I suppose it's a little off topic for this thread, but the characterization of "I'm Glad" was this:
"basically doo-wop taken straight, without any overt indications of ironic distance"
I guess I'm just thinking that there was no reason that someone like Beefheart would have even considered the question of irony with that song, especially given what one seems to read about '60s L.A. (perhaps specifically East L.A.) culture.
― timellison, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 04:30 (ten years ago) link