FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION : INCA ROADS – LIVE [1974]

H εξωγήινη μπάντα του One Size Fits All, σε ένα τραγούδι από αυτό το άλμπουμ – live. Εμβόλιμο ένα πρωτοποριακό για την εποχή animation.
The spaced out band of One Size Fits All, performing live one of the album’s songs, plus a very ahead-of-its-time animation.

FZ—guitar, percussion, vocals; George Duke—keyboards, finger cymbals, tambourine, vocals; Napoleon Murphy Brock—sax, vocals; Ruth Underwood—percussion; Tom Fowler—bass; Chester Thompson—drums.

Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Just to land in the Andes?
Was it round
And did it have
A motor
Or was it
Something
Different
Did a vehicle
Did a vehicle
Did a vehicle
Fly along the mountains
And find a place to park itself
Or did someone
Build a place
To leave a space
For such a vehicle to land
Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Did the indians, first on the bill
Carve up the hill
Did a booger-bear
Come from somewhere out there
Just to land in the Andes?
Was she round
And did she have a motor
Or was she something different
Guacamole Queen
Guacamole Queen
Guacamole Queen
At the Armadillo in Austin Texas, her aura,
Or did someone build a place
Or leave a space for Chester’s Thing to land
(Chester’s Thing… on Ruth)
Did a booger-beer
Come from somewhere out there
Did a booger-bear
Come from somewhere out there
Did the Indians, first on the bill
Carve up her hill
On Ruth
On Ruth
That’s Ruth


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9 Comments

  1. Resa June 5, 2021 at 11:59 pm

    This is perfect for me right now.
    I’m working on my Art Gowns Scribbles post…. A Tangle of Scribbles. LOL….PERFECT

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    1. Oannes June 6, 2021 at 8:39 am

      Glad I’m helping you keeping up the good work!

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      1. Resa June 6, 2021 at 7:40 pm

        xo

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  2. trentpmcd June 6, 2021 at 2:25 am

    I occasionally forget how great the musicians in Franks bands always are. Ruth is always more than amazing. The claymation, though, is more than a little strange….

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    1. Oannes June 6, 2021 at 8:37 am

      According to “experts analysis” it is very unique and technically innovative. To be honest, I never really liked it aesthetically myself. 😊

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      1. trentpmcd June 6, 2021 at 5:42 pm

        It is not my favorite FZ song, but the playing on it, particularly this live version, is just amazing.

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        1. Oannes June 6, 2021 at 6:39 pm

          Yeah, mind boggling! [not my favorite FZ song either, still great though!]

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  3. Ken Powell June 8, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    I love how we can see Zappa conducting the beat through some of the trickier syncopated sections. A good reminder just how tight a band he kept and how superlative a musician he was. Ruth Underwood is just phenomenal here too – such skills! I love the animation too 😀

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    1. Oannes June 9, 2021 at 9:19 pm

      You’re absolutely right. This music comes not form the past, but form a future …moving further and further away. Thank you!

      Reply

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