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41 going on 19

by John Cole|  April 7, 20123:36 am| 31 Comments

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Cruised through Zappa Live at the Fillmore East ’71 and moved, seamlessly, into Rage Against the Machine and every Chris Cornell song I own (how do you listen to Outshined without having chills at those vocals? HOW? MAKE IT LOUDERERER AND PLAY IT AGAIN!!).

Things are just going downhill. But the music keeps getting louder and more betterer.

Not long before we just pass out to Paul’s Boutique.

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  1. 1.

    Phillip A

    April 7, 2012 at 4:05 am

    I hope there’s some Temple of the Dog in that Cornell playlist

  2. 2.

    ulee

    April 7, 2012 at 4:24 am

    Blessed is the fenced yard. Let the dogs out. Let the dogs in. Get back in bed.

  3. 3.

    Ruckus

    April 7, 2012 at 4:28 am

    Never really into Zappa, then or now.
    However my dog does have gas.

  4. 4.

    newhavenguy

    April 7, 2012 at 4:48 am

    Hippy. It all sounds sorta gay compared to the Dead Boys (not that there is anything wrong with that).

  5. 5.

    Raven

    April 7, 2012 at 5:35 am

    Hi, I’m Jimmy Carl Black and I’m the Indian in the group. . .

  6. 6.

    Alexandra

    April 7, 2012 at 5:49 am

    The kind of post that makes me wish that posts were timestamped here again…

  7. 7.

    Rosalita

    April 7, 2012 at 6:22 am

    @Alexandra:

    The kind of post that makes me wish that posts were timestamped here again…

    I was just looking for that, that’s half the fun of John’s hammered posts.

  8. 8.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 7, 2012 at 6:58 am

    @Alexandra:
    @Rosalita:

    This entry was posted on Saturday, April 7th, 2012 at 3:36 am and is filed under Open Thread. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    It’s a little hard to find, but it’s there.

  9. 9.

    rm

    April 7, 2012 at 7:28 am

    John, are you okay?

  10. 10.

    Rosalita

    April 7, 2012 at 7:30 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: oh, I see it now. thanks!

  11. 11.

    forked tongue

    April 7, 2012 at 8:57 am

    John: You got over being a Republican, you can get over that Zappa creep.

  12. 12.

    WereBear

    April 7, 2012 at 8:59 am

    Do not diss the Zappa!

  13. 13.

    Montysano

    April 7, 2012 at 9:41 am

    All groupies must bow down
    In the sacred presence of the Latex Solar Beef

  14. 14.

    samara morgan

    April 7, 2012 at 9:48 am

    @forked tongue: sullivan noticed at least.
    i guess sully still reads cole, even if cole doesn’t read him.
    ;)

  15. 15.

    gnomedad

    April 7, 2012 at 10:48 am

    Hmm, just noticed there are no time stamps on the initial posts. That kills a bit of the fun when Cole drunk-posts.

  16. 16.

    Mary Jane

    April 7, 2012 at 11:07 am

    sigh. To be 41 again. Enjoy the next 10 years, Cole. After 50 or so, you’ll still want to party and post at 3:30 a.m, but will feel like shit when you wake up.

  17. 17.

    Jonathan

    April 7, 2012 at 11:14 am

    If you like Zappa, you should check out Umphrey’s McGee

  18. 18.

    kindness

    April 7, 2012 at 11:21 am

    Hey John I have a DVD Audio version of that show that is spectacular. I tried finding a version on the shopping sites but can’t find one. I got it in the 90’s so….

  19. 19.

    mQuirk

    April 7, 2012 at 11:27 am

    Hey man! Sounds like you had a party that was worth the hangover! Go get hydrated, take some aspirin (not ibuprofin – that shit plus alcohol will kill your liver) and get horizontal.

  20. 20.

    w3ski

    April 7, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    My time was a bit earlier, the late 60’s in the SF bay, but I SO MISS THE MUSIC.
    w3ski

  21. 21.

    Eric

    April 7, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    It gets me so hot I could scream, “Alice Cooper Alice Cooper WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

  22. 22.

    Peter VE

    April 7, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    My first Mother’s Show was in the summer of ’71, shortly after the Fillmore show. We all sang along to Happy Together.

  23. 23.

    kasnarski

    April 7, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    Cole,

    ‘Black Napkins’ on that Fillmore CD?

    I saw Zappa play it on some VH1 special years back and was blown by his guitar playing. One of my favorite tunes by him.

  24. 24.

    bob_is_boring

    April 7, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    It’s hard to “rage” against “the machine” in 4/4 on Sony Records.

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    TheYankeeApologist

    April 7, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    @bob_is_boring:
    As a drummer who has played in bands for years (I almost said “musician”, but I know better by now), what is the acceptable time signature for “raging”? 7/8? 3/4? I always found pounding out a nasty 4/4 groove to be rather cathartic and awesome, instead of doing math onstage. :)

  26. 26.

    Denali

    April 7, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    My son is the same age, only hooked on Van Halen.

  27. 27.

    jhaygood

    April 7, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    this vid of neil young doing ‘old man’ solo is pretty incredible, in my book. obviously taped right at the time the album version was recorded – his playing is wonderful, and his voice is just out of this world.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=221mohEolWc&feature=share

  28. 28.

    centerfielddj

    April 7, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    I had heard that Paul’s Boutique was great, but I didn’t take the chance to hear it until last year. That long, spacy intro moves into the sweet bounce of Shake Your Rump, and when I heard that fucking awesome slashing funk guitar appear and disappear at the end of the first verse, I snapped to attention. What. Was. THAT!! It was instant partytime, and kept me listening closely to the dozens of great, intense, funny, innovative samples, all around supertight beats and raps.

    I give thanks for the art of the Beastie Boys and Dust Brothers.

  29. 29.

    darms

    April 7, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    @kasnarski:
    Nah, “Napkins” is a much newer composition. Cole, check out Frank’s “One Size Fits All”, amazing record much of it live. Or if it’s the comedy band porn rock ye crave, check out “Zappa – Carnegie Hall” “Divan” on disk three…

  30. 30.

    bob_is_boring

    April 7, 2012 at 11:16 pm

    @TheYankeeApologist:

    I’m not sure, but if “the machine” has a time signature, it’s definitely 4/4. Nothing could be more normative/hegemonic.

  31. 31.

    mainmati

    April 8, 2012 at 12:47 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: So given this timestamp, I guess we can assume that John Cole lives in Iceland? It’s 12:43 am on EDT. I have no idea where he really lives but if it is actually Iceland there are some good bands there. Aside from Bjork, I would recommend Sigur Ros.

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