Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby Lyrics

Fun fact: Captain Beefheart wrote this song after accidentally fastening decals all over his body & couldn't remove them all himself. He wasn't crazy, he really needed those decals off!

Sounds like Billie Holiday in primal scream therapy. Where's Yoko ?

In every way!

well, this is swordfishtrombone-esque actually

I love how tongue in cheek the vocals sound
Take that how you may

0:18 that escalated quickly

👍👍👍👍👍🎶

Can't wait to play this at school someday

If I was in a deserted island I would take the complete works of J.S.Bach, A.Webern and Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart. I need nothing else than the divine music of bach, the minimalism of webern and the craziness of captain beefheart. You?

Bach and Beefheart don't sound too bad...

Whadda buncha shit.

Love this song!

Can anyone tell me the pulse of this song? Cause I can’t seem to find one. There’s obviously some polymetric stuff going on between the instruments

You mean the time signature? I think it's variable and random but I'm not a music expert.

The best song Zappa never recorded.

She stuck out her tongue 'n' the fun begun!

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band are modern art

pull my bat chain BABY

Masterpiece..

im laughing cause this is so great... my mind dont know how to react... you know?

I was 14. I rushed home so I could play it on my Mum and dad's radiogram before they got home from work. 44 years later Lick still amazes me. Still gives me goose bumps

Likewise - still have the same vinyl copy.

I honestly think TMR and LMDOB ARE the only true original records ever made. They push music further than most people can even begin to understand. 1000 years ahead of its time - if you got ears you gotta listen

Underrated artist, Underrated music

lol, it was not underraited at all, specially this and previous album

I first heard this album when I was fifteen. I'm fifty five now and it still has me gyrating. Lick my decals off, baby!

SHE STUCK OUT HER TONGUE AND THE FUN BEGUN

this was 1 year ago...but i just read it today...and i love you.

Anyone think he sounds a bit like Lil Wanye in this song? Haha

One of the Captain's more oddly danceable songs- though if anyone ever plans to makes a techno remix of it, I will probably lynch their mother.

Shut up

rather than I wanna hold your hand I want to swallow you whole and I want to lick you everywhere that's pink and every way you think- which song captured more poignantly the primitive nature of human desire?

+empirico2001

The juxtaposition of Lick and "poignant". How DaDa! 😛😈

*stands on desk* Oh Captain my Captain!

oh! apologies, I meant that with eclectic eccentric music, things click suddenly and incredibly while high

are you high?

@Crimzoid21 Most people who don't (or are not capable of) understand(ing) him say stuff like that. You're not alone..........unfortunately.

first time hearing this high is fucking amazing, the man was a creative genius

Why does other music exist when we have Beefheart

Beefheart is up there with The Beatles. Timeless brilliance. This will still be played in 100 years' time if the human race still exists.

Captain Beefheart is God!

@cacemphaton So Geordie played on Lick My Decals Off, Baby when he was 12? Hmm.

Seriously, sad about the Captain's passing.

Can you imagine what it feels like to have heard this for the first time two weeks ago. Well. I've been storing up listens like a squirrel stores nutz!

Since the Captain comes into the Death Valley Starbucks where i work and hangs out a lot with his Mac, he got to telling me the other day about how Geordie from Killing Joke actual plays guitar on this track. Imagine my surprise.

boom, correct

His voice is shit hot on this one