tried for a short period of time (probably an hour or less, maybe even just a few songs) to get into zappa music & i've failed. i've listened to interviews with him & those interviews are great, dude's damn smart & funny. gonna try his music again. a buddy of mine is a musician, he's quite a bit older than myself & this guy swears by zappa, he finds it odd i haven't been able to get into zappa's music. i guess youtube is where i'll go. the next time im out looking thru vinyl & if i see a zappa album, i'm buying it if the price is not out of control.
maybe zappa will be like how the grateful dead finally caught my attention. the dead... now that is some music. couldn't stand it until one day it all came together & made sense. it's just perfect. i think this is where zappa is at. is this true? no im not comparing zappa & the dead. just saying it is hard to dial in on typea thing
I'll recommend my four favorite Zappa album as good ones to start off with: the first Mothers album (Freak Out), the third Mothers album (We're Only In It For The Money), and the first two live albums that feature Eddie & Flo on vocals (Filmore East - June 1971 and Just Another Band From L.A.)
He was truly an extraordinary artist. My girlfriend in the 90s was a huge Prince and Zappa fan. I was into GNR, Faith No More at this time and she introduced me to Sheik Yerbouti and Joe's Garage - which I found good but never admitted it to her Very sarcastic and jaundiced, I prefer The Fall when it comes to this. A band that can not be covered covers -Hungry Freaks-.
Frank Zappa was a true musical genius. Some of his music can be "difficult" to listen to as some of his arrangements were extremely complex and avant garde. When it was good, though, it was freaking great!
I would whole heartedly recommend seeing Dweezil Zappa do his thing. My wife could never really appreciate the Zappa experience until I dragged her to a ZPZ show. She got IT that night.
Jazz From Hell and Zoot Allures another couple of great Frank Zappa albums.
Pine Knob Music Theatre - Jul 31, 1992 Crisler Arena - Mar 20, 1994
Summerfest - Jul 09, 1995*Savage Hall - Sep 22, 1996The Palace of Auburn Hills-Aug 23, 1998 Breslin Center- Aug 18, 1998,The Palace of Auburn Hills-Oct 07, 2000 DTE Energy Theatre-Jun5,2003,DTE Energy Music Theatre - Jun 26, 2003Sports Arena - Oct 02, 2004 Van Andel Arena - May 19, 2006Palace of Auburn Hills-May 22, 2006 Quicken Loans Arena-May 09, 2010
10-16-2014 Detroit
just read that Frank recorded 62 albums and another 57 were released posthumously
If I had known then what I know now...
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Missoula 12
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First of all, I don't understand the concept of hating any music. There's plenty of music I don't appreciate, some even that I find irritating, but I don't hate any of it. Similar this this sentiment is my refusal to refer to any music as "bad music". Music is music. You either like it, are indifferent to it, or don't care for it. It's not "bad".
As far as Frank Zappa's music goes, I have split feelings. I've never been particularly fond of Zappa's records- with or with Mothers of Invention. Some of it I even find annoying. But that said, in the early 70's, a friend of mine told me he had tickets to see Frank Zappa and The Mothers and asked me if I wanted to go (this was post-Invention. This band was when Frank worked with Eddie and Leech.) So I said sure, why not. Man, was I pleasantly surprised. I like the live music and this band, and by this time Zappa had really honed his guitar skills and his playing simply knocked me out! Great show. So there it is.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
^^ohh. Great interview!!!! Love him just a little more. Funny. Awesome. Real. Will share it with my friends. He practiced music all the time. Isolated himself. Said it in that book I read. He also could be seen as a womanizer. But basically he did what he wanted and worked very hard. Didn't do drugs. Was against it. He got thrown in the slammer for a minute for making a recording of him having sex with someone. I need to explore his other music more. The ones I know Def are irritating intriguing sticks my eardrums just right. Funny I went to a pizza place and there was frank zappa stuff all over the walls. Me: :wow who's the zappa fan? Him: I am Me: i won't hold it against you
Never really sunk in that deep purple's smoke on the water....Frank Zappa and the Mothhhheeerrrs had the best place around...til some stupid with a flare gun, burned the place to the ground...
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Very sarcastic and jaundiced, I prefer The Fall when it comes to this. A band that can not be covered covers -Hungry Freaks-.
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I would whole heartedly recommend seeing Dweezil Zappa do his thing. My wife could never really appreciate the Zappa experience until I dragged her to a ZPZ show. She got IT that night.
Summerfest - Jul 09, 1995*Savage Hall - Sep 22, 1996The Palace of Auburn Hills-Aug 23, 1998 Breslin Center- Aug 18, 1998,The Palace of Auburn Hills-Oct 07, 2000 DTE Energy Theatre-Jun5,2003,DTE Energy Music Theatre - Jun 26, 2003Sports Arena - Oct 02, 2004 Van Andel Arena - May 19, 2006Palace of Auburn Hills-May 22, 2006 Quicken Loans Arena-May 09, 2010
10-16-2014 Detroit
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
FZ
A pricots
P eeled
P otatoes
A lways sit well in my eardrums
Love me some Frank now and then...
If you give him a try give it some time.
It took me a while and still not sure why I dig it!!!
Give it a try. If you hate it give it a few more tries. Very thoughtful nonsense.
Chicago 1 (August 20, 2016)
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Ft. Worth 1 (September 13, 2023)
Ft. Worth 2 (September 15, 2023)
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
He practiced music all the time. Isolated himself. Said it in that book I read. He also could be seen as a womanizer. But basically he did what he wanted and worked very hard. Didn't do drugs. Was against it.
He got thrown in the slammer for a minute for making a recording of him having sex with someone.
I need to explore his other music more.
The ones I know Def are irritating intriguing sticks my eardrums just right.
Funny I went to a pizza place and there was frank zappa stuff all over the walls.
Me: :wow who's the zappa fan?
Him: I am
Me: i won't hold it against you