Shop Music
Amazon.com Music
Office Supplies
"Napster Official Site"
|
Does Humor Belong in Music? Frank Zappa Live
Home > Complete List of "x-z" Artists > Frank Zappa > Item 19
 |
|
 |
 |
Does Humor Belong in Music? Frank Zappa Live
|
by Ed Mann, BobMartin, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, and Ray White
|
List Price: $19.98
$10.97
At Amazon
on 9-8-2008.
|
|
One of the best things about Zappa's 84 touring band was the fact that, for the most part, they appeared to have a good time on stage. Most of the band had worked with Frank for several years, which led to a more relaxed, free-form attitude on stage. This led to a lot of "secret word" shenanigans, with band members frequently changing the lyrics to (somewhat tired) songs to make the other band members laugh. For an excellent example of what I'm talking about, see the first disc of "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3". Unfortunately, that humor is in short supply on this disc. The titular humor is only evident in the songs themselves which are, admittedly, juvenile, and widely available. The attraction of a Zappa live set is the element of surprise, of the spontaneous, not just run-throughs of songs you've already heard. The master tapes of this must exist somewhere, and I was hoping for extra footage (two nights were actually filmed). A lot of material was left out of the final movie (we get the last few seconds of "The Deathless Horsie", but we get all of "The Dangerous Kitchen". Frank, why?). However, since this was released by Virgin/EMI and not by The Zappa Family Trust, the likelihood of those performances ever making it to DVD are very slim. The sound and video on the disc are solid. For the price, it's worth seeing the 84 band in action. Just don't expect to see anything you haven't already heard.
Comment | Permalink |
(Report this)
|
Does Humor Belong in Music? Frank Zappa Live
Available from Amazon
Price: $10.97
Updated on 9-8-2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTICE:
All product prices, availability, and specifications
are subject to verification by their respective retailers.
(C) Copyright 2001-2003,
MusicMunchers.com
info@musicmunchers.com
Privacy Policy
Powered by
Bookshopmaker.com |
