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The Drive, 12/21/06: 1974
« on: December 21, 2006, 07:52:20 AM »
Zappa promised with some "hygiene advice" -- a reference to not eating yellow snow? or dental floss?
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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2006, 08:04:05 AM »
proxy WOS for Gaz, as GFR moves around the floor in a local motion.

followed by Skynyrd making a breeze -- it's a Gaz WOS twin-spin!
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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2006, 08:07:48 AM »
VHM EJ's epic rendering of "LSD".  Ponderous yet audacious.

This flashes me back to Thanksgiving '74 -- the day after, actually, when I went to work (a department store -- never work retail at Xmas time!) and one of our cow orkers was regaling us with the tale of the EJ concert she went to the nite before at Madison Square Garden; yes, the one where John Lennon showed up as a surprise.  We were all in awe.
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Re: The Drive, 12/21/06: 1974
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2006, 08:14:14 AM »
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Zappa promised with some "hygiene advice" -- a reference to not eating yellow snow? or dental floss?

Today, 12/21 (our 31st anniversary) is Zappa's birthday.
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Re: The Drive, 12/21/06: 1974
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2006, 08:14:36 AM »
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Zappa promised with some "hygiene advice" -- a reference to not eating yellow snow? or dental floss?


indeed, it's Nanook's no-no!  BOS!

"a fur-trapper... who was strictly from commercial."  Iggaloo peek-a-boo!
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Re: The Drive, 12/21/06: 1974
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2006, 08:15:25 AM »
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Zappa promised with some "hygiene advice" -- a reference to not eating yellow snow? or dental floss?

Today, 12/21 (our 31st anniversary) is Zappa's birthday.


Solstice babies are so creative!
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AWB
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2006, 08:18:05 AM »
I would guess this is Pick Up the Pieces, but I always get so confused with Cut the Cake.
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The Drive, 12/21/06: 1974
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2006, 08:18:11 AM »
BOS2 AWB, Pickin' 'em up.  A late '74 release, presumably.
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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2006, 08:19:10 AM »
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I would guess this is Pick Up the Pieces, but I always get so confused with Cut the Cake.


CTC has a few more lyrics.
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EC and the Sheriff
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2006, 08:23:24 AM »
I always liked this, and as opposed to being a Marley ripoff, I think it introduced Marley to a lot of people.
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« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2006, 08:27:20 AM »
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I always liked this, and as opposed to being a Marley ripoff, I think it introduced Marley to a lot of people.


Well, OK, I'll give Eric credit for that. The downside was it created the template for way too many tepid reggae-tinged excursions on his part.  He went to that well a few too many times over the years.

OMG! Al Wilson, "Show & Tell"!  BOS3 -- I always wondered if Lou Rawls was offered this one first, it souunds like it was written for him.
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« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2006, 08:30:07 AM »
VHM Eagles, "Already Gone", one of my fave nasty breakup songs.
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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2006, 08:35:45 AM »
woo hoo! BOS4 the mighty 'berries, "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)".

"I been tryin' to write a lyric
non-offensive but satiric"

good luck with that, Mr Carmen!
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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2006, 08:44:32 AM »
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OMG! Al Wilson, "Show & Tell"!  BOS3 -- I always wondered if Lou Rawls was offered this one first, it souunds like it was written for him.


wow, I had no idea it was orig done by Johnny Mathis!
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« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2006, 07:51:35 AM »
Grand Funk   The Locomotion    7.2%
Lynyrd Skynyrd   Call Me the Breeze    6.5%
Elton John   Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds    7.2%
Frank Zappa   Don't Eat the Yellow Snow    25.2%
Average White Band   Pick up the Pieces    5.0%
Eric Clapton   I Shot the Sheriff    5.8%
Al Wilson   Show & Tell    8.6%
Eagles   Already Gone    9.4%
Raspberries   Overnight Sensation    4.3%
Steely Dan   Rikki Don't Lose that Number    20.9%

Zappa "snows" the competition!
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