Re: Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Clear Spot (1972)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 26 Jun 2021 - 19:37

Getting theatrical.

by Nightjar Sat 26 Jun 2021 - 19:37

Those little golden birdies look at them
And the mystic Egypt tossle dangling down

Old sleeper-man shish, don't wake him
Up one hand broom star was an obi-man
Revered throughout the bone-knob land

His magic black purse slit creeped open,
Let go flocks of them...

Shish sookie singabus
Snored like a red merry-go-round horse
And an acid gold bar swirled up and down,
Up and down, in back of the singabus

And the panataloon duck white goose neck quacked
Webcor, webcor

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 26 Jun 2021 - 19:38

It is over.

That was an uninvolving album, mostly devoid of inspiration.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 26 Jun 2021 - 19:38

I shall give it 3 stars.

by Nightjar Sat 26 Jun 2021 - 19:41

A perfect album.

Beefheart purists always insist that the more oblique and obtuse and challenging the album, the better it is.

It's true that the 'Tragic Band' era is one I genuinely like, but acknowledge as weird and verging on 'non-canon', but for me Clear Spot hits that sweet spot between weird and challenging yet awesomely entertaining and listenable.

Again, perfect.

Beefheart's finest album.

by Nightjar Sat 26 Jun 2021 - 19:47

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:That was an uninvolving album, mostly devoid of inspiration.

Your tastes are so normal they're weird. disappoint

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