Captain Beefheart

Pookie · 04.14.2007, 06:03 AM

What's your favourite.

I could only include 10, so only studio albums, and no Bluejeans & Moonbeams (it's rubbish) and no Trout Mask Replica (yawn).

Iain · 04.14.2007, 06:14 AM

I voted for Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller). But my favourite Beefheart album changes all the time. I think it's always going to be between that one, Ice Cream For Crow, Doc at the Radar Station, Trout Mask and Safe as Milk.

You could have put Bluejeans there instead of Strictly Personal which is just different versions of Mirror Man and Safe as Milk tracks. Unconditionally Guaranteed is also rubbish after all.

Does anyone have the Bat Chain Puller demos by they way? I haven't heard them.

jon boy · 04.14.2007, 06:16 AM

the song electricity is one of the best ever written.

Pookie · 04.14.2007, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Iain

You could have put Bluejeans there instead of Strictly Personal which is just different versions of Mirror Man and Safe as Milk tracks. Unconditionally Guaranteed is also rubbish after all.

Really, I suppose I could have excluded Bluejeans, Clear Spot, The Spotlight Kid, and Unconditionally Guaranteed. All from, what I like to call, the "shit" years.

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Originally Posted by Iain

Does anyone have the Bat Chain Puller demos by they way? I haven't heard them.

The sound quality isn't the best, but still an excellent record. I would definitely get this before the albums I just mentioned.

Iain · 04.14.2007, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

Really, I suppose I could have excluded Bluejeans, Clear Spot, The Spotlight Kid, and Unconditionally Guaranteed. All from, what I like to call, the "shit" years.

Yeah, but a lot of people rate Clear Spot and The Spotlight Kid quite highly. I don't have Clear Spot (I have heard it though) and I hardly ever listen to The Spotlight kid. It just seems quite bland. At least Unconditionally Guaranteed has Upon the My o My on it.

Pookie · 04.14.2007, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Iain

Yeah, but a lot of people rate Clear Spot and The Spotlight Kid quite highly. I don't have Clear Spot (I have heard it though) and I hardly ever listen to The Spotlight kid. It just seems quite bland. At least Unconditionally Guaranteed has Upon the My o My on it.

I rarely play those three albums. Having said that, they're only "shit" compared to their other records.

I think I'd love any album Captain Beefheart got within a mile of, excluding that live album with Zappa - my dislike of Zappa is equal to my love of Beefheart, therefore they would just cancel each other out on that record, and my world would implode, or something.

Iain · 04.14.2007, 07:24 AM

I'd be interested in hearing the Zappa/Beefheart one. Bongo Fury isn't it? I don't hate Zappa but I don't much care for him either. I like a few things.

HECKLER SPRAY · 04.14.2007, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

What's your favourite.

I could only include 10, so only studio albums, and no Bluejeans & Moonbeams (it's rubbish) and no Trout Mask Replica (yawn).

No Trout Mask Replica ? Why ?
That's my favourite, very difficult to understand it at the first time, but so great, twisted and mad...
I voted for Shiny Beast.
Bongo Fury is mostly a Zappa Record, I think. A great one, with songs like "Carolina Hardcore Esctasy" or "Muffin Man". Beefheart did a really good job on it.

soapbars · 04.14.2007, 09:13 AM

lick my decals off baby

gmku · 04.14.2007, 09:18 AM

My favorites, ranked:

1. Safe as Milk (best damned garage rock album ever!)
2. Trout Mask Replica
3. Doc at the Radar Station
4. Lick My Decals Off, Baby

Pookie · 04.14.2007, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by HECKLER SPRAY

No Trout Mask Replica ? Why ?
That's my favourite, very difficult to understand it at the first time, but so great, twisted and mad...
I voted for Shiny Beast.
Bongo Fury is mostly a Zappa Record, I think. A great one, with songs like "Carolina Hardcore Esctasy" or "Muffin Man". Beefheart did a really good job on it.

I know TMR is most people's only experience of Beefheart, but I didn't want yet another TMR appreciation thread.

My own view is that aside from the four albums from the "shit" years, it's my least played Beefheart record. I appreciate it more than I actually enjoy it.

I would probably put Doc at the Radar Station at the top of my list (most days anyway).

gmku · 04.14.2007, 10:32 AM

The reason I like Safe as Milk best is that it's the most unusual for Beefheart. It has that wonderful garage rock band sound mixed with that Beefheart weirdness. Like the Sonics on acid.

TheMadcapLaughs · 04.14.2007, 02:14 PM

I Love You, You Big Dummy!!!!

AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 04.14.2007, 02:15 PM

I've only heard Trout Mask Replica. So I can't participate.

krastian · 04.15.2007, 11:40 PM

Mirrrrror Maaaaaan

CHOUT · 04.16.2007, 12:50 AM

I like Clear Spot a lot...more accessable but well done.

sun city girl · 04.16.2007, 03:27 AM

i'll just start by saying that trout mask replica is the greatest album ever done by anyone and i've listened to it much more than any others. it's perfect and brilliant masterpiece from beginning to end.

my second fave is safe as milk so i voted for that. but they're all good, except those 2 albums from 74. i wouldn't call 72 "shit year" since while those albums (clear spot & spotlight kid) sound commercial they're still excellent. unconditionally and moonbeams are just boring and the passion and the spirit is missing. also i've never cared much for bongo fury.

Toilet & Bowels · 04.16.2007, 06:30 AM

safe as milk

i've got 3 friends who rate unconditionally guaranteed as their favourite beefheart record, i think it's boring though.

Everyneurotic · 04.16.2007, 10:56 AM

the one i've been listening to lately is safe as milk so that one.

View Poll Results: ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????
Safe As Milk	10	43.48%
Strictly Personal	0	0%
Lick My decals Off, Baby	4	17.39%
Mirror Man	2	8.70%
The Spotlight Kid	1	4.35%
Clear Spot	1	4.35%
Unconditionally Guaranteed	0	0%
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	2	8.70%
Doc at the Radar Station	1	4.35%
Ice Cream For Crow	2	8.70%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

04.14.2007, 06:03 AM	#1
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	What's your favourite. I could only include 10, so only studio albums, and no Bluejeans & Moonbeams (it's rubbish) and no Trout Mask Replica (yawn).
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04.14.2007, 06:14 AM	#2
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	I voted for Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller). But my favourite Beefheart album changes all the time. I think it's always going to be between that one, Ice Cream For Crow, Doc at the Radar Station, Trout Mask and Safe as Milk. You could have put Bluejeans there instead of Strictly Personal which is just different versions of Mirror Man and Safe as Milk tracks. Unconditionally Guaranteed is also rubbish after all. Does anyone have the Bat Chain Puller demos by they way? I haven't heard them.
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04.14.2007, 06:16 AM	#3
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	the song electricity is one of the best ever written. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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04.14.2007, 07:24 AM	#7
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	I'd be interested in hearing the Zappa/Beefheart one. Bongo Fury isn't it? I don't hate Zappa but I don't much care for him either. I like a few things.
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04.14.2007, 09:13 AM	#9
soapbars the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Teesside, England Posts: 559	lick my decals off baby
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04.14.2007, 09:18 AM	#10
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	My favorites, ranked: 1. Safe as Milk (best damned garage rock album ever!) 2. Trout Mask Replica 3. Doc at the Radar Station 4. Lick My Decals Off, Baby __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.14.2007, 10:32 AM	#12
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	The reason I like Safe as Milk best is that it's the most unusual for Beefheart. It has that wonderful garage rock band sound mixed with that Beefheart weirdness. Like the Sonics on acid. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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04.14.2007, 02:14 PM	#13
TheMadcapLaughs 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SF, CA Posts: 819	I Love You, You Big Dummy!!!!
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04.14.2007, 02:15 PM	#14
AllHandsOnTheBigOne children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Where? Posts: 378	I've only heard Trout Mask Replica. So I can't participate. __________________ Boys go to jupiter to get more stupider Girls go to mars, become rock stars
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04.15.2007, 11:40 PM	#15
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Mirrrrror Maaaaaan __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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04.16.2007, 12:50 AM	#16
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I like Clear Spot a lot...more accessable but well done. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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04.16.2007, 03:27 AM	#17
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	i'll just start by saying that trout mask replica is the greatest album ever done by anyone and i've listened to it much more than any others. it's perfect and brilliant masterpiece from beginning to end. my second fave is safe as milk so i voted for that. but they're all good, except those 2 albums from 74. i wouldn't call 72 "shit year" since while those albums (clear spot & spotlight kid) sound commercial they're still excellent. unconditionally and moonbeams are just boring and the passion and the spirit is missing. also i've never cared much for bongo fury.
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04.16.2007, 06:30 AM	#18
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,282	safe as milk i've got 3 friends who rate unconditionally guaranteed as their favourite beefheart record, i think it's boring though.
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04.16.2007, 10:56 AM	#19
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	the one i've been listening to lately is safe as milk so that one. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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