Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
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Free Music Review: Taking a shot at the music of the early sixties.
Hit: 5 Stars
Frank and the boys weren't really making a lotta dollars before this came out. They had a niche, but it didn't pay well. Hard to keep on truckin when less talanted Bimbos are getting big bucks for bad music. I suspect that this was done as much as gag as anything else and who knows, maybe some ding-a-lings would buy it not understanding that it was a take off of other peoples style. Well not quite, Frank couldn't help just playing a little off key, a little out of tempo, just to show it was all a joke. Listen to the words and you'll see what I mean.Free Music Review: One of The Mothers' best, if not like the Mothers' rest.
Hit: 5 Stars
A fantastic album in FZ's catalog. Yeah, it's just pretty much straight ahead greasy doo wop, but so what? "Cheap Thrills" is as catchy as 3 chord rock gets. "Deseri" is equally catchy, complete with a super corny spoken part. "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" has a set of the goofiest consecutive rhymes ever committed to vinyl, and Frank never did any better with a straight ahead love song than with "Anything", a truly moving tune with a perfect sax break and heavenly backing vocals. Don't miss out on the Mothers' weirdest outing, which was also their most straightforward. (By the bye, the rerecorded bass and drum tracks are not as bad as everyone says...I happen to like them more than the originals, as they have a bit more pep to them.)Free Music Review: Good
Hit: 4 Stars
I have always really liked this album, but I feel that the way FZ redid the bass, drums, and other parts was too excessive and I personally enjoy the original vinyl version much much more. The CD seems too echoed on the vocals and many things are mixed very differently. I will still reccommend this version however, because you'll be really hard-pressed to find the original vinyl issue.Free Music Review: In 65', this 50's album was ahead of it's time
Hit: 4 Stars
Could this be a collection of 50's rock and Doo-wop favorites? The Dixie Cups, Shirelles, Bobby Darin, Gene Chandler, Five Satins, Chordettes, Little Anthony, you can sense all these influnces on this CD. Although "FZ" is on the label, don't expect vintage Mothers or ripping FZ satire. This has to be a tribute to the music that spiked the hormones of a youth in the 50's and "chezzy teenage love".I first heard this album after long exposure to the zany antics found in the likes of "Apostrophe", "Roxy" and the "Flo & Eddie" albums. Then reverting to the early Mother's music that passed me by, "Rubin" was like a brick wall. Where did this come from? This ain't Mothers (ala' FZ). A couple of listenings and it was gathering dust. However as I approached 40 and became nostalgic for the "good old days", the dust was blown away (actually replaced with the CD) and it got (and continues to get) regular airplay.
Yes, some tunes are flavored with his cretinous lyrics but still this is really a good collection of "50's tunes no one has ever heard". Hardcore FZ fans will love it for what it is (historical value if nothing else). Pedestrian FZ fans may have a hard time warming up to it. But if your a Doo-wap/50's rock fan (you don't even have to like FZ) or your looking for a source of cover tunes for that "old timers" band you've been thinking of starting up, this is the CD for you.
Free Music Review: A couple of good songs
Hit: 3 Stars
I love frank Zappa, but this CD wasn't quite his best one. It had a couple of good songs, like Jelly Roll Gumdrop and No No No.