Hughie Green Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) Percussionist,guitarist,composer,satirist,film maker and self confessed "freak" as in "I'm no hippy!, I'm a freak!" Frank Zappa was and is in my opinion one of our finest modern composers and a genius, some find him difficult to get into some view his work as "comedy music" while there is a large amount of obvious humour to some of his work the level of satire often goes unnoticed by the casual listener/viewers with this in mind I present one of my favourite Zappa compositions Thingfish, usually referered to as a concept album the piece was intended to be presented on Broadway as a rock opera, anyhoo the story is based on actual events when black people were subjected to experiments with venereal diseases namely Syphilis, (The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment) tweaked by the imagination of Frank to bring it up to date with reference to HIV/AIDS. There are many references to other songs featured on other albums due to Franks idea of conceptual continuity The pronunciation featured by the narrator is a parody of black vernacular and operatic style, those easily offended may wish to avoid this thread entirely!. Headphones are a must Thingfish prologue The Mammy Nuns Edited April 3, 2011 by Hughie Green 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest cpt beefheart Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 ellinoir enema bandit it`s a fav of mine zappa der man strictly comecianel is a fav album and bat chain puller love`s zappa good thread dude keep it up yeahhhhhhhhhhhh cpt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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