years...every show blew me a new brain-hole!!!

[salsburysteakjr]

@MegaYoshitsune I always understand but never quite agree with all the Tom Waits/Captain Beefheart comparisons. Both have growly voices, both explore blues music in a wholly innovative way, both love their surrealist lyrics and wacky rhythms, but their artistic sensibilities are SO INCREDIBLY different.

[rjparnell13]

PLUS THE MAGIC BAND WAS RIDICOLOUS (sic)

[rjparnell13]

I agree with RedVynil....& yes, that boy did seem like a friggin' genius....@ least 2 me!!...:-)

[MegaYoshitsune]

@RedVynil True, I mean, Tom Waits is good, but Beefheart just blows away pretty much everyone. And I agree about his worst album, that still has Party of Special Things to Do and Observatory Crest which I think are really good despite the fact than some songs on there are a bit, "questionable." Beefheart always seemed kinda crazy, yet he also seemed like a genius.

[RedVynil]

@MegaYoshitsune The only shitty Beefheart was when he was on Mercury. And there's even a few of those songs that are good!

Tom Waites can't hold a candle to Beefheart!!

[MegaYoshitsune]

I love this song, and so does Tom Waits. Captain Beefheart almost always had brilliant lyrics in his songs.

[DaDa2Phlux]

And a chorus ! Hahha the Captain's herded cats finally sing ...I love it !

[fadethetrade]

@thealtusflute I think it's his best album.The rest is a little too aberrated. .

[ellaguru2112]

@thealtusflute Me too!