One thing to keep in mind is that Zappa was loved in France too. Zappa was also extremely self-deprecating.
But in the end, it's authentic Zappaesque by including a xylophone!
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by Orthography Enthusiast » Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:07 am
gilmanc @ Oct 3 2007, 07:42 PM wrote: But in the end, it's authentic Zappaesque by including a xylophone!
Not to mention that it also includes an authentic Zappa.
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by Big Spoon » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:15 pm
While looking for my new sig, I came across this Zappa quote:
Does anyone think this could have been inspiration for GiF at all?
There is no hell. There is only France.
Does anyone think this could have been inspiration for GiF at all?
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by The Ice Cream Man » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:11 am
Sorry, not reading this whole thread.
Frank Zappa has to be my all time favorite musician, composer, artist, and politician who ever lived.
Honestly, if I didn't know better I'd say Zappa wrote this and gave it to Al saying "Record and release this in 10 years" before he died.
The references are much higher musically than vocally. The female vocals were highly used by Zappa in the early 70s. (I gotta get into it before I get outta it!)
There are little sound effects that sound ripped right from certain Zappa songs. The guitar tone is perfect (Dweezil, Frank Zappa's son plays the intro solo.)
Seriously, I think Zappa wrote this song, it's the perfect tribute and if he was alive today he'd probably bring together the means to make a live version.
Frank Zappa has to be my all time favorite musician, composer, artist, and politician who ever lived.
Honestly, if I didn't know better I'd say Zappa wrote this and gave it to Al saying "Record and release this in 10 years" before he died.
The references are much higher musically than vocally. The female vocals were highly used by Zappa in the early 70s. (I gotta get into it before I get outta it!)
There are little sound effects that sound ripped right from certain Zappa songs. The guitar tone is perfect (Dweezil, Frank Zappa's son plays the intro solo.)
Seriously, I think Zappa wrote this song, it's the perfect tribute and if he was alive today he'd probably bring together the means to make a live version.
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by Big Spoon » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:43 pm
In order to appreciate GiF to its full potential, you have to be a Zappa fan. I used to enjoy it, but never thought it was great. Now that I'm a huge FZ fan, it is one of my favorite songs of Al's.
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by WeirdAlsBestFriend » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:47 pm
I love the song and I'm not a Zappa fan.
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by minnick27 » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:27 pm
But being a Zappa fan brings the song to a whole new level. And Barney Slayer, did this song bring you to listen to Zappa, or did you get into him from somewhere else?
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by Big Spoon » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:30 pm
I heard Don't Eat The Yellow Snow and Nanook Rubs It off of a Dr. Demento CD and thought that the entire CD continued the same story, so I bought it off of iTunes. It didn't, but I still enjoyed it. Then it was a few years later I had $30 at Barnes and Noble and I decided to get some Zappa CD's, to try out his music. Now I'm a big fan.
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