This is the opening song to a 3 act story. The rest is insane. The narrator is the Central Scrutinizer. He has outlawed music and does everything evil to Joe. This was released in 1979.
Now that you've cracked open the Zappa file again, "Watermelon in Easter Hay" is what God listens to when he's in the mood for guitar. (Joe's Garage, Act III)
I've mentioned this one before. It bookends the piece they just reviewed too as the near end of the double album so they might upgrade both of these as a result. What they've done is review one chapter of a book. "Watermelon..." would jump to the end of the story and they can review that chapter with a vision of the bigger picture. This is rock opera folks. They disappointed me here just a little, they need to trust more and just ride along. EASY to ride along to "Watermelon in Easter Hay". Includes my favorite single Zappa hilarious moment too. Don't wait too long either guys, you will get accustomed to Zappa's jazz influenced style. Else how are we ever going to get you to Miles or Monk or Coltrane or Shostakovitch?
Apostrophe ('), One Size Fits All and Bongo Fury are my favourite Zappa albums. Overnite Sensation, Roxy and Elsewhere and Zoot Allures don't suck either.
Hi Jessica! I agree. Zappa was absolutely and one of a kind. Here's some lyrics from a song of his in 1966. Nobody had lyrics like this in any song in '66: "I dig ya so much man, why didn't ya call me If you could have seen me in the afternoon I was hung up, I even washed the car I, I reprimered the right front fender man We were gonna go, we were gonna go out And get some root beer afterwards man And I was gonna show everybody my new carburetor And ya didn't try to call me"
“We didn't have no dope or LSD, but a coupla quartsa beer”. Zappa never took drugs besides smoking a few joints occasionally (didn’t like it, or get it ;), actually speaking against them and forbidding band members to take them while on tour or recording.
@@emcsquare5045 Never heard of such stories, if you can maybe provide sources? I very much doubt it, Frank was a pretty much consistent, straightforward, no bullshit man, and he explained why he didn’t take drugs on many occasions.
@@dago87able I'm not saying he did, I'm just saying I read somewhere that some musicians said they did drugs with him. I know he chained smoked cigarettes all the way uo to when he died but him not doing drugs is almost a shame, his music was brilliant, and who knows how even more incredible to could have been if he did mushrooms or LSD.
@@dago87able There are a number of stories that Frank fired Lowell George for using drugs or singing about drugs. guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/479/lowell-george/
Boys, you need to do this entire album, beginning to end, nonstop, turned up loud so you don't miss anything. The Central Scrutinizer provides narration throughout, so you won't get lost in any one part. It's two hours of your life you will never get back, but you will not want to anyway. I predict if you listen to it once, you will listen to (at least parts of it) again. It tells a story, but the music will keep you coming back.
Frank Zappa was one of the many artists who gave testimony to Congress against the efforts of government to censor and or put warning labels on albums. The Central Scrutinizer theme that runs throughout the album refers to an Orwellian type government official with the power to outlaw certain types of music.
My favourite line from his testimony was in response to a Senator who was horrified by his lyrics: "Who are you to say what's right, and what's wrong and what is merely hygienically unsound?"
This album has been lauded to have the best recorded drum performance of any record, ever. Props to Vinnie Colaiuta, who's been the gold standard of drummers for the past 40 years.
@@josepharmsberger7633 Without a doubt!! Listen to it. Another one that'll open your eyes wide, will be Vinnie Colaiuta on the Jing Chi albums. The drumming in the songs "Going Nowhere" and "Train Song", well the whole album for that matter are absolutely mind boggling.
What is great about this album is the way Zappa parodies so many different styles. You really need to play the whole album. Wait till you get to Watermelon in Easter Hay.
This track was never meant to stand alone as a "song", it must be considered as a part of the whole....... Come back with a "rating" after you've listened to the entire work without stopping and can fully understand the context of each piece.
How many years has it been since I heard this song???? Decades to be sure. I loved Frank Zappa. A combination of humor and great instrumentation, nobody like him. Parts sound like a carnival with a barker screaming in the background somewhere.
Zappa is walking mockery, so Andy you nailed it. Please do the whole album! It's a literal TRIP! Mushrooms optional, smoke required. Save the whiskey for the recovery room! ✌️❤️
Frank is a musical genius! He is an amazing arranger and composer. Most of his songs are just an excuse for him to shred on guitar, he is phenomenal. His lyrics are mostly comical. He was way ahead of his time and Weird Al Yankovic....
Weird Al? Really! He took other's music and added his lyrics, FZ did it all, and the lyrics are the least common denominator, it is all about the music!
I had a boyfriend in the late 60’s who loved Zappa. The dude is so weird, but talented. I love, Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow, with El Fonso’s Pancake Breakfast. The whole side😊
The "Over-Nite Sensation" has stand-alone songs. Pick something from that next. "I am the slime" and "Dinah-Moe Humm" are both weird but understandable.
I am a Frank Zappa fan but mostly for his instrumental songs from the late 60's. Suggestions are "Peaches En Regalia", "Aybe Sea" and " Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown"
Almost Famous is about 40% a *Roman a clef* about Crowe' s adventures with the Allman Brothers, 30% various other bands, and 30% fiction. Billy Crudup is made up to look exactly like Dickie Betts.
@@jameswalls4172 You know what James, the Allman Brothers have the best stories. Doesn't matter how many hotel rooms a band trashed or how many 15 year old groupies they had with them, Allman Brothers stories top them all!
For one song from Apostrophe, go with "Cosmik Debris". It's the best stand alone song on the album. I would also suggest the Yellow Snow suite - "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", "Nanook Rubs It", "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast", and "Father O'Blivion". Please don't do just the first song, Jamel made that mistake.
Absolutely must hear it all in order. It's a concept album which tells an unfolding story. This was one of my most favourite albums from my early twenties. Still love this. I love Frank Zappa for his originality
This song is partly auto-biographical - Zappa did have a garage band in high school and the song (or at least the beginning) is a kind of love-letter to those days. The part at the end about the cops was no joke. The band played R&B and was interracial, so they got a LOT of unwanted attention from "law enforcement" because he was bringing Those People into the neighborhood. Those experiences (including a trumped-up arrest when he was a senior in an attempt to prevent a scheduled concert from happening) were the genesis of the extremely critical view of American society he had by the time he was famous.
The album is a rock opera satire of the music biz. Listen to the WHOLE thing. The Central Scrutinizer is basically the Greek Chorus narration. They did stage Joe's Garage for the first time as a musical play in Los Angeles in 2008. I was there. It was incredible. You can find clips of it here on RUclips as well.
You guys really need to listen to all of Joes Garage act 1 2 and 3 all the way through. And btw I know youre dying to know what happens after he sticks to church oriented social activities.
Last time you did Zappa, I said I didn''t like him much. Then I went on RUclips, listened to a bunch of live performances, and totally changed my mind. I think Zappa is best live. I will defer to bigger Zappa fans for recommendations, but "Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Live at The Roxy 1973 [extras]" is awesome. I also like the live version of "Muffin Man".
FWIW, even his 'studio' albums were peppered with live performances, especially the guitar solos. Take a look at his more instrumental offerings and your appreciation will grow, try out Hot rats and Grand Wazoo, both are epic albums.
Classic Zappa. Comical but talented. What Ry Cooder is to Americana and traditional, Zappa was to Rock. To not get it was to get it. Immensely talented and when you see the list of former Zappa musicians, you’re stunned.
We had a young guy in the plant a few months ago doing an installation. He said that all he ever listened to was Frank Zappa and the Beach Boys. Quite the combination. This is quite the deep eclectic hole you guys are venturing into.
“Valley Girl” (featuring Moon Unit Zappa when she was in high school),"Catholic Girls," "The Central Scrutinizer,” or these three played in successive order: “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow,” "Nanook Rubs it, "and "St. Alfanzo’s Pancake House,” (they must be played one right after another). You’re going down a rabbit hole that Lewis Carroll could only dream of.
So glad y’all did this tune, why does it hurt when I pee and catholic girls would be my next recommendations from this album, they’re both really short and fun
I read one time that Zappa had the studio phone number to one of the evening news broadcasts and used to phone them directly in the 1980s to complain about their coverage. Can't find the story online anymore, but what a smart and interesting man he was.
My introduction to Zappa was through a radio show called The Doctor Demento Show (anyone else remember him?) He played all of Frank's goofiest songs along with tons of other novelty songs. 1050 CHUM, Sundays at 10pm, I would listen to a little transistor radio with a single ear plug. Sigh, the good old days.
I used to record songs off his show by laying one of those old school cassette recorders with the retractable handles, mic down on top of my clock radio speaker. I wish I still had a copy of The Biggest Aspidistra in the World...
The song on that album to highlight is Fembot. Vinnie on drums...come on! He was probably reading the paper while he was recording the track. His mind works on a completely different level than the ordinary human. Zappa was a wonder. As for the others, "They're pretty good musicians."
BTW since you're going to react to Almost Famous, one of the characters is based on Pamela De Barres, a groupie who also nannied Zappa's kids. He got a bunch of groupies together and they formed a band called the GTO's, they recorded an album and toured with Zappa, you might want to check them out some time.
This ALBUM is a MUST. Why? Because - "Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth, Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love, Love is not music. Music is the best." ALSO: laughing as Andy trying to explain the song starts channeling Mitch Hedberg.
IMO, his most outrageous, hilarious song is his 1981 live version of "Broken Hearts are for Assholes" performed at the New York Palladium on Halloween. Steve Vai is on guitar.
Zappa & the London Symphony Orchestra is a good way to understand it. Zappa is an extremely good musician & writer. It was obvious listening to it as it is, but when the London Symphony did a concert of Zappa songs......my word.....you just hear the sheer brilliance of it on another level
The song(s) to react to on Apostrophe is the "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" suite - preferably without gaps between songs - don't limit it to just the one song or it's incomplete. The suite is just shy of 11 minutes and consists of: 1. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow 2. Nanook Rubs It 3. St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast 4. Father O'Blivion "Joe's Garage" is the second song of a three album rock opera narrated by the Central Scrutinizer.
finallyfinallyfinallyfinallyfinallyfinally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND, BTW, this is the perfect intro song! You need to do this entire LP or at least side one or sides one and two of the four! It's his seminal work! I'm SO excited to watch this and share your cherry breaking with you boys!!!! ;) LMAO! YAY!! Welcome...
“Don’t you boys play any nice songs”. Love it! As for another Zappa, Dina Mo Hum from Apostrophe is hilarious. His radio fame came from the song Valley Girls with his daughter Moon Unit (real name. Her brothers name is Dweezil)
Hi, hope you're both doing well. Thank you for reacting to Joe's Garage. What I enjoy most about you guys as you can go from He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother to Joe's Garage. A wide spectrum of music that you appreciate and are willing to share that with us. Thank you very much !
I have a T-Shirt I recently had made online with the quote "I'm not Black but there's a whole lotsa times I wish I wasn't White". Truer words never, IMO.
Shit, Frank didn't need Acid!! Don't ever think for a minute that, because of the satirical social lyrical content, that Mr. Zappa was not a seriously gifted composer and performer! LOTS of material to work through here! Hell, I don't even know where to start! I think I got in about the "We're Only In It For The Money" period (68). It just depends on what you want.......the classical genius of "Peaches en Regalia" to the ethereal beauty of "Watermelon in Easter Hay" to the Flo and Eddie craziness of "Magdalena" "Call Any Vegetable" etc. to "Valley Girls" to "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion......it's just a wild ass ride wherever you turn! Mud Sharks and Yellow Snow for everybody!
Time to bring on "The implements of destruction. For twenty years I drove by both the church and the restaurant in Stockbridge MA on my way to work. Poor officer Obie passed away in the 1990's.
What's so funny is that this song is the tamest on the album, if they listened to Catholic Girls, the next song on the album, those church oriented social activities take a real perverted turn. You are utterly lost because one song at a time just doesn't cut it, you can't start appreciating Zappa until you hear at least an album's worth, and in a single sitting. Go with Apostrophe' to start, it really is him at his peak, as a composer, humorous story teller, and surrounded by exemplary musicians. If you go for just one song, you ought to queue up the second to last song on this album, Watermelon in Easter Hay, and that version specifically. It is his most unique guitar solo, the kind of song that provokes a strong feeling of musical euphoria, nothing like his other more intricate solos, but the beauty of it is its simplicity and the way he makes those strings sing like an angel. You have done a couple of his lyrical songs, but the real FZ emerges when you hear his purely instrumental works.
Hell I'd be happy if they got to Captain Beyond, but I think they would need to get used to Frank first, then they can be Safe As Milk...just to prep them from one genius to another.
You absolutely have to hear Frank's 1966 debut album. The Mothers of Invention "Freak Out". In my opinion one of the top 10 albums of the 1960s. Songs: Hungry Freaks, Daddy (a must), Who are the Brain Police? (ground breaking), Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder, Wowie Zowie, You Didn't Try to Call Me, You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here, Trouble Every Day (a must). The entire album is genius, considering the industry restraints in the mid '60s. He played the music gatekeepers of the times. Confused the shit out of them. The Beatles did the same thing. This is also the very first double lp gatefold ever released. Frank had to battle the label to keep the price within a few cents of a single lp. The wit, sarcasm, musicianship, social commentary, is legendary. His ability to ransack the music industry and keep them guessing is why we know him today. And no, Frank didn't do any drugs. Drank and smoked cigarettes only. Like he said; if I'm like this now can you imagine me on drugs? The other band members did, lots, but Frank didn't care as long as they could play. I can't recommend "Freak Out" enough. 😎
If you're CONFUSED after listening to Frank Zappa. He has done his job.... (R.I.P.)
spot on
Totally!!
I'm a big fan of Frank's intellect & humor..... I'll just leave it there.🙃
Hot Rats is an album worthy of a full listen.
Ha! I have always been confused by Zappa.🙃
I think "This is obviously a great song but I'm confused by it" is the correct reaction to most of Frank Zappa's work.
you can't just play one song from this album-the whole album tells a story
If you listen to one song from the album, it should be this track. It doesn't really spoil anything as a standalone.
Same with Why does it hurt when I pee? It was a filler that they created after two band members had urinary issues
This is the opening song to a 3 act story. The rest is insane. The narrator is the Central Scrutinizer. He has outlawed music and does everything evil to Joe. This was released in 1979.
Concept albums need to be played front to back,no stopping.
And don't forget your sense of humour.
In-fucking-deed.
Yup. They should do this album for a drunk reaction... im sure theynwould dig it
Why? what if you've got things to do?
@@floorticket Then you put on your Britney Spears greatest hits collection.
Now that you've cracked open the Zappa file again, "Watermelon in Easter Hay" is what God listens to when he's in the mood for guitar. (Joe's Garage, Act III)
I've mentioned this one before. It bookends the piece they just reviewed too as the near end of the double album so they might upgrade both of these as a result. What they've done is review one chapter of a book. "Watermelon..." would jump to the end of the story and they can review that chapter with a vision of the bigger picture. This is rock opera folks. They disappointed me here just a little, they need to trust more and just ride along. EASY to ride along to "Watermelon in Easter Hay". Includes my favorite single Zappa hilarious moment too. Don't wait too long either guys, you will get accustomed to Zappa's jazz influenced style. Else how are we ever going to get you to Miles or Monk or Coltrane or Shostakovitch?
Amen brotha
You're right. Watermelon is awesome
The album "Apostrophe" is a must guys, trust me.
Apostrophe turned me on to Zappa
Stink Foot and Cosmik Debris!
Overnite Sensation,Roxy and Elsewhere,Apostrophe are the trilogy.
It's a good gateway album, sure. But in no way does it represent what Frank was about. You have to delve deep to discover that.
Apostrophe ('), One Size Fits All and Bongo Fury are my favourite Zappa albums. Overnite Sensation, Roxy and Elsewhere and Zoot Allures don't suck either.
This is definitely full album worthy. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? is so freaking hilarious. Zappa was so unique and cool, one of a kind.
Hi Jessica! I agree. Zappa was absolutely and one of a kind. Here's some lyrics from a song of his in 1966. Nobody had lyrics like this in any song in '66:
"I dig ya so much man, why didn't ya call me
If you could have seen me in the afternoon
I was hung up, I even washed the car
I, I reprimered the right front fender man
We were gonna go, we were gonna go out
And get some root beer afterwards man
And I was gonna show everybody my new carburetor
And ya didn't try to call me"
Hi Jessica 🥰
@@susanklasinski1805 Classic Zappa! 🤣 How are you doing?
@@Shadowrider1872 Hey John ❤ How the he'll are you man?
My dental floss needs picking!
This album is written as a high school musical. You really need to take it as a whole.
^^THAT^^
Yep, Zappa wrote albums rather than songs.
You really should do this as an album reaction on Patreon.
There is SO much that they're missing. The title track barely scratches the surface.
@@Frunobulax74 He says as much in the album's libretto, which has a LOT more Zappa humor and reflection.
“We didn't have no dope or LSD, but a coupla quartsa beer”. Zappa never took drugs besides smoking a few joints occasionally (didn’t like it, or get it ;), actually speaking against them and forbidding band members to take them while on tour or recording.
He said that, but then there are stories out there from musicians that say they know for a fact that's bullshit.
Frank didn't like drugs on tour out of fear of band members getting busted and having to pay legal fees or a band member missing concerts.
@@emcsquare5045 Never heard of such stories, if you can maybe provide sources? I very much doubt it, Frank was a pretty much consistent, straightforward, no bullshit man, and he explained why he didn’t take drugs on many occasions.
@@dago87able I'm not saying he did, I'm just saying I read somewhere that some musicians said they did drugs with him.
I know he chained smoked cigarettes all the way uo to when he died but him not doing drugs is almost a shame, his music was brilliant, and who knows how even more incredible to could have been if he did mushrooms or LSD.
@@dago87able There are a number of stories that Frank fired Lowell George for using drugs or singing about drugs. guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/479/lowell-george/
Watermelon In Easter Hay. Masterpiece.
Boys, you need to do this entire album, beginning to end, nonstop, turned up loud so you don't miss anything. The Central Scrutinizer provides narration throughout, so you won't get lost in any one part. It's two hours of your life you will never get back, but you will not want to anyway. I predict if you listen to it once, you will listen to (at least parts of it) again. It tells a story, but the music will keep you coming back.
Zappa didn't do any drugs at all. He was totally anti-drugs. This is a concept album. As Yeti Man says, you really need to listen to it in total.
Watermelon in Easter Hay is a beautiful instrumental, absolutely beautiful, no nonsense.
Mournfully crying guitar reminiscent of Parliament "Maggot Brain" which is a song I'd LOVE to see these guys drift off into! ;)
Beyond beautiful. Brings tears to my eyes on every hearing.
Frank Zappa was one of the many artists who gave testimony to Congress against the efforts of government to censor and or put warning labels on albums. The Central Scrutinizer theme that runs throughout the album refers to an Orwellian type government official with the power to outlaw certain types of music.
Yep !👍
My favourite line from his testimony was in response to a Senator who was horrified by his lyrics: "Who are you to say what's right, and what's wrong and what is merely hygienically unsound?"
Fun Fact: Frank Zappa is the only artist to have ever produced an instrumental album with a parental advisory sticker.
One song from Frank Zappa that I can have on permanent repeat is Montana from Overnight Sensation.
Cause everybody want to be a Dental Floss Tycoon.......
Just me'n the pygmy pony, over by the dental floss bush
Everything on that album is great IMO.
The first Zappa song I ever put on repeat for days was "The Sheik Yerbouti Tango", the others since then have usually been guitar jams.
This album has been lauded to have the best recorded drum performance of any record, ever. Props to Vinnie Colaiuta, who's been the gold standard of drummers for the past 40 years.
Now I have to listen to this album. Is it truly better then Neil Peart on Moving Pictures, Bonham on Zep 2, or Bill Wards on Master of Reality?
All of Zappa's drummers were great. My favorite is Paul Humphrey on Gumbo Variations from Hot Rats.
Another gold standard of Drummers, Terry Bozzio played a couple characters on the album
@@josepharmsberger7633 Yes
@@josepharmsberger7633 Without a doubt!! Listen to it. Another one that'll open your eyes wide, will be Vinnie Colaiuta on the Jing Chi albums. The drumming in the songs "Going Nowhere" and "Train Song", well the whole album for that matter are absolutely mind boggling.
This is definitly a full album listen....Joe's Garage is just the intro to the story....
What is great about this album is the way Zappa parodies so many different styles. You really need to play the whole album. Wait till you get to Watermelon in Easter Hay.
Billy was a mountain, Ethell was a tree growing off of his shoulder!
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HOOTY OOTY OOH, HOOTY OOTY-OOT, OOH HOO!
I know the critics didn't care for that album but it's one of my favorite Mothers albums. It's a hoot.
I used to know the whole thing by heart
Bend over and say (in a manly voice)...NEW YORK!!
This track was never meant to stand alone as a "song", it must be considered as a part of the whole....... Come back with a "rating" after you've listened to the entire work without stopping and can fully understand the context of each piece.
Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart are some of the most underrated rockers ever. You guys should delve into both.
Hell, Yeah !👍
Woman likes long neck bottles.....and a big head on her beer! Hit that long lean note.....and let it float!
I think they'd dig "Big Eyed Beans From Venus"
@@DiscountDeity Quite possibly. I think they just might have that twisted gene necessary to appreciate Zappa and The Captain.
I'd like them to do Trout Mask en toto completely blind going in and see which one starts banging his head on the wall first! lmao!
Zappa and Steely Dan knew the "SECRET"...................juts hire the best musicians around, over and over.
Here are some Zappa tunes you need to hear.
Camarillo Brillo
Willie The Pimp
Uncle Remus
Trouble Everyday
I'm The Slime
Peaches En Regalia
You forgot his little known cult classics Pouring Ass and Two Hand Fulls of Hair.
How many years has it been since I heard this song???? Decades to be sure. I loved Frank Zappa. A combination of humor and great instrumentation, nobody like him. Parts sound like a carnival with a barker screaming in the background somewhere.
Zappa is walking mockery, so Andy you nailed it. Please do the whole album! It's a literal TRIP! Mushrooms optional, smoke required. Save the whiskey for the recovery room! ✌️❤️
Shrooms must
Zappa was garbage
@@emmanueltzikas5369 😭😂
Away with that shit pathetic zappa 😂
Frank is a musical genius! He is an amazing arranger and composer. Most of his songs are just an excuse for him to shred on guitar, he is phenomenal. His lyrics are mostly comical. He was way ahead of his time and Weird Al Yankovic....
I keep hearing Zappas and musical genius but where?...when?...he must hide it behind garbage like this
Weird Al? Really! He took other's music and added his lyrics, FZ did it all, and the lyrics are the least common denominator, it is all about the music!
@@chrislovett56 Try listening with your trap shut for 5 minutes.
@@weswemyssonbass GFY
@@chrislovett56 Never criticize Brian's boyfriend/fantasy
Dude, this is the story of every high school band. Classic. So effing hilarious.
You guys really need to do the full album... hopefully you start with 1st song leading into joes garage...
@Yetti Man I am the Scruuuuutinizer! 😁😎✌
And smoke a big fat doobie before during and after! 😁
It doesn't hold up as an album (or albums). It was very much of its time.
I would pay to see a drunk reaction to the entire Sheik Yerbouti album. 🤓
Black Napkins, Peaches en Regalia, Uncle Remus, Cosmik Debris, Montana, St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast-those should be hit next
Black Napkins is amazing! There is a You Tube video of Frank playing it live that is well worth the view.
I had a boyfriend in the late 60’s who loved Zappa. The dude is so weird, but talented. I love, Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow, with El Fonso’s Pancake Breakfast. The whole side😊
That whole album is magic. If they do yellow snow, I hope they do the whole suite.
Watch out where the huskies go..... 😂🤘
Great Googalie Moogalie!!!
Alfonso
St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast-the word play in this is amazing.
The "Over-Nite Sensation" has stand-alone songs. Pick something from that next. "I am the slime" and "Dinah-Moe Humm" are both weird but understandable.
I am a Frank Zappa fan but mostly for his instrumental songs from the late 60's. Suggestions are "Peaches En Regalia", "Aybe Sea" and " Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown"
Yes!peaches in regalia it's been 30 years since I've spun it. Thank you!
Especially live versions! the late 60s Mothers were a great (almost entirely instrumental, heavily improvisational) live band!
Sofa and Purple Lagoon, the version with the sax starting the solos off of Live in NY, check it out. 😎
the little house i use to live in...... brilliant!
Just finished a 12 hour shift and this song was EXACTLY what I needed! I really enjoyed it! Hope you’re both well lads 🤟🏼🔥💜
Almost Famous is about 40% a *Roman a clef* about Crowe' s adventures with the Allman Brothers, 30% various other bands, and 30% fiction. Billy Crudup is made up to look exactly like Dickie Betts.
I’ve read that Greg Allman was paranoid that he stole Cameron Crowes notes when went on tour with them,thinking he might be FBI.
@@jameswalls4172 You know what James, the Allman Brothers have the best stories. Doesn't matter how many hotel rooms a band trashed or how many 15 year old groupies they had with them, Allman Brothers stories top them all!
Nothing on this album makes sense without the rest of it. You have to listen to it as a whole.
Dinah-Moe Humm is a Zappa must!
Its a story cant just listen to one song. This is the genius of Frank Zappa, I have seen him live at least a dozen times and has never disappointed.
For his performance in Joe's Garage album drummer Vinnie Colaiuta was names most technically advanced drummer ever by Modern Drummer
Kinda young, kinda wow
Apostrophe !!! Stinkfoot, Cosmic Debris , Uncle Remus and Don't eat the Yellow Snow.....all CLASSIC
GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!
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Morning John H!
Good Morning, @John H!
Morning J! 🤟🏼🔥
Zappa was in a class by himself...so much to hear, the entire Apostrophe album, Montana, Slime from the Video.....
For one song from Apostrophe, go with "Cosmik Debris". It's the best stand alone song on the album. I would also suggest the Yellow Snow suite - "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", "Nanook Rubs It", "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast", and "Father O'Blivion". Please don't do just the first song, Jamel made that mistake.
Don’t go where them huskies go
"St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast", and "Father O'Blivion" I've been trying to get them to do those 2 for a while.
Our Garage was where my brothers band practiced, and everything in this song happened. True Story.
Absolutely must hear it all in order. It's a concept album which tells an unfolding story. This was one of my most favourite albums from my early twenties. Still love this. I love Frank Zappa for his originality
Black Napkins is another incredible song.
Absolutely, Fifthly Habits is another excellent Zappa guitar solo track.
@@ChromeDestiny and what about Watermelon in Eastern Hay? So many great ones!
He was a genius. No two ways about it. This was so tongue in cheek it was cruel.
We need to explain what a "Go Go" bar is to A&A...☺️
"Sheik Yerbouti" Full album reaction
This song is partly auto-biographical - Zappa did have a garage band in high school and the song (or at least the beginning) is a kind of love-letter to those days. The part at the end about the cops was no joke. The band played R&B and was interracial, so they got a LOT of unwanted attention from "law enforcement" because he was bringing Those People into the neighborhood. Those experiences (including a trumped-up arrest when he was a senior in an attempt to prevent a scheduled concert from happening) were the genesis of the extremely critical view of American society he had by the time he was famous.
The album is a rock opera satire of the music biz. Listen to the WHOLE thing. The Central Scrutinizer is basically the Greek Chorus narration. They did stage Joe's Garage for the first time as a musical play in Los Angeles in 2008. I was there. It was incredible. You can find clips of it here on RUclips as well.
Glad to see you guys go down the Zappa rabbit hole again. The man was a musical genius. 👍🤘✌️
Zappa, "Don't eat that yellow snow" , "St. Alfonso's pancake breakfast", "Camarillo Brillo", "Dynamo Hum"
You guys really need to listen to all of Joes Garage act 1 2 and 3 all the way through. And btw I know youre dying to know what happens after he sticks to church oriented social activities.
"...with their tiny little mustache" lmao!
Last time you did Zappa, I said I didn''t like him much. Then I went on RUclips, listened to a bunch of live performances, and totally changed my mind. I think Zappa is best live. I will defer to bigger Zappa fans for recommendations, but "Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Live at The Roxy 1973 [extras]" is awesome. I also like the live version of "Muffin Man".
FWIW, even his 'studio' albums were peppered with live performances, especially the guitar solos. Take a look at his more instrumental offerings and your appreciation will grow, try out Hot rats and Grand Wazoo, both are epic albums.
Need more Zappa reactions. So many tracks of so many sorts with so many amazing musicians and endless creativity.
Definitely a masterpiece. Needs front to back listen. Some major gems on this set.
It's a way of life - you'll love it
The water makes its own sauce.
I played Sheik Yerbouti to a young guy on a work road trip, at first he was "what the hell is this?" by the end he was a massive zappa fan..
Classic Zappa. Comical but talented. What Ry Cooder is to Americana and traditional, Zappa was to Rock. To not get it was to get it. Immensely talented and when you see the list of former Zappa musicians, you’re stunned.
We had a young guy in the plant a few months ago doing an installation. He said that all he ever listened to was Frank Zappa and the Beach Boys. Quite the combination. This is quite the deep eclectic hole you guys are venturing into.
Ha Ha !😄
I love that !👍
"Call Any Vegetable", "Montana" , "Camarillo Brillo" from the album: "Just Another Band From LA".
“Valley Girl” (featuring Moon Unit Zappa when she was in high school),"Catholic Girls," "The Central Scrutinizer,” or these three played in successive order: “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow,” "Nanook Rubs it, "and "St. Alfanzo’s Pancake House,” (they must be played one right after another). You’re going down a rabbit hole that Lewis Carroll could only dream of.
You need to listen to "Watermelon in Easter Hay"
There is So much MORE Zappa to explore! Keep Going!!
So glad y’all did this tune, why does it hurt when I pee and catholic girls would be my next recommendations from this album, they’re both really short and fun
I read one time that Zappa had the studio phone number to one of the evening news broadcasts and used to phone them directly in the 1980s to complain about their coverage. Can't find the story online anymore, but what a smart and interesting man he was.
This really tickles my moon unit. moving to Montana is my fave but I struggled with Zappa tbh.
Argh argh 😃 Yep
Zappa was a stone-cold genius!
As a Catholic girl (now lapsed)I loved the track Catholic girls - you've no idea how near the truth it is. Worth listening to.
I really love how, at the outro to Catholic Girls, he has the melody to Jewish Princess come in. Awesome call-back!
Naughty little Frances1
@Zolar Czakl Interesting... not heard that. Thanks!
Cool that you did this one! Listen to that entire album in one go.
Playing one song off of this album is like reading one chapter of a book or one scene of a play
Zappa!!!!! I was excited to see your reaction. You might have to listen to a whole album to get it...
My introduction to Zappa was through a radio show called The Doctor Demento Show (anyone else remember him?) He played all of Frank's goofiest songs along with tons of other novelty songs. 1050 CHUM, Sundays at 10pm, I would listen to a little transistor radio with a single ear plug. Sigh, the good old days.
Loved the doc and Wolfman Jack. Oooooooo.....
I used to record songs off his show by laying one of those old school cassette recorders with the retractable handles, mic down on top of my clock radio speaker. I wish I still had a copy of The Biggest Aspidistra in the World...
I wonder what these guys would think of "The Existential Blues"
The song on that album to highlight is Fembot. Vinnie on drums...come on! He was probably reading the paper while he was recording the track. His mind works on a completely different level than the ordinary human. Zappa was a wonder. As for the others, "They're pretty good musicians."
BTW since you're going to react to Almost Famous, one of the characters is based on Pamela De Barres, a groupie who also nannied Zappa's kids. He got a bunch of groupies together and they formed a band called the GTO's, they recorded an album and toured with Zappa, you might want to check them out some time.
This ALBUM is a MUST. Why? Because - "Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth, Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love, Love is not music. Music is the best." ALSO: laughing as Andy trying to explain the song starts channeling Mitch Hedberg.
IMO, his most outrageous, hilarious song is his 1981 live version of "Broken Hearts are for Assholes" performed at the New York Palladium on Halloween. Steve Vai is on guitar.
Zappa & the London Symphony Orchestra is a good way to understand it.
Zappa is an extremely good musician & writer. It was obvious listening to it as it is, but when the London Symphony did a concert of Zappa songs......my word.....you just hear the sheer brilliance of it on another level
The whole apostrophe album is a masterpiece.
The song(s) to react to on Apostrophe is the "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" suite - preferably without gaps between songs - don't limit it to just the one song or it's incomplete. The suite is just shy of 11 minutes and consists of:
1. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
2. Nanook Rubs It
3. St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast
4. Father O'Blivion
"Joe's Garage" is the second song of a three album rock opera narrated by the Central Scrutinizer.
Overnight Sensation and Apostrophe are the most accessible albums in my opinion
Frank didn’t use drugs. He kicked people out of his band for drug use.
MORE ZAPPA - Muffin Man, San Bernadino, City of Tiny Lights, the entire Yellow Snow / Nanook Suite, Peaches En Regalia, etc...
Literally hundreds, and no two alike...
finallyfinallyfinallyfinallyfinallyfinally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND, BTW, this is the perfect intro song! You need to do this entire LP or at least side one or sides one and two of the four! It's his seminal work! I'm SO excited to watch this and share your cherry breaking with you boys!!!! ;) LMAO! YAY!! Welcome...
Not saying it's a great song, but would love to see the look on A&A faces if they reacted to Zappa's T&B. 🤣🤣
Hell, Side One of _Yerbouti_
“Don’t you boys play any nice songs”. Love it!
As for another Zappa, Dina Mo Hum from Apostrophe is hilarious. His radio fame came from the song Valley Girls with his daughter Moon Unit (real name. Her brothers name is Dweezil)
grateful to Zappa for giving us Steve Vai and dont eat the yellow snow...now, how about some SPOOKY TOOTH
Hi, hope you're both doing well.
Thank you for reacting to Joe's Garage. What I enjoy most about you guys as you can go from He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother to Joe's Garage.
A wide spectrum of music that you appreciate and are willing to share that with us.
Thank you very much !
Saw Frank Zappa shot right over. This is one of his greats. Even made it to radio. Very few did cuz of subject matter.
@Zolar Czakl I never hear Zappa now especially since I left NY
Yeah gotta play the whole thing in sequence boys. Good shit!
How perfect.. im already lit and toking.
Me too man, gotta love life
Frank was off the charts beyond anyone else. I have to thank a work colleague who introduced me to his huge body of work. Definitely improved my life!
Trouble Every Day - Mothers of Invention / Still relevant today, maybe even more so.
For sure !👍
I have a T-Shirt I recently had made online with the quote "I'm not Black but there's a whole lotsa times I wish I wasn't White". Truer words never, IMO.
Shit, Frank didn't need Acid!! Don't ever think for a minute that, because of the satirical social lyrical content, that Mr. Zappa was not a seriously gifted composer and performer! LOTS of material to work through here! Hell, I don't even know where to start! I think I got in about the "We're Only In It For The Money" period (68). It just depends on what you want.......the classical genius of "Peaches en Regalia" to the ethereal beauty of "Watermelon in Easter Hay" to the Flo and Eddie craziness of "Magdalena" "Call Any Vegetable" etc. to "Valley Girls" to "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion......it's just a wild ass ride wherever you turn! Mud Sharks and Yellow Snow for everybody!
Uncle Remus is such a banger too
“Woah... are we moving too slow? Have you seen us, Uncle Remus?” Great piano & lead guitar!!!
The extended version especially!
Frank was a known anti drug person and wouldn't allow his band to use them in his gigs. They didn't have screw ups because of it.
If you want quirky songs you need to do Arlo Guthrie's Alice's restaurant
I think they have it in the queue for this Thanksgiving after getting bombarded with requests last year.
Time to bring on "The implements of destruction. For twenty years I drove by both the church and the restaurant in Stockbridge MA on my way to work. Poor officer Obie passed away in the 1990's.
@@ericwagner1824 I didn't know Officer Obie was a real person. Gotta play the song on Thanksgiving Day. It's tradition.
It is based on a real event and yes the dump was still closed on Thanksgiving when I left Stockbridge five years ago
What's so funny is that this song is the tamest on the album, if they listened to Catholic Girls, the next song on the album, those church oriented social activities take a real perverted turn. You are utterly lost because one song at a time just doesn't cut it, you can't start appreciating Zappa until you hear at least an album's worth, and in a single sitting. Go with Apostrophe' to start, it really is him at his peak, as a composer, humorous story teller, and surrounded by exemplary musicians. If you go for just one song, you ought to queue up the second to last song on this album, Watermelon in Easter Hay, and that version specifically. It is his most unique guitar solo, the kind of song that provokes a strong feeling of musical euphoria, nothing like his other more intricate solos, but the beauty of it is its simplicity and the way he makes those strings sing like an angel. You have done a couple of his lyrical songs, but the real FZ emerges when you hear his purely instrumental works.
I'd almost like to see their reaction to Captain Beefheart now lol
Captain Beefheart makes Zappa sound top 40.
Hell I'd be happy if they got to Captain Beyond, but I think they would need to get used to Frank first, then they can be Safe As Milk...just to prep them from one genius to another.
You absolutely have to hear Frank's 1966 debut album. The Mothers of Invention "Freak Out". In my opinion one of the top 10 albums of the 1960s. Songs: Hungry Freaks, Daddy (a must), Who are the Brain Police? (ground breaking), Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder, Wowie Zowie, You Didn't Try to Call Me, You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here, Trouble Every Day (a must). The entire album is genius, considering the industry restraints in the mid '60s. He played the music gatekeepers of the times. Confused the shit out of them. The Beatles did the same thing. This is also the very first double lp gatefold ever released. Frank had to battle the label to keep the price within a few cents of a single lp. The wit, sarcasm, musicianship, social commentary, is legendary. His ability to ransack the music industry and keep them guessing is why we know him today. And no, Frank didn't do any drugs. Drank and smoked cigarettes only. Like he said; if I'm like this now can you imagine me on drugs? The other band members did, lots, but Frank didn't care as long as they could play. I can't recommend "Freak Out" enough. 😎