Anybody Like Classical Music?

Insidious Von

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Zappa wrote some sensational orchestral music in the 80's, who knows what he might have accomplished if his life hadn't been cut short.

Duke of Prunes.


I saw drummer Attilio Terlizzi with Dwezil Zappa's band at the Phoenix.
 
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Zappa wrote some sensational orchestral music in the 80's, who knows what he might have accomplished if his life hadn't been cut short.

Duke of Prunes.


I saw drummer Attilio Terlizzi with Dwezil Zappa's band at the Phoenix.
You can hear the typical Zappa signature and know in a few notes you have been Zapped

The sound of a triad with the second note atonal - or something like that as I am not musically literate - combined with wayward drumming, horns playing the triad and guitar shredding

It is not classical music or jazz or rock it is Zappa

It is fun to listen to
 
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Insidious Von

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Zoot your musical knowledge is superior to mine. I go by feeling and the ability to separate what is genuine (Zappa) and what is fake (Bon Jovi).

Dog Breath Variations.

 

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Sometimes I fuck with 96.3 FM Classics playing in the background.
 

Zoot Allures

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Zoot your musical knowledge is superior to mine. I go by feeling and the ability to separate what is genuine (Zappa) and what is fake (Bon Jovi).
One does not need knowledge to love music. Music is a story told with emotion instead of words. Mozart was brilliant at this expression . Refer to my post 573 on Mozart. Now you understand Mozart


Ruth Underwood was studying the xylophone at Julliard when she saw Zappa perform.

Ruth begged Zappa for an audition then dropped out of Julliard and joined The Mothers and never looked back

Ruth gives an explaination of Zappa music .

I said Zappa lost the second note of the triad and dropped down to atonal note but Ruth explains he drops down the third note .

This piece is two chords, instead of three chord triads, but retains the Zappa atonal sound with sharps and flats instead of the expected whole notes

 
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It is appropriate to discuss rock stars in classical music
because some are the modern versions of classical composers
as they combine composing creativity with great electric guitar talent
whereas 200 years ago they would have played the piano or violin

Zappa was great live as he never overdubs the recording in a lab and each time he performs it is different. Other bands perform the exact same notes to perfection

Hendrix was the same as Zappa in live shows , constantly improvising and was a friend of Zappa

 
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Insidious Von

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If it wasn't for Frank Zappa, The Doors may never have existed. Jim Morrison was one of his neighbours in Laurel Canyon. He had a drinking and driving problem...on a motorcycle. Many times he crashed on Frankie's couch, in the morning Gail Zappa would have coffee and sleazy pancakes ready. Frankie was a saint.

 

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Classical composer reviews Zappa's Inca Roads.


Daily Doug is great and he appreciates the genius of Frank

Daily Doug reviews in his first ever hearing of a song based on suggestions
so send him one

I never fully understood Inca Roads until I saw your post

Gracias
 
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Here Polyphia plays with Steve Vai who played with Zappa

I will do what Daily Doug does and write comments as I hear the piece for the first time but I am untrained and will get stuff wrong LOL

Chords like d minor or c , which are mentioned by Doug, means certain notes are played , or not played, in a scale unless the music states otherwise. It is a trick to make it easier for musicians to be aware of notes to be played . It was Bach who gave us this modern understanding of music. Bach was a genius

At 3:16 they stop the music and flash the name of the song. The stopping of the music symbolizing ego death which is when you lose your man made ego of what you are and find your true self.

Doug missed that point as he thought they were just getting the name of the song in

He points out their cleaness which I did in above post IE a lot of notes quickly and hit them all. I wonder if he will mention this talent in the drummer like I did in previous post

Doug mentions Major which is a more powerful and happy chord than a sad Minor chord

Doug mentions the numbers 5th, 6th ,7th etc which refer to the notes played along with a triad chord, I think

At 6:50 they go outside and play a unique different sound as Doug states. To me that sound symbolizes what you experience after ego death so they had to come up with a unique sound played outside for the symbolism of having been reborn.


Doug points out the variations in this piece do not change in meter IE the reaccurring pattern of notes, the tempo IE speed determined by time signature or the keys that is because the variations symbolizes ego before death which changes after death

This piece is called Ego Death for a reason

Doug is missing the symbolism

Tim Henson is a poet guitarist


At 11:40 Doug teaches me what a lament is which is played in the variations which symbolizes your ego before death which is why they play the laments;)

Ego after death is a oneness with God as your human ego is what dies

Doug celebrates the engineering work in the recording which means they are not as good live, I suspect


Well, it is amazing piece esp with Steve Vai who I have not heard since his Zappa days

I listened to Tim Henson talk music and he is what you would think. He is well spoken, thoughtful and quiet. Just like the smartest guy in the class is.

That is a real tatoo on his neck
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I like G.O.A.T. , the first piece, the most but both pieces are amazing




 
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Insidious Von

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Never heard Polyphia before, gave the Klipsch a good work out. Very interesting.

 
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