Zappa Trilogy
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Topic: Zappa Trilogy
Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Subject: Zappa Trilogy
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:45pm
| Three classic jazz-fusion albums by Mr. Zappa, all of which are excellent IMO. So which do you prefer, the hot and heavy Hot Rats, the bigger and jazzier The Grand Wazoo, or the sadly overlooked Waka/Jawaka? |
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:48pm
| Hot rats! |
Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:57pm
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Hot Rats has a few songs I like better than anything on the others, but overall it's Grand Wazoo for me
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 5:42pm
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I like them all, and Waka/Jawaka does get overlooked quite a lot. I'll give it my vote this time.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 6:49pm
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Waka/Jawaka is overlooked, but it's because the Grand Wazoo overshadows it, and did what it did better than WJW. I also think Hot Rats is a little overrated. The Grand Wazoo for me, but all 3 are classic fusion from the master ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 7:01pm
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Grand Wazoo for Blessed Relief and Eat that Question, two of the finest Zappa compositions. The title track is excellent, a pitty it drags a tad bit and even repeats its great guitar riff that for me would have been better with only one appearance. Hot Rats is great, though for me it'll always be a different deal compared to the big-bands of Wazoo and Jawaka.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 7:05pm
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This trilogy had 2 off-shoots, of sorts. Imaginary Diseases and Wazoo. Both are phenomenal live albums based mostly on Waka and Grand Wazoo type stuff (big band). If those 2 albums were part of the poll, I'd have had a harder time deciding which is best ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 10:43pm
I thought about adding them...but didn't feel it was in the true spirit of the poll, which I was looking at studio albums. Besides I can't call it a trilogy with five albums.
 But those two in a seperate poll...hmm... ------------- Hit it on Five. Saxophone Scatterbrain Blitzberg Stab them in the ears. |
darkshade wrote:Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 1:42am
| Hot Rats |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 8:07am
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Tough one... i went for Jaka, because it had fewer votes
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 12:59pm
Hot Rats for me. Still enjoy the other two though. That reminds me, I still haven't got round to getting that live Wazoo era album that came out last year.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 1:08pm
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The live Wazoo (came out in 2007 i think) is awesome. Better than ID, and shows FZ going deeper into the "jazz" realm of those classic 1972 albums; more improvisation and such, but also features an early symphonic version of The Adventures of Greggary Peccary, with jazz improv in between the 4 movements.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 10:43pm
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Hot Rats by a fairly large margin though I enjoy them all. -------------  
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Posted By: The Manticore
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 10:57pm
| It would have to be Wazoo because I was a Zappa virgin untill I heard it. It took my cherry. I went on to love the others but it was my first. |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 2:20am
| The Grand Wazoo, is also very good. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 10:11am
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Had to be Hot Rats - that got me into Zappa ------------- 
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:30pm
Hot Rats
------------- "If you're trying to be hip, be hip." - Miles Davis |
Posted By: The Manticore
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:35pm
Only because Jean Luc's on there  ------------- When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 8:40am
| All three are good but Grand Wazoo is special. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 5:35am
Wow not much love for Waka/ Jawaka . Well it gets my vote. I´ve always loved that one.
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Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 11:55pm
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I'll vote for The Grand Wazoo. ------------- Hit it on Five. Saxophone Scatterbrain Blitzberg Stab them in the ears. |
Posted By: Matt
Date Posted: 02 May 2011 at 4:29pm
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Hot Rats but Waka Jawaka is just behind, love both ------------- Matt |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: 07 May 2011 at 12:13pm
this! |
Posted By: stuccohomes
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2011 at 5:34pm
| Although i love all three albums....but i find myself listening to Grand Wazoo a little more. |
Posted By: Moshkito
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2011 at 4:00pm
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Hi,
Not familiar with Jaka to make a call, but I will get it.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2011 at 5:58pm
The other 2 are superior, but Waka is still essential if you enjoy his jazz-rock stuff. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2011 at 10:14pm
| I go to Hot Rats. After all, Peaches was an impact for me. |