The Front Cover is a representation of the title track. The Title Track is a MUST LISTEN too... Look at the Album Cover, and pretty much describes what the Grand Wazoo title track tune is all about.
I was a teen in the late 70s and never got into Zappa I respected him as musician and knew a few tunes But when i saw Inca Roads about a year ago it blew me away so im on the ride with you
2 + 4 albums are (almost) filled with instrumental jazz fusion: The grand wazoo, Waka/jawaka (both 1972), and Hot rats, Burnt weeny sandwich, Weasels ripped my flesh, and Chunga's revenge (1969-1970). These are the albums I most likely return to. The most classical iconical is probably Hot rats. EDIT: If you want to check something totally unknown in US: Swedish "Samla mammas manna" with "Circus Apparatha" (1971) - obviously with Zappa influences!
Yes it is a part of a larger concept, it’s the band Grand Wazoo and a variation on the basic theme,,, listen to the whole album as you should with All FZ albums {-
Here’s my take on this song. Just my opinion. Frank did Interviews with various so called “Journalists” back in the day. a vast majority, according to Frank, we’re highly unqualified to do their jobs. only a very few ever got a great interview with him. so I figure this is an answer to all the dumb questions they asked him. Eat that Question is him saying STFU and just listen. In other words, don’t ask that question… watch any of his interview’s on RU-vid, then you’ll have a better Idea with whom you’re dealing with . Frank was like no other…
There is a Zappa wiki where you can read the liner notes and get the whole story of what’s happening on the album cover. The short version is it’s a musical battle which seems to be between CLETUS AWREETUS-AWRIGHTUS and MEDIOCRATES OF PEDESTRIUM but there’s a lot more to it than that. I basically interpret it as a battle between jazz and easy listening.
Amazing reaction my friend!!....In 2017, the music world was shocked by the bursting onto the scene of a 22-year-old singer named Dimash Kudaibergen, who performed on the famous Chinese competition show for professional singers called “The Singer”... It was just It was necessary for this young man to make his first appearance, making a cover of one of the most difficult songs in the world, a famous French composition called "S.O.S. D'un Terrien En Détresse", to be considered from that moment on as the best singer in the entire planet....No one in the musical field had ever seen a human being, being able to reach vocal ranges above 7 octaves and several semitones, that is, all 88 keys of a digital piano, which reaches a little more than 7 octaves and as if that weren't enough, sing the more than 12 languages...Since then all kinds of experts (Vocal coach, analysts, singing teachers, youtubers, reactors, etc.) have dedicated themselves to reviewing their presentations to try to understand how someone can sing this way...The incredible thing is that that presentation in China was in 2017 and 5 years have passed since then, but what Dimash has done in these 5 years is to further improve his wide vocal range, which is currently practically above of the 8 octaves... The Covid pandemic stopped his concerts worldwide, all with tickets sold in just seconds, via the internet, but at the same time it ended up catapulting him to the top of popularity worldwide...Anyway, since I think you are one of those reactors who have not yet met this impressive singer, here is the link of that presentation in China in 2017, with the song S.O.S. and I would like you to mention my name as the person who recommended him to you...You have to be prepared because you ar going to receive an avalanche of views, comments and new subscribers....I leave you one more recent video than the others, so it does not have the same number of views as the previous ones, which have millions of views, but it is a more complete video, with an intro, subtitles in several languages and with the improved quality of audio and sound....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bDX3FhmyNac.html
@@JohnSlopReacts Thank you John for responding my comment... Don't wait for your first reaction to Dimash because that first reaction will change your life as a reactor forever.
On the album cover the story is printer out and it is truly a hilarious story covering one side of the cover. PETER K you should have enclosed it. I’m a computer idiot so I don’t know how to enclose a link to the story but I’m sure it’s easy to find. Especially the definition of a ”QUESTION” is particulary hilarious, at least in my mind! Great reaction!👍
The liner notes for this album provide the over-arching story depicted on the cover. The story is often told musically without lyrics. Zappa once said that playing in 4/4 is unnatural as we don't speak in 4/4. As you immerse yourself into his music you will find that many of the complicated melodies have lyrics that were not used but may crop-up on later on, usually live, performances.
Yeah, the rest of the LP cover explained the concept/story…funny, nothing deep, except maybe with Frank it is. As a college student, budding rock musician, this album, especially this song(!), gave me a nudge to look more closely at jazz. Very grateful for that. And I want the next track on this album, “Blessed Relief”, played at my funeral : )
I feel confident that the relationship between the cover art and the music is the opposite of what you’ve proposed: the music would have come first, with the artist interpreting the music and making the visuals out of it
This song is a perfect example of one of Frank's absurdist movies for your ears. There's a cartoonish pomposity brought to the voicings of several orchestral instruments, playing different characters. Wonderful rhythmic warring too. This is Frank mocking puffery with humor.
This was the first song off this album that I heard. Even though it had been out for years, I had only heard Overnight Sensation, Zoot Allures, Apostrophe and a couple of songs here and there off other albums, so I was shocked. Had the musicianship not been so amazing, especially the keyboards and drums, I might of been turned off, but as it was I kept listening and next thing ya know I'm a fan of progressive jazz fusion! It's been repeated many times, but yes, Blessed Relief is also amazing.
