FRANK ZAPPA 2LP BARKING PUMPKIN - Them Or Us
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$ 28
Sold For
May 13, 2010
Sold Date
May 6, 2010
Start Date
$ 20
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Description
FRANK ZAPPA 2LP BARKING PUMPKIN - Them Or Us
DESCRIPTION
Description ARTIST :FRANK ZAPPA
TITLE :THEM OR US
FORMAT :VINYL 2LP RECORD
LABEL :BARKING PUMPKIN 74200
COVER :NEAR MINT
VINYL :NEAR MINT
COMMENTS :
Released in October 1984, Them or Us is Frank Zappa's last studio rock album (unless one counts Thing-Fish). It contains a little of everything for everyone, but most of all it has that cold and dry early-'80s feel that made this and other albums like The Man From Utopia and Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention sound dated pretty quickly. The record begins and ends with covers. "The Closer You Are" is one of those '50s R&B tunes the man loved so much. As for the Allman Brothers' "Whippin' Post," it answered a request from an audience member in Helsinki back in 1974 (go figure). In between one finds the usual offensive lyrics -- the cliché-ridden "In France," the sexually explicit "Baby, Take Your Teeth Out." Crunchy guitars are found in "Ya Hozna" and "Stevie's Spanking" (named after Steve Vai, playing guitar in it, too), arguably one of Zappa's best straightforward rock songs from that period. "Sinister Footwear II" and "Marqueson's Chicken" represent an '80s update of complex instrumental pieces the likes of "RDNZL." "Planet of My Dreams" salvages a bit from the never-produced stage play Hunchentoot (the scenario of which was incidentally published in a book titled Them or Us released at the same time). Finally, "Be in My Video" mocks David Bowie's hit "Let's Dance" and the MTV generation, still in its infancy stage at the time.
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