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05-23-2006, 11:58 AM
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Just listening to Sheik Yerbouti, which always makes me laugh, and it occurred to me that I can't think of anyone else with such a tremendous talent - genius, even - for music that used it almost exclusively for comic effect.
Discuss please.
EDIT Oops, meant to post this in "Miscellaneous" - sorry, people.
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05-23-2006, 12:16 PM
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05-23-2006, 01:13 PM
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05-23-2006, 01:14 PM
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05-23-2006, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by bassybill Just listening to Sheik Yerbouti, which always makes me laugh, and it occurred to me that I can't think of anyone else with such a tremendous talent - genius, even - for music that used it almost exclusively for comic effect.
Discuss please.
EDIT Oops, meant to post this in "Miscellaneous" - sorry, people. | I may have misunderstood you but I don't think comic effect was his sole musical purpose. He has a large amount of instrumental music, both orchestral and jazz oriented.
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05-23-2006, 05:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan | | | "Jazz From Hell" is a great album. I still find it hilarious that, although it is entirely instrumental, it still managed to garner a "Parental Advisory-Explicit Lyrics" sticker. That man had a reputation that far overshadowed his music. I listen to "Joe's Garage" and "Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation" a lot. I miss Frank.
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05-23-2006, 05:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Montréal | | | I love Zappa, especially Hot Rats, Waka Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo.
I read one of his biographies by Barry Miles, thought it was a great read. It was cool to see that even though he often came off as an egomaniac, that he was also human and open to lots of different types of media. |
05-23-2006, 06:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: florence , mississippi | | | I would definitely consider Freak Out!, Absolutely Free!, and The Grand Wazoo to be in my top 20 albums of all time. I'd put We're only in it for the Money in my top 5.
Because :
"There will come a time when everybody who is lonely will be free to sing and dance and love. There will come a time when every evil that we know will be an evil we can rise above. There will come a time when you can even take off your clothes when you dance"
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05-23-2006, 10:49 PM
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05-24-2006, 04:45 AM
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05-24-2006, 12:12 PM
| | | | I love Zappa. I agree with the first post. I was going to argue the point about Frank using his gift "almost exclusively for comic effect" - but the more I think about it, that's not too far from the truth. The only examples I can think of to dispute that statement are instrumentals. Granted, Frank Zappa did a lot of different things - he was a legitimate classical composer (and there's nothing funny about that) but most of his rock and roll, while not all of it is the "potty humor" people often associate him with, most of it contains an element of humor. Does humor belong in music? I say yes. |
05-24-2006, 12:15 PM
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05-24-2006, 01:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kenton, Oh | | | The first time I heard Zappa was Apostrophe! A drummer friend of mine, an older guy, played it for me. He quoted the entire cd while it was playing. I then bought Sheik Yerbouti and Joes Garage.
The instrumental stuff is amazing.....but the first time I heard apostrophe, I nearly p!ssed myself laughing more than once. I still can't help but laugh when I hear it...or worse, like now, that I'm just thinking about it.
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05-24-2006, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jive1 I would say Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper | "Debbie Gibson is pregnant.....with my two-headed lovechild!" 
I'm partial to the Dead Milkmen myself.
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05-24-2006, 03:55 PM
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05-24-2006, 07:43 PM
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'You tore a big whole in the convertible top,
What will you tell your Mom and Pop?
..."Mum I tore a big whole in the convertible" '
Genius. I still laugh at that line.
Watermelon in Easter Hay is one of my favourite songs.
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05-24-2006, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Muzique Fann Nobody lays down a guitar solo like Zappa. | +1+
Love "Zoot Allures" for pure guitar/instrument genius! Includes afore mentioned "Black Napkins".
I miss Frank too - he was a great social watchdog. Not many of those around any more.
"Do ya love it, do ya hate it, there it is the way you made it. Whaaooo!"
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05-24-2006, 08:27 PM
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05-24-2006, 09:14 PM
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05-24-2006, 09:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Luis Obispo, California | | | I bought Sheik Yerbouti the day after watching the video "Baby Snakes" at my friend's house. It is one of my favorite albums of all time. "Hey there people I'm Bobby Brown..."classic! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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