Classical Composer Reacts to FRANK ZAPPA: The Adventures of Greggery Peccary | The Daily Doug Ep 779 

He wasn't wroong there.

I was going to say it reminded me of a soundtrack for a Warner Bros cartoon.

@@chrisdraughn5941I thought the same. A lot of his more orchestral instrumentals I could see. Warner Bros or the Walter Lantz stuff (Woody Woodpecker/Chilly Willy) That stuff was a lot more violent 🤣 It would be fun to swap out the music and see how it looks/sounds for personal consumption. Obviously would be a nightmare to post it anywhere.

Second that, then add in The Joe's Garage Rock Opera, in order, 20 minutes at a time, every Friday for 6 weeks.

I hope he hits many other songs first, I can't handle listening to Flo and Eddie wailing away. So many better songs.

All great, but "One Size Fits All" is an epic album. IMHO, his best.

@@robertcussins2807 definitely a great album.

I love Joe’s Garage, but it’s rather… controversial.

The White Zone is for loading, and unloading, only!

@@cryptotharg7400 if you gotta load, go to the white zone.

@@cryptotharg7400 ‘You’ll love it, it’s a way of life’

he was too busy yakking to notice it....theres TONS of his older instrumental stuff on this track...re purposed.....the Big Swifty tune in particular was played by his 1973 band ... I heard it live in Sydney....a great thrill to hear it turn up years later Cucamonga started out as an instrumental also

Really? I don't hear it. But then he was, as @TheTralfaz astutely noted, "too busy yakking."

Well, I won't speak for Doug; however, I think Doug prefers composed arrangements (preferably with a score) to long jams and/or endless solos.

@guitarchannel5676 Just thought it would give him a look at a side of Frank he hadn't seen yet. Also it was later on in his life if I remember...

I prefer "My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama"

The real challenge of the entire "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar" trilogy is figuring out which "core tunes" the solos were extracted from. I'm pretty sure that would be way over Doug's head (no offense intended).

@gregwolking FZ was a great composer, probably the most famous as far as my limited knowledge of this current era, of course. But he's a stud on the guitar, and that gets overshadowed by all the other stuff going on, humor, etc. Just thought it would help paint a more complete picture of a guy who deserves it. I'd have to give it a listen again to see what selections I'd recommend, but yeah, I think it's still worth a listen. For science!

Biiiiiilllly the moooouuuntain….

There's certainly enough material

Yes!!

I'd forgotten that Quentin reappears in Thing Fish.

Flo and Eddie! I really like the opening track of Life at Fillmore East "Little House I used to Live in". I think the album would appeal to Doug's funny bone, and musical sensibilities providing he isn't put off the the crassness of it. It's some of Frank's nastier stuff IMO.

There are people who whistle that "who is making..." motif as a form of disgusted commentary whenever someone farts in an elevator.

I do not think that is correct. London Symphony Orchestra album came first. Yellow Shark came later with chamber ensemble.

There are original charts out there, google them.

This. He has to watch that, it would blow his mind.

Not just dancers, but La la la Human steps. Part of the world famous five by two (5 X 2) dance ensemble. A most worthy addition to Franks "Last Band". He was so sick, but so happy and energized to be "on the road" one last time with performers of that level of talent and dedication.

I’ve wanted him to do G-Spot Tornado for a while now. Both Jazz From Hell version and Yellow Shark. And heck, why not the marching band from Ohio that does it too ;)

@@zappafanseeker1099 - Those dancers are outer worldly in ability. Good match to Frank.

God chunks of it WERE writtten before recording. The story and a lot of the nusic were written in early 1972 while he was hospitalized after having been pushed offstage in December, 71. An instrumental version in four movements was performed on The Grand Wazoo tour (September '72), the steno pool section was part 1 of a 3 section suite called Farther Oblivion z(not to bs confused with Father O'Blivion from the Yellow Snow suite), performed on the Petit Wazoo tour October-December '72. The studio version here was recorded in early 1975 with portions recorded at the recording sessions for the Orchestral Favorites album. The main character is voiced by a sped up FZ, the steno pool ladies are voiced by George Duke.

Planet Zappa

This. Thank you.

Hell yeah. Great call.

Zappa worked a lot with Bruce Bickford, who did the claymation bits from Zappa's videos.

Actually you should check out the film "200 Motels" which is the audio visual equivalent of this track.

It's so much better than Hot Rats

@@Alix777. I find that Frank's albums seem to come in pairs. Absolutely Free (his 2nd album) was like Freak Out 2.0. It was a more polished, more sophisticated version. Ruben and the Jets was an anathema to me, it wasn't really Frank. Lumpy Gravy came next and then We're Only In It For The Money, which sounded like Lumpy Gravy 2.0. Hot Rats (considered by many to be the first jazz fusion album) was like Burnt Weenie Sandwich (which came after WOIIFTM) 2.0. A more polished production.

That's actually not something I'd even bought into the equation. It also explains why he's portrayed as a pig. "Dio Fa" et al.

Yes it's so different from anything I've heard

Nope. It went like this: Frank gave WB Zappa In New York and was aghast to learn that they removed Punky's Whips from it as well as editing out any reference to Punky Meadows from Titties 'n Beer. They had no right to edit or censor his music and that made him angry. Why it made him so angry... As well, it appeared that he wasn't paid for Zappa In New York. He owed them three more albums on his contract, and he decided to drop the tapes for all three at once on them and be finished with them. He brought the tapes for three albums, those being Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt (so named by WB, although Frank intended it to be titled Hot Rats III - Waka/Jawaka - Hot Rats being Hot Rats II) and Orchestral Favorites. WB was to pay him $60K per album ($240K) and Frank would be on his way having fulfilled his contractual obligation to them and free to look for a new record company. With those breaches of contract, Frank felt he had the right to shop the music around to another record company. He still had his copies of the tapes and resequecenced the songs, removed a few, added more, including that signature "grout" between tracks, and that became Läther. He brought it, packaged as Läther, to Mercury/Phonogram and they were on board to release it. They went as far as making test pressings of it. WB stepped in and threatened them because, breach of contract or not, Frank was still their artist. In his way to give a big finger, rigid and stiff, to WB, he took those test pressings to KROQ radio in L.A. and invited his listeners to tape it off the air and to NOT buy the releases that would come out on WB. As to the official release of Läther, that came after his passing, released on Sept. 24, 1996.

Interesting premise did the Everything you know is wrong lads, jams intellectual bru ha ha with Zapsman.They were both lovers of dadaism and shakes da beer brilliant story creations. That would have been a remarkable colabormutaion Frank and Firesign do the Adventures of Nick Danger and his Swide Kick Gregory P PI. Oh da horror da horror...on Ruth.. ya seekers.

20:15 .... 20:24 :)

Or how about “ My guitar wants to kill yer mama. That was later covered by G3( Satriani, Vai , and Johnson)