Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow (Music Video)

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Clip rejected by MTV USA as “too weird“ upon release, now in the Permanent Film and Video Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC; track taken from the 1982 Virgin album “Ice Cream for Crow“. Directed by Don Van Vliet (with much uncredited assistance from producer Ken Schreiber) Cinematography by Daniel Pearl (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) Don Van Vliet (vocals, harp) Gary Lucas (guitar) Jeff Tepper (guitar) Rick Snyder (bass) Cliff Martinez (drums) Filmed on location in the High Mojave Desert near Lancaster, California