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FRANK ZAPPA
ROXY & ELSEWHERE |
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| | Reviews: 39 |
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| Average Rating: 9.74 |
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Take the red pill and walk thru the door...
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Reviewed on October 18th, 2002
ROXY & ELSEWHERE is one of a handful of albums I would recommend to a beginner. It is a great place to enter Frank's bizarre universe. Once you walk thru that door you won't want to return to the corporate music world.This album is EASILY one of the best live rock albums EVER recorded. This is probably my second favorite Zappa recording after ONE SIZE FITS ALL. I was introduced to this album as I was getting deeper into jazz music, and I loved it immediately. Not that you have to be a jazz fan at all. But this album is a great mix of rock and jazz stylings. "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing" is very jazzy indeed. But don't fear, Frank and crew are rocking as good as ever on great tunes like "Pygmy Twylyte" "Dummy Up" (what a great song), the nostalgic "Village of the Sun", "Bebop Tango..." (listen to George Duke!) and the hilarious "Cheepnis" ('...here fido...here fido...*laugh*). What a riot. The stage banter and audience participation from time to time only add to the zany-ness (is that a word?). "Ladies and gentlemen, WATCH RUTH!" Be sure you get this album. It is a perfect mix of rock and jazz and humor, a great into to FZ. He had a way of being humorous in his delivery but always taking his music seriously. I think many people miss that. Don't be one of them. Highly recommended.
More "Roxy & Elsewhere" reviews:
[2004-11-04] I wonder if Johnny Franklin is still there (10)
[2004-11-03] "Roxy" rocks (8)
[2003-11-12] Ruined by vinyl (8)
[2003-11-07] if you like apostrophe and overnite sensation (10)
[2003-10-20] Goooood (10)
[2003-09-14] Roxy & Elsewhere by Frank Zappa & the Mothers (10)
[2003-05-29] Napoleon Murphy Brock/Chester Thompson (10)
[2003-04-15] This CD contains the greatest piece of music ever created (10)
[2002-12-08] Classic Zappa!!!!!!!!!!! (10)
[2002-11-30] best album of all times (10)
[2002-10-18] Take the red pill and walk thru the door... (10)
[2002-10-15] A good place to start your Zappa collection (10)
[2002-10-14] Still a classic (10)
[2002-10-13] ZAPPA'S BEST LIVE ALBUM......NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!!! (8)
[2002-10-01] ...and this is a hard one to play! (10)
[2001-09-03] Roxy & Elsewhere (10)
[2001-03-09] Yes, one of Zappa's best (8)
[2001-02-26] great live album. and bebop tango too. (10)
[2001-01-28] You MUST own this Zappa Album (10)
[2000-12-10] too little... (10)
[2000-11-23] the poorest of a supreme bunch (8)
[2000-11-22] Live and cooking (10)
[2000-11-04] ARRF!! (10)
[2000-08-11] Near-PERFECT Encapsulation of Frank Zappa! (10)
[2000-07-31] my all time favourite album (10)
[2000-01-20] What more can I add? (10)
[1999-12-06] Probably FZ's best live album (10)
[1999-10-16] Zappa lives live (10)
[1999-10-03] Zappa's best (10)
[1999-07-19] If you could go back in time (10)
[1999-05-20] Classic Zappa (10)
[1999-05-14] This one we played on the bus all through the 70s (10)
[1999-04-22] Wish I could give it 6 stars! (10)
[1999-04-13] Qunitessential Zappa (10)
[1998-12-15] One of Zappa's best, I cannot recommend it highly enough! (10)
[1998-06-19] PRICELESS FOR "CHEEPNIS" & "BEBOP TANGO" ALONE... (10)
[1998-06-11] Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (10)
[1998-05-28] One of the best live performance ever recorded!! (10)
[1998-05-14] best live recording of nixon era outside of nixon tapes (10)
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