[Img]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zappa_Bongo_Fury.jpg[\img]I have never really been a fan of Frank Zappa (though I have a soft spot for jazz). In my youth there was "Bobby Brown" on the radio all the time. I didn't understand what it was about but I hated the music. We also had to listen to some early long piece by Zappa & the Mother's of Inventions in our music class. Captain Beefheart seemed to be more up my alley. I quite liked "Shiny Beast" and also flirted with "Lick My Decals off, Baby". His delta blues approach I really liked. On "Bongo Fury" these two geniuses meet and I think it works very well. The music is spot on, intense and free flowing. If I had one album to choose from by Zappa and/or Beefheart on the island I'd go for this one.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 20:19 (eight years ago)
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― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 20:20 (eight years ago)
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― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 20:31 (eight years ago)
Back when I moved to Austin in '94 most of the weirdos I hung out with kept a copy of this album as a point of civic pride. I'm more of a Beefheart fan, and I think all my other Zappa albums are from the 60s. But yeah, great party album.
― Liquid Plejades, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 21:02 (eight years ago)
It’s hard not to quote from Debra Kadabra from time to time.
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 23:53 (eight years ago)
yeah it's a good one - nice complement to Hot Rats
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:28 (eight years ago)
man I need to give this sucker another listen, it's a real blind spot for me. I finally picked up a copy of the LP a while back.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 14:02 (eight years ago)