When you aim so far from the centre you're bound to miss much of the
time, but when you hit!! I reinvestigated Trout Mask Replica a couple
of years ago, completely conscious of the "conspiracy of critics" theory
in terms of which certain albums are likely to get good press even from
people who haven't properly listened. I think I finally got it.
Whatever the reason, my attitude changed from a kind of puzzled sense of
wonder to pretty near total adoration.
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: lance davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 7:02 PM
To: passenger side
Subject: Re: Captain Beefheart>Tom Waits
>>Man, I can't even find the words to express how much I hate
>>Beefheart. I know hate is a strong word, but it's really not
>>strong enough.
>>Marie
>Captain Beefheart was and is a unique character.
>Brad
If nothing else, Captain Beefheart paved the way for his musical
superior,
Tom Waits. Or, maybe I should say that the Beefheart precedent seems so
clearly to have influenced Tom's work from Swordfishtrombones onward.
Personally, I think the Beef have some very annoying stuff, and is
almost
certainly overrated, but I do think that "China Pig" is a great, bluesy
song, FWIW.
Lance . . .
