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A_Flower 
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Posted: October 08 2015 at 23:19 |
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The Beatles' conceptual masterpiece or Zappa's progressive parody?
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Man With Hat
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 00:01 |
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 00:04 |
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 01:12 |
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Sgt. ... .
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Svetonio
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 01:17 |
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Were Only In It For The Money
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 01:39 |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 01:41 |
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AZF
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 02:56 |
It was a tough choice and although from a production view it's FZ hands down. Trouble is against that you've got great songs on Sgt. Pepper. I can hear the hate in the vocals of "Fixing A Hole" that shows it wasn't as air-headed as the MoI thought. And even then you've got the closing sequence from "For Being Of The Benefit of Mr Kite". "Were Only In It For The Money" even has Hendrix but it still falls short of the above mentioned track.
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 06:23 |
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Sgt. Pepper
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Manuel
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 10:07 |
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Sorry to vote against Zappa, Were Only In For The Money is an incredible album, but Sgt. Pepper is my choice on this one. Superb music by the great Liverpool band.
Edited by Manuel - October 09 2015 at 10:08
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 11:21 |
"And I will join a rock & roll bandI will be their road managerAnd I will stay there with themAnd I will get the crabsBut I won't care"I think it's obvious Zappa nailed it with "We're only in it for the money"
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 11:50 |
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Both among my top but Sgt. Pepper is my fifth favourite album of all time.
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There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 11:59 |
I like them both. Zappa's parody was rather clever in that he didn't do it Weird Al style but rather stylistically.
Who cares if you're so poor you can't afford
To buy a pair of mod a go-go stretch-elastic pants...
There will come a time when you can even
Take your clothes off when you dance
Edited by Slartibartfast - October 09 2015 at 12:00
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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memowakeman
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 20:40 |
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Zappa
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 21:43 |
I love both, but there's something about Money that clicks with me. Pepper is good, but Money points the way to stuff like the Abbey Road suite, Soft Machine Volume 2, Thick As A Brick, and Dark Side Of The Moon. Then again, Money wouldn't have come into existence without Pepper.
What I'm saying is that Pepper showed this new music had potential, but Money kind of helped give that potential the right kind of nourishment.
Edited by KingCrInuYasha - October 09 2015 at 21:44
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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