Joe's Garage, by Frank Zappa (1979): More Zappa/Carlin synergy, methinks. There was a quote of Carlin's in a newspaper story this morning along the lines of "a comedian's job is to find the line and deliberately cross it." Joe's Garage plays off that idea, in two ways. First, it's nominally about who gets to draw the line and the problems inherent with that, with the omniscient Central Scrutinizer explaining how the laws are being rewritten "in tiny paragraphs so they won't conflict with the Constitution." Second, Frank crosses the line (of good taste, at least) repeatedly and with gusto. It's certainly not an album for the easily offended. Which is a shame, because disc two contains one of Frank's most beautiful bits, the extended instrumental "Watermelon in Easter Hay."
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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That is such a good album start to finish. "Packard Goose" might be my favorite track.
I saw Project Object, a Zappa cover band led by the one and only Ike Willis, perform in Cincy several years ago and they opened with the instrumental portion of that song. It blew me away.
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