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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Christina on December 17, 2010, 05:22:21 PM
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Dang, I'm not sure if I'd heard he had MS.
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fuck. :'(
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Captain Beefheart I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby Beat Club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytJl4cATgIs&feature=related#)
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Another one of my people bites the dust.
Oh Captain; my captain.
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That's a bummer. :(
I always idolized him as a kid.
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I have been moping all morning. I didn't get into him until later on...like five years ago. But ever since, his albums have been the first I have sought out at every record store and record fair.
His song "Circumstances" and "Owed T'Alex" are two of my favorite songs of all time. And this recording is probably one of the greatest things EVER.
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART----ORANGE CLAW HAMMER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrwXRqV8K-A#)
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I thought he died in the 90's, when was his last album?
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I thought he died in the 90's, when was his last album?
He stopped making music a long time ago, Wikipedia says his last album of original material was released in 1982. He did some exhibitions as a painter in the 90s and 2000s.
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I thought he died in the 90's, when was his last album?
He stopped making music a long time ago, Wikipedia says his last album of original material was released in 1982. He did some exhibitions as a painter in the 90s and 2000s.
He spoke in poetry.
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I have been moping all morning. I didn't get into him until later on...like five years ago. But ever since, his albums have been the first I have sought out at every record store and record fair.
His song "Circumstances" and "Owed T'Alex" are two of my favorite songs of all time. And this recording is probably one of the greatest things EVER.
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART----ORANGE CLAW HAMMER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrwXRqV8K-A#)
very nice post. hadn't heard that one before. Captain Beefheart's stuff runs deep. He's been a constant in my life for the past ten years. RIP.
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I am curious about the "complications of multiple sclerosis" that killed him. I'm not positing conspiracy here; I just want to know what they were.
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I am curious about the "complications of multiple sclerosis" that killed him. I'm not positing conspiracy here; I just want to know what they were.
i'm no expert, but i know several people with MS. all MS is, is a series of complications (hence the "multiple".) something in the body eventually fails, so there's nothing mysterious here. except this fucking awful, mysterious disease. (and that's all i know.)
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Honey, I know what MS is; I've got it. Hence my curiosity here: this is one of my possible futures.
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RIP
Beefheart was one of the few musicians who was deserving of the "genius" accolades bestowed upon him.
He'll be missed.
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As a huge Zappa fan in HS, I was also by law a huge Captain fan. I think the reason why his stuff gets more cred than Zappa's is because it seems to come from a more real, less calculated place. As strange as his music and lyrics were, there's something undeniably organic about them.
I had that same experience listening to "Trout Mask Replica" that nearly everyone has. The first time I heard it, I admired its ambition but couldn't get into it. Then I gave it another shot and it grew on me a little. And in the next listen it grew on me some more, until finally I realized how amazing it was.
We won't get another one like him. I'm not sure we got the first one.
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Yeah, me too. As a Zappa worshipper at age 13 (in fairness to myself, it was Absolutely Free/We're Only In It for the Money Zappa, not "Jewish Princess"/"Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" Zappa), I took on the burden of forcing myself to dig Trout Mask. And you know what, it was worth it. Now I know that Beefheart has more cred mainly because Zappa sucked, but also because he was a true visionary genius.
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Yeah, me too. As a Zappa worshipper at age 13 (in fairness to myself, it was Absolutely Free/We're Only In It for the Money Zappa, not "Jewish Princess"/"Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" Zappa), I took on the burden of forcing myself to dig Trout Mask. And you know what, it was worth it. Now I know that Beefheart has more cred mainly because Zappa sucked, but also because he was a true visionary genius.
He was great up until about Over-nite Sensation or maybe 200 Motels. Absolutley Free is an awesome album.
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Honey, I know what MS is; I've got it. Hence my curiosity here: this is one of my possible futures.
I don't know the details, except to say that he has been fighting it for a long, long time.
From beefheart.com:
"In the BBC documentary The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart John Peel stated that Don was suffering from 'a long term illness'. The 1994 poetry readings and Anton Corbijn film would also suggest that Don is unwell. This long term illness seems most likely to be Multiple Sclerosis, but this is merely speculation.
His gallery and any friends still in contact with him continue to deny that he is in anything other than top shape and say that the rumours of ill health are probably just exaggerated speculation caused by Don's reclusive nature. What little evidence there is for the rest of us to go on would suggest otherwise, however."