Frank Zappa - Bongo Fury
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Artist: Frank ZappaBrand: Bongo
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Live, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1995-05-02
Music Label: Zappa Records
Soundtracks:
- Debra Kadabra [Live]
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy [Live]
- Sam with the Showing Scalp Flat Top [Live]
- Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead [Live]
- 200 Years Old
- Cucamonga
- Advance Romance [Live]
- Man with the Woman Head [Live]
- Muffin Man [Live]
Free Music Notes for Bongo Fury
Free Music Review: The Mothers live in Texas
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the final Mothers' lineups, mostly live, in Austin, 1975. As usual, the musicianship is excellent, althought not as intricate as a lot of what you hear on "Roxy & Elsewhere," or "Live In New York." It opens with the raw, gritty "Debra Kadabra," a showcase for the bizarre vocal delivery of Captain Beefheart, the band playing coordinated multiple rhythms to compliment the seemingly rambling subject matter presented, although anyone in the know can tell you, there's never any rambling in a Zappa performance. It's all been rehearsed to sound the way it is. The sound smooths over with "Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy," the usual weird-story telling put to music, the voices of George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, and FZ chiming together in a tight mini chorale, and the obligatory mid-70's Zappa fuzz-tone guitar solo.
"Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top" is a Don Vliet original, Beefheart's poetic recital fronting The Mothers' imitation of Beefheart's "Magic Band," but somehow sounding better than Beefheart's usual band. "Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead" is about the upcoming (at the time) 200th birthday of the United States and all the hoopla and marketing of said event; call it social anthropology. Beefheart was an ideal voice for a lot of this band's music, too bad there isn't much more.
"200 Years Old" is a studio cut same band as the live tracks, except for the drumming. Terry Bozzio is replaced with Chester Thompson, later of Genesis fame. Once again, it's about the Bicentennial, and other things.
"Cucamonga" is from the same sessions, typical Zappa-Brock-Duke vocals and the usual smooth production, really great sounding. "The listener is then transported back to the stage in Austin for "Advance Romance," a longtime live staple performed by every live band after, up to, and including, the 1988 Self-Destruct band... too bad Ed Mann decided to convince the whole band they hated Scott Thunes. The seedy atmosphere of this live staple is set by the first line: "No more credit from the liquor store!" It drags along, too long for some tastes, but live recordings are supposed to have extended jams, and, myself, I don't mind it.
We then re-enter Beefheart's world with "The Man With The Woman Head," a throw-back to the beatnick days, imagine this being delivered in some smoky coffeehouse, "...as a straw fell out of the coat, and cartwheeled into the gutter; so this was a drive-in restaurant in Hollywood, so this was a drive-in restaurant in Hollywood...so this was a drive-in restaurant in Hollywood..."
Seque into some studio chatter about Zappa's studio, The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, and the vamp which became known as "Muffin Man," the Austin show's finale, and a showpiece for many fans' favorite Zappa solo. I can't pick a favorite, but he was running on all cylinders here.
For the most part, this is a fun record to listen to (stuck in the '70s here, terms like "record") and if nothing else, one gets to hear what was going on with their favorite icon from the heyday of good music from almost everybody in the business.
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IMPORTED FROM JAPAN BY RYKODISCThis collector?s dream set completes our 20-disc series of limited edition Frank Zappa Japanese imports. Packaged in deluxe mini-album jacket sleeves, these 10 classic albums are packaged to re-create the original vinyl packaging in miniaturized form!
Captain Beefheart-weirdness and straight-on rock and roll highlight this mostly live album original released in 1975. Best when showcasing his evolving guitar skills and Terry Bozzio's thundering drums, Bongo Fury contains some of Zappa's more enduring songs, such as "Advanced Romance and "Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy." The endless riff and blistering guitar solo of "Muffin Man" is one of the high points of Zappa's onstage career. "Goodnight Austin, Texas, wherever you are!" --Andrew Boscardin
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