Dweezil Zappa: Peaches en Regalia
purchase link [Frank Zappa/Hot Rats - Peaches en Regalia]
Life goes on. Your favorite music blog may be facing hard
times – but it is still online and it is pumping out new tunes for you to
listen to. Once again, we’ve got a new
topic for you and your bloggers are doing their best in the face of difficult odds
to bring you songs of mixed styles that don’t really fit any genre.
First and foremost in this category for me is Frank Zappa.
Yes, he had a number of songs that made it into the Top/Pop lists, but he
always gave the impression that it didn’t really matter to him whether it was a
hit or not (perhaps better if so, but … what mattered was impact: did it carry
a message?)
His music touched on jazz, folk, and – of course – pop/rock.
And it is with this in mind that I choose Zappa for my “doesn’t fit any genre” posting)
Life goes on. While not an outright fan of Zappa’s
offspring, I appreciate the fact that
Dweezil and Moon Unit care enough for their father’s legacy that they are
putting time and effort into keeping the flame burning (yes, I am sensitive to
the pecuniary incentives)
Peaches en Regalia, originally from the Mothers’ Hot Rats album, combines pop, rock, jazz and
classical genres in one piece. Zappa’s original selection of instrumentation
and notation make this clear.
For my “safe” posting (having been repeatedly burned posting
my own mp3s recently), I am linking to the son’s version of “Peaches”. Dweezil may lack his father’s flamboyant style, appearance
and guitar chops, but the rendition is credibly authentic: the xylophone, the
tempo, the notes could almost be mistaken for a recording by his dad.
Suppose you comment and tell us what the genre is?
Suppose you comment and tell us what the genre is?