Zappa - Sweden 1973 3. - Farther O'Blivion

[dhamilztron]

EPIC VIOLIN FOR THE WIN!

[DigitalisSharkus]

This is one of my absolute favorite musical clips on all of youtube. On Ruth!

[chrisptik]

Jean-Luc Ponty nails it on the downbeat!

[zappatx]

Been listening to this for years on my bootleg CD and now I get to see the amazing process in action!

People say James Brown was the hardest working in the entertainment/music industry. Zappa was HARDER!

[op11en]

I was at that concert -73

Zappa really like to play in Stockholm

because he know the audience was there for the music

they played alot to get warm before the concert began (that will say what they get payed for ) and they played more then one hour after the concert should have been finished the arrangers had too dissconnect the electrical power

too get them stop playing

because they did `nt want too work overtime .

[NameNotaNumber]

Everyone should listen to Greggory Peccary, there's some absolutely incredible musical moments in it.

[sylvesterlowery]

The Whole Studio Tan album is killer IMO. The Greggary Peccary suite is a beautiful piece of work IMO.

[wyowin]

Sometimes I think they're too much instruments, too much noises to handle at one time... But his musical geniality should be undoubted. ;) I like the violin solo, WOW! :D

[psjofors]

I was there. Mmmmmmmmmmm

[ffsf739]

WOW! Really??? How was it? This seemed to have been a hell of a show!! It's Zappa at his prime! Give us some details, will you?

[STEVEFINNERTY]

beautiful,

[jetstreamone]

better than bliss heaven!

[semtex2you]

bliss

[DecentPie]

Thanx so much for sharing...

Why is this one only 5 mins...?

Do you have the rest of this segment??

Thanx again.

[toda304]

still great

[1onebastard]

"Studio Tan" is a must for the Zappa enthusiast; one of the more lyrically innocuous of his works. Parts of Gregory Peccary are right out of a Stravinsky play-book

[sylvesterlowery]

I remember buying this back in the 10th grade. Just an amazing, underrated album.

[plasticjesus108]

Shit! Studio Tan was given away! I bought that, Orchestral favorites and Sleep Dirt for $1.99 each in Caldor's in 1978-79. Awesome albums, too. Makes one wonder what lives beneath the earth in THE VAULT...

[trojanlol]

u r right, Studio Tan, Orchestral Favorites and Sleep Dirt really are some of the best Zappa's album. Recently produced "Wazoo" is great too ;)

[UNKLEREMUSS]

Increible .......!!!!!!!

[UNKLEREMUSS]

Only God .....

[marcobalto]

sublime

[whostolesnoodle]

wow thanks for the vid.

[DreamedOfHugeSpiders]

hey these Sweden vids are really great. thanks for taking the time to share them with everyone.

[yellowshark74]

the joy of music

[racsopis]

wooow jean luc ponty is awesome!!! and not to mention ruth and ralph

[ddsoco]

yes.

[cherryorchards]

just out of curiosity, the guy with the blue flannel shirt is playing the bass clarinet right?

[hateaters]

Jean Luc's solo rocked pretty hard... makes me think about Zappa saying that he simulated ejaculation with his instrument at the end of his solos by playing as fast as he could.

[GreggaryPeccary]

But this is actually Farther O'Blivion

[LovefulMailman]

It is "Father" O´blivion.

[Crudblud89]

Father O'Blivion is the 4th part of the Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Suite. Farther O'Blivion (this piece) is the basis for The Adventures of Greggery Peccary: 1st Movement.

[unacuenta1]

wow you emulate in allegro, adagio, andante ,

all in falsette . cheers!!! mr. soprano

[Wildraw]

The Nocturnal Gregarious Wild Swine

Thanks to all the girls in The Big Swifty Stenopool

[gwddd]

that xylophone player sure has a nice pair of.... sticks !

[plasticjesus108]

Big Swifty says DON'T BOTHER TO VOTE

[AlieNation2]

@ Jewnas007

this should be the origin or a live arrangement of the "Studio Tan" recording (Which was a bootleg done by a major company btw, FZ processed against Warner for years ( and won)) - it definitely contains the main Greggary theme

[NeilGibsonart]

so good

[diddywahdaddy]

Indeed! Great piece of music and one hell of a band! You don't need to have a high school diploma to understand the compexity of playing this kinda stuff. Really top shelf music.

[amratheblack]

my passion for zappa has slightly dwindled a little but i still love these people damnit.

[Okibi]

Wouldn't you rather be involved in a series of colorful time-wasting trends? (Hmm, I wonder if Big Swifty's helped come up with youtube...)

[jax1moi8]

Oh, that was priceless! Along with FaceBook, MySpace, and the list goes on! Maybe we should keep Greggary away from that very hip water pipe.

[TonyNewman]

Notice how Bruce Fowler glances at Ian Underwood for a moment after Zappa grunts at them so they begin - I think he thought Zappa was being rude.

[hinneinisannidanni]

Looks a little like it. ;) Or maybe he's just checking if Ian is joining in. You probably had to have strong nerves to be able to work with Zappa.

[Jewnas007]

Is this a whole song or just some potpourri of zappa songs?

I know there is a song called "The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary" on the "Studio Tan"-album, has that song something to do with this?

[bubuluubu]

Si Ralph Huphray is Elmejor, esa facilidad y limpieza es unica solo ese wey sabe que pedo jajaja bueno para los que no saben tambien tocaba en manhatan transfer con outsidemen (mike miller) chequenlo

[LarkinPeezy]

Jean Luc-Ponty

[zacharianpez]

I grew up playing the bass clarinet in a jazz band. RDNZL also FZ fans enjoy the short time we have left.

[thomashoffman]

they're busy makin' 'em.

[angelolagares]

acabo de ver el viernes15 de junio a jean luc en usa floirda, tremendo compro video de zappa y jean luc.

[knucmo]

Is Ian playing an alto clarinet? Very rare.

[roni2885]

bass clarinet..rare truly an example of the genius of Zappa

[mootbooxle]

And the next year Jean-Luc did this same awesomeness (with that similar phase-shifted tone) all over Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Apocalypse"!

[xaxaxa22]

Unbelievable. Or hardly.

So great, so swinging in a so modern fashion that 34 years later one can wonder where the jazz has wandered since !

AO

[dazamaru]

"join the march and eat my starch"

Frank was the most stringent, witty, bizarre, silly....I mean only one man could write music this strange, but beautiful.

[timmo1782]

god, it's god, i see god...

[zappadead13]

on ruth

[bignz721]

Jean-Luc Ponty owns your f-ckin' arse !!!!

[adamg709]

Is anybody making new brown clouds these days?

[gingerb77]

Amazing! I have just started to get into Zappa and I love it.

[wesbroadway]

the poster here: this music is sick-o! all the people who played on this should get an award for playing this level of music. awesome-o!!!

[zfvit]

Puta cu pariu!!! Estes caras existiram mesmos ou sao producao da NVidia?

[jacqueslaumone]

It doesn't matter that this waste of time is what makes a life for me.

[GymnopedieTornado]

This is technically the first part of 'Farther Oblivion', right?

[miRthkon]

correct.

[Nicobaia]

FANTASTIC!GREAT!PERFECT!My favourite Zappa's song...A dream!...

More than a trendy chemical amusement...Thank you!

[mickdabass]

is this where they keep the philostophers now?

[fractionstein]

I love this! Where did you get wonderful elixir?

[psychedelicbud]

!!!Aciiid!!!

[sylvesterlowery]

Greggary peccary is one of Frank's best compositions ever IMO, Good to see some of it on youtube. FZ was so fuckin far ahead of his time, a lot of "musicians" who got more recognition could'nt touch him as far as guitar, lyrical,and composition skills go. Thanks for posting this.

[FuzzzTone]

Far Fucking Out , man

[skarioffszky]

I listened to this sitting at my simulated replica-mahogany desk, and I loved it. So did the girls in the steno-pool.

[FuzzzTone]

Hey Gladys,,,Wanda!

[sylvesterlowery]

Don't forget your copy of the whole earth catalog and very hip water pipe!