Captain Beefheart - Ashtray Heart

[@StonedMeadowOfDoom]

Probably the defining song of later era Beefheart. He never lost it and this album in particular proves that. Absolutely amazing

[@godmajora6793]

You here???

[@chrissirhc7337]

for me it has to be bat chain puller or tropical hot dog night .....both are simply incredible and actual innovations over his earlier material in a few respects ......this song as good as it is could have easily fit on several of his previous albums , even safe as milk ....or if we are going instrumentals it would be 'a carrot ....' or to a lesser extent flavor bud living or evening bell . i dont think either would fit into his prior phases of output .

[@spaceclown7650]

If I had to pick one defining song for later era Beefheart I'd say Sue Egypt. But this one is also awesome. He was making great music from the first album to the last. Even the Tragic Band era had its moments.

[@vincenttiggelman4978]

'Someone's had too much to think' I still use that in my daily life. Genius. Fucking genius!

[@craigcacek1112]

I'm so happy to see the comments below! Don was a genius, not many people get it or his music, but when you do, it never leaves you. There is some sort of depth there, and brilliant statements about the human condition, psychological, along with the incredible rhythms, at times it feels like anti-music, which makes it even better. You have to take some kind of a leap to let the music in, to be part of you. Disturbing at times, addictive at times, and sometimes it makes you laugh, you can't help it, it's just THAT good, how can it be that good?, that's the thought. There's not a lot of music that brings a smile to your face and makes you laugh instinctively. It's like "Did somebody write this and perform it? Holy shit!"

[@ofxxxthexxxflowers]

captain beefheart is probably one of the most creatively original musicians ever. No-one else really compares to that level of musical innovation.

[@mancpartizan]

"somebodys had too much to think" one of the best lyrics going

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Gets better and more contemporary everytime I hear it. Pure unadulterated Jazz.

[@palteonato]

Captain Beefheart is the Best Rock Musician of All time!

[@Sausahgagutz]

A perfect song of betrayal and cold soullessness bouyed up by the best music. No, he never lost it at all!

[@DMGregAdventure]

Incredible. He went out with a sonic blast. No one can do this kind of music now-the band is so brilliant..great players. This is ridiculously good music.

[@blanktom6049]

my brother had a case of the punks once. He had to stay home from school for about a month until he was over it. very contagious.

[@grokeffer6226]

I hope he's OK now.

[@iconicshrubbery]

This album got me thru.my difficult university times,gave me confidence to do my own thing and not become disillusioned

[@nakedfordinner]

@Lelo Stimulous Apologize. *Now*

[@hypergiantferocity3256]

Yeah this makes the Marco

[@Kragnorak]

This album is a fascinating listen. The lack of effects, click tracks and production is even more awesome sounding now that most musicians cannot live without their ProTools!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

The grandfather of punk, a man before his time.

[@Iurymasterful]

+Frankincensed You are everywhere.

[@TacoSt8]

hey i saw you in other videos but i cant remember

[@FooBarr1]

also the grandfather of mathcore and a dozen other genres I don't know the names of. The one, the only, Capn

[@juankgonzalez6230]

1:00 Beefheart with a Mellotron... Perfection _is_ possible

[@misterbonzoid5623]

Utterly original controlled madness. Humanity shining through. So glad I've had this music to keep me sane.

[@chuckschaible5410]

LOVE It!!! I SAW HIM LIVE BACK IN LATE 1980 AT a small club in Stanhope, NJ during his "DOC AT THE RADAR STATION" TOUR. He AND his magical band were brilliant, amazing...HE actually signed my TROUT MASK REPLICA ALBUM SLEEVE!!! VAN VLIET IN HUGE LETTER ON THE BACK OUTER COVER...HE SHOOK MY HAND WITH A SHY SMILE...THEN WALKED AWAY GOING UP STAIRS TO DISAPPEAR... HALFWAY UP THE STAIRS, HE STOPPED, GRINNING AT ME, AND THREW A FRESH RED 🍎 APPLE AT ME, WHICH I MANAGED TO CATCH (I WAS PRETTY DRUNK). MY FRIEND AND I HUNG OUT AND DRANK WITH THE BAND FOR BOUT AN HOUR...VERY COOL, FRIENDLY BUNCH OF GUYS... WHAT AN INSANELY GREAT EXPERIENCE!!!

[@chuckschaible5410]

He was quite a good looking man, WITH the most intense, icy blue 🔵 eyes I've ever seen... LIKE a husky or Samoyed Alaskan 🐶🐶🐕🐕 dog; amazing looking, nearly heart ❤️ stopping

[@francinem4944]

Wow thank yous for these comments!! Great anecdote of his show thx

[@Maharani1991]

One of my favourite Beefheart tracks. Thank you so much.

[@beestingza]

I feel like a glass shrimp!

[@martymefurst]

It was $aturday Nigh t Live from maybe 1981, I remember seeing it when it aired.

[@kludd28]

The whole song in brilliant, wicked, swinging drums, and goofy rhythmic guitars. But it's the dirge hits in the "middle" "wham-wham-whamwhamwham" w/ Beefheart squeezing "Yeeew yooosed meee forran ashtraeee haaarrt." So weird, so wonderful.

[@M.O.T.E.]

No agenda, just free-flowing abstraction! Wonderful!

[@noodlam]

I'm 51 and never got him until 2 weeks ago. Fantastic. Thank god for you Tube.

[@Bram25]

This man and his magic band were years. No. Light years. No. LIGHT YEARS BEFORE LIGHT YEARS ahead of their time!

[@aliensporebomb]

I love his scathing condemnation in his delivery on this song. Whoa. Wouldn't want to be the object of his disaffection here!

[@fadethetrade]

"Making invalids out of superman" "a squid eating dough in a polyetheline bag" can you get any more aberrated then that?

[@ApocalypseLater8]

Thank you for teaching me a new highfalutin word.

[@ahknanowt]

captains best song ever ,,, so sorry he has left us.. his light will shine bright for ever .. don thanks for enlighting me to the world of music....

[@dickylobster]

R.I.P Captain.

[@DrWhiggs]

Captain Beefheart is what you'd get if the Butthole Surfers and Tom Waits formed a supergroup. Yes I know Beefheart was performing first.

[@BradMorrison]

The Butthole Surfers were big fans of the Captain, whereas they adored Roky Erickson.

[@piupenso9133]

Ashtray Heart" You used me like an ashtray heart Case of the punks Right from the start I feel like a glass shrimp in a pink panty With a saccharine chaperone Make invalids out of supermen Call in a "shrink" And pick you up in a girdle You used me like an ashtray heart Right from the start Case of the punks Another day, another way Somebody's had too much to think Open up another case of the punks Each pillow is touted like a rock The mother/father figure Somebody's had too much to think Send your mother home your navel Case of the punks New hearts to the dining rooms Violet heart cake Dissolve in new cards, boards, throats, underwear Ashtray heart You picked me out, brushed me off Crushed me while I was burning out Then you picked me out Like an ashtray heart Hid behind the curtain Waited for me to go out A man on a porcupine fence Used me for an ashtray heart Hit me where the lover hangs out Stood behind the curtain While they crushed me out You used me for an ashtray heart You looked in the window when I went out You used me like an ashtray heart

[@dylanfan1969]

A man on a porcupine fence, hit me where the lover hangs out...lol. Stood behind the curtain, while i was going out...lol.

[@trellzaboppin]

Moody and groovy, there's still a whole load of attitude for current acts to pick up on, Beefheart is consistently eclectic.

[@sparkzie123]

RIP CAPTAIN the cap'n and zappa are in heaven now making sweet sweet music together again

[@paulwood6935]

U used me like an ashtray heart! That's pure poetry! Very artistic lyrics. 👍

[@spaceclown7650]

"Make invalids out of supermen, call in a shrink" Beefheart predicted modern mental health care in America, all the way back in 1980.

[@litlgrey]

Now... this is what righteous testimony sounds like.

[@Contextcatcher]

"Hit me where the lover hangs out"...

[@Maharani1991]

The string synth ends my life and assumes me into heaven every time

[@imobaird852]

somebody's had too much to think

[@mtvralinavi4677]

too much too thhhaynka

[@Elena-er7zp]

me

[@skoto8219]

... OPEN UP ANOTHER CASE OF THE PUNKS

[@PhilippeMaujard1]

just genius ! this captain sounds like a million admirals ...1980 !

[@ApocalypseLater8]

CASE OF THE PUNKS.

[@jrkchannel37]

Somebody’s had too much to think

[@oberriet99]

With him up there, weather will never be the same.

[@leecifer81]

Reminds me of later Tom Waits, but years before.

[@FerventSylph]

Will be sorely missed.

[@solargesture]

it's sad how people compare the white stripes to beefheart... just cause jack covers his songs (always, shittily) doesn't make him the next don van vliet. though it's good that jack is inspiring people to venture into beefheart. BUT HE'S NOWHERE NEAR HIM! sheesh, it doesn't mean he sucks. beefheart's just untouchable

[@jojayne7539]

A man on a porcupine fence...

[@hatecominupwithnames]

pazzensutra, theres a beefheart homepage called "the captain beefheart radar station", they have a low quality video of that snl performance. look for it there and you shall find it!

[@marymarino3986]

I collect ashtrays.this is a keeper!!!

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

Stood behind the curtain while they crushed me out!

[@jacoba4578]

Open up another case of the punks!

[@boritomc]

this is so freaking genius

[@SkopTeocratico]

I love this song... Captain in my (ashtray)heart!

[@Deitz39]

where is the SNL live video?! must watch it again.. cant find it must watch cant find watch find watch time one more find watch cant find again must again and i again must love.

[@joeyrider]

Rock at The Dada Station...

[@RDRGV350]

"Somebody has had too much to think" 😎

[@darthmelsie]

I wasn't sure what to think of this ages ago when I was made aware that The White Stripes covered this song and a few others, so I just left it for another day to revisit. I listened to it again recently and I was like "This is really good but also kind of weird, I wonder why I'm drawn to it"- and then I remembered that I like Primus and they're fuckin weird, so this seems par for the course lol

[@kn-zv7uc]

I appreciate TMR more than I like it. This, I like. .

[@merlinaudubon6202]

When I first heard this without knowing the title I thought he said 'ash tree heart'

[@BostonHollyAndSnoop]

fucking love this track. song. Capt as Doc Long Neck Radar Ashtrays , Each pillow is turning like a rock . Ashtray heart crushed me while I was burning out. and then some

[@JBOutboards]

Holly A. Van H. Touted like a rock

[@sonjoestar3613]

there goes my new whatsapp status: Another day, another way: somebody's had too much to think.

[@Wysthric]

Scary and freaky. I like it!

[@spacehopperballs]

Ok so Beefheart was brought up spoilt rotten as an only child - and he was free to express himself a bit more - does that make him a bad guy

[@northerntao]

Someone's had too much to think ... R.I.P.

[@ComradeBlue]

@billyshitcheese2 Actually, that line is one that he's used frequently throughout his life. A catchphrase of sorts that just jappened to work its way into a song.

[@dylanfan1969]

He wasn't murdered. He committed suicide. And Charles Rocket was a great actor. He was in a lot of memorable films. It just was very hard to get writers for SNL after such great writers had departed.

[@planet123]

Adios Captain.

[@Jade-pp3tl]

amazing!!!!

[@8chicagotypewriter8]

this man is hanging out with some weird cats right now

[@hampsterbb]

How come I always find awesome artists a year after they pass away? Same with Sparklehorse =/

[@JKTube]

R.I.P. Captain. :(

[@hairymarx]

Check out the live version of this on saturday night live, it's even better than this.

[@mattliable1987]

I approve of this

[@couchpotatoeschuh]

ein super song^^

[@bradroblling1223]

Doc at the radar station is beefhearts swansong, and my go to if im in a beefheart frame of mind. Lots of goodies here. Hot head, ashtray, maggots fuck my eye ball's for sure.

[@skinnydoggyz]

@ofxxxthexxxflowers if you ask me, besides the vocals, those jungle-ass drum beats make this style

[@morpheus1x]

quote that everyday watchin the media!

[@Nonplusser]

Although an avid fan of the White Stripes, I have to say that I like this version better (and Party of Special Things to Do, too).

[@tgarbrecht100]

wow - what a song though...

[@styven77]

2:28 where the Captain goes super dark.

[@eddycorrigan1433]

1:12 wounds like 'Trumps underwear'

[@LenoraX]

@Arkthespriteman Really, there is no Primus without Captain Beefheart.

[@irishsid13]

does this guy sound like lemmy from motorhead a little? great stuff...

[@Diakonov29]

Somebody's had too much to thinkah

[@Bix12]

Chill Will's genius child from his one night stand with Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz)

[@Adani90]

great =D

[@YaoEspirito]

Captain Beefheart?! I always thought this was by Will Downing.

[@VictorBravocarsales]

RIP CBH

[@MrBooshlover]

i might not know what the fuck hes talking about, but god damn, this guy is freaking awesome.

[@iluvjackwhitemost]

solargeesture; The white stripes are very original and unique in their own...so can't you understand cover songs DONT ALWAYS SOUND THE SAME!!!!! But I love beefheart as much as you do =]

[@Gizkalord]

Some people drink to quiet the voices. I drink to bring them out.

[@johnnydeutschemark3620]

mother father-figure

[@STUNTS1516]

RIP Cap ='[

[@dogrey]

They pulled it. This and "Hothead". Maybe someone will put it back.

[@tgarbrecht100]

i just put my cigarette out on the captain's heart-shaped ashtray!

[@pittst67]

Oh man did Nick Cave ever cop THIS....

[@tonysoprano3671]

was just thinking this.. i got "release the bats" energy.. nick.. care to tell us something

[@GheoBlackPlum]

@booe999 they are both otherwordly fantastic. Case closed.

[@bongrocker]

@bradthompson86 is says "glad shrimp."

[@fadethetrade]

a squid eating dough in a polyethaline bag!

[@eddierukidding4773]

cool

[@themopedmetallist]

Gargle is your friend? Ain't seen word 1 of Don's Pacheco bubble insurance claim on his corvette. Geico or Progressive ought be sweating a heavy Fear Of Missing Out

[@daionmugennz]

Genius.