/r/CaptainBeefheart
Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, and the Magic Band. Fans of Frank Zappa may also appreciate the Captain's brand of avant-garde blues.
...and The Magic Band.
"Feet speckled the sidewalk. Faces gurgled through windows. Passing cars gum rubber streaks. Neon plants swim like green seaweed to a deep rhythm of blues. Red thyroid sunsets, flame in speckled chemistry. Pipes run off dark tubes. Erase into marks that pour the dye of darkness. Crystal comes together as silent as ink."
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The Captain Beefheart Radar Station
Discography - wikipedia
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Songs never played live
I'm just wondering what songs recorded on albums were never played live?
I think
Grown So Ugly
Autumn's Child
Tarotplane
25th century quaker
Ah Feel Like Ahcid
White Jam
Love Lies
Candle Mambo (as an aside just found this cover of it https://open.spotify.com/track/5zJDAh2rvmdItA3rQ5pmiJ?si=38bd883584cc410f)
Skeleton Makes Good
Any I've missed?
10:56 UTC
Captain Beefheart's Isolated Vocals from first known recorded song "Lost...
14:56 UTC
Eh close enough
00:32 UTC
There should be a Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band biopic
I was reading John French's autobiography "Through the Eyes of Magic" and that came to mind. The band's story is way more eventful than most anyone elses.
22:08 UTC
hair pie cover
07:44 UTC
Supposing I love Doc at the Radar Station the most. . . .
Do y’all have any recommendations for me? Outside of Beefheart. I’ve listened to most all of his stuff. If I did a ranking at current it’d be something like:
- Doc at the Radar Station
- Trout Mask Replica
- Lick My Decals Off, Baby
- Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
- Ice Cream for Crow
- Safe As Milk
- It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper (assembled according to the original intent from Safe as Milk deluxe bonus tracks and Mirror Man Sessions)
- Bat Chain Puller (assembled according to original intent from Son of Dust Sucker)
- The Spotlight Kid
- Clear Spot
Doc at the Radar Station has a real special sound and intensity and i’m curious if there’s stuff out there that’s similar. I do like post-punk and feel it has an adjacency to that sound, but i don’t know any with a Beefheartian sensibility
18:02 UTC
I couldn't find r/okbuddybeefheart so I'll put this here
11:12 UTC
Reaction to new cover of "The dust blows forward and the dust blows back."
03:56 UTC
Old Fart At Play
00:20 UTC
Such a rad cover of Clear Spot
Cool cover from Mark Lanegan allegedly with Josh Homme on guitar and Nick Oliveri on bass.
22:17 UTC
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
Bat Chain Puller!
Puller!
Puller!
20:32 UTC
Favorite iteration of Magic Band?
I thought this might be a fun topic that can also include favorite boots. My own favorite version of MB is late 67 before St Clair’s departure, primarily because Jeff Cotton is my favorite MB guitarist. He, St Clair and John French were so locked into each other, it was really something.
A close second would be the early 73 iteration with the dream team of Mark Boston, St Clair, Harkleroad, Roy Estrada and Art Tripp. I’ve been listening to the 4-17-73 boot and it’s a blast. It’s nice to hear Zoot having fun and rippin it up. It would be nice to hear the band in better sound quality, but I’ll take what I can get.
04:34 UTC
Happy Birthday Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart!! On January 15th, 1941, in Glendale, CA.
12:56 UTC
Mr Zoot Horn Rollo... You know what to do
07:07 UTC
Another one I rustled up: Ice Cream Variations
05:41 UTC
Looks like ya got three crows, Don! (An AI piece I worked on)
23:56 UTC
Sueeeee Eeeeeeeeeeeeeegypt!
15:14 UTC
On January 8th, 1949, Guitarist Bill Harkleroad, known professionally as Zoot Horn Rollo was born in Palmdale, CA. Mister Zoot Horn Rollo, hit that long lunar note, And let it float.
12:44 UTC
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc At the Radar Station Review (with my friend Conlan)
17:42 UTC
Songs Ranked: Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Pretty perfect album in my eyes
17:26 UTC
I recorded a version of 'One Red Rose That I Mean'
13:15 UTC
TMR
01:05 UTC
Thanks Mom, my smile is stuck.
It’s been a rough few months since it’s been off streaming platforms. Now i’m complete again.
13:34 UTC
Found at my local store, happy to snag it.
05:17 UTC
Trout Mask Replica - remix
I don't know if this has been shared here but I'm really enjoying Ant Man Bee's AI remix of TMR. Really brings out the different parts.
You can download the mp3 via link on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA3k3JYaJB4
Here's hoping that ZFT release something similar perhaps as part of 50 years Bongo Fury Box in 2025?
16:02 UTC
Chalkboard vandalism
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