Kill Ugly Radio: Frank Zappa & Elsewhere

16 Responses to “Zappa-Weekend In the French Radio FR3”

1. matt says:
   November 19th, 2009 at 12:12 am »

   Wasn’t that Teenage Prostitute at the very end?? Very cool!

   Matt.

2. Bálint says:
   November 19th, 2009 at 3:04 pm »

   Yes, it, is! Hehe, I did not recognise it at first.

3. Thinman says:
   November 19th, 2009 at 5:18 pm »

   Could someone translate the content into English?

   Th.

4. Maroual says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 12:03 am »

   By the way, the TV channel France 3 is a subsidiary of France Télévisions and FR3 is its former name.
   The Maison de Radio France is a concert hall which belongs to Radio France of the same company France Télévisions.

5. Maroual says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 12:03 am »

   Speaker: “The marriage of rock and classical music. It’s at the Présences festival at the Maison de Radio France. It begins tonight, and during 3 days, the

   contemporary music is paving new ways with, for instance, variations around the work of a musician of legend, Frank Zappa, interpreted by 3 orchestras. A

   news report by Pierre-Yves Salique with Nedim Loncarevic.”
   (The Perfect Stranger)
   Speaker: “Zappa, act I: This is the story of a slovenly housewife and a door-to-door salesman, a scenario written by Frank Zappa, a very serious work, and

   most of all very demanding.”
   Peter Eötvös: “This would require rehearsing during two weeks, nothing else than this (piece). But, it is impossible. Here we play very well. But it’s not

   the same perfection that I’ve heard from the groups of Zappa himself.”
   FZ: “Surprise.”
   Speaker: “The surprise was 25 years ago, this same repertoire played in world premiere, still in Paris. Zappa, the rocker, seduced Boulez, a discovery at the

   time.”
   Pierre Boulez: “It is very curious to see how both worlds interpenetrate each other, because one comes from a completely different horizon, where practicing

   is more important than theory, I would say.”

6. Maroual says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 12:04 am »

   Speaker: “For Zappa, these two worlds were only one. Behind the guitar, or the stick, there was a composer.
   Act II, this weekend: ‘The Black Page’, full of notes, a very complex piece that can nonetheless be whistled under the shower.”
   (The Black Page)
   Florent Jodelet: “It’s the melodic side that touches me the most… the way one can play a music that is, at first, often heard as kind of a notes machine gun.”

7. Maroual says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 12:07 am »

   (Teen-Age Pr0st1tute?)
   Speaker: “Act III: Humor and sex, the universe of the great man with the mustache.”
   Walter Boudreau: “He’s always been giving the image of a sort of rocker taking dru9s. Zappa did not do dru9. The only dru9 he was having was cigarette and coffee. This is what killed him, actually. He was someone that, although looking like a biker, was a very serious composer.”
   (Teen-Age Pr0st1tute)
   Speaker: “Serious, funny, inventive. All these facets to be discovered this weekend at the House of Radio (France).”

8. Bálint says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 9:26 am »

   thanks, Maroual!!!

9. Thinman says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 11:37 am »

   Thanks also from me, Maroual!

   And I like the imagination of Frank conducting with a LONG BREAD

   Th.

10. Plooker says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 3:26 pm »

    Never thought about it, but it is fun to try to whistle the Black Page. Thanks Maroual! Way on Down!

11. Johnny says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 12:37 pm »

    The complete programme can be found here:

    http://sites.radiofrance.fr/concerts/saison/pdf/definitif_we_2_Presence.pdf

    (in French)

12. Radioboy says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 1:00 pm »

    Does somebody know if we can listen to the concert (on 21st of december) via internet? Is it Radio of TV? Through what link?

    (Looked for half an hour on the French website, but cannot find a direct listening link..)

13. chadkops says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 9:48 pm »

    http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/ look for “écouter en direct”

    direct link :
    http://players.tv-radio.com/radiofrance/playerfrancemusique.php

14. Gilles says:
    November 22nd, 2009 at 2:28 pm »

    I recorded in audience all 3 evenings and now are on Zappateers and Dime, look !
    Also the video news of France3 is on Zappateers in DVD quality.

    The first evening will be broadcasted on 21 december (I don’t know when for the 2 other evenings) on France Musique radio, and of course I will record this…

15. gilles.b61 says:
    November 30th, 2009 at 1:01 am »

    bonjour ,gilles,!
    les concerts seront retransmis sur France Musique ??? en décembre mais quel jour ??

16. Gilles says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 2:31 pm »

    Like I said in the previous message : le 1er concert le 21 décembre, les autres je ne sais pas encore.

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