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 1973
July 14
No. 28 Vol. 8
(1) Australian May
Join Zappa
By Tony Wright, 1 p
(2) The Zappa
Interview
By Ian Meldrum, David N. Pepperell, Jenny Brown,
2 pp
(2) David: There seems to be two limits to your music. There's one which seems to be
the comedy side, and there's the other which seems to be highly-composed and
highly-thought-out. Do you tend to swing between these two because you like
them both as much, or do you prefer one from the other?
Zappa : Well, let me give you an example of how people's listening habits can
sometimes lead them astray. If you listen to "Live At The Fillmore" and you
listen to only the text, you'll perceive it as comedy music, but did you ever
listen to what the instruments are doing on that album?
David: On the last tracks – on the comedy tracks?
Zappa: On the whole album, just stop and think. And on the "Jets" album the
backing tracks accompanying the vocal tracks which have simplistic love lyrics
are pretty subtle. In fact there's a couple of musical references in them that
have only been spotted by one or two people world-wide. There's part of the "Rites of Spring" and the out-chorus of
"Fountain of Love" – would you recognise
that? (read more)
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