"Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff" Part 2/2

From UbuWeb:
"Don van Vliet, alias "Captain Beefheart", is one of the most influential, misunderstood, talked about, admired, copied, treasured, loved and quoted musicians and yet he is still an obscure and mysterious artist. His quite abrupt artistic transformation from working with a microphone to a paintbrush in 1982 and his consequent move from the desert to the ocean meant even less direct contact with the outside world than before. Subsequently there is very little information about Don from this time onwards and this short black-and-white film made in 1993 is an unique opportunity to see and hear this unique man. The film is approximately 13 minutes long, directed and photographed in black and white"

Directed by Anton Corbijn

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Don
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• Vliet
• Some
• YoYo
• Stuff
• UbuWeb
• Captain
• Beefheart
• rock
• music
• painting
• David
• Lynch
• Anton
• Corbijn
• film
• photography

[TempusTransit]

It's not sad; it's beautiful. Everybody dies. Few have the gift of dying gracefully and without holding on to lies and vanity as he did. Death is life. He knew this.

[mandernooga]

Boo! to you too... and R.I.P. beloved Beefheart... my hero.

[stillspider]

I'm a bit of a Yo Yo myself.

[JUGAopet1]

@TempusTransit So true, thaks for nice words.

[brassaflax]

@ESpeigel it's a paino version of evening bell i think, it is on the grow fins box set.

[antmanbee1]

Brilliant! (I have no idea what's going on)

I love you Captain, RIP!

...but who's left to fuck with the art critics now?

[Ziplock74]

@kboy20 Yes, that would explain his speech. but notice how he only uses one hand.

[kboy20]

@Ziplock74

I think his speech problem was the result of the multiple sclerosis...which I didn't know he had until today.

[UrbanGuerilla88]

It breaks my heart to hear him like this.But im in awe of his interlect and wisdom. RIP

[gezunder]

@oldtucepi makes me proud to be human

[gezunder]

we all live on god's golfball

[Stube437]

i think piano playing is TDBFnTDBB...in some form or other. anyone know where it's from?