On joes garage zappa depicted what can go wrong if you decide to start a career in the rock n roll business, with the accent on sexual abuse. Joes garage lyrics liner note 1 a boring old garage in a residential area with a teenage band. It presents the main characters first musical experiences and his first brush with the law. Joes garage is noted for its use of xenochrony, a recording technique created by zappa that takes guitar solos from older live recordings and overdubs them onto newer studio recordings to produce random musical coincidences. Frank zappa lead guitar, vocalswarren cucurullo rhythm guitar, vocalsdenny walley slide guitar, vocalsike willis lead vocalspeter wolf keyboardstom. This was a mocking commentary on many garage and punk bands of the era. Upon learning the guitar, joe formed a typical suburban garage rock band. Frank zappa joe s garage acts ii iii vinyl records, lp, cd. Cbs 86101 holland 1979 gatefold 4 pages with lyrics vinyl. When the replacements ended their 33show reunion tour in june 2015, founding bassist tommy stinson walked away with his head held high. Wie er 1989 in seiner autobiographie the real frank zappa book schreibt, sind. Joes garage is a threepart rock opera recorded by american musician frank zappa in september and november 1979. Jan 30, 2017 joes garage, act i first of all, lets just say that if youre one of those who dont know where to start when trying to get into frank zappa, then joes garage is a great place to start if youre not easily offended by puerile, pimplyfaced humor.
Frank zappa 5 albums sheik yerbouti joes garage act. Save frank zappa joes garage act 1 vinyl lp to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Joes garage act i by frank zappa album, comedy rock. The story of central protagonist joe s rather checquered musical life draws to some degree on experiences zappa himself had from simple young dumb garage rock fun, to getting busted by the cops in a setup type sting, and any contemporary muso should be able to identify with a lot of the stuff satirised here. Such is the premise of joe s garage, frank zappa s threeact concept album which explores the world of groupies, governments, sex toys, and catholic school girls. The works in this book were transcribed between january, 1979, and august, 1981, whenever i wasnt touring with frank. Such is the premise of joes garage, frank zappas threeact concept album which explores the world of groupies, governments, sex toys, and catholic school. Comedy rock, rock opera, experimental rock, jazzrock. It is also my responsibility to alert each and every one of you to the potential consequences of various ordinary everyday activities you might be performing which could eventually lead to the death penalty. War joe s garage eine ganz besondere glanzleistung frank zappas, wie es viele stimmen behaupten.
Frank zappa, mothers of invention, dale bozzio, warren cucurullo of missing persons joes garage act i original 1979 gatefold with fold out lyric art book music see all buying options have one to sell. Steve vais transcription of zappa guitar solos from shut up n play yer guitar, joes garage, sheik. This is back to the madness of freak out, with more pop and doowop bursting through all the complicated stuff, letting you know that zappa could write a hit single, if he could be bothered to do so. Joe s garage is generally regarded as one of zappa s finest post60s conceptual works, a sprawling, satirical rock opera about a totalitarian future in which music is outlawed to control the population.
Joes garage is a stupid story about how the government is going to try to do away with music a prime cause of unwanted mass behavior. Joe s garage is a threepart rock opera recorded by american musician frank zappa in september and november 1979. The songs from joes garage were transcribed off a small sony tape machine. Most part of this song is taken up by a guitar solo, sometimes interrupted by mrs. Frank s longstanding gripes with warner brothers seem to have been justi. From jazz discharge party hats by frank zappa the songs were first taken off the album and put onto cassettes. Joes garage was originally released in 1979 in two separate parts. A label promo taken from the lp joe s garage act 1 s 86101. Zappa never got much airplay, but the few stations that played him often had this song in rotation. Frank zappa coloring book coming soon billboard billboard. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia joes garage is a single on frank zappa s 1979 album joes garage act i. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more.
Central scrutinizer this is the central scrutinizer it is my responsibility to enforce all the laws that havent been passed yet. An uncommonly succinct singleminded endeavorgenuinely witty and wellconceived. At the end, joe is arrested for the crime of playing music. Joe s garage is a popular name for real garages, though it remains to be seen if this is out of homage to zappa or due to a lot of mechanics being christened joe. Listen free to frank zappa joe s garage joe s garage, catholic girls.
While no specific designation has been given to joe s corsage 2004, the liner notes indicate that this is the debut of an exciting new series. Frank zappa coloring book to be released in november. A dutch book by erik voermans, van andriessen tot zappa, is a collection of 129 interviews withabout the most important contemporary composers. New listing 1979 frank joe s garage act 1 promo lp poster. Frank zappa sheik yerbouti cbs 88339 holland 1979 autocoupled double 2 x original inner sleeve gatefold vinyl. After the introductory track, the central scrutinizer, this song begins the story of joes garage. Originally released in 1979 and later reissued as triple album set in 1987 featuring three acts, the conceptual rockopera joe s garage finds zappa in his satirical wheelhouse and as imaginative as ever telling a twisted tale of the government outlawing music to regulate the population. Frank zappa producer, lead guitar, vocals, songwriter, ike willis lead vocals, warren cuccurullo rhythm guitar, vocals. Buy frank zappa joes garage and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay.
Frank zappa joes garage 180g vinyl 3lp shop music direct. The sound of the records is gorgeous, the songs on the records are among fzs finest and the physical format, in all its doublegatefold glory, is. Shop 40 records for sale for album joe s garage acts ii iii by frank zappa on cdandlp in vinyl and cd format. Zappa selfdeprecatingly describes the album as a stupid little story about how the government is going to do away with music. Joe s garage is a hoot and harmlessly pornographic. Zappa selfdeprecatingly described the album as a stupid little story about how the government is going to do away with music.
As always, zappa s aim is true and his scope wide, following joe voiced by his longtime coconspirator, ike willis as he starts a band, loses his girl, falls in love with a robot. Just as the year 1940 was coming to an end amidst the anxious tumult surrounding a rapidlyescalating world war, an unsuspecting sicilian immigrant and his frenchsicilian. Joe s garage you are what you is ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch the man from utopia them or us thingfish frank zappa meets the mothers of prevention jazz from hell civilization phaze iii live albums fillmore east june 1971 just another band from l. Frank zappa joes garage vinyl records and cds for sale. Shattering conventions musical, social, political was the lifes work of frank zappa, the iconoclastic musical genius, rock legend and intellectual firebrand of the late twentieth century whose work is equally revered by hardcore rockers and serious musical scholars originally released in 1979 and later reissued as triple album set in 1987 featuring three acts, the conceptual rock. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Frank zappa rock album covers classic album covers lps lp vinyl vinyl records joe s garage pochette album guitar solo. Attacking political institutions, social constructs and. These are the greatest guitarists of all time page 4. Frank zappa concert ticket stub postcards photos articles book. If, on the other hand, even the mention of things such as ninnies. Zappas music can be very expressive, but speaking for.
Zappa described this album as a stupid little story about how the government is going to do away with music. Originally released as two separate studio albums on zappa records, the project was later remastered and reissued as a triple album box set, joe s garage, acts i, ii. Joe s garage was originally released in 1979 in two separate parts. B4 lucille has messed my mind up c1 a token of my extreme c2 stick it out c3 sy borg d1 dong work for yuda d2 keep it greasey d3 outside now e1 he used to cut the grass e2 packard goose f1 watermelon in easter hay f2 a little green rosetta. Frank zappa joe s garage original vintage promotional poster. Daniel hanmegitarren widegren note there is two versions of this song, one original version which is tabbed here and version, the single version which doesnt contain verse 2 and 3 and doesnt have such a outro intro e we take you now to a garage in canoga park it makes its own sauce.
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