Frank Zappa Discussion/Survivor: Last albums by original Mothers (now voting!) [abandoned]

Should this survivor continue

  • Yes

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes, but lets start over and/or use all the songs

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lets do a discography discussion instead

    Votes: 6 100.0%
  • Total voters
    6

Weasels Ripped My Flesh, August 1970 (Official release #10)
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Our final album from the original Mothers introduces three more Zappa classics...

My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
This might be the closest Zappa ever came to "mainstream hard rock".

Oh No
Zappa's best lyric, IMO. Great melody to go with it also.

Zappa also often performed "Oh No" as an instrumental:

The Orange County Lumber Truck
Another great instrumental.

This entry also includes "Son of Orange County" from Roxy & Elsewhere, which is built from both "Orange County" and "Oh No".

This gives us 12 songs for this voting group. 4 will move on to the next stage.
@Mosh, @Shadow, @JudasMyGuide, @Deus_Adrian and all other Zappafreaks, have at it!
 
For the record I really do love all the eliminated tracks, but they...they had to go. Wish Igor's Boogie had made the cut.

Now it gets tough. I am dreading this decision even more than I am dreading the next round!!! ;)
 
Shadow said:
Burnt Weeny Sandwich is an underrated album, I think. You could see it as a voyage through Zappa's musical roots - a couple of doo wop covers, a Stravinsky tribute, some jazz, some rock... and I've never heard anything else quite like "Little House I Used to Live In". Any prog rock fan should give this a spin.
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My words, exactly. Sandwich might just be my favourite early Zappa album and "Little House" is a real treat. Also helps he doesn't go overboard with neither the siliness nor the avantgarde here.

Voted for Pound, King Kong and Orange County.
 
So, is this thread gonna continue, or what? :p :D @SinisterMinisterX , regain your duties, man... :)

I've been listening to ol' Frank for the last few days (well, mainly to Just Another Band from LA and You Are What You Is, but still...)

...and reading the Real Zappa Book. But I haven't been all that crazy about that one. Let's just say I like Frank more when he shuts up and plays his guitar some more or sings, since he sounds more clever that way. Still, a funny read all the same. It was interesting to read about the backstory of Let's Make the Water Turn Black, for example. Also, him serving jailtime for recording an audio-porn was an unexpected thing.
 
So if SMX isn't coming back to continue this, I would be up for doing it or starting a new (more traditional) survivor from scratch if others are interested.

I love the Zappa book, but I get what you're saying Judas. The last half of that back becomes less autobiography and more of a compilation of his opinions on various subjects. It was written when Zappa was at the height of his political activism.
 
Mosh said:
I would be up for doing it or starting a new (more traditional) survivor from scratch if others are interested.
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I'm all for that, but what to choose? Or we can just go through all the 80 albums, is anyone in a hurry anyway? :D
 
Depends on what everybody is up for. I would at least be up for doing the first 20 albums and seeing if there is still interest after that.
 
I'd also prefer a simple discography discussion. We can take it chronologically and continue for as long as we feel like it.
 
I agree. I am fine leading the discussions unless you guys want to take turns? Could change it up a bit.
 
How about doing two albums at once when appropriate to speed things along? I'm mainly thinking Apostrophe and Overnite Sensation, but there are some others.
 
It has been decided then, but I too support the "commented discography" option.

Or alternatively a new Survivor, but with all the songs this time and a very fast update rate. But yeah, the discography's probably better.

I wholeheartedly agree with the fast updates - the chance I might miss some of the albums is not as bad as the possibility we could finish in 2025... :innocent:

BTW: What has happened to @SinisterMinisterX ? Does any of you know if he's coming back anytime soon?
 
I don't know if I intend on finishing the whole discography, it's doable but a huge project. I would like to make it to 1982 at least.

This isn't the first time SMX has jumped ship, give him a few years I guess.
 
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