Captain Beefheart - Alice In Blunderland

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • Track #5 from the album The Spotlight Kid (1972)

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  • @georgevarelas8960
    @georgevarelas8960 16 днів тому +4

    R.I.P. Elliot Ingber

  • @jimiscnc
    @jimiscnc 12 років тому +46

    Absolutely beautiful guitar work by Elliot Ingber. Very generous of Don to give him such a showcase. Elliot's playing on this gives me chills.

    • @johnmichael1594
      @johnmichael1594 7 років тому +6

      agreed. the triumph of musicality over technique. winged eel fingerling.

    • @tomasvanecek8626
      @tomasvanecek8626 2 роки тому +6

      How I agree with all you wrote... it´s been giving me chills since what - 1979 ? I think that was when I first heard it..
      He was given so much space... and he delivered so marvelously.. Love it, love it, love it :)

    • @michaelshore2609
      @michaelshore2609 23 дні тому +1

      One of the greatest guitar solos of all time

  • @dantean
    @dantean 3 роки тому +7

    This album was and is SEVBERLY underappreciated in its day and since.

  • @andragg
    @andragg 4 роки тому +14

    The addition of ex-Mothers Art Tripp III playing marimba was a unique and incredibly original way to present an added dimension to Beefheart's music.

  • @Ivearted
    @Ivearted 3 роки тому +8

    This songs blasts me off to outer space like marquee moon!

  • @ThomasBlomster
    @ThomasBlomster 10 років тому +42

    It's the drumming that often gets my attention. No other rock drummers play like Beefheart's drummers. Period!

    • @StonedMeadowOfDoom
      @StonedMeadowOfDoom 9 років тому +4

      +Thomas Blomster Drumbo was indeed a master. Check out his drumming on Sheriff Of Hong kong. One of his finest moments and one of the best Beefheart songs to boot.

    • @ThomasBlomster
      @ThomasBlomster 9 років тому +3

      I'm all too familiar with the Sheriff! :)

    • @michaelmarino3013
      @michaelmarino3013 5 років тому +1

      Lick my decals off baby is some superb drumming.many years ago 75 I played in a beefheart jam band called kerneldak.we jammed on beefy grooves.

    • @tonybonnici5920
      @tonybonnici5920 3 роки тому +1

      Love the groove changes throughout of his songs

    • @lallementbernardecrivain7387
      @lallementbernardecrivain7387 3 роки тому

      That's absolutly right.

  • @kariwilliams7536
    @kariwilliams7536 11 років тому +28

    My second cousin on my mother's side. He has my Grandpa Harold Vliet's eyes. I've always loved this tune. He took me and my Aunt Jan to the Whiskey back in '65 when I was four years old.

    • @calum66
      @calum66 8 років тому +5

      +Kari Williams Are you seriously telling us that Captain Beefheart was your cousin ?

    • @dantean
      @dantean 5 років тому +1

      And I thought the only 4 year-olds allowed in the Whiskey were some of the acts they put on stage (some, not all).

    • @tomasvanecek8626
      @tomasvanecek8626 2 роки тому

      @@calum66 Aunt Jan - sounds legit..

  • @werz51
    @werz51 10 років тому +20

    I saw him in concert in 1971 or 72.
    he was incredible.
    I've loved his music since strictly personal and safe as milk.
    The spotlight kid is one of my favorite albums.

  • @davidinnes441
    @davidinnes441 7 років тому +26

    Best guitar solo. Ever. Enjoy.

    • @solsunson262
      @solsunson262 5 років тому +4

      Zoothorn Rollo aka Bill Harkleroad layin' down some heavy riffin' bro!!

    • @stevemihal2028
      @stevemihal2028 4 роки тому +1

      David Innes agreed,,, TELEVISION Marque Moon Tom Verlaine & Richard Lloyd

    • @tomasvanecek8626
      @tomasvanecek8626 2 роки тому

      You just know when you hear it .. 45 years here with me, and I heard it all :)

    • @jiggersotoole7823
      @jiggersotoole7823 8 місяців тому

      Moonage daydream, bro.

    • @pariaheep
      @pariaheep 6 місяців тому

      @@stevemihal2028

  • @raywt3237
    @raywt3237 Рік тому +4

    That intro is one of the most beautiful pieces of music. It's up there with the outro to Veterans Day Poppy

  • @andrewmoser5539
    @andrewmoser5539 Рік тому +5

    This is the best representation of Elliot Ingber that I know of. Elliot piloted the first "stunt guitar" position (later filled by Steve Vai, among others) in Frank Zappa's first ensemble, the 'Freak Out' era Mothers . This is a great showcase for a mysterious and influential guitar player.

  • @tomthepoolman3243
    @tomthepoolman3243 6 років тому +15

    Elliot Ingber gets a much deserved showcase here. A great, mostly unknown (outside of Beefheart/Zappa realm) guitarist. The Captain gives Winged Eel Fingerling his shining moment! Plus, he had a beard to die for before Billy Gibbons was shaving!

    • @MrLeoYaus
      @MrLeoYaus 5 років тому

      It's kinda lead-guitarish of the era. Lol.. It's one of my favorite solos

    • @polcommwatcher
      @polcommwatcher 5 років тому +4

      Tom Verlaine (Television) may well have copped this solo's tone and vibe for his own signature sound.

    • @michaelshore2609
      @michaelshore2609 23 дні тому

      @@polcommwatcher always thought Verlaine was influenced most by Neil Young but that's a great point.

  • @hobbyband2682
    @hobbyband2682 Рік тому +3

    Best guitar solo ever

  • @geoffbaxter1509
    @geoffbaxter1509 8 років тому +10

    Lucky enough to have grown up with older brothers who appreciated Beefheart and Zappa. Also got into The Doors and Love, Airplane and so much more. Real music by musicians

    • @sirqitous
      @sirqitous 3 роки тому

      Love! What an under-remembered artist Arthur Lee was! And The Doors started it all for me at 12, in 1967. I saw them live in 1968, great, and in those days the PA systems weren't powerful enough to make it too loud in the room, so you could hear everything well.

  • @madlovebar6354
    @madlovebar6354 4 роки тому +3

    The gheetar on this liddle ditty really licks my decals...

  • @WhocaresWhy44
    @WhocaresWhy44 3 роки тому +5

    Love the Captains toreodor jacket.

    • @stephenbrown1389
      @stephenbrown1389 8 місяців тому

      Bourbon street, regulation pimp attire. Satire on art and commerce.

    • @quicksilver238
      @quicksilver238 5 місяців тому

      Nudie suit!

  • @CosmosNut
    @CosmosNut 11 років тому +8

    My friends and i used to 'spraltz' to beefheart (and Zappa - made him laugh at Maples pavilion concert 'those people up front!' he said laughing...!) this song is very 'spraltzable'... spraltz is a dance like spasm and waltz...
    crazy hippies! top knot optional!

  • @kwaggavoetpad
    @kwaggavoetpad 12 років тому +12

    Who else remembers this from Bickershaw? Even the Captain was amazed at Winged Eel's performance.

  • @StonedMeadowOfDoom
    @StonedMeadowOfDoom 3 роки тому +14

    That guitar solo is so sweet. Don't knock this album

  • @hotelandelevator1236
    @hotelandelevator1236 5 років тому +6

    Although Trout Mask Replica is my favorite album from the Captain, this is my favorite song from the Captain.

  • @SaccidanandaSadasiva
    @SaccidanandaSadasiva Рік тому +4

    That's right, the Mascara Snake.
    Fast and bulbous

  • @littleheath1666
    @littleheath1666 9 років тому +7

    Pure brilliance !!!

  • @popxango
    @popxango 13 років тому +7

    This band masters the art of syncopation!

    • @MrLeoYaus
      @MrLeoYaus 5 років тому

      I wonder if Foals listened to this stuff

  • @sjgyomrey
    @sjgyomrey 2 роки тому +2

    thanks for sharing...

  • @duaneanderson9492
    @duaneanderson9492 8 років тому +4

    this is wonderful. I just love these guys and the crazed rooti-toot-rooti-toot the they be cooking upPickin' it up and layin' it down

  • @henkfranken545
    @henkfranken545 5 років тому +2

    Geweldige solo, lijkt op Zappa!! DC BOOGIE

  • @antreb15
    @antreb15 11 років тому +2

    Great music and great musicians .

  • @stillbillful
    @stillbillful 13 років тому +3

    great-thanks fur postin--also dig blabbler and smoke

  • @tomasvanecek8626
    @tomasvanecek8626 2 роки тому +1

    There is an alternate take somewhere.. check it out too.. but this was worth the album.

  • @Raelspark
    @Raelspark 13 років тому +15

    The one song on the album that sounds like Zappa.

  • @a_missippian
    @a_missippian Рік тому +2

    EPIC

  • @samjones7001
    @samjones7001 10 років тому +16

    used to drop Acid to this

  • @garymorgan3314
    @garymorgan3314 6 років тому +3

    This guitar fairly zings. Underrated album, fact my fave, though I recognise "Trout Mask Replica' is his piece de... Much missed Don. V.V..... Just caught the Spring 2018 bollox about Beyonce's latest effusion and this a blast of sanity.

  • @erwinskitty
    @erwinskitty 12 років тому +26

    just goes to show that you don't need a buttload of technique to lay down one of the greatest solo tracks ever captured in the studio. technique is important, but it's no substitute for inspired creativity. al dimeola eat your (beef)heart out.

    • @stuartspector9487
      @stuartspector9487 3 роки тому +3

      amen one of the greatest electric guitar solos in my book. true musicality, drive and lyricism. wow !!!

    • @tomasvanecek8626
      @tomasvanecek8626 2 роки тому +1

      @@stuartspector9487 It is really something else.. striving to get there, one day.. maybe ;)

    • @LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup
      @LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup 2 роки тому +1

      I missed the part where technique is lacking.

  • @JSCarie1983
    @JSCarie1983 9 років тому +3

    insane psychotic controlled timing

  • @markchristopher3202
    @markchristopher3202 4 роки тому +1

    To inspire

  • @n.f.7342
    @n.f.7342 5 місяців тому

    the second theme is like Semi-Multicolored Caucasian

  • @Offmedication
    @Offmedication 12 років тому +5

    "Alice In BlunderLand" Sent my girlfriend over the Edge. She had A Diarheaa "shit Attack" and ran to the toilet. I liked it.I like the Funny Zappa ending She liked it eventually.

  • @ChrisSmith-xh9wb
    @ChrisSmith-xh9wb 3 роки тому +1

    I saw the band perform this live. Elliot Inger seemed to be out of synch with the rest of the band, but no one else seemed to notice. I was not impressed, but he got a big round of applause from the rest of the audience anyway. Then again, Don was often out of synch, even on the records, so perhaps it was too much to ask.

    • @tomasvanecek8626
      @tomasvanecek8626 2 роки тому

      Yes for some this stuff is just too demanding .. to even ask. Dont sweat it and move on. Out of synch.. Christ

  • @001lightning1
    @001lightning1 4 роки тому +1

    Liverpool vs Man City anyone😂😂😂

  • @iangreenhalgh9280
    @iangreenhalgh9280 2 роки тому

    Sounds like Zappa, which isn't a goodthing as Zappa was utter wank imho, but this isn't bad...

    • @tomasvanecek8626
      @tomasvanecek8626 Рік тому +1

      Don on Frank: "Zappa is a freak. " And I agree, utter wank. But tell this to his worshipers... 🤣 they´d just explode

    • @owenbragg7764
      @owenbragg7764 8 місяців тому

      @tomasvanecek8626

    • @stephenbrown1389
      @stephenbrown1389 8 місяців тому

      Probable counter-cynical intent. Although the soloist was not aware of it.

    • @iangreenhalgh9280
      @iangreenhalgh9280 8 місяців тому

      @@tomasvanecek8626 Yeah, to Zappa devotees, if you don't like Frank then you have something wrong with you, most likely too inferior an intellect to grasp it's genius.