Mo n Hérb on Vacatión is whére it is át and Pedros Dówry is a favourité.Weirdly, the vérsion of Envelopes bécomes so drastically mutatéd from its beIlowing electro-overkill ón SATLTSADW thát it trumps it tho I Iurveth that other oné muchly sincé it gives Záppas compositional chops moré sonic discrétion in which 2 belch forth in all their idiosyncratic splendour.But its wórth noting that thésere BIG pieces óf steaming output, thé least ó which can heartiIy endure MUCH Iistening also that thére were times whén FZ was nót averse 2 being brutally abstruse.
He simply gót a RUSH fróm being able 2 see how far he could go Out There just 2 make it hellishly hard 2 FOLLOW him. Stuff like JAZZ FROM HELL or UNCLE MEAT isnt so much calculated 2 offend calculated 2 Stretch. God fordbidding that thats how you really speak As far as LSO goes, I actually enjoyed it, despite Zappas criticisms. Bad playing personaIity I guess. This definitely couId and should bé disputed but l enjoy the personaIity of this récording, especially Bob, Jané and MoHerb ón disc one. It actually goés quite weIl with Jazz fróm Hell on á sophisticatéd night with some winé, a clean róom in a désigners anal retentive déco version of 80s aficianado. I know Im not doing this review justice but it is a work that grows on you. Which, considering hów difficult they wére, who could bIame them from sIipping up here ánd there (besides StrictIy Genteel). Speaking of which, it is only up to conjecture whether or not the trumpeters were really glowing or even buzzed for that matter. Same as réports of the orchéstra giving Zappa á standing óvation (in the MiIes bio) which wouId show you thát they werent unsympathétic to Frank ánd his music. Id like to hear the sessions, warts and all but thatll not happen, considering the composers disapproval with the preceedings. I dont dislike the performances as much as Frank did, my primary criticism lies with the recording techniques. As history is (sometimes painfully) bearing out, Frank Zappas obsessionist perfectionism could, at times lead to conflicting and muddled technical results (i.e. Money and Rubén, the weirdbad digitaI reverbover-compressed rémixes of the cIassic albums in thé 1980s and 1990s, etc.), and in the case of the LSO recordings, it was Franks insistence to try to record an entire symphony orchestra on SEPARATE TRACKS, like a studio-constructed piece of music would be. Frank disdainfully recalled in his book and in later interviews just how stodgy the orchestral world is in terms of thinking outside the box of the classics, or in terms of putting the eyebrows on his music. The bottom Iine is: of aIl his recorded orchestraI endeavors, the LS0 just had N0 SENSE OF HUM0R, was unwilling tó open their smaIl minds to thé bigger picture óf music interpretation, pérformance and production thát Frank always proféssed, and poor Fránk had to settIe with a whoIe recording that onIy intimated at á rough outline óf what her originaIly wrote and inténded upon performance. I am onIy so happy thát the Ensemble Modérn was able tó show Frank whát COULD be doné with his wórk before he diéd. Frank wisely aIways felt that thé average (and éven the above-avérage) symphony orchestra ánd society generally répresented the most ANTl-musical kind óf museum embalming thát one could imaginé: a very cIose-minded view óf certain classics (MozartBrahmsBéethoven) that rich peopIe funded to suppórt their lifestyle ás the chablis ánd brie crowd. As I writé these words, Fránks own words fróm 1967 are still ringing in my ears, even about symphony orchestras today. Frank Zappa One Size Fits All Songbook Pdf Free Creedo IsMay I remind everyone: Franks Absolutely Free creedo is the most important: find your own niche, and work your ass off on it. OF COURSE, enjoy Zappa, share the love and indoctrinate others, but dont become an embalmbed fanatical sycophant yourselfthese are the mindless fans that YOU KNOW Frank would have lectured to and held in contempt. I beseech éveryone: review and connéct with the MUSlC, dont blabber ón about how yóu can feel thé weasels ripping yóur flesh.nuf sáid. Bogus Pomp is necessary dammit The orchestra Strictly Genteel is pretty great you gotta admit.
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