Comments on: You Are What You Is

By: Mark G

Mark G — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:42:34 +0000

oh, and if the harmony’s on Doreen don’t put both a chill up the spine and a smile on your face then I suggest some kind of therapy

By: Mark G

Mark G — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:36:46 +0000

Darms, look, howzabout Fine Girl off Tinseltown Rebellion? His opinion is ambiguous at best, his wife now is big so… Had he lived… Anyways, My first Zappa album that I digested, along with We’re Only in it for the Money (His Angry Young Man Album). Doreen is a prime example of an album song not being better replicated in a live context of which there are so few examples in the catalogue of Frank Z - Easily one of my fave songs by anyone let alone on the album. The drumming is pretty good, what is known about that guy? It flows pretty good as an album too, probably the best album of the 80’s

By: darms

darms — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:19:09 +0000

Folks, I’ve been listening to Frank since 1969 or so, kinda’ had a love/hate relationship with some of his material (starting with Broken Hearts Are For Assholes but resolved much of that over time starting with a Dallas band, ‘Felix’, who did an excellent cover of I still have an issue with one song, however, and that song is Jumbo Go Away. While I know the point Frank was trying to make, my point is that song is offensive to large women and that I find inexcusable - not all large people have a fucking choice to be large, some of them just come that way dammit. Case in point, my wife, a fantastic hospice nurse and a very sweet loving woman as well, she is fit, in better shape then me, but the only shape she comes in is large and it’s by genetic disposition, not the choices she’s made. While I’m turning her on to Frank’s music (and she took me to ZPZ in Austin a week ago (a fantastic 3+ hour show, BTW, the local crew were pissed!)) I am keeping her from Jumbo Go Away and the fabulous Manzerak lifts in If Only She Woulda as I cannot find a decent framework in which to present Frank’s case. Yes, I’m thrilled that Frank was a ‘toothpick’ but not all of us are so blessed. We come in all sizes and receive enough ridicule in our day to day, we do not need it from our entertainment, let alone our heroes, ok?

By: schteb

schteb — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:45:59 +0000

It is related to WOIIFTM - if you listen to the end of YAWYI you can hear a voice say “leave my nose alone please” which was first heard on WOIIFTM.

By: Michael Pabst

Michael Pabst — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:46:25 +0000

This one is somehow the WOIIFTM of the 80’s. Not necessarily in quality but for the function it has in the context of it’s time.

By: Jamez

Jamez — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:20:37 +0000

Please, please, please ZFT, can we have ‘Crush All Boxes’ as a new release. Also ‘Chalk Pie’, if poss. Thanks.

By: jane23

jane23 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:04:06 +0000

frank zappa alwyas had great drummers
as that is the foundation of rock music
in the early days hea had to train the drummers
because technically they were not quite so proficient
as for one particular zappa album being better than another:
everyone is entitled to their opinion
but, as someone who was there from the beginning,
each LP was a progression from the last LP
and it was fascinating to watch it grow
and to observe frank mutate
from freak out to civilization

By: Flavio

Flavio — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:48:26 +0000

David Logeman drumming very dull? I disagree… David Logeman does a very fine drumming job on this album, i actually would like him to have stayed in the band longer; it’s just perfect for the vocal-oriented songs of YAWYI.

I can’t think of a BAD zappa drummer… Aynsley Dunbar, Ralph Humprey, Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta… my favorites.

By: Dimaension X

Dimaension X — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:38:19 +0000

I guess I just don’t like this album. I love “Sinister Footwear”, with its overdubbed marimba matching Frank’s incredible solo (thanx to Steve Vai’s transcription skills and Ed Mann’s sheer talent). But the songs just don’t “go anywhere” for me. The production (or maybe just the CD re-mastering) is really bad. Very squashed compression. The drumming is really dull (Logeman is NO Colaiuta), … too many vocal sections that just go on too long.

Sorry folks. I love Frank, but I just can’t listen to this one.

By: Jamez

Jamez — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:15:28 +0000

This is the first Zappa album I bought that was not a compilation. It’s almost as good as ‘Tinseltown Rebellion’. ‘Teenage Wind’ is one of my favourite Zappa songs, then it goes into a Country song (?!) sung by Jimmy Carl Black. There are so may musical styles going on it’s difficult to categorize. My only complaint on this album is the mix - it sounds muggy. Apparently the unreleased ‘Crush All Boxes’ has a better sound…