tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post1079105478366152810..comments2024-01-13T08:49:14.041-08:00Comments on Myrhaf: ZappaMyrhafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-65684936925106501402007-11-14T14:27:00.000-08:002007-11-14T14:27:00.000-08:00F# minor to A sounds natural. Maybe it's because F...F# minor to A sounds natural. Maybe it's because F# minor is the 6th in the key of A.Myrhafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-11896117878048620752007-11-13T23:12:00.000-08:002007-11-13T23:12:00.000-08:00Ps. -- to "characterize":I've always said he was t...Ps. -- to "characterize":<BR/><BR/>I've always said he was the H. L. Mencken of rock music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-61057540290262763882007-11-13T23:10:00.000-08:002007-11-13T23:10:00.000-08:00We have a good time with it.The two songs that you...We have a good time with it.<BR/><BR/>The two songs that you guys have in mind could work at least as well, I think, not least because of their keys: we're putting "Slime" in F#-minor, and "San Ber'dino" is in A, I'm pretty sure. That's a pretty cool progression, and it also works the other way (reversing the song order).<BR/><BR/>The only question I would have would be how to manage the segue. I think "Dirty Love" is a bit better-matched to "Slime" in tempo, but that shouldn't be a show-stopper.<BR/><BR/>Let me know how it goes, wouldja?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-42937528702128113082007-11-13T21:48:00.000-08:002007-11-13T21:48:00.000-08:00Thanks, Jeff. If you follow the link, you can see ...Thanks, Jeff. If you follow the link, you can see a You Tube of Billy Beck's band rockin' Zappa.Myrhafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-19121249890565971482007-11-13T21:20:00.000-08:002007-11-13T21:20:00.000-08:00I would say Zappa was both iconoclastic and satiri...I would say Zappa was both iconoclastic and satirical. Certainly not beatnik. I'd love to learn how your cover medley progresses.<BR/><BR/>JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-59569389487222739912007-11-13T08:26:00.000-08:002007-11-13T08:26:00.000-08:00If I remember this right, Frank recorded The Surfa...If I remember this right, Frank recorded The Surfaris in that Cucamonga studio. They had an A-side all done, and were packing gear to leave, when someone had the idea that the record needed a B-side. They didn't have anything rehearsed, so they spend about an hour lashing something together.<BR/><BR/>The drums sounded like hell in that awful room, so Frank got the idea to close-mic them.<BR/><BR/>The song they recorded was "Wipeout", and it became a monster hit, and changed drum sounds forever.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And Jeffrey's right about hippies. Frank thought they were utterly ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-57664950579874113632007-11-13T08:19:00.000-08:002007-11-13T08:19:00.000-08:00Thanks for clearing those things up, Jeffrey. How ...Thanks for clearing those things up, Jeffrey. How do we characterize Frank Zappa's spirit? Iconoclastic? Satirical? Beatnik?Myrhafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-63751066338964304372007-11-13T06:13:00.000-08:002007-11-13T06:13:00.000-08:00You're kidding, right?Love your blog, but there ar...You're kidding, right?<BR/><BR/>Love your blog, but there are some misconceptions I'd like to clear up.<BR/><BR/>"I'm the Slime" is an attack on television. Even by the 1970's, Zappa thought it corrosive and unintellectual, full of sound bites and superficiality. He thought it misinformed and dumbed down the public. (I wonder what he would have thought of it today.) I don't think it has anything to do with middle class or bourgeois values. Zappa was not a hippie and is well known for chastising them and squaring off with some of them.<BR/><BR/>Zappa may have gotten a traffic ticket in San Bernardino, but he was also arrested in Cucamonga (which I believe is in San Bernardino County) for "conspiracy to commit pornography." The town of Cucamonga wanted to seize his recording studio so they could open a strip mall (or something like that), and they either didn't have time to use eminent domain or eminent domain abuse had not yet escalated. They sent an undercover cop to order a pornographic tape from him and, since he needed the business, he gladly accepted. Even though he never handed the tape over (the cop wouldn't give him the mutually agreed-on price), he was arrested, and the studio was seized. His equipment and recordings were never returned. He spent over a week in jail. (See the song's lyrics; they're autobiographical.) This is well documented in many sources, including The Real Frank Zappa Book. He may still have gotten off easy compared to Davis, but I'd say that's a lot worse than a traffic ticket.<BR/><BR/>Jeffrey FalkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com