Freak Out!

James - 7-11-2005 at 22:15

Excellent. Simply excellent.

BBP - 7-11-2005 at 22:18

You know I was initially offended at Motherly Love. I feel better now.

My best-loved track is Return of the Son of Monster Magnet. Is the band Monster Magnet named after that track?

James - 7-11-2005 at 22:19

I doubt it :P. Why were you offended?

BBP - 7-11-2005 at 22:36

No, I like Monster Magnet...
Just wondered, browsed the Internet and couldn't find exclusion, but I did hear a different explanation.

Isis - 8-11-2005 at 11:11

I think James meant "Why did Motherly Love offend you?" rather than "Did it offend you that Monster Magnet nicked an FZ songtitle for their name?".

[Edited on 8-11-05 by Isis]

BBP - 8-11-2005 at 14:38

OK Isis, thanks... I never liked any song that drools over mothers saying how good they are. I grew up without mother, and as a result I consider their part in education overestimated, whereas the father-part is underestimated.

Puptent - 8-11-2005 at 15:04

This was one of the first FZ albums I heard and I didn't really like it at first, except for a couple of tracks like 'Who are the Brain Police?'. Nowadays I enjoy this album a lot more, but I still think that the music on the next couple of albums like 'Absolutely Free' or 'We're Only In It For The Money' is much more interesting and advanced. IMO the music really improved when FZ hired more skilled players like Don Preston or Ian Underwood.

James - 8-11-2005 at 16:16

Quote:

Originally posted by BBP
OK Isis, thanks... I never liked any song that drools over mothers saying how good they are. I grew up without mother, and as a result I consider their part in education overestimated, whereas the father-part is underestimated.

I understand but I gotta say, I doubt they're gonna say about how great dads are when they're called 'The Mothers'. :P

Pappawas1975 - 9-11-2005 at 12:29

Freak Out is a masterpiece.

mutronboy - 19-11-2005 at 13:07

Actually, 'Motherly Love' is my favourite track on the album
Not only is it funny, but it really rocks for a 1966 track

Also, the production on 'Brain Police' is amazing for that era

Ahead of his time....heh

BBP - 19-11-2005 at 16:04

I've begun to like ML, really...

Isis - 19-11-2005 at 16:44

Freak Out! is absolutely thrilling.

Pappawas1975 - 21-11-2005 at 12:31

Favourite track? Dunno, "Youre Probably Wondering Why Im Here" is up there for me....And never mind Merzbow and all these noise / concrete' artists around nowadays, Zappa was doing it in 1966....

scallopino - 22-11-2005 at 04:08

"Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder". I love Frank's doo-wop. I love how the songs gradually get more and more "un-commercial".

BBP - 22-11-2005 at 18:42

I loved them notes to that tune.
"4. GO CRY ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S SHOULDER... (3:39) is very greasy. You should not listen to it. You should wear it on your hair."

[Edited on 22-11-2005 by BBP]

Master_of_Reality - 9-12-2005 at 23:28

Freak Out! is brilliant but, it gets old..I still will never stop liking it though.

wazoodust - 11-12-2005 at 01:23

Freak out is probably regarded extreamly well due to how groundbreaking in rock music terms it was for the time, it's ok to my ears, but Absolutely free seems to take a turn to higher musical ambitions.

Jakeobs - 15-6-2008 at 16:24

I remember being in an indie record store in either '97 or '98 (I would've been 26 or 27 at this point), seeing a used Freak Out! CD and listening to it on one of the store's CD players (the very first time I ever listened to an FZ album). I never made it past "Hungry Freaks Daddy" before I turned it off.

A short time later, I was back at the record store and tried listening to FO again. Once again, I didn't make it past "Hungry Freaks Daddy" before I turned it off.

GREAT album.

scallopino - 16-6-2008 at 04:38

I'm sick of Hungry Freaks Daddy because they won't change the current set of four songs on the Zappa myspace. They've had the same ones for about a year and a half.

Freak Out is such a stunning debut I reckon. Plus I love the production on it, though I remember Bonny doesn't agree with me about that.

Batchain - 22-8-2008 at 14:25

Why do so many people have issues with Hungry Freaks, Daddy? It's a bright and snappy number! (Shit! It's unsettling that even the lyrics are once again beginning to sound eerily contemporary!!!

--Bat

BBP - 22-8-2008 at 14:42

I don't...
Before I had any Mothers albums, I had this cheepo Spanish ripoff that contained 4 or 5 songs from the first three Mother's albums. Hungry Freaks Daddy was the first track on it, and I remember liking it. (and loving Mother People, playing it over and over...)

I gave away said CD when I had all three original albums. In retrospect I regret this as they were different edits. For example, all the noisy bits in the FreakOut songs (like you hear at the end of Hungry Freaks) were taken out, and Mother People only lasted up to (not including) that classical section.