That FRANK ZAPPA Raelness

JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,954 Posts
edited June 2007 in Strut Central
Dude could play. A lot of self-indulgent, rambling terds in the body of work (Uncle Meat stretched to TWO CDs... I want that time back on my death-bed) but you can't fugwit "Shut Up And Play Your Guitar". Plus the band alumni list has some musical clout.Plaese to rep your worthwhile FZ output. There is a mountain of his other stuff out there that is Frankly (see what I did there) daunting and beyond the scope of my mortal coil to encounter. I need those shortcuts to the Raelnesssss.

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  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    Joe's Garrage.


  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    and Weasles Ripped My Flesh and We're Only In It For The Money ... they are all great but the problem is you cant listen to them more than few times or else it means you have mental problems.

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,954 Posts
    Re: Joes - I have this. I am down like the Central [giggle] Scrutiniser on this and I rate it as 50% ramble (which is acceptable over the length and it IS a "Concept" album).

    I think I need more of those ill grooving instrumental jamz. Ones with smoke coming out of their mouth or hair.



  • Hot Rats... "The Gumbo Variations".
    That's my tune.

  • tirefiretirefire 203 Posts
    Re: Joes - I have this. I am down like the Central [giggle] Scrutiniser on this and I rate it as 50% ramble (which is acceptable over the length and it IS a "Concept" album).

    I think I need more of those ill grooving instrumental jamz. Ones with smoke coming out of their mouth or hair.

    Oh man, this is what got me through high school.
    (cracks knuckles)

    for the instrumental realness, you've got to have the following (chrono order):
    Hot Rats
    Burnt Weenie Sandwich
    Chunga's Revenge
    Waka/Jawaka
    The Grand Wazoo
    Zoot Allures
    and my personal favorite, Sleep Dirt (get the Discreet version. Don't waste money on anything with the Thana Harris vocals)

    If you want to explore from there, there are a lot of options. That should get you more than started though.

  • I'M THE SLIME = my alltime zappa gem!

    I am gross and perverted
    I'm obsessed 'n deranged
    I have existed for years
    But very little had changed
    I am the tool of the Government
    And industry too
    For I am destined to rule
    And regulate you

    I may be vile and pernicious
    But you can't look away
    I make you think I'm delicious
    With the stuff that I say
    I am the best you can get
    Have you guessed me yet?
    I am the slime oozin' out
    From your TV set

    You will obey me while I lead you
    And eat the garbage that I feed you
    Until the day that we don't need you
    Don't got for help...no one will heed you
    Your mind is totally controlled
    It has been stuffed into my mold
    And you will do as you are told
    Until the rights to you are sold



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  • vajdaijvajdaij 447 Posts

    Waka/Jawaka

    PEEP ONE SHOT DEAL FOR THA ILL STEEL PEDAL BRAEKZ KID

  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    Hot Rats
    Zoot Allures
    Sheik Yer Bootie
    Apostrophe
    I'll ride for those anyday!

    Check Frank on the Mike Douglas Show with Jimmy Walker as co-host,
    and Kenny Rogers as the previous guest!
    Shit is ill!


  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,954 Posts
    Praise the strut.
    Music is best.

  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    the og version of sleep dirt without the vocals is a GOAT for me and IMHO his best guitar lp

    as far as sick guitar tracks

    Black Napkins
    Ship Ahoy
    watermelon in easter hay/outside now
    Inca Roads
    Yo Momma
    toad o line
    filthy habits/sleep dirt/the ocean is the ultimate solution
    rat tomago
    20 small cigars
    willy the pimp
    deathless horsie
    penguin in bojndage
    the outro solo on stuff up the cracks
    etc etc

  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    I like Apostrophe and I need to get copy of Hot Rats.

    Check him out on Crossfire


  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts


  • tirefiretirefire 203 Posts
    the og version of sleep dirt without the vocals is a GOAT for me and IMHO his best guitar lp

    as far as sick guitar tracks

    Black Napkins
    Ship Ahoy
    watermelon in easter hay/outside now
    Inca Roads
    Yo Momma
    toad o line
    filthy habits/sleep dirt/the ocean is the ultimate solution
    rat tomago
    20 small cigars
    willy the pimp
    deathless horsie
    penguin in bojndage
    the outro solo on stuff up the cracks
    etc etc

    This is the post I would've made if it hadn't been the end of the day.

    Listen to this dude. He knows what he's talking about.


  • pppppppp 261 Posts
    I like Apostrophe and I need to get copy of Hot Rats.

    Check him out on Crossfire



    YES. I was going to post this, it's great. This is actually the only good thing he's ever done.

  • salviasalvia 279 Posts
    shortcut to the Raelnesssss

    http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/vpro/27450418/windowsmedia.asf

    Great Frank Zappa documentary from 1971.

  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    "I love it when you froth like that."

    Classic.


    I was a huge Zappa fan at one point; his catalog had a huge appeal to my one-time completionist tendencies. I still love certain LPs (the first Mothers albums, Apostrophe, Overnight Sensation, etc.), but I sold off a bunch years ago. R.I.P. to a one-of-a-kind dude.

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,954 Posts
    I did listen to a lot of FZ in my teens but only recently have I revisited, after a long time of listening to a whole bunch of other stuff. And yeah, a lot of it still sounds good to my ears. I am acquiring the material mentioned in this thread as we speak. The stuff can get a bit psych but still sounds, I dunno, warm? Wheras a lot of other stuff that FZ gets compared to sounds like the guys are just off their tits.

    The production on the late 70/80s studio stuff is crystal. I think FZ was kind of obsessed with using the best kit. If anything, it makes a lot of modern stuff sound like video-games...

  • FatbackFatback 6,746 Posts
    Dude could play. A lot of self-indulgent, rambling terds in the body of work (Uncle Meat stretched to TWO CDs... I want that time back on my death-bed) but you can't fugwit "Shut Up And Play Your Guitar".

    Uncle Meat fucking rules!

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,954 Posts
    Dude could play. A lot of self-indulgent, rambling terds in the body of work (Uncle Meat stretched to TWO CDs... I want that time back on my death-bed) but you can't fugwit "Shut Up And Play Your Guitar".

    Uncle Meat fucking rules!

    What are you on?

    Where can I get some?

    "He's measuring it with a chicken..."

  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    I was informed last week that Frank Zappa's "Bobby Brown" was a #1 hit in Germany when it came out and is still being played on the radio today.


    Peep....game...

    Hey there, people, Im bobby brown
    They say Im the cutest boy in town
    My car is fast, my teeth is shiney
    I tell all the girls they can kiss my heinie
    Here I am at a famous school
    Im dressin sharp n im
    Actin cool
    I got a cheerleader here wants to help with my paper
    Let her do all the work n maybe later Ill rape her

    Oh God I am the american dream
    I do not think Im too extreme
    An Im a handsome sonofabitch
    Im gonna get a good job n be real rich

    (get a good
    Get a good
    Get a good
    Get a good job)

    Womens liberation
    Came creepin across the nation
    I tell you people I was not ready
    When I fucked this dyke by the name of freddie
    She made a little speech then,
    Aw, she tried to make me say when
    She had my balls in a vice, but she left the dick
    I guess its still hooked on, but now it shoots too quick

    Oh God I am the american dream
    But now I smell like vaseline
    An Im a miserable sonofabitch
    Am I a boy or a lady...i dont know which

    (I wonder wonder
    Wonder wonder)

    So I went out n bought me a leisure suit
    I jingle my change, but Im still kinda cute
    Got a job doin radio promo
    An none of the jocks can even tell Im a homo
    Eventually me n a friend
    Sorta drifted along into s&m
    I can take about an hour on the tower of power
    long as I gets a little golden shower

    Oh God I am the american dream
    With a spindle up my butt till it makes me scream
    An Ill do anything to get ahead
    I lay awake nights sayin, thank you, fred!
    Oh god, oh god, Im so fantastic!
    Thanks to freddie, Im a sexual spastic
    And my name is bobby brown
    Watch me now, Im goin down,
    And my name is bobby brown
    Watch me now, Im goin down, etc.



  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Womens liberation
    Came creepin across the nation
    I tell you people I was not ready
    When I fucked this dyke by the name of freddie
    She made a little speech then,
    Aw, she tried to make me say when
    She had my balls in a vice, but she left the dick
    I guess its still hooked on, but now it shoots too quick



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