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Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish - A Tribute To Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish - A Tribute To Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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by Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide

Tribute albums are always tricky business; the dilemma is usually summed up by artists either being overly reverential, or in reinterpreting the song they manage to destroy it. When the tribute is to an artist as singular and idiosyncratic as Captain Beefheart, the stakes go up because the nature of the work doesn't generally lend itself to reinterpretation. Don Fleming and Dacaer Pinga & Black Alaska avoid this by performing tributes that weren't written by Don VanVliet, although both songs are more a tribute to Beefheart's experimental spirit than anything resembling his music. As a general rule, the more faithful renditions here are the ones that work the best (Mike Watt, Jad Fair), although there are exceptions, like Miss Murgatroid's version of "Neon Meate Dream of an Octafish." The ones that really stumble simply take some lyrics and graft them to excessive skronk, as in the case of Vig ESP and Dapper. Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish is quite a mixed bag, with tracks that range from excellent to awful. This one is for Beefheart completists and fans of the performing bands only.

  Listen Track Name Length Download
1. Listen  Dirty Blue Gene
Artist:
Mike Watt
3:47 Download
2. Listen  Flash Gordon's Ape
Artist:
Weasel Walter
4:16 Download
3. Listen  Orange Claw Hammer 3:29 Download
4. Listen  Electricity
Artist:
Racebannon
5:33 Download
5. Listen  Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish
Artist:
Miss Murgatroid
2:02 Download
6. Listen  Ink Mathematics
Artist:
Monotract
2:32 Download
7. Listen  Hair Pie: Bake 2
Artist:
Trumans Water
2:24 Download
8. Listen  Bad Ronald Baked A Wooden Hairpie, And No One Would Eat It, Not Even Old Whale Waist Seymour 3:52 Download
9. Listen  Too Much Time 3:17 Download
10. Listen  Sugar 'n Spikes
Artist:
Nel Aspinal
2:20 Download
11. Listen  Apes Ma
Artist:
Ortho
1:07 Download
12. Listen  I Got Love On My Mind
Artist:
Brian McMahon
4:37 Download
13. Listen  Korn Ring Finger
Artist:
Bright
5:57 Download
14. Listen  Yellow Brick Road
Artist:
Moy
2:45 Download
15. Listen  Abba Zabba
Artist:
Azalia Snail
2:40 Download
16. Listen  Three Months In The Mirror
Artist:
Don Fleming
4:28 Download
17. Listen  Dachau Blues
Artist:
25 Suaves
1:30 Download
18. Listen  Willie The Pimp
Artist:
Vig ESP
3:38 Download
19. Listen  Wild Life 2:38 Download
20. Listen  Beatle Bones And Smokin' Stones
Artist:
Dapper
8:12 Download

Total Length: 71:04

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  • Credits

    • Nels Cline - Guitar ·
    • Nels Cline - Guitar ·
    • Nels Cline - Guitar ·
    • Nels Cline - Guitar ·
    • Nels Cline - Guitar ·
    • Jad Fair - Vocals ·
    • Jad Fair - Vocals ·
    • Jad Fair - Vocals ·
    • Jad Fair - Vocals ·
    • Jad Fair - Vocals ·
    • Jad Fair - Producer ·
    • Jad Fair - Producer ·
    • Jad Fair - Producer ·
    • Jad Fair - Producer ·
    • Jad Fair - Producer ·
    • Mike Corey - Bass ·
    • Mike Corey - Guitar ·
    • Don Fleming - Vocals ·
    • Don Fleming - Producer ·
    • Don Fleming - Assistant ·
    • Dredd Foole - Synthesizer ·
    • Bill Hoffman - Percussion ·
    • Ian Hoffman - ? ·
    • Daniel Moore - Percussion ·
    • Fred Moore - Guitar ·
    • Thurston Moore - Horn ·
    • Thurston Moore - Marimba ·
    • Thurston Moore - Assistant ·
    • Philip Todd - Harmonica ·
    • Philip Todd - Percussion ·
    • Mike Watt - Bass ·
    • Mike Watt - ? ·
    • Azalia Snail - Mixing ·
    • Azalia Snail - Recording ·
    • Miss Murgatroid - Accordion ·
    • Miss Murgatroid - Accordion ·
    • Miss Murgatroid - Vocals ·
    • Miss Murgatroid - Vocals ·
    • Brian McMahon - Liner Notes ·
    • Michael Preussner - Drums ·
    • Byron Coley - Keyboards ·
    • Byron Coley - Vocals ·
    • Kenneth Erlick - Producer ·
    • Kenneth Erlick - Engineer ·
    • Ralph "Big Round" Rountree - Compilation ·
    • Danny Gill - Compilation ·
    • Mike Mogis - Recording ·
    • Mark Dwinell - Clarinet ·
    • Mark Dwinell - Guitar ·
    • Mark Dwinell - Saxophone ·
    • Mark Dwinell - Vocals ·
    • Bob Lawton - Keyboards ·
    • Matt Bacon - Electronics ·
    • Carlos Giffoni - Theremin ·
    • Carlos Giffoni - Vocals ·
    • Carlos Giffoni - Compilation ·
    • Chris Corsano - Drums ·
    • Black Alaska - Bass ·
    • Black Alaska - Guitar (Electric) ·
    • Black Alaska - Moog Bass ·
    • Eric Boyer - Engineer ·
    • Matt Brinkman - Electronics ·
    • Dora Doll - Dholak ·
    • Dora Doll - Gourd ·
    • Daisy Cooper - Producer ·
    • Emil Hagstrom - Electronics ·
    • Juila Henkel - Vocals (Background) ·
    • Mikarla Jarvis - Percussion ·
    • Mikarla Jarvis - Cello ·
    • Joincey - Percussion ·
    • Joincey - Vocals ·
    • Michael Labrecque - Guitar ·
    • Michael Labrecque - Violin ·
    • Mister VH - Guitar ·
    • Mister VH - Vocals ·
    • Dylan Nyoukins - Vibraphone ·
    • Bunker - Engineer ·
    • Bunker - Recording ·
    • Matt Pitterle - Guitar ·
    • Evan Schwartz - Cover Painting ·
    • Manuela Sieber - Organ (Hammond) ·
    • Manuela Sieber - Vocals (Background) ·
    • Kurt Stein - Bass ·
    • Kurt Stein - Vocals ·
    • Bernd Wihlfahrt - Guitar ·
    • Chris Hoffman - Clarinet ·
    • Chris Hoffman - Cello ·
    • Chris Hoffman - Electronics