Proof that don was indeed a virtuoso whistler. Supposedly he whistled MANY of his tunes to the magic band and let them figure out how to play it. That girl has no idea who Don is haha
Akakkkaakakkaa because there is not such a thing as TV, akakkkaakkaakaa, nobody watch TV anymore, even you, akakkkaakaaaka. Your comment its linda pointless!!
This is rare as hell. Thank you for posting! As far as the Captain paying homage, I would count "rather than 'I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND', I wanna SWALLOW YOU WHOLE." from the decals title track. That and the quoting of strawberry fields forever on strictly personal...
A guy pretends to accept some vague award, requests an organist to play “Yesterday”, whistles along, then walks through a stage door prop. What am I missing here? Why should any of this be “awe-inspiring”? Why should any of this be even, for that matter, the slightest bit interesting?
@@jeffryphillipsburns A guy pretends to accept some vague award, requests an organist to play “Yesterday”, whistles along, then walks through a stage door prop. Thats what is "awe-inspiring"
i've read mccartney and lennon both loved beefhearts work, apparently beefheart didn't think the same in return, what a strange and beautiful man he was, i would think the beatles would have been amused more than insulted by this.
From Zoot Horn Rollo "he might whistle a line, he was an expert whistler. just awesome. he could sit there and blow smoke rings while he was whistling, it was like a magic show. but i mean - be-be-du-be-de-du-be-de-ba-da-du-ba-da-du-ba-da-du, i mean he would just whistle like that. pretty cool. so we would work off the whistling lines for single line melodies and things like that, but the parts were all just chiseled out
Few know that McCartney actually stole this song from the Captain, or that Page and Plant stole 'Stairway' from him. It's a shame they didn't have American Idol back then. Greatest rock and roller of all time!
Dutch comical presenters, Captain Beefheart in the same shirt from the BBC GOWT sessions, Yesterday on his request played on an organ, that girl reaction, The Captain waking out….. WHAT IS THIS!????? So weird !!!
*fades in to middle-aged dutchman ecstatically shouting "success!" while handing an award to captain beefheart on some funky hazy set for a tv show or somethin...* *captain beefheart proceeds lean downward to the camera and continuously bites the outer brim of the award cup as if to test for its material authenticity.* *after a brief line of dutch from the host, the captain looks deep into the cup and throws its empty nothingness into the camera vengefully.* *everyone turns around almost in sync and waddles awkwardly to the man sitting at the bench of an organ, to which captain beefheart requests twice : "can you play yesterday?" the organist nods politely and replies "i will try."* *begins to play the most cerebral repeating organ line i've ever heard. struggling to type this, slipping into a dream...* *captain beefheart finds the tune in the organ drone as it tries to follow along, its awesome, but the camera cuts to the lady who is not at all impressed.* *the captain cuts it short, gets a few handshakes in, and walks out of frame.* *mr captain beefheart opens the door to the end of the set, and as he walks through a horrible sound of destruction erupts from behind him.* *fade to black.*
Yes! Everything Beefheart does is just absolutely brilliant! He's just a genius! Wow! Incredible! Master of the Universe! Somehow, he manages to create music that makes farts sound good...he's just that brilliant! Is there still room on the Beefheart bandwagon for those of us seeking to become part of the cognoscenti? I hope so!
Robert Slack Zappa wasn't quite SE. He smoked, drank (just not a lot but on occasion), screwed anything, and while he supposedly abstained from drugs he admitted to smoking pot quite a few times back in the 60s (which is odd, if you hate it why do it more than once?). Not to mention rumblings of a few acid trips circa 1966 or so but can't confirm. Zappa, I think, tried to project the image of the drug-free tea totaler because he wanted to be taken 'seriously' and felt the second you mention acid or pot everyone will go "Oh, *that's* where you get it from!" instead of his own unique talent. I mean Zappa was anti-drug but he did his own experimenting.
Ofcourse hilarious footage...still, Don seemed to be somewhat taken aback by these weird Europeans.....who almost outdid _him_ in the 'weirdness' stakes.....
This tv show was the brain child of a Dutch artist called Wim T. Schippers. Among his other projects was a theater play for dogs and a floor made of peanut butter. He also was the voice of Ernie in the Dutch version of Sesame Street.
WTF is this? Whistling with his vocal chords? I guess. What's the girl supposed to be doing? Sitting there looking offended by having to be in the same room with these nuts I guess.
its throat singing, using different vocal chords than standard. other cultures have long traditions of doing this in both really high whistly ranges and low gutteral sound, like tibetan monk chanting. check it out
@@benwilson1710 ; He whistled through his nose. It was his favourite trick, whistling through his nose, while blowing smoke-rings. Why do I know? Because a certain bass-player, perhaps a certain guitar-player, are friends of my husband, and I.
all this stuff about genius of zappa and beefheart vs beatles ...artists indulge in a lot of rivalry...bands can get really ticked off about 'other' bands. Me I can listen to some beatles or ccr or some punk or blues and throw some zappa and beefheart on as well for me its the enjoyment of listening.
Come to think of it...why wasn't Don van Vliet asked to replace John Lennon when he left the Beatles? THAT would have made for some interesting recordings...
geinikan1kan She's leaving bone, behind, in front. A font, fountain head, a hog's head but fire isn't real. She's so heavy she's broken mood swings, strings and weeps and my harmonica gently sweeps.
THAT'S the only homage to The Beatles that you know of? "Beatle bones ‘n’ smokin’ Stones The dry sands fall The strawberry mouth; strawberry moth; strawberry caterpillar Strawberry butterfly; strawberry fields The winged eel slither on the heels of today’s children Strawberry feels forever"
I meet this man in my dreams. Said his musical taste was classical and then he walked off with his girlfriend. Guess I gotta listen to classical music now.
