Monday 12 May 2008

Big Eyed Beans from Venus:- Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band 1972



Distant cousins, there’s a limited supply.
And we’re down to the dozens, and this is why:
Big Eyed Beans from Venus! Oh my, oh my.

Boys and girls,
Earth people around the circle,
Mixtures of man alive.
Big eyed beans from Venus,
Don’t let anything get in between us.

Beam in on me baby,
and we’ll beam together
I know we always been together,
but there’s more.

Mister Zoot Horn Rollo, hit that long lunar note,
and let it float.

Men let your wallets flop out,
and women open your purses,
Cause a man or a woman without a big eyed bean from Venus
Is suffering with the worstest of curses
Yeah, you’re suffering, with the worstest of curses.

Put ‘em out in the sun, and when the night come
You don’t have to go out and get ‘em
They’ll glow with you
They’ll go with you
They’ll show with you
Ain’t no losers
Cause they’re on the right track
Cause they’re on the right track
You can be on the right track, woman,
Of course, of course

Ain’t no SNAFU, no fol-de-rol

Check these out, Big eyed beans from Venus
Oh, let a few out, let ‘em pass in between us

Distant cousins, there’s a limited supply.
And we’re down to the dozens, and this is why…

Don’t let anything get in between us!
Big eyed beans from Venus
Big eyed beans from Venus.

4 comments:

  1. I never knew there was an actual film.

    Probably my most favouritest Beefheart track. (Though it is safe to say that it is probably most people's favourite)

    They opened their only Edinburgh gig with it.

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  2. Alas, no, there was no film, the poster was a spoof.
    "This image was conceived and designed by Stephen R. Bissette, drawn by Joe Ragusa, lettered by Rick Veitch, and obviously inspired by and quoting from the famous Captain Beefheart song (title and lyrics copyright God's Golfball Productions.)"
    Though such a film would have undoubtedly been a wild experience.

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  3. Thank you. I enjoyed it very much.

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  4. The Good Captain Rides Again!

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