Frank Zappa

[Eridani]

This guy was a genius. He is easily my favourite artist, wrote in so many different styles and an almost unbelievable amount of albums released.

Songs like Dumb All Over couldn't be more relevant if written today (instead of written 20+ years ago). Best album in my opinion is Apostrophe (check it out if you haven't heard it) and his versions of Purple Haze and Sunshine of Your Love from The Best Band you Never Heard... are way better than the originals.

Also one of the best live shows I've seen (on DVD - never had the luck to see him in real life unfortunately). I did manage to see Zappa plays Zappa in London and Amsterdam though - his son Dweezil and many of Frank's old band members (including Bozzio) it was fantastic.

Anyway, who else is a fan?

Edit: One more thing... the version of The Torture Never Stops with Captain Beefheart singing is probably the best song ever written - try and listen to it if you can (it's on the Cheap Thrills album - released after his death - which is a good introduction to his work).

[Captian Spectacular]

fact. zappa is god. prove me wrong.

[Jeff Gatherer]

bloooooow job, gimme that gimme that blooooooow job. Give me da Chromium!

[Captian Spectacular]

" gimme that paper, bet your ass i will sign. cause i need a beer and it's titty squeezin' time"
incase you don't recongnize the song ( not you OP, you clearly know your shit) it's tities and beer. funny ass song if you've never heard it.

[Maddo]

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[Eridani]

Originally Posted by Maddo

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Joe's Garage is such a good album. Good to know some other people here know of him.

I have uploaded a song (Catholic Girls) check it out if you are interested. If you like it check out the rest of this album (Cheap Thrills - it's a compilation but every song is excellent).

http://rapidshare.com/files/197204447/Frank_Zappa_-_02_-_Catholic_girls__live_.mp3

Any of you guys like his earlier stuff with The Mothers? Freakout is an excellent album I think - some people don't like it I know.

Zappa was the very first concert I ever went to [Easter '78, IIRC].

You guys need to really check out his early stuff. I much prefer the stuff he did with the Mothers of Invention. We're Only in it for the Money is my favorite album of his. But any of the first 5 are really great [well, maybe Ruben & the Jets was a tad lacking...]:

Freak Out!
Absolutely Free
Crusin with Ruben & the Jets
We're Only in it for the Money
Lumpy Gravy

[IdentityCrisis]

listened to many of his albums, and actually got to see some of his offspring play in Zappa Plays Zappa at Rothbury Festival.

[schnide]

Hot Rats is great stuff

[Village Idiot]

Frank Zappa is the person I adore, respect and love the most in my life. Cool, funny, fearless. His music is genius and his philosophies are what I live by today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc

^^ Him on Crossfire. Just a legendary figure.

[Psynthetic]

Muffin Man FTW

[Caramello Koala]

hot rats, joes garage and apostrophe are my favourite albums. so many great songs, i especially enjoy 'crew slut'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LudvrIdR54 - camarillio brillo/muffin man (fucking amazing)

[Sydney-Floyd]

Originally Posted by Knikola

Frank Zappa is the person I adore, respect and love the most in my life. Cool, funny, fearless. His music is genius and his philosophies are what I live by today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc

^^ Him on Crossfire. Just a legendary figure.

Well thats just right on. Downloading Apostrophe and Joes garage now.

[Grey Area]

Watch out where the husky's go, and don't you eat that yellow snow.

[Caramello Koala]

Originally Posted by Knikola

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc

^^ Him on Crossfire. Just a legendary figure.

that guy wearing the glasses was so annoying, frank zappa looked like he was about to explode!

[Village Idiot]

Originally Posted by Sydney-Floyd

Well thats just right on. Downloading Apostrophe and Joes garage now.

All good stuff. All 60+ of his albums. Hot Rats is still my favorite though. You can't help but dance to the Gumbo Variations.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

My favorite musical artist of all time and the best guitarist to have ever lived!
I saw Zappa plays Zappa about a year ago with steve vai and that was pretty good too.

[ArmsMerchant]

Yeah--when I heard the Freak Out album when it first came out, I was like "What the fuck? WHAT THE FUCK?!?"

There was nothing else remotely like it.

[Ziv]

Originally Posted by Gith

I have uploaded a song (Catholic Girls) check it out if you are interested. If you like it check out the rest of this album (Cheap Thrills - it's a compilation but every song is excellent).

Son of Cheep Thrills owns Cheap Thrills so bad.

1 WPLJ 2:52
2 Twenty Small Cigars 2:17
3 The Legend of the Golden Arches 3:27
4 Ya Honza 6:26
5 It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal 4:16
6 Love of My Life (Live Version) 2:15
7 Disco Boy (Live Soundtrack Version) 3:51
8 Night School 4:47
9 Sinister Footwear 2nd Mvt. (Live Version) 6:26
10 The Idiot Bastard Son (Live Version) 2:39
11 What's New in Baltimore? 5:20

>

1 I Could Be a Star Now
2 Catholic Girls (Live Version) 4:04
3 Bobby Brown Goes Down (Live Version) 4:20
4 You Are What You Is 4:51
5 We Are Not Alone 3:18
6 Cheap Thrills 2:37
7 The Mudshark Interview 2:39
8 Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel 6:40
9 Zomby Woof (Live Version) 5:39
10 The Torture Never Stops (Original Version) 9:16
11 Joe's Garage (Live Version) 2:20
12 My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama (Live Version) 3:19
13 Going for the Money

I see no contest at all.

On both compilations, EXCELLENT job by the compilers by picking out live versions of songs that blow the originals away. I was so disappointed when I first heard studio Disco Boy and Zomby Woof.

Originally Posted by Greyfox

Yeah--when I heard the Freak Out album when it first came out, I was like "What the fuck? WHAT THE FUCK?!?"

There was nothing else remotely like it.

Are you like 60 years old? If so, that would be pretty awesome.

[reallystupidstuff]

frank zappa is the shit, he is one of the few artists i like outside of the punk genre. I BREAK RULES FOR ZAPPA