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02-28-2012, 11:44 AM
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Here it is, for all things Zappa
post:
videos of your favorite performances or interviews.
Your favorite quotes or lyrics
discuss the man and his personality/musical style
His bass players over the years (or any of his band members)
Great pictures etc
Anything Zappa! Let's have fun!
Here's one of my favorite quotes
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of production deadlines and dates by which bills must be paid."
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02-28-2012, 02:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Anytown USA | | Sure I'll play, a couple new ones I found recently: Frank Zappa Philosophy - YouTube
And: Frank Zappa on Mankind - YouTube
Oh yes and for those of you that might be offended by scary words, go away and never click on those links. 
And I find the music wonderful and every interview I've ever seen or heard is equally important.
Cheers,
Dirk
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02-28-2012, 02:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SF Bay Area North CA | | | Interviewer: "So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?"
FZ: "You have a wooden leg. Does that make you a table?" |
02-28-2012, 02:53 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style.
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02-28-2012, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by baba  No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style.
| Ha! I always liked that one
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02-28-2012, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler Sure I'll play, a couple new ones I found recently: Frank Zappa Philosophy - YouTube
And: Frank Zappa on Mankind - YouTube
Oh yes and for those of you that might be offended by scary words, go away and never click on those links.
And I find the music wonderful and every interview I've ever seen or heard is equally important.
Cheers,
Dirk | Thanks for these...the second one especially...
"If there is a God, he really f***ed up when he made people". There is a famous quotes thread ongoing......gotta go find it and paste this one in!!!
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02-28-2012, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by keiththebassist Here it is, for all things Zappa
post:
videos of your favorite performances or interviews.
Your favorite quotes or lyrics
discuss the man and his personality/musical style
His bass players over the years (or any of his band members)
Great pictures etc
Anything Zappa! Let's have fun!
Here's one of my favorite quotes
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of production deadlines and dates by which bills must be paid." | This a fantastic idea for a long running thread! Thanks for launching!! 
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02-28-2012, 04:12 PM
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Frank is one of a kind. One of a great kind. |
02-28-2012, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by lowendfriend This a fantastic idea for a long running thread! Thanks for launching!! | Absolutely! I see a lot of Frank avatars and sigs so I know there is tons of love, let's spread some of his genius around like peanut butter! Who knows, maybe it will intrigue someone to check him out for the first time!
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02-28-2012, 04:27 PM
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02-28-2012, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by keiththebassist Absolutely! I see a lot of Frank avatars and sigs so I know there is tons of love, let's spread some of his genius around like peanut butter! Who knows, maybe it will intrigue someone to check him out for the first time! | Any musician should check out Frank Zappa, it's part of the learning process. |
02-28-2012, 05:10 PM
|  | I wanna be...say, what day is it today, Ted? | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Location, Location | | | Frank's got so many great quotes. I'm unsure of where to start. Perhaps here;
"You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream."
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Originally Posted by hover tell him the cab could double as a pulpit. A gloriously rawkin pulpit. | |
02-28-2012, 05:39 PM
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"The first thing to do is don't stop. The second thing to do is keep going" -Frank Zappa | Lone Wolf Club # 78 Quote:
Originally Posted by hover tell him the cab could double as a pulpit. A gloriously rawkin pulpit. | |
02-28-2012, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bassinplace | YYYeeeahhh! Suicide Chump was one of the first Zappa tunes I ever heard!
BTW, If any devout Zappa fans out there don't have "The Real Frank Zappa Book" I highly recommend you pick it up. it's all dictated by Frank himself and talks about his childhood, influences, his music of course, parenting, legal battles, composing, some great rock stories etc. and naturally it's full of his signature hilarious, cutting, dry wit.
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02-28-2012, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by keiththebassist YYYeeeahhh! Suicide Chump was one of the first Zappa tunes I ever heard!
BTW, If any devout Zappa fans out there don't have "The Real Frank Zappa Book" I highly recommend you pick it up. it's all dictated by Frank himself and talks about his childhood, influences, his music of course, parenting, legal battles, composing, some great rock stories etc. and naturally it's full of his signature hilarious, cutting, dry wit. | Just went and saw ZPZ last week, 'twas awesome! Scott Thunes on bass! They didn't play Suicide Chump but they did play Whipping Post, oddly enough. It did rock mightily.
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"The first thing to do is don't stop. The second thing to do is keep going" -Frank Zappa | Lone Wolf Club # 78 Quote:
Originally Posted by hover tell him the cab could double as a pulpit. A gloriously rawkin pulpit. | |
02-28-2012, 06:47 PM
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02-28-2012, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by joesgarage | I'll never look at a package of dental floss without laughing for the rest of my life. Same for tweezers.
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02-28-2012, 09:25 PM
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02-28-2012, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by bassinplace Just went and saw ZPZ last week, 'twas awesome! Scott Thunes on bass! They didn't play Suicide Chump but they did play Whipping Post, oddly enough. It did rock mightily. | Rad! I've seen ZPZ a couple of times up in Norcal, always killer. It's cool to see some of the greats like Vai, Thunes, Bozzio, Murphy-Brock rocking out with Dweezil!
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