Listen online 18 songs from somewhere over paris recorded 19 november, 1977 from le nouvel hippodrome with the magic band cd2 2014 captain beefheart. Due for release on 11 november 2014 this set will include remastered versions of lick my decals off, baby, the spotlight kid and clear spot but with no bonus tracks. Captain beefheart s 1967 debut album safe as milk introduced the world to a oneofakind visionary whose unique output had no precedent in contemporary music. A beginners guide to the weird world of captain beefheart.
American rock group from lancaster, california, formed in 1965 by alex st. One fears that he is providing a minimum to satisfy a contractual requirement rather than producing value for the fans. Despite its uncharacteristically mainstream sound the album failed to chart. Nov 22, 2014 captain beefheart and the magic band sun zoom spark 1970 1972 box set 2014 track listing. Frank zappa aaafnraa birthday bundle 2008 digital download. The following is a list of official releases by american musician captain beefheart. The two cds span his 1966 diddy wah diddy single to his final album 1982s ice cream for crow, each disc weighing in at about 75 minutes. He conducted a rotating ensemble called the magic band. The first scene was the bathtub ring and then out through the window zoom. Captain beefheart and the magic band lyrics, captain beefheart and the magic band discography sorted by album.
I got love on my mind and i cant make up my mind who to love, who to love guess ill have to look up above look up above, look up above to my love simple. Verse 1 well i was born in the desert, came on up from new orleans came up on a tornado, sunlight in the sky i went around all day with the moon sticking in. He conducted a rotating ensemble called the magic band, with whom he recorded studio albums between 1964 and 1982. He was, and is, the most overlooked musician that im aware of. Check out two rips in a haystack kiss me my love by captain beefheart on amazon music. Tropical hot dog night, like two flamingos in a fruit fight every colour of day whirlin around at night im playin this music so the young girls will. Nov 04, 2019 in 1975 guitarist and composer frank zappa asked composer and multiinstrumentalist captain beefheart to join him and his band on their 1975 tour. Not to make you feel old, but its been 45 years since the summer of love, the.
Captain beefheart bio don van vliet born don glen vliet on january 15, 1941 is an american musician and painter, best known by the pseudonym captain beefheart. I got too much time, too much time i got too much time to be without love in my life ive got a deep devotion wide as the sky and deep as the ocean every war thats waged makes me cry every bird that goes by gets me high spoken. The albums sound is raw and fills your speakers up. I said, baby, as long as you want it to be she said, i got all night long so, play me a happy love song if we feel alright. Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, unbound timings, the growls and shrieks of beefheart s vocals and his surreal, poetic lyrics. Captain beefheart, victor hayden the mascara snake and frank zappa ahaha. I miss you more hour by hour the roses seem to smell sour streetlamps flutter like fireflies i wished i hadnt a told you all of those love lies stopped by your house, saw your lamp lit not a sign of you in it flutterlamps flutter like fireflies i wish i hadnt a told you all of those love lies oh, all of. Arent you my love the crickets are fiddling about in the night theyre playing a sweet song kiss me tonight kiss me my love kiss me my love let the man in the moon tell of our love.
Stay with me, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, warner bros. You can buy latest album somewhere over paris recorded 19 november, 1977 from le nouvel hippodrome with the magic band cd1 2014 captain beefheart. Here you can buy and download music mp3 captain beefheart. Jul, 2012 arent you my love the crickets are fiddling about in the night theyre playing a sweet song kiss me tonight kiss me my love kiss me my love let the man in the moon tell of our love. The fourth disc is a collection of fourteen outtakes which. Captain beefhearts trout mask replica courrier, kevin leisure. See more ideas about magic bands, frank zappa and psychedelic bands.
After two singles in the vein of popular rhythm n blues, the group underwent dramatic changes in their musical style, culminating in the frank zappaproduced album trout mask replica, a work conceived and directed by don van vliet better known as captain beefheart. Sure nuff n yes i do is a great little blues song while zig zag wanderer might be the better album. His music blended elements of blues, free jazz, rock. This composition combines a poem by captain beefheart and a. Captain beefheart s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates.
Everything has been newly remastered for the first time. What is perhaps of most interest is a fourth bonus disc that features plenty of outtakes. His catalogue has since been augmented with extra releases including an ep and various. Captain beefheart the spotlight kid releases discogs. I know this albums gets a lot of knocks from his loyal fans. Two lips in a haystack and the moon up above its dark and youre blushing arent you my love. Don van vliet, writer captain beefheart, lead vocals, mainartist. Sometimes when its late and im a little hungry i heat up some old stale.
Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks, albums, and artists youll love. The intro sounds like the summer of love, but then beefheart comes in like a bad trip, his voice between howlin wolf and a cartoon witchcackle. With various lineups of musicians called the magic band, beefheart released a total of studio albums recorded between 1967 and 1982, after which he left music to concentrate on a career in painting, as don van vliet. Listen online 12 songs from sun zoom spark 1970 to 1972 cd3 2014 captain beefheart. Two lips in a haystack and the moon up above its dark and youre blushing arent you my love 1971 transcribed by ben waters. Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, unbound timings, the growls and shrieks of beefhearts vocals and his surreal, poetic lyrics. Two rips in a haystackkiss me my love its title later used for a. Lick my decals off baby from october 1970 is quintessential beefheart, and a clear vision of what he was hearing in his head. His musical work was mainly conducted with a rotating assembly of musicians called the magic band, which was active between the mid1960s and the early 1980s. January 15, 1941 december 17, 2010 was an american singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name captain beefheart. The historically vital recordings preserved on this cd a live set captured from avalon ballroom in 1966 and a radio station set from 1967 capture beefheart and his musicians as they emerge from their bluesbased beginnings and begin to evolve into. You can buy latest album transmission impossible cd1 2015 captain beefheart.
I was born with my eyes openi didnt want to be borni can remember deep down in my head that i fought against my mother bringing me into the world, he says about that day in 1941 when vliet became a real, living person, despite. Warners have been digging in their archives and are about to release a four disc collection on the rhino label sun zoom spark. Don van vilet was an american singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name captain beefheart. The beefheart sound moves trough lick my decals off in two main streams. Cb the spotlight kid outtakes 3rd revision 1971 1972 cd. Dec 20, 2010 music, film, tv and political news coverage. Captain beefheart download rock album captain beefheart. Making love to a vampire with a monkey on my knee oh fuck that thing. Two rips in a haystack kiss me my love by captain beefheart on.
Its not my favorite by a long shot, trout mask is, but its still the captain and i for one love it. Kiss me my love lyrics captain beefheart radar station. The dust blows forward an anthology captain beefheart. The three albums in this box set represents a golden period in the evolution of captain beefheart and his magic band. Sun zoom spark 1970 to 1972, a new fourcd captain beefheart box set will be released next month the collection brings together lick my decals off, baby from 1970 and the spotlight kid and clear spot from 1972. Captain beefheart download full list rock album captain. Rip rense, in sun zoom sparks liner notes, describes beefhearts music. Zappas guitar solo in wild love october 28, 1978 at the palladium. Captain beefheart unconditionally guaranteed music. Jul, 2012 making love to a vampire with a monkey on my knee oh fuck that thing. New boxset to be released captain beefheart radar station. Listen online 9 songs from london 1974 1974 captain beefheart. Our friend ian made me and my flatmates a mix tape for a party.
In mike barnes biography of don van vliet, the man more famously known as captain beefheart, he quotes vliet on his own birth. Ten essential captain beefheart songs rolling stone. Captain beefheart lyrics, songs, and albums genius. Angel olsen, shut up kiss me, my woman, jagjaguwar, 2016. Call my name whenever whenever youre lonely and blue in my house whenever whenever you need me to call on you at any time, baby, that you need love and a little of. Making love to a vampire with a monkey on my knee lyrics. You can buy album bluejeans and moonbeams 1974 captain beefheart. Captain beefheart and his magic band sundazed music. Having no musical training or instrumental experience, throughout his career van vliet had. Compilation of all the single cuts from captain beefheart s clear spot album. Petrified forest, for example, gives a nod to ecological concerns.