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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
Glice, haha, sorry for being earnest.
I think I agree with you regarding Trout Mask in every respect. Even if someone doesn't like it, it's hard to deny its influence. It's ahead of its time, even today. And again I think you can trace math rock and many other genres to what it accomplished. Obviously, those genres would have developed eventually but Trout Mask was the first album to do that complex shit where everyone's playing in different time signatures and such -- except, you know, classical music.
It's just such a multi layered album full of so many amazing ideas.. I dunno. I love it. It's too long though, of course, I think it has to be. That's why it kind of overshadows all of Beefheart's better works ("Decals", "Doc", "Ice Cream").
I dunno, I don't want to wax poetic, Beefheart is my favorite musician of all time so I just feel very moved to write a lot about him at any opportunity.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with people not liking him though.
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I don't really agree with its influence so much, and there were records doing similar things prior, but strip off your emotional attachment to the record and I agree, 40,000%.
Funny thing with Trout Mask was that I didn't enjoy the record at all until I went through an Albert Ayler phase, then it all clicked in a lovely way.