RIP Captain Beefheart

-minus- · Joined: Oct 26, 2008 Posts: 787 Audio files: 13

Alas... The almighty Captain Beefheart has exited the departure lounge. He left on the 17th of December 2010. Once again, the world becomes a quieter place... Crying or Very sad

Guardian newspaper obituary;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/18/captain-beefheart-don-van-liet-obituary

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blue hell · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:32 pm Post subject:

I read ... love the music .. rest in peace Don.

v-un-v · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:39 am Post subject:

Fast and bulbous, Don!

Shame though you haven't made any music for 30 years though Sad

RIP.

abstraktor · Joined: Apr 27, 2009 Posts: 190 Location: glasgow, scotland

Life would have been that much crapper without Beefheart's music.
I remember hearing TMR on acid when i was 18 - changed my er approach somewhat, but in a positive way. Saw him on his last uk tour in the early 80's, and the band were hot! 20 minute version of Kandy Korn !
Thanks for everything Don.

1:11 · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:23 am Post subject:

How incredibly sad Crying or Very sad

Mirror Man, Tarot Plane, ect. were game changers musically for me. Beefheart had a sound that tickled your ear from far away that made you wonder, "who is THAT?!?". For music to do that decades after, and still sound fresh, is beautiful....and not everyone can do that.

Me and my girl have really special, charged feeling about Beefheart. She turned me on to them, and i would make these Love letters for her to read along while listening to Beefhearts music. (weird, i know...)

It easy to think that the people we look up to will be around forever, i guess they can be...through the music, the art, memory.

Thanks -minus- for posting the thread so quick.
-1:11=

the architech · Joined: Oct 29, 2010 Posts: 55 Location: Philadelphia

I was singing "Electricity" in the gym the other day in his honor. I don't think anyone understood what I was getting at, haha.

brontosaurus19 · Joined: Feb 10, 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Tennessee

What a great record Trout Mask Replica was. RIP Captain... Sad

v-un-v · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:51 pm Post subject:

And still is! Very Happy

brontosaurus19 · Joined: Feb 10, 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Tennessee

v-un-v · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:32 pm Post subject:

I just dropped some tracks from Bill Laswell's first recording under the "Material" name, in the Octatrack thread. If you like Beefheart, you'll love this LP!! Really worth picking up a copy, if you can find it. Made at the same time as "My life in the bush of ghosts" by Eno/Byrne, still (Laswell) sounding utterly fresh even today!

http://electro-music.com/forum/post-322749.html#322749

nobody · Joined: Mar 09, 2008 Posts: 1687 Location: Not here

I didn't really know who he was, but now I have to find out!

brontosaurus19 · Joined: Feb 10, 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Tennessee