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[center][sub]wound up werkin'[/sub]<br><br>[sup]in a gas station[/sup][/center]

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::)so much for those mundane school storys,when i was in school last period,i had studyhall,i'd leave catch the long island railroad ,get off at penn. station and get up on stage at the garrick theater with frank and the mothers and live out what you people could only imagine for real.....guys, the records are great but you could never capture what actuallyhappened live.......chartruse :-*

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[quote author=setfiretothecouch link=board=concerts;num=1084019990;start=0#13 date=08/30/04 at 19:11:11]i always listen to my frank zappa albums on the bus, but i've been lucky enough to encounter two teachers who happen to be zappa fans (interesting when i think they were two of my favorite teachers before i even knew that!).[/quote]<br><br>I got tired of being forced to listen to rap and modern r&b "On The Bus" to school so I started listening to Zappa on my walkman.  I bought a Y cable from radio shack so that a friend of mine who also liked FZ could listen also.  (I only knew about 5 people at school who had heard of FZ).<br><br>Before I knew who FZ was, I used to make tapes for the black school bus drivers with songs from artists like Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett.  Sometimes the drivers would play the tape over the bus stereo.<br><br>Music was a great way to escape from the boring 40 minute bus ride.

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Some folks got it
Some folks don't
Some so yoogly
They never won't

I'm 16, only person that listens to Zappa in my school.  I had an American History teacher named Mr. Rowland who was a huge fan, and he was surprised when I came into class with  Wowie Zowie playing in my headphones, he looked up and instantly recognized the xylophone lick.  He almost passed out, and started to tell me stories and all this stuff about Zappa.  Coolest guy ever!  We used to listen to whatever Zappa stuff he or I would bring in, he played it on the computer, regardless of the black people and the preps' complaining.  We were both like "ah, shut the fuck up, we hear you blare your rap all the time, least you could do is have some real shit go through your ears."  He was that damn cool.  Lucky to have him.  

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"The chords in this music are really mean...I like these chords."

[quote author=fatherofinvention link=board=concerts;num=1084019990;start=15#28 date=11/18/04 at 18:22:15]I'm 16, only person that listens to Zappa in my school.   [/quote]<br><br>Same here. I would even venture to say I'm the only person that KNOWS Zappa in my school.  ::)

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I'm beginning to introduce a lot of people to Frank though, them and I are the only ones that know him besides a few teachers that I've asked, and the usual reply is they start singing Montana. ::)

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"The chords in this music are really mean...I like these chords."

[quote author=fatherofinvention link=board=concerts;num=1084019990;start=30#30 date=11/20/04 at 11:15:24]I'm beginning to introduce a lot of people to Frank though, them and I are the only ones that know him besides a few teachers that I've asked, and the usual reply is they start singing Montana. ::)[/quote]<br><br>They can sing a Zappa song at least, it's not bad.

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