Any music snobs in the house?

[Maverick Goose]

Have another muffin!that won't just expand your mind,it'll expand all the rest of you as well

 

[Rhythm Thief]

this beefheart song is crap as is the rest, but the intro by the presenters is inspiringly brilliant

I like that. Rather puts me in mind of Tom Waits in his more coherent phases.

 

[Abitrary]

I like that. Rather puts me in mind of Tom Waits in his more coherent phases.

tom waits is cuddly, and swordfishtrombones is one of the best albums ever, but captain beefheart is superflously scary and lacking

urrghhg, i just tried listening again and all i could feel was a drunk cross channel ferry captain playing xylophone on my ribcage

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Tom Waits is brilliant, no question. But Captain Beefheart could put a good song together when he wanted to. I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree (although I am right).

 

[Dave5N]

I think the trick is to listen to it more than once. It grows on you (well, it grew on me).

Ok, point taken.

Buy it. Play it. Hate it. Play it. Hate it. Play it. Hate it. Play it. Hate it. Bin it.

 

[Abitrary]

God, RT, I see what you mean.... i prefer the album version

love the lyric 'deck of cards with girls on the back'

 

[wafflycat]

I have one or two friends who would possily kill anyone who said Beefheart is a load of sh!te. Thet often therefore try to kill me, coz I just don't get it, I'm afraid. Mind you, they don't get The Jam, or the Specials, or know why I would have any liking whatsoever for the output of Weller's Solid Bond Studios or Trojan records at its finest. Horses for courses, innit!

I grew up listening to Beefheart, as my brother was a fan. I never got it at all.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

That's a good link Arbitrary, cheers. His live stuff does take a bit of getting used to after the albums, but once you get into it it's great. Endlessly inventive.

 

[Abitrary]

That's a good link Arbitrary, cheers. His live stuff oes take a bit of getting used to after the albums, but once you get into it it's great. Endlessly inventive.

I can't honestly think of a more evocative song, of a place I've never been to but would like to:-

a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels
I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank
and I'd left all my papers on the Ticonderoga
and was in a bad need of a shave
and so I slopped at the corner on cold chow mein
and shot billards with a midget
until the rain stopped
and I bought a long sleeved shirt
with horses on the front
and some gum and a lighter and a knife
and a new deck of cards (with girls on the back)
and I sat down and wrote a letter to my wife

 

[simonali]

I wouldn't be at all interested in the CD coz I know I wouldn't like it without even listening to it, but what interests me about the poll is the 500 penny chews bit.

Can you even buy penny chews nowadays? Surely they're either about 5p each or the size of tictac!

 

[Dave5N]

The penny chews option recovered well with an overnight surge.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

... on the other hand, the second placed option is "Buy Trout Mask Replica".

 

[Chuffy]

Bugger, went into town and forgot to buy it!

 

[Dave5N]

Can I have another vote? I feel people like me are under-represented on the forum!

ANd that was God moving in mysterious ways to help you not have a crap record on the shelves, Chuffy. You didn't forget, he took away the desire.

 

[Chuffy]

Can I have another vote? I feel people like me are under-represented on the forum!

ANd that was God moving in mysterious ways to help you not have a crap record on the shelves, Chuffy. You didn't forget, he took away the desire.

Hallelujah!