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Did you attend the ZPZ show with Dream Theater at the Tower Theatre in Philly?

Dweezil and the band love reading your reviews.

Please do not post in this thread if you did not attend the show.

Mikey
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I went to this show mainly because of Dream Theater, but I do know a bit of Frank's music and I was looking forward to checking out ZPZ. Well, you guys absolutely blew my mind! I really can't come up with any other words to describe how awesome it was. I'm going to the Asbury Park show on Friday too, and I hope to catch a headlining show sometime in the future.

I would appreciate any help filling in the setlist for this show. I know they played The Purple Lagoon, Dirty Love, Pygmy Twylyte, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow and Bamboozled By Love. But there were several other songs too. I thought I recognized Inca Roads but I'm not 100% sure.

I attended this showing on friday I sat on the balcony second row dead middle seats where incredible. This was my first time at the tower and the first time hearing ZAPPA. I had always heard of the late Frank Zappa but never checked into his music. Now having heard some of it I want more. I really can't describe the music that i heard its more of a feeling that I have. Obviously having never heard any of the songs before I didnt know what to expect but I guess I would describe the music as world meets rock and it all just flowed together in glorious harmony from song to song. All the artists on stage seemed to really enjoy what they were playing they all had smiles on there faces which was nice to see,(it didn't look painful to play like some of these rock bands today). The acoustics of the Tower Theater are amazing and ZPZ really come alive.

However; having enjoyed the music I really feel that this group doesnt belong on this tour, to have BigElf before and Dream Theater after the sounds just didn't jive well with each other. I will without a doubt be looking for ZPZ in my area in the future, Thanks for a great show.

The Tower show was my first Zappa plays Zappa experience. I was always a FZ fan but I never knew how good Dweezil recreated his fathers music. Unbelievable. I am a musician myself, and I was just amazed at the quality of musicians Dweezil has with him. Dweezil is quite an accomplished guitar player. I had NO idea how good he is. I am a definite fan and will go see more of his shows.

I agree that Zappa plays Zappa should be a headliner show. This is an excellent band and deserves top billing. I went to the show for Dream Theatre but was happy to hear Zappa was going to be playing with them. After I heard Zappa, I was dumbfounded. That is some quality playing. I respect Dweezil doing what he is doing. As a guitar player myself, I put Dweezil right up with the top guitarists in the world.

i forgot to post after this show, but these were -- and still are -- my thoughts:

i was a huge Frank fan. i am now a Dweezil fan. what the heck is Zappa Plays Zappa doing sandwiched between BigElf and Dream Theater? it is an insult to Dweezil and his awesome band, to Frank's memory and to Zappa fans everywhere. nothing against the other bands: BigElf were outstanding and Dream Theater are legendary. but i went to see Zappa Plays Zappa, not a truncated ZPZ show. i will be very careful in the future to attend only 100% pure Zappa shows. (i must say that BigElf were way cool. my 16 year-old son and i hung with them for half an hour after their show. i'd see them again in New York Minute. but not as part of a musical circus.)

oh... and bring Frank's Little Italian Virtuoso along next time!