Captain Beefheart - Upon The My-O-My

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12 жыл бұрын

Old Grey Whistle Test '74
The decks were stacked
The wind blew low, the wind blew high
The stakes were low, the stakes were high
Upon the My-O-My
Hands low, hands high,
Ho-ho-ho, hi-hi-hi
Hands low, hands high
Upon the My-O-My
How was I to know she was so shy?
Upon the My-O-My
Across the light, across the night
You can hear the Captain's cry
Hands low, hands high
Upon the My-O-My
Got to make her roll, got to make her fly
Upon the My-O-My
Now tell me, good Captain,
How does it feel
To be driven away from your own steering wheel
Upon the My-O-My . . .

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@jdwfenton 3 ай бұрын

It's only now, decades later, that many of us are realizing the genius of Capt. Beefheart.

@marc9089 2 ай бұрын

Can you explain it?

@caeserromero3013 2 жыл бұрын

There's a thin line between genius and madness. Don always managed to stay on the right side...but it was often a close run thing. What he brought back from the edge was often magical.

@endlessriver2768 Жыл бұрын

sums him up perfectly

@malcolmbeckett9802 Жыл бұрын

A close run, run thing ❤

@GamingManual Ай бұрын

Perfectly stated.

@powwowdoc 3 жыл бұрын

" The Captain" may not be for everyone's tastes, but if you have ears to hear, he is magic!

@arneemilbredland2339 2 жыл бұрын

And his Magic Band !!

@vicente8705 2 жыл бұрын

If you got ears to hear.. YOU GOTTA LISTEN!!

@gontierfrancois8115 2 жыл бұрын

I listen since his beginning

@susiefairfield7218 Жыл бұрын

🎩

@jonabate6152 Жыл бұрын

👂🫀

@carlclaremboux4519 Жыл бұрын

This man's music was once in a lifetime if you don't own the albums you really missed out on something special.

@diavolos2939 8 ай бұрын

Thank god i missed out

@woodybowen5362 6 ай бұрын

I couldn’t agree more. I discovered Don through Zappa & his obvious blues roots I’m such a fan of. I’ve collected every piece of his music I could & am a fan for life. A genuinely original & unique artist ahead of his time & possibly forever.

@loucat2779 6 ай бұрын

Oh Captain, My Captain! This is Gold!! The captain at his best!

@samusvikerness661 3 жыл бұрын

That voice is so unique. He could have been anyone but he chose to be the Captain.

@napomania 2 жыл бұрын

Well said

@EskimoCanadian44 2 жыл бұрын

The Captain of the Magic Band. Hocus Pocus? Hey Presto!

@pyannaguy4361 3 жыл бұрын

"How does it feel? ...to be driven away...from your own steering wheel?!" Indeed, Cap'n B...Indeed!

@missbee7745 Жыл бұрын

How does it feel to be driven away from your own steering wheel-not good, not good at all... Thnx-Don

@iadorenewyork1 4 ай бұрын

I love that line. I have been driven away, and it is mind if scary.

@kmlgraph 7 ай бұрын

Beefheart and Zappa; two genius masters of prog-jazz rock.

@babylemonade2868 Жыл бұрын

His voice is amazing

@MarquisVonLion 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the days , 1968, in Paris, listening to Captain Beefheart...

@williamr6372 3 жыл бұрын

BIG FAN OF CATAIN BEEFHEART FOR MANY YEARS....

@bogfranklin 2 жыл бұрын

this man was a complete genius

@persvenssonpsychedelicsoun4203 4 жыл бұрын

Great Vocals. Mighty fine Music!

@sonjoestar3613 3 жыл бұрын

This is Captain criticizing himself for being commercial on the album ‘Unconditionally Guaranteed’ he is still great even though it perhaps feels bad being driven away from his own steering wheel:( at least he overcame this phase and made albums such as ‘Doc at the Radar Station’ ‘Bat Chain Puller’ and ‘Ice Cream for Crow’ He will always remain my favorite for his unique complex sound and bizzare dada-esque lyrics. Rip Don Van Vliet “Captain Beefheart” you’re always missed and remembered as a great musician and a painter!

@james96517 2 жыл бұрын

Class

@fulton_eric_pace Жыл бұрын

Agreed!! I was lucky enough to hear stories about Beefheart where I lived right before he passed. The dude was wild and badass from what I heard.

@nicklawrence3900 Жыл бұрын

Woah

@bobterwilliger1310 Жыл бұрын

He doesn’t need to criticize himself. Guaranteed is his best, “commercial” or not. BTW:All R&R eventually is commercial. It’s the nature of the beast. Peace.

@sonjoestar3613 Жыл бұрын

@@bobterwilliger1310 what? i don't agree at all. TMR is very artistic imo, same with Decals, Shiny Beast and Crow, these all have a very artistic feel to them, musically and lyrically, very avant garde, Blue Jeans and Guaranteed are jokes compared to them, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions.. He disowned them for a good reason if you ask me, in this song i can hear him crying i don't wanna do this..

@davidwalker5054 3 жыл бұрын

The music industry would stagnate without people like the captain to shake them out of their complacancy

@samiam5557 2 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite Beefheart tune.

@williamhiggins842 3 жыл бұрын

I am so stunned at how good no, how great this band is and I'm almost ashamed to say that I am just getting into the good Captain. I have always been aware of him and his reputation as kinda being how you say: eccentric.It has taken me about fifty years or so to start listening to him on the regular but Jeebus Almighty am I so happy that I finally discovered the Captain and his band.

@RighteousBrother 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard friend......I'm fifty but was introduced to the good captain in teens.......where has the time gone?

@michelletonks2270 3 жыл бұрын

William - You are like me. The good Captain passed me by for about 30 years & then ping, I suddenly got it & have been appreciating his genius ever since. No other musical artist has ever had that effect on me.

@becuzitsthere4484 2 жыл бұрын

Trout Mask Replica

@davidwaltzer2235 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I got into him when I saw his obituary in the New York Times and it included a link to Ice cream for Crow and I clicked on it and have been a huge fan ever since. This song is one of my favorites, I know how it feels to be driven away from my own steering wheel

@beemerron Жыл бұрын

I'm 68 and have been listening to him for the last 20 years or so. Beefheart; an acquired taste.

@barbaramiddleton7117 4 жыл бұрын

He's crazy that's why i like him.

@stevegibbons5777 3 жыл бұрын

A crazy genius.

@barbaramiddleton7117 3 жыл бұрын

@@stevegibbons5777 My husband was a great fan i wasn't until he took me to see him in concert in the sixties changed my mind then.

@VilhelmHammershoi1666 7 ай бұрын

It's the only worthwhile US band I've heard since it was founded in 1776

@michaelgpartridge2384 2 ай бұрын

You may want to look up a little group called “13th Floor Elevators” and amend your statement😉

@tomgradwell9872 4 жыл бұрын

The great Alex St Claire on lead guitar R.I.P.

@latexsolarbeef4990 9 ай бұрын

...this is dean smith...

@michelletonks2270 9 ай бұрын

@@latexsolarbeef4990 Yeah, I realised my mistake shortly afterwards

@zeus-mt7wx 3 ай бұрын

Old Grey Whistle Test. So many memories. ❤❤❤

@michaelodonovan7405 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like he's just been dressed by the Sally Army and he's got that unhinged look in his eyes.... I aspire to be like him so much

@dizzaztergirl 3 жыл бұрын

Salvation Armani! ;)

@Leaddevo 3 жыл бұрын

You need to take more drugs, so many more drugs

@scottjackson163 9 ай бұрын

I love this song, this performance.

@pussnboots3084 4 жыл бұрын

he is gorgeous. absolutely gorgeous.

@nelsonx5326 4 жыл бұрын

This is incredible!

@Scroticus_Maximus 3 жыл бұрын

He never fails to amuse.

@latexsolarbeef4990 9 ай бұрын

....excellent band...excellent....

@barnabycross 3 жыл бұрын

No band today can ever match this delivery

@eb3be66 12 жыл бұрын

Superb....and nice to see the clip without adverts, decent quality footage and sound too, many thanks..

@andrewjohnstone963 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Captain you were a riot in your own way you still make me dance 🕺🎶 sing and most importantly you made me laugh a hearty love thank you for all of this ❤

@shawnpuffy 3 жыл бұрын

Bad ass tune Captain!

@robertwhitehouse5557 Жыл бұрын

The most memorable set I ever saw performed on OGWT.

@irishbob26 3 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to see the remaining magic band play in Dublin a few years ago. AMAZING.

@jonhumble7199 Жыл бұрын

Wired and wonderful. What a tight band.

@goldenagenut Жыл бұрын

No one like him and the Magic Band, totally unique. Never too late to discover the Captain.

@BretHHamilton 8 ай бұрын

I'll never forget Captain Beefheart saying he thought Frank Zappa had sold out. I love them both.

@JakeWilder0 2 жыл бұрын

Surprising that they didn't break down the commercial wall and make a million with tunes like this. The Captain, God rest his soul, never wanted commercial success. But I submit that this track rocks harder, and is more original than any by more popular 70's groups like Led Zeppelin.

@Elsa-yo8pi 2 жыл бұрын

I remember taping this as part of a program called. ‘Sound of the70s’. My (school age) kids loved Captain Beefheart and still do. I’ve got ‘safe as milk’ Trout Mask Replica was a bit too much for me. 😁

@ianwilkinson4602 3 жыл бұрын

This is as perfect as it gets, what a fantastic performance . Thanks for all the weird music Captain RIP.

@Nanook8830 3 жыл бұрын

Such a good song. Great artist!!

@brenda-leehay9219 3 жыл бұрын

The elevation of an art form through pure genius.

@moppydavycoonsmith3034 3 жыл бұрын

Simply a radiant rarity to have a crazy little thing posted by a distaff formed name commenting clear spot on on Captain Beefheart.

@moppydavycoonsmith3034 3 жыл бұрын

Further Than We've Gone, Crazy Little Thing

@danceswithbadgers 2 жыл бұрын

OGWT was a great show. My parents had no idea I was watching stuff like this on my tiny portable black and white TV when I should have been asleep.

@owlytimbre9103 2 жыл бұрын

I almost felt the camera flinch at the end. It looked like he did too.

@shootfirst2097 2 ай бұрын

Those are some killer silver/turquoise cuffs the Captain's wearing

@andysaunders8497 3 жыл бұрын

The My-O-Mys is the name of my next band

@petefitzsimons727 8 ай бұрын

I salute the captain brilliance doesn't come often!!

@myway6763 Жыл бұрын

Don evolved from the extraordinary creative and eclectic group of people in Frank Zappa's orbit during the early to mid 60s in the suburbs of greater LA. He established his own distinctive brand of sound with the song Electricity that was way ahead of its time. In fact, the Captain's music never left the cutting edge. Even when watching his performances today, you'll have a hard time finding a pigeonhole for them, including his relatively commercial period of the mid 1970s. Now we can safely say, there will never be another Captain like Beefheart.

@KeyboardPussy 4 жыл бұрын

I always thought Captain Beefheart and his band were blues men. Dissenters? Eccentric blues man.

@docnelson2008 2 жыл бұрын

The stars are matter, we're matter, it doesn't matter ...Don Van Vleit

@robappleby583 4 жыл бұрын

The ultimate front man.

@gontierfrancois8115 2 жыл бұрын

I adore this man. I'm ALWAYS singing his songs

@frankdiscussion2069 2 жыл бұрын

this is my wedding song

@caseyjones7404 3 жыл бұрын

Witness the beauty

@OlafProt 2 ай бұрын

My absolute favourite performance of his ever.

@michelletonks2270 2 ай бұрын

Huge Beefheart fan but best live performance for me is I'm Gonna Booglarise You on Beat Club.

@OlafProt 2 ай бұрын

@@michelletonks2270 I will go and look that up! ☺️

@OlafProt 2 ай бұрын

@@michelletonks2270 found it! I had seen it before but yup that's a cool performance for sure. Germany had some seriously good music shows back then!!

@michelletonks2270 2 ай бұрын

Guess you've also seen live performance of Big Eyed Beans From Venus & not forgetting Ice Cream For Crow promo vid.

@OlafProt 2 ай бұрын

@@michelletonks2270 I wouldn't pretend to be a massive Beefheart fan tbh. But I always enjoy the live stuff!!👍🏼👍🏼 and if you can find the version of Upon The My Oh My (which is OG Whistle Test as you probably know) with the story preceding it that David Hepworth tells (from the OGWT dvd) I think it sums up Don! Here >>>> kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptCUrcuAnq-6aXU.htmlsi=9LHLeuqhKUUexaye

@timjackson5680 2 жыл бұрын

My all time favourite song of his. Oh too be inside his mind.

@endlessriver2768 5 ай бұрын

i have to listen to this at least 3 times a week, its like a drug!

@Acein3055 3 жыл бұрын

Good music. I liked Don on Bongo Fury and Willie the Pimp.

@spartanx5806 2 жыл бұрын

love this tune

@geinikan1kan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch for posting this. Wonderful!

@duncansmith69 Жыл бұрын

An unusually normal guitar solo for a Captain Beefheart song

@HamptonGuitars Жыл бұрын

The lead player sure gets a sweet tone out of that LP w the mini humbuckers.

@uriahturd9695 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the parody called "o postman o mine" first and was so happy to hear the original was so great!

@kevinparker9692 Жыл бұрын

Modern day Howling Wolf, that voice is incredible!

@Jack-vy6uo 11 ай бұрын

As we write.I miss him and thankfully got to meet him and FZ. Saw them together somehow I still stand.and deliver.

@Billykid514 4 жыл бұрын

Genius

@johnmccann8319 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Love his antics!🤣

@snakewhitcher4189 3 жыл бұрын

The neighborhood skunks are going to great lengths to avoid me here in the Mojave desert. They think my mom is cool though. I'm the one to usually feed them.

@barnabycross 3 жыл бұрын

total conviction total focus.....sunset protocol

@lofi-guy 3 жыл бұрын

Even Beefheart's rubbish spell is twice as good as anyone else can do

@mikefelix6338 2 жыл бұрын

The diehards called this the “Tragic Band” phase…this song is still a banger tho

@tomasvanecek8626 Жыл бұрын

I´ve been there when it was released .. Sugar Bowl :) I was reaching my fingers there.. I was 14 :)) Now.. some folks didnt deserve to be there at all.. like Art Tripp - "When the band finally got our album copies, we were horrified. As we listened, it was as though each song was worse than the one which preceded it." Well, maybe he could play tympani with an orchestra.. but as a drummer for Don, he was lost.. too bad he didnt keep his mouth shut

@marshsherrif2824 5 жыл бұрын

proper stuff

@lornebailey1568 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful !

@nukiepoo Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@philippeauffray1179 4 жыл бұрын

On sent que le Captain n'était plus maître de son navire mais qu'il voguait déjà au delà des étoiles...Ciao Capitaine...

@d_lt5643 3 жыл бұрын

Bien dit.

@ernestoleitao8684 7 ай бұрын

He is my captain,,,, good stuff

@lowryfern 4 ай бұрын

A surreal music moment-- ranks with Bowie and Bing's Drummer boy, or the Residents on stage with Conway Twitty

@marekwojdak7758 4 жыл бұрын

Das war oder ist Super !

@letsfly6503 2 жыл бұрын

the only music from the future!

@rogerfournier3284 Жыл бұрын

Extremely under-rated!

@timwright8785 Жыл бұрын

Love beefhart one of a kind

@trevorhoward2254 Жыл бұрын

The Captain and the organist wearing matching rings.

@SpaghettiTapes 7 ай бұрын

The goat

@BreezyandtheBlazers-vd3xw 7 ай бұрын

What a legend

@captainsoul1953 6 жыл бұрын

have it good authority the Captain was a little soused on this recording

@MrSrc08c 2 жыл бұрын

Ho ho ho. Hi hi hi. Pure lyrical genius.

@joemallis2886 2 жыл бұрын

This is magic.

@bradostle584 Жыл бұрын

the sound of schophrenia i have listened to it all my life, smiey emoji

@Crunkboy415 Жыл бұрын

Man Jack Black would be perfect as Captain Beefheart in a biopic.

@TimJackson-eq6iy 5 ай бұрын

This is my favorite song of his. Because no record company would release the album for being too weird, Frank Zappa released it on his own label.

@woopteedeewoopteedye 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. This version is amazing ! Better than the funny lip sync in the Netherlands tv show.

@susiefairfield7218 Жыл бұрын

🙌🏼🙃👣❤️‍🔥💨🪶🕶️🎩🎧😋🔥👅 Thank You Captain!!!!

@turloghobrien8172 4 жыл бұрын

Jestem podporucznikiem i chciałbym mieć takiego kapitana.

@jacobbeat166 3 жыл бұрын

Heh. Jedyny w swoim rodzaju, kapitan wszystkich kapitanów. Boss

@adrithgor7551 3 жыл бұрын

Niby fajny kapitan i w ogóle, ale jak zacznie naparzać w klawiaturę i kazać Ci zagrać to samo na gitarze to będzie przesrane

@BrianKlobyGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly Mojo Indeed

@gr8blu 5 жыл бұрын

sometimes not allah time but sometimes i thank the gods for reality .. might be one!

@gontierfrancois8115 2 жыл бұрын

From the 2 commercial albums. Bluejeans & Moonbeams + Unconditionnaly Guaranteed. Masterpieces TOO

@guitarhole 4 жыл бұрын

I like it . In todays world this would be considered selling out though . Just by the other tracks I've heard by these guys .

@GetMoreMellow 4 жыл бұрын

Stop talking nonsense numb nuts

@seed_drill7135 4 жыл бұрын

This was his most conventional album, that's for sure.

@samarthgrover1996 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the original magic band who recorded this album got disenchanted by the way album turned out and left the band. He had to put together a new band in a very little time.

@Rascarrr 3 жыл бұрын

it was considered selling out in the world back then too. still pretty good stuff, though

@napomania 2 жыл бұрын

Stop making sense ( quoting talking heads )

@user-ut6yo6db4f 2 жыл бұрын

Good band,no doubt.

@lowe-quay-shush 4 ай бұрын

Don Van Vliet went to the beat of a different gong.

@RB-hx7rd 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

@woopteedeewoopteedye 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Only had seen the Netherlands lips synchronized version, check it out for a good laugh. The shirt was given to him then and found it's way to england for this performance as well.