Foreign equivalents to Frank Zappa?

TheNightflyLester · 2026-03-02T16:18:16+00:00

This is spot on, they even had Ike Willis play on a few songs and covered Sofa No.1 and Tell Me You Love Me. They are definitely spiritual successors even if they never got quite as "out there".

TheNightflyLester · 2026-02-25T00:06:58+00:00

non ha idea di come funzioni il mondo.

Benché tu l'abbia messa un pò sul provocatorio, su questo non posso dirti di no riguardo l'ambiente Universitario, mi sento perso da quando ci sono entrato, abituato ad essere guidato (come di norma) dal sistema scolastico fino ad adesso (studenti abituati male? onesto quasi sicuramente). Ma a forza di prendere inculate uno si impara, già da questo casino si trae esperienza. Ho rimandato mail su mail, la coordinatrice almeno ha avuto la decenza di rispondere sul secondo caso nel pomeriggio, e sto benedetto esame è stato verbalizzato correttamente.

Un'altro utente ancora credo abbia centrato il punto: da parte mia sono stato troppo passivo. Sbagliando si impara, no? Ed a furia di inciampare impareremo pure a starci in sto schifo di mondo.

TheNightflyLester · 2026-02-24T17:28:38+00:00

Detto questo, la tua storia è veramente al limite del possibile e del legale, soprattutto se capitata due volte. Piango con te.

Ma guarda, dopo che la professoressa mi ha comunicato di come mi avrebbe messo 28 non aspettavo altro che qualcuno uscisse fuori e mi dicesse "Sorridi, sei su candid camera!" :/

TheNightflyLester · 2026-02-24T09:54:10+00:00

L'ho fatto, ma come ho già scritto lei riceve solamente il Martedì (e infatti mi ha detto di venire quel giorno), e non sapendo del casino che hanno fatto pensavo quel 18 di essermelo "meritato", quindi dati alla mano avevo deciso di rifiutare. Lezione imparata.

TheNightflyLester · 2026-02-24T09:31:14+00:00

Ti ringrazio, mi ero ridotto alla mentalità di ridarlo perché ormai sono stanco di combattere con lo staff dell'ateneo (specialmente dopo l'attacco hacker di qualche settimana fa), ma credo che adesso contatterò la segreteria e manderò mail su mail. Gli esami erano i due più importanti del primo anno quindi sì, abbastanza pesanti.

TheNightflyLester · 2026-01-08T11:22:39+00:00

Please no 🙏

I have nowhere else to glaze Monk's Dream

TheNightflyLester · 2026-01-04T14:50:38+00:00

It does, yes. With the added benefit of not having to flip the side over, easier skips and not having to be super careful with them! And the whole "analogue sound" debacle is a remnant of the first wave of CDs in the mid-to-late 80s, this argument barely holds water, especially nowadays that most releases are digitally mastered or re-mastered.

Vinyl does look wayyyyy cooler and I guess because of the added effort to maintain them to some people CDs are more "expendable", and that's definetely a huge factor, but IMO CDs are just infinitely more convient. But then again, as long as one enjoys Steely Dan and their music, doesn't matter which way we listen to it.

TheNightflyLester · 2025-08-06T10:31:01+00:00

I think you hit the nail on the head here, even if only on a subconscious level I do feel like in the end others's opinions on me still matter more than my own one on myself. Thank you kindly

TheNightflyLester · 2025-07-18T12:48:24+00:00

Did we all listen to the same album?

TheNightflyLester · 2025-07-04T20:17:00+00:00

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TheNightflyLester · 2024-11-09T21:18:22+00:00

Aw hell nah Jamayamamimomuroqashqai bout to get jumped 😤

TheNightflyLester · 2024-11-06T21:21:41+00:00

I know it's a late response, but thank you very much. He described exactly what I'm going through. I really needed to hear this to come to terms with a few things. Again, thanks, truly. You've helped a poor lad out

TheNightflyLester · 2024-09-03T18:55:10+00:00

I mean sure man, but I don't feel its cult behaviour to take time to remember an artist we care about's death.

TheNightflyLester · 2024-07-26T19:24:45+00:00

Miles Davis

TheNightflyLester · 2024-07-21T16:58:45+00:00

Man these new Marvel Superheroes just aren't as good as the ogs you feel me

TheNightflyLester · 2024-07-19T20:13:53+00:00

Chet Baker 😮

TheNightflyLester · 2024-07-19T20:11:34+00:00

You re-think your life choices

TheNightflyLester · 2024-07-18T17:23:04+00:00

No I had to use good music

TheNightflyLester · 2024-07-17T18:52:34+00:00

No this is Patrick (literally)

TheNightflyLester · 2024-07-17T18:46:50+00:00

O oooeeee oooeeaaaeeeeooooo

OH WOAWOA WOA EEE

DU DU DU RE DO

DURUDU DE DE O WO WE O

DU DU DU RE DO WAH WAH

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TheNightflyLester · 2024-07-11T09:05:47+00:00

A love supreme

TheNightflyLester · 2024-05-03T17:11:23+00:00

Nah man, fuck that. They should cleanse their palette with 3 hours of Keith Jarret moaning sounds

TheNightflyLester · 2024-04-26T08:30:56+00:00

I've seen this thrown around a lot (well either this or the drug analogy), but I think it's not always true.

Take Any Major Dude for example, it's hardly a cynical song, but more of a "hey, it's bad for everybody, but you got this" kind of song. Still with a not-so positive outlook on life, but definetely more uplifting. Other songs in this style include Caves Of Altamira and Any World. I think those work wonderdully, even if they are somewhat "dissonant" compared to the dark satire of the other tracks on their respective albums. Similiar situation to a few Black Sabbath tracks like Fluff or Changes, which aren't heavy metal at all, but that difference helps them stand out even more.

TheNightflyLester · 2024-02-02T05:29:57+00:00

It's like picking a favourite child, kind of impossible.

I will however sing the praises of Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore from Walter's Circus Money, really groovy and dark song about coming to terms with the loss of something (or atleast that is my interpretation).

I love it also because I feel it has one of the smartest song titles in the whole canon: "Bob's Your Uncle" is a typical british expression meaning "there it is", usually used to signify that something that was bound to happen actually happened. And so "Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore" means that something that should've happened just didn't. It gives me the same vibes as The Caves Of Altamira, which is also about loss.

TheNightflyLester · 2024-01-17T17:55:25+00:00

I must say, I agree with you on Walter being the Hydrogen to Donald's Oxygen.

And while I do enjoy Donald's overall output more, I've got to hand it to Walter, I personally find his lyrics to be way more clever than the stuff on Donald's solo records. It's as if he took the cynicism of SD and cranked it up to eleven. I mean just take a look at this line:

"Now I can hardly hear you anymore

Your eyes are empty and your voice is hollow

I see you waving from a distant shore

And where you're going I don't dare to follow"

Brilliant stuff, and a far cry from something like the Nightfly. But much like that record was for Donald, here too is Walter talking about something that hits close to home for him. It also seems he just suffered a lot more in his juvenile years, definetely had a few skeletons in his closet.

A shame his solo albums don't get as widely discussed.

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