DON VAN VLIET: 1941-2010
Dec 18th, 2010 by Conor McCabe
Who would guess that a thing so magical
Could be so discomfited?
The stars come out like sprinkled sand
Disputing which could shine the brightest,
And the lamps lit by the servants
With a dusky glow like tortoiseshell
This night spat flames like long rainbows
Shooting from the houses through holes and cracks
into a thousand roads. (Lu T’ung, The Eclipse of the Moon, c.810 AD)
hey guys we did a thing - couldn’t think of what track to do as tribute so we chose the saddest one we know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfmZ7vbJFfU
Ta for the vid Conor…can hear pretty clearly how the blues was down there somewhere under it all…. thanks to the Brits’ licence fee money and John Peel that I ever heard of him in the first place…
Alan - Prince for a Captain - good one… youse were right not to do a Captain B cover - I don’t think it’s actually possible to cover any of their stuff - a true original….
I still remember when you listened to Trout Mask Replica solidly for a week or more, Conor. I never did myself, but was always wondering where ‘fat n’ bulbous’ came into it.
Nice one Alan, good tribute. Lauren has a great voice.
Isn’t it ‘fast and bulbous’?
without the ’s’ you’re thinking of Mary Harney again - a very bad habit to be getting into…