Zappa Plays Zappa (Brilliant Box)
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Movie Reviews of Zappa Plays Zappa (Brilliant Box)
Movie Review: Absolutely Must Have
Summary: 5 Stars
I was not familiar with the music of Frank Zappa.
A friend suggested I should try this DVD Concert.
It's the best $20 you can possibly spend.
The filming and especially the surround sound quality is unbelievable. If you have a good quality sound system you will not be disappointed. So many say they are recorded in 5.1 or DTS but they not much better than 2 channel.
The quitar solo by Dweezil on Inca Roads me cry, but then I suffer from depression. This track on it's own is worth the price of admission.
There are an incredible number of songs on the 2 DVD's.
This is a superior concert in all regards and the 10 musicians and singers are as good as it gets.
This really is a MUST have concert.
MIke
Movie Review: Simply brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
Great music from one of the most brilliant composers of the second half of last century. Everybody's performance was incredibly precise, enjoyable, and so relaxed, while playing some of the most complicated tunes I can think of. I just missed Keep it greasey, but I guess that it's impossible to please everybody, with so many albums to choose from.
Thanks Dweezil, for bringing back your father for a couple of hours. This dvd will stay in my player for some time.
Movie Review: First-rate DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
I was always of two minds about Frank Zappa. I thought his music was brilliant, but I found his humor juvenile in the extreme and his stage persona really irritating and geeky. This DVD captures both aspects of his work, but fortunately, the brilliance of the music comes through much more than the junior-high-boys-bathroom sensibilities. The band here is beyond impressive. They navigate the incredible complexities of this stuff as though they were playing Louie Louie. Everybody is outstanding. Even though Dweezil's stage demeanor is very low key (he looks vaguely bored most of the time), his playing is actually fairly expressive--more so than his dad's was. The sound is terrific, and above all, Dweezil's editing is fantastic. So many music DVDs seem to be edited by people who never heard the music before, with odd cuts that bear no relation to what's being played, soloists off camera, and video tricks for their own sake. None of that here. There is creativity in the editing, but always in service to the music. And in many places the editing actually enhances the music, highlighting some little accent that would otherwise have gone unnoticed or intensifying a solo. With most music videos I watch a few songs, then get bored and turn it off to come back some other time. This one kept me riveted from beginning to end. If you have even a passing curiosity about Zappa's music, this would be a great place to start. And if you're a fan, I can't imagine a better present than this.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!
Movie Review: Fantastic Musicians Playing from the Heart
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw the show in Dallas, mainly because I wanted to see Terry Bozzio. He was crazy good, but so was everybody else, especially Dweezil. He plays with such emotion. Standing toe to toe with Steve Vai and coming out on top doesn't happen every day. And it's great on this DVD, too. All the players involved earned my highest respect. I think Frank would approve.