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Originally Posted by fortunato
Love that Zappa song, too. One of the first tunes of his I remember hearing.
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Mine too. Overnite Sensation is probably the best album to recommend to someone who never heard Zappa. It's strange, yet there's a normalcy to it that a lot of Frank's other albums don't have. It won't scare them off.
Listening to The Vitamin String Quartet:
There's something about classical strings being used in a song. They give a certain gravitas to music. I guess it has to do with the resonance of the notes, but I could give a crap about the technical aspect of it, it sounds sweet! And they do a great version of Bold as Love. When they go into the outro of this song (about 3 minutes in) it kind of sends shivers up my spine.
I wouldn't recommend all of their stuff. A lot of it sounds like lame irish sea shantys. And some songs that they attempt to cover, the interpretations just aren't that good. But if you dig cover versions (which I totally do), they're worth checking out.