Captain Beefheart has been a fave of mine since i stumbled across Clear Spot way too many years ago...some of the craziest and wildest guitar and vocals you'll hear anywhere!! I've been hoping all of these years that the Captain would come out of retirement for one last shot of magic....

Brilliant guy.....a sad loss........Safe as MIlk is also my favourite......we used to jam Diddy Wah Diddy....a great song....

That's a shame man.'Safe as milk is my favorite',and 'electricity' made me choose what college to follow.Real shame...

The strange and mysterious musical visionary passes away *captain beefheart*

http://pitchfork.com/news/41062-rip-captain-beefheart/

the best white blues singer just passed away....i do not know what you guys think about him but when i first listened "diddy wah diddy" my brain just blown away!

YEAH, the bird! Hearing it for 20+ years has never made it old, a true classic.

And that the sensor of the protestors has fallen on this song, is clearly a sign that 200X marks the year of the return of the old gods ...of ROCK'N'ROLL.

Every other explaination is just worldly BS. Their ways are many. Listen and get blown away.

IXNAY: That is right in my case, my cartoons are a attempt to make people as stupid as possible ...in a good way. My operation is small, so multiplyed by the large zombie/human population... this might ...take forever.

I was gonna guess this was from Family Guy.  I also agree with Ray that it's very cool that this is happening, but it doesn't seem to be because anyone thinks it's cool.  It's all part of the joke from the TV show.

And for the record, Family guy is absolutely hilarious.  Definitely not appropriate for young children.

I don't know if you are aware of why this has happened? It's a reaction against a TV show called 'The X Factor' [same bullshit as American Idol] assuming they will have the [much desired] Christmas number one spot in the 'Top 40 Chart'. Someone set up a Facebook page last year and got Rage Against The Machine's 'Killing In The Name Of' to number one instead.

I think Surfin' Bird was chosen because of the skit on an episode of Family Guy. I've never seen the show personally [as I think cartoons are for kids and that it's just a mass media attempt to dumb us down]. Ultimately, yes, it's cool that people are rallying against the assumption that some bullshit pop wannabe is guaranteed a number one song because of their success on a TV show. I do think it's a shame that people aren't buying the song because they think it's cool.

You probably knew all of this anyway - So forgive my rambling...

When every other song on the list is forgotten Surfin' Bird will still be blasting away somewhere. It's timeless!

Boppa OOUU MAU MAU Boppa OOUU MAU MA MAU!!   Awesome.  I hope this ain't a joke.

My god! Never EVER thought I'd see Rhianna's name next to the Thrashmen! Surfin' bird is my all time fav tune!

Check this out:

From:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles

Woah!

Hahaha thanks man.Great.   Check i am allergic to flowers by jefferson handkerchief.

Alex said:

oh, oh, oh, oh!
you gotta treat a woman rough
you gotta treat a woman tough
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

oh, oh, oh, oh!
you gotta pull her by the hair
hold her tighter than a grizzly bear
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

you gotta show a woman who wears the pants
if you want her to stick by you
you can have her eating right out of your hand
heres what ya gotta do..

show a woman that you're a man
you gotta show her where you stand
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

oh, oh, oh, oh!

be a caveman!

 

I'm also including a YouTube link with a funny video to go along with the song.  Enjoy!

Giannis KRI said:

It would be funnier if i could understand the lyrics....

Alex said:

"Be a Caveman" by the Avengers is pretty funny.

oh, oh, oh, oh!
you gotta treat a woman rough
you gotta treat a woman tough
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

oh, oh, oh, oh!
you gotta pull her by the hair
hold her tighter than a grizzly bear
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

you gotta show a woman who wears the pants
if you want her to stick by you
you can have her eating right out of your hand
heres what ya gotta do..

show a woman that you're a man
you gotta show her where you stand
be a caveman (oh, oh, oh)
and keep her in line

oh, oh, oh, oh!

be a caveman!

I'm also including a YouTube link with a funny video to go along with the song.  Enjoy!

Giannis KRI said:

It would be funnier if i could understand the lyrics....

Alex said:

"Be a Caveman" by the Avengers is pretty funny.

It would be funnier if i could understand the lyrics....

Alex said:

"Be a Caveman" by the Avengers is pretty funny.

"Be a Caveman" by the Avengers is pretty funny.

Hank williams "Dear John" is pretty funny all together but my favorite part is:
"Now my gal's short and stubby, She's strong as she can be, But if that little old gal of mine, Ever get's a-hold of me, That's all she wrote, Dear John, I've sent your saddle home."

Great work! What keyboard do you use?

And my two penneth..

The Real Kids first album

V2 - Vibrators

I'll take the first 2 Saints albums as well

X-Ray Spex album

and not a punk (or any kind of rock -except kraut) La Dusseldorf  - a fine album!

I bought "Station of the Crass" in LP vinyl in the beginning of 1980, and I used to listen to it near the end of 2010. It's my favorite punk album, a little bit sharp maybe ....

That's exactly what we do, only with four songs. Straight in your face, motherfucker. We once tried opening with a slower song to give people time to come in, and they didn't, so full force now.

And I'd also never open with a cover. This looks like you ain't got the guts to show your own material. Fuck it - you're on stage, so your stuff is good enough to open the show.

Besides, we do no covers at all, we just steal and "quote" as much as we can - the fun is even bigger when in the middle of your own song you start singing some well-known tune or play some notorious riff, and you see people's faces going: "Hey, I know that! Well, that's barefaced!"

Axel said:

I'd play 3 (short) fast songs in a row, no talking in between, no break longer than it takes to count to 4, and after the third take a break and greet the audience. I'd NEVER start with an instrumental. Did that and it didn't work. Unless you play in a Surf band, of course.
Songs? Maybe something like a Sonics medley. That should get everyone in the right mood.

I really like to end our shows with a couple of covers, usually Gloria and Little Latin Lupe Lu. Maybe starting it with a cover isn't such a good idea but I admit that I have thought about opening a show with Rumble.

Ha! We open with a fucked up version of Pipeline and it's always all downhill after that!! Classic!!

ash said:

my old band used to open with Pipeline.. great song to start with - but all downhill after that!!

We normally open up with a little bit of "Creeping Death", but it quickly turns into a slide blues/punk song.

That's very cool to hear that. I make diddley bows, cigar box guitars, and cigar box ukulele's, too (among other things).

The possibilities are almost endless. If you search online, you can find plenty of sites that show off people that make some very cool/functional music gadgets out of nothing but junk and pride themselves on not actually buying anything to put it together. It's artistic, functional, practical, and cool, so lube up those handy craft skills and get to work!

DammitDave said:

Thanks alot everyone.  This is for a present so I may or may not order a kit.  I'll be back with my decision.

 

I've made a couple of diddley bows but that's about it.  I had a dream about a thing that's a cross between a diddley bow and a hurdy gurdy (diddley gurdy?  hurdy bow?) but my fabrication skills have gotten rusty and were never that sharp in the first place.  I believe I'll make one out of Legos.

Thanks alot everyone.  This is for a present so I may or may not order a kit.  I'll be back with my decision. 

I've made a couple of diddley bows but that's about it.  I had a dream about a thing that's a cross between a diddley bow and a hurdy gurdy (diddley gurdy?  hurdy bow?) but my fabrication skills have gotten rusty and were never that sharp in the first place.  I believe I'll make one out of Legos.