Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: EMI EAN: 0724349090293 Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Live, NTSC Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 13, 2004 Running Time: 57 minutes Sales Rank: 23250 Studio: Virgin Records Us Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1991
Description: Track Listing: Zoot Allures, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Trouble Every Day, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, The Dangerous Kitchen, He’s So Gay, Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasy, Honey, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me?, Dinah-Moe Humm, Cosmik Debris, Be In My Video, Dancin’ Fool, Whippin’ Post
Amazon.com: For longtime fans and un-Zapped neophytes alike, Does Humor Belong in Music? presents the late, great Frank Zappa at his mischievous best. Unlike the infamously rambling Baby Snakes, this hour-long, digitally remastered 14-song set (culled from FZ's performance at the Pier in New York City on August 26, 1984) is 95% music, punctuated with brief interview clips (including the inane titular question, and Frank's expectedly affirmative response), and featuring one of the tightest bands that Zappa ever assembled. Everybody participates in Zappa's unique parade of musical fusion, street theater, and defiant anti-establishment sarcasm, with Zappa playing masterful conductor when he's not riffing with nimble-fingered fretwork (notably during 'Zoot Allures,' 'Cosmik Debris,' and Greg Allman's 'Whipping Post,' the set's only cover song). His trademark humor extends to all of his bandmates, especially Ray White and Ike Willis (guitars, vocals) and Bobby Martin (keyboards, vocals), and any topic is fair game for Zappa's skewering, frequently explicit lyrics, from pop-culture sellouts and corrupt recording executives ('Tinsel Town Rebellion') to greedy politicians ('Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel'). Each song is performed to perfection while espousing FZ's impassioned philosophy of taking nothing seriously except the music. In that regard, this Zappa Live DVD represents pure genius at work, having fun and taking no prisoners. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Decent Zappa DVD
I'm a little disappointed that there weren't more full songs, but as with most Zappa products I am happy with what I bought.
Rating: - If you like ZAPPA...
If your a Frank Zappa fan this is a great DVD to add to your collection! Great price and great audio quality make this a winner! Very funny as well. Awesome performances from Frank and his band! Highly recommended.
Rating: - Humor Does Belong in Music
My friend bought this DVD several years ago after I introduced him to FZ, now I have my own copy. I loved this DVD.
The Good: The band is great- Bobby Martin is awesome. Chad Wackerman--one of the best drummers Frank ever used. Everybody is having a great time-----let's mine the harbor!
The Great: Frank's solos and their version of "The Whipping Post"
The Bad: Close-ups of Franks face during some of the solos. Who cares? Show me the guitar!!!!!
Rating: - Is it Humor if Nobody Laughs?
Does Humor Belong in Music? Well, that depends. A more relevant question to help you decide whether this DVD is for you is, Do you think Frank Zappa is funny? I myself don't really think he is, and I am hardly alone in thinking that. If you are one of those people who disagree with me, you may like this, as most of what you get in this DVD is FZ 'humor'. There is very little Zappa guitar soloing here.
To me, this document underlines the reasons Zappa more or less lost his credibility with so many people. His arrogance and attempts at humor really undermined his real abilities as a guitarist and frequently interesting compositions, and for the most part the problem only got worse over time. Here we see him in 1984-85, so the problem is fairly advanced.
Summary, using only FZ titles:
Q: Does Humor Belong in Music?
A: Shut Up & Play Your Guitar.
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