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UTCzech III

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  1. No, I get it, I get the concept, I get the lyrics. But everything, Ruben and the Jets, We're Only in It For the Money, etc. To me it feels like on one part, yes, you're in on the joke, but then on the other hand, it feels like, you're actually part of the joke as well. When all the lyrics are sarcastic, and satirical, and contemptful, it's just not my personal thing. Again, I appreciate the music, and much of it is mind-blowing. It's just not something I'm going to go back to again and again. A lot of people rail on Roger Waters for the same thing, the politics and all, I'm personally a Roger fan, but I can definitely see why others feel the way they do about him. But Roger can also step away from all the vitriol and produce songs that are deeply personal, or have a moment of hope or depth of feeling to them. To me, Zappa just seem to be, I'm the smartest guy here and you're either with me or I'm going to show you how stupid you are. Maybe there are songs he's written that are not in that vein, lyrically, I've love to hear them. Again, I'm not knocking him or you or anyone who enjoys his music, I do as well, in doses. ETA: I just got on Spotify and picked a few albums at random and spot-checked some tunes, Hot Rats, Lather, Uncle Meat, there is some incredible stuff on there and I will definitely give them a full spin at some point. Not that you have time or want to, but if so, gimme a playlist, stuff more in the instrumental vein, and I will for sure check them out.
  2. Side note - I've been listening to an incredible podcast series called "A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs", and the podcaster was doing an episode on the great Johnny Otis and mentioned that Zappa was a huge fan and in fact copied Otis for his trademark moustache and beard, a little trivia.
  3. Back in the late 70's/early 80's, you would hear Dinah-Moe Hum or Montana on AOR stations, maybe Joe's Garage, then Dancing Fool. I would actually hear more Zappa tunes on Dr. Dememto (along with his "projects" like Captain Beefheart and Wild Man Fisher). Actually, the first complete Zappa album I heard was when the Pacifica station in Houston played a (at that time out of print) copy of "Lumpy Gravy", which blew me away and is still one of my favorite albums of all time, just for the instrumental bits. Years ago I picked up the 2 for 1 CD with Overnight Sensation/Apostrophe. A few years ago I got on Spotify and really tried to give Zappa a good hard listen. Started with Joe's Garage, only made it half way through. I know he was a musical genius, I get that, but I just can't get past the sophomoric lyrics. I get satire, I get humor, but to just be bludgeoned with it song after song after song, for me personally it just takes away from the music. I can definitely handle him in small doses, thinks like Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar are actually more enjoyable to me, Orchestral Favorites, I really like those. Just my .02 anyway.
  4. Yeah, just came to post that RS article. I've bought all the Super Deluxe editions except for Let It Be (I have so many bootlegs of that period, just not essential for me), but I will definitely be plonking down some cash for this one. Can't wait. I alredy have the Mono Box, so not sure if it is the same as what is coming out now, will have to compare.
  5. Bad thing about shows going on for years is you forget so much stuff from earlier seasons. Holy fuck, this scene is killer. What a great job by McKean.
  6. Since this is now the de facto Beatles thread I guess...
  7. Who said chivalry is dead...
  8. If you are not already, go follow Peter Diseth (Bill Oakley) on twitter, he's been doing some great twitter threads where he shows behind the scenes stuff, very cool. Also, he's funny as hell.
  9. Need a picture of Stewart’s snare with CUNT written on it.
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    Found it, it was The Analog Kid, great blog, don’t think he migrated over here, too bad.
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    Thx, maybe somebody here will remember, I think he had a Neil Diamond cover band too, can’t get cooler than that.
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    DougO, are you the guy from Dallas that used to have a music blog and posted these albums years ago? May have you mixed up with someone else, was back on the Shag, great blog, got a lot of cool stuff off of there...
  13. Thanks, was about to clear that up. Judge obviously needs to be in the Steel Shank thread.
  14. I was gonna say, and his voice got higher too.
  15. Jesse is waiting outside while Emilio talks to Saul, as Kim is leaving Francesca calls him in, he's the "I ain't got no papers" guy. That's the reason Jesse is there, he came with Emilio but is just hanging out. ETA: to the timeline point, yeah consensus seems to be that this (Kim signing the divorce papers) is later in 2004, so still a few years away from BB.
  16. Great interview with Carol Burnett here https://www.amc.com/blogs/better-call-saul-qa-carol-burnett-on-marion-s-big-moment--1055480
  17. FF to 4:35
  18. For sure. I'll even back-track on my thoughts before, I think we will see the scene of Kim reciting her law oath, but I think it will be a flashback, whether she's sitting in a jail cell or just back to her boring Florida life, but thinking about how promising her whole life seemed in that moment. But yeah, whatever scenarios we can dream up, that writing team will top them.
  19. That's one reason they split the season up. So they could submit the first half for this year, and the 2nd half for next year.
  20. We still haven't seen the resolution of the teaser below (the audio portion), I think (Florida being Florida), Kim goes back and becomes a lawyer again. Nothing to do with Gene, just moving on with her life. Going back to the interview with Rich Schweigert, when she didn't want to end up working at the Piggly Wiggly, and he asked what she did want, and she answered, "More". Right now she essentially is working at the Piggly Wiggly, and this her chance to reclaim her life.
  21. Never read the book, but the movie started me on a Tom Clancy kick, from Red Storm Rising (1986) through Debt of Honor (1994). Just realized that coincided with our son (2nd child) being born, and that pretty much ended any free time I had for reading...
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