Frank Zappa Appreciation Thread

Zygomycota · 07-21-2005, 11:02 PM

Oh man, it is weird and crazy. Really political music. It's experimental, with some prog/art, with some jazz, with some classical, with some everything.

He's had awesome people in his band:

Steve Vai
Flo & Eddie
Captain Beefheart
Ike Willis
ect...

PhishFood · 07-21-2005, 11:38 PM

I've nothing more to say than "Zappa is god"

SATCHMO · 07-21-2005, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zygomycota

Oh man, it is weird and crazy. Really political music. It's experimental, with some prog/art, with some jazz, with some classical, with some everything.

He's had awesome people in his band:

Steve Vai
Flo & Eddie
Captain Beefheart
Ike Willis
ect...

Ike Willis has a Frank Zappa tribute band called Project Object and they're INSANE!!!!! If you feel that you missed out on the live Zappa experience, this is as close as you're gonna' get !

tdoc210 · 07-22-2005, 10:21 AM

didnt he burn down a casino?

tdoc210 · 07-22-2005, 10:22 AM

wait no it was someone with a flare gun while he was playing sorry

SATCHMO · 07-22-2005, 02:22 PM

Yeah, that's what Deep Puprple's song Smoke on the Water is about.

tdoc210 · 07-22-2005, 02:54 PM

smoke on the water fire in the sky.... it was montreux casino

Zygomycota · 07-23-2005, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Ike Willis has a Frank Zappa tribute band called Project Object and they're INSANE!!!!! If you feel that you missed out on the live Zappa experience, this is as close as you're gonna' get !

Dude, that is awesome!

Also, for anyone who likes band biographies and such, The Real Frank Zappa Book is a must read for any Zappa fan. Right now I'm reading the most recent biography on Zappa, and I must say it's pretty good....I'm listening to Beefheart right now.

tdoc210 · 07-23-2005, 12:17 PM

deep purples ****in nuts too

dog · 09-10-2005, 06:51 AM

dont no much about this guy, and havent heard much of his stuff, but what i have heard is the album 'sheik yerbouti' (the name always makes me smile) which is really cool, my favourite songs being 'dancing fool' 'wild love' 'baby snakes' and 'rat tomago'.

one more thing, is there anybody here that actually owns all of zappa's stuff?\
apparently he released like 60+ albums.

07-21-2005, 11:02 PM	#21 (permalink)
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07-21-2005, 11:38 PM	#22 (permalink)
PhishFood Bottom-Feeder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The American Dreamscape Posts: 316	I've nothing more to say than "Zappa is god" __________________ Winos don't march

07-22-2005, 10:21 AM	#24 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	didnt he burn down a casino? __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

07-22-2005, 10:22 AM	#25 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	wait no it was someone with a flare gun while he was playing sorry __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

07-22-2005, 02:54 PM	#27 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	smoke on the water fire in the sky.... it was montreux casino __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

07-22-2005, 02:22 PM	#26 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Yeah, that's what Deep Puprple's song Smoke on the Water is about.

07-23-2005, 12:17 PM	#29 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	deep purples ****in nuts too __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

09-10-2005, 06:51 AM	#30 (permalink)
dog this bird has flown Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: paris,texas Posts: 860	frank zappa dont no much about this guy, and havent heard much of his stuff, but what i have heard is the album 'sheik yerbouti' (the name always makes me smile) which is really cool, my favourite songs being 'dancing fool' 'wild love' 'baby snakes' and 'rat tomago'. one more thing, is there anybody here that actually owns all of zappa's stuff?\ apparently he released like 60+ albums. __________________ formerly ledzeppelinrulz. http://theraffinkids.bandcamp.com/ music^