The Present Day Composer Refuses To Die! [message #5801] |
Thu, 28 April 2005 20:21 |
elektratig
Messages: 348 Registered: May 2009
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Much as I love classical and other genres, I'm listening at the moment to The Mothers' Absolutely Free at ear-splitting levels (Welborne Laurels and Pi 4s). It's been a while, but God how I love this album. Plastic People . . . The Duke of Prunes . . . Call Any Vegetable . . . and Brown Shoes Don't Make It. Un-****ing-believable. I suppose you had to be there, but I first listened to this stuff as a Ninth or Tenth grader -- it was like plugging my brain directly into an electric socket, and I haven't recovered since. What a genius that man was. Suzy Creamcheese, Oh mama now, What's got into you?
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And A Nightcap [message #5806 is a reply to message #5803] |
Thu, 28 April 2005 21:34 |
elektratig
Messages: 348 Registered: May 2009
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Grand Master |
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The sublime Watermelon in Easter Hay. 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 G'night!
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Re: The Present Day Composer Refuses To Die! [message #5869 is a reply to message #5801] |
Tue, 17 May 2005 20:05 |
mollecon
Messages: 203 Registered: May 2009
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I started listening to Zappa way back, probably ~'70. I still think he is/was one great, modern American composer - apart from all the other things he was so good at, funny lyrics, a studio wizard and soforth. I love his guitar playing, too. "Water Melon in Easter Hay" from "Joe's Garage, act 3" is amazing, and a bit unusual for Zappa, since it's close to beautiful in the ol'fashioned way.
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