The Official Captain Beefheart Thread

[Frownland]

^Yo. Watch that ****, beefheads and beefhaters. These are great interviews and insights on the music.

[Neapolitan]

A short documentary revealing amazing detailed insight of Captain Beefheart. You must watch it at least four times before you truly comprehend the ingeniousness behind the man, the band, and the album.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

A short documentary revealing amazing detailed insight of Captain Beefheart. You must watch it at least four times before you truly comprehend the ingeniousness behind the man, the band, and the album.

In terms of aesthetic, could you think of anything more appropriate for a Beefheart commercial?

[Akai]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

A short documentary revealing amazing detailed insight of Captain Beefheart. You must watch it at least four times before you truly comprehend the ingeniousness behind the man, the band, and the album.

Seriously though, the BBC doc on Beefheart is class.

[Frownland]

I really like the BBC doc. It's an excellent insight on how Beefheart fit into his time.

But if you want an inside and in-depth view of Beefheart, please watch Samuel Andreyev's Beefheart-related videos. They are seriously the most insightful content I've seen on Beefheart. Granted, I've never read any of the major publications like the 33 1/3 (just remembered about the PDF I have, gotta get on that) or John French's Through the Eyes of Magic, but I have a feeling that everyone who has an inkling of interest in Beefheart and even those who don't like him will get a lot from watching these videos.

I SAID THAT ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ABOUT CAPTAIN BEEFHEART SHOULD WATCH THESE VIDEOS

Samuel Andreyev
Frownland Analysis
John "Drumbo" French Interview
Bill "Zoot Horn Rollo" Harkleroad Interview Pt. I
Bill "Zoot Horn Rollo" Harkleroad Interview Pt. II

Really, really important addition to the Beefheart cannon imo. Zoot Horn Rollo is insanely articulate and has some great insights on the music industry in general as well.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Samuel Andreyev is awesome. It'd be cool to pick his brain about Beefheart and other experimental music. His Beefheart videos are a must if you're a fan and they're really interesting even if they're not. The Frownland analysis gets a little into the weeds on the music theory level if you don't know much of the rudiments that he's referencing, but the John French interview is really insightful on the creation process of TMR despite the kind of fumbling beginning.


Analysis of Frownland


John French Interview

^ Yes, that first video is fascinating; a real eye-opener into what a Beefheart song is made of, as Andreyev treats a four-minute song to 30 mins of serious analysis. I wish he'd look at a few more songs in that kind of detail.

And when you've watched all Frownland's video recs, you'll be ready to read:-

[Frownland]

Frownland will also be getting to that book after having finished his recs.

Hopefully the positive response to Andreyev's videos push him to create a lot more of them. Dude knows his stuff and Beefheart has a lot of stuff.

[Oriphiel]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Ah yes, Captain Beef Fheart.

[Lisnaholic]

^ Yeah, you'd think they could at least have checked the spelling before they published the book.

[Frownland]