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Low Yo-Yo Stuff: Getting Closer to the Captain
Even though his music has always been solidly rooted in the blues, Beefheart has remained a sort of cult figure: to his followers, a supreme genius, to many others inaccessible both musically and verbally.
January 1, 1973
Low Yo-Yo Stuff: Getting Closer to the Captain
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND Clear Spot (Reprise)
“And that pantalooned duck/white goose neck/ quacked, ‘Webcor, Webcor.’” Those are the last lines on Clear Spot, from a song called “Golden Birdies.” Not exactly “I Can See Clearly Now,” I know, but if you find it hard to make sense out of lyrics like that, or feel that you must, rest easy. Captain Beefheart has come out of the haze.