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Frank Zappa and the Mothers: Greatest musicians technically?
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:10 pm
I'm not too much a fan for frank zappa's singing, but it's hard to deny how tight they all played together, how good they were technically, and how creative they were
I put frank and the mothers over rush and the dead and the like that usually get listed as being technically good.
i expect the typical responses of "beatles" "allman bros" etc. those comments are kinda like "piihb" on the OT
I put frank and the mothers over rush and the dead and the like that usually get listed as being technically good.
i expect the typical responses of "beatles" "allman bros" etc. those comments are kinda like "piihb" on the OT
This post was edited on 7/22/12 at 9:11 pm
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Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:11 pm to el Gaucho
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers
The Saenger on Canal, maybe 1980??
Great show.
Posted on 7/22/12 at 9:21 pm to el Gaucho
Absolutely some of the greatest musicians during their time.
Zappa was very demanding of the people that played with him.
IMO, he was one of the great geniuses of American music history.
I think I read once that at the time Freak Out! was released (his first record), he had only been playing the electric guitar for a year and a half. He had played a variety of instruments prior to that, and was writing music for a while.
But go listen to Freak Out! and think about that. Unbelievable.
Zappa was very demanding of the people that played with him.
IMO, he was one of the great geniuses of American music history.
I think I read once that at the time Freak Out! was released (his first record), he had only been playing the electric guitar for a year and a half. He had played a variety of instruments prior to that, and was writing music for a while.
But go listen to Freak Out! and think about that. Unbelievable.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 12:42 am to el Gaucho
Mr. Bungle, imo
Posted on 7/23/12 at 1:14 am to el Gaucho
I was thinking green day
Posted on 7/23/12 at 5:19 am to el Gaucho
I've been on a big Zappa kick lately. I just listened to Freak Out and Burnt Weeny Sandwich last night. It's hard to compare Zappa to anyone else. he's so completely different from everything. I have to be in the right mood.
Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar is one of the greatest guitar albums ever.
Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar is one of the greatest guitar albums ever.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 6:58 am to redneck hippie
not really the mothers, but his later bands.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 9:58 am to el Gaucho
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how good they were technically, and how creative they were
very technical
creative? they put out more music than newer acts can only dream about
I'm so glad to have seen him in BR in the late 70's ....
Posted on 7/23/12 at 10:14 am to el Gaucho
Well yeh they were the best. It was either play it perfectly or get fired. Love me some Zappa.
Posted on 7/23/12 at 3:22 pm to pooponsaban
You could put Herbie and the Headhunters up there. Not as weird, but equally as tight, experimental, and innovative.
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