Zappa Plays Zappa (Brilliant Box)
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Actor: Zappa Plays ZappaDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Live, PAL
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 205 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Razor & Tie
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Movie Review: like pornography for musicians
Summary: 5 Stars
My band-mates and I have been going through a spell of Zappa fascination for months, so when I heard about this tour I was eager to catch a glimpse. I remember Dweezil as an MTV VJ more than a guitarist, I'm ashamed to say, but I still had pretty high expectations from the buzz. Those expectations were roundly exceeded. I nursed this collection over the course of a week and watched the final, mind-blowing segments over the Independence Day. That choice was so fitting, my joy was so complete, that I've felt the need to pass it on.
Just looking at an uninhibited Napoleon Murphy Brock while he sings and prances giddily around makes me feel free. Pete Griffin is having a total ball on bass, I'd swear Aaron Arntz hits every key on five keyboards over the course of each tune, and Billy Hulting switches from bells to bongos as if every band has a guy doing likewise. I do believe I'm head over heels in love with Scheila Gonzalez, and I am now at liberty to recognize Terry Bozzio as the greatest drummer alive in place of my previous percussion hero, the soured Brit Mitch Mitchell. Not that the excellent Joe Travers suffers from inferiority playing alongside any more than the Italian virtuoso Steve Vai is playing second guit-fiddle as he ecstatically wrestles with his tremolo bar. And yes, I'd pawn a guitar for a chance to jam with Jamie Kime. While all this great talent is worth experiencing on its own, if you really want to know where freedom can take you let me recommend this band assembled by the son of a great, truly American composer who felt personal and artistic liberty to such a degree that not only could he compose all the frenetic music I witness, but he could give his torch-bearing progeny a name like Dweezil and his song a title like "Zomby Woof" (a personal favorite cut).
An eternal thank you to FZ, Dweezil Zappa, and this entire collection of musicians, sound techs, and video production artists for making my lifetime. If you love music, if you have an open mind, and if you have ever believed in the potential of American freedom I recommend at least five minutes of this DVD to cure whatever may ail you. And to the square peg among round reviews who says Terry Bozzio doesn't fit, since when has Zappa music about meeting the pat expectations of the banal passing for criticism? I'm sure Mr. Bozzio will be happy to show you exactly where it fits, and my opinion is that the drum-off climax of disc two is the greatest performance of anything I've seen anywhere... and I just caught the Return to Forever reunion last month!
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