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    AJFOne23
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      LATEST UPDATE 7/20 – Frank Friday’s – Muffin Man

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      GUITAR: Kloporte

      BASS: nsw1-6

      VOCALS: EchoOfMystery

       

      The “Muffin Man,” which first appeared on Frank Zappa’s Bongo Fury LP, is actually a two-part piece that was never performed that way. The first part, which works as some kind of prologue, follows a canvas similar to “Evelyn, A Modified Dog”: same piano sound, same cheesy concert-hall playing topped by narration. The Muffin Man is preparing himself a muffin of his own design and tells listeners that, although some people prefer cupcakes, “there is naught nor ought there be nothing so exalted on the face of God’s grey earth as that prince of foods…the muffin!” At that point the piece launches into a heavy rock riff. The chorus “Girl you thought he was a man/But he was a muffin” is a pretense for a guitar solo. But why a muffin, you may ask? A typical fundraiser item for churches, like cupcakes and pancake breakfasts (as in “St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast”), it embodies the politically correct suburban bourgeois life. The oddity of the “muffin man” image ensured the piece continuous appeal, which explains its inclusion on the “greatest-hits” album Strictly Commercial. In the prologue, the Muffin Man is sitting in the “Utility Muffin Research Kitchen,” which was to later become the name of Zappa’s home studio. The song title was also adopted by a tribute band, the Muffin Men.
      #499740
      AJFOne23
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        LATEST UPDATE 7/21 – Soundgarden – Drawing Flies

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        GUITAR: naginalJJ/Bansheeflyer

        VOCALS: EchoOfMystery

         

        “Drawing Flies” is another fast, drilling song by drummer Matt Cameron.

        #499743
        rcale
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          YESSSSSS! Thank you all for this.

          #499760
          rezavakili
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            Thanks for this triple rotation you got going, all the songs are real fun to play.

            #499799
            AJFOne23
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              So along with my regular releases I’ve decided to take my skills, filters, and wiser ears to my early back catalogue and update some things. I already have a handful worked on but I’ve decided to let you the people vote for future updates. So if your read this just leave a reply and I’ll tally them up as they come for priority purposes. Choose anything before the Chris Cornell releases of May of 2017. Since then I’ve been pretty much at my current level so please anything older than that.

              #499801
              BornGamerRob
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                Choose anything before the Chris Cornell releases of May of 2017. Since then I’ve been pretty much at my current level so please anything older than that.

                 

                Not sure I remember older ones playing rough (I’m gonna doubt it), but hey, if you think they need it, anything you have in that 2015 Pearl Jam collection is fine and dandy with me to polish up.

                #499804
                AJFOne23
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                  LATEST UPDATE 7/23 – Mastodon Monday – Siberian Divide

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                  GUITAR: ZSonicMaster

                  VOCALS/BASS: PhantomBlade8

                   

                  According to bassist Troy Sanders, “In ‘Siberian Divide’ we get trapped under a bunch of snow from a small avalanche and then our bodies encounter brain freeze and we trip the fuck out,” elaborates Sanders. “We think our wrists are food and start to gnaw on our own wrists for the little bit of warmth that’s left inside, ultimately bleeding to death.”

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                  How about adding keys to Dave Brubeck’s Take Five, as part of updating some of the back catalogue?

                  #499850
                  AJFOne23
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                    How about adding keys to Dave Brubeck’s Take Five, as part of updating some of the back catalogue?

                     

                    I’ve been thinking about that one. I more meant fixing older full band releases like early Chicago. Some of which I’ve already started on.

                    #499856
                    rezavakili
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                      To be honest I had no issues with your Chicago releases. They were all lots of fun to play. It’s your drums only stuff I hope to see you tackle one day.-

                      #499868
                      AJFOne23
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                        LATEST UPDATE 7/25 – King Crimson – Cirkus

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                        GUITAR/BASS: nsw1-6

                        VOCALS: EchoOfMystery

                        KEYS: MrBurpler

                         

                        “Cirkus” starts out nicely enough with a jingling piano it starts out but suddenly bursts into a Mellotron lead evil-sounding theme. Guitarist Robert Fripp evocates incredible classical style guitar playing; he spreads his nylon stringed noise throughout the song. The freaky atmosphere, intense instrumental interplay, creepy vocals, image laden lyrics, and Andy McCulloch’s fantastic drumwork combine to make this one of my favorites. And since I just mentioned him: Andy McCulloch. Probably the most underrated drummer Crimson ever had. His jazzy, precise, yet (relatively) subtle style fits the music like a glove, and never fails to impress me.

                        #499903
                        AJFOne23
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                          LATEST UPDATE 7/26 – The Guess Who – 969 (The Oldest Man)

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                          GUITAR/BASS/KEYS: bsbloom

                           

                          “969 (The Oldest Man)” is an instrumental featuring a whole bunch of slide guitars overdubbed until they sound like a horn section, plus a tasty Herbie Mann-style flute solo (played by the versatile Cummings.) It showcases the group’s instrumental chops in a much more pleasant way than your typical drum-solo driven muso crap of the time.

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                          AJFOne23
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                            LATEST UPDATE 7/27 – Frank Friday’s – Po-Jama People

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                            GUITAR: ghostbyob

                            BASS: nsw1-6

                            VOCALS: EchoOfMystery

                             

                            “The pajama people are boring me to pieces/They make me feel like I am wasting my time.” The message is clear: lifeless, dull people are not Frank Zappa’s cup of tea. “Po-Jama People” is a text book example of what a two chord rock jam should sound like. Drummer Chester Thompson deserves a lot of credit for keeping the energy pumping on this one with his constant rhythmic variations, while Frank rises to the challenge with one of his best solos ever. Prior to the making of this record Frank had already established himself as a formidable guitarist, but on Pojama People he seems to have a epiphanic breakthrough and plays like a man possessed.
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                            AJFOne23
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                              LATEST UPDATE 7/28 – Temple of the Dog – Call Me a Dog

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                              GUITAR: mrcoupdetat

                               

                              “Call Me a Dog” is a vocal driven, sad bluesy ballad which manages to never become mushy or boring.

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                              AJFOne23
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                                Mastodon monday will be up as soon as C3universe is available again.

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