Neither of these are the good Captain ! It's a shame van Vliet's only OGWT legacy is with that stop-gap band and the 1974 album material . We know what was possible both earlier and later with the Magic Band . This track is just easy-listening !
Neither of these are the good Captain ! It's a shame van Vliet's only OGWT legacy is with that stop-gap band and the 1974 album material . We know what was possible both earlier and later with the Magic Band . This track is just easy-listening !
That's more like it. A nice bit of Snyder/Feldman there too . "whistles like a root , snatched from dry earth"
I like the later albums , certainly - 'Doc at the Radar Station' is one of the best . Trout Mask Replica is a one-off , a work of art as well as an album . You couldn't listen to it every day, but each time I come back to it, it seems to have got better . Zappa's 'Uncle Meat' is the about the only thing close to it , another cultural document of the time/place.
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It's a shame van Vliet's only OGWT legacy is with that stop-gap band and the 1974 album material . We know what was possible both earlier and later with the Magic Band . This track is just easy-listening !
A nice bit of Snyder/Feldman there too .
"whistles like a root , snatched from dry earth"
I like the later albums , certainly - 'Doc at the Radar Station' is one of the best .
Trout Mask Replica is a one-off , a work of art as well as an album . You couldn't listen to it every day, but each time I come back to it, it seems to have got better .
Zappa's 'Uncle Meat' is the about the only thing close to it , another cultural document of the time/place.