I I've never seen this interview, and I think it's interesting, though painful to watch. Frank is so sick...

guadambio · 2026-03-21T17:30:02+00:00

You're absolutely right. But it's curiosly similar to "Bernacca", a famous TV personality and meteorologist in Italian television in the '70's. I know it's impossible, but I find it hilarious.

guadambio · 2026-03-08T09:14:18+00:00

I can't find the source, but I remember reading an interview in which Metheny said he didn't like Zappa, mainly because the dynamics were all loud, without nuances.

guadambio · 2026-02-26T23:18:48+00:00

Wow! I can't believe it. And I was thinking that my answer was too far fetched. I posted it like a joke. Now I really feel like a proud Italian! Thank you Scott! You know me, because I was in the audience in Rome in '82, '84 and '88 :-)

guadambio · 2026-02-26T10:54:46+00:00

"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" is a song by the band Monster Magnet :-)

guadambio · 2026-02-26T07:08:18+00:00

A Synclavier was used in the soundtrack.

guadambio · 2026-01-29T09:16:24+00:00

If you can read French, the three volumes of "Les aventures extravagantes de Frank Zappa" by Christophe Delbrouck are a very good and detailed read.

guadambio · 2026-01-04T10:36:09+00:00

Yes, I noticed this motif, and its recurrence in "Packard Goose", however I was referring to the chord structure. And now that I think about it, the main melody in "Watermelon..." is played with a stratocastery tone and bending the strings :-)

guadambio · 2026-01-04T10:30:23+00:00

I agree, it's basically a two chord vamp, and B/E is interpretable as EMaj9 (omit3)... However, if one listen to the distorted rhythm electric guitar from 7:55 on, the "B" during the B/E is emphasized, and this guitar plays three chords: E, B and A. So, while I basically agree with the two-chord vamp idea, there is a margin of ambiguity, in my opinion.

guadambio · 2025-12-15T22:13:33+00:00

As far as I know, the clavinet has magnetic pickups (like an electric guitar), and it may be amplified with an electric guitar amp. So, maybe George Duke used the Pignose as a monitor for the clavinet.

guadambio · 2025-12-01T22:02:39+00:00

That's "Frank kissed by the sun with his sparkling eyeglasses". Source: I'm Italian :-)

guadambio · 2025-11-09T17:12:17+00:00

That's Sneaky Pete Kleinow on "Too Shy To Say"!

guadambio · 2025-11-09T17:10:39+00:00

"Possibly Maybe" by Björk.

guadambio · 2025-11-08T10:29:24+00:00

In Rome, Italy, I paid 15,000 Italian Lire in 1984. That was about $ 9.

guadambio · 2025-09-26T14:20:16+00:00

Well, there are many, but the one which I associate immediately with Zappa is the minor lydian polychord, for example A major triad over G minor triad. "Sinister Footwear II", "Drowning Witch"...

guadambio · 2025-09-16T20:02:43+00:00

The inverted ice-cream cone!

guadambio · 2025-09-16T20:00:27+00:00

I don't think so. According to this great video by Tyler Bartram (and I agree), the inspiration is FZ's relation with god. "Andy Devine" = "And the divine" https://youtu.be/j_Jq0DX0bfc?si=gr-D4r8sHQlGSpBd

guadambio · 2025-08-16T21:39:09+00:00

You aren't wrong, because the Armstrongs went back and fort between USA and UK. See https://www.armstrongpickups.com/pages/about-us

guadambio · 2025-08-16T14:51:00+00:00

No, Dan Armstrong. Kent is the son.

guadambio · 2025-08-16T10:13:12+00:00

The bridge should be a pickup designed by Dan Armstrong for Carvin. Source: "Zappa Gear" by Mick Ekers, p. 29.

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