Re: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:40 pm

Relatively restrained arrangement.

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:41 pm

He does deserve a lot of respect for his complex vocal range and flexible abilities.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:42 pm

Track 11 - Suction Prints.

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:43 pm

Protracted fade out.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:43 pm

Spritelier start.

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:43 pm

Silly noises + bottleneck guitar.

Is this another instrumental?

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:44 pm

Seems like it's going to be another challenging one.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:44 pm

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:44 pm

Cool bit.

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:46 pm

Is this like Beefheart letting his original band do what the fl*p they like cos of all the psychological abuse he put them through a decade or so previously? hmm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:47 pm

Last track - Apes-Ma. golirra

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:47 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:47 pm

Now what's he on about?

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:47 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:47 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:48 pm

It is over.

It was enthusiastic but too arch and mannered for my liking.

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

by Nightjar Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:48 pm

Hmm...

What to think I liked it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:48 pm

I shall give it 3 stars.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:09 pm

I'm getting this confused with his next album which is in my to listen too pile.

Or was it the one after that?

by Nightjar Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:12 am

It's the first of his final three three albums with the reassembled Magic Band.

Shiny Beast, then Doc at the Radar Station, then Ice Cream For Crow.

The last two I get mixed up, as in I can't remember which was penultimate or which was last.

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Bat chain or bat sh*t?