Happy 65th birthday, Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)

[paineinthearse]

[mopaul]

1. the dust blows forward

lick my decals off baby

[hollowdweller]

2. Are we gonna have a party of special things to do for him??

I miss old Beefheart. My wife and I sing Clear Spot every time we houseclean.

[mopaul]

3. lucky bastard, my wife won't let me listen to beefheart

only when she's not here

[kohodog]

4. Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish

I listened to Trout Mask Replica just the other day.

[...of J.Temperance]

6. Trout Mask Replica

"Ella Guru", "Dachau Blues" and "Orange Claw Hammer".

Wonderful stuff.

[...of J.Temperance]

5. I'm young...I worship Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

Of course not all Don Van Vliet's albums are brilliant, but the one's that are brilliant are fab.

Probably my favorite Captain Beefheart tune is "Big-Eyed Beans From Venus" off "Clear Spot".

Here's an excellant Captain Beefheart website:

http://www.beefheart.com/index.html

Here's Don Van Vliet with my adored John Peel.

[bridgit]

7. Sun zoom spark, Capt...

Nothing makes it move
From the bottom to the top
Does it start at the bottom?
Or does it start at the top

Magnet draw day from dark
Sun zoom spark
Sun zoom spark

Now which hand's got it?
Bottom, or the top?
Neither hand's got it
It's just got it
Hope it don't stop

Magnet draw day from dark
Sun zoom spark
Sun zoom spark

Think you can uh hold it
Once it start
I don't care who ya are or what
size ya are
I'm gonna magnetize ya

Magnet draw day from dark
Sun zoom spark
Sun zoom spark

Ohh, don't let it get away
I'm gonna zip up my guitar
'n then when I've gone too far
I'm gonna zip down my guitar

Magnet draw day from dark
Sun zoom spark
Sun zoom spark

B-) :party:

[...of J.Temperance]

8. What about the Entertainment Forum instead of moving to the Lounge?

I think this thread will be moved from GD...I think it would be better in the Entertainment Forum...this thread will certainly die in the Lounge.

[paineinthearse]

9. "die in the Lounge"

That's why I posted here.

Beefheart is social/political, hope mods see that and do not move.

Feel free to cross-post in entertainment, cross link.

[bridgit]

10. tend to agree, but i'll do a cross post...

:thumbsup:

[bridgit]

11. it is done...in the lounge that is...

[...of J.Temperance]

16. No don't put it in the Lounge...put it in the Entertainment Forum

The Lounge s***s and it's where good threads go to die :(

[bridgit]

24. well now that's just plain silly, unless of course i start the thread...

myself :rofl:

[...of J.Temperance]

17. Well

I agree :) I was just saying that in case the moderators do move this thread, then please don't put the thread in the Lounge...but instead put the thread in the Entertainment Forum.

Hardly anyone in the Lounge will give a shit about Don Van Vliet...but the Entertainment Forum will have heard of Don Van Vliet.

[G_j]

12. was lucky enough to see the man play a few times

he took the blues (among other things) and turned it inside out.
A big fan here,
Happy Birthday Don!

[bridgit]

13. us too, quite the event scenario i must say...

[G_j]

15. someone told me

he was ill with MS or something.
I hope that is not true. I haven't kept up with what he has been doing. I imagine he still lives in the desert with his wife.

[bridgit]

23. i hadn't heard that but do wish Van Vliet & his all the best, a true...

american master of his genre B-)

[G_j]

25. looks funny for a new dinosaur T' be in an old dinosaur's shoes

oops.. meant to post this to the OP.


The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or The Big Dig)

Originally appeared on Lick My Decals Off, Baby

Come on down t' the big dig
Come on down t' the big dig
Come on t' the big dig
Singin' the Smithsonian Institute blues
Singin' the Smithsonian Institute blues
The way it's goin' La Brea tar pits
I know you just can't lose
The new dinosaur is walkin' in the old one's shoes
Come on down t' the big dig
Can't get around the big dig
This may be premature but if I'm wrong
You can just say it's the first time I was happy t' be confused
Singin' the Smithsonian Institute blues
Alll you new dinosaurs
Now it's up t' you t' choose
It sure looks funny for a new dinosaur
T' be in an old dinosaur's shoes
Dina Shore's shoes
Dinosaur shoes
C'mon down to the big dig
You can't get around the big dig
C'mon to the big dig
Ya can't get around the big dig
Singin' the Smithsonian Institute blues




(1970)

[MrBenchley]

14. The drazy hoops! The drazy hoops!

They're camp! They're camp!
Tits! Tits! The blimp! The blimp!
The mother ship! The mother ship!
The brothers hid under their hood
From the blimp! The blimp!...
The drazy hoops whir
You can see them just as they were
All the people stir
'n the girls' knees tremble
'n run 'n wave their hands
'n run their hands over the blimp, the blimp
Daughter, don't ya dare!
Oh momma, who cares!
It's the blimp! It's the blimp!

[...of J.Temperance]

18. I knew that you'd like Beefheart MrB :) n/t

[MrBenchley]

19. He appeals to the aphasic in me.....

I still have an original vinyl copy of "Safe as Milk"....

Mother say "Son"
She say "Son,
You can't lose
With the stuff you use."....
Run run morning soon
Indian dream
Tiger moon
Yellow bird fly high
Go battle sky to shatter the moon
Babbette baboon
Gonna catch her soon
Babbette baboon "

[Octafish]

20. Happy Birthday, Don!

Thanks for EVERYTHING! Including my nom de guerre.

Sam was a showing scalp flat-top.



Particular about the point it made.

http://www.beefheart.com/yoyo/olffart.htm

[Laughing Mirror]

21. Pappy with a khaki sweatband, a bowed goat potbelly barnyard

that only he noticed. The old fart was smart.


I cannot recite one line of Shakespeare, but I know by heart every word to every song Captain Beefheart recorded, and that is the highest praise I can offer.

You will always be in my soul and in my heart. Happy Birthday Dear Captain!

THe Blimp! The Blimp!!

[thebigidea]

22. woe is uh me bop! ommmm be bop a rebop!

uh, lick my decals off, baby. or something to that effect.

[kliljedahl]

26. "My Human Gets Me Blues"

The captain second only to Zappa in my book

saw yuh baby dancin' in yer x'ray gingham dress
I knew you were under duress
I knew you under yer dress
Just keep comin' Jesus
Yer the best dressed
You look dandy in the sky but you don't scare me
Cause I got you here in my eye
In this lifetime you got 'mhumangetsmeblues
With yer jaw hangin' slack 'n yer hair's curlin'
Like an ole navy fork stickin' in the sunset
The way you were dancins I knew youwd never come back
You were strainin 't' keep yer'
Old black cracked patent shoes
In this lifetime you got m'humangetsmeblues
Well the way you'd been ole lady
I could see the fear in yer windows
Under yer furry crawlin' brow
Uh silver bow rings up in inches
You were afraid you'd be the devils red wife
But it's alright God dug yer dance
'n would have you young 'n in his harum
Dress you the way he wants cause he never had uh doll
Cause everybody made him uh boy
'n God didn't think t' ask his preference
You can bring yer dress 'n yer favorite dog
'n yer husbands cane
'n yer old spotted hog
Cause in this lifetime
You've got m'humangetsmeblues



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