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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
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Bat chain or bat sh*t?
Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:From the title, I'm going to guess this is about Alex Harvey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_St._Clair
Also:
The song "Bat Chain Puller" was based upon the rhythm of the windshield wipers on Vliet's Volvo car.
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
The last two are really good, this one was good, at least that's how I remember it.
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
And they released Bat Chain Puller as well.
I was always going to do that one as I've not heard it, but too late now.
I was always going to do that one as I've not heard it, but too late now.
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
"81 Poop Hatch"
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
Did he always sound that err, camp?
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
BCP was a posthumous release.
I think it was a mish-mash of stuff from all of the three last albums but was supposed to be released in 1976.
Bickering between Zappa and the record company though...
I think it was a mish-mash of stuff from all of the three last albums but was supposed to be released in 1976.
Bickering between Zappa and the record company though...
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
Yeah, Frank really shafted him didn't he.
I mean have you heard Bongo fury?
I mean have you heard Bongo fury?
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
Robert Christgau declared Shiny Beast to be better than all Van Vliet's previous albums, writing, "Without any loss of angularity or thickness, the new compositions achieve a flow worthy of Weill or Monk or Robert Johnson, and his lyrics aren't as willful as they used to be."[5]
BINGO!
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
I have.
I used to like it.
It's not gr8 on reflection though.
The best Zappa song on it is "Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy" and the best thing on the whole album is Beefheart's "Man With the Woman Head".
Debra Kadabra's OK too.
Muffin Man's a bit too silly for its own good - perhaps raises a smirk, but the playing's pretty good.
I used to like it.
It's not gr8 on reflection though.
The best Zappa song on it is "Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy" and the best thing on the whole album is Beefheart's "Man With the Woman Head".
Debra Kadabra's OK too.
Muffin Man's a bit too silly for its own good - perhaps raises a smirk, but the playing's pretty good.
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
Also, the use of the wilfully mispronounced "p**fter" is hard to pretend isn't funny.
Especially when Beefheart says it.
Especially when Beefheart says it.
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Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:I'm getting this confused with his next album which is in my to listen too pile.
Or was it the one after that?
I listened to it, the next one that is, it was GR8. ★★★★★
You might think this is the finest pearl
But it's only cardboard balls
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