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Any Zappa fans??

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  • 18-09-2004 10:57pm
    #1
    Kilgore-Trout
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭


    Are there any more truly hardcore Zappa fans on here??


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    PH01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


    Not hardcore, but a fan.
    Had most of his stuff on tape, until the lot got stolen by some skanger.


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Yeah, Zappa rules. My earliest memory is of listening to my Mum's 'Absolutely Free" LP when I was about three.

    'Hot Rats', what more can I say? :)


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    PH01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


    Doctor J wrote:
    My earliest memory is of listening to my Mum's 'Absolutely Free" LP when I was about three.
    :)
    No way! You've gotta be kidding. That's gotta be the best childhood memory, ever! Did you mum sing along? Cool Mum.


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    Doctor J
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    C'mon, it's hard not to sing along to 'Call Any Vegetable' ;)


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    Kilgore-Trout
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭Kilgore-Trout


    Call any vegetable kicks ass!!

    Anyone get joe's corsage or quAUDIOPHILIac???


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    I don't think a party is a party unless Sheik Yarbouti has been played in it's entirety.

    'I want a nasty little jewish princess.. lalala...'


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    Kilgore-Trout
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭Kilgore-Trout


    it ain't a party unless "weasels ripped my flesh" has been played!


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    Doctor J
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    Surely you mean Uncle Meat, playing every version of King Kong?


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    Kilgore-Trout
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭Kilgore-Trout


    Or how about 200 motels?? Throw on "Half A Dozen Provocative Squats" or "This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich"!!! That ought to get everyone up and dancing


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    DamoRed
    Registered Users Posts: 394 ✭✭DamoRed


    Never mind talking about him, would you all just shut up 'n play yer guitar...

    ;)

    Damo


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    X-Dawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭X-Dawg


    Anyone seen Baby Snakes on DVD? - it kicks freakin' a*s.


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    greglo23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭greglo23


    what about Overnight Sensation .absolutely brilliant !!!!


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    The BBC showed a profile of him shortly after he died. One of the performances was of King Kong with the Mothers. Motorhead plays the most fantastic sax solo you'l ever hear. Well worth hunting down.


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    X-Dawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭X-Dawg


    Is this the documentary you're referring to? I took a screenshot...


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    I think it is :D

    Is there a hospital bed and a large cage elsewhere in the set?


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    X-Dawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭X-Dawg


    Indeed there is.


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    #18
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    That footage is gold. Gold, I say :)


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    #19
    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    Who the hell are Zappa? I've never heard of them


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    X-Dawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭X-Dawg


    FX Meister wrote:
    Who the hell are Zappa? I've never heard of them
    Reginald Durdle and the Zappatronics. A famous blues band from the 30's.


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    #21
    FX Meister
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    Bull****, blues is only around since the 70's? I did a search and it's a guy called Frank Zappa.


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    Doctor J
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    Ahhhh google, hold us warm onto your bosom :D


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    Bepetki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭Bepetki


    FX Meister wrote:
    Bull****, blues is only around since the 70's?

    Ahem... what!? Blues predates jazz... and jazz has been around over 100 years now.


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    Phantastic Fox
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    I recently got into Zappa, but I wanna know, whats (regarded) as his best album? I think i'll buy "We're only in it for the money" next. Has anyone read his book, The Real Frank Zappa Book? Its genius.


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    Doctor J
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    His stuff is so varied, it's hard to say what is his best. I love his earlier stuff, with "Hot Rats" being a particular favourite, but I really love "Uncle Meat" too. My mum has "...For The Money" and "Absolutley Free" on vinyl from back in the day, and I'd go for "Absolutely Free" out of those two, if made to choose. You just can't beat "Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin" when you want to get down.


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    Kilgore-Trout
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭Kilgore-Trout


    Phantastic Fox wrote:
    I recently got into Zappa, but I wanna know, whats (regarded) as his best album? I think i'll buy "We're only in it for the money" next. Has anyone read his book, The Real Frank Zappa Book? Its genius.

    it's almost impossible to say what his best album is!!! he has so many different styles of music. Some of the best IMO however are-
    Freak out!
    One size fits all
    uncle meat
    hot rats
    the grand wazoo
    civilization phase 3
    we're only in it for the money
    YCDTOSA vol.2
    jazz from hell
    etc!! :D

    that book kicks ass. also check out 'electric don quixote' by neil slaven- very good stuff


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    X-Dawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭X-Dawg


    Sleep Dirt is cool too.


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    Kilgore-Trout
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭Kilgore-Trout


    X-Dawg wrote:
    Sleep Dirt is cool too.

    indeed it is!! although the vinyl version without the vocals is WAY better.
    you should also check out:
    200 motels
    Overnite Sensation
    Apostrophe
    Joe's Garage
    and
    Roxy And Elsewhere


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    Kopf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Kopf


    my favourites are
    the grand wazoo
    hot rats
    roxy & elsewhere
    waka/jawaka
    live at the filmore east, 1971
    one size fits all
    over-nite sensation
    we're only in it for the money

    it's crazy i saw this thread when i did, cause i'm going through a very intense zappa phase right now - although i much prefer his instrumental jazz rock stuff to the SONGS which are usually just a bit much for me.. divx'd the live in new york (not 'live@the filmore') dvd and all i watch from it is Zoot Allures since the rest is just bollocks.

    a lot of people get upset when i say things like that, because you usually encounter people who either hate zappa with a passion or are totally over-the-top obsessive about him. but really.. some of the stuff is pure crap.


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