DOC AT THE RADAR STATION

strong contender for my top 20 rock albums ever

every song makes me want to yell

the phrase "i feel like a glass shrimp" pops into my head on a pretty regular basis o_O

its just like everything on the record is right at the edge of control or something, but simultaneously SO TIGHT

the first beefheart i ever heard, because for whatever reasons it was the only beefheart album my dad had. sort of blew my mind. used to have a cassette of it i listened to a fair amount, but i haven't heard it in years. i remember "making love to a vampire with a monkey on my knee" fondly.

(actually dad also had a single of "ice cream for crow," which i love.)

My first Beefheart too. "Sue Egypt" and "Telephone" still pop into my head.

HOT HEAD HOT HEAD HOT HEAD

its just like everything on the record is right at the edge of control or something, but simultaneously SO TIGHT

oh hi nice to meet you my name is "dirty blue gene"

just picked this up on vinyl and this is the my favorite beefheart by quite a bit

HOT HEAD HOT HEAD HOT HEAD

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, June 24, 2009

mr. que otm

it just combines all the best elements of trout mask with his more traddish stuff in a perfect way

Big smoke fingers wave
Come here, come here
Bring me my scissors and those odd waters
The moon was a
Wisdomatic pristocratic vagabond
Bad voogum
A picture of red hot juice
A picture of
Red garnet juice

gotta put hothead on your exercise playlists, it's a blast

This was also the first Beefheart album I heard - I borrowed it from my local library!

My old man had Lick My Decals Off, Baby and Trout Mask Replica, so those were the first ones I had. Doc at the Radar Station was later, otherwise I'm sure he would have had it too.

This one and Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) are both incredible.

*heard

Chills quick you, voices pick you, crows hex you

Mi corazón de cenicero

My favorite Beefheart: Lick My Decals Off, Baby, Clear Spot, Doc, and Shiny Beast.

Making love to a vampire with a monkey on my knee

same

My favorite Beefheart: Lick My Decals Off, Baby, Clear Spot, Strictly Personal. Found a lot of Doc repetitive for no good reason, despite also enjoying Mirror Man a lot.

It's TMR, Clear Spot and Doc for me.

(xp) Repetitiveness is not something I associate with Beefheart or with this album tbh

Many of the songs feature one musical sequence played over and over, losing the variety and constant change that gave Trout Mask and Decals a lot of their appeal.

i think that's why I like it

Love everything other than the Tragic Band era of course, but I'll go out on a limb and say that Safe As Milk has always been my #1 Beefheart pick.

(xxp) No more than "Clear Spot" though?

... in terms of variety and constant change that is

Trout Mask Replica is almost without appeal for me.

Many of the songs feature one musical sequence played over and over, losing the variety and constant change that gave Trout Mask and Decals a lot of their appeal.

No more than "Clear Spot" though?... in terms of variety and constant change that is

Yeah, but I find the Clear Spot tracks catchy in themselves, and they have a groove.

Trout Mask Replica is almost without appeal for me.

Not surprisingly, it's an album that tends to elicit strong reactions one way or another. I love it, but I can't listen to it too often.