Thanks for reacting to my video and being so kind with your comments. Sometimes I wonder why people like my videos and watching you react has given a bit better insight into what people like about them. It has inspired me to do more videos like this. All the best Rory x
In 1954 Zappa suffered the musical shock that would forever shape his compositional choices. He discovered Edgard Varèse's Ionisation. This highly percussive work played a considerable role in his instrumental approach to the guitar, for which he became a benchmark ... Then he was bowled over by Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Let's just say that the elements that formed the basis of his musical trajectory formed a tapestry in which the names of Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, György Ligeti, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Eric Dolphy, Spike Jones, Raymond Scott and Carl Stalling .... Zappa was a genius, a magician, who else would have been able to convert teenagers who came to listen to Rock music to listen to his compositions like operas? Great reaction!
I think you are ready for the next level of "Understanding Zappa"... but this next phase, is REALLY DIFFICULT!!!! There is a youtube page by a guy named Chanan Hanspal. He has cracked the Zappa code. But to really understand the stuff on his channel, you will have to be patient and try to understand a bit of music theory. But he makes it fun to understand with the music of Zappa, his analyisis is the best... so...I'm guessing you will want to check him out...here's a link to his analyisis's ssss...lol ruclips.net/p/PLHY_b_lluEyxNo-NGbCzxU1FKe94ZmrUX
one thing that people forget is Zappa wasn't a guitarrist, he would not waste his time practicing guitar or practice his solos, he would just pick it up when it was time to play, not sit around with it for hours and days doing the same exact things over and over again. Inspiration and know how, the rest came and he did marvelous things with his guitar
Great guitarist - only for rolling spliffs to. Once it's fired up - why change the music? I highly recommend his interview with Australia's Norman Gunston. Zappa had the time of his life and won the hearts of the land, mate.
Conformity is the word you seek. Frank absolutely hated it. Plastic People sums up his view on it. It only gets worse musically, socially, politically, every day.
Thanks for reacting to my video and being so kind with your comments. Sometimes I wonder why people like my videos and watching you react has given a bit better insight into what people like about them. It has inspired me to do more videos like this. All the best Rory x
In 1954 Zappa suffered the musical shock that would forever shape his compositional choices. He discovered Edgard Varèse's Ionisation. This highly percussive work played a considerable role in his instrumental approach to the guitar, for which he became a benchmark ...
Then he was bowled over by Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
Let's just say that the elements that formed the basis of his musical trajectory formed a tapestry in which the names of Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, György Ligeti, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Eric Dolphy, Spike Jones, Raymond Scott and Carl Stalling ....
Zappa was a genius, a magician, who else would have been able to convert teenagers who came to listen to Rock music to listen to his compositions like operas?
Great reaction!
Expert level Zappa discussion here. So good to hear people talking about him in 2024. Thank you Rory!
This has been a Great interview
I've tried to explain this stuff to you Rory, but I didn't do near as good a job as Andy did, so I'm really glad you watched this.
I think you are ready for the next level of "Understanding Zappa"... but this next phase, is REALLY DIFFICULT!!!!
There is a youtube page by a guy named Chanan Hanspal.
He has cracked the Zappa code. But to really understand the stuff on his channel, you will have to be patient and try to understand a bit of music theory.
But he makes it fun to understand with the music of Zappa, his analyisis is the best... so...I'm guessing you will want to check him out...here's a link to his analyisis's ssss...lol
ruclips.net/p/PLHY_b_lluEyxNo-NGbCzxU1FKe94ZmrUX
one thing that people forget is Zappa wasn't a guitarrist, he would not waste his time practicing guitar or practice his solos, he would just pick it up when it was time to play, not sit around with it for hours and days doing the same exact things over and over again. Inspiration and know how, the rest came and he did marvelous things with his guitar
Great guitarist - only for rolling spliffs to. Once it's fired up - why change the music?
I highly recommend his interview with Australia's Norman Gunston. Zappa had the time of his life and won the hearts of the land, mate.
Check Matteo Mancuso
Conformity is the word you seek. Frank absolutely hated it. Plastic People sums up his view on it. It only gets worse musically, socially, politically, every day.