Kids, let me explain to you the difference between Ray White and Ike Willis, at least vocally, since there seems to be some confusion. Ray White's the one who sings really high and powerfully. Ike Willis the one who sings sweet and mid-range like, or sometimes low in the case of most of the Thing-Fish album. That being said, this is obviously Ray White just killin' it on Doreen.
LMFAO!!! THANK YOU for taking time to explain that to those who don't actually own or have ever heard of THINGFISH lol I couldn't have said it better, especially since DOREEN is one of my top 10 RW vocals, especially the Crush all boxes version * Hands you a $40 bill and an honorary bottle of `GALOOT CO-LOG-NUH`
An added note about Ray White: He's the only one of Frank Zappa's singers who's still got it. Go watch a recent video of him performing this with the Muffin Men. Ray is still hitting all those notes, maybe 90% as well as he did in '81, and Ike, who I loved on Joe's Garage and Tinseltown Rebellion, is singing out of tune. And Bobby Martin, who sang the impossible high notes on Whippin' Post and Zomby Woof, can't really go above an A below the male high C these days.
Kids, let me explain to you the difference between Ray White and Ike Willis, at least vocally, since there seems to be some confusion. Ray White's the one who sings really high and powerfully. Ike Willis the one who sings sweet and mid-range like, or sometimes low in the case of most of the Thing-Fish album.
That being said, this is obviously Ray White just killin' it on Doreen.
LMFAO!!! THANK YOU for taking time to explain that to those who don't actually own or have ever heard of THINGFISH lol
I couldn't have said it better, especially since DOREEN is one of my top 10 RW vocals, especially the Crush all boxes version
* Hands you a $40 bill and an honorary bottle of `GALOOT CO-LOG-NUH`
got to see this live! ODU field house 1981!! YOU GO IKE
Brilliant!! Would of been nice to have Napolian Murphy Brock's Low vocals on Doreen.
Jason Harris
On the crush all boxes version I.M.O. they do the best on the different voice scales
Ray is just as good, i guess
Sat in the 4th row for this show, what a night !!! Thanks for posting this.
Why the fuck where you not dancing?
Two incredible songs...
Absolute chaos to some ears; absolute musicality to others. I'm in the latter group.
What a crock that these and several other tracks weren't included on the official release of this concert!!!!
Liking Doreen
An added note about Ray White: He's the only one of Frank Zappa's singers who's still got it. Go watch a recent video of him performing this with the Muffin Men. Ray is still hitting all those notes, maybe 90% as well as he did in '81, and Ike, who I loved on Joe's Garage and Tinseltown Rebellion, is singing out of tune. And Bobby Martin, who sang the impossible high notes on Whippin' Post and Zomby Woof, can't really go above an A below the male high C these days.
Just saw that. Ray is unbelievable!
another one top marks fz....
this isn't on the torture never stops vid,wish it was!
@Appollonious ...Ike Willis wasn't in this band... o.O
@nyynyj Who? Ray White? hahahahaha
ikes got a powerful voice
This is Ray White doing the lead.
That is Ike "The Thing Fish" Willis on lead vocals, folks.
sweetdaddy666 no...that is Ray White
Maybe 4 years later you’ve realized your error.. now correct it
Is that Malcolm McDowell 3:45 dressed as Charlie Chaplin?
Viddy well, little brother. Viddy well!