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“Electricity” by Magic Band
“Electricity” by Magic Band appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2004. Its best result is #47 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #734 alternative song of 2004.
"Electricity" comes off Safe as Milk, the 1967 debut by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, and by Beefheart's account it cost the band their deal with A&M Records, which dropped them after co-owner Jerry Moss heard it and judged it too negative for his teenage daughter. Buddah ended up releasing the album. The vocal is no joke either. Beefheart's performance shattered the microphone recording him.
Critics have praised that distorted vocal and the ghostly, unsettling theremin, and hear in it a preview of where Beefheart was headed; guitarist Doug Moon said much the same. It's blues, bent well out of shape. At the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mount Tamalpais in 1967, a warm-up for Monterey Pop, Beefheart stopped it cold, straightened his tie, walked off the stage and landed face-first in the grass.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 47 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2004 | 50 |
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