1st Meeting of SONAR Frank Zappa Club

Stand and be recognized!

Post your name and a relevant lyric.

Ha ha - I was only half joking you know...

Yes, I am a FZ geek. I've got almost everything commercially released to the public, and many bootlegs. Also in reference to some comments made on the other thread, Zappa is really the only religion I recognize (sort of a religioin of 1 so far). And in exactly one month from today, I'll take my moment of silence like I've done every year since 1993.

I'm raising my 3-year old on Zappa (although I am conscious of the lyrical content of much of the music). Fortunately, he left a welath of instrumental work that anyone can enjoy.

Oh, and a belated RIP to Jimmy Carl Black (the Indian of the group)

...music is the best (sort of a lyric, and sort of a "way of life").

ORIGINAL: Clydewinder

Stand and be recognized!

Post your name and a relevant lyric.

Brown shoes, don't make it!!!

Po-Jama People are boring me to pieces..."

try and imagine a window all covered in green

I'm going to see ZPZ again in January!

Always a salutory song for musicians:

From Madam Wong's to Starwood
To the Whiskey on the strip
You can hear the crashing, blasting strum
Of bands that come to be real hip
And get a record contract
From a talent scout someday
They'll sell their ass, their cocks and balls
They'll take the check 'n' walk away

If they're lucky they'll get famous
For a week or two perhaps
They'll buy some ugly clothes to wear
And hope the business don't collapse
Before some stupid magazine
Decides they're really good

They're a Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
From downtown Hollywood

Tinsel Town Rebellion,
Tinsel Town Rebellion Band

It's a little bitty Tinsel Town Rebellion
A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band

They used to play all kinds of stuff
And some of it was nice
Some of it was musical
But then they took some guy's advice
To get a record deal, he said
They would have to be more punk
Forget their chops and play real dumb
Or else they would be sunk
So off they go to S.I.R. to learn some stupid riffs
And practice all their poses
In between their powder sniffs

Chop up a line now, snort it up now

And when they think they've got it
They launch a new career
Who gives a **** if what they play
Is somewhat insincere

Tinsel Town Rebellion,
Tinsel Town Rebellion Band

A Tinsel Town Rebellion
A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band

Did you know that in Tinsel Town the people there
Think substance is a bore

And if your New Wave group looks good
They'll hurry on back for more

Of leather groups
and plastic groups
And groups that look real queer

The Tinsel Town aficionados
Come to see and not to hear

But then again this system works
As perfect as a dream
It works for all those record company pricks
Who come to skim the

CREAM

From the cesspools of excitement
Where Jim Morrison once stood
It's the Tinsel Town Rebellion
From downtown Hollywood

ORIGINAL: the_apex
I'm going to see ZPZ again in January!

Saw them twice. Great shows!

I've got it!
I'll be sullen and withdrawn
I'll dwindle off into the twilight realm of my own secret thoughts!
I'll lay on my back here 'til dawn in a semi-catatonic state
And dream of guitar notes that would irritate
An executive kind of guy

mom, i tore a hole in the convertible...

Your stink foot puts a hurt on my nose!

nice one, stratcat. i love thingfish somethin' fierce.

I gotta say my fav zappa stuff is apostrophe, overnight sensation & thingfish for sure. but bobby brown goes down cracks me up every time!

"So I went out 'n' bought me a leisure suit
I jingle my change, but I'm still kinda cute
Got a job doin' radio promo
An' none of the jocks can even tell I'm a homo
Eventually me 'n' a friend
Sorta drifted along into S&M
I can take about an hour on the tower of power
'Long as I gets a little golden shower"

What would you think
If the people you knew
Were the plastic that melted
And the chromium too?

Who are the Brain Police?

ew

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best. (Mary, the girl from the bus - Joe's Garage)

Well it gets me so hot I could scream
Alice Cooper Alice Cooper yeah

Or
She had a snake for a pet
and an Amulet
and she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had grey green skin
A Doll with a pin
I told her she was alright
But I couldn't come in.

Or
I am a moron
and this is my wife
She's frosting a cake
With a paper knife
All that we got is American made
Its a little bit cheesy
But its nicely displayed

Or
Oops - cant do that with censors
Or
Oops not that one either
Or
No that one might be considered obscene too

Or
With a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area but destined to take the place of the mudshark in your mythology, here it goes now, the circular motion - rub it.

Or countless others.

I own about 35 Zappa LPs/CDs and that is not anywhere near 50%. I have seen him twice (once on Zoot Alures and once on Tinsletown Rebellion) and Dweezil once.

BTW - D is also a vicious guitar player

It can't happen here
It can't happen here
I'm telling you my dear
That it can't happen here
Because I been checkin' it out, baby
I checked it out a couple of times
Oh, darling it's important that you believe me bop bop bop bop
That it can't happen here

or

"Suzy, you just got to town, and we've been interested in your development."
"Forget it!"
"Hmmm, it can't happen here ..."

Zappa was the first concert I ever saw, in 1967. I haven't been the same since. "Freak Out" is still my favorite album of all time.

"you'll hurt your throat, stop it!"

burnt weeny sandwich has one of the strangest moods to an album i've ever heard. also can't forget

"my guitar wants to kill your mama"

weasels ripped my flesh was my introduction to zappa. probably the worst possible place to start but at least it got me intrigued. fantastic album btw. zpz was a great concert too.