Posted on 04/21/2019 5:09:41 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Setting the Stage: It’s been more than a quarter century since the physical world lost Frank Zappa, the experimental rocker whose avant-garde music was as trippy as it was innovative. Now, 25-plus years later, the late legend has rematerialized in “The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa” hologram tour, which kicked off last night at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. With a collective hologram experience consisting mostly of Princess Leia telling Obi-Wan Kenobi he’s our only hope, fans filed into the venue with a high sense of curiosity. The technology for the Zappa tour was developed by Eyellusion, the same company that created the Ronnie James Dio hologram, which debuted a couple years ago and will embark on a US tour of its own late next month.
As press materials informed us, the audio for the Zappa hologram was culled from footage of a 1974 performance in which he turned his Los Angeles rehearsal space into a soundstage. For this tour, the hologram is joined by an impressive lineup of live musicians, including a number of past members of his band. The touring unit consists of guitarists Ray White and Mike Keneally, bassist Scott Thunes, multi-instrumentalist Robert Martin, percussionist Ed Mann, and drummer Joe Travers.
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I saw FZ at least 3 times in Atlanta during the ‘70s a great guitar player. It seemed that he would find a person somewhere who was dummer than a stump and then make fun and ridicule that person for the amusement of the audience. So this was a drive in restaurant in LA. The enema bandit. The penguin in bondage boing ba boing. Frank seemed to have an attitude of contempt for every day life, life that everyone had to bother with. And by showing contempt, it made every one feel a little bit better by realizing that there were people who were also less than perfectly spectacular.
The World's Greatest Sinner--Baby Ray & the Ferns (1963)
I could see Page jumping on that, and Jones might agree, but Plant would have to be twenty years gone and his family’s attorneys out of legal cease-and-desist options before there would be a Zep holographic tour. Besides, Jason Bonham would want in, and he and Page probably aren’t on the best of terms after that little false cocaine story he dropped last week.
Terry Kath. My all time favorite guitarist.
I commend you, FRiend. Frank's music isn't mainstream and, well, sometimes his music isn't gripping...Truckdriver Divorce and Conehead aren't exactly great songs. And, in the end, it may be that Zappa just doesn't do it for you. That's cool....I tried getting in to Springsteen and Bon Jovi and they never did it for me.
What worked for me may not work for others, but what got me hooked was a mix tape of songs from Sheik Yerbutti and all of Overnight Sensation. The songs from Sheik Yerbutti were basically sides 2 and 4. That combo gave me lots of laughs and lots of awe....your mileage may vary.
“More Trouble Every Day”-as true now as it was in 1966.
Saw him three times from 1978 to 1983. Epic concerts. He always surrounded himself with talented musicians.
Yes, he was one of a kind trippy.
“I might be moving to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of dental floss.”
Or “I’m the Slime.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-sREpqDiUo
http://www.metrolyrics.com/im-the-slime-lyrics-frank-zappa.html
A song as relevant today, as it was then.
But Zappa to many behind the Iron Curtain, was a symbol of Freedom.
One of the most prominent Czech bands of that time was “Plastic People of the Universe”, who took their name from a Mothers of Invention song, they were regularly harassed by the Communist authorities.
Zappa and Vaclev Havel became good friends later in Frank’s life as the former Czechoslovakia won its’ freedom.
I used to play Rat Tomago (the one from Sheik Yerbouti) for friends that never listened to FZ and/or thought he was just some goof that made novelty songs - most were in awe by the end.
Give ‘Apostrophe’ and ‘Joe’s Garage’ a listen. There are so many other great albums he put out, but these have some of the most wickedly satirical songs ever written on them. He really was a George Carlin with a guitar.
The “Central Scrutinizer” warned about the rise of Political Correctness.
Watermelon in Easter Hay, is as good as anything David Gilmour ever did.
I agree. Copied but never equaled.
Definitely.
His own family endorsing Al Gore Junior for prez in 2000 would’ve killed him.
“His own family endorsing Al Gore Junior for prez in 2000 would’ve killed him.”
The way he ripped on Tipper was one for the ages.
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Rock was banned but Frank Zappa’s albums got through classified as “jazz”.
My favorite Zappa song.
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