It's really hard to appreciate Beefheart's lyrics while listening to his insane (yet awesome) music. After reading this, Dachau Blues has taken on a whole new level of brilliance for me.
I would agree with the previous comments; Dachau refers to a Nazi death camp and this is most assuredly an anti war song:
"the young ones now beggin' the old ones please
t' stop bein' madmen
'fore they have t' tell their children
'bout the burnin' back in World War Three's"
I don't usually go for weird or avant garde music, but something about Trout Mask Replica... idunno. The Captain's a genius.
It's really hard to appreciate Beefheart's lyrics while listening to his insane (yet awesome) music. After reading this, Dachau Blues has taken on a whole new level of brilliance for me.
I would agree with the previous comments; Dachau refers to a Nazi death camp and this is most assuredly an anti war song: "the young ones now beggin' the old ones please t' stop bein' madmen 'fore they have t' tell their children 'bout the burnin' back in World War Three's"
I don't usually go for weird or avant garde music, but something about Trout Mask Replica... idunno. The Captain's a genius.