Dig the words! Dig the guitar! Dig the power!
I love this track! Well distant cousins – there’s a limited supply – don’t let anyone get in between us.
In these times we need something magical to bring us together!
Big Eyed Beans From Venus
Distant cousins, there’s a limited supply.
And we’re down to the dozens, and this is why:
Big Eyed Beans from Venus! Oh my, oh my.
Boys and girls,
Earth people around the circle,
Mixtures of man alive.
Big eyed beans from Venus,
Don’t let anything get in between us.
Beam in on me baby,
and we’ll beam together
I know we always been together,
but there’s more.
Mister Zoot Horn Rollo, hit that long lunar note,
and let it float.
Men let your wallets flop out,
and women open your purses,
Cause a man or a woman without a big eyed bean from Venus
Is suffering with the worstest of curses
Yeah, you’re suffering, with the worstest of curses.
Put ’em out in the sun, and when the night come
You don’t have to go out and get ’em
They’ll glow with you
They’ll go with you
They’ll show with you
Ain’t no losers
Cause they’re on the right track
Cause they’re on the right track
You can be on the right track, woman,
Of course, of course
Ain’t no SNAFU, no fol-de-rol
Check these out, Big eyed beans from Venus
Oh, let a few out, let ’em pass in between us
Distant cousins, there’s a limited supply.
And we’re down to the dozens, and this is why…
Don’t let anything get in between us!
Big eyed beans from Venus
Big eyed beans from Venus.
(1972)
I love loud Rock Music, and soft acoustic music, and lyrical words of delight. I’ve seen most of the best bands in the universe from The Stones, Floyd, Who and Led Zep, to Cream, Doors and Hendrix. I’ve been fortunate to see Dylan, Neil Young, North Mississippi Allstars, White Stripes, Stiff Little Fingers, The Fall, Muddy Waters, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and Son House. But there is one band who are as good as any of them and always blast the top off my skull with their wondrously complex interchanges, great beat, powerful poetic lyrics and sheer power. The excitement they generate is unbelievable.
The Magic Band are awesome! Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) has the best voice in Rock and wrote some of the best lyrics.
Just what we need to blast the Brexit Blues and Trump trumpeting into touch!
Today is Beefheart Day!!
This is a live track from the Magic Band back in 2014 in London.
It was wonderful to see the Magic Band performing. Captain Beefheart was my favourite Band and after Don Vliet (Captain Beefheart) retired and then went and died on me I was thinking I would never hear that brilliant music again (apart from on the wonderful albums of course) but I was wrong. The Magic Band, under the direction of John French (Drumbo) were superb.
Here’s the original Magic Band from around 1980 with the inimitable Captain on vocals.
See what you think.
Here’s a few photos I took of the Magic Band.
I took the photo on the left of Arthur Brown in a brilliant live performance in Hull a year or so ago. I liked it. I told Arthur after the show that his act might have more impact if he made the effort to dress up a bit and use a little make-up.
The image seemed to have a sadness and yearning. That was strange because Arthur’s act was all lively brilliance. His voice is better than ever, he prances around like a youngster and the band is superb.
I chose the photo because it fitted in with the ethos of the rest of my books. I used the blue of the title strip as an augmentation.
I thought the effect worked. What do you think?
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