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Points: 2585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 26 2011 at 07:35
Yes Harder, dumb, Conehead, good ones but humour seems to be   over music through the album
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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 26 2011 at 07:42
Originally posted by JasonL JasonL wrote:

Originally posted by Warthur Warthur wrote:

If you loved Hot Rats then I'd particularly recommend Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo (semi-sequels to Hot Rats, which saw Zappa applying similar aesthetic and compositional principles to a really *big* band), as well as Uncle Meat or Burnt Weeny Sandwhich, where you can hear the original Mothers of Invention lineup working on fusion-ish material which would end up influencing Hot Rats a lot.


I agree - that'll take you nicely into extended-jam-type territory.

 Can I also make a recommendation for Joe's Garage?  My personal favorite of Zappa's catalog (though I can't claim to have heard every FZ album ever), it has some tasty jamming, some catchy songs, and some pretty heartfelt stuff too, along with some very adolescent humor (par for the course).  It's not the most like the other stuff you've liked, but I think it borders it more closely than a lot of other FZ material.  Please let me know if you like it - I'm always spreading Joe's gospel.

Watermelon in Easter Hay is a masterpiece, Keep it Greasey is good, Outside Now is ok, the rest..... meh. 
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http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385
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Points: 2585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2011 at 04:28
I had a new listening to the double live: The best band you never heard in your life....Realy good, as good as New York....
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