Captain Beefheart

Captain Beefheart, stage name of Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician and painter. thumb|right|"A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?" thumb|right|"Don't you think that somebody like Stravinsky, for instance, don't you think that it would have annoyed him if someone bent a note the wrong way?" Quotes Trout Mask Replica (1969) A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me? Pachuco Cadaver That's right, The Mascara Snake. Fast and bulbous! Also, a tin teardrop! Pena, spoken by Van Vliet and Victor Hayden (Mascara Snake) Pena Her little head clinking Like a barrel of red velvet balls Full past noise Treats filled her eyes Turning them yellow like enamel coated tacks Soft like butter hard not to pour Pena, sung by Jeff Cotton, better known as Antennae Jimmy Semens You look dandy in the sky but you don’t scare me Cause I got you here in my eye In this lifetime you got my human gets me blues My Human Gets Me Blues Late Night with David Letterman (1982) Don Van Vliet: "Ice Cream For Crow". David Letterman: Yeah. What does that mean exactly, that title? Don Van Vliet: It has a lot to do with Reagan. I mean, he saddle-soaps his hair and tosses jelly beans through rope tricks. He's a bad actor. [laughter] The Artist Formerly Known as Captain Beefheart (1997) Radio interview extracted for the documentary The Artist Formerly Known as Captain Beefheart, BBC (1997) - YouTube video "I've written every drum bit I ever done, every note. I played the drums. I played the guitar. I played the piano. I wanted it exactly the way I wanted. Exactly. Any composer I would think would want it that way, and I don't deviate at all. Don't you think that somebody like Stravinsky, for instance, don't you think that it would have annoyed him if someone bent a note the wrong way?" On Trout Mask Replica Quotes about Beefheart (Van Vliet) [Beefheart] used to say, "You think you got a hard job, man? I gotta sing to that shit!" John "Drumbo" French, Why this awful sounding album is a masterpiece, VOX.com (YouTube), October 28, 2017 External links The Captain Beefheart Radar Station Category:Rock singers Category:Musicians from the United States Category:Painters from the United States Category:1941 births Category:2010 deaths Category:People from Los Angeles