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I was duly put down by this remark:
"'seems more informed by Zappa's take on XX century atonal music'
Yeah, like Zappa informed Beefheart's music one iota."

-- Dadaismus (kcoyne3...), April 23rd, 2003. (later)

anyone care to discuss this?

― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Thursday, 24 April 2003 13:40 (twenty-three years ago)

''"Decals" really suffers from the shitty bass and drum sound''

sounds OK to me.

-- Julio Desouza

Sounds OK but not good. Barely acceptable. Sorta works to reinforce the weird vaudeville vibe of the record, I guess. The pitter-pat of little tap-dancing feet or something.

― Jess Hill (jesshill), Thursday, 24 April 2003 13:47 (twenty-three years ago)

you can tell there wasn't a very heavy effort on the drums here, but "doctor dark" and "bellerin plain" have some great drumming aspecialy "doctor dark" wich has amazing drumming, John French was some unique drummer.

― rexJr., Thursday, 24 April 2003 14:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Well having two drummers on "Decals" just doesn't work. You don't really need two drummers with John French (or Art Tripp for that matter) on board.

― Dadaismus, Thursday, 24 April 2003 14:27 (twenty-three years ago)

having two drummers does work (used to really good effect on certain tracks, I'll check which when i get home) and the bass and drums sound OK as in 'def acceptable' to me.

Beefheart uses undistorted guitar sound. I can def hear the bass on this. It may not be as 'full on' but it doesn't need to be here.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 24 April 2003 14:36 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

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― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

Neon Meate Dream Of A Paris Hilton

― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 02:14 (nineteen years ago)

Doctor Demento? What the fuck was I thinking?

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 02:18 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

http://goldenfiddle.com/sites/goldenfiddle.com/files/images/neutralmilkhilton.jpg

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

So wait, is Dadaismus THE K Coyne?

― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 02:25 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, I faked my own death

― Am I Re-elected Yet? (Dada), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 07:32 (nineteen years ago)

six months pass...

the world needs a Beefheart best record poll (?!)

― Zeno, Sunday, 22 April 2007 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

or maybe it's too obvious that "doc at the radar" will win so whats the point.

― Zeno, Sunday, 22 April 2007 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

IT IS NOT

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 22 April 2007 04:38 (nineteen years ago)

let the poll decide 'bout that

― Zeno, Sunday, 22 April 2007 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

I just listened to Doc all the way through driving today. I've always loved Ashtray Heart but it never dawned on me the degree to which this is a great album.

― filthy dylan, Sunday, 22 April 2007 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

'Doc at the Radar" is clearly his best. "Sue Egypt" might be my favorite song of his.

― baaderonixx, Sunday, 22 April 2007 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

Nope.

― Jack Burton, Sunday, 22 April 2007 11:40 (nineteen years ago)

Trout Mask Replica not best? Hmmm, what's going on here?

― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 22 April 2007 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

What the...?

― Jack Burton, Sunday, 22 April 2007 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...

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― Telephone thing, Monday, 30 July 2007 04:24 (eighteen years ago)

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― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 04:09 (eighteen years ago)

I've listened to the The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot two-on one disc more than anything else by Beefheart. It is all good, but this one is the one I listen to the most. The song by Beefheart that seems to pop up in my head the most is "Gimme Dat Harp Boy".

― earlnash, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 04:23 (eighteen years ago)

I will stop posting these when they stop being so awesome.

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― Telephone thing, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 05:38 (eighteen years ago)

hang on. "Ryan Adams" is "writing" this?

― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 06:47 (eighteen years ago)

Nah, not Ryan Adams, just a character who happens to be named Ryan. The author of the comic is John Allison, the rest of it is on http://www.scarygoround.com/.

― Telephone thing, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

Also responsible for this classic Achewood guest spot.

― Telephone thing, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

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― Telephone thing, Thursday, 2 August 2007 04:01 (eighteen years ago)

Are you John Allison?

― Drooone, Thursday, 2 August 2007 04:03 (eighteen years ago)

Nah, just someone who finds these amusing and has nothing better to do with himself at 11 PM on a weeknight.

― Telephone thing, Thursday, 2 August 2007 04:09 (eighteen years ago)

Keep 'em coming, yeah!

― Mark G, Thursday, 2 August 2007 06:58 (eighteen years ago)

I've listened to the The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot two-on one disc more than anything else by Beefheart

I still haven't really gotten into this one. I never seem to be in the mood for it. If I want to hear an album like this, I'd be more likely to put on Little Feat.

― o. nate, Thursday, 2 August 2007 15:39 (eighteen years ago)

Nice comparison, that, considering they shared a label and producer and Roy Estrada.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 2 August 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

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fin

― Telephone thing, Friday, 3 August 2007 05:01 (eighteen years ago)

heart.gif

― Mark G, Friday, 3 August 2007 08:28 (eighteen years ago)

As a five-year ILX lurker I am very proud to have my comics linked on I Love Music!!

― John Allison, Friday, 3 August 2007 22:30 (eighteen years ago)

Oh wow! Sorry to steal your bandwidth, just figured that the folks 'round here would be appreciative :)

― Telephone thing, Saturday, 4 August 2007 02:03 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

This is an unbelievable performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghg13ZObXJk

Never heard the song before, I'm guessing it's from one of the less well regarded Beefheart albums.

― A brownish area with points (chap), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 02:17 (fifteen years ago)

You should see the concert footage from around that time in which he's wearing a sweater with a picture of himself on it.

― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 02:56 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

Wait. "Gimmee Dat Harp Boy" is about Bob "The Bear" Hite??

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 14 November 2011 04:50 (fourteen years ago)

Apparently, yes, the story behind it's pretty amusing

― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 14 November 2011 10:45 (fourteen years ago)

Do tell

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 14 November 2011 15:34 (fourteen years ago)

He was at a club in LA with, I think it was Gary Marker, and Canned Heat were playing and Beefheart was getting increasingly annoyed because, according to Marker, he hated anyone working in vaguely similar areas to himself - you know, white guy singing blues based material and running to fat. He was saying stuff like, "What's that fat guy doing up there singing all those songs by dead black men?" (the rage of Caliban!) and eventually "Hey, gimme that harp, boy, ain't no fat man's toy". Story goes gomething like that anyway.

― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Monday, 14 November 2011 15:44 (fourteen years ago)

That's awesome. I love me some Bear Hite though.

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 14 November 2011 18:24 (fourteen years ago)

nine months pass...

mandatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fST51cC9PzQ

― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 17:05 (thirteen years ago)

sweeeeeet

― The Radioheads are massive in the Man community (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 August 2012 17:09 (thirteen years ago)

I'm on the third version of "Booglerize" and loved the whole thing. So good. Thanks for the tip Tyler.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, 24 August 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)

but I can't spell "Booglaraize", despite staring at it for 30 minutes.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, 24 August 2012 17:11 (thirteen years ago)

his voice on booglarize is insane!

― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 17:11 (thirteen years ago)

Maybe my favorite era.
Winged Eel Fingerling rules.

― Trip Maker, Friday, 24 August 2012 17:23 (thirteen years ago)

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