I used to have a copy of this and put it on to terrorise an old girlfriend. She accepted that it may well have been good, but it was beyond her musical limit...
@dylandrygin We shall agree to disagree on this point. I feel that Captain Beefheart is, at least in part, a product of Charlie Parker and Robert Johnson.
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Bukowski
The best album by one of only two post 1945 musical geniuses (the other being Miles Davis) and Matt Groening's favourite album of all time.
thesunneversets
I used to have a copy of this and put it on to terrorise an old girlfriend. She accepted that it may well have been good, but it was beyond her musical limit...
dylandrygin
@Bukowski the captain is the link between Zappa and Robert Jhonson.
dylandrygin
@thesunneversets ahaha...poor girl.
Bukowski
@dylandrygin And also between linear logic and abstract stream of consciousness thought.
dylandrygin
@Bukowski I disagree. I believe that this was due to bob dylan.
Bukowski
@dylandrygin We shall agree to disagree on this point. I feel that Captain Beefheart is, at least in part, a product of Charlie Parker and Robert Johnson.