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Just Another Band from La by: Frank Zappa List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £12.69 You Save: £1.30 ( 9%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0014431051524 Format: Live Label: Rykodisc Manufacturer: Rykodisc Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Rykodisc Release Date: May 01, 1995 Studio: Rykodisc Sales Rank: 71105 MPN: 310515 Disc 1: Related Items:
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 Rating: - a mountain's pilgrim's progress... classic rock comedyThis was one of the first Zappa albums I ever heard, and the 25-minute epic of billy the mountain’s journey across America (paid for by the postcard royalties he finally picks up) is still hilarious. Childish, silly, immature, too, but with a sharp edge that (as usual) Zappa works under the bland, accepting façade of everyday American life. He then yanks the blade up, baring the stupidity, smugness, hypocrisy and slavishness of much of late sixties-early seventies American society. Zappa was completely against the use of drugs, yet this silly masterpiece is highly addictive. Just another Zappa paradox. If “Tommy” was a “rock opera”, this is mock opera of the highest quality. Do yerself a favah an buy it TODAAAAAAAY! Rating: - Brilliant and masterful. Classic Zappa at his best.As always Zappa finds the words, bizzare yet brilliant. The music is orchestrated to perfection. 'Billy the Mountain' is Zappa at his best. A full side on vinyl and just as good on cd. Zappa thought hard and well on this storyline about a draft dodging mountain and his soon to be wife Ethel the tree. It's a must buy for any Zappa enthusiast. The rest of the album, 4 more in total, is just as on target as the main attraction, Billy, the coolest mountain you'll ever hear about. Rating: - Unmistakably, Unmissably Zappa!!A mountain dodging the draft? Flying lessons from super-hero Studebaker Hawke?? Unbelievable, folks - except in the mind of Zappa! Like his "Apostrophe" album, there is not a single cut on this album that is less than brilliant. "Billy the Mountain" occupied a complete side on the original vinyl (Boring? - Eddie are you kidding me?). From outsize outfitters, through vegetarian roach clips and Canadian lust, to the unbelievable and magically constructed guitar solo on "Dogbreath", the genius of FZ shines through. Zappa was one of the truly great guitar stylists of the last century and demonstrated complete mastery of the fuzzbox - a skill which vindicated this much misused piece of equipment. Add to this the zaniest sense ... Read More: Rating: - Unmistakably, Unmissably Zappa!!A mountain dodging the draft? Flying lessons from super-hero Studebaker Hawke?? Unbelievable, folks - except in the mind of Zappa! Like his "Apostrophe" album, there is not a single cut on this album that is less than brilliant. "Billy the Mountain" occupied a complete side on the original vinyl (Boring? - Eddie are you kidding me?). From outsize outfitters, through vegetarian roach clips and Canadian lust, to the unbelievable and magically constructed guitar solo on "Dogbreath", the genius of FZ shines through. Zappa was one of the truly great guitar stylists of the last century and demonstrated complete mastery of the fuzzbox - a skill which vindicated this much misused piece of equipment. Add to this the zaniest sense ... Read More: |
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