Bluejeans and Moonbeams BEEFHEART POLL

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Disappointing in as much as it's a bit short of real Beefheartian stuff, consisting of one instrumental that may well have no involvement from anyone in the band at all, and a rare cover version. But some truly reflective moments. 50% of a Beefheart album? Or the album John Peel might have made if tasked with making a Beefheart album?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Observatory Crest" (Van Vliet, E. Ingber) – 3:32	4
"Same Old Blues" (J. J. Cale) – 4:00	2
"Bluejeans and Moonbeams" (Van Vliet) – 5:02	2
"Party of Special Things to Do" (Don Van Vliet, Elliot Ingber) – 2:48	1
"Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll" (Van Vliet, Mark Gibbons, Ira Ingber) – 3:20	1
"Further Than We've Gone" (Van Vliet) – 5:31	1
"Pompadour Swamp" (Van Vliet) – 3:32	0
"Captain's Holiday" (R. Feldman, W. Richmond, S. Hickerson, C. Blackwell) – 5:43	0
"Twist ah Luck" (Van Vliet, Gibbons, I. Ingber) – 3:22	0

― Mark G, Monday, 23 March 2009 14:21 (sixteen years ago)

meh

― nonightsweats, Monday, 23 March 2009 22:24 (sixteen years ago)

Observatory Crest is a great song. Premo should've looped up the intro in the late 90s.

― zappi, Monday, 23 March 2009 22:38 (sixteen years ago)

can't handle it as an album, but Observatory Crest is the kind of song iTunes was made for

― Milton Parker, Monday, 23 March 2009 23:21 (sixteen years ago)

more..

― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 07:50 (sixteen years ago)

this, Strictly Personal, and Unconditionally Guaranteed are unknown to me
Will pop on over to Amoeba tomorrow to see if they have a used copy so i can vote

― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 08:06 (sixteen years ago)

"Further Than We've Gone"

― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 10:02 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 29 March 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

...

― Mark G, Monday, 30 March 2009 07:05 (sixteen years ago)

I voted for the JJ Cale cover - that song rules. Actually, this whole album is kinda unfairly maligned - the first half is great

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 30 March 2009 12:12 (sixteen years ago)

Taken on it's own terms, and not as a Captain Beefheart album, this is a perfectly fine 70s rock album which also happens to have some amazing singing on it

― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Monday, 30 March 2009 12:18 (sixteen years ago)

well, yes.

― Mark G, Monday, 30 March 2009 12:47 (sixteen years ago)

I've always avoided this, but his other pop album from that era isn't too bad, so maybe I should pick one up and fill in the last missing hole. Ironically, I never owned a copy of the tribute album, Fast 'n' Bulbous from 1988 with Sonic Youth and XTC either, so I just downloaded last night. Nearly half the covers are from Clear Spot.

― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 30 March 2009 18:36 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 30 March 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

ta.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 07:02 (sixteen years ago)

Overlooked this poll, but "Observatory Crest" didn't need my vote.

Incidentally, this thread reminds me: where's Stewart Osborne been for the last half-year? Haven't seen any posts from him in at least that many months. Or did he just change his username to something I don't recognize?

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 08:33 (sixteen years ago)

The revival/creation of a Beefheart thread usually brings him forth, but not recently, no.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 08:35 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

This is decent. Much of what I've read over the years leads me to believe this is one of the worst albums ever made, but it's an OK 70s rock album with a couple of good songs.

― Mark, Sunday, 2 January 2011 03:23 (fifteen years ago)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o8vd6YjZSiM/SU5it4DJL3I/AAAAAAAACKo/PDp4j6IieL4/s400/kudos.jpg

― Costco Chapel (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 2 January 2011 03:27 (fifteen years ago)

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