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;DHey man, what a fantastic album Zappa give us! ;D<br>Is difficult to say one, but particularly, I sleep every night with<br>"Son of Orange County" and "Don´t you ever wash that thing?"

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Frank, I want to see your ghost walking on my corridor, and show me unreleased tunes.

No kidding about the brilliance of Roxy and Elsewhere!!!!! I love Frank's spoken intros--really sounds like he's having a great time! Penguin in Bondage, Pygmy Twylyte, and one of my all-time faves, Cheepnis! Even some of my friends who did'nt like him much found his intro hilarious! "And the girl falls down and twists her ankle..of course she does!"<br>                                     Trouble Comin' Everyday was great, too...very soulful and bluesy style. It was one of the first (Apostrophe' was the first) L.P.'s by FZ I ever bought, great introduction to the man and his live performances!  

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One two, buckle my shoe!

The Be Bop Tango......what a great piece of music and so fantastically performed (especially George Duke with his ''fast little notes'' he plays with his mouth...awesome!!!)<br>I only wish i could have been there to see it...yeah, i am definitley born way to late.......<br>That's why i would really like to see the release of that ROXY DVD in the near future (and please please please please not only in the USA, but in THE NETHERLANDS as well) so that i get an idea of how this concerts really were like if you had been there.<br>This is one of two FZ performances (the 1978 Halloween Palladium concerts being the second) that has a kind of mysticism about it, both were a great series of performances and are favorites of a lot of FZ-fans....

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Alan Thicke: ''Now Frank, for those of us who have seen you as some kind of guru over the years, that's a kind of nihilistic assesment of music. Where's the hope ?''
Frank Zappa: ''Well, there isn't any...''

Echidna's Arf (Of You) <br>Don't you Ever wsh that Thing?<br>Oh No<br>Son of Orange County<br>More Trouble Every Day<br>Cheepnis

I favour the complete side two of the original 2 LP set (Bruce`s solo on Wash That Thing, I mean,... Gosh!)<br>But as a whole it`s such a fantastic album! I could cry just thinking of it!

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Good Lobna!

The Echidna's Arf/Don't You Ever Wash That Thing combo is my favorite, and one of the most brilliant pieces of music in the whole FZ catalog.

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There is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over...

this was one of the only fz albums i bought out of sequence, maybe because his albums were flowing fast & furious, anyway, son of orange county was my gateway to the rest of this album, imo, better than the original o.c. lumber truck...the solo & pre-solo parts rock!

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Just like a penguin in bondage, boinggggg<br><br>O YA O YA O YA<br>

twilight, dummy up, echindnas and dont you ever - plus yum yum yummy yummy yum on cheepness and the bass  line played under the lyrics watched a movie from holywood on same song - also end of tango and . great stuff never betterd.<br><br>mungo

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Drink..............it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance

Pick a song. Any song. Roxy & Elsewhere falls right in the middle of my favorite Zappa decade.  And, it is a true masterpiece!<br><br><br>But, I will pick.<br><br>Village Of The Sun <br>Echidna's Arf (Of You)  <br>Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?        <br>Pygmy Twylyte<br>Cheepnis<br><br><br><br><br>Anyway, I love them all.

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Close your eyes and visualize a glockenspiel(*,*)

Oh, ya!<br><br>The first Zappa album with the stuff he said before a preformance and showed how he interacted with the people watching it.<br><br>Anyway, I think I pick:<br><br>More trouble every day<br>Son of orange county(Didn't knew that Orange county was a city)<br>Be-bop tango<br>Village of the sun<br><br>The rest is also brilliant!<br><br> -/dr_grogg<br><br>

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Yeah, just as it used to be, but still not.....

The whole album is excellent.  I'd have to say that my favorites are:<br><br>Pygmy Twylyte<br>Son of O.C.<br>Echida/Don't You Ever..<br><br>I also liked the "alternative" version of Son of O.C. (called "Oh No") on Unmitigated Audacity (from Beat the Boots Vol. 1).  The guitar solo is different but excellent.  Only problem of course is the sound quality.

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"A mind is like a parachute. It doesnt work if its not open." - The Real Frank Zappa Book

Cheepnis !!<br><br>"Little Miss Muffett on a squat by me, yeah<br> Took a turn around, I said - Can y'all see now?<br> The little strings on the Giant Spider?<br> The Zipper From The Black Lagoon?"<br><br>I thought she just ate her curds & whey....<br><br><br>

eCHIDNA/bE BOP/eCHIDNA/bE BOP... :-/ :-/<br><br>I will listen the album one more time before taking a decision...

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God is is.

The whole freakin album is awesome  :) I really like Jeff Simmons Rythm Playing if i have to pick one it would be "village of the sun"

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Thank you. thank you, thank you
and thank you

One of my all time favorites, probably also for sentimental reasons because the album was my introduction to the world of The Mothers. The "Echidna's Arf/Don't....Thing sequence is simply awesome, with Ruthie-Ruthie standing out from the rest of the best band Frank's ever had.<br><br>Another point: a bunch of the Roxy songs appear on YCDTOSA-2, performed by a very much sized-down band, but all members play on the Roxy album.<br><br>I think that most of the Roxy versions are better than as performed during the Helsinki concert. Except for Pygmy Twylyte (which I believe lasts something like 8 minutes on YCDTOSA-2, mainly because of that awesome FZ solo). Any thoughts on this?    

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There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

Village of the Sun

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Puddintame's my name. Ask me again, I'll tell you; Puddintame's my name...

Every week I have a different favorite part of this incredible masterpiece. The "village->don't you ever..." sequence is priceless...as is "trouble->orange county". No love for "Dummy Up"? That's a nice groove they got goin there<br><br>"I know what that is!! I bet you that's a restaurant menu"

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Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all
the golfers they'll lock me up and throw away the key!