I don't fully get it either, but I am compelled to try from time to time... There are recordings on the Grow Fins box of the same songs and arrangements recorded in the band's house which I feel come across much better - you can hear the birds and the breeze and such... The arrangements and performances are I think more noteworthy than profound... If it is the greatest rock record ever (or even rock at all) it would be for busting out the walls of possibility
There is other Beefheart that I like - the Mirror Man album especially, which is largely the same band but in a looser format
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