Frank Zappa - Does Humor Belong In Music

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 FZs 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 Franks expectedly affirmative response), and featuring one of the tightest bands that Zappa ever assembled. Everybody participates in Zappas unique parade of musical fusion, street theater, and defiant anti-establishment sarcasm, with Zappa playing masterful conductor when hes not riffing with nimble-fingered fretwork (notably during Zoot Allures, Cosmik Debris, and Greg Allmans Whipping Post, the sets 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 Zappas 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 FZs 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

Track Listing: Zoot Allures, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Trouble Every Day, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, The Dangerous Kitchen, Hes So Gay, Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasy, Honey, Dont You Want A Man Like Me?, Dinah-Moe Humm, Cosmik Debris, Be In My Video, Dancin Fool, Whippin Post

I created this .mkv for my own personal enjoyment since I couldnt find anything nut DVDRips out here in cyberspace. Theres two different tracks that are almost the same length and I dont necessarily know what the difference between the two are but theyre there. The aspect ratio is 1280x720.