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Man With Hat 
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Posted: June 27 2005 at 12:55 |
 Joren wrote:
Why is Francesco Zappa in the list? It wasn't written by Frank Zappa!
... and I would have put Ruben And The Jets in the list...
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It is listed in the Zappa discography, and it is bad, that's why i included it.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 27 2005 at 06:30 |
Joren wrote:
Why is Francesco Zappa in the list? It wasn't written by Frank Zappa!
... and I would have put Ruben And The Jets in the list...
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But it was published by Rykodisc ... god knows why.
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Joren
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Posted: June 27 2005 at 06:22 |
Why is Francesco Zappa in the list? It wasn't written by Frank Zappa!
... and I would have put Ruben And The Jets in the list...
Edited by Joren
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 22:10 |
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Hmmm...seems thing-fish is winning (or losing) at this moment. I guess ill supply an opinion. Francisco Zappa is by far the worst. Thing-fish is at least interesting and funny (at times). Now with my vote at least its tied. Keep voting people!
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wrax
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Posted: June 25 2005 at 04:02 |
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I can't believe Joe's Garage has had votes. It's one of his best, in my view. Thing Fish on the other hand is a total crock!
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AngelRat
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 10:07 |
'Sleep Dirt' is great! 'Everything Is Healing Nicely' is highly enjoyable too.
But I hope I never have to listen to 'Francesco Zappa' ever again in this life or the next.
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Richardw
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 08:50 |
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'SLEEP DIRT' ?????????????
I think it's one of Zappa's best albums, but to each his own I suppose.
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Velvetclown
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 02:35 |
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Joe's Domage
Everything Is Healing Nicely
Playground Psychotics
Francesco Zappa
Sleep Dirt
Fillmore East, June 1971
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SilverSurfer
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 22:25 |
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Francesco Zappa was indeed a highly unimpressive album and only an
album that someone would get if they need to complete a Zappa
collection..... otherwise don't waste your time or $......
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Albert Einstein
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 10:39 |
Thing Fish, though to be fair I've only ever heard bits of Francesco Zappa and highly unimpressive it was too.
Joe's Garage has some excellent material on it, particularly on disc 2, but the narration gets a bit tiresome after the first couple of spins.
The second half of Studio Tan is excellent, but I generally skip Greggary Peccary although even that has some excellent arrangements.
The sequence of albums that started with Tinsel Town Rebellion was his low point IMO, a series of slick but uninspired live/studio hybrids from about '79 to '84, although the Guitar album shows that even then he was capable of producing the goods when he wanted to.
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 03:30 |
I've got these 14 albums and I think I used to own You Are What You Is ... only one of those is on your list ... Francesco Zappa ... but it also happens to my least favourite of this lot ...
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention Freak Out
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention Absolutely Free
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention Were Only In It For The Money
Frank Zappa Hot Rats
Frank Zappa Chungas Revenge
Frank Zappa Waka/Jawaka
Frank Zappa The Grand Wazoo
Frank Zappa Over-nite Sensation
Frank Zappa Apostrophe ()
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention One Size Fits All
Frank Zappa Zoot Allures
Frank Zappa Orchestral Favourites
Frank Zappa Francesco Zappa
Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial: The Best Of
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 03:08 |
NetsNJfan:
I suppose it would have to deal with the albums you tried. So what were they??
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 00:55 |
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I've listened to about 6 of his albums and they have not grabbed me in the least bit. at all. i do not understand why people worship him.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 00:00 |
I agree about studio tan. The only reason i included it in this poll is that out of the four people i know that have listened to it (not including me), only one has liked it. And with JABFLA, that rating is not so good here, so i thought i should included that as well.
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Posted: June 22 2005 at 12:46 |
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studio tan was one of his best imo
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 And So is the first track from "Just another ...". Billy The Mountain is also one of the comedian highlights of Zappa.
SURE!
and his worst one is weasels ripped my flesh!
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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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Posted: June 22 2005 at 11:00 |
Mike Enregalia said
Joe's Garage is one of his best albums. Surely it depends on whether you like his humour ...
The Central Scrutinizer
Gay Bob ... Blow Job
Why does it hurt when I pee
Plooking
Dong Work For Yoda
It's incredibly funny! And approximately 40% of the album is crazy freaked out improvising solos ...
Anyway ... I voted for (against) Francesco Zappa
Well its certainly one of my favourites, along with Sheik Yerbouti!
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Richardw
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Posted: June 22 2005 at 10:41 |
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Got to be 'Francesco Zappa'. I like at least one track on 'Thing Fish', but Francesco is nearly unlistenable to me. I can't believe people have voted for 'Joe's Garage'. It is nowhere near Zappa's worst album.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 22 2005 at 08:33 |
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studio tan was one of his best imo
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And So is the first track from "Just another ...". Billy The Mountain is also one of the comedian highlights of Zappa.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 22 2005 at 08:32 |
Joe's Garage is one of his best albums. Surely it depends on whether you like his humour ...
The Central Scrutinizer
Gay Bob ... Blow Job
Why does it hurt when I pee
Plooking
Dong Work For Yoda
It's incredibly funny! And approximately 40% of the album is crazy freaked out improvising solos ...
Anyway ... I voted for (against) Francesco Zappa.
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Hemispheres
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Posted: June 22 2005 at 08:27 |
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studio tan was one of his best imo
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