tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311998.post114439959387763246..comments2024-03-27T07:47:11.168-07:00Comments on LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Classical RockEUGENE PLAWIUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11736971647879996375noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311998.post-1144519695578654792006-04-08T11:08:00.000-07:002006-04-08T11:08:00.000-07:00You're right about Willie not charting, of course....You're right about Willie not charting, of course. It did get a lot of play. Oddly, though, it was melodically the least adventurous cut on the album - just one chord (and probably that's why he didn't return to it as often as he did Peaches). Great solo, though.<BR/><BR/>I confess there are some pieces of the Canon that I've never really managed to penetrate, and unfortunately the last "official" release of new material, Civilization, was one of them. I wish he'd lived long enough to carry out his proposed collaboration with the Chieftains. That would have been beyond bizarre. <BR/><BR/>"Arf", she said.Balbulicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909755014063452689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311998.post-1144476174424764462006-04-07T23:02:00.000-07:002006-04-07T23:02:00.000-07:00Willie the Pimp making the top 40 charts?!? I rea...Willie the Pimp making the top 40 charts?!? I realize that many people may have been more musically open-minded in the late '60s and early '70s, but they weren't THAT open-minded. Well, at least not Americans. <BR/><BR/>The entire Hot Rats album was essentially a bust in the States, although it did reach the charts in Britain. Zappa was already more well recieved on the other side of the Atlantic, especially for his music that was more complex. People don't make money composing serious music in America. People like Britney Spears make money.freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623742375135804548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311998.post-1144462098828582812006-04-07T19:08:00.000-07:002006-04-07T19:08:00.000-07:00Damn man you are right. Willie the Pimp didn't mak...Damn man you are right. Willie the Pimp didn't make it to the top 40 charts though in my memory, of course you know what they say about that. Valley Girl was of course a hit in the eighties, which proves my point about the revival at that time.<BR/>Camarillo Brillo, a brilliant piece from a brilliant album, myself I want to grow up to be a Dental Floss Rancher from Montana, with Zircon encrusted Tweezers. That and we all like to make Dynamo Humm....oh dear we are getting obscure now....EUGENE PLAWIUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736971647879996375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311998.post-1144417867524835642006-04-07T06:51:00.000-07:002006-04-07T06:51:00.000-07:00"His only hit single Peaches in Regalia..."It seem..."His only hit single Peaches in Regalia..."<BR/><BR/>It seems churlish of me to disagree (especially in response to such fun post) but I must remind you that Willie the Pimp (from the same album), Jewish Princess, and of course Valley Girl all charted reasonably well (for Zappa). <BR/><BR/>Amazing that the same brain managed to generate Camarillo Brillo AND The Yellow Shark, isn't it?Balbulicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909755014063452689noreply@blogger.com