Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Dirty Blue Gene Lyrics






The shiny beast of thought
If you got ears
You gotta listen
Old woman sweat
Young girls glisten
The extract you thought
Is the extract you got

Pop in a thought
Ex-extract
D'you hear me?

Hope these are hard [?] drops
Grooves you away
Drop by drop
Light by bright
Night by light
There ain't no good
And there ain't no blame
Not hip
Ain't no aim
You make the fault
You cause the blame
Devil the same
Pop in a thought
Ex-extract
Shiny beast of thought
You hang up
Now you're caught
If you got ears
You gotta listen
Old woman sweat
Young girls glisten
There's more than what you thought
Pop in a thought
The shiny beast of thought

Stand there bubblin' like an open cola in the sun
Back is achin'
Work is never done
She's swinging a sponge on the end of a string
Right on the brink
She spills the ink down the sink
She's not bad
She's just genetically mean
She's not bad
She's just genetically mean
Don't you wish you never met her?
Don't you wish you never met her?
Don't you wish you never met her?
Dirty Blue Gene

She's swinging a sponge on the end of a string
Don't you wish you never met her?
Don't you wish you never met her?
Don't you wish you never met her?
Don't you wish you never met her?
She's not bad
She's just genetically mean
(Fuck)
Dirty Blue Gene
Dirty
Dirty
Dirty
Dirty Blue Gene
She's not bad





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  1. t.... n....

    I'm listening alone at 3 am in a dairy barn Holsteins are digging it.

  2. K.... N....

    The interplay between the instruments...

  3. C.... c....

    just lost 4 words. f..kin brilll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. I.... D....

    Does anyone know why Don's voice detorated from 73/74 and beyond? There is a dramatic change from Clear Spor to Unconditionally. I have thought it had something to do with his MS disease. But would like some input on the matter.

  5. v.... ....

    One of my Top Three Beefheart tracks. Incredible. Drumbo on backup vocals!

  6. I.... E....

    Discord trust and safety irl

  7. G.... B....

    This is for the 5 goddamm idiots that made thumbs down..try LSD you Stoopid fux..

  8. S.... C....

    I don't have the ability to describe how incredible this song actually is. Probably my favorite Beefheart song along with Sue Egypt.

  9. R.... ....

    WOMEN SWEAT

  10. J.... M....

    Maybe my favorite Beefheart song.

  11. L.... S....

    This is the first-ever Beefheart song I ever heard- of Virgin's "Ca$h Cows" comp (1980 or 81). I did NOT know how to deal with it at the time!

  12. m.... !....

    Don Van Vliet was punker than punk.

  13. B.... ....

    Its about time i found the source of that "women sweat" Dew uses in her youtube poops

  14. A.... p....

    First time i heard this song was in a record store in hong kong. Told the guy i loved Zappa and beef heart and he played this for me.

    A.... p....

    Was he the sheriff? :-)

  15. g.... j....

    One of my fav's. Captain Beefheart is someone I'd compare to Charles Ives, as a composer. Much of their music were radically different and often sounded like chaos to the immediate public of their time. Something that strikingly original often has that effect on people. But, like Ives, over time Beefheart is more appreciated now. Trout Mask Replica is widely considered a masterpiece now by music scholars. Most of us here, I suspect, could have told those professors that decades ago.

    g.... j....

    Funnily enough "The Blimp" from Trout Mask Replica had the original title of Charles Ives when played by The Mothers

  16. C.... M....

    Who else hears Minutemen?

    C.... M....

    one of the few bands who picked up on the magic band's guitar genius

    C.... M....

    They cited Beefheart as an influence quite a lot. D. Boon and Mike Watt certainly.

  17. R.... L....

    sheeee's swingin' a sponge on the end of a string

  18. C.... L....

    The things he could make a guitarist do defy imagination. And never forget his drummers. Magic Musicians playing magical artwerx. Werxafheart.

  19. W.... H....

    3:04 sounds like Lifty and Shifty from HTF reenacting the screaming scene from the 1972 film "Cries From Within". The scream scene happens at 29:42.

  20. d.... m....

    pop in a thought

  21. D.... ....

    You could just read the lyric, you could listen to the vocal track (and the other one), either guitar part, the base track, or just the drums - any would be a satisfying art-appreciation experience. But the whole thing at the same time - it's an embarrassment of riches we've been given here.

    D.... ....

    Couldn't have said it better myself.

  22. D.... ....

    Hearing music this real after a steady diet of pop swill can be like enjoying some nicely-made beer and then never being able to face Spud Lite again.

  23. P.... G....

    riiigghhht on the brink

  24. S.... ....

    " She's not bad - She's just genetically mean..."

  25. I.... W....

    captain beef heart becomes a safe space by default because anyone stupid or normal has already run away before we can write a comment. genetics not bad! just wow.

  26. T.... S....

    this song is insaaaane

  27. K.... H....

    It swings like hell.

  28. J.... M....

    God help me for making a youtube comment, but this is pure genius.

    J.... M....

    +Jamie McAllister It's OK. This is the kind of content where you might actually find constructive comments from people who aren't trash.

    J.... M....

    agreed with erik. strong medicine but we are all freaks, its ok.

    J.... M....

    Totally agree JM. One of my favorite pieces by the good Capt. Love his word play and how well the song grooves.

  29. e.... ....

    never understood why people don't get this... or any beefheart for that matter. Guitar alone...

    e.... ....

    because they dont know real music

    e.... ....

    they do what they are told and take what they are given. or something.

    e.... ....

    Much like Zappa or Lou Reed Beefheart is an acquired taste...

  30. A.... ....

    ...much respeKt to F.Z... but, per my tastes, Beefheart > F.Z....and please don't compare this to F.Z.... Captain did his own thing in his musick....clearly... ;)

    A.... ....

    I prefer Zappa (slightly) to Beefheart, but I see your point 100% ... the world would've been a much sorrier place without either of them. Both rule for different reasons.

    A.... ....

    Agreed. Very different while both pushing boundaries and challenging the listener. To me, while Zappa is up there, CB is the most original artist to ever come out of rock music. But without FZ producing Trout Mask Replica and giving CB the chance to unleash his raw creative powers, that album couldn't have been the masterpiece it was/is. Would love to know some stories from when they were classmates in high school.

    A.... ....

    Frank crafted music, Beefheart made art.

  31. S.... B....

    Here's a music video I recently made to this song:
    DIRTY BLUE GENE - (Sam Backhouse)

    S.... B....

    nice vid, but it's "The Witch Doctor Life" not Dirty Blue Gene

  32. N.... F....

    Awesome... And sooo... apropos...!!!
    Thanx

  33. N.... ....

    really feel like i can hear zappa's influence in this one, so good

    N.... ....

    i think it's the other way around. And i"m a true zappa fan.

  34. T.... S....

    If you got EARS you gotta LISTEN!

  35. P.... G....

    they dont make em like this anymore .....




    RIGHT ON THE BRINK

  36. W.... M....

    Why does everything have to be "like" or "dislike"? That's the kind of rigid-thinking bullshit that Beefheart despised. We need a yellow color rating for "on the end of a string." You know, for those of us who see beyond "like" and "dislike."

    W.... M....

    duality hah some can't let themselves go beyond it

  37. w.... ....

    the drumming and the bass line are sensational.

  38. d.... ....

    another masterpiece. miss you, don.

  39. A.... R....

    sexy as fuck!.....

  40. Y.... ....

    G*E*N*I*U*S

  41. k.... k....

    shes just genetically mean

  42. S.... H....

    The extract yew thought- is da extract yew got

  43. P.... D....

    The shiny beast of thought. BRILLIANT. I. loves yer Don, i will forever grieve.

  44. H.... ....

    My God, music from the other side of the fence. It is so intricate, building up and tearing down structures,even the spaces left between the notes are masterful. The lyrics near on R rated if you catch his drift shes a dirty girl. Most of the general public couldn't handle each section singularly; let alone fully composed and dripping like this masterpiece.

  45. T.... S....

    Old women sweat - young girls glisten.

  46. G.... Y....

    oh, yeah