{"id":2030,"date":"2014-07-18T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T08:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2014-07-18T19:49:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T19:49:40","slug":"the-incomparable-captain-beefheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/?p=2030","title":{"rendered":"The Incomparable Captain Beefheart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartstage.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartstage.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefheartstage\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2036\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainter.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefheartpainter\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2037\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Don Van Vliet<\/strong> aka <strong>Captain Beefheart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainting1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainting1.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefheartpainting1\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2039\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMusician, Painter, Poet&#8230; a real original. Blues influenced, Howlin Wolf vocal style but with the oddest rhythms and guitar riffs ever imagined. Late 60&#8217;s through 80&#8217;s. One of my heroes along with his high school pal and collaborator Frank Zappa&#8230; I kinda like true individuals that don&#8217;t belong to <em>anybody&#8217;s<\/em> fucking army&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the bluesy rhythmic &#8220;<em>Click Clack<\/em>&#8221; for an example of how off the wall Don was&#8230; and this &#8220;<em>pop tune<\/em>&#8221; is one of the more accessible of his little ditties:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='678' height='412' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7QBkD1Xub3k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nLike I said: off the wall, tracks, rocker&#8230; except there were no walls and the tracks weren&#8217;t parallel.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefhearttroutmaskreplica.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefhearttroutmaskreplica.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefhearttroutmaskreplica\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2047\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you can handle some mo&#8217; try &#8220;<em>Electricity<\/em>&#8220;, very old film and as odd as it gets:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='678' height='412' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HE32tcojArI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainting2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainting2.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefheartpainting2\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2040\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOK, if you haven&#8217;t had enough yet and braved exposure to stuff that might alter your genes faster than you can say &#8220;<em>Monsanto<\/em>&#8221; try this EZ teenage tune of his &#8220;<em>Upon the My Oh MY<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='678' height='412' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dq6fCOGyVJg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainting3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainting3.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefheartpainting3\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2041\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m kinda drawn to impressionism and his art, well&#8230; Jackson Pollock on acid?<\/p>\n<p>Ok here&#8217;s another tough one, a fucking beat poetry classic; &#8220;<em>Bat Chain Puller<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='678' height='412' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/17cr_WVdWmo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>and I LOVE this one:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainting4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartpainting4.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefheartpainting4\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2042\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartlate.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartlate.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefheartlate\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2043\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some folks pay lipservice to thinking &#8220;<em>outside the box<\/em>&#8221; Don Vliet (the good Captain) <strong>LIVED<\/strong> outside the box, him and the Magic Band: late 60&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartmagicband.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefheartmagicband.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefheartmagicband\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2049\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One last one. If you have come this far, you will never have to prove your man or womanhood in any other way&#8230; brave souls!<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Nowadays a woman&#8217;s got to hit a man<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='678' height='412' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_jZ_DgR8Yk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefhearthand.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefhearthand.jpg\" alt=\"captbeefhearthand\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2044\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefhearthand.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wearedone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/captbeefhearthand-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThanks, Don, for keeping it real and not sucking the lame ass of culture, ever. A true gypsy.<br \/>\n(January 15, 1941 \u2013 December 17, 2010).<\/p>\n<p class=\"bawpvc-ajax-counter\" data-id=\"2030\"> (599)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart. Musician, Painter, Poet&#8230; a real original. Blues influenced, Howlin Wolf vocal style but with the oddest rhythms and guitar riffs ever imagined. 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