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Why this awful sounding album is a masterpiece

1 miembro

Brace yourselves, this video is about Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band.

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Trout Mask Replica, by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band was inducted into the Library of Congress' national recording registry in 2010 - nearly 40 years after it's release. The album has been widely cited by artists of all kinds as a shining point of creativity and original thought - it also is very very hard to listen to. It's the musical equivalent of a Jackson Pollock painting. Its discordant rhythms and motifs sound made up on the spot by a child, but every sound and riff you hear on the album was arduously rehearsed over the course of a year by a group of young musicians who were remarkable in their own right.

Samuel Andreyev and Susan Rogers join me on Episode #6 of Vox Pop's Earworm to breakdown why this album is such a masterpiece.

Samuel Andreyev's Frownland analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhhB9teHqU

Interviews with John French and Bill Harkleroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgfVVbK4bA&t=1955s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od0_LRNlE5A

Articles and Sources:
http://www.beefheart.com/

The Artist Formerly Known as Captain Beefheart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObNDoR36v0E

Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/aug/04/popandrock.shopping1

Rolling Stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/trout-mask-replica-19690726

Some songs don't just stick in your head, they change the music world forever. Join Estelle Caswell on a musical journey to discover the stories behind your favorite songs.

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