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Frank Zappa / The Blue Light / Who’s ‘’The Slime’’?
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on: December 15, 2004, 08:18:51 AM
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The Slime is a character with a pretty finite psychological description and well defined traits, ain’t he? (‘’That’s right, folks, don’t touch that dial!’’)
Since I am not in the States but in Canada, I only have vague recollections of the type of American TV gameshow host that this could depict in the early 70s... I only knew Bob Barker and this other unnerving one that kept asking ‘’Survey said?...’’.
So, esp. to you members from the USA, who was The Slime?
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Frank Zappa / Strictly Critique / Great old article found: "Q" 1989
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on: December 07, 2004, 11:16:37 AM
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If you haven't read this rather well researched, general Zappa'story paper, here is the link:
http://home.online.no/~corneliu/q_interview.htm
(The little thingie before "corneliu" appeared in the address box as a superscript character, but I couldn't type that in here.)
An odd health related issue occur in the paper: Zappa apparently complained then about pains from kidney stones. Any one of you knowing if these kinds of pain or condition might be indicative of prostate cancer?
(Am a man and pushing 48 myself, so...  )
Or maybe he was "covering up"?... |
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Frank Zappa / Strictly Critique / Re:Favourite Zappa
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on: December 03, 2004, 05:29:09 AM
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Ain't that the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra concert under Kent Nagano's baton? (early 80s?)
I haven't heard your CD, but this is the only full orchestra version I have read about.
If I'm wrong let's hope I'm corrected!! |
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Frank Zappa / The Blue Light / What's "I Don't Even Care" about?
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on: November 26, 2004, 11:33:23 AM
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(words by Johnny Guitar Watson)
I kind of recall this protest-singalong pop song about South Africa that went "I-I-I... ain't gonna play Sun City-y-y-!", that might have happened around that time (1985), but this is just a guess... And even then I still don't know how to interpret those lyrics (if they're anything else than absurd)... |
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Frank Zappa / In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky / Re:What Other Music Do We All Like?
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on: November 22, 2004, 07:58:29 AM
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I listened to many different kinds of music... Hard, I guess naturally being a Zappa fan, to be satisfied with any particular genre as a whole...
I admire Gentle Giant immensely, everything they did, save maybe for the very first and the very last albums. I also admire the Rolling Stones and the Beatles immensely.
...John McLaughlin, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Rickie Lee Jones, Beethoven, Stravinsky (thanks Frank!), Messiaen (thanks Frank!), J-S Bach... are other musicians I appreciate and listen to a lot these days.
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Frank Zappa / In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky / Re:A question for the hardcore bass-players!
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on: November 22, 2004, 06:53:47 AM
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I am not a musician, but am really surprised that Scott T. does not seem any more popular than that... (BTW I adored Fowler too.)
For me, Thunes epitomized, and clicked with immediate abandon with, the craziness of Zappa's late writing. I hear his improvisational skills, behind Zappa's solos, as fabulous. He explores the neck as a composing tool - always adding little bits of out-of-nowhere melodies - with that supreme, "un-hip" (for the 80s) tone... To me, he sounded like Colaiuta on the bass! Always way out...
And the way he anchors the difficult tunes makes these clearer to understand... to me at least! |
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Frank Zappa / Strictly Critique / Re:Favourite Zappa
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on: November 22, 2004, 05:36:10 AM
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Marqueeson's, here is good news for you: the basic tracks of your favorite song Lemme Take You To The Beach come straight from the Hot Rats sessions of 1969!
Oh I love Hot Rats dearly also!!
But my fave album at the moment has to be "Burnt Weeny Sandwich". I have a nicely preserved original US copy, and under the headphones, it's a total f&%#ing stereo trip!! True what the last poster wrote that after some hundreds of plays, you still discover audio dimensions to it...
Favorite song of the moment: "Sleeping in a Jar", from Uncle Meat. |
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Frank Zappa / Strictly Critique / Re:The "I-Was-There" Thread
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on: November 22, 2004, 05:21:54 AM
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First time ever was Montreal, Qc, Oct. '76. I was fairly new to Zappa then, an averagely big jazz-rock snob who had an immensely sincere appreciation for the era spanning Uncle Meat to One Size Fits All. Of course since, for some reason, I was expecting something like Roxy & Elsewhere as my first time, I stood and pouted for most of that specific gig! (which goes for most of my pals too)
Strangely, of the Zappa concerts I went to, this particular one is perhaps the one I would most love to listen to again with today's ears!
...After that was late '78, then late '80. I know Colaiuta was a genius, no doubt about it, but I never was THAT crazy about those particular line-ups, the ways in which they were used and the material they played.
...Then came the late '81 revolution, which blew away everything from the recent years AFAIAC, including Zappa's own playing! That concert (Montreal, Nov. eight) and tour was Zappa's (band, electric combo composer and lead guitar amokness) top!! You could see on stage that he was excited about his new young prodigys and how they supported him. Had that crazy, wild gleam in his eyes when soloing... I remember him in interviews of the day even boasting about his own new style of guitar soloing!! Have memories also of the strange ways he conducted and moved, esp. in Drowning Witch, during that fast 11/16 break, right after the witch laughter, he did some stiff-bodied, robot-like conducting antics that were hilarious! |
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Frank Zappa / Strictly Critique / Re:Yearn for Learn
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on: November 18, 2004, 06:47:22 AM
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Hi Marqueson's Chicken,
Well, there are quite a few of those!... "What" do you know?... ;O)
Maybe there is something specific I might be able to shine a bit of light on. Although there are still big holes in my knowledge, I did read a few of the books and lots of interviews in the past. I have most of the records, as well as the Baby Snakes full version, Dubroom Special, and Does Humour Belong in Music? videos. And I have seen Zappa in concert four times, all in Montreal ('76, '78, '80 and '81). |
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Frank Zappa / Strictly Critique / Re:What media are you enjoying?
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on: November 01, 2004, 04:50:22 AM
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Barry, "Groucho and Me" has got to be the funniest book I have ever read in 47 years of existence (well, 40 years of reading?...)!! I found it a truly solid killer, and I think I have re-read it three times!!
These days, I read this Rolling Stones bio "Old Gods Almost Dead", and I also indulge very often in H.P. Lovecraft's stories (yesterday night was "The Thing on the Doorstep"... talk about crazy, scary stuff!!).
AFA music goes, I am unfortunately a retro guy (because of? in spite of? Zappa) that keeps rebuying old stuff (Rolling Stones, Gentle Giant, Santana, Steely Dan, Black Sabbath [!], old John McLaughlin, etc.). And in recent years this tendency has been getting even worst since I have rediscovered vinyl record addiction and thrift shop LP hunting! But now at least this 3-penny habit gets me to actually discover artists from the past that I would not have spent big collector shop dollars on in the first place. And that includes classical or répertoire music, which opens up whole new avenues of listening experiences AFAIAC.
It's actually that old "Zappa CD vs. vinyl" page - that I believe sadly hasn't been maintained in years - that opened up my ears at how special FZ original vinyl LPs were, musically and sonically, as compared to the CD versions, and turned me into that modern-media-unhip geek I am now, that probably has FZ himself turning in his grave!
There you have almost the story of my life... But you ASKED for it!! |
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