| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
CPicard 
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 03 2008
Location: Là, sui monti.
Status: Offline
Points: 10841
|
 Topic: Zappa Fans: Your First Zappa album (what era)?
Posted: December 21 2013 at 16:00 |
|
I've started with Sheik Yerbouti and Joe's Garage, but just because my father got these albums in his collection.
I think I've checked Mothers of Invention's material some years later, when I found Freak Out! or Weasels Ripped My Flesh at my local library.
|
 |
uduwudu
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 17 2007
Status: Offline
Points: 2601
|
Posted: December 21 2013 at 04:37 |
|
Orchestral Favorites. It was either going to be that or In New York. Friend of mine had the Sleep Dirt album. Loved 'em all. Still do, albeit for different reasons.
|
|
Svetonio
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 20 2010
Location: Serbia
Status: Offline
Points: 10213
|
Posted: December 21 2013 at 00:41 |
|
Hot Rats was the first FZ album I owned.
|
|
KingCrInuYasha
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 26 2010
Location: USA
Status: Offline
Points: 1281
|
Posted: December 20 2013 at 20:22 |
|
Apostrophe - My father bought that album and introduced me to it about, I dunno, five years after he got it. I liked it, then started getting into the first three Mothers albums, then Joe's Garage, then Flo and Eddie... it kind of bounced back and forth. Last year, when his stuff temporally went out of print due to the Family Trust's issues with Ryko, I freaked and bought a bunch of his stuff, at one point buying a used vinyl copy of Sheik Yerbouti for 30 bucks, which was worth every penny. My most recent purchase was the latest reissue of Bongo Fury.
|
|
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
|
|
HolyMoly
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin
Joined: April 01 2009
Location: Atlanta
Status: Offline
Points: 26138
|
Posted: December 20 2013 at 11:35 |
|
Thanks everyone for the thoughtful replies. I only make polls when I'm
genuinely curious to know something, and your input has given me what I
was hoping for.
|
|
My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
-Kehlog Albran
|
|
Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin
Joined: January 22 2009
Location: Magic Theatre
Status: Offline
Points: 23104
|
Posted: December 20 2013 at 11:13 |
 Gotta love these little stories of PA....
As for the poll: my first Zappa album was Hot Rats. I heard Peaches en Regalia over VH1 (Yep pretty strange) and was completely hooked from the get-go. After all I was a huge Samla Mammas Manna fan from way before, and it doesn't take a sonic professor to hear the similarities there, although Franky boy's take on circus music was entirely his own. I then purchased The Grand Wazoo and Freak Out! and haven't really looked back since.
|
|
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
|
|
moshkito
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 04 2007
Location: Grok City
Status: Offline
Points: 17748
|
Posted: December 20 2013 at 08:44 |
Hi,
Believe it or not, I got started with Chunga's Revenge, and then 200 Motels about the same time.
I always thought of 200 Motels as a very special experimental film in more than one way, but sadly, no one can relate to it.
Beleive it or not, the group that got me into Frank Zappa was BABE RUTH, who did a killer version of King Kong in their first album ... which made me go out and get Frank's album right away.
Edited by moshkito - December 23 2013 at 10:21
|
|
Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
www.pedrosena.com
|
|
HackettFan
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 20 2012
Location: Oklahoma
Status: Offline
Points: 7951
|
Posted: December 19 2013 at 21:01 |
|
Started vaguely aware of Zappa since Dancin Fool came out. I remember hearing some guitar in a drunken stupor from Sheik Yer Bouti, and thinking "boy, that's awesome." Then I got some friends who were Zapoids when I started college. I "started" by listening to their stuff. The first I remember was Them or Us. I thought Truck Driver Divorce was hilarious, but even the guitar leads left me giddy. They played and taped Joe's Garage and You Are What You Is for me. The first I actually bought, though, was the Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar box set, which is still among my favorites of all time. Not long after I got a used copy of Freak Out and We're Only In it for the Money. Many other albums entered my collection after that. I managed to get both my parents interested in Zappa too eventually.
|
|
Barbu
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 09 2005
Location: infinity
Status: Offline
Points: 30850
|
Posted: December 18 2013 at 19:16 |
|
Lumpy Gravy is the first I bought/heard. Boy, that was a huge mistake.
|
|
darkshade
Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: November 19 2005
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 10964
|
Posted: December 18 2013 at 17:32 |
 The Bearded Bard wrote:
Got Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo, Roxy & Elsewhere and You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 a couple of months ago. HR and TGW are the ones I've listened to the most, so I guess I'll go with Jazzy Solo Things.
HolyMoly wrote:
Incidentally, the inspiration for this poll was this interesting flow chart darkshade posted in the Zappa thread, showing a recommended path to take with discovering Zappa. |
Ha, that will come in handy! Thanks for (re-)posting that. 
I really enjoy both HR and TGW so far, so I guess I'll get Waka/Jawaka, Sleep Dirt, Imaginary Diseases, Bongo Fury and Apostrophe (') next. |
That all sounds good to me.
|
|
|
|
The Bearded Bard
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: January 24 2012
Location: Behind the Sun
Status: Offline
Points: 12859
|
Posted: December 18 2013 at 16:26 |
Got Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo, Roxy & Elsewhere and You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 a couple of months ago. HR and TGW are the ones I've listened to the most, so I guess I'll go with Jazzy Solo Things.
HolyMoly wrote:
Incidentally, the inspiration for this poll was this interesting flow chart darkshade posted in the Zappa thread, showing a recommended path to take with discovering Zappa. |
Ha, that will come in handy! Thanks for (re-)posting that.
I really enjoy both HR and TGW so far, so I guess I'll get Waka/Jawaka, Sleep Dirt, Imaginary Diseases, Bongo Fury and Apostrophe (') next.
Edited by The Bearded Bard - December 18 2013 at 16:27
|
|
|
|
King Manuel
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 16 2010
Location: South Africa
Status: Offline
Points: 952
|
Posted: December 17 2013 at 07:40 |
|
many many years ago my younger brother bought MOTHERMANIA: THE BEST OF THE MOTHERS
I still love this compilation to this day. Brings back childhood memories. My brother and me must had been around 15 or 16 when we listened to this album over and over.
|
|
Mormegil
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 03 2010
Location: NE PA
Status: Offline
Points: 7188
|
Posted: December 17 2013 at 07:31 |
|
Orig Mothers with Over-Nite Sensation.
|
|
Welcome to the middle of the film.
|
|
octopus-4
Special Collaborator
RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams
Joined: October 31 2006
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 14201
|
Posted: December 17 2013 at 06:51 |
|
Somebody actually forgot Joe's Garage at my home. I started with it.
|
|
I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
|
|
HolyMoly
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin
Joined: April 01 2009
Location: Atlanta
Status: Offline
Points: 26138
|
Posted: December 17 2013 at 05:56 |
Incidentally, the inspiration for this poll was this interesting flow chart darkshade posted in the Zappa thread, showing a recommended path to take with discovering Zappa.
|
|
My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
-Kehlog Albran
|
|
PabstRibbon
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 26 2009
Location: Québec
Status: Offline
Points: 925
|
Posted: December 17 2013 at 05:21 |
|
the jazzy stuff and the Roxy era were the first, I really fell in love with Hot Rats and Waka/Jawaka when I was around 14. Great time
|
|
irrelevant
Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: March 07 2010
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 13382
|
Posted: December 17 2013 at 05:18 |
Man With Hat wrote:
One Size Fits All was my first album. So Roxy era for me. |
|
|
|
|
Metalmarsh89
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 15 2013
Location: Oregon, USA
Status: Offline
Points: 2673
|
Posted: December 17 2013 at 01:37 |
|
Joe's Garage for me. I picked the late 70's option since that was when the first parts were released.
|
|
Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 03 2005
Location: Olympus Mons
Status: Offline
Points: 15926
|
Posted: December 16 2013 at 23:56 |
|
Setting the scene, during the late-80's (about 17 years old) I was heavily into dope, Floyd, Airplane/Starship (Jefferson's of course), Quicksilver and The Grateful Dead. I did my usual Friday night visit to the local 2nd Hand record shop - conveniently, a bike-ride from home. One evening I entered the store and heard this amazing guitar solo, it straight away brought to my mind 'Quicksilver'. The Prog-Guru behind the counter, Doug, told me it was Frank Zappa - Hot Rats, the song was about half-way through 'Willie The Pimp'. I asked if the LP was for sale, he said "yes", and I told him "sold". The rest is history.
|
|
The Dark Elf
Forum Senior Member
VIP Member
Joined: February 01 2011
Location: Michigan
Status: Offline
Points: 13090
|
Posted: December 16 2013 at 22:55 |
|
I first became acquainted with Frank in 1972, when I memorized the lyrics to "Billy the Mountain" while on a camping trip. It went downhill from there.
|
|
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Zappa Fans: Your First Zappa album (what era)?
