FRANK ZAPPA!

[mr marcus]

HE'S FUNNY AS SHIT AND A MUSICAL GENIUS!!!

DOES ANYONE ELSE LISTEN TO FRANK?



"Music is the best".
-Frank Zappa :lol:

[Tsorovan]

I've listened to F.Z. for...maany years. I group him in the three biggest musical geniuses of our time. They are: Bach, Glenn Gould, Frank Zappa.

[Baal]

He's ok, but I heard he ate his own shit once....

Bach is from our time?

[Tsorovan]

Our time as in "the age of man", not "modern time"...or something... :\

[mr marcus]

he has been on something like 64 albums.

with the mothers of creation and solo.


:?: who said he ate his own shit?

[mr marcus]

I've listened to F.Z. for...maany years. I group him in the three biggest musical geniuses of our time. They are: Bach, Glenn Gould, Frank Zappa.

who is Glenn Gould?

[Tsorovan]

http://www.glenngould.com/ has more info than I can cram into this post.
He was the premier Bach interpreter.

[Meshfag]

I like his weird/early/MoI stuff best, but albums like Roxy & elsewhere and Bongo fury (w/Beefheart) are pretty cool when you're in the mood.
I also really liked Grand Wazoo and his weirder than weird stuff (Jazz from Hell, Mothers of prevention).

[Dave2112]

He's ok, but I heard he ate his own shit once....

Hmm, I think I'd respect a man that eats shit way more then one that talks shit. :?:

[Meshfag]

Are you sure you're not mistaking him for GG Allin?

[Sojo]

I just finished reading 'The Real Frank Zappa Book' . in it he specifically address the shit eating issue. IT NEVER HAPPENED. It was a 'shitty' rumor. BTW, TRFZB is a sweet read. Its written by FZ so it has some great lines.

[timdog]

Are you sure you're not mistaking him for GG Allin?

Sick.

[Reaper]

He trully was one of the Greatest
When i heard the song "He's so Gay" i totally flipped out i think he was pretty cool..just after hearing one song 8)
By the way anyone have the full show "Does humor belong in music" video on avi/mpeg??
I know Chad Wackerman plays the drums on it!
Anyone know what he's up too now days??
I like his playing a lot.
Stay CP :wink:

R.I.P FZ

[Elmface]

I recommend you search for it on Direct connect or some other file sharing program.

Wackerman is playing on Holdsworth's latest live album 'All Night Wrong'. Check it out, it's awesome.

[Tsorovan]

Wackerman also released his third solo album last year, Scream.

[Baal]

I was being sarcastic with the shit thing. It's like the very fist thing he mentions in that book...

Adventures of Greggary Peccary is a materpiece, for those who haven't heard it yet.

[mr marcus]

hey there people im bobby brown! :lol:

[Meshfag]

Adventures of Greggary Peccary is a materpiece, for those who haven't heard it yet.

It is. So was "Concert for guitar and low budget orchestra".
Lähter was way underrated, imo. Not Zappa at his best, but still a damn solid album.

[Dirty Pant'loon]

He´s a genius.

Mmmm.

[Xraycat]

i don't know if i'd call him a genius, but his albums are funny as shit.

wrist watch crisco :lol: :lol: :lol:

[timdog]

i don't know if i'd call him a genious, but his albums are funny as shit.

wrist watch crisco :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yah.. I don't know if I would call him a GENIOUS either...
cuz I don't know what the fuck that word is! :lol:

Way to go GENIUS.

[Xraycat]

i don't know if i'd call him a genious, but his albums are funny as shit.

wrist watch crisco :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yah.. I don't know if I would call him a GENIOUS either...
cuz I don't know what the fuck that word is! :lol:

Way to go GENIUS.


Listen up steve, don't make me spellcheck all of YOUR posts. :lol:

[timdog]

hahaha
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


don't hurt me.. :(

[Vlad Drac]

He is a musical god, he is probably my favorite musician of all time and that is a lot to say.

[mr marcus]

mats/morgan met frank in 88 and got to play live with him.

[dimensionidol]

frank zappa opened my mind!

i saw him live when i was 17 in 1988 .

after that i immediately change my conception in music.

:D

[drowningman]

i have to admit that i haven't heard too much of his stuff yet. i'd like to become a ZAPPA-fan as well..........any recommended albums to start with?

[Tsorovan]

You Can't Do that on Stage Anymore vol. 1-6
Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III
Sheik Yerbouti
Apostrophe '

Are good starters I think.

[dimensionidol]

-the best band ever heard in your life

-grand wazoo

-hot rats

check them

:D

[Vlad Drac]

You Can't Do that on Stage Anymore vol. 1-6
Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III
Sheik Yerbouti
Apostrophe '

Are good starters I think.

Also Strictly Commercial

[mr marcus]

its quite hard to get any zappa records where i come from (new zealand).
so i bassicly wait until i see a good song on kazaa and i download it.

what song do you think is his best piece?

[Meshfag]

Goddamn, nobody said We're only in it for the money or Uncle Meat!!!!
My Zappa recommendations:
We're only in it for the money
Uncle meat
Lumpy gravy (semi-instrumental album, pretty good, imo)
Jazz from Hell (weirder than his weird stuff)
The grand Wazoo (jazz/fusion-Zappa. There's a whole story behind it, on how Zappa got injured onstage, and then he wasn't able to sing for a while...get this and get Waka/Jawaka)
Best band you never heard in your life (compilation of live stuff, get this only when you're familiar with Zappa...or, if anything, get it for the great version of Stairway to Heaven they did)
Bongo fury (w/Beefheart - some of his "serious" stuff)

[Tsorovan]

[...]
Are good starters I think.

Also Strictly Commercial

No, I don't ever recommend stupid greatest hits albums to anyone. I think such albums should be abolished. It's bad. Bad bad bad bad bad bad.

[Meshfag]

Not really a g.hits album, but Cruisin' with Ruben and the jets has some pretty cool stuff, if you're in the mellow mood. Zappa's not heavy (as in "meh-tul"), but this one's just plain soft. It's kinda like his murder ballads, or something. Funny doo wop shit.