Help me "get" Frank Zappa

@fbaezer,

good review

That cover makes me chuckle

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My personal favorite is Welcome to the United States, where Zappa sets into music the form that visitors to the USA must fill out to pass US immigration.

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@Robert Gentel,

Robert Gentel wrote:

Did Zappa create the "ship coming too late to save a drowning witch" drawing? I knew that one as a kid.

This drawing is from Roger Price's book "Droodles", a form of artwork he created. One could describe these humorous sketches and the accompanying explanations as thinking outside the box, well before that term was coined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droodle

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3HsZHe_AI

sorry I've never been able to know how to post the video itself but here's the link to Brown Shoes Don't Make it.... one of my favs

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOaszGKEKNU

Dina Moe Hum

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Quit school! Why fake it!

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@Robert Gentel,

As Frank said "talking about music is like dancing about architecture".

Notwithstanding that you would need to understand the modes to understand the music. Start with the Locrian, Dorian and Mixolydian modes as those were perhaps his most favored.

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Help me "get" Frank Zappa

Alright, I will take the contract. $30,000 plus expenses. I dont dob if I get caught. Would you like references ?

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@Ionus,

too late my friend, the good Lord already "got" Frank Zappa

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@panzade,

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too late my friend, the good Lord already "got" Frank Zappa

Someone should tell Bob. No wait ! Dont tell Bob. I will still take the contract.

I just googled Franky, and found he died surrounded by his wife and kids. Now if I dieded surrounded by my ex-wifes and kids, I would demand a murder investigation. Maybe he was more liked than I am...

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@Ionus,

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Maybe he was more liked than I am...

I demur...

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Are you Zapheads aware there is a monument to Frank in Lithuania of all places ?

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@Ionus,

go on...

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@panzade,

No really ...I was watching a documentary on Lithuania and they said , presenting a romanisk pole with a bust of Frank Zappa on the top, as the only monumant to a rock star. That doesnt sound right, maybe they mean the only government financed one. Anyway, there it was...Frank Zappa immortalised.

http://www.balticsworldwide.com/news/features/zappa.htm

http://www.vilnius-life.com/culture/culture_details/31-Frank_Zappa

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Zappa was and is very popular in former socialist states.
There's a yearly gathering/concert of zappaphiles in former DDR (East Germany).
Somehow he reppresented Capitalism with a human face.

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