Captain Beefheart, RIP

SY · 17th December 2010, 11:09 PM

I just about wore out my copy of Trout Mask Replica, a brilliant, brilliant album. My dreams that Captain Beefheart would one day return to making the fabulous, jagged, anarchic, and imaginative music that influenced several generations of musicians were ended today. The Captain died of MS at the age of 69.

Listening to Ice Cream for Crow right now and shedding a few tears.

kevinkr · 17th December 2010, 11:22 PM

Sorry to hear that. 69 is not so old either.. RIP...

GTHICM · 18th December 2010, 12:01 AM

I am saddened by this news. Some truly grounbreaking musicians are no longer with us, and I feel the loss in the same way I felt when Frank Zappa passed away.

Pano · 18th December 2010, 01:12 AM

Never cared for him, but had a boss who used to subject me to Beefheart for hours on end.

Sorry to see anyone go, especially at 69. But he left a mark, for sure.

wakibaki · 18th December 2010, 02:05 AM

Some of us were very lucky to see a period during which the ideas of what music could be were dismantled on a large scale. Don Van Vliet was responsible for a considerable amount of the destruction.

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tcrane · 18th December 2010, 02:24 AM

When I was a teenager, low these many years ago, I heard Clear Spot on the radio and was NEVER THE SAME again.

stoolpigeon · 18th December 2010, 02:37 AM

still remember the first time I heard Zig Zag Wanderer

mach1 · 18th December 2010, 03:31 AM

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The Captain died of MS at the age of 69

Sorry to hear that, I knew he had been ill for some time.

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I just about wore out my copy of Trout Mask Replica, a brilliant, brilliant album.

Agreed: its blend of musical styles, sheer ingenuity and high standard of musicianship were, and remain, breathtaking. As a combined outcome of the genius of Van Vliet and the era in which it was recorded, many of the unique creative juxtapositions it explored will never be revisited.

SY · 18th December 2010, 04:53 AM

I loved one of the comments on the You Tube Ella Guru: "There are more ideas in this 2 1/2 minute song than there are in most musicians' entire discography."

Ropie · 18th December 2010, 09:44 AM

A really sad day. I always wondered when it would happen. I look forward to new documentaries on him now at least.

17th December 2010, 11:09 PM	#1
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	Captain Beefheart, RIP I just about wore out my copy of Trout Mask Replica, a brilliant, brilliant album. My dreams that Captain Beefheart would one day return to making the fabulous, jagged, anarchic, and imaginative music that influenced several generations of musicians were ended today. The Captain died of MS at the age of 69. Listening to Ice Cream for Crow right now and shedding a few tears. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

17th December 2010, 11:22 PM	#2
kevinkr diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Blog Entries: 6	Sorry to hear that. 69 is not so old either.. RIP... __________________ www.kta-hifi.net

18th December 2010, 12:01 AM	#3
GTHICM diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2008	A Great Loss I am saddened by this news. Some truly grounbreaking musicians are no longer with us, and I feel the loss in the same way I felt when Frank Zappa passed away.

18th December 2010, 04:53 AM	#9
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	I loved one of the comments on the You Tube Ella Guru: "There are more ideas in this 2 1/2 minute song than there are in most musicians' entire discography." __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

18th December 2010, 09:44 AM	#10
Ropie diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SW London	A really sad day. I always wondered when it would happen. I look forward to new documentaries on him now at least. __________________ "A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"


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18th December 2010, 01:12 AM	#4
Pano diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Blog Entries: 4	Never cared for him, but had a boss who used to subject me to Beefheart for hours on end. Sorry to see anyone go, especially at 69. But he left a mark, for sure.

18th December 2010, 02:05 AM	#5
wakibaki Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Blog Entries: 2	Some of us were very lucky to see a period during which the ideas of what music could be were dismantled on a large scale. Don Van Vliet was responsible for a considerable amount of the destruction. w

18th December 2010, 02:24 AM	#6
tcrane diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2008	When I was a teenager, low these many years ago, I heard Clear Spot on the radio and was NEVER THE SAME again.

18th December 2010, 02:37 AM	#7
stoolpigeon diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Laputa	still remember the first time I heard Zig Zag Wanderer

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