GREAT TUNE "BUTT"... This song is in the middle of a 2 hour Rock Opera with a story line that explains why this song is what it is. A naughty tune explaining to Lawyers how to survive Jail Time. Joe's Garage is one of the best Rock Operas ever written. The first 45 minutes has a great story line that will eventually get you to this tune.
This period in Zappa's career - the late 70's - is when he threw all caution to the wind in terms of his thematic and lyrical content. Joe's Garage - ( just as with Sheik Yerbouti before it ) - pretty much made fun of everyone - nobody was given a pass. And of course Frank was a visionary in what he saw coming - not only for the dishonorable music industry that he despised - but for society at large.
This period was also when his contract with Warner Brothers was finally over, and he started his own label Zappa Records. Although Zappa Records had Mercury/Phonogram as the parent company, he had more freedom to sing whatever he wanted. When he founded Barking Pumpkin, all bets were off. That was full control, and he inaugurated his Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studio along with it. Total control and unlimited studio access.
They never actually used that 19-beat groove in live performances, not even in Vinnie's second stint (though on that tour they did play the "song" part at the most harebrained tempo). The song briefly drops into the 21 beat that was a memorable feature of 1978 jams. Rhythm section apart, the guitar solo on this track was floated in from a performance of Outside Now (and most of it can be heard au naturel on the Guitar album).
Aren't you splitting hairs here? We all know that "Outside Now" at that stage was an interlude during City Of Tiny Lites - and from that evolved both the "song" and the two solos we're speaking of. But it makes sense to speak of "Outside Now" as a separate event, in the context of the 1979 tour - because it was also used as an opening-jam at one show.
And Vinnie C.on drums from another universe!
The Best
Zappa the freak genius
Roll it over...
GREAT TUNE "BUTT"... This song is in the middle of a 2 hour Rock Opera with a story line that explains why this song is what it is. A naughty tune explaining to Lawyers how to survive Jail Time.
Joe's Garage is one of the best Rock Operas ever written. The first 45 minutes has a great story line that will eventually get you to this tune.
This period in Zappa's career - the late 70's - is when he threw all caution to the wind in terms of his thematic and lyrical content. Joe's Garage - ( just as with Sheik Yerbouti before it ) - pretty much made fun of everyone - nobody was given a pass. And of course Frank was a visionary in what he saw coming - not only for the dishonorable music industry that he despised - but for society at large.
This period was also when his contract with Warner Brothers was finally over, and he started his own label Zappa Records. Although Zappa Records had Mercury/Phonogram as the parent company, he had more freedom to sing whatever he wanted. When he founded Barking Pumpkin, all bets were off. That was full control, and he inaugurated his Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studio along with it. Total control and unlimited studio access.
The deepest rabbit hole on the internet.But you have to keep it greasy lol - Singer was Ike Willis who worked a long time with Frank.
hell yea.. definetely gotta keep easy.. so it goes down easy
For the most part, Frank Zappa lyrics are always funny/sexual. The musicianship is unmatched.
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They never actually used that 19-beat groove in live performances, not even in Vinnie's second stint (though on that tour they did play the "song" part at the most harebrained tempo).
The song briefly drops into the 21 beat that was a memorable feature of 1978 jams.
Rhythm section apart, the guitar solo on this track was floated in from a performance of Outside Now (and most of it can be heard au naturel on the Guitar album).
Aren't you splitting hairs here? We all know that "Outside Now" at that stage was an interlude during City Of Tiny Lites - and from that evolved both the "song" and the two solos we're speaking of. But it makes sense to speak of "Outside Now" as a separate event, in the context of the 1979 tour - because it was also used as an opening-jam at one show.