Its one of the first beatles songs with a complete story. Returning from the planet venus, an errant nasa spacecraft crashes into the ocean, spilling its radioactive cargo. The covers tend to fall in one of a few categories. Weasels rip my flesh centers on the bloody hijinks that ensue after a space probe returning from a mission to venus crash lands somewhere in long island. Highlights of the former category include the classical avantgarde elements of didja get any onya, which blends odd. It is the second album released after the mothers disbanded in 1969, preceded by burnt weeny sandwich. The creature is captured by a disturbed scientist who plans to use its regenerative blood to amass an army of similar. The mothers of invention weasels ripped my flesh 1970. The work, by members of the mothers, was resident on a tape channel when zappa used the tape to capture the fieldrecording of the blimp lyrics, which. Into that atmosphere stepped nathan schiff, a long island teenager who in 1979 shot a grisly 8mm grossout exercise titled weasels rip my flesh. Weasels ripped my flesh pisan je uglavnom za osjecajne improvizacije koje najbolje dolaze do izrazaja upravo u rocku i jazzu. Weasels is a feature length gore film, completely shot on super 8.
With the purchase of a cd or vinyl record dispatched from and sold by amazon, you get 90 days free access to the amazon music unlimited individual plan. This album combines some reguar rock music my guitar wants to kill your mama, jazz infected music orange county, and just some crazy experimental jams that will make your mind freeze up and want more. Weasels rip my flesh weasels rip my flesh 2010 film. Features song lyrics for the mothers of inventions weasels ripped my flesh album. Weasels ripped my flesh, an album by frank zappa, the mothers of invention on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Complete your purchase to save the mp3 version to your music library.
Weasels ripped my flesh is one of his bestloved albums with the mothers of invention, being a frenzied blendup of edited live recordings that refers to all sorts of experimental music modes in typically playful zappa style. Cover art by neon park art direction by john williams. Weasels ripped my flesh the mothers of invention, frank. The movie has to be the worst film i have ever seen, light years beyond the badness of a herschell gordon lewis film.
Find similar albums to weasels ripped my flesh the mothers of invention, frank zappa on allmusic. After watching nathan schiffs first full length filmed on super 8mm motion picture, 1979s weasels rip my flesh, i fervently prayed for my own death at the paws of a pack of rabid weasels. The mothers of invention weasels ripped my flesh discogs. Starring schiff regular john smihula, weasels rip my flesh centers on a rodent that. It features 22 wild stories originally published in various mens adventure mags in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including male, real men, true men stories, untamed, exotic adventures, sir. Nathan schiffs weasels rip my flesh is the greatest home movie ever made. The debut feature from cult filmmaker nathan schiff is a scifi horror flick with a title that says it all. See the full list of weasels rip my flesh cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Frank zappas weasels ripped my flesh, an archival album. Weasels is a must own for anyone who appreciates frank zappa. I recommend weasels rip my flesh to a select type of people, namely those who are fans of lowbudget film, who understand a thing or two about movie making.
A fascinating collection of mostly instrumental live and studio material recorded by the original mothers of invention, complete with horn section, from 19671969, weasels ripped my flesh segues unpredictably between arty experimentation and traditional song structures. Weasels ripped my flesh is an album by frank zappa and the mothers of invention, released in 1970 see 1970 in music. How frank zappa combed the archives for weasels ripped my flesh. If not for anything else this is a nostalgic goodbye to one of the most innovative, creative and odd bands of the sixties. Although there was a plan for ten albums to be released of leftover material when zappa broke up the 1960s mothers of invention, in the end he only released two, burnt weeny sandwich and weasels ripped my flesh. The humor on this recording is fz at his most sublime, before he got all in your face with it, the musicianship is, of course, no less that masterful, and its influenced by zappas appreciation of avant garde jazz.
Nov 26, 2014 the mothers of invention weasels ripped my flesh 1970 1. Weasels ripped my flesh is the seventh studio album by the american rock group the mothers of invention, and the tenth overall by frank zappa, released in 1970. Weasels ripped my flesh will probably never be my favorite mothers of invention album but at least today i enjoy listening to the album. If you had the pleasure of seeing him in concert, which im glad i did, then this array of songs should be part of your collection. After mucho mucho mixing, and considerable lacerations to the flesh of various band members, here is the result. A brace of some of frank zappas many many albums are receiving heavyweight vinyl reissues from universal. With john smihula, fred borges, fred dabby, jody kadish. Two kids find some vials floating in the body of water where the probe crashed, open them, and promptly dump what turns out to be highly radioactive sludge into a hole in the ground. Both albums consist of previously unreleased mothers tracks released after the demise of the original band. The mothers of invention weasels ripped my flesh zappa records these days, the notion that frank zappa was once a very popular, and quite influential, artist, also a public figure whose comments on all things public were given a great deal of attention, is somehow quite difficult to believe.
Mar, 2011 the weasels ripped my flesh issue of mans life is undoubtedly the most famous, thanks to the late, great, gonzo musician frank zappa. Weasels ripped my flesh is an exploding ball of confetti and structured madness. Weasels ripped my flesh album je frank zappe i grupe the mothers of invention koji izlazi u kolovozu 1970. In the realm of rock and roll, the strong violin found in directly from my heart to you, is unsurpassed. Weasels ripped my flesh wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. In order to punish him for cheating on her, and simultaneously purge the wrong which is eating away at their relationship, a young wife prepares to inflict the ultimate. Weasels rip my flesh 1979 synopsis, characteristics. Weasels ripped my flesh from mans life magazine to the. Interestingly enough zappa was a fan of the bmonster movie the killer shrews about murderous shrews.
Seldom do you hear such inspired pieces of out there melodies, rhythms, moods. Into that atmosphere stepped nathan schiff, a long island teenager who in 1979 shot a grisly 8mm gross. Weasels ripped my flesh by zappatika a reworking of the track weasels ripped my flesh. Weasels ripped my flesh by the mothers of invention album.
The mothers of invention weasels ripped my flesh album. Chopping them up and i put together a new album called weasels ripped my fleshthe cover of which is right here. Prelude to the afternoon of a sexually aroused gas mask 12. See more ideas about pulp fiction, fiction and pulp art. Yeah, some of the songs are in the film, but this classic stands. When the crew of mystery science theater 3000 watched the film they made a reference to the infamous album cover of zappas weasels ripped my flesh. Weasels ripped my flesh, an album by the mothers of invention. Creepozoids creepozoids 2010 film serial cinemagia.
Weasels rip my flesh 1979 a rabid weasel transforms into a gigantic killer. Prowling the countryside, the huge weasel kills and devours victims. Enveloped by a radioactive mass, a rabid weasel is transformed into a gigantic killer mutant. The mothers of invention weasels ripped my flesh 1970 1.
Weasels ripped my flesh how is weasels ripped my flesh. Conceptually, the album could be considered phase two of burnt weeny sandwich. This movie is a classic story of killer weasels, ignorant teens, poor special affects, and bikes. By the late 70s and early 80s, it could be hard to sort out what was art and what was exploitation.
Zappa mothers of invention weasels ripped my flesh. Released in 1970, this is the mothers of inventions second release of archival studiolive material, the first being burnt weeny sandwich. Zappa had a copy of the issue and the absurdity of fleshripping weasels appealed to his unconventional sense of humor. The album title refers to weasels, animals who would reappear a few times in zappas lyrics. Starring schiff regular john smihula, weasels rip my flesh centers on a rodent that grows to giant proportions when it is exposed to a mysterious substance brought to earth from venus.
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