Interesting art, but Beefheart was not a hippie guru
Written: Oct 17 '03
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Pros: An artistic attempt at something new.. "Frownland" is wonderful.
Cons: Too demanding of tolerance for songs lacking structure or sense. Singing is a strain.
The Bottom Line: Try this album out if you're into eccentric musicians like Tom Waits, Zappa, Eno. This will whet your appetite. Otherwise, don't bother, it's lots of work to listen.
exile103's Full Review: Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & the Magi...
I have come to appreciate this album overall as I believe it was intended to be appreciated, as an attempt to produce the sounds and thoughts of the man Don Von Vliet and his Magic band. A sprawling work that used the multiple rhythms and time signatures, odd instrumentation, and eccentric ideas of Frank Zappa (a Von Vliet friend and collaborator) together with Beefheart's own creative ideas, it was a whole new statement in a decade of very challenging and innovative works. I do not have the great love of this album that others do, I've never really been taken with Beefheart's work very much. But, I will say that I appreciate his artistic intentions and his disdain for generic art (especially pop music in general). I must say, though, that in response to another review, Beefheart was never a "hippie guru", has not been loved by "stoners" in general (stoners love zeppelin, floyd, classic rock, and deadhead bands), and did not make music that was "drug-inspired". Beefheart, like his friend Zappa, was very much anti-hippie and anti-drug. Zappa was practically straight-edge, as was Beefheart. Listen to "We're Only In It For The Money" and you'll see what Zappa thought of the hippie scene, disdain and ridicule. Listen at your own risk, it isn't for the easily annoyed.
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