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* DarkerAndEdgier: After a quarter of radio-friendly albums, ''Shiny Beast'' saw Beefheart return to the dense experimental sound he was known for.
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Changed line(s) 37,39 (click to see context) from:
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a man''
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a girl
--> ''About the same time''
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a girl
--> ''About the same time''
to:
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a man''
--> ''Yeah,man\\
Yeah, you know you're agirl
--> ''Aboutgirl\\
About the same time''
--> ''Yeah,
Yeah, you know you're a
--> ''About
About the same time''
Changed line(s) 44,51 (click to see context) from:
--> ''Oh, whoa, when I see mommy, I feel like a mummy''
--> ''(...) Her interest fades like breath on a mirror''
--> ''(...) Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Next time I see her''
--> ''I'm gonna seize her''
--> ''Then I'm gonna freeze her''
--> ''It's the only way''
--> ''That I might get to see her''
--> ''(...) Her interest fades like breath on a mirror''
--> ''(...) Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Next time I see her''
--> ''I'm gonna seize her''
--> ''Then I'm gonna freeze her''
--> ''It's the only way''
--> ''That I might get to see her''
to:
--> ''Oh, whoa, when I see mommy, I feel like a mummy''
--> ''(...mummy\\
(...) She moves so fast I can't even see her\\
Her interest fades like breath on amirror''
--> ''(...mirror\\
(...) Gonna wrap herup''
--> ''Nextup\\
Next time I seeher''
--> ''I'mher\\
I'm gonna seizeher''
--> ''Thenher\\
Then I'm gonna freezeher''
--> ''It'sher\\
It's the onlyway''
--> ''Thatway\\
That I might get to see her''
--> ''(...
(...) She moves so fast I can't even see her\\
Her interest fades like breath on a
--> ''(...
(...) Gonna wrap her
--> ''Next
Next time I see
--> ''I'm
I'm gonna seize
--> ''Then
Then I'm gonna freeze
--> ''It's
It's the only
--> ''That
That I might get to see her''
Changed line(s) 53,59 (click to see context) from:
--> ''And the bow caught down for to do the hoodoo the devil hoedown''
--> ''Through the fog, huddlin' in the hollow, standin' at the crossroads''
--> ''Was that bunged-up, bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle''
--> ''He had a sole red tail, once went red, now was pale''
--> ''Fe-fi-fo-fum, he was summoned up from hell''
--> ''Booted down a spell''
--> ''By a square-dancin' farmer''
--> ''Through the fog, huddlin' in the hollow, standin' at the crossroads''
--> ''Was that bunged-up, bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle''
--> ''He had a sole red tail, once went red, now was pale''
--> ''Fe-fi-fo-fum, he was summoned up from hell''
--> ''Booted down a spell''
--> ''By a square-dancin' farmer''
to:
--> ''And the bow caught down for to do the hoodoo the devil hoedown''
--> ''Throughhoedown\\
Through the fog, huddlin' in the hollow, standin' at thecrossroads''
--> ''Wascrossroads\\
Was that bunged-up, bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrongcircle''
--> ''Hecircle\\
He had asole sore red tail, once went red, now was pale''
--> ''Fe-fi-fo-fum,pale\\
Fe-fi-fo-fum, he was summoned up fromhell''
--> ''Bootedhell\\
Booted down aspell''
--> ''Byspell\\
By a square-dancin' farmer''
--> ''Through
Through the fog, huddlin' in the hollow, standin' at the
--> ''Was
Was that bunged-up, bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong
--> ''He
He had a
--> ''Fe-fi-fo-fum,
Fe-fi-fo-fum, he was summoned up from
--> ''Booted
Booted down a
--> ''By
By a square-dancin' farmer''
Changed line(s) 61,62 (click to see context) from:
--> ''If you fall into my circle again, I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now 'n' now''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now 'n' now''
to:
--> ''If you fall into my circle again, I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''Andhide\\
And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now 'n' now''
--> ''And
And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now 'n' now''
Changed line(s) 74,77 (click to see context) from:
--> ''When the farmer drew up, said''
--> ''"Listen, son," and the horse compared his hooves''
--> ''"If you fall into my circle again, I'll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now 'n' now"''
--> ''"Listen, son," and the horse compared his hooves''
--> ''"If you fall into my circle again, I'll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now 'n' now"''
to:
--> ''When the farmer drew up, said''
--> ''"Listen,said "Listen, son," and the horse compared his hooves''
--> ''"Ifhooves\\
"If you fall into my circle again, I'll tan your redhide''
--> ''Andhide\\
And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now 'n' now"''
--> ''"Listen,
--> ''"If
"If you fall into my circle again, I'll tan your red
--> ''And
And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now 'n' now"''
Changed line(s) 89,92 (click to see context) from:
--> ''I'm playin' this song''
--> ''For all the young girls to come out to meet the monster tonight''
--> ''How would you like to be the lucky girl, the lucky one''
--> ''To meet the monster tonight, ow to meet the monster tonight''
--> ''For all the young girls to come out to meet the monster tonight''
--> ''How would you like to be the lucky girl, the lucky one''
--> ''To meet the monster tonight, ow to meet the monster tonight''
to:
--> ''I'm playin' this song''
--> ''Forsong\\
For all the young girls to come out to meet the monstertonight''
--> ''Howtonight\\
How would you like to be the lucky girl, the luckyone''
--> ''Toone\\
To meet the monster tonight, ow to meet the monster tonight''
--> ''For
For all the young girls to come out to meet the monster
--> ''How
How would you like to be the lucky girl, the lucky
--> ''To
To meet the monster tonight, ow to meet the monster tonight''
Changed line(s) 94,101 (click to see context) from:
--> ''Harry Irene were a couple that lived in the green''
--> ''Ran a canteen''
--> ''Ran a canteen, took Harry for all of his green and Irene''
--> ''Harry was left holding an empty canteen''
--> ''And by the way folks, it was Dusty, not Harry''
--> ''What does this mean?''
--> ''What’s the meaning of this?''
--> ''Poor Harry, I guess''
--> ''Ran a canteen''
--> ''Ran a canteen, took Harry for all of his green and Irene''
--> ''Harry was left holding an empty canteen''
--> ''And by the way folks, it was Dusty, not Harry''
--> ''What does this mean?''
--> ''What’s the meaning of this?''
--> ''Poor Harry, I guess''
to:
--> ''Harry Irene were a couple that lived in the green''
--> ''Rangreen\\
Ran acanteen''
--> ''Rancanteen\\
Ran a canteen, took Harry for all of his green andIrene''
--> ''HarryIrene\\
Harry was left holding an emptycanteen''
--> ''Andcanteen\\
And by the way folks, it was Dusty, notHarry''
--> ''WhatHarry\\
What does thismean?''
--> ''What’smean, what does this mean?\\
What’s the meaning ofthis?''
--> ''Poorthis?\\
Poor Harry, I guess''
--> ''Ran
Ran a
--> ''Ran
Ran a canteen, took Harry for all of his green and
--> ''Harry
Harry was left holding an empty
--> ''And
And by the way folks, it was Dusty, not
--> ''What
What does this
--> ''What’s
What’s the meaning of
--> ''Poor
Poor Harry, I guess''
Changed line(s) 118,119 (click to see context) from:
--> ''I'm a wolf, chrome craw''
--> ''Leavin' you now, I'll write ya, ma''
--> ''Leavin' you now, I'll write ya, ma''
to:
--> ''I'm a wolf, chrome craw''
--> ''Leavin'claw\\
Leavin' you now, I'll write ya, ma''
--> ''Leavin'
Leavin' you now, I'll write ya, ma''
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: "The Floppy Boot Stomp":
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: ArtisticLicenseSpace: "The Floppy Boot Stomp":
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Changed line(s) 38,40 (click to see context) from:
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a girl about the same time''
* AnimalMotifs: "Shiny Beast" in the album title, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" makes a mention of "two flamingos in a fruit light." "Bat Chain Puller" is "pulled by rubber dolphins with gold yawning mouths". In "Owed t'Alex" Beefheart mentions he's "a wolf, chrome craw". "Apes-Ma", to conclude, is about an ape mother locked inside a small cage.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: "The Floppy Boot Stomp"
* AnimalMotifs: "Shiny Beast" in the album title, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" makes a mention of "two flamingos in a fruit light." "Bat Chain Puller" is "pulled by rubber dolphins with gold yawning mouths". In "Owed t'Alex" Beefheart mentions he's "a wolf, chrome craw". "Apes-Ma", to conclude, is about an ape mother locked inside a small cage.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: "The Floppy Boot Stomp"
to:
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a girl about girl
--> ''About the same time''
* AnimalMotifs: "Shiny Beast" is in the album title, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" makes a mention of "two flamingos in a fruit light." "Bat Chain Puller"is has the lyrics "pulled by rubber dolphins with gold yawning mouths". In "Owed t'Alex" t'Alex", Beefheart mentions he's "a wolf, chrome craw".claw". "Apes-Ma", to conclude, is about an ape mother locked inside a small cage.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: "The Floppy BootStomp"Stomp":
--> ''About the same time''
* AnimalMotifs: "Shiny Beast" is in the album title, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" makes a mention of "two flamingos in a fruit light." "Bat Chain Puller"
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: "The Floppy Boot
Changed line(s) 43,46 (click to see context) from:
--> ''Her interest fades like breath on a mirror''
--> ''Oh, when I see mommy, I feel like a mummy''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Oh, when I see mommy, I feel like a mummy''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
to:
--> ''Her ''Oh, whoa, when I see mommy, I feel like a mummy''
--> ''(...) Her interest fades like breath on a mirror''
-->''Oh, when I see mommy, I feel like a mummy''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Gonna''(...) Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''(...) Her interest fades like breath on a mirror''
-->
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Gonna
Deleted line(s) 48 (click to see context) :
--> ''Next time I see her''
Changed line(s) 54,58 (click to see context) from:
--> ''And the bold caught down for to do the hoodoo, the devil hoedown''
--> ''To the fork, huddlin’ in a hollow, standin’ at the crossroads''
--> ''With that bunged-up bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle''
--> ''He had a sole red tail – once went red, now was pale''
--> ''Fe Fi Fo Fum he was summoned up from hell''
--> ''To the fork, huddlin’ in a hollow, standin’ at the crossroads''
--> ''With that bunged-up bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle''
--> ''He had a sole red tail – once went red, now was pale''
--> ''Fe Fi Fo Fum he was summoned up from hell''
to:
--> ''And the bold bow caught down for to do the hoodoo, hoodoo the devil hoedown''
-->''To ''Through the fork, huddlin’ fog, huddlin' in a the hollow, standin’ standin' at the crossroads''
-->''With ''Was that bunged-up bunged-up, bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle''
--> ''He had a sole redtail – tail, once went red, now was pale''
-->''Fe Fi Fo Fum ''Fe-fi-fo-fum, he was summoned up from hell''
-->
-->
--> ''He had a sole red
-->
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--> ''By a square-dancin’ farmer''
to:
--> ''By a square-dancin’ square-dancin' farmer''
Changed line(s) 62,64 (click to see context) from:
--> ''If you fall into my circle again I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.''
to:
--> ''If you fall into my circle again again, I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from nowto now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.'''n' now''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.''
** "You Know You're a Man".
** "Bat Chain Puller":
** "Bat Chain Puller":
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* ContinuityNod: In "Dirty Blue Gene" on his next album ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980) Beefheart shouts out: "The shiny beast of thought", a CallBack to the title of this album.
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* ContinuityNod: In "Dirty Blue Gene" on his next album ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980) (1980), Beefheart shouts out: "The shiny beast of thought", a CallBack to the title of this album.
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* TheDevil: He is summoned up from Hell by a farmer in "The Floppy Boot Stomp", but gets his comeuppance.
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* TheDevil: He is summoned Summoned up from Hell by a farmer in "The Floppy Boot Stomp", but gets his comeuppance.
Changed line(s) 75,78 (click to see context) from:
--> ''“Listen son”, and the horse compared his hooves.''
--> ''“If you fall into my circle again I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.''
--> ''“If you fall into my circle again I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.''
to:
--> ''“Listen son”, ''"Listen, son," and the horse compared his hooves.''
hooves''
-->''“If ''"If you fall into my circle again I’ll again, I'll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from nowto now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.'''n' now"''
-->
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.''
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* LastNoteNightmare: "Apes-Ma", about a mother ape stuck in a cage, is the closing track.
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* LastNoteNightmare: "Apes-Ma", about "Bat Chain Puller" ends on a mother ape stuck in a cage, is horrifying mixture of electronic bleeps, harmonicas and guitars while Beefheart screams the closing track. title.
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--> ''Everything is wrong and at the same time it's right!''
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--> ''Everything is wrong and ''Everything's wrong, at the same time it's right!''
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Candle Mambo", about a fire candle. "Bat Chain Puller" was inspired by windshield wipers in a car, but is actually about chainsaw that chop down trees.
* MonsterFanGirl: "Tropical Hot Dog Night"
* MonsterFanGirl: "Tropical Hot Dog Night"
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: MundaneMadeAwesome:
** "Candle Mambo", about a firecandle. candle.
** The rhythm on "Bat Chain Puller" was inspired by windshield wipers in a car, but is actually about a chainsaw thatchop chops down trees.
* MonsterFanGirl: "Tropical Hot DogNight"Night":
** "Candle Mambo", about a fire
** The rhythm on "Bat Chain Puller" was inspired by windshield wipers in a car, but is actually about a chainsaw that
* MonsterFanGirl: "Tropical Hot Dog
Changed line(s) 90,91 (click to see context) from:
--> ''How would you like to be the lucky girl, the lucky one?''
--> ''To be the monster tonight, ow to be the monster tonight''
--> ''To be the monster tonight, ow to be the monster tonight''
to:
--> ''How would you like to be the lucky girl, the lucky one?''
one''
--> ''Tobe meet the monster tonight, ow to be meet the monster tonight''
--> ''To
Changed line(s) 95 (click to see context) from:
--> ''Ran a canteen took Harry for all of his green and Irene''
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--> ''Ran a canteen canteen, took Harry for all of his green and Irene''
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--> ''And by the way folks, it was Dusty not Harry''
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--> ''And by the way folks, it was Dusty Dusty, not Harry''
Deleted line(s) 99 (click to see context) :
--> ''What does this mean?''
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* NewSoundAlbum: "Shiny Beast" was a welcome return to form for Captain Beefheart. He had a totally new Magic Band, who were more dedicated to his music and their energy really shines through all the tracks."The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy" and "Suction Prints" are even more or less danceable.
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* NewSoundAlbum: "Shiny Beast" was a welcome return to form for Captain Beefheart. He had a totally new Magic Band, who were more dedicated to his music and their energy really shines through all the tracks. "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy" and "Suction Prints" are even more or less danceable.
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* NonAppearingTitle: ''Shiny Beast''[='=]s title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics, but it does appear during "Dirty Blue Gene" on the next album, ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980).
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* NonAppearingTitle: ''Shiny Beast''[='=]s title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics, but it does appear during "Dirty Blue Gene" on the next album, album ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980).
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** Of the original "Bat Chain Puller" tracks, Beefheart further recorded "A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond", "Brickbats" and "Flavor Bud Living" for Doc At The Radar Station. At the time, Beefheart hoped that he could reissue the remaining four tracks of the original Bat Chain Puller as the B-Side to his final album "Ice Cream For Crow". Zappa refused on the grounds that it would be disjointed, so Beefheart reused the acapella "Poop Hatch" from his own safety copy (adding '81 to the name to circumvent Zappa's copyright), rerecorded "The Thousand And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole" as is, and left "Seam Crooked Sam" and "Odd Jobs" unreleased in order to not completely devalue the original recordings. Gail Zappa eventually released the original Bat Chain Puller after the death of both Beefheart (who never returned calls) and Herb Cohen (who had owned the rights to the 1976 studio recordings).
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** Of the original "Bat ''Bat Chain Puller" Puller'' tracks, Beefheart further recorded "A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond", "Brickbats" and "Flavor Bud Living" for Doc ''Doc At The Radar Station. Station''. At the time, Beefheart hoped that he could reissue the remaining four tracks of the original Bat Chain Puller as the B-Side B-side to his final album "Ice Cream For Crow". ''Music/IceCreamForCrow'' (1982). Zappa refused on the grounds that it would be disjointed, so Beefheart reused the acapella spoken word piece "Poop Hatch" from his own safety copy (adding '81 to the name to circumvent Zappa's copyright), rerecorded re-recorded "The Thousand And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole" as is, and left "Seam Crooked Sam" and "Odd Jobs" unreleased in order to not completely devalue the original recordings. Gail Zappa eventually released the original Bat ''Bat Chain Puller Puller'' after the death of both Beefheart (who never returned calls) and Herb Cohen (who had owned the rights to the 1976 studio recordings).
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** Coati Mundi covered "Tropical Hot Dog Night" on his album "The Former 12 Year Old Genius" (1983).
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** Coati Mundi covered "Tropical Hot Dog Night" on his album "The ''The Former 12 Year Old Genius" Genius'' (1983).
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** Tom Barman (Music/{{dEUS}}) and Guy Van Nueten covered "Harry Irene" on their album "Live" (2002).
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** Tom Barman (Music/{{dEUS}}) and Guy Van Nueten covered "Harry Irene" on their album "Live" ''Live'' (2002).
Changed line(s) 119 (click to see context) from:
--> ''Leavin' you now - I'll write ya, ma''
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--> ''Leavin' you now - now, I'll write ya, ma''
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Changed line(s) 107 (click to see context) from:
* RepurposedPopSong: Music/FrankZappa was originally going to produce this album, but due to legal problems the project was halted. Beefheart then recorded four tracks of this album for ''Shiny Beast'': "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Bat Chain Puller", "Harry Irene", and "Owed T'Alex". "Candle Mambo" was originally an outtake, but added to this album nevertheless.
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* RepurposedPopSong: The original ''Bat Chain Puller'' album was recorded in Music/FrankZappa 's studio without his permission, and as a result was originally going to produce this album, but due to legal problems the project was halted. unreleased for years. Beefheart then recorded four tracks of this album for ''Shiny Beast'': "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Bat Chain Puller", "Harry Irene", and "Owed T'Alex".T'Alex", whilst reusing "Apes-Ma" as is. Also, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" was based off a riff in "Odd Jobs". "Candle Mambo" was originally an outtake, but added to this album nevertheless. "Ice Rose" was a remake of "Big Black Baby Shoes" from the Strictly Personal sessions, Also "Suction Prints" was a remake of the Spotlight Kid era "Pompadour Swamp" that was a live favorite.
** Of the original "Bat Chain Puller" tracks, Beefheart further recorded "A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond", "Brickbats" and "Flavor Bud Living" for Doc At The Radar Station. At the time, Beefheart hoped that he could reissue the remaining four tracks of the original Bat Chain Puller as the B-Side to his final album "Ice Cream For Crow". Zappa refused on the grounds that it would be disjointed, so Beefheart reused the acapella "Poop Hatch" from his own safety copy (adding '81 to the name to circumvent Zappa's copyright), rerecorded "The Thousand And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole" as is, and left "Seam Crooked Sam" and "Odd Jobs" unreleased in order to not completely devalue the original recordings. Gail Zappa eventually released the original Bat Chain Puller after the death of both Beefheart (who never returned calls) and Herb Cohen (who had owned the rights to the 1976 studio recordings).
** Of the original "Bat Chain Puller" tracks, Beefheart further recorded "A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond", "Brickbats" and "Flavor Bud Living" for Doc At The Radar Station. At the time, Beefheart hoped that he could reissue the remaining four tracks of the original Bat Chain Puller as the B-Side to his final album "Ice Cream For Crow". Zappa refused on the grounds that it would be disjointed, so Beefheart reused the acapella "Poop Hatch" from his own safety copy (adding '81 to the name to circumvent Zappa's copyright), rerecorded "The Thousand And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole" as is, and left "Seam Crooked Sam" and "Odd Jobs" unreleased in order to not completely devalue the original recordings. Gail Zappa eventually released the original Bat Chain Puller after the death of both Beefheart (who never returned calls) and Herb Cohen (who had owned the rights to the 1976 studio recordings).
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# "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mommy" (5:04)
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# "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mommy" Mummy" (5:04)
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* SopranoAndGravel: Not within the same song, but in contrast to his usual HarshVocals, Beefheart sings the SurprisinglyGentleSong "Harry Irene" in a smooth croon.
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'''''Shiny Beast''''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Music/UnconditionallyGuaranteed'' (1974) and ''Music/BluejeansAndMoonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy", and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
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'''Shiny Beast''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Music/UnconditionallyGuaranteed'' (1974) and ''Music/BluejeansAndMoonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy", and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
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Changed line(s) 4,7 (click to see context) from:
'''Shiny Beast''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Music/UnconditionallyGuaranteed'' (1974) and ''Music/BluejeansAndMoonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy" and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen the album was originally going to be called ''Bat Chain Puller'', a subtitle still visible on the album cover and the best known track on the album. Music/FrankZappa would produce it, but a dispute with his manager Herb Cohen, who funded the album with Zappa's royalty checks, caused the project to remain in DevelopmentHell forever. Because of these legal problems Beefheart went to another label, Warner Brothers, and re-recorded four tracks and one outtake from this album for ''Shiny Beast''. The original ''Bat Chain Puller'', which contains a substantially different track listing and different performances, was released in 2012.
In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen the album was originally going to be called ''Bat Chain Puller'', a subtitle still visible on the album cover and the best known track on the album. Music/FrankZappa would produce it, but a dispute with his manager Herb Cohen, who funded the album with Zappa's royalty checks, caused the project to remain in DevelopmentHell forever. Because of these legal problems Beefheart went to another label, Warner Brothers, and re-recorded four tracks and one outtake from this album for ''Shiny Beast''. The original ''Bat Chain Puller'', which contains a substantially different track listing and different performances, was released in 2012.
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'''Shiny Beast''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Music/UnconditionallyGuaranteed'' (1974) and ''Music/BluejeansAndMoonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy" a Mummy", and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen the album was originally going to be called ''Bat Chain Puller'', a subtitle still visible on the album cover and the best known track on the album. Music/FrankZappa would produce it, but a dispute with his manager Herb Cohen, who funded the album with Zappa's royalty checks, caused the project to remain on [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment the Shelf of Album Languishment]] until its posthumous release inDevelopmentHell forever.2012 (before that it was [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes heavily bootlegged]], however). Because of these legal problems Beefheart went to another label, Warner Brothers, and re-recorded four tracks and one outtake from this album for ''Shiny Beast''. The original ''Bat Chain Puller'', which contains a substantially different track listing and different performances, was released in 2012.
In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen the album was originally going to be called ''Bat Chain Puller'', a subtitle still visible on the album cover and the best known track on the album. Music/FrankZappa would produce it, but a dispute with his manager Herb Cohen, who funded the album with Zappa's royalty checks, caused the project to remain on [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment the Shelf of Album Languishment]] until its posthumous release in
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* AnimalMotifs: "Shiny Beast" in the album title, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" makes a mention of "two flamingos in a fruit light." "Bat Chain Puller" is "pulled by rubber dolphins with gold yawning mouths". In "Owed T'Alex" Beefheart mentions he's "a wolf, chrome craw". "Apes-Ma", to conclude is about an ape mother locked inside a small cage.
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* AnimalMotifs: "Shiny Beast" in the album title, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" makes a mention of "two flamingos in a fruit light." "Bat Chain Puller" is "pulled by rubber dolphins with gold yawning mouths". In "Owed T'Alex" t'Alex" Beefheart mentions he's "a wolf, chrome craw". "Apes-Ma", to conclude conclude, is about an ape mother locked inside a small cage.
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* NewSoundAlbum: "Shiny Beast" was a welcome return to form for Captain Beefheart. He had a totally new Magic Band, who were more dedicated to his music and their energy really shines through all the tracks."The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mommy" and "Suction Prints" are even more or less danceable.
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* NewSoundAlbum: "Shiny Beast" was a welcome return to form for Captain Beefheart. He had a totally new Magic Band, who were more dedicated to his music and their energy really shines through all the tracks."The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mommy" a Mummy" and "Suction Prints" are even more or less danceable.
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Shiny Beast"'s title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics, but it does appear during "Dirty Blue Gene" on the next album, ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980).
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Shiny Beast"'s ''Shiny Beast''[='=]s title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics, but it does appear during "Dirty Blue Gene" on the next album, ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980).
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* RepurposedPopSong: Music/FrankZappa was originally going to produce this album, but due to legal problems the project was halted. Beefheart then recorded four tracks of this album for "Shiny Beast": "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Bat Chain Puller", "Harry Irene" and "Owed T'Alex". "Candle Mambo" was originally an outtake, but added to this album nevertheless.
* RepurposedPopSong: Music/FrankZappa was originally going to produce this album, but due to legal problems the project was halted. Beefheart then recorded four tracks of this album for "Shiny Beast": "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Bat Chain Puller", "Harry Irene" and "Owed T'Alex". "Candle Mambo" was originally an outtake, but added to this album nevertheless.
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* PunBasedTitle: "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A a Mummy".
* RepurposedPopSong: Music/FrankZappa was originally going to produce this album, but due to legal problems the project was halted. Beefheart then recorded four tracks of this album for"Shiny Beast": ''Shiny Beast'': "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Bat Chain Puller", "Harry Irene" Irene", and "Owed T'Alex". "Candle Mambo" was originally an outtake, but added to this album nevertheless.
* RepurposedPopSong: Music/FrankZappa was originally going to produce this album, but due to legal problems the project was halted. Beefheart then recorded four tracks of this album for
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'''Shiny Beast''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Music/UnconditionallyGuaranteed'' (1974) and ''Bluejeans And Moonbeams'' ''Music/BluejeansAndMoonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy" and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
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'''Shiny Beast''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Unconditionally Guaranteed'' (''Music/UnconditionallyGuaranteed'' (1974) and ''Bluejeans And Moonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy" and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
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In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen the album was originally going to be called "Bat Chain Puller", a subtitle still visible on the album cover and the best known track on the album. Music/FrankZappa would produce it, but a dispute with his manager Herb Cohen, who funded the album with Zappa's royalty checks, caused the project to remain in DevelopmentHell forever. Because of these legal problems Beefheart went to another label, Warner Brothers, and re-recorded four tracks and one outtake from this album for "Shiny Beast".
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In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen the album was originally going to be called "Bat ''Bat Chain Puller", Puller'', a subtitle still visible on the album cover and the best known track on the album. Music/FrankZappa would produce it, but a dispute with his manager Herb Cohen, who funded the album with Zappa's royalty checks, caused the project to remain in DevelopmentHell forever. Because of these legal problems Beefheart went to another label, Warner Brothers, and re-recorded four tracks and one outtake from this album for "Shiny Beast".
''Shiny Beast''. The original ''Bat Chain Puller'', which contains a substantially different track listing and different performances, was released in 2012.
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'''Shiny Beast''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Unconditionally Guaranteed'' (1974) and ''Bluejeans And Moonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites, favorites such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy" and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Everything is wrong and at the same time it's right!'']]
'''Shiny Beast''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Unconditionally Guaranteed'' (1974) and ''Bluejeans And Moonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites, such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy" and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen the album was originally going to be called "Bat Chain Puller", a subtitle still visible on the album cover and the best known track on the album. Music/FrankZappa would produce it, but a dispute with his manager Herb Cohen, who funded the album with Zappa's royalty checks, caused the project to remain in DevelopmentHell forever. Because of these legal problems Beefheart went to another label, Warner Brothers, and re-recorded four tracks and one outtake from this album for "Shiny Beast".
'''Tracklist'''
Side 1
# "The Floppy Boot Stomp" (3:51)
# "Tropical Hot Dog Night" (4:49)
# "Ice Rose" (3:38)
# "Harry Irene" (3:43)
# "You Know You're A Man" (3:14)
# "Bat Chain Puller" (5:27)
Side 2
# "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mommy" (5:04)
# "Owed t'Alex" (4:07)
# "Candle Mambo" (3:24)
# "Love Lies" (5:03)
# "Suction Prints" (4:25)
# "Apes-Ma" (0:40)
'''Personnel'''
* Music/CaptainBeefheart: vocals, harmonica, soprano sax
* Bruce Fowler: trombone, air bass
* Jeff Moris Tepper: slide guitar, guitar, spell guitar
* Eric Drew Feldman: synthesizer, Rhodes piano, grand piano, bass
* Robert Arthur Williams: drums, percussion
* Richard Redus: slide guitar, bottleneck guitar, guitar, accordion, fretless bass
* Art Tripp III: marimba, additional percussion
!! Trope-ical Hot Dog Night [[note]] Our best ''trope'' pun for music albums yet! [[/note]]
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''L'''ove '''L'''ies".
* AmbiguousGender: "You Know You're A Man"
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a man''
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a girl about the same time''
* AnimalMotifs: "Shiny Beast" in the album title, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" makes a mention of "two flamingos in a fruit light." "Bat Chain Puller" is "pulled by rubber dolphins with gold yawning mouths". In "Owed T'Alex" Beefheart mentions he's "a wolf, chrome craw". "Apes-Ma", to conclude is about an ape mother locked inside a small cage.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: "The Floppy Boot Stomp"
--> ''And the sky turned white in the middle of the night''
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: "When I See Mommy, I Feel Like A Mummy"
--> ''Her interest fades like breath on a mirror''
--> ''Oh, when I see mommy, I feel like a mummy''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Next time I see her''
--> ''Next time I see her''
--> ''I'm gonna seize her''
--> ''Then I'm gonna freeze her''
--> ''It's the only way''
--> ''That I might get to see her''
* AtTheCrossRoads: "The Floppy Boot Stomp"
--> ''And the bold caught down for to do the hoodoo, the devil hoedown''
--> ''To the fork, huddlin’ in a hollow, standin’ at the crossroads''
--> ''With that bunged-up bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle''
--> ''He had a sole red tail – once went red, now was pale''
--> ''Fe Fi Fo Fum he was summoned up from hell''
--> ''Booted down a spell''
--> ''By a square-dancin’ farmer''
* BadassBoast: The farmer in "The Floppy Boot Stomp" warns the Devil:
--> ''If you fall into my circle again I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.''
* BreakUpSong: "Love Lies"
--> ''I wish I hadn't told you all of those love lies''
* CarefulWithThatAxe:
--> ''BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT CHAIN PULLER!''
* {{Claustrophobia}}: "Apes-Ma", where Beefheart talks to a mother ape who is stuck inside a cage where she "eats and goes to the bathroom too much", which is awful since "her cage isn't getting any bigger." To make the situation more horrid: apparently "the little girl that named you years ago has died now", making you wonder how long this poor animal has been caged this way? And to make you really {{Squick}} Beefheart mentions that Apes-Ma is "not strong enough" to "break out her cage anymore." So there is nothing to do except waiting for her eventual death.
* ContinuityNod: In "Dirty Blue Gene" on his next album ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980) Beefheart shouts out: "The shiny beast of thought", a CallBack to the title of this album.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover is a painting by Captain Beefheart himself.
* TheDevil: He is summoned up from Hell by a farmer in "The Floppy Boot Stomp", but gets his comeuppance.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: "The Floppy Boot Stomp", where a farmer isn't scared of the Devil at all.
--> ''When the farmer drew up, said''
--> ''“Listen son”, and the horse compared his hooves.''
--> ''“If you fall into my circle again I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now."''
* EvilLaugh: Near the end of "Owed T' Alex".
* {{Instrumental}}: "Ice Rose" and "Suction Prints".
* LastNoteNightmare: "Apes-Ma", about a mother ape stuck in a cage, is the closing track.
* MindScrew: "Tropical Hot Dog Night"
--> ''Everything is wrong and at the same time it's right!''
* MinisculeRocking: "Apes-Ma", barely 40 seconds long.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Candle Mambo", about a fire candle. "Bat Chain Puller" was inspired by windshield wipers in a car, but is actually about chainsaw that chop down trees.
* MonsterFanGirl: "Tropical Hot Dog Night"
--> ''I'm playin' this song''
--> ''For all the young girls to come out to meet the monster tonight''
--> ''How would you like to be the lucky girl, the lucky one?''
--> ''To be the monster tonight, ow to be the monster tonight''
* NameAndName: "Harry Irene", where Beefheart doesn't use the "and" form, but it's about a couple that ran a canteen. But:
--> ''Harry Irene were a couple that lived in the green''
--> ''Ran a canteen''
--> ''Ran a canteen took Harry for all of his green and Irene''
--> ''Harry was left holding an empty canteen''
--> ''And by the way folks, it was Dusty not Harry''
--> ''What does this mean?''
--> ''What does this mean?''
--> ''What’s the meaning of this?''
--> ''Poor Harry, I guess''
* NewSoundAlbum: "Shiny Beast" was a welcome return to form for Captain Beefheart. He had a totally new Magic Band, who were more dedicated to his music and their energy really shines through all the tracks."The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mommy" and "Suction Prints" are even more or less danceable.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Subverted with "Apes-Ma", about a mother ape living inside a far too small cage for many years.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Shiny Beast"'s title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics, but it does appear during "Dirty Blue Gene" on the next album, ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980).
* OneWomanSong: "Apes-Ma".
* PunBasedTitle: "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy".
* RepurposedPopSong: Music/FrankZappa was originally going to produce this album, but due to legal problems the project was halted. Beefheart then recorded four tracks of this album for "Shiny Beast": "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Bat Chain Puller", "Harry Irene" and "Owed T'Alex". "Candle Mambo" was originally an outtake, but added to this album nevertheless.
* ShoutOut:
** The line "Fe Fi Fo Fum" in "Floppy Boot Stomp" is a reference to ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk''.
** Coati Mundi covered "Tropical Hot Dog Night" on his album "The Former 12 Year Old Genius" (1983).
** Music/PJHarvey's song "Meet Ze Monsta" from her album ''Music/ToBringYouMyLove'' (1995) was inspired by the line "I'm playing this music/ so the young girls would come out/ to meet the monster tonight" from "Tropical Hot Dog Night".
** Tom Barman (Music/{{dEUS}}) and Guy Van Nueten covered "Harry Irene" on their album "Live" (2002).
* SpokenWordInMusic: "Apes-Ma" is entirely spoken.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Harry Irene", which is quite a lovely song amidst all the other weirdness.
* WalkTheEarth: "Owed T' Alex"
--> ''I'm a wolf, chrome craw''
--> ''Leavin' you now - I'll write ya, ma''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Everything is wrong and at the same time it's right!'']]
'''Shiny Beast''' is a 1978 album by Music/CaptainBeefheart, the tenth in his catalogue and more or less his comeback album after two failed attempts to go commercial (''Unconditionally Guaranteed'' (1974) and ''Bluejeans And Moonbeams'' (1975)). He had a brand new and totally enthusiastic band put together. Their energy and craftmanship really shine through and created fan favorites, such as "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy" and the powerful "Bat Chain Puller".
In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen the album was originally going to be called "Bat Chain Puller", a subtitle still visible on the album cover and the best known track on the album. Music/FrankZappa would produce it, but a dispute with his manager Herb Cohen, who funded the album with Zappa's royalty checks, caused the project to remain in DevelopmentHell forever. Because of these legal problems Beefheart went to another label, Warner Brothers, and re-recorded four tracks and one outtake from this album for "Shiny Beast".
'''Tracklist'''
Side 1
# "The Floppy Boot Stomp" (3:51)
# "Tropical Hot Dog Night" (4:49)
# "Ice Rose" (3:38)
# "Harry Irene" (3:43)
# "You Know You're A Man" (3:14)
# "Bat Chain Puller" (5:27)
Side 2
# "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mommy" (5:04)
# "Owed t'Alex" (4:07)
# "Candle Mambo" (3:24)
# "Love Lies" (5:03)
# "Suction Prints" (4:25)
# "Apes-Ma" (0:40)
'''Personnel'''
* Music/CaptainBeefheart: vocals, harmonica, soprano sax
* Bruce Fowler: trombone, air bass
* Jeff Moris Tepper: slide guitar, guitar, spell guitar
* Eric Drew Feldman: synthesizer, Rhodes piano, grand piano, bass
* Robert Arthur Williams: drums, percussion
* Richard Redus: slide guitar, bottleneck guitar, guitar, accordion, fretless bass
* Art Tripp III: marimba, additional percussion
!! Trope-ical Hot Dog Night [[note]] Our best ''trope'' pun for music albums yet! [[/note]]
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''L'''ove '''L'''ies".
* AmbiguousGender: "You Know You're A Man"
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a man''
--> ''Yeah, you know you're a girl about the same time''
* AnimalMotifs: "Shiny Beast" in the album title, "Tropical Hot Dog Night" makes a mention of "two flamingos in a fruit light." "Bat Chain Puller" is "pulled by rubber dolphins with gold yawning mouths". In "Owed T'Alex" Beefheart mentions he's "a wolf, chrome craw". "Apes-Ma", to conclude is about an ape mother locked inside a small cage.
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: "The Floppy Boot Stomp"
--> ''And the sky turned white in the middle of the night''
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: "When I See Mommy, I Feel Like A Mummy"
--> ''Her interest fades like breath on a mirror''
--> ''Oh, when I see mommy, I feel like a mummy''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Gonna wrap her up''
--> ''Next time I see her''
--> ''Next time I see her''
--> ''I'm gonna seize her''
--> ''Then I'm gonna freeze her''
--> ''It's the only way''
--> ''That I might get to see her''
* AtTheCrossRoads: "The Floppy Boot Stomp"
--> ''And the bold caught down for to do the hoodoo, the devil hoedown''
--> ''To the fork, huddlin’ in a hollow, standin’ at the crossroads''
--> ''With that bunged-up bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle''
--> ''He had a sole red tail – once went red, now was pale''
--> ''Fe Fi Fo Fum he was summoned up from hell''
--> ''Booted down a spell''
--> ''By a square-dancin’ farmer''
* BadassBoast: The farmer in "The Floppy Boot Stomp" warns the Devil:
--> ''If you fall into my circle again I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now.''
* BreakUpSong: "Love Lies"
--> ''I wish I hadn't told you all of those love lies''
* CarefulWithThatAxe:
--> ''BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT CHAIN PULLER!''
* {{Claustrophobia}}: "Apes-Ma", where Beefheart talks to a mother ape who is stuck inside a cage where she "eats and goes to the bathroom too much", which is awful since "her cage isn't getting any bigger." To make the situation more horrid: apparently "the little girl that named you years ago has died now", making you wonder how long this poor animal has been caged this way? And to make you really {{Squick}} Beefheart mentions that Apes-Ma is "not strong enough" to "break out her cage anymore." So there is nothing to do except waiting for her eventual death.
* ContinuityNod: In "Dirty Blue Gene" on his next album ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980) Beefheart shouts out: "The shiny beast of thought", a CallBack to the title of this album.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover is a painting by Captain Beefheart himself.
* TheDevil: He is summoned up from Hell by a farmer in "The Floppy Boot Stomp", but gets his comeuppance.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: "The Floppy Boot Stomp", where a farmer isn't scared of the Devil at all.
--> ''When the farmer drew up, said''
--> ''“Listen son”, and the horse compared his hooves.''
--> ''“If you fall into my circle again I’ll tan your red hide''
--> ''And dance you on your tail, and pitch you from now to now''
--> ''Pitch you from now to now."''
* EvilLaugh: Near the end of "Owed T' Alex".
* {{Instrumental}}: "Ice Rose" and "Suction Prints".
* LastNoteNightmare: "Apes-Ma", about a mother ape stuck in a cage, is the closing track.
* MindScrew: "Tropical Hot Dog Night"
--> ''Everything is wrong and at the same time it's right!''
* MinisculeRocking: "Apes-Ma", barely 40 seconds long.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Candle Mambo", about a fire candle. "Bat Chain Puller" was inspired by windshield wipers in a car, but is actually about chainsaw that chop down trees.
* MonsterFanGirl: "Tropical Hot Dog Night"
--> ''I'm playin' this song''
--> ''For all the young girls to come out to meet the monster tonight''
--> ''How would you like to be the lucky girl, the lucky one?''
--> ''To be the monster tonight, ow to be the monster tonight''
* NameAndName: "Harry Irene", where Beefheart doesn't use the "and" form, but it's about a couple that ran a canteen. But:
--> ''Harry Irene were a couple that lived in the green''
--> ''Ran a canteen''
--> ''Ran a canteen took Harry for all of his green and Irene''
--> ''Harry was left holding an empty canteen''
--> ''And by the way folks, it was Dusty not Harry''
--> ''What does this mean?''
--> ''What does this mean?''
--> ''What’s the meaning of this?''
--> ''Poor Harry, I guess''
* NewSoundAlbum: "Shiny Beast" was a welcome return to form for Captain Beefheart. He had a totally new Magic Band, who were more dedicated to his music and their energy really shines through all the tracks."The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Tropical Hot Dog Night", "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mommy" and "Suction Prints" are even more or less danceable.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Subverted with "Apes-Ma", about a mother ape living inside a far too small cage for many years.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Shiny Beast"'s title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics, but it does appear during "Dirty Blue Gene" on the next album, ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' (1980).
* OneWomanSong: "Apes-Ma".
* PunBasedTitle: "When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy".
* RepurposedPopSong: Music/FrankZappa was originally going to produce this album, but due to legal problems the project was halted. Beefheart then recorded four tracks of this album for "Shiny Beast": "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Bat Chain Puller", "Harry Irene" and "Owed T'Alex". "Candle Mambo" was originally an outtake, but added to this album nevertheless.
* ShoutOut:
** The line "Fe Fi Fo Fum" in "Floppy Boot Stomp" is a reference to ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk''.
** Coati Mundi covered "Tropical Hot Dog Night" on his album "The Former 12 Year Old Genius" (1983).
** Music/PJHarvey's song "Meet Ze Monsta" from her album ''Music/ToBringYouMyLove'' (1995) was inspired by the line "I'm playing this music/ so the young girls would come out/ to meet the monster tonight" from "Tropical Hot Dog Night".
** Tom Barman (Music/{{dEUS}}) and Guy Van Nueten covered "Harry Irene" on their album "Live" (2002).
* SpokenWordInMusic: "Apes-Ma" is entirely spoken.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Harry Irene", which is quite a lovely song amidst all the other weirdness.
* WalkTheEarth: "Owed T' Alex"
--> ''I'm a wolf, chrome craw''
--> ''Leavin' you now - I'll write ya, ma''
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