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Old 06-12-2009, 06:04 PM   #201 (permalink)
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Old 07-12-2009, 12:11 PM   #202 (permalink)
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After finally digging out my parents old LP's and kicking my ass into gear to go buy a record player that works, I got the pleasure of listening to 'Freak Out!' and DAMN was it amazing. Although the sound quality is not up to standard with a regular cd, listening to it on LP was a great experience for me and really a great album.

The return of the son of monster magnet could be possibly go down as one of the weirdest yet most awesome songs, EVER!

Zappa is king!
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Old 07-12-2009, 12:13 PM   #203 (permalink)
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^is that all you have by him?
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Old 07-12-2009, 12:36 PM   #204 (permalink)
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^is that all you have by him?
Got 'Hot Rats', 'Apostrophe' and 'Sheik Yerbouti" on cd, but only 'Freak Out!' on LP.
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Old 07-12-2009, 01:58 PM   #205 (permalink)
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I bought Weasels Ripped my Flesh on vinyl the other day, and I just got a record player.
However, there is something wrong with it; it always plays LP's slower than it should. So right now I'm a little pissed off.
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Old 07-13-2009, 04:14 AM   #206 (permalink)
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Frank Zappa is probably my favorite musician, he just has so much variety within his discography, that it's hard to really get tired of listening to him.

My current top 3 albums by Zappa:

Hot Rats
Uncle Meat
Over-Nite Sensation

Other favorites include Freak Out, Apostrophe, We're only in it for the money, The Grand Wazoo, and 200 Motels. In a month the top 3 will probably be different.

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I've fallen in love.
I'm doing an extra credit assignment for my Spanish class and I'm doing it on Frank Zappa.
He's not hispanic, but my teacher doesn't know that; when it comes to music she's about as knowledgeable as a scab.
I know the post is a couple of months old, but just had to applaud you on how awesome that is. Have you read his book "The Real Frank Zappa Book" by any chance? If not, I highly recommend it. I guarantee it to be a good read for any Zappa appreciator.
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Old 07-13-2009, 02:31 PM   #207 (permalink)
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Odd fact: When Frank Zappa recorded he had all the music written out and expected his session musicians to follow the score and he conducted them like an orchestra. So I am told.
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Old 07-16-2009, 02:15 PM   #208 (permalink)
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Man, one of my dad's friends snuck me an older pressing of "Weasels Ripped my Flesh" when I was a kid. I wasn't allowed to listen to Zappa till I was a little older, and I have vivid memories of stretching my headphone chords into my closet and listening to that album over and over in secret. "Eric Dolphy Memorial BBQ" definitely tweaked my ten-year-old mind.

Zappa was one of a kind.
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Old 07-20-2009, 01:58 AM   #209 (permalink)
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Fun Piece of trivia: Zappa has 74 Studio albums.
I have exactly 74 Zappa albums. 40 Studio albums and 34 Live albums. Posthumous albums I decided not to include, with the exception of Everything Is Healing Nicely. Including posthumous albums (mostly live albums) and compilations the guy has over 100 of them.
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Old 07-20-2009, 02:04 AM   #210 (permalink)
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I currently have 12 of zap's babies.
They're all pretty much awesome. Right now my favorite is a tie between the Rats of Hotness and Weasels for the Ripping of Flesh.
Of course Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Apostrophe aren't far behind.
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