Captain Beefheart wrote a song to what obscure type of candy?

BRY2K

"Yellow and orange and Well they taste so good I want to eat 'em And they taste so good I get to need 'em Can-can-can-candy candy" Could it be Kandy Korn? http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/captain_beefheart/kandy_korn-lyrics-592629.html The best of all these lengthy tracks, though, is 'Kandy Korn', which begins almost as a pop song, with a funny vocal melody and an upbeat poppy bassline, but then goes into this lengthy and very jangly instrumental passage which is downright uplifting after all the subtle evil of the preceding three blues jams. http://starling.rinet.ru/music/captain.htm Nov 02 09, 1:41 PM

star_gazer

I'm sorry, while Kandy Korn is a Beefheart candy song, Kandy Korn isn't an obscure enough candy. Please try again. Nov 02 09, 2:20 PM

merlin321

Abba-Zaba candy bar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_as_Milk Nov 02 09, 2:33 PM

star_gazer

Correct! Introduced in the 1920s by the Cardinet Candy Company of Alameda, California, the taffy-and-peanut butter Abba Zaba has attracted an alternative West Coast following. Psychedelic music legend Captain Beefheart wrote a song to the candy, and based the back cover of his 1967 album Safe As Milk on the distinctive black and yellow checkerboard design of the Abba Zaba wrapper. http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/28/history-of-classic-candy/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl9|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slashfood.com%2F2009%2F10%2F28%2Fhistory-of-classic-candy%2F (Click four times.) Nov 02 09, 3:05 PM

serpa

From the "Safe as Milk" album; side 2, song 2: "Abba Zabba" Another of the more distinctive songs on the album is "Abba Zaba", one of three compositions credited solely to Van Vliet. An Allmusic review of the track states, in reference to its music, "Although not directly blues influenced “Abba Zaba” contains peripheral elements of the wiry delta sound that informed much of the album," noting that Cooder's influence is heard here in the "chiming, intricate guitar lines" and "up front and biting bass work."[7] The track is named after the Abba-Zaba candy bar, which was supposedly a favorite of a young Van Vliet. (The band had at one point planned to name the album after the confection, and the black and yellow checkerboard pattern on the album's back sleeve is a relic of this idea—black and yellow being the colors of the candy bar's wrapper.[7]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_as_Milk_(album) Another good question from star_gazer! Nov 02 09, 3:06 PM

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