Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - When It Blows Its Stacks Lyrics

Gota love the xelaphone in this song!

The lyrics to this song were part of my literature finals at university in England. I had to write a critical analysis of it.

A+ , Right?

Hope you got a first.

He beat up and abused all the band members and made them rehearse 14 hours a day....everyone was on welfare and they had to shoplift because no one would buy their albums..

now that is dedication to art for arts sake

talk about payin your dues..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj3cyIHncKM

Mike m artists

Don Van Vliet said he named the band because he had a beef with everything.

don and frank zappa used to make up goofy names when they were both attending antelope valley high school, or was it lancaster high...? regardless, this was one of their handles, and oddly enough, back then captain beefheart was frank's moniker

@William L. There's a track on Zappa's Mystery Disc titled "The birth of Captain Beefheart" with Don on vocals recorded back in the day at the Cucamonga studio.

William L. Sounds like a name for a superhero, which he was.

A thousand light years ahead of everyone else and still is

Strange quasi-quote of Maple Leaf Rag

Nice and beefy

1:08 fucking rad guitar freakout

top riff

Amazing bassline !

A fur trapper who was strictly from commercial? LOL!

Ohwwwwwwwwwm mm ow mm ow aw mm mm m

Beefheart: dresses like a dandy furtrapper; sings like a wild wolf caged.

blacknganga don't poke eem. U Git bit

that bass riff is what balls are made of

I came here cause I heard the Bowry Ballroom version - which may be superior actually - its appropriately sped up

What a ball tearing guitar riff...only the Captain could create something this amazing

Captain Beefheart Festival continues!
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Love this track...always have.