[atsonicpark]

http://members.aol.com/tedalvy/cbq.htm

regarding HIS TALENT: "I am a genius and there's nothing I can do about it."
LSD: "An awfully overrated aspirin and very similar to old people's Disneyland."
SHAKESPEARE: "He was out licking the sidewalks to feel the texture of the souls. I've licked a few sidewalks myself."
THE CONSUMER SOCIETY: "A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond."
DRUGS: "It's not worth getting into the bullshit to see what the bull ate."
EVOLUTION: "I think that man has the most highly developed intelligence. I think men get so intelligent that they're stupid."
VIRGIN RECORDS: "They're so old fashioned. I've seen better jokes in bubblegum wrappers."
MENTAL HEALTH: "The largest flying land mammal is the absent mind."

Good stuff.

[Derek]

"I don't want to sell my music. I'd like give it away because where I got it, you didn't have to pay for it"

[Tokolosh]

Genius. Thanks for the link.

[GrungeMonkey]

beefheart = god

[pbradley]

"What's greatness? It's a hole in the floor you stuff things into."

[atsonicpark]

He is a genius. I listen to one of his albums at least once a week.

Right now, I'm rocking the Safe as Milk re-release with the Strictly Personal (and a song from Bat Chain and a song from Ice Cream for Crow) songs that were outtakes from the Safe as Milk sessions that sound a thousand times better than what appeared on those albums.

I read an interview with him from 1988 or so where he said that he even though he was painting full time, he still composed music and wanted to return to the music world at some point, but obviously that never happened. He said, "I've written some pretty wild stuff." Sigh.

[batreleaser]

my brother just got me 'doc at the radar station' and 'the spotlight kid' original vinyl at some record station, 'volume records', in ithaca, new york.

[Stijn]

Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments For Guitarists
1. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS That's where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should sound and where that sound should come from. And watch hummingbirds. They fly really fast, but a lot of times they aren't going anywhere.
2. YOUR GUITAR IS NOT REALLY A GUITAR Your guitar is a divining rod. Use it to find spirits in the other world and bring them over. A guitar is also a fishing rod. If you're good, you'll land a big one.
3. PRACTICE IN FRONT OF A BUSH Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush doesn't shake, eat another piece of bread.
4. WALK WITH THE DEVIL Old delta blues players referred to amplifiers as the "devil box." And they were right. You have to be an equal opportunity employer in terms of who you're bringing over from the other side. Electricity attracts demons and devils. Other instruments attract other spirits. An acoustic guitar attracts Casper. A mandolin attracts Wendy. But an electric guitar attracts Beelzebub.
5. IF YOU'RE GUILTY OF THINKING, YOU'RE OUT If your brain is part of the process, you're missing it. You should play like a drowning man, struggling to reach shore. If you can trap that feeling, then you have something that is fur bearing.
6. NEVER POINT YOUR GUITAR AT ANYONE Your instrument has more power than lightning. Just hit a big chord, then run outside to hear it. But make sure you are not standing in an open field.
7. ALWAYS CARRY YOUR CHURCH KEY You must carry your key and use it when called upon. That's your part of the bargain. Like One String Sam. He was a Detroit street musician in the fifties who played a homemade instrument. His song "I Need A Hundred Dollars" is warm pie. Another church key holder is Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf's guitar player. He just stands there like the Statue of Liberty making you want to look up her dress to see how he's doing it.
8. DON'T WIPE THE SWEAT OFF YOUR INSTRUMENT You need that stink on there. Then you have to get that stink onto your music.
9. KEEP YOUR GUITAR IN A DARK PLACE When you're not playing your guitar, cover it and keep it in a dark place. If you don't play your guitar for more than a day, be sure to put a saucer of water in with it.
10. YOU GOTTA HAVE A HOOD FOR YOUR ENGINE Wear a hat when you play and keep that hat on. A hat is a pressure cooker. If you have a roof on your house the hot air can't escape. Even a lima bean has to have a wet paper towel around it to make it grow.

http://www.analogindustries.com/blog...=1181878984292

[atsonicpark]

pretty genius.

I definitely agree with "listen to the birds".

On every Scissor Shock album done in the past 2 years, there are bird sounds inserted somewhere on the album...

[king_buzzo]

Originally Posted by Stijn

Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments For Guitarists
1. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS That's where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should sound and where that sound should come from. And watch hummingbirds. They fly really fast, but a lot of times they aren't going anywhere.
2. YOUR GUITAR IS NOT REALLY A GUITAR Your guitar is a divining rod. Use it to find spirits in the other world and bring them over. A guitar is also a fishing rod. If you're good, you'll land a big one.
3. PRACTICE IN FRONT OF A BUSH Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush doesn't shake, eat another piece of bread.
4. WALK WITH THE DEVIL Old delta blues players referred to amplifiers as the "devil box." And they were right. You have to be an equal opportunity employer in terms of who you're bringing over from the other side. Electricity attracts demons and devils. Other instruments attract other spirits. An acoustic guitar attracts Casper. A mandolin attracts Wendy. But an electric guitar attracts Beelzebub.
5. IF YOU'RE GUILTY OF THINKING, YOU'RE OUT If your brain is part of the process, you're missing it. You should play like a drowning man, struggling to reach shore. If you can trap that feeling, then you have something that is fur bearing.
6. NEVER POINT YOUR GUITAR AT ANYONE Your instrument has more power than lightning. Just hit a big chord, then run outside to hear it. But make sure you are not standing in an open field.
7. ALWAYS CARRY YOUR CHURCH KEY You must carry your key and use it when called upon. That's your part of the bargain. Like One String Sam. He was a Detroit street musician in the fifties who played a homemade instrument. His song "I Need A Hundred Dollars" is warm pie. Another church key holder is Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf's guitar player. He just stands there like the Statue of Liberty making you want to look up her dress to see how he's doing it.
8. DON'T WIPE THE SWEAT OFF YOUR INSTRUMENT You need that stink on there. Then you have to get that stink onto your music.
9. KEEP YOUR GUITAR IN A DARK PLACE When you're not playing your guitar, cover it and keep it in a dark place. If you don't play your guitar for more than a day, be sure to put a saucer of water in with it.
10. YOU GOTTA HAVE A HOOD FOR YOUR ENGINE Wear a hat when you play and keep that hat on. A hat is a pressure cooker. If you have a roof on your house the hot air can't escape. Even a lima bean has to have a wet paper towel around it to make it grow.

http://www.analogindustries.com/blog...=1181878984292

i agree.

brilliant.

[batreleaser]

the ten commandents is just awesomeness. im so happy that everyone on this board seems to be in agreement that beefheart is as close to a genius as anyone working in the particular art field we call music.

[atsonicpark]

yeah... john peel said that as well.

[DeadDiscoDildo]

"If you want to be a different fish, you have to jump out of the school"

[krastian]

Great thread.

[atsonicpark]

http://experimentaletc.blogspot.com/...beefheart.html

Every Captain Beefheart album, if you all are missing any.

[batreleaser]

another reason to love beefheart; uncompromising.

[noisereductions]

I love what he said about playing like a drowning man!

[davenotdead]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

I love what he said about playing like a drowning man!

yes. man i love this man. thank you Don, thank you