This is brilliant! Captain Beefheart finally met some people even weirder than himself

@Vor_Tex_Sun

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can see he and trouble processing it

Every second of this is more entertaining than anything on television today.

@wizardglick1

6 жыл бұрын

Amen

@aswinsa7281

5 жыл бұрын

agreed

@Ben-gh9ej

4 жыл бұрын

Concuerdo desde México, saludos!

@brianfergus839

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a huge Beefheart fan and it totally creeps me out to see him lip syncing with no band. Him requesting “yesterday” is funny as hell, though

@wizardglick1

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianfergus839 it has to be the worst lip synch ever. Unless he was messing up on purpose?

Something very powerful with this man. Not just a joker or kind of ironical type of guy. Something damnably serious and profound behind the clown. In fact, I can't even see the clown anywhere. He's just a master in human behavior stuff, poetry and music too. WOW !

@commentingaccount4791

7 жыл бұрын

1956Caddy it's like he was so deeply sarcastic about things that he looped back and became deathly serious and profoundly genius

@mikefelix6338

7 жыл бұрын

his lyrics are all koans about human nature and nature itself

@debloedhond

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is totally true about Sjef van Oekel!

The Cap'n deserved every ounce of that beautiful award. Congrats!

For the record, this show was a Dutch parody on all the TV-shows worldwide treating artists like gods. Also it was just plain weird. The director of this show, Ellen Jens, talks about this particular episode in some article, telling how Don seemed to really like this concept and starting contributing by playbacking really badly, on purpose. Also he got that silver cup which he was very content with afterwards. Don also asked the director if he could have his shirt, because he liked it so much.

@Ratelzwatel

7 жыл бұрын

And Wim T. Schippers. Aired on VPRO in 1974-1975. The show, written by Wim T. Schippers and produced by Ellen Jens, starred Dolf Brouwers as the comedic character Sjef van Oekel, and parodied music television programs of the era. Artists lip-synched their songs, but were frequently interrupted and insulted by van Oekel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Oekel%27s_Discohoek

@penzman

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! I guess he went to England afterwards and wore the same shirt for the BBC. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qI2stJOQipiukrw.html

@simonpenum

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love insights like this in the comment section

@Yosef9438

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ratelzwatel wow, four years after you made the comment, I really have to thank you. I'm really interested in this kind of history and have always wondered about these two old guys and how they apparently got exactly what Von Vliet was about.

You have to love the captain "The stars are matter , we are matter but it doesnt matter"

@PAULLONDEN

8 жыл бұрын

+steve brindle ...Doesn't antimatter.....

@jamesingersoll7722

7 жыл бұрын

No...It's DID Antimatter

Many years ago my dear friend whom I knew for 40 years introduced me to Captain Beefheart, Brian Augur and the Trinity, Jackson Brown and others. I loved all of it. Of course I introduced to David Bowie who he loved. Rest in Peace dear friend. I lost my buddy 12/13

This is one of the greatest videos KZread has to offer. Sai is a sad joke. This deserves 100 trillion views.

Once again for my weekly uplifting visit.

That was truly surreal.....

Magic.. Like Trout Mask Replica.. miss you soo much.. Captain, oh my captain. Forever in my heart.. R.I.P.

I saw him perform. Excellent! During his Doc At the Radar Station era.

Please be reminded that this is actually a very sophisticated and elaborated work of art disguised as a pop-show. Something never seen before and never seen since. The artist (Wim T. Schippers) used TV and expressions of popular culture as a canvas to paint an alternative reality. Or rather: the idea of an alternative reality where archaic language and ditto theatrical effects clash with vulgar, physical expressions and popular culture. The result was usually very unsettling and controversial.

This is the maddest thing Ive ever seen. I'm stunned. Beefheart wearing the same shirt as on the Old Grey Whistle Test. Seriously though, it's so absurd. The Dutch don't get Beefheart/ He doesn't get them. It's fantastic. Thanks for putting it on.

@Yosef9438

2 жыл бұрын

It's all preplanned. They certainly all very much understood each other. Glad that Van Vliet could be a part of something equally as out there as himself.

the great thing is despite all the goofing Beefheart doesnt give a shit. and forces you to take everything he does seriously if you like it or not he gets your attention. genius

You can see the little smile of recognition as the organist realises what is going on and what an exceptional whistler The Captain is: 4:18 It's clearly a party piece. It sounds like a really well played theremin.

. Hes wearing a cravat! just knowing the captain lived once is enough to keep me going.

By the look on his face just before and after he's introduced as Captain Beefsteak, he's enjoying the craziness, then he get's all serious when his lip sync bit. Him biting the trophy, the paper crackling. Amazingly funny and entertaining. ''I didn't... say too much, did I?''

They are speaking Dutch, that was surreal, loved it.

"Can you play yesterday"....brilliant.

I love Beefy, but that girl's look just cracks me up every time...

Lol this was funny and weird. The pretty ladies face lol when he got him to play yesterday! :D

R.I.P. Don Vliet & Dolf Brouwers

"Captain Beefsteak"... I'm pissing myself.

Thank god we nevere had to watch Dutch TV :) The live version of this from "The old grey whistle test" is brilliant!

1:20 The way Captain Beefheart moves to the stage, clapping and looking around like a madman is one of the most badass things I’ve ever witnessed. What an amazing performer he was.

now that, sir, was a crazy show

"go your gang" hahaha typical Dutch....Van Oekel was a hero in our country back in the seventies

That cover of Yesterday is pretty fucking avant-garde, Don whistlin with his mouth open

@Yosef9438

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking ... what the fuck kind of whistling is he doing that he can do that? No lips at all? All tongue? Holy shit that's hard.

@bonniemariedavis2909

Жыл бұрын

Not him whistling.

Amazing watching someone like Captain Beefheart perform in an at that time controversial show like the Sjef van Oekel Show in Holland. It's now living in 2012 unthinkable...Beefheart is a head of his time with his music and paintings, as well as Sjef van Oekel was (R.I.P.) and Wim T. Schippers still is.

I love Don's speaking voice...

"Kapitein Biestuk" translates as Captain Steak, so... Anyway, this was an underground show, taking the fiss firmly and defiantly, ridiculing itself and its audience just as well. Either Van Vliet totally understands this, and appreciates it - or he hasn't got a clue... just like people either totally understand Beefheart's music, or don't have a clue.

this is glorious.

You can really tell Don had Dutch blood running through him. The Netherlands made some pretty weird and surreal TV back in the seventees and Don did just fit right in.

Back in my druggie days, I had dreams like this shit man. That was cool.

@miked4377

4 жыл бұрын

hell yeah deep shit man

Captain Beefheart has Monty Python in his veins.

@marklchapman2785

7 жыл бұрын

yes

@wolfliou3678

3 жыл бұрын

👍

This is TV Magic.

Captain Beefheart bij Sjef van Oekel: legendarische televisie

Marvellous stuff!

Captain says, I want to do something really weird for the show today. They said, OK. So he came up with something quite surreal.

WOW! Don acquits himself marvelously on this--it really is some surreal shit....

Love him.😁

captain with the silver chalice like a mad priest giving communion

Still SO Beautifull. From Dag

looking good Beefheart!!

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday.... :-(

can you play yesterday? ai vil trai

Geweldig, reeds. Bedankt uploader! En natuurlijk hulde aan de geestelijke vader Wim T. Schippers.

What you've said doesn't really need any addition,it's exactly how I feel. But All the same... This clip is so exactly why I feel Beefy-Weefs is literally magic. Everything he ever did was lucid and precise. when he walks off one stage (like at the end of the, let's face it, not perfect OldGreyWhistleTest performance) He doesn't go to the back stage of the BBC studios, he follows your travels on KZread wearing the same polkadot shirt to Holland to whistle Yesterday. He still surprises me and I

Kapitein Biefstuk

@basbos1754

4 жыл бұрын

Een echte klassieker

Only on Dutch TV. This is great avant-garde for the show itself.

Wondrous, surpassing strange...

legendary Dutch tv show VPRO of course

RIP Captain Beefheart...

You should see Van Oekel's discohoek thing with Alvin Stardust, although I am very much reminded of Peter Glaze of Crackerjack fame. By the way the play with the dogs is beyond belief.

The Captain has a look that says is this what it’s come down to? Maybe I’ll go back to painting full time.

Kapitan Beefsteik wins the trophy for best lip sync - kudos!

Ahhhh damn he got me with his magic wizard juice!

oh yes! capitán corazón de bife!!!

Don's teasing character fitted in this absurd music program. The director behind the scene W T Schippers was as anarchistic artist comparable with Van Vliet. Schippers made many shows that shocked the establisment in the Netherlands. His 'totally insane' satire pushed the limits. Donna Summer was also intruduced in this program of Schippers, see YT: "Van Oekel's Discohoek: Donna Summer -The Hostage". Schippers was also an unique 'chaotic' DJ on radio. And he made a theatre play only for dogs...

@Ratelzwatel

7 жыл бұрын

Schippers also made a peanut butter floor. :) And he was part of Hoepla (1967), the show that premiered a naked female (Phil Bloom) on television. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_T._Schippers

That guy really startled Don @ 3:45

The single weirdest thing I've seen all day. The Captain is weird but the Dutch are weirder...hang on- he's Dutch too ! boy o boy - all hail Sjef van Oekel (talk show host) & Wim T. Schippers (the guy who came up with this wonderful show). This makes my day - definitely

Amazing. I've been spending the afternoon making digital copies of Dr. Hook albums and you send me Beefheart. What's next - Zappa?

I believe he could understand some Dutch .. being of that descent., Mr.Vliet.. After WW2, dutch politicians even urged their citizens to move to America.. I´ve met a few in CA, growing tulips there :) Good thing Cpt.B wasnt born in Holland..

The only thing missing is Salvador Dali painting in the back ground to make this surrealistic performance complete!

Glad it does.

first time oh my my

I want the Captain's shirt...

@commentingaccount4791

7 жыл бұрын

chokkan7 me too!!

absolute surrealistic,paranormal environment for Captain...hahahahaha

REAL HONESTY

Haha, outweirded is an excellent new word.

The Cap's surname is very Upper Hudson River Valley!

Consider this as a moderate act of Sjef van Oekel.

What THE beef I don't have the heart, captain

Look at KZread ~ "Going to the dogs" part1 ~ and enjoy the original masterpiece!

...still occasionally have moments where I see boring through a lens I got from no one but him. (And possibly Thelonious Monk)... I think I've put this badly...What you said puts it best

Bad ass!

he playbacks like Herman Brood did in the soundmix show

''Vut a successs!'' 😁😄😆

I do not know the words to describe this. Shocking and wonderful are ok? (In a few minutes break 100 television rules)

Reminds me of Dick Valentine of Electric Six.

The funny thing is Captain Beefheart never liked the Beatles

@nilselmano On the contrary. He does, and what is more he has a warped sense of humour.

Call me paranoid, but it looks like those guys were jabbing at him and he got them back with 'Yesterday' and walked out on them.

The "jabbing" at artists is part of the show.

@FasterBullbus im kind of up to this point in dons career, john french's book. and ive been trying to find bootlegs and different takes to put instruments and voices to the recordings. its became quite an obsession lately. did he lip sync a lot of the tragic band gigs?

Can someone explain what Van Hoekel means when he says '' Go your gang. Allez votre corridor''

@jasfan8247

2 жыл бұрын

It means "go ahead". "Do your thing" !Phonetically a joke on how in Amsterdam they speak english or french in this one also. In dutch it's "ga je gang". A "gang" is a hallway in dutch. Is a corridor in french. It's a kind of alliteration......👻

real lip sync winner.

@markobarrows4304

8 жыл бұрын

+horaciusjp makes it better

The organ player is playing Clarinet Polka while the announcer guy does his thing.

@Bietel Don (Glen Vliet, only later called Van Vliet) hadn't got a clue. The only thing he thinks is: What a bunch of weirdos!! And he was right. He was lucky the stage wall didn't collapse as he went through the door. Usually it did. Sjef van Oekel was/is an icon. Evert van der Pik (Van The Dick) tried to make something serious out of it but only made it worse... Great show. They don't make 'em like this any more..

tof

Fckn brilliant, now I get off U tube and get back to life.

@nils8584

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Moore smart man

"Als het ware"...

did he playback it?

I don't think he ever lipsynced a gig. this is just a recorded tv show

Never seen this. A little weird with Don lip-synching. Loved it when he asked the keyboard player to play Yesterday. Don had a good taste in music. RIP Don.

just another example of a terribly unique artist dude w/his own style and voice. who's up for the same hair style? haha

Capt. Beefsteak lolz

Dans cette émission déjantée comme je les aime, le Capitaine Coeur de boeuf est partit tres "haut"....

"Kapitäin Beefstick"...Hahaha