You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 2: Frank Zappa: Amazon.ca: Music

Disc: 1
1. Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)
2. Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)
3. Stinkfoot
4. Stinkfoot
5. Inca Roads
6. Inca Roads
7. RDNZL
8. RDNZL
9. Village Of The Sun
10. Village Of The Sun
See all 18 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Approximate
2. Dupree's Paradise
3. Satumaa (Finnish Tango)
4. T'Mershi Duween
5. The Dog Breath Variations
6. Uncle Meat
7. Building A Girl
8. Montana (Whipping Floss)
9. Big Swifty

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5.0 out of 5 stars A full two-hour show, April 17 2004

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Patrik Lemberg (Tammisaari Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

An unusually small but powerful group--FZ, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Tom Fowler, Ruth Underwood, and Chester Thompson--performed in Helsinki September 22nd 1974. The whole concert was captured on tape, and is presented on these two discs without ANY over-dubs, and with clear audio. Since this is the only volume from the YCDTOSA series that features the same group, and performances from only one concert throughout, these two discs naturally have a comforting main thread. This talented group had been playing together for a whole year prior to this performance, and in the liner notes Zappa has pointed out that the band therefore is so comfortable with the material that they could probably have performed it blindfolded, which I do not doubt. The only unrehearsed number here is the Finnish tango "Satumaa", which is a special request for only this particular concert. The band sight-reads the number on stage (very well), and Brock makes an attempt to sing the lyrics to the song. This always cracks me up, as I live in Finland, and am familiar with this song and its lyrics. During this concert is when the idea of playing Allman Brothers' "Whipping Post" was born; it is here requested by an audience member, but neither Zappa or the band is familiar with the tune, and so naturally they do not perform it. Zappa later familiarized himself with the tune, and made it a regular number in his band's repertoire. In the 80's, when he returned to Finland, he announced to the audience "guess what - we now know the song you requested back in '74", and performed it.
YCDTOSA vol.2 has such a perfect balance of humour, great musicianship, and different kind of material, that it certainly is one of FZ's best live albums. It should be of great satisfaction to fans of "Roxy and Elsewhere", which was recorded on various occasions four to eight months prior to this concert.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as people say., July 12 2004

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Gus fogle "Gus Fogle" (The most wonderfulest country in the world! Ya know, USA!!!!!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

Not to say this isn't a good album, the thing is that I just don't really like live material before 1975. This album is much better than the Roxy because it contains all ten songs and more. Songs like Stinkfoot, Inca roads, and RDNZL will amaze you in the quality of the band's performance. The only live version of Montana in the series is featured here. Some great jazz numbers are The dog breath variations, a complicated masterpiece with a throbbing tempo, and Big swifty, an epic closer. I respect Zappa's decision in devoting a whole volume of the series to the Overnight sensation/Apostrophe tour but their is much better out there. My main problem with the early live stuff is that the band isn't especially tight in sound- they are in actuall performance but there is a certain hollow quality to the sound, something later bands didn't have trouble with. Get this and all of the volumes. Don't start in mid-series, start with Volume one and go all the way up to Volume six if you are a live freak.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Incredible Helsinki Concert, Dec 21 2003

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applewood (everywhere and nowhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

From its opening Tush Tush Tush (usually don't want the kids to listen too closely) to the Montana/Whipping Post double speed jam this hilarious concert is incredible.

There are alot of great Zappa recordings... it is hard to choose a favorite. But my preference is for the early 70's sound. (My favorite studio work is HOT RATS.) What makes this double CD so good is that it covers the whole concert and with one of the best bands Frank put and kept together. Also there is the contrast with how the band sounded at the beginning of the tour (as recorded on the excellent ROXY AND ELSEWHERE), and here something like 6 months later. The band knows the tunes inside out, and you get the treat of hearing the uptempo changes they can make, such as the double time version of Village Of the Sun.

Zappa is not always an easy listen (thank God!), he is though one of the best American composers of the 20th century, and his torturous sounds and songs are worth getting through to get the pearls. This concert shows him at one of his finest hours.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Zappa Albums
I AM HUGE ZAPPA NUT, AND THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES. THE FIRST DISC HAS ALMOST EVERY TRACK FROM ROXY AND ELSEWHERE, WHICH I LOVE. Read more

Published on Aug 30 2003 by Jake

4.0 out of 5 stars Truly Wonderful
While this collection lacks the wide scope of the 1st installment in this series, it is quite an adventurous outing! Read more

Published on July 27 2003 by David Robinson