Captain Beefheart - Pena

Track #15 from the album Trout Mask Replica (1969)

[@twalsh06]

"Yeah, wait until I say 'also a tin teardrop' before you say 'bulbous also tapered.' Otherwise it won't make any sense."

[@domenicraye2204]

A teardrop fits the criteria for a bulbous object, as well as the criteria for a tapered shape. He's right, how could saying Bulbous also tapered" make sense when you don't know WHAT is bulbous also tapered. ahahahah.

[@hallamhal]

Haha... christ!

[@thomascarlyle6117]

@Burr Anderson tapered bulbous

[@mate6252]

Thumb up for the quoting

[@briancrawford8751]

@@thehonorablereverendaddiso1943 Where do you get acid? It seems that shit has made a comeback since the DEA cracked down on it in the '60's and '70's.

[@stevesk8r]

christ almighty, i think i've gone insane, open this video up in 5 different windows, starting each of them 5 seconds apart

[@thomascarlyle6117]

Great Idea!

[@Pallandoii]

@@thomascarlyle6117 This actually made me feel better doing that. I'm not sure what that says about where I'm at.

[@sorcyboi2848]

just tried and did not regret it

[@ArtistLisaM]

@@sorcyboi2848 What actually happens?

[@hudsonlehr7571]

Lisa M 5 seconds of hell but I like it

[@someonedifferent6374]

It's hard to believe this was made in 69. It sounds like something someone would make today. Humor and music ahead of it's time

[@sharonbodea7677]

Who could do this today?

[@alcoholya]

The Residents were just around the corner a couple of years after this...

[@buu4045]

It sounds like old cartoon network.

[@chuckschaible5410]

Agreed still light years away from most. OF The complete shit that qualifies for music 🎵🎶 anymore!!!

[@chuckschaible5410]

@@buu4045 yeah, Soo completely insane yet disturbing, upsetting, hilarious funny stuff... golden age of cartoons: LATE 1930s THRU early 1950s classic, brilliant, The Best of All Time...

[@waldornprime5567]

No autotune, no drum machine, JUST STRAIGHT ASS 🔥🔥🔥 keeping it real since 1969

[@zackzallie8735]

PURE 100% UNCUT ROCK!!!

[@collinbeal]

Not a cellphone in sight, just people living in the moment

[@wyntmoon]

0% SEX 0% VIOLENCE 0% RHYTHM 0% AUTOTUNE 50% FAST 🔥🔥🔥 50% BULBOUS 🔥🔥🔥

[@normang3668]

​@@wyntmoon 2 Fast 2 Bulbous

[@davidhowell5585]

You dont understand. Its a mastapiece

[@dylanlevey9847]

I feel that Beefheart only found out that the word “bulbous” existed five minutes before deciding to record this album.

[@futuresmiles5797]

Büülbous

[@johnvassilly1207]

Also tapered

[@jesuacodemo7858]

HAHAHHAJA, the men with the most big genius, my heroe

[@kwyatt261]

Autism will do that

[@RolodexEnigma]

If an afternoon at the DMV had a soundtrack this would be it.

[@eleanor5675]

A Very Paranoid Android I'm not surprised to see you somewhere in this comment section

[@grumptiouscat]

RolodexEnigma true

[@carspiv]

RolodexEnigma ...You are paying for the dry cleaning of my slacks, which I soaked with urine and tears due to hysterical laughter caused by your comment

[@Ori0n1975]

Only none of it would be in English.

[@thatguy959]

Suck my toes thanks

[@MsStevo2000]

the nonsensical screaming in the background is the best

[@masterofpeace6643]

*choking baby noises*

[@jakesmip1064]

sounds like kenny mccormick from south park getting tortured on the one noise lol

[@Loincourt]

+jake smip: Not a bad analogy.

[@boyo7918]

WOOOOBLOOGG WOWOWOWWOW

[@fluffywolfo3663]

Full past noise!

[@ParzivalTheThird]

*Fast N’ Bulbous!* That’s right, The Mascara Snake, fast n’ bulbous! Also, a tin teardrop. *Bulbous also tapered!* That’s right.

[@syroexai5264]

That is right

[@disasterpiece16]

tight also

[@korfrag6865]

Love him or hate him, he do be spittin’ straight fax here

[@easybakec0ven]

I just love the sound of every member of the band having a stroke

[@zackzallie8735]

The Strokes lol

[@JH-fb3mp]

Sounds like an episode of Ed Edd n Eddy

[@secretidentitynetwork3085]

Sounds like Fred from iCarly

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

An episode where Double-D spends all day in an empty bathtub contemplating suicide.

[@jcnot9712]

You found the perfect explanation

[@RhymeswithSpecialNeeds]

The episode “One + One = Ed” would be a good representation of this song

[@emmetthatcher9583]

"Ed Mask Replica."

[@runswithbears3517]

The backing vocals on this are crisp

[@jimsmethurst6113]

One of the more melodic tracks from the album and therefore too commercial for my liking.

[@jebadiahjackson]

There was music in my song and I didn't like that.

[@duncansmith69]

Lol.

[@r4936]

The best thing I ever heard. So dense, subversive, surreal, dark and full of humour. If I ever go mad, I shall do so listening to this.

[@masterofpeace6643]

That went from 0 to 100 real quick.

[@стрелок-ч7р]

Master Of Peace more like 100 to 0

[@lupusrex2515]

That escalated quickly...

[@thermickestrel9435]

this went from 100 to 1000 real quick

[@Just.Kidding]

It went from 0 to ₩

[@nedd.8479]

That went from fast to bulbous real quick.

[@grantgreider3413]

“Mascara Snake” would be great drag name

[@Lazzie_the_Psilocybe_Deity]

Grant Greider so true 😁

[@ксхн-каналсхорошимназванием]

Fast and bulbous. Antidepressant.

[@hanawana]

yes to all

[@canadianstudmuffin]

I love it but find it hard to dance to.

[@bigtastyben5119]

You're suppose to fuck

[@slappymckracken7935]

this calls for a new dance

[@loudmind68]

You have not the groovy soul :v

[@bradoozy]

Oh hey!

[@beanmang3791]

pleb

[@dreamwell2020]

This record is now recognized as the most important work of art ever committed to vinyl. Picture, if you will, a dozen black-clad musicologists gathered at an academic conference, circled up, fingers to chins, fully absorbed in a critical analysis of this track.

[@mattyobrown]

well its still not my ham

[@JohnnyMrHattersmith]

​@@mattyobrownSuit yourself, that leaves more ham for me. Stay Fast and Bulbous my friend.

[@corntastrophy]

To be fair even I dont understand this album. But as an artist I have mad respect for them sticking to their guts and uncompromising their vision. I feel like that's what makes this album ingenious

[@dreamwell2020]

Never admit that you don't know what's going on here. Just nod your head and smile wisely. @@corntastrophy

[@dlmfernand0]

The screams on the background make it for me

[@adammorvant]

Pena Her little head clinking Like uh barrel of red velvet balls Full past noise Treats filled 'er eyes Turning them yellow like enamel coated tacks Soft like butter hard not t' pour Out enjoying the sun while sitting on Uh turned on waffle iron Smoke billowing up from between her legs Made me vomit beautifully 'N crush uh chandelier Fall on my stomach 'n view her From uh thousand happened facets Liquid red salt ran over crystals I later band-aided the area Sighed Oh well it was worth it Pena pleased but sore from sitting Choose t' stub 'er toe 'N view the white pulps horribly large In their red pockets "I'm tired of playing baby, " she explained 'N out of uh blue felt box let escape One yellow butterfly the same size Its droppings were tiny green phosphorous worms That moved in tuck 'n rolls that clacked 'N whispered in their confinement Three little burnt scotch taped windows Several yards away Mouths open t' tongues that vibrated 'N lost saliva Pena exclaimed, "That's the raspberries."

[@kozmic4276]

This whole album is like looney toons cartoons. And I love it. Real, looney tunes.

[@HitmanJenkins1]

For some reason this track always makes me think of Ren & Stimpy.

[@locksh]

Word!!!! Got the same atmosphere, and it's wacky enough to qualify.

[@gabrielthissen3280]

don't know Ren & Stimpy but totally agree

[@Cl4rendon]

This was long before R&S and i can imagine that John Kricfaluci, the father of them also once did acid and listened to Cpt Beefheart.

[@jimsmethurst6113]

@@gabrielthissen3280 a reply the captain would have approved of I think...

[@chuckschaible5410]

Oh yeS, absolutely... especially the DVD "THE SMELLIEST STORIES".ROCK ON!!!

[@finylvinyl66]

Jeff Cotton (Antennae Jimmy) sings. I had a chat with him on Facebook and he's a very nice man, living in Hawaii.

[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

These guys did 21st century meme humour in the 20th century. Way ahead of their time.

[@spaceclown7650]

Van Vliet : "Yeah but you've gotta wait until I say 'Also, a tin tear drop' …" Hayden : "Christ." XD

[@ArachKing]

The Fast and the Bulbous :)

[@RockBottomRiser21]

2 Fast 2 Bulbous

[@zhiracs]

The Fast and the Bulbous: Mojave Drift

[@masterofpeace6643]

Fast and Bulbous

[@JamshiLovesROCK]

Fast Five, Fast and Bilbous Six, Bulbous Seven, The Fate of the Bulbous.

[@CasualGraph]

That's right, the mascara snake.

[@Deadwhacks62]

"i enjoy the sun while sitting on a turned on waffle iron" is gonna be my yearbook quote

[@fluffywolfo3663]

I think that without question this is _the most demented fucking thing_ on that album. And that's saying a lot.

[@spaceclown7650]

The most atonal thing on the album, at least.

[@jewfroDZak]

To me, this song sounds like an extremely anxious, eyes fluttering back and forth, dog-sized flying insect describing what it sees while flying above the landscape of what is described in Dante's Inferno, which is where the rest of the musical madness, including what may be my personal absolute favorite part of any song ever-the guy screaming noises nonsensically in the background. The "backing vocals," if you will......I sincerely mean the following as a compliment-If demonic possession was a nonfictional thing and hell was an actual destination, this song would be Hell's dictionary definition in sonic form....Picture all that when listening to this. I fucking love this song.

[@jewfroDZak]

That's right

[@abanana2561]

Mr jewfro I may say I see your point and thought but aswell agree I with an notion course be of an lazy ostrich firing method

[@jewfroDZak]

@@abanana2561 haaa, what was that last part buddy? Lazy Ostrich firing method?

[@MylesMarrero]

Well, I guess I don’t need to try acid now. This album did all the work for it.

[@fastenbulbous]

Also, a tin teardrop.

[@zacwhite8037]

Fast N Bulbous *chuckle* christ

[@JaronDavis]

Fast N Bulbous Bulbous also tapered.

[@fahntuh1399]

Jaron Davis That's right.

[@getthepercs6094]

Fast N Bulbous that's right, the mascara snake

[@esolog5phil394]

CHRIST !! i am boulbfast

[@dojoguy3387]

I love how oddly specific the musical part gets

[@jeffclement2979]

Therein lies the magic! It ain't no accident

[@Mephistel]

"....Full past noise, AABHAHBHAABABAHBHABHBHAHHHABAHHHAHBHBHBHABHHABHAHB"

[@shyrtexx4879]

XD

[@TVMasterMINDmzic]

This sounds like a sims 2 lot with someone performing comedy while a bunch of people are literally yelling in the background whilst a bunch of random dude decided to play instruments in the worst ways possible

[@flatP_]

this was seriously ahead of its time. amazing.

[@stardustman420]

It's like if Johnny Test was the Death Grips frontman

[@fluffywolfo3663]

For a moment I thought you meant "Johnny Truant from House of Leaves" but I think both work

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

Yes

[@shiobuzz3724]

I thought the singer sounded more like Flapjack

[@pardoxia7242]

I thought it sounded kinda like Francine from American Dad having a mental breakdown.

[@themetallian2112]

Bloo from Foster Home of imaginary friends

[@oreo3740]

This is the musical equivalent of a 105°F fever

[@htsgm]

tf is a fahrenheit

[@Ganolink]

Great stuff, I play it during bible study all the time.

[@rjmantis]

Perfect bible study soundtrack

[@wkmac2]

That's funny cause the first time I heard this album was at a church camp in 1969'. It was a favorite of the preacher's son. Pena of all the songs is the one most etched in my head and the moment I hear "fast and bulbous" I'm cast back to 1969'. 😆

[@MarcoBeatles]

bulbous also tapered... that's right!

[@sophiaetka22]

My uncle has a shirt that says fast and bulbous. Finally understanding his obsession with Captain Beefheart. Very disturbing, yet funny for some reason? What the fuck?!

[@Just.Kidding]

"The most important rock album of the 20th century"

[@fastandbulbous9697]

Truly is

[@virtualmartini]

You put quotes around that as if it wasn't true or something.

[@bigstar66]

@@virtualmartini yes

[@TheVeryBlondeOne]

Captain Beefheart at left channel, Victor Hayden (The Mascara Snake) at right channel Antennae Jimmy Semens on lead vocals - Captain Beefheart on death metal screams

[@Amangiechsin]

haha semens

[@korfrag6865]

@@Amangiechsin Carbon cum

[@sprays123]

A touching story put to soothing rhythms, in fact quite fast and somewhat bulbous

[@alzed9983]

What is even happening anymore

[@zhiracs]

yes

[@thomascarlyle6117]

Yeah but you gotta say Tin TearDrop!

[@jjdecani]

All of this. Beyond good and evil. Is... wunderbar!

[@meeksanimationstudios]

Late 60s music were the most innovative and yet, the greatest out of history, more specifically creative and imaginatively influential, even to me as a music fan and an artist in general. -JM.

[@MrMrdavis98]

The fast, the bulbous, and the tapered.

[@KMakoENVtuber]

If I ever get some fast car, ‘Fast and Bulbous’ is going on it for sure

[@cleffartlek7353]

Citroen SM. It is the tin tear drop Drove one. Fast and Bulbous.

[@maracujaizsrbije6738]

This is where the album start getting REALLY out there. Don't get me wrong, it was batshit insane from the start but this is the turning point where it goes off the rails completely both musically and lyrically.

[@xPTRIXx]

If there was such a thing as hell this is what it would sound like.

[@nemesis534]

then hell sounds like heaven

[@LucianFitzgerald]

Georg Muffin these comments together are the best I've ever heard Beefheart described

[@Yuki_Ika7]

This sounds like beautiful chaos

[@jjdecani]

You misspelled "heaven".

[@Brandon82967]

Damn, I hope I end up down there

[@zackzallie8735]

this is the saddest song ever written.

[@morioh6505]

Feals like a oblivion random conversation

[@rajavlitra]

This plays like a Ralph Bakshi scene.

[@munchocruncho]

"Bye," the bothered birthday boy said, "Bye," the bothered birthday boy said, "Bye or sell or bye, Bye or sell or bye"

[@dannyhernandez265]

First time I listened to this, I hated it. Second time I was wondering what the actual fuck I was listening to. Third time, I absolutely loved it.

[@realbrightnights]

this is the greatest piece of audio i have ever listened to in my life

[@mikecronis]

There's a lot behind this album release. I heard rumor the band played instruments in separate rooms, not hearing each other. Frank Zappa had a hand in this for any consolation. I'm going to say that it's a very "creative" effort, exploring the outer boundaries of musical possibilities at the time, and very bravely done. The infamous album by the band The Shaggs, "Philosophy of the World" came out a day earlier. Imagine the record that June day? The Shaggs had complete innocence in what they were doing, this album, quite the opposite.

[@moist_hero699]

The screaming in the background plus the random ass vocals and lyrics makes this song sound like what a meth overdose feels like for some reason

[@bellabliss1860]

this is one of the songs i've ever heard.

[@brianm2881]

Fast and bOOlbous.

[@spiderlane]

Faschin boolbous.

[@the_main_chow]

That's right, the Mascara Snake!

[@Proximate99]

Fast and bülbous.

[@chrismyers7779]

Beautiful, it's like seeing the face of God.

[@Goatchild90]

Peak of music

[@tsugatoshamisen256]

That's right, The Mascara Snake, fast and būlbōus!

[@botbuster8841]

PENA HER LITTLE HEAD CLINKING LIKE A BARREL OF RED VELVET BALLS 🗣🗣

[@BrickfallOfficial]

at 7 seconds in is that Frank Zappa i'm hearing?

[@arturogoenaga8284]

+coconut7joemanji yep

[@jamelelaraj9901]

Yes. He is the producer on this album!

[@meischel5574]

This is what salvia trip feels like. Amazing.

[@puhhhhh]

Of all the songs on this album i think this one best describes me

[@Qrqyt]

be sure to time your trip with this album so you are peaking during this song

[@ArachKing]

Every Bieber/Eilish/Taylor Swift fan should be strapped to chairs 'Clockwork Orange'-style and forced to listen to this(heck, all of Trout Mask Replica) on loop till they are saved..

[@basedcostanza5145]

rather listen to any of those artists than a single moment of this nihilistic anti-musical garbage

[@ArachKing]

You can't be serious.

[@sketcheli3773]

+Carter Rolen ew

[@carleneboulden4386]

yeah lol

[@carleneboulden4386]

+Carter Rolen haha why are you here commenting then

[@grummus]

This sounds like Vogon Poetry

[@wesgodel297]

Zulu hi graham

[@Twistedhippy]

Zulu That's why I chewed off my leg!

[@joemiller947]

I never thought I'd find someone who knew both Hitchhikers Guide AND Captain Beefheart

[@kenetickups6146]

How dare you insult this masterpeice

[@rockkiller124]

FAST N BULBOUS

[@peterelpanda2]

Aeen ALSO A TIN TEARDROP!

[@narkopop6608]

I see you on every Scaruffi album lol

[@Mar-xe3dt]

Pena, her little head clinking like a barrel of red velvet balls Full past noise Treats filled her eyes, turning them yellow like enamel coated tacks Soft like butter hard not to pour out Enjoying the sun while sitting on a turned on waffle iron Smoke billowing up from between her legs Made me vomit beautifully and crush a chandelier Fall on my stomach and view her from a thousand happened facets Liquid red salt ran over crystals I later Band-Aided the area, sighed, "Oh well it was worth it" Pena, pleased but sore from sitting, chose to stub her toe And view the white pulps horribly large in their red pockets "I'm tired of playing baby," she exclaimed. And out of a blue felt box let escape one yellow butterfly the same size Its droppings were tiny green phosphorous worms That moved in tuck and rolls that clacked and whispered in their confinement Three little burnt scotch taped windows, several yards away Mouths open to tongues that vibrated and lost saliva Pena exclaimed, "That's the raspberries"

[@chuckschaible5410]

So completely gorgeous, disturbing, upsetting, YET beautifully soothing, and relaxing! A TRUE mad genius, mad insane MUSICAL Professor! Absolutely Brilliant; OFF THE HOOK, Completely.Off THE FUCKING RAILS, BOY! INSPIRED INSANITY!

[@oscargermaine9221]

The more you listen to this song the shorter it feels the next time you watch it.

[@itsallrhythm]

See, I think that the opening dialogue sorta makes sense. "Bulbous also tapered" describes the shape of a tin teardrop, the bulbous end connects to the tapered point. Fast and bulbous is like the feel of the music, weird and round but also tapered to a point with the precise accents. Or maybe I've listened to the album too many times XD

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Finally I've found the soundtrack to my thoughts I've been looking for

[@captainwilliam3920]

Did I actually hear Captain Beefheart RAPPING in 1969?! Hip-hop didn't even exist back then.

[@Actiomedey]

This isnt really rapping tho

[@ruibarbo9303]

​@@Actiomedey It could be. This album has some Blues influences on it, and rapping is a primitive form of Blues. You should check Alan Lomax recordings on prison songs (if you have interest in that matter), though, rapping is way older than that. It is said it came from Africa, where Griots (14th Century), who could be described as praise singers, used to tell stories with accompainments. Naturally, it is way more melodic than this stuff... hahaha.

[@marinewelsh9927]

That’s actually zoot horn rollo if I’m not mistaken

[@psychedelicpiper999]

@@marinewelsh9927 Jeff Cotton, not Zoot.

[@marinewelsh9927]

@@psychedelicpiper999 thanks for correcting me man :3 /srs

[@Juan-wo7zu]

crunkcore in 1969

[@bigguys45s29]

New soundtrack to The Eric Andre Show sounds great.

[@snaggle_tooth6829]

this reminds me of something off of godweensatan

[@Adam-bu8cq]

Damn i did not expected a WEEN related comment. However you are 100% right.

[@suereed]

You never know when a Ween related comment will surface , you never know...@@Adam-bu8cq you never know...

[@axelbergstrom3644]

A little similar to bumblebee innit

[@michaelhinojos9115]

@@axelbergstrom3644 hell, I think of it as Weens bumblebee as a official sequel to this. then again, they did get influeced by this I believe.

[@venus9343]

Wen

[@jrbrimson]

I wanna walk my other half down the aisle to this song

[@MrHarry0000010]

Love it....someone asked me once...what do my words mean to me?....I've been considering that for a few miles

[@chrismack2677]

I love just the into on this one.. "Fast N Bulbous"

[@TVEyeDirt1970]

Victor Hayden saying "Christ!" is my favorite part. XD

[@hits_different]

This song sounds like Jar Jar Binks is freaking out while a blues band tunes their instruments

[@Kulumuli]

When ever I make a strange idea it's like Don Van Vliet shouts his dark voice in the background. And that's good.

[@moobashi]

Bulbous also tapered

[@OctapezOficial]

Thats right

[@suginami123]

I am entranced. so superb

[@psychokitty444]

Featured vocalist: The Dwarf in the Flask.

[@kurodoodle4876]

I didn't realize how subtly the guy in this song sounds like Blu from Foster's home for imaginary friends.

[@davidwalker5054]

Don't think there will ever be a beefheart cover band

[@TVEyeDirt1970]

"It's droppings were tiny green phosphorous worms" might be the scariest lyric on TMR.

[@oclictis1]

Who is this Tom Kenny sounding man frantically reading this anecdote?

[@MC_Mega-Jessup]

+Oziel Esparza The Mascara Snake (Victor Hayden)

[@MC_Mega-Jessup]

Frisbieinstein Antenna Jimmy Semens is credited as lead vocals and The Mascara Snake as speaking voice.

[@jewfroDZak]

You nailed it. That's Tom Kenny from the waybackwhens when he was still using the stage name TomCat in order to rhyme that name with his comedic partner Bobcat Goldthwait's christian name. This was before he transformed in Dickie Crickets on the Monsters of Megaphone tour, obviously.

[@hipsterelephant2660]

This sounds like my chronic panic attacks

[@TVEyeDirt1970]

"Fall on my stomach and view her from a thousand happened facets"

[@gangcrew7282]

Channel 5 had a rough night brought me here! Best creepypasta ever

[@gerry7780]

stuff billowing up from between her legs made me vomit beautifully and crush a chandellier...EPIC!!!

[@thomascarlyle6117]

Nice Try

[@Jestinace]

For me, it's Beefheart saying "I love that - I love those words" in the background like he didn't write that shit lol. Good vibes all around

[@InstallaFriend]

'oh christ'

[@wackojacko4580]

I think we can all agree this genre is alien jazz

[@Jacrispy223]

Best album to get drunk and do excessive house cleaning to.

[@AndreaAustoni]

Beefheart's laugh.