6. Captain
Beefheart – My Head Is My Only Home Unless It Rains
I
wonder how many people have done this:
“I
must listen to Miles Davis…what’s a well-known Miles Davis
album?...I know…Bitches Brew...”
“Shit
and rice! I can’t listen to this!!!”
When
what they should do is start with Kind of Blue, work their way up to
In A Silent Way, then take on Bitches Brew when they’re good and
ready.
Same
goes for Captain Beefheart.
Here’s
a link to this beautiful, mellow song, and a video with a a dog just
having fun running around some woods with its stick:
My
heart won’t beat,
Until
I wrap my arms around you
Captain
Beefheart, the name goes with Trout
Mask Replica. Another disastrous album
to introduce a new listener. Clear Spot would be a much better
kicking off point. No Beefheart album is ever going to exactly be
easy listening from start to finish. Apart from anything else, he’s
got some sort of fantastic, one-in-a-million vocal range, in terms of
the low to high notes he can bang out, octaves apart (or something).
Also
from Clear Spot:
Sun
Zoom Spark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiXrxVoSQDI
Years
ahead of its time, in every way.
Another
mellow Clear Spot song is:
Her
Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles, and it was a close-run thing between
that and My Head Is…
Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart were regular
collaborators. Zappa, a notoriously intelligent but belligerent at
the slightest hint of disrespect for rock 'n' roll interviewee, was
the first in a “Don't Vote, It Only Encourages 'Em” t-shirt.
Neither was interested in making easy listening, moon in June rhyming
music, but both were able to effortlessly produce moments of
outstanding beauty.
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