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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 01:55 AM
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Frank Vincent Zappa: December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." - FZ
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:14 AM
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1. We miss you Frank
RIP



Watermelon In Easter Hay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQPkLuwy80
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RadiationTherapy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 05:58 AM
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3. Joe's Garage is so underrated by his fans.
Watermelon in Easter Hay is one of the most poignant, longing instrumentals ever performed. It is absolute joy and terror to hear it at the end of Joe's musical life.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 10:43 AM
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26. Not underrated by me.
I love Joe's Garage.
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velvet Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:54 AM
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2. fondly remembered
"I'll do the stupid thing first and then you shy people follow ..."
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 07:44 AM
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4. It's been that long already? Damn.
:( You're sorely missed, Frank.
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 08:03 AM
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5. RIP
Edited on Fri Dec-04-09 08:05 AM by LeftPeopleFinishFirs
Hey Zomby, remember that time you tried to convince everyone I was Frank Zappa's daughter?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x796907

on edit: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x796907#797045 my how things have changed...
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:10 PM
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9. Hahahahaha!
Wow - that was almost 6 years ago, LOL.

I meant that as a compliment, I hope you know. :-)

But yes, everyone in that thread who said you were prettier than her was (and is) absolutely right!

I should add, even this many years later, that you two are also intelligent and creative people, and the world could use more like you. :-)
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 11:09 AM
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6. The finest musician of his generation.
The finest musician of today's generation? Britney Spears.

To quote the lyrics from Valley Girl:
"Tosses her head and flips her hair, she's got a whole bunch of nothing in there."

It is to weep. :cry:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 01:16 PM
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7. He is a voice that is badly needed in our society right now.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:14 PM
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11. I really missed him during the W. Bush years
Oh, the material they would have provided. He surely would have written his angriest/funniest compositions.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:50 PM
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14. Broadway The Hard Way is a favorite of mine. He absolutely shreds the Christian right.
I listen to that album and really wonder what he would think of what's happening right now.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:11 PM
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15. I lived in Virginia Beach back when Pat Roberston was at his peak
Edited on Fri Dec-04-09 03:11 PM by Zomby Woof
I lived ONE mile down the road from his CBN complex and his mansion. So I knew intimately what Frank was talking about on that album. It came out the year after I left VA for Seattle. It is one of his best.

"With a big ol' lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible..."
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-06-09 12:29 AM
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32. This is my favorite quote from that album:
"Republicans is fine,
If you're a multi-millionaire
Democrats is fair,
If all you own is what you wear
Neither of 'em's REALLY right,
'Cause neither of 'em CARE
'Bout that Hot-Plate Heaven,
'Cause they ain't been there "

Truly ahead of his time.
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 12:03 AM
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22. BTHW was the first Zappa album I ever heard. The 1988 band is still my favorite.
Also introduced me to Mike Keneally, for which I'm eternally grateful.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 11:03 AM
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29. No question about that. nt
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:02 PM
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8. Man oh man.. I LOVED FRANK!
What a great loss there..... I really miss his input.
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sazemisery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:10 PM
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10. Goin' to Montana soon, Gonna be a dental floss tycoon
We miss ya Frank.
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Throd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:17 PM
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12. ...that the natives of this area call Frunabulax...
I'll be listening to him later today on Pandora
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 02:43 PM
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13. Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 03:12 PM
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16. He also said
That fascist theocracy was a bigger threat to America than communism.

He was right.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 10:44 AM
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27. He certainly was correct on that. nt
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tonekat Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 04:56 PM
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17. Wish he was still here N/T
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 07:14 PM
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18. "If your children ever found out how lame you really are ....
... they'd murder you in your sleep"
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mwdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 09:49 PM
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19. His voice is so missed.
I still can't believe he's gone, even after all this time.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 10:16 PM
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20. he opened for cream in chicago.....
frank kicked clapton` s ass . frank`s guitar work was truly something to hear live....
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 10:47 AM
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28. Most don't know.
The family is badly served, as is Frank's memory, by keeping his best concert material off YouTube. I was fortunate enough to see Frank perform three times in the mid to late 1970s. Extraordinary!
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Doc_Technical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 11:55 PM
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21. We miss you Frank.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 12:07 AM
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23. FZ died while I was attending my first Todd Rundgren concert. Lost one hero while seeing another.
That still freaks me out a little.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 03:04 AM
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24. We need him right now
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 03:25 AM
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25. Oh, man! It was 16 years ago? Wow!
He has been gone a long time. This country could have used his wisdom during that time, as well as now. RIP, Frank.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 11:15 AM
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30. The nocturnal gregarious Wild swine!
And so it was, one fateful morning, GREGGERY PECCARY made his way through the Steno Pool...
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RadiationTherapy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 11:58 AM
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31. 'Any mail for MEEE?'
'teeeeee heeheeheeeheeheee'

Herrrree cooooomes Greggery; little greggery peccary.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-06-09 12:35 AM
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33. One of my favorite Frank photos:


:toast:
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Greennaissance man Donating Member (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-06-09 02:46 AM
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34. My favorite Frank line is:
"You should be diggin it while it's happenin cuz it just might be a one-shot deal"
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-06-09 03:19 AM
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35. Welcome to DU
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-06-09 06:35 AM
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36. I love Waka Jawaka! nt
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