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Post by jandl100 on Dec 7, 2015 9:18:13 GMT
Tarnation - Hot Rats has now turned jazzy. Pah.
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Post by Stratmangler on Dec 7, 2015 19:53:39 GMT
Tarnation - Hot Rats has now turned jazzy. Pah. It Must Be A Camel
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 8, 2015 8:00:09 GMT
Yeah, blame the camel!
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 8, 2015 8:09:08 GMT
I must reluctantly confess that I am struggling. I suspect you have to know FZ originals to appreciate what the Ensemble Ambrosius are doing - without that it just seems a pleasant listen but a bit meh, OK for background while pottering round the house but not much else. And jazzy at times. Which is not a Jerry-thing. FZ seems very heavily influenced by jazz in a lot of his music. I've explored a bit of Zappa original now and on occasion am quite bowled over by its excellence, then the next track or sequence turns to pootling jazz or his irritating (to me) vocal style and I just turn off. I fully appreciate that this is my problem and that others will react differently. So unless Chris comes good with his very kind suggestion of putting a Jerry-Special FZ Spotify playlist together for me I think I am going to concede defeat on the whole Zappa thing. But it is an excellent and innovative choice for Classical Album of the Month!
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 8, 2015 8:15:12 GMT
Ironic that my classical choice sends you off exploring rock/jazz! I will sort out a playlist for you Jerry, but we're dying the death of a thousand power cuts here just now, so rather irregular access to the forum and Spotify -more off than on. Maybe later in the week, if that's OK with you.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 8, 2015 8:16:27 GMT
Thanks Chris, whenever! It is very kind of you.
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 8, 2015 8:28:00 GMT
No problem Jerry. No be afraid to give me a nudge when I have forgotten!
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 8, 2015 15:36:52 GMT
Oh !
Just started. Not what I thought at all and I may even like it. Will report back
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Post by MartinT on Dec 9, 2015 9:15:43 GMT
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 9, 2015 9:42:39 GMT
Listened through. Some bits I like and some that are way too diddly 4/10 for me
I try hard with Zappa (and this) and just don't get it
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 11, 2015 17:56:29 GMT
OK, a couple of people said they'd like to hear the originals, so I've put together a Spotify playlist, which I've posted alongside the Ensemble Ambrosius versions for easy reference. Jerry's playlist will take a little while to compile, so bear with me.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 11, 2015 20:12:00 GMT
Great dedication to the FZ cause, Chris!
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 12, 2015 1:02:40 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 12, 2015 11:54:57 GMT
I haven't commented yet because I simply haven't been able to comprehend what I'm hearing. It's actually quite listenable but I keep asking myself if I would put it on voluntarily and that's where I trip up. I'm giving it 5/10 for now.
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 12, 2015 12:03:39 GMT
This bit made me laugh a lot!
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Post by Stratmangler on Dec 12, 2015 19:59:14 GMT
This bit made me laugh a lot! Me too!
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 19, 2015 23:06:22 GMT
Unfairly, I've just given it 3/10. Unfairly? - well, I do appreciate that it's all a matter of taste. It's often jazzy, which I hold against it while freely admitting others will like it for that very reason. I'm not familiar (i.e. crazily madly in love) with the original music, so I feel sure I don't appreciate 98% or more of what is going on. But 3/10 is fair in that I really just don't care for it and, like Martin, I simply wouldn't choose to listen to it of my own accord. So 10/10 for originality and the left field approach which is very much my thing in principle, but 3/10 for me personally.
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 20, 2015 0:13:50 GMT
I appreciate your thoughts Jerry. Sorry that you didn't care too much for it, but hats off to you for the effort you went to! I'll sort out that rock music playlist for you shortly.
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Post by Tim on Dec 20, 2015 11:40:07 GMT
I'll give it a go, but Zappa is not someone I have ever managed to connect with, despite repeated attempts. I have Hot Rats, but can't remember the last time I played it.
Never say never though.
EDIT: Well it's just started playing . . . . what the . . . ?
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 20, 2015 11:44:51 GMT
Hah-hah!
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