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'70s v.s '80s
The '70s version (Saarbrucken, Anyway The Wind Blows) 21%  21%  [ 6 ]
The '80s version (Tinseltown Rebellion, YCDTOSA 5, Buffalo) 79%  79%  [ 22 ]
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Farks Zappa
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This song was played at almost every Zappa concert during the fall 1978 - summer 1982 tour, and got a instrumental section written into it for the 1980- tour. So which version do you like the best?


I choose the '80s version because:

* The instrumental part is epical orgasmical, I LOVE IT!
* Better guitar solos
* I prefer the vocal combo Bobby + Ray on this song, their voices are more powerful and goes better with the rest of the number
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I like the 80's version better too, particularly the Tinseltown version because of the great collage in the middle. That solo just comes from nowhere.
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RUI wrote:
I like the 80's version better too, particularly the Tinseltown version because of the great collage in the middle. That solo just comes from nowhere.


Agree 100%

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Re: 70's version -- Ike over Denny any day of the week. But hey, how 'bout the Flo & Eddie version?
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Giacomelli the Younger wrote:
Re: 70's version -- Ike over Denny any day of the week. But hey, how 'bout the Flo & Eddie version?


Ray sang EM in 1981-1982

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jaypfunk wrote:
Giacomelli the Younger wrote:
Re: 70's version -- Ike over Denny any day of the week. But hey, how 'bout the Flo & Eddie version?


Ray sang EM in 1981-1982
Best singer on the plant :wink:

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jaypfunk wrote:
Giacomelli the Younger wrote:
Re: 70's version -- Ike over Denny any day of the week. But hey, how 'bout the Flo & Eddie version?


Ray sang EM in 1981-1982


Yeah, I know. I was just sayin' that out of the 70's versions, I like the way Ike sings it more than Denny. A teeny bit OT.
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80's version. for all the reasons previously mentioned.
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The 1970-1971 and 1978 versions are the best.
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There's a robot version of EM from the Sunrise Theater in Ft. Lauderdale in 1980 that is truly incredible. No guitar solo, just amazing sonic experiments.
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Tinseltown rebellion baaaaaaand

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jaypfunk wrote:
Giacomelli the Younger wrote:
Re: 70's version -- Ike over Denny any day of the week. But hey, how 'bout the Flo & Eddie version?


Ray sang EM in 1981-1982



Bobby Martin sang it as well.


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I don't vote in obviously rigged polls.

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If we're narrowing it down to just the two arrangements - 1980s obviously wins. But the 1979 Zurich version runs it close - where they alter the vamp to 15/16, the kind of small change that could cause a major train wreck. Frank and Vinnie take it in their stride, but I feel sorry for the bass and rhythm guitar every time I hear it: I picture Arthur really gritting his teeth and saying to himself: "I must keep this thing in tune and in time: if I don't, no-one else will!"
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The '80s version

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70S!!! "I THREW UP ON STAGE DURING EASY MEET"...... LOL :mrgreen
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