View Full Version : Capt. Beefheart's Christmas bye bye
msteeln
December 17th, 2010, 07:45 PM
An eccentric, non-compromising, original, the likes that we'll not see again http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/captain-beefheart-dead-at-age-69-20101217
R_of_G
December 17th, 2010, 08:35 PM
A true original and a huge influence on me as he managed to fuse free jazz with blues and rock.
Here are his 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing, which may seem like a joke, but read between the lines and you may find different ways of approaching playing your instrument.
http://www.beefheart.com/datharp/10com.htm
Robert
December 17th, 2010, 09:46 PM
He was an interesting and strange man.
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R_of_G
December 18th, 2010, 09:19 AM
A little more tribute this morning.
First, a couple of quotes that I think shed a lot of light on the way Van Vliet looked at music...
"I don't want to sell my music. I'd like to give it away because where I got it, you didn't have to pay for it."
"I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything."
Second, a couple of covers of his songs done by the Black Keys. The second one I've been re-learning to play this morning.
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Eric
December 18th, 2010, 10:18 AM
He's one of those guys I will openly admit I don't get. Maybe someday.
R_of_G
December 18th, 2010, 01:52 PM
Much of his music is definitely what one might call "challenging listening" but that's precisely what I like about it.
markb
December 18th, 2010, 10:35 PM
He's one of those guys I will openly admit I don't get. Maybe someday.
As the saying goes "no-one ever put on Trout Mask Replica to relax after a hard day at work" :)
A truly original artist and a sad loss.
stingx
December 20th, 2010, 04:38 PM
Too young. Very sad loss. :cry:
Meritone Music
December 27th, 2010, 05:11 PM
RIP Captain Beefheart, you were pretty damn amazing.
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