[linux-audio-user] [OT - Apostrophe]
Jack Bowling
jbinpg at shaw.ca
Fri Jul 2 14:07:35 EDT 2004
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 02:47:16PM -0400, Joe Hartley wrote:
> I inadvertantly started this thread so I may as well chime in...
>
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:47:29 +0100
> tim hall <tech at glastonburymusic.org.uk> wrote:
> > Seeing as how one of my greatest influences always quotes Monk as one of his,
> > I should study too. My interest in Jazz currently starts somewhere round
> > Miles Davis. Clearly I never listened to Frank Zappa's lyrics properly
> > (favourite Zappa is 'Hot Rats' and SUAPYG, which may explain ;-)
>
> I actually hear certain similarities between Monk and FZ in terms of
> angular melodies (that would bug most people), the use of discordant sounds
> to wake you up or change a mood in a piece, and a sense of time that
> isn't kept by counting to 4 over and over again.
Weasels Ripped my Flesh is Zappa at his most genius. All from me on this
topic :))
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Jack Bowling
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