A much needed Zappa thread.

Insidious Von

Insidious Von

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When I signed up for SiriusXM, I was hoping for a Zappa channel.

On April 16 a Zappa tribute show will be held at Phoenix Concert Theater. The band will be fronted by Dweezil Zappa and Steve Vai, I hope Ike Willis is there. Hope to see all of this board's Zappa fans there.

So why not a Zappa thread.

 
The Howard Stern interview, one of many. It could be said that Zappa's patronage put Stern on the map.

 
http://ihegmusic.blogspot.ca/2011/08/frank-zappaalice-cooper-connection.html

Dweezil inherited his Dad’s musical genius and guitar-god skills. I like that Zappa was such a dedicated father. Can’t find the article but remember an interview with his daughter (Moon Unit) where the interviewer asked about her name and whether she ever wanted to change it when she was younger. Moon, still a teenager at the time replied “yes, I once wanted to change it to “Beautyheart””. LOL, only a kid of Zappa would answer like that!
 
i wasn't really a big fan of Frank Zappa, but i always found 'Bobby Brown' catchy and entertaining to listen to

 
I had posted this in the other thread. This is Zappa just before his first recording was going to go public, so he was an unknown. Even though Steve Allen can be seen horsing around, it’s pretty obvious that he “got” Zappa. Love the haircut and suit - I wonder if that’s the only time he appeared in public like that?

 
George Harrison gave Frank Zappa a sitar, he wasn't that interested in it -strange really? He was giving the young Steve Vai a guitar lesson, the younger guitar master commented on it and Frank said to him to take it home, it was his.

Is this the interview you were looking for?

 
Frank Zappa made an album of covers of his namesake Francesco Zappa's music, in the 80's. I though it was a send up at first, but is in fact real.

Francesco Zappa was a cellist/composer in the 18th Century, he was the bridge from Vivaldi to Mozart. Upon further Googling, Francesco Zappa died at the ripe old age of 25.

 
I really enjoyed the variety of his music and his outspoken opinions on society as a whole. Per Miss Crofts thread, his words could easily apply to all governments from the Reagan years to now.

It is really difficult for me to identify what period of his music I liked best.

The early years, late 60's required some repeat listening (I still have my original LP's of Freak-out and Were Only in it for the Money). The mid 70's produced some amazing music with fantastic lyrics (Zoot Allures, One Size Fits All, Overnight Sensation, etc. The later 70's seemed to shift a little more satirical lyric wise with ********** Yerbouti, YJoe's Garage, You are What You Is, etc.

Though I would listen to his later material, for me it did not have the impact his earlier stuff had. But the key to his music is that he catered to all genres and types of people.

His bands featured some great musicians who all had unique styles and were allowed to show it.

I could not name a favorite album, it is too difficult. I guess that statement is a tribute to his vast and varied career.

One of his less popular, yet enjoyable LP's...

 
So many different types of musicians worked with Zappa it's hard to keep track. Like original Mother percussionist Jan Underwood. She's still going strong with some dark sounds.

 
Here's a brief excerpt from Frank's dedication album to Francesco Zappa, he went the Wendy Carlos route for this:

 
trm said:
My favorite version of a Zappa classic.
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That song got me a free coffee last summer. I walked into a coffee shop and it was playing. I mentioned to the barista that I didn't hear much FZ out in the world anymore and she asked if I could name the song. Well, of course I could and she told me that my coffee was free.

I bought and listened to as much Frank as I could when I was young. He really influenced me and it is only recently that I've come to realize that my musical tastes all seemed to be in the progressive genre.

Love that man still. I have every single 'published' album on my phone so I can listen to him when I need to. That's over a hundred albums.
 
"The monster looks sort of like an inverted ice-cream cone with teeth around the bottom. It looks like a (phew!), like a teepee or . . . sort of a rounded off pup-tent affair......"
 
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