I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.
Frank Zappa 

Dear Frank, where have you been? RP missed you so much... Godlike 10!
 

What an incredible musical journey!

 jagdriver wrote:  
Ah, the legendary Grande Ballroom. I took the Grand River bus past it every day to get to high school but never set foot inside. I bow before you.

Here it is again, the same "sandwich": preceded by Jill Barber-Measures & Scales, and followed by Patty Griffin-Let Him Fly!

Oh, excellent.  You have just reminded me that I forgot to purchase my Zappa Plays Zappa tickets for the Austin show.

 pinem wrote: 
Your ignorance overflows.

arrrrrgggggggg... I can't believe I missed this.  See Bill, a "play in now" button is the perfect solution to this issue.  Alas, another nine months before more Zappa.

I was there (1968)!  

(Note that Iggy was on the same bill for the Sunday no age limit performance I attended.)

I remember a pub quiz about 10 years ago where they played this and asked the artist/title.
The whole big overcrowded pub, or at least my team, seemed to be responding in unison with a baffled "WTF???", while I happily blurted out: "Cool, ZAPPA! Ooops I should have said that a lot quieter..."

I was fortunate to see Frank at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh:  half the time he had his back to the audience, because he was freakin' CONDUCTING the cracker-jack band (as always).  That night I was entertained by a genius!!!  Got to see Dweezil at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg Pa. His arrangements were spot-on:  if you have the chance, go see him.

  

Pitiful-if it didn't have Zappa credited as artist, this would get horrible reviews.

Outstanding pick! Always a welcome addition to my day.

KING KONG!

Thanks for a tune from the Zapper-man!  Dweezil has been touring around (seen him twice) with a band that does almost note-for-note renditions of the vinyl versions. 

It's amazing to see a live performance of these songs with their tortuously offbeat tempos.  (pun intended)

Good stuff.  Zappa could be played more often on RP.  And btw, if you're a Zappa fan, get thee to a Zappa Plays Zappa performance.  Dweezil's band is very, very good!

That magic year again, 1969. The wealth and variety of music that year has been unmatched.

Thanks, Bill!  Good idea for some Christmas Eve vinyl-spinning later.

Love this tune  but but not a huge FZ fan. Not sure why every thinks him such a genius, but then I don't get Robert Fripp, Miles Davies and many others either.

Even at my age I can still take on board "new"(to me) stuff so there is always a chance the bulb will light. 

who is this some long haired classical rock wannabee ??

As awesome as this song is, I'm a tad resentful of it being played here considering I tried to upload it years ago and it was summarily rejected.  Change of heart, Bill?

 laozilover wrote: 
Not awesomeness, that's for sure.  The only thing I can think of is clarinet. 

Other then the clarinet, I have little use for this song.  Maybe if I was stoned out of my mind I'd get it, but it's just not doing it for me.

Hmmm.  The same Patti Griffin/Jill Barber sandwich as before... I wonder what the connections are.

 dadofsammy wrote: 
Most polarizing?  Don't judge only by the comments. The peak up near 9 in the ratings histogram is much bigger than the little molehill down near 1.

I remember reading an interview with Alice Cooper back in the 70's.  He talked about meeting Frank Zappa, and said (paraphrased), "Zappa told me that the Mothers' songs were always incredibly complicated and difficult - and then he said, 'But Jesus, It'd take us a WEEK to learn one of your songs!'  I was completely flattered."

Zappa's music might be an acquired taste for some, but I guess it's like caviar or opera. Once you learn to appreciate all the facets of it, it becomes a passion, or a not-so-guilty pleasure. 

Wow. What a rough morning at RP. Frank Zappa was brilliant but this is going a bit far. This is where my wife inevitably steps in and changes the channel. I can usually argue that the last "piece of crap" was just Bill being responsible to other tastes but, when it's continuous it gets really difficult to hold the station on RP.

Do you have technology to allow you to monitor listener connections and when you lose listeners? If so, you may have noticed one less connection in the past few minutes from Canada.

Sorry.