Álbum Sleep Dirt de Frank Zappa - Canciones
Sleep Dirt
Reseña
Al igual que su predecesor, Sleep Dirt es otro de los álbumes lanzados por Warner Bros. sin la autorización de Frank Zappa, extraído de las mismas cintas del proyecto "Läther". Sin embargo, a diferencia de "Studio Tan", este disco se centra casi por completo en la faceta instrumental y jazzística de Zappa.
Por consiguiente, el álbum se siente como una obra más cohesionada y atmosférica. La mayor parte del material data de mediados de los 70 y cuenta con una banda de músicos excepcionales. Ciertamente, piezas como la que da título al disco, "Sleep Dirt", o "Flambay" son ejemplos exquisitos de jazz-fusion, con melodías intrincadas y un trabajo de guitarra y teclado de primer nivel, destacando de nuevo a George Duke.
Además, el disco incluye una de las composiciones acústicas más bellas de Zappa, "Spider of Destiny". Esta pieza muestra una faceta más delicada y melódica de su escritura, demostrando que su talento no se limitaba a la complejidad y la sátira. Posteriormente, en reediciones autorizadas, se añadirían voces a algunas de estas pistas, cambiando su carácter original.
En definitiva, "Sleep Dirt" es una joya para los amantes del Zappa más instrumental. Aunque su lanzamiento fue problemático, la calidad de la música es innegable. Así pues, funciona como un excelente escaparate de su genio como compositor de jazz-rock y presenta algunas de las interpretaciones más inspiradas de sus colaboradores de esa época.
Listado de canciones del álbum Sleep Dirt
- Filthy Habits 7:33
Músicos invitados: Frank Zappa (Guitar), Frank Zappa (Keyboards) - FlambayVer letra 5:02
[X]letra de Flambay
George Duke (keyboards)
Dave Parlato (bass)
Patrick O'Hearn (bass)
James "Bird Legs" Youman (bass, guitar)
Terry Bozzio (drums)
Chester Thompson (drums)
Chad Wackerman (drums)
Ruth Underwood (percussion)
Thana Harris (vocals)
Bruce Fowler (brass)
He used to be very kind in his own crude way
He wasn't always like I wanted him to be
He wasn't smart, he wasn't handsome either
But he thrilled me when he drilled me
and I never loved a monster quite like he...
Because his love was so flambay
His kisses burned me so, his kisses turned me
from a queen on a throne to a shriveling spool
Here I stand all alone, a spider's fool
When it's me he needs to fondle his tool
I guess some bugs are just that way
He don't really need your love
He don't really need you
to be there when his hair gets matted and grey
With a broom cleaning his room from the mess he made that day
All those earthling worms he nibbled away
Oh Hunchentoot my love, how could you desert me now?
Oh Hunchentoot you brute, can't you see I want you?
Stay with me flagrantly
and we'll have ecstasy for all eternity
Because your love is so flambay
You kisses burn me so, your kisses turn me
from a queen on a throne to a shriveling spool
I don't mind if you're unkind 'cause spiders rule
Yes you are real cool
with those little webs you spool
and all your spider drool
oh let me float in your pool Músicos invitados: Patrick O'Hearn (Double Bass), Chester Thompson (Drums), George Duke (Keyboards), Ruth Underwood (Percussion) - Spider of DestinyVer letra 2:54
[X]letra de Spider of Destiny
Listen carefully, spider of destiny
You must heed the call of cosmo-biology
Listen to me
If you eat the earthlings now
things will all be fine and then
we'll repair our love somehow
and resume the busy schedule of our ruthless conquest once again
Listen carefully, spider of destiny
I will not allow this marvelous opportunity to be taken from me
Taken from me...
Eat the earth people, eat them and chew them and brutally
stomp on the rest of what's left and then report to me
for the conquest of earth and the moon and the stars
and the space in between, all the comets and stars will be ours
Eat the earth people, eat them and chew them and brutally
stomp on the rest of what's left... Músicos invitados: Patrick O'Hearn (Double Bass), Chester Thompson (Drums), Frank Zappa (Guitar), George Duke (Keyboards), Ruth Underwood (Percussion) - Regyptian Strut 4:15
Músicos invitados: James Youman (Bass), Bruce Fowler (3) (Brass), Chester Thompson (Drums), George Duke (Keyboards), Frank Zappa (Percussion), Ruth Underwood (Percussion) - Time Is MoneyVer letra 2:52
[X]letra de Time Is Money
Time is money...
But space is a long, long time!
Perhaps you are surprised
To see i speak your language?
But i have been monitoring
Your earthly broadcasts for
Many years...
Many years...
And the reception on my little planet
Is extremely fine!
Time is money...
But space is a long, long time!
On my lonely throne
In the cosmic night i ponder the vast expanses
Between your puny world and mine!
From my couch-in-the-sky,
As my planet goes by,
I behold all your misery below there!
I have seen all your lying,
And crying, and dying,
And, believe me,
Your planet is nowhere!
Space is a very long time!
(and if the equation,
As set forth above,
Is proved when we get to
The bottom line...
The 'powers financial'
I'll hold o'er your world
Will complete my fantastic design!)
And the whole 'equivalent earth' shall be mine!
And the whole 'equivalent earth' shall be mine!
And the whole 'equivalent earth' shall be mine!
Mine! mine! Músicos invitados: Chester Thompson (Drums), George Duke (Keyboards), Ruth Underwood (Percussion) - Sleep DirtVer letra 3:20
Músicos invitados: Frank Zappa (Acoustic Guitar), James Youman (Acoustic Guitar) - The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution [instrumental] 13:20
Músicos invitados: Patrick O'Hearn (Bass), Terry Bozzio (Drums), Frank Zappa (Guitar)
Al igual que su predecesor, Sleep Dirt es otro de los álbumes lanzados por Warner Bros. sin la autorización de Frank Zappa, extraído de las mismas cintas del proyecto "Läther". Sin embargo, a diferencia de "Studio Tan", este disco se centra casi por completo en la faceta instrumental y jazzística de Zappa.
Por consiguiente, el álbum se siente como una obra más cohesionada y atmosférica. La mayor parte del material data de mediados de los 70 y cuenta con una banda de músicos excepcionales. Ciertamente, piezas como la que da título al disco, "Sleep Dirt", o "Flambay" son ejemplos exquisitos de jazz-fusion, con melodías intrincadas y un trabajo de guitarra y teclado de primer nivel, destacando de nuevo a George Duke.
Además, el disco incluye una de las composiciones acústicas más bellas de Zappa, "Spider of Destiny". Esta pieza muestra una faceta más delicada y melódica de su escritura, demostrando que su talento no se limitaba a la complejidad y la sátira. Posteriormente, en reediciones autorizadas, se añadirían voces a algunas de estas pistas, cambiando su carácter original.
En definitiva, "Sleep Dirt" es una joya para los amantes del Zappa más instrumental. Aunque su lanzamiento fue problemático, la calidad de la música es innegable. Así pues, funciona como un excelente escaparate de su genio como compositor de jazz-rock y presenta algunas de las interpretaciones más inspiradas de sus colaboradores de esa época.
Músicos invitados: Frank Zappa (Guitar), Frank Zappa (Keyboards)
letra de Flambay
Dave Parlato (bass)
Patrick O'Hearn (bass)
James "Bird Legs" Youman (bass, guitar)
Terry Bozzio (drums)
Chester Thompson (drums)
Chad Wackerman (drums)
Ruth Underwood (percussion)
Thana Harris (vocals)
Bruce Fowler (brass)
He used to be very kind in his own crude way
He wasn't always like I wanted him to be
He wasn't smart, he wasn't handsome either
But he thrilled me when he drilled me
and I never loved a monster quite like he...
Because his love was so flambay
His kisses burned me so, his kisses turned me
from a queen on a throne to a shriveling spool
Here I stand all alone, a spider's fool
When it's me he needs to fondle his tool
I guess some bugs are just that way
He don't really need your love
He don't really need you
to be there when his hair gets matted and grey
With a broom cleaning his room from the mess he made that day
All those earthling worms he nibbled away
Oh Hunchentoot my love, how could you desert me now?
Oh Hunchentoot you brute, can't you see I want you?
Stay with me flagrantly
and we'll have ecstasy for all eternity
Because your love is so flambay
You kisses burn me so, your kisses turn me
from a queen on a throne to a shriveling spool
I don't mind if you're unkind 'cause spiders rule
Yes you are real cool
with those little webs you spool
and all your spider drool
oh let me float in your pool
letra de Spider of Destiny
You must heed the call of cosmo-biology
Listen to me
If you eat the earthlings now
things will all be fine and then
we'll repair our love somehow
and resume the busy schedule of our ruthless conquest once again
Listen carefully, spider of destiny
I will not allow this marvelous opportunity to be taken from me
Taken from me...
Eat the earth people, eat them and chew them and brutally
stomp on the rest of what's left and then report to me
for the conquest of earth and the moon and the stars
and the space in between, all the comets and stars will be ours
Eat the earth people, eat them and chew them and brutally
stomp on the rest of what's left...
Músicos invitados: James Youman (Bass), Bruce Fowler (3) (Brass), Chester Thompson (Drums), George Duke (Keyboards), Frank Zappa (Percussion), Ruth Underwood (Percussion)
letra de Time Is Money
But space is a long, long time!
Perhaps you are surprised
To see i speak your language?
But i have been monitoring
Your earthly broadcasts for
Many years...
Many years...
And the reception on my little planet
Is extremely fine!
Time is money...
But space is a long, long time!
On my lonely throne
In the cosmic night i ponder the vast expanses
Between your puny world and mine!
From my couch-in-the-sky,
As my planet goes by,
I behold all your misery below there!
I have seen all your lying,
And crying, and dying,
And, believe me,
Your planet is nowhere!
Space is a very long time!
(and if the equation,
As set forth above,
Is proved when we get to
The bottom line...
The 'powers financial'
I'll hold o'er your world
Will complete my fantastic design!)
And the whole 'equivalent earth' shall be mine!
And the whole 'equivalent earth' shall be mine!
And the whole 'equivalent earth' shall be mine!
Mine! mine!
Músicos invitados: Frank Zappa (Acoustic Guitar), James Youman (Acoustic Guitar)
Músicos invitados: Patrick O'Hearn (Bass), Terry Bozzio (Drums), Frank Zappa (Guitar)
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