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I'm so happy now I can be registred in Zappa forum (before I had to wait weeks before my comments are publish).
Now my best wish is to identify all the vocals in Zappa's songs because when I listened music I like to know who is doing what (probably a jazz heritage - even if I don't listen jazz).
So I'm starting now and I requiere your help to identify some voices.
Thanks cheers

Knock yourself out: http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/

Welcome.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

I will do it little by little. What I put in '' '' means the lyrics where the voice is singing. Feel free to correct my mistakes.
Thanks


Freak Out! 1966

-Hungry Freaks Daddy : Frank Zappa (verse) Ray Collins (verse).
-I Ain't Got no heart : Frank Zappa (verse) Ray Collins (verse).
-Who are the brain police? : Ray Collins (verse), Frank Zappa (refrain).
-Go cry on somebody else's shoulder : Jimmy Carl Black (''A year ago today''), Ray Collins (verse), Frank Zappa (refrain, dududu), Roy Estrada (Wahaha).
-Motherly love : Frank Zappa (verse) Ray Collins (refrain ''Come on'' ), Frank Zappa (refrain, ''You know'' ''Beeeu'')
-How could i be such a fool : Ray Collins (verse), Frank Zappa (refrain).
-Wowie Zowie : Ray Collins (verse, ''I've a flash in the afternoon''), Frank Zappa (verse, ''I don't even care if'', ''Bom baby bom, Eeooou'' ''Wowie Wowie Zowie'' in final),
Roy Estrada (''Ouououou'', ''Bom Baby bom'', ''Wowie Wowie Zowie'' in final).
-You didn't try to call me : Ray Collins (verse), Frank Zappa (verse, refrain).
-Anyway the wind blows : Ray Collins (verse).
-I'm not satisfied : Frank Zappa (verse, ''Yeeaah''), Ray Collins (refrain).
-You're probably wondering why I'm here : Frank Zappa (refrain, ''Pom po pom po pom'' ''Mamma'' ''Yeeeaah'' ''Not make any difference to me), Ray Collins (verse, refrain).
-Trouble every day : Ray Collins (verse), Frank Zappa (verse).
-Help I'm a rock : Roy Estrada (verse, ''Help I'm a rock''), Jimmy Carl Black (verse ''Somebody'' ''Please''), Ray Collins (verse, ''dolce''), Frank Zappa (''yeeeaah")
-It can't happen : Frank Zappa (verse, ''It can't happen here''), Roy Estrada (refrain, ''Kansas'' ''Mimimi''), Ray Collins (verse, ''Mimimi'' ''DC DC DC''),
Jimmy Carl Black (refrain, ''No no no safe everything''), Jeannie Vassoir (Suzy Creemcheese and refrain).
-The return of the son magnet : Frank Zappa (''Suzy Creamcheese?''), Jeannie Vassoir (Suzy Creemcheese), Roy Estrada (screams).

Thanks for the link Poly, but I would like to make something more detailled to answer to my many questions : ''Who is singing now?''
Thanks

Is it right until now?

Probably I'm not in the good area of the boarding?

You are fine. <------ This is something you will not hear alot around here, but in this case it applies. This thread has been viewed a couple hundred times by now, but don't expect people to post like crazy or even necessarily nicely. Nevertheless, it looks like a cool way of breaking down the tunes that you have thought of. So, all of us ignorant rude people will probably end up using your list as a resource if you complete it. Then we'll probably forget to give you credit for it. Ultimately we will appreciate your idea, you just may not ever know that we do! Don't stop now!

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Yeah, I've read this thread and geez, I can't touch that kind of detail.

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I'm sure it's Frank doing the "A year ago today" in that cholo voice he would whip out surprisingly often. You can hear it on "Greasy Love Songs" on the "Secret Greasing" track (where he reads the story of Rubin.)

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I think "Trouble Every Day" only has FZ singing, no Ray Collins.

Thanks you.
Don't worry, I just wanted to check if I was very wrong and if it can be useful to follow it with.
Thanks for your advice. This topic has to be updated oftenly.
Thanks all!

I'm pretty sure there's no Jimmy. Roy's on the high backing and Frank's on the low backing. Ray does the part that starts "A year ago today", Frank does the part that starts "Go ahead and cry" and later at the end that starts "I love you so much". Ray is also doubling his own parts at a different pitch via overdub. Roy's parts are multi layered as well.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

I think you got it backwards, that's Frank doing the talking intro of "A year ago today", with Ray coming in to sing "Go cry on..." and the rest of the song with numerous over-dub and frank doing the low bits.

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We are talking about the Freak Out! album aren't we? I'm not guessing. Okay, I get it, that is Frank at the opening, but that's not singing, I'm not sure what the technical term is for that kind of vocalising. But, it is definitely Ray Collins singing the line that begins "A year ago today" starting at 1:12.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.