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RIP Beefheart

Started by hooplala, December 17, 2010, 10:44:12 PM

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hooplala

December 17, 2010, 10:44:12 PM
I have been dreading this for months now, checking his Wikipedia entry about once a week, unsure if I would hear about it in the mainstream media if it happened, and it finally did.  Don Van Vliet, AKA Captain Beefheart died today.  I know at least LMNO is a fan, my love for Beefheart was what initially caused L to go light on my obnoxious ass, or so I have always believed, I may be wrong about that.  But, I'm assuming and hoping there are one or two more out there.

Beefheart is one of the few "weirdo" musicians who I never felt was putting anything on, the man was just fucking out there, naturally.  He hasn't made music for close to 30 years, but I always held out hope he might play one more gig.  Sadly, that is now an impossibility.

The world lost a true genius today, and I am really fucking upset about it.



The Magic Band plays on the beach of Cannes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSPf5Viwd0

And a 1970s commercial for Lick My Decals Off, Baby: http://www.zappinternet.com/video/sigYcuHsaJ/Captain-Beefheart-Lick-my-decals-off-baby-advertisement

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"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Suu

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#1
December 17, 2010, 10:45:40 PM
I'm now totally on the verge of tears...
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hooplala

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#2
December 17, 2010, 10:47:14 PM
Quote from: Suu on December 17, 2010, 10:45:40 PM
I'm now totally on the verge of tears...

You and me both sister.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Epimetheus

#3
December 17, 2010, 10:47:25 PM
 :sad:
I never got into his music much but I liked what I heard; learned of him from my father who's a Zappa fan.
RIP
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NWC

#4
December 17, 2010, 10:49:55 PM
I only have one album (Trout Mask Replica), but I love it. Sorry to see him go.
PROSECUTORS WILL BE TRANSGRESSICUTED

hooplala

#5
December 17, 2010, 10:50:40 PM
A lot of people think everything he did sounded like Trout Mask Replica.  Completely not true.

Not saying you said that, Epimetheus or NWC, just saying, I guess.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

AFK

#6
December 18, 2010, 12:22:48 AM
Can't say I was a huge fan.  Just wasn't really exposed to him.  But I have to tip my hat to any musician who goes outside the box and just does his own thing, despite what the Music Machine wants. 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

Don Coyote

#7
December 18, 2010, 12:35:23 AM
How have I never heard this guy before.  :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Epimetheus

#8
December 18, 2010, 12:54:04 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 18, 2010, 12:22:48 AM
Can't say I was a huge fan.  Just wasn't really exposed to him.  But I have to tip my hat to any musician who goes outside the box and just does his own thing, despite what the Music Machine wants. 

Pretty much this.
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BadBeast

#9
December 18, 2010, 10:36:59 AM Last Edit: December 18, 2010, 10:39:41 AM by BadBeast
Huge fan. I was gutted. Been listening to Safe as Milk, and Clear Spot all night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqYfmfEqi20

No white man ever did the Blues with more soul, or feeling.

Seems he's run far enough now, to find his clear spot. R.I.P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fs8SGbS8hA&feature=related



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BabylonHoruv

#10
December 18, 2010, 10:44:48 AM
I only knew him through his work with Zappa.  I need to expand my collection of beefheart.
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BadBeast

#11
December 18, 2010, 10:47:07 AM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on December 18, 2010, 10:44:48 AM
I only knew him through his work with Zappa.  I need to expand my collection of beefheart.
Frank'll be jamming with his old buddy Don, somewhere right now.
"We need a plane for Bombing, Strafing, Assault and Battery, Interception, Ground Support, and Reconaissance,
NOT JUST A "FAIR WEATHER FIGHTER"!

"I kinda like him. It's like he sees inside my soul" ~ Nigel


Whoever puts their hand on me to govern me, is a usurper, and a tyrant, and I declare them my enemy!

"And when the clouds obscure the moon, and normal service is resumed. It wont. Mean. A. Thing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpkCJDYxH-4

AFK

#12
December 18, 2010, 12:20:44 PM
Did Beefheart invent the backbeat?   :lulz:
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

hooplala

#13
December 18, 2010, 05:03:53 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on December 18, 2010, 10:36:59 AM
Seems he's run far enough now, to find his clear spot. R.I.P

This.  Yes, fucking yes.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Suu

#14
December 20, 2010, 02:52:31 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on December 18, 2010, 10:47:07 AM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on December 18, 2010, 10:44:48 AM
I only knew him through his work with Zappa.  I need to expand my collection of beefheart.
Frank'll be jamming with his old buddy Don, somewhere right now.

Rest in peace, you fucking geniuses. Both of you.

-Suu
Got her Dad the Frank Zappa Torture Never Stops DVD for Christmas.
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