The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2005 in the mail: Sleep Dirt Orchestral Favorites Francesco Zappa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annabelle 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2005 i don't "get" frank zappa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mearl267 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2005 Impressive, but didn't Zappa have over 100 records? If so, good luck with all that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2005 i don't "get" frank zappa. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I tried to care about him, but I just can't. I respect him, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annabelle 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2005 agreed. there's many artists i don't "get" that i sure as hell respect. along with zappa, tom waits is another. although i did really enjoy his alcoholic homeless lounge singer act in the 70's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 2, 2005 Mine: Freak Out We're Only.. Lumpy Gravy Hot Rats Weasels.. Grand Wazoo Waka Jawaka Just Another Band From LA Apostrophe Joe's Garage Roxy & Elsewhere Bongo Fury Tinseltown Rebellion Sheik Yerbouti Them or Us Overnite Sensation One Size Fits All Zoot Allures You Are What You Is YCTDOSA Vol I, II, and III Shut Up And Play Your Guitar (3 Disc set) The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life Jazz From Hell The Man From Utopia Also: Jean Luc Ponty plays "King Kong" (and other Zappa compositions) And a George Duke solo album that blows. Trout Mask Replica is Zappa produced, so it sorta counts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 You should pick up Mothers Of Prevention. Porn Wars is cool (but with little replay value), and Alien Orifice, Yo Cats, What's New In Baltimore?, and Aerobics in Bondage are awesome songs. I was also impressed with Burnt Weeny Sandwich, for Holiday In Berlin and The Little House I Used To Live In. I highly envy you for having The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life. I'm holding out that one of my friends will buy it for my birthday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 2, 2005 Interested in trading? It's the only way to Zappa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 Absolutely Free Apostrophe Bongo Fury Broadway the Hard Way Does Humor Belong in Music Freak Out Hot Rats Jazz From Hell Joe's Garage Make a Jazz Noise Roxy and Elsewhere Sheik Yerbouti The Best Band... The Grand Wazoo Them or Us Thing Fish Tinseltown Rebellion Uncle Meat We're Only in it... YCDTOSA 1-6 You Are What You Is I'm guessing Czech, Agent and I are the official Zappa-philes of the board Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 Interested in trading? It's the only way to Zappa. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Like just CD-Rs, or the actual releases? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 3, 2005 Burned copies, obviously. I'll give you a Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life for a Chunga's Revenge and a Make a Jazz Noise Here (unless that's a double. I'm going for a 1:1 ratio here) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 3, 2005 Oh shit, Slayer has all the YCDTOSAs. And I know we've had this conversation before with preferences to his "eras," but how can you sleep without owning Weasels... or Waka/Jawaka? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 3, 2005 Hey, and that Jean-Luc Ponty album is top-notch, too. Don't sell it short. A much faster-paced and economical "King Kong" than the one on YCDTOSA 3 I'm not sure I've got any others, actually, aside from the one on the Baby Snakes DVD. There's also instrumental versions of "Idiot Bastard Son" and "America Drinks and Goes Home," with the electric violin and viola covering the majority of the melody. The "Music for Low Budget Orchestra" piece has some good high points and lots of really mish-mashed weird melodies and tempo changes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2005 Burned copies, obviously. I'll give you a Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life for a Chunga's Revenge and a Make a Jazz Noise Here (unless that's a double. I'm going for a 1:1 ratio here) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How about: Absolutely Free FZMtMOP Chunga's Revenge Jazz Noise (2) for Bongo Fury Best Band (2) Just Another Band From L.A. The "Music for Low Budget Orchestra" piece has some good high points and lots of really mish-mashed weird melodies and tempo changes. I wonder how close that is to the Revised . . . version on Studio Tan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 5, 2005 I have Absolutely Free but neglected to list it. How does Uncle Meat rank to you? I think you're somewhere right in between Slayer's preferences and mine. That'd be fine to throw in instead. Either that or Burnt Weenie Sandwich. My next one will probably be Cruisin with Ruben and the Jets. JABfLA isn't really that good. "Billy the Mountain" is awesome but way long. The replay suffers and it's not that hilarious unless you've got a working knowlege of Los Angeles and other parts of southern CA. The rest of the cd (which combined is as long as Billy the Mountain) has a couple high spots in "Magdalena" and "Dog Breath." The instrumental "...Variations" on volume 2 are cool as hell, but this has vocals, is also live, and is a lot less polished. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2005 Ah, Uncle Meat. It took me a second listen to really come around on it, but when I did, I really did. It's far and away the most musically rich release from the Jimmy Carl Black lineups. Weeny and Weasels are great too, but all the recurring themes, and King Kong, and all that stuff, it's just great stuff. You can definitely hear the Stravinsky, the Varese, the childhood doo-wop all shining through. Can't go wrong with a lineup that includes both Underwoods, either. The CD release has a second disc, which has about 40 minutes of random conversations that make Lumpy Gravy seem linear, and a song called "I've Got A Big Bunch Of Dick" in Italian, and it's from the 80s and is there for no good reason. Cut that shit out and just go with the original stuff and it's great. On Ruben: last fall, I kept seeing it at Borders for $8, and always passed on it in favor of stuff that wasn't rehashed from Freak Out, with Chad Wackerman overdubs for no good reason. I'm still kind of reluctant to get it, because half the band on CD is from 20 years later. I haven't listened to samples, but something isn't gonna be right if you have Ray Collins singing with Chad Wackerman's wanky electronic drum fills. Zappa was no fool in the studio (Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk is seamlessly edited from like 20 shows), but I'm suspicious anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2005 Oh shit, Slayer has all the YCDTOSAs. I have for awhile now. Like I've said before, I think #2 disc 1, #4 disc 2 and #5 disc 2 are the best discs out of the 12 And I know we've had this conversation before with preferences to his "eras," but how can you sleep without owning Weasels... or Waka/Jawaka? I'm (very) gradually warming up to the older stuff era... hell before three months ago, with the exception of Roxy, I didn't own anything older than Shiek Yerbouti Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2005 Uncle Meat, Hot Rats, and Burnt Weeny Sandwich are musts, I feel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 6, 2005 At least he's got The Grand Wazoo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 10, 2005 I just got Zappa in New York. The first disc has "Titties and Beer" and other funny ones like "Punky's Whips" and "The Illinois Enema Bandit." The second disc has a version of "I'm The Slime" with fucking Don Pardo doing an entire verse. Also "The Black Page" (1 and 2), "Sofa," and "The Torture Never Stops" as well as a long medley with "Approximate" Great disc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 Did you pay like $25 though? I saw it for $25 at Best Buy, but $15 on Amazon. Awfully big discrepancy. If I can find a car, I'm going to Madison to buy stuff today. I need my fix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 10, 2005 Nah, not that much. I picked it up at the friendly local independent music store for $18.99 or some such. It's worth 25, though. It's the Sheik Yerbouti lineup sans Belew, I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 The second disc has a version of "I'm The Slime" with fucking Don Pardo doing an entire verse. "THAT'S RIGHT FRANK! I AM SLIME!" that's from one of his SNL appearances. The stage was surrounded by TV sets oozing silly putty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Stanley 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2005 I like the song Dynamo Hum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 17, 2005 That whole album is nothing short of fucking awesome. Do you have the whole thing or just that track? One of the "So I don't have a Zappa cd but might get one so which one should I get?" albums. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted September 17, 2005 Zappa had some of the best titles for his albums. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted September 17, 2005 Thanks to FZ I will forever associate Montana with dental floss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Stanley 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2005 That whole album is nothing short of fucking awesome. Do you have the whole thing or just that track? One of the "So I don't have a Zappa cd but might get one so which one should I get?" albums. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have Apostrophe and Overnite Sensation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
