bremen Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='455360' date='Apr 6 2009, 01:02 PM']One of my favourite CDs of all time .. Love that version of Stairway to Heaven [/quote] It's astonishing to hear a big horn section play that solo note-for-note, complete with all the little twists and turns. One of the very many things I love about Zappa is that his pastiches were always sympathetic. Cruising With Reuben and the Jets really takes the piss, but you can tell how much he loved the music he was parodying. He was never one to bother about genres :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 [quote name='bremen' post='455370' date='Apr 6 2009, 01:07 PM']It's astonishing to hear a big horn section play that solo note-for-note, complete with all the little twists and turns. One of the very many things I love about Zappa is that his pastiches were always sympathetic. Cruising With Reuben and the Jets really takes the piss, but you can tell how much he loved the music he was parodying. He was never one to bother about genres :-)[/quote] Yep that version of Stairway was playing on the radio one afternoon when I switched it on in about 1992 or so. I was gobsmacked - what was this amazing horn thing with a huge smile plastered all over it? I was truly amazed to hear it was Zappa. I had very little idea about FZ before that other than he was "weird".. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Superb isn't it. The Best Band .., Make a Jazz Noise Here and Broadway the Hard Way are wonderful albums. That photo in BP is of the show I was at. Brilliant, that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Blimey, it must be Scott Thunes day or something. I just received a lovely (and long) You Tube PM from one of his friends who used to play in a band with him, commenting on my vid of me playing the bass to Dupree's Paradise. Apparently Scott is playing again but only in a couple of local bar bands, so not to get my hopes up. How nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Great player, great interview Thanks. Career wise, his own worst enemy. Maybe that's what makes some great people great, but usually self destructive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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