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YCDTOSA vol 6
I listened to this one often back in the day, with many favourite songs on both disks. Although the nature of the songs on the first disk makes me
wonder about the lyrics to Muffin Man. There's many songs I learnt the lyric meaning from in the past month or two, something like Father O'Blivion is
a tune I knew every word to but I never tried to attach any meaning to it, until it dawned on me when I glanced over the Apostrophe lyrics last
November.
I also just looked up some information on Bianca Thornton, whose powerhouse vocal on WUWIAGS is fantastic:
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http://www.stanleyandbianca.com/biolb.php
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Gotta love a woman who knows her Zappa!
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On Sheik Yerbouti.
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Ok so that's how I know my Zappa. 
Playground Psychotics (having a slow day today because of the snow, and tomorrow because of snow and visiting a friend) is an album I've enjoyed a lot
more now that I've seen 200 Motels. I also tremendously enjoy the Zanti Serenade.
What is that story about Divan? Is there really an FZ piece completely missing??
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Where's Broadway the hard way? my first Zappa album?
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There's no sinister footwear on Sheik Yerbouti, unless it goes by another name. There's no official release of #1 as far as I'm aware. I certainly
can't find it on IINK.
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Broadway The Hard Way is on page 2 here. I'm not a fan of the record, to be honest.
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Okay, so now I know that part of the Sinister Footwear II played on Them or Us had already appeared in Wild Love on Sheik Yerbouti, but, as I said
above, there is no official release of Sinister Footwear I.
What I don't get is that IINK also says that Sinister Footwear II is quoted in Frogs With Dirty Little Lips. I've listened to it carefully and I can't
see it.
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well, I think I should
buy me some glasses . Bthw is a bit special to me because I discovered
Zappa with this album, but I agree with you, some of those tracks (Promiscuous, for example) are not so good.
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Make A Jazz Noise Here.
The ska combo with all the brass unfortunately doesn't work too good on more emotional tracks like Black Napkins and T'Mershi Duween, but the happy
sound makes most of the first disk sparkle.
I'm now playing Trout Mask Replica. Is it supposed to sound like a blizzard?
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fluff on the needle?
(forgive me, a Don kinda thing to say ... I'm guessing)
I spent a lot of time going through all the beefheart I could find, catching up with all I'd missed before.
favorites remain
safe as milk,
mirror man,
growfins disc 2,
bat chain puller,
the pompadour/clear spot sessions in four discs
Spotlight Kid sessions
some additional live tracks here and there
I really like the reformed Magic Band with John French singing and
Gary Lucas and the horn guys as Fast & Bulbous
but what I love the most is Don's word salad buffoonery and stuff like this where you can really hear the ranges of his voice and him on harmonica,
with the overqualified Bill Harkleroad on guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXvqCwgVxT0
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There is no name for it but it's there. I forget. I think it's inside Wild Love or Yo Mama I have to listen again.
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You skipped my other post where I acknowledge that Sinister Footwear 2 is in Wild Love on Sheik Yerbouti. It's about 5 posts above this one.
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Of course you know about this?
http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/bootlegs/orchestral_boots.htm...
though frank said he didn't like it, it's now part of Beat the Boots III I believe
also I remember at the old FAQ maybe as much as ten years ago, GZ said that they would look into a complete version of all the parts for release. But
you could tell she wasn't holding her breath. I'm hoping the btb3 wasn't it.
The FM broadcast from KPFA 16jun84 is the best I've heard
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3878
and excerpts here on Serious Music
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=18489
[Edited on 20-12-10 by punknaynowned]
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Huck_Phlem
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Yea I was listening to Wild Love today. Love that album. it's sounds great on my stereo with my new(ish) Nagaoka Cartridge.
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With the unexpected passing of my aunt, I hope I can still squeeze in CP3 today (we no doubt have to visit her house again, and sift through it. It's
totally gross.), but now I am listening to Yellow Shark.
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Darn it! Lost a long post!
More on Yellow Shark and CP3 tomorrow. I just typed and lost stuff, and discovered there will be icy roads tomorrow.
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I saw a CP3 at a store used and didn't buy it because I didn't have much money and i have never seen another one! I have got to get it. Hell I
haven't even heard it.
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Yellow Shark
Recently, in De Volkskrant, a gorgeous article appeared which linked the BP oil spill to FZ's Outrage At Valdez. It was posted by yours truly and
Zurkon Wax here: http://www.zappa.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8652&...
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Although Jean-Michel Cousteau used the music for his documentary of the same title about the environmental disaster, Outrage At Valdez
doesn't sound at all like the sound track of a disaster movie. The slightly over 3 minutes long composition for strings, winds and percussion is a
moving miniature, with suggestions of immeasurable depths (caused by drones on low brass and alpine horn), wrinkles of sunlight on the sea and
graciously moving underwater vegetation, perfectly finished with a layer of alarming piano chords.
In spite of its size, it reminds of oceanic dimensions and shows an engagement you couldn't put a label on: Outrage at Valdez, at least.
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Replayed it twice, but this author makes the piece sound a lot lighter than it is, with only the water reminding of the sea. (then again, piano and
water is such a musical convention...) I can totally picture pompous Valdez petrol bosses attempting to squeeze out of having to pay for even the
smallest amount of damage.
What makes Zappa so interesting to me as a composer, is he is able to convey so many more different moods, emotions than most other present-day
composers: putting cheer, humour into music in an era where all music seemed to be only about making the listener feel like he's sitting on the head
of a pin with his ankles in his neck while balancing an egg on a strain of spaghetti. Zappa is able to break with the tension in his music.
Civilization Phase 3
My Zappa trance was interrupted by a sister who wanted to know what she knew Caro Emerald's A Night Like This was from, and then I had issues with
getting CD1 out of the player. But again I got to enjoy this masterpiece. It is so
colourful!
Huck: forget about all the plans you made for when the damage payment about your accident comes in: CP3 is a must!
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Well then I'll just have to send you a ticket and you can bring the CD with you! 
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