10 Favorite Captain Beefheart Songs
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Topic: 10 Favorite Captain Beefheart Songs
Posted By: TheGrandWazoo123
Subject: 10 Favorite Captain Beefheart Songs
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 01:14
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Any particular favorites? Mine: "Abba Zaba" "Big-Eyed Beans from Venus" "Electricity" "Sure 'Nuff 'N' Yes I Do" "Moonlight on Vermont" "Hair Pie: Bake 1" "Veteran's Day Poppy" "Mirror Man" "Flash Gordon's Ape" "Trust Us"
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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 07:36
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welcome to Entropia, I mean, welcome to our community! Just remember one thing: Robert Fripp is considered the King of Prog here, so don't piss him off.  ------------- 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 10:11
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There are still some gaps in my Beefheart knowledge (not picked up Strictly Personal, Clear Spot or Mirror Man yet) so this list is biased towards the albums I'm most familiar with. Bat Chain Puller Electricity Ice Cream For Crow The Past Sure is Tense Run Paint Run Run The Floppy Boot Stomp Suction Prints The Dust Blows Forward n' The Dust Blows Back Hot Head Hair Pie Bake 2 |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 18:28
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I like everything I've heard from the good captain but Sugar and Spikes, Ant Man Bee and
Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man really stand out to me |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 21:20
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Well many to choose from, so many will be omitted. But for today, in rough order of release, and generally with more commercial potential: Electricity
Ella Guru
Moonlight on Vermont
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Click Clack
Big Eyed Beans from Venus
Lo Yo Yo Stuff
Click Clack
Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man
Bat Chain Puller ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: June 24 2010 at 01:21
| "Electricity", "25th Century Quaker" and "Trust Us (Take 9)" always stood out the most for me... |
Posted By: Noak
Date Posted: June 24 2010 at 07:33
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Electricity Ice Rose Sure Nuff N Yes I Do Doctor Dark Pachuco Cadaver Ice Cream for Crow Space-Age Couple Abba Zabba Pena
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 24 2010 at 08:24
But you must. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Trouserpress wrote:Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 25 2010 at 12:38
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Yay Beefheart, one of my favorites! 1. Tarotplane 2. Electricity 3. Moonlight on Vermont 4. China Pig 5. Grow Fins 6. Trust Us 7. Click Clack 8. Big Eyed Beans From Venus 9. Golden Birdies 10. Sue Egypt ------------- 
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Posted By: Mladen_Serbia
Date Posted: June 25 2010 at 14:14
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Beefheart is amazing. I'd say these are my favorites, although it can change every now and then... 1. Pachuco Cadaver 2. Moonlight on Vermont 3. Bat Chain Puller 4. Neon meate dream of a octafish 5. Hey garland, I dig your tweed coat 6. Lick my decals off, baby 7. Electricity 8. The Blimp (mousetrapreplica) 9. Veteran's day poppy 10. Cardboard cutout sundown Honorable mentions: Golden birdies, Blue jeans & moon beams, Doctor Dark, Run paint run run, Hobo Chang Ba, Dali's car... |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 25 2010 at 20:46
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It will be difficult to keep to ten...in no particular order:
1. Trust Us (probably my favorite)
2. The Floppy Boot Stomp
3. Run Paint Run Run
4. Abba Zaba
5. Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
6. Ice Rose
7. The Host The Ghost The Most Holy-O
8. Hobo Chang Ba
9. Low Yo Yo Stuff
10. Pena
Honorable mentions: Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish, Ella Guru, The Dust Blow Foward..., Lick My Decals Off Baby, When I See My Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy, One Red Rose That I Mean, Dachau Blues ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Drummerboy
Date Posted: June 28 2010 at 14:53
| Big Eyed Beans still sends shivers. It is so out there, it rocks really hard, it is free association and expresses a kind of liberation from reality as we know it. |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: September 26 2010 at 23:37
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Abba Zabba Zig Zag Wanderer Safe As Milk Trust Us Kandy Korn Ella Guru Moonlight on Vermont China Pig Hair Pie (Bake 2) Well ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |