Angus Jung wrote:Trout Mask Replica is weirder than Whitehouse.
In your ass.
That is the best album ever. I can never forgive Frank Zappa for what he did to Don Van Vliet. He cut his balls off. I heard if he had his drothers, TMR would have had at least 2 doo-wap songs on it. But Don stood strong, and told that cheesy moustachio to eff off.
Just think how much better Trout Mask would have been if that Eye-talian piece of douche had nothing to do with it! This is another reason for my strong hatred of Dank Crappa... As good as that album was, it would have been much better if Brian Wilson produced it. WORD!
I have an electonica album where I have sampled various parts of TMR, and modernized them for today's audience. I made them danceable, and put a stong kick on every beat, alternating with an open hi-hat, at 150 bpm. Though it's got potential, I have no commercial success. This is the pain that all avant-garde composers feel. But a friend of mine who works at a salon has been sneaking it into rotation, and he said that no one has asked him to turn it off...
I knew I'm a genius! I have harnessed the complex power of the computer, and programmed some really kick ass music. It's really tight and the groove is solid, which is a testament to my excellent music skills. That Acid program is really complicated, but if you take the time and put in some effort, someone as smart as I am can create musical realms beyond all imagination. I have re-invented the way music is recorded. I have gone beyond mere rock, and created a new form of music. I had done all the can be done with rock back 'round 1998, and moved on, but I am finally getting some recognition.
It is not entirely electronic, however. I did discover this cutting-edge device called the POD. I tracked some chunky guitar riffs with this, and doing so, have pioneered the technique of direct guitar recording. Years from now, lesser recording engineers will just start dabbling in what I have already mastered. If I stick to my guns, I could be the next Oasis! I know... how could anyone else be so revolutionary? I don't know if it will be possible. I also have this idea (y'all better not knick it!) of merging a hip-hop beat with shoegaze guitars and analog synthesizers. It's pretty revolutionary. I'm calling the project Radioface. Remember, if I hear you doing this sound, I will track your ass down and give you a pie in the face!
Yeah, keyboards, basses, drums and guitars are nifty, but when it comes down to it, computers are the most complicated things around. Since I have mastered the computer as an instrument, I consider myself a virtuoso who is above and beyond the music of today. If you come to one of my performances, it may not look like I'm doing much, but believe me, I'm clicking up a STORM on my powerbook. Someone said that she could have just gone to some hi-tech company and watched someone working, and it would have been as good as one of my shows. Hardly! She doesn't get where music is. She should go listen to some Skynard and "rip" some holes in the knees of her blue jeans.