Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention- "In the Sky" (1968)

1968!?

I've never fully embraced Frank Zappa. A lot of people always tell me how bad ass he is; I just think i need to listen to more before i draw any hearty conclusions.



"A lot of what we do is designed to annoy people......"-totally amazing, Frank.

I will always give him props for standing up to Tipper Gore's PMRC in the 80s. Parental advisory stickers-what a joke! Did it stop any of you all from buying explicit music when you were just a kid? Not me. I was jamming that NWA tape like a motherfucker.....

LCD Soundsystem at Palladium Ballroom in Dallas 6/9/10

Damn. I can't believe its already been a week since i went to this. Time flies, i guess.


They played for about an hour and ten minutes, then did a 3 song encore. For a $50 ticket, that's about $3.85 per song. Not a bad deal. Oh, and if you get electronic tickets, be sure to print them out before you get bligged and head to the show. I owe my boy and his secretary a solid. Here's the set (according to setlist.fm and what i remember)

1. Us v Them
2. Yr City's a Sucker
3. Drunk Girls
4. Pow Pow
5. Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
6. All My Friends
7. I Can Change
8. Tribulations
9. Movement
10. Yeah
11. (encore) Someone Great
12. Losing My Edge
13. New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

This set closer "Yeah" really got us feeling those live beats Pat Mahoney was laying down. I might have even shook my skinny booty a little during that one. Not sure, though. I wished it would have gotten more acid house'd out, but it was still my favorite from the show. "Losing My Edge" was also choice live (maybe its just cuz i get every reference ;P). And what's the deal with "Drunk Girls" being the new single? They could've picked a better song off that new album.

Holy shit did openers Holy Ghost suck. Lackluster to the max. The coolest thing about them was their clean, poofy hair. I'm sure you'll hear them in the mall soon enough if you haven't already......