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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 14, 2019 10:06:57 GMT
Starting at the beginning and going through all his albums in order for the first time ever starting with
Safe as Milk
Ry Cooder on guitar and some organising. Interesting picking out his playing from what I assume were mandatory instructions from the Captain himself.
Well worth a listen
Adjust headset and reality settings
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Post by MartinT on Oct 14, 2019 12:47:14 GMT
I saw Captain Beefheart in 1975 supporting Pink Floyd at Knebworth. Can't say I've been heavily into his music since, but I'll give it a try. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 14, 2019 12:48:58 GMT
Safe as milk got better as I listened to it.
Getting into the style or better tracks
Brilliant first album
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Post by Slinger on Oct 14, 2019 12:54:28 GMT
I think the overarching description of his canon might best be summed up as "difficult". There are some real gems in there though.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 14, 2019 12:56:28 GMT
Next up
Strictly Personal. Have the LP only so set up the record deck
Didn't take long to realise this is utterly wonderful and I have ordered the CD as well.
This is a stunning album for everyone, particularly musos
Essential
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 14, 2019 12:58:38 GMT
I saw Captain Beefheart in 1975 supporting Pink Floyd at Knebworth. Can't say I've been heavily into his music since, but I'll give it a try. 1975 probably has him doing Blue Jeans and Moonbeams which I love. One of a kind and often said to be *not* the real Captain Love it anyway |
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 14, 2019 12:59:29 GMT
I think the overarching description of his canon might best be summed up as "difficult". There are some real gems in there though. For sure Trout Mask Replica coming up...... |
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 14, 2019 16:06:20 GMT
Struggling with Trout Mask Replica
Only listen to this if you like some of the er, far out and/or less musical pieces
Determined to listen all the way through.
Wikipedia says,amongst other things...
Trout Mask Replica is considered to be Captain Beefheart's magnum opus, and has appeared on lists of the greatest albums of all time.
BBC disc jockey John Peel said of the album, "If there has been anything in the history of popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that people who are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout Mask Replica is probably that work."
Lester Bangs wrote that "it was not even 'ahead' of its time in 1969. Then and now, it stands outside time, trends, fads, hypes, the rise and fall of whole genres eclectic as walking Christmas trees, constituting a genre unto itself: truly, a musical Monolith if ever there was one."
Steve Huey of AllMusic lauded the album as "stunningly imaginative", and wrote that its influence "was felt more in spirit than in direct copycatting, as a catalyst rather than a literal musical starting point. However, its inspiring reimagining of what was possible in a rock context laid the groundwork for countless experiments in rock surrealism to follow, especially during the punk/new wave
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Post by MartinT on Oct 14, 2019 17:11:15 GMT
Excuse me for opting out of the frothing adulation, then (of Trout Mask).
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 15, 2019 5:48:32 GMT
Safe as milk is superb. Always a favourite. Trout Mask get an airing about once every 5 years or so in this house.
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Post by John on Oct 15, 2019 6:49:11 GMT
I tried Trout Mask many years ago and not for me I will give the first album a try over the next few days
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Post by Slinger on Oct 15, 2019 12:32:27 GMT
Mike, here's an interesting little crossover for you. It wasn't until I was looking at the track listing for "Safe As Milk" that I remembered it, but this is what The Edgar Broughton Band did with Dropout Boogie... and The Shadows. I was lucky enough to see them perform this live. Sampling in 1970. Who'd have thunk it?
It could be a little different live though, when it turned into plain old Dropout Boogie...
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 15, 2019 15:27:38 GMT
On a visit to see my relations in Leeds my cousin suggested an EB gig at the Uni
Supertramp as support !
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 15, 2019 19:47:41 GMT
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
continues the Trout Mask Replica style
Hard for me and for most I'm sure
Wikipedia
Lick My Decals Off, Baby is the fourth studio album by American rock band Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, released in December 1970 by Straight Records. The follow-up to Trout Mask Replica (1969), it is regarded by some critics and listeners as superior, and was Van Vliet's favorite. Van Vliet said that the title was an encouragement to "get rid of the labels", and to evaluate things according to their merits rather than according to superficial labels (or "decals")
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 16, 2019 17:47:54 GMT
brought the Captain Beefheart CDs up to my office and listening to the utterly wonderful
Spotlight Kid
and
Clear Spot
on the same CD
Could these be his two best .....
Play loud or louder
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