Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0030306130439 Format: Live, NTSC Label: Mpi Home Video Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video Publisher: Mpi Home Video Release Date: April 10, 1991 Running Time: 57 minutes Studio: Mpi Home Video Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1991 Sales Rank: 50761
Amazon.com: For longtime fans and un-Zapped neophytes alike, Does Humor Belong in Music? presents the late, great Frank Zappa at his mischievous best. Unlike the infamously rambling Baby Snakes, this hour-long, digitally remastered 14-song set (culled from FZ's performance at the Pier in New York City on August 26, 1984) is 95% music, punctuated with brief interview clips (including the inane titular question, and Frank's expectedly affirmative response), and featuring one of the tightest bands that Zappa ever assembled. Everybody participates in Zappa's unique parade of musical fusion, street theater, and defiant anti-establishment sarcasm, with Zappa playing masterful conductor when he's not riffing with nimble-fingered fretwork (notably during "Zoot Allures," "Cosmik Debris," and Greg Allman's "Whipping Post," the set's only cover song). His trademark humor extends to all of his bandmates, especially Ray White and Ike Willis (guitars, vocals) and Bobby Martin (keyboards, vocals), and any topic is fair game for Zappa's skewering, frequently explicit lyrics, from pop-culture sellouts and corrupt recording executives ("Tinsel Town Rebellion") to greedy politicians ("Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel"). Each song is performed to perfection while espousing FZ's impassioned philosophy of taking nothing seriously except the music. In that regard, this Zappa Live DVD represents pure genius at work, having fun and taking no prisoners. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - If you like ZAPPA...
If your a Frank Zappa fan this is a great DVD to add to your collection! Great price and great audio quality make this a winner! Very funny as well. Awesome performances from Frank and his band! Highly ... Read More
Rating: - Humor Does Belong in Music
My friend bought this DVD several years ago after I introduced him to FZ, now I have my own copy. I loved this DVD.
The Good: The band is great- Bobby Martin is awesome. Chad Wackerman--one of the ... Read More
Rating: - Is it Humor if Nobody Laughs?
Does Humor Belong in Music? Well, that depends. A more relevant question to help you decide whether this DVD is for you is, Do you think Frank Zappa is funny? I myself don't really think he is, and I am hardly ... Read More
Rating: - live zappa show dvd
this is a nice dvd look into some 80's Zappa. not as rockin as the dub room special dvd, but not bad. not a very long dvd but has good commentary by FZ thru interviews and tv appearances. i wish the cuts were more ... Read More
Rating: - severely 80s Zappa
I got this today, I will say after Baby Snakes, this is rather short and goes by fast. Its basically like everyones said already a run through of some songs you'll know. Of course there could have been more but as ... Read More
- If you like ZAPPA...
- Is it Humor if Nobody Laughs?