more Beefheart

Albumul meu preferat de Captain Beefhearst e apt intitulatul: A carrot is as close a rabbit gets to a diamond ! Nu glumesc, e un album-compilatie facut in 1998, si unul din cele 3 pe care le detin cu Beefheart, imi place pentru ca e eclectic si pentru ca are o seectie de piese ehhaustiva (19) si eclectica (de la baladescul succes Bluejeans and Moonbeams la elegiacul Further Than We've Gone, cu un pian si o chitara geniale, la tzacaneala de free jazz, Light Reflected off the Oceans of the Moon, la dementiala The Past Sure Is Tense, la piesa-titlu,

cu introducerile vocale din Apes Ma ("your cage isn't getting any better, Apes Ma") and so on...)
asa ca am stat sa-l ascult toata ziua pentru ca dupa citeva incursiuni pe youtube, aparitii la Letterman, interviu Frank Zappa despre el (Zappa a murit pe 4 decembrie 1993 la 52 de ani ! iar Van Vliet era deja retras de 10 ani, tot in acel an Anton Corbjin a facut un documentar scurt despre el, ultima marturie video cu ex-Capitanul!), am luat discurile din raft si e a treia oara cind A carrot is as close a rabbit gets to a diamond a curs, si m-a izbit dupa multa vreme genilitatea pieselor. Am mai ascultat doar o piesa Beefheart recent, Her Eyes (are a Blue Million Miles, din soundtrackul la The Big Lebowski, care m-a izbit cind am vazut filmul, prima oara la cinema in Praga, alaturi de Terje (cel care m-a introdus lui Cpt. B) , si cind The Dude asculta ceea ce la prima impresie poate parea o cacofonie sonora...(cum zicea un comentariu de pe youtube, "who needs drugs and/or beer when there's Beefheart ?")

Tom Waits despre Beefheart

Tom Waits intr-un email catre LA TIMES:

"He was like the scout on a wagon train. He was the one who goes ahead and shows the way. He was a demanding bandleader, a transcendental composer (with emphasis on the dental), up there with Ornette [Coleman], Sun Ra and Miles [Davis]. He drew in the air with a burnt stick. He described the indescribable. He's an underground stream and a big yellow blimp.

"I will miss talking to him on the phone. We would describe what we saw out of our windows. He was a rememberer. He was the only one who thought to bring matches. He's the alpha and the omega. The high water mark. He's gone and he won't be back."

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2011

abia acum Alice ? well, herer it goes, man ! Si Leon Russell !!! Si Tom Waits de care tocmai vorbeam (scriam)....Jon Bon Jovi a fost aminat :)
2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees:
Alice Cooper
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Chic
Neil Diamond
Donovan
Dr. John
J. Geils Band
LL Cool J
Darlene Love
Laura Nyro
Donna Summer
Joe Tex
Tom Waits
Chuck Willis

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland will induct Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Dr. John, and Darlene Love, according to the New York Times. Jac Holzman, who founded Elektra, and Art Rupe, who founded Specialty Records, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award, which is given to music-industry executives. Pianist Leon Russell will receive the Award for Musical Excellence. The ceremony will be held in March.

RIP Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet)

"I'd always thought music was too formal, and I thought 'well, I'll get into this and fix it'."

(Beefheart)
am gasit citatul pe situl trupei aternativ-experimentale Oedip Piaf, pe care i-am vazut la lucru exact acum o saptamina, inclusiv pe Mr. Pan(k)sament aka Brushvox aka Ticke. Azi dimineata am primit un sms de la un prieten (not) as reclusive as the Cpt.: Don Van Vliet...
well ): the past sure is tense

Capitanul a zis ca si-a dat numele de la faptul ca avea" a beef in my heart".
Am auzit de el relativ, tirziu in formarea mea muzicala, in anii '90 dupa ce eram destul de familiarizat cu Frank Zappa si cu Tom Waits. Dar dupa ce te aclimatizezi cu Beefheart(thanks, Terje care a insistat-pentru ca la inceput Beef ma chinuia la auz :), e cu ceea ce ramii. Si Tom Waits (care i-a preluat-sa nu zic altceva) mult din stil, a ramas in urma pentru mine forever. Iar acum cind ascult Cpt. Beefheart, simt tensiunea unei muzici unice, total far out, de undeva din desert, sau din the beef from his heart. Unul din cei mai importanti muzicieni ai secolului XX, total avangarde, partener cu Frank Zappa la albumul sau din 1969, Trout Mask Replica, Zappa i-a fost prieten, partener timpuriu, si i l-a produs), a fost votat de revista Rolling Stone nr. 58 in topul 500 de albume. Mojo l-a pus pe locul 28 in top The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made si #51 in lista The 100 Records That Changed the World.
Printre cei influentati de el: White Stripes, Tom Waits, Devo, PJ Harvey, the Talking Heads, Matt Groening (The Simpsons), John Lydon. In 1982, dupa albumul Ice Cream for Crow (1982), Cpt. Beefheart s-a retras din lumea muzicala, suferind de scleroza multipla, raminind pina azi pictorul Don Van Vliet (numele sau real minus Van :), ce-o sa semai vinda picturile lui de-acum inainte (pretul unui Van Vliet era de 40.000 $, acesta e Cross Poked Shadow of a Crow No1:

traind intr-un trailer in mijlocul desertului. A murit pe 17 decembrie. Avea 69 de ani.
obituaries:
yahoonews-informal
LA Times-v. good
entertainment weekly si aici weekly numeste 5 din albumele lui
youtube comment: I hope that he and Frank Zappa are jamming together and trading stories now.
further studying: Some Yo Yo Stuff (1993), un film de Anton Corbijn
"An observation of the observations of Don Van Vliet and documented on film by Anton Corbijn". Not a music video or concert film. More of an art house film.
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band; "Ice Cream for Crow" (1982, regizat de Don
clip rejected by MTV USA as "too weird" upon release, now in the Permanent Film and Video Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC; track taken from the 1982 Virgin album
Stop the show, I need to say hallo to the crow !