Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Upon The My-O-My Lyrics

I never knew Howling Wolf was white, LOL, OMG, WTF, LMOA, fuck off

I'd like to see frankie Muniz play beefheart during this period 😆

Such a funky, badass, weirdly timeless track.

He's a warlock...directing his minion's. .....

Why do I love this so much? Is F major 7th so seductive?

How is the Captain 33yrs old here? He looks like 50! Either way, this is pure magic!

I don't know why, but after listening to this song, I want to go out and get incredibly drunk

You gotta admit it. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is very unique and original...talented..odd...trippy....yup a rare kinda DUDE

Are there 97 STUPID FUCKING PEOPLE OUT THERE, or WHAT?? 😂 😝 THIS SONG FUCKING ROCKS MY SOUL BABY!!!! GD I miss THE CAPTAIN!! RIP DON!!!!!!! WE LUV U

20 seconds and we hear the Wurlitzer… I’m out...

This guy lives in a world all his own. He's way too weird for me.

John McCarroll then you’re too weird for us!!! 😂 bye bye now. Don’t come back.

so what the frag was the "my o my" anyway? his shlong?

I might have commented here before.. but fuck off, that is an absolute banger

Them jeans on the guitarist at the back, remind me of mine after 8 pints with me mates on a Friday night! Great song & performance by the way. R.I.P. Captain!

An Aria

Whoever thumbed down needs their ears cutoff. You don't deserve ears.

Here the total is greater than the sum of the parts. Hardly exceptional musicians but together they attained lift off and beyond.

A fucking GUITAR SOLO on a Beefheart track! Lmao he always talked about how much he hated flashy solos (apart from one-note guitar solos)...still this is a decent performance from the "Tragic Band"

Wow! I’ve known the name for years and only just now listened to captain beefheart. That was awesome. So gritty.

That look right after he says “how was I to know she was so shy ‘ is so cool. This song has some of the worst lyrics in history- which makes it particularly interesting to me. As the Talking Heads once implored ‘stop making sense!’. I love the captain because he puts priceless lines in my head I’ll repeat to myself till the day I die. For instance, ‘scarecrow YOU answer!’ From ice cream for crow, a great tune.

This song here has a permanent place in my soul. To me it’s close to perfection, much more than the sum of its parts . For instance the beginning guitar riff makes you think it’s in that key then the band comes in and it that riff becomes part of the new key without changing.

For those not in the UK The Old Grey Whistle Test was on tv about 11pm on a tuesday night .My parents used to let me and my brother stop up to watch it.This was one of the most memorable performances, a real talent and presence and showman.

This is the best. Better than the original.

Definition of stage presence right here

He was very expressive like How Cocker was I think.

Some of the best electric guitar playing I have ever encountered. It is a wonderful guitar tone too.

Yup great guitar playing.

it's good but you must have a rather small range of reference to get that excited about it.

Love this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkBgDhiWqcE&t=75s

The steaks were low, the steaks were high

The looks he fires off are so captivating. Like when he says ‘who something she was so shy , on the my oh my’ he rolls his eyes up in his head - it’s just pure genius in the moment to me. It has no conceptual meaning, it’s just his own subconscious made conscious. Not many people can do that, true artists can.

But seriously, I worship this. I love the central riff , the 3 note riff that seems to connote one key, but the band comes in on another, to which the riff works as well. And the whole look of the band with turquoise silver rings and a couple with this elvish look, tall thin with long silky hair. I was 13 when this came out so it’s cool to see the look of the musicians I wanted to be.

Oh, and the line ‘you can here the captain’s cry’ gives me a chill. Peace

I was mates with this guy until we were 16 and then we left school and I ended up in prison for a 30 stretch and lost touch...its life Jim but not as we know it

Gorgeous guitar solo on this one.

Captain beef heart, brilliant and sublime great music will be with us for ever

What an awesome stage persona! 😎 Always have to watch the video when I listen to this track..those wild eyes totally enhance it! Love the music videos of that TOTP/Old Grey Whistle Test era. Dude looks utterly off his chops though 😂

From a distance Captain Beefheart looked like Bonzo

1:23 "Hands low, hands high", the capn does opposite with his hands: holy fuck

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The man was a fucking genius and that's all there is to say about it. Gonna put "Trout Mask Replica" on the table just for the sake of it.

That was fucking awesome and that was produced before I was even a thought in my dad's heart and a champion swimmer in his ball bag.

How was I to know she was soo shyyyyy

This is the so-called “Tragic Band” version of the Magic Band. They were all proficient musicians, but they were used to playing traditional rock and pop, and they never understood the complexities and idiosyncrasies of the good Captain’s music. Thankfully, they only hung around for a short while and one LP, before a new incredible batch of musical daredevils was assembled into another amazing Magic Band. This being said, I have always enjoyed this song, and this performance in particular, and I find several underrated nuggets on Beefheart’s two “sellout” LPs, Satisfaction Guaranteed and Bluejeans and Moonbeams.

Peter Dinklage is looking good.

Beefheart was best doing blues, not atonal nonsense like trout mask

КРАСАВА !!!!

Havnt heard much of this guy but he does remind me of a poor mans Alex Harvey

After 773K views, I hate to think I'm at least 10K of em

This is your brain on cocaine.... Don't do cocaine, kids.

Love the stories Terry Bozzio has of touring with him

If anyone has seen the persona Ty Segall puts on for his album 'Emotional Mugger' (he does a live performance on KEXP), I reckon he was 95% lifting mannerisms from Captain Beefheart.

if you like captain beefhart check out ty segall. dope psych rocker who relatively young. the kexp show with him with the weird baby mask is great.

Love it! So raw, it never gets old, musicians here are also super underrated.

I can see Vic Reynolds playing this while he lays stoned and coked up on his water couch.

I am singlehandedly responsible for 25% of these views.

2.05 WHAT a pretty lick!

Fantastic performance! This period of Don's career is often looked at sideways by Beefheart fans, but there were many gems, such as this one and Workin Man.

This is a relatively boring Captain Beefheart song.

LOVE YAAAAAAAAAAAA

It's uncanny, he has the fashion sense of my ex girlfriend, and sings like her too. She is pregnant now, I can't wait to meet her baby.

Impressed Ik

this is good shit

This song is such a work of genius. We all stand around wringing our hands saying "My oh my" as we are driven away from our own steering wheel We are all a bunch of sheep. What a great song.

reminds me of why he is my fav artist ever

I do wish more people would love music that is played with instruments.

The Chorus is fucking slammin. The guitar behind the vocals is perfect.

Nurse With Wound did a song to Rocket

Anyone who doesn't like Beefheart doesn't like music FACT

I bought a grey whistle

This is great. Thanks. He reminds me of a Dutch pirate from the 1600s.

👍🏼

grabin beef

he showing all the traits of being off is head on some sort of drug or drugs mixture but hey so fucking what,he certainly knows how to express his feelings :-)

The measure of any great musicians is that they can surpass the studio recordings where there can be ample technical tools on offer for the sound recording. To me this beats the album version in every way. Truly sublime. Bring back The Old Grey Whistle Test now! Where did all the live music shows go?

What song?

a masterpiece

Captain beefsteack

Seen it on OGWT...BACK THEN

better than CD version, better tempo and playing

This is like protopunk/blues rock I like it a lot

He looks rough as fuck for just being 32 or 33 years old

different strokes. i enjoy creativity on the bleeding edge. as soon as i heard this song i knew i was gonna cover it with my band. what a great, greasy, spooky feel. genius is not necessarily for general consumption.

Captain's voice here is spot-on!!

Just read the blather about Beyonce's latest crap, needed some air.
The Captain never disappoints.

2.13.. Pink Floyd's careful with that axe Eugene

The most overrated artist ever!

My old man played this a lot when I was around 6 years old I used to laugh and say hahahayyy, now I'm the old man and I love beefheart!!!!

My human gives me the blues

Richard Manuel and Neal Smith?

the beef himself

Cringe.

Insanely good

holy fuck this is the jamamajmajamjamjajamjamamjajajamammmammmamajjjjajmmmm

Legendary

Astounding
Musical brilliance and lyrical mastery

Well that was great, thanks .

Pure unadulterated shit

With distrotion this would be a heavy ass song

This is both stunning and sad - they tried to tame the captain - genius that is up there with the greats IMO - driven away from your own steering wheel! RIP

Could this be the Cap'ns best recorded visual performance?

effortlessly out there

When he said the wind blew low, I thought somebody farted.