The original recording is a favorite of mine. This particular piece though requires a certain "swagger" from the musicians to truly pull off. I'm not sure this group quite makes it. Nice effort though!
vivalapsych Not a bad version but not as funky and cool as the original. The feel of the bass here is a little stiff. The chords at 3:55 don't seem to be what was played on the original. But that could be just different volumes of the voicings. Great Zappa piece none the less.
The only thing i really don't get is the piano fill, which sounds like quite a "miss". You're right, the chords at the end do sound a bit different. Overall, still very enjoyable...
That's what I noticed. Not quite there. A bit choppy, less fluid and a different mix. But they all can play better than I ever could. Still enjoyed it.
Zappa horns always lay on the sound of slightly reckless in the execution. Everyone in Frank's band had a slightly untrained grease to them which is a huge charm to stuff like apostrophe, bongo, or Joe's garage. But frank had the best people at all times so everyone playing this stuff is at a disadvantage.
Don't know why but this cover version - by some really FINE musicians - makes me think of Prokofiev's March from 'The Love of Three Oranges.' Like 'Regyptian Strut' here, that tune was kind of a Triumphal March That Does Not Take Itself At All Seriously. Very cool. Miss ya, Frank.
@adamcook6 when you play such intrincate music like this, not even the zaniest of rock musicians would be able to fool around the stage, as it can be seen by Zappa's own band live, they could joke around and have lots of fun, but when it comes to dead serious music playing, they behave like pros.
Good version. And true, that piano player is no George Duke, and the brass section is no Bruce Fowler double-tracked to hell-and-gone - but who is? They're doing OK with the bunch of French classical and fusion musicians they have.
senza esagerazione, FZ è proprio stato indubbiamente un "Mozart", un "Beethoven" dei nostri tempi insomma, la sua musica si studia e la suonano (o tentano di eseguirla) gli studenti dei conservatori di tutto il mondo. Qui su youtube se ne può trovare anche qualche esempio. Comunque è anche vero [almeno x me] che la sua vastissima e poliedrica produzione non è qualitativamente tutta grandiosa al "100%". Diciamo che forse un 70-80% (ma non saprei neanche tanto quantificare però) è good o very good, il resto lascerebbe un pò a desiderare. No, perchè, ti garantisco che io ad es. ho una caterba di cd di FZ, ma ti garantisco che alcuni li lascio lì ad impolverare, mentre altrì li gettono un pò di più. Ora non starei ad elencare, ma comunque "Sleep Dirt" del '79 (da cui è estratto proprio questo pezzo... alla batteria, poi, da rilevare un certo Chester Thompson) è davvero un bell'album 2° me. Mi piacciono anche (in questo LP) le belle performance vocali di Thana Harris (chissà che fine avrà fatto? sarà la Clare Torry (quella vocalist leggendaria di The Great Gig in The Sky" di Richard Wright dei Pink Floyd) di FZ?), ma pure ho trovato bellissimo "Sleep Dirt" il duetto di chitarre acustiche con FZ solista e il bassista James "Bird Legs" Youman alla chitarrà d'accompagnamento. Comunque grazie per aver postato questa performance di Regyptian Strut, una composizione zappiana che adoro... poi, certo, ognuno ha i suoi gusti.
Great piece and I always love to see good covers but is it just me or is this a bit too... deliberate? It feels to me like the tempo is just a fraction slow.
Zappa also has the best ever song titles
wunderschön, immer wieder. Danke, seine Musik wird immer in meinem Herzen sein. Er war einer der ganz Großen.
Frank Zappa=Sarcastic in perfection! RiP for one of our best, brilliantest Komposer and Musician. And that over more than thirty years of fascination.
The original recording is a favorite of mine. This particular piece though requires a certain "swagger" from the musicians to truly pull off. I'm not sure this group quite makes it. Nice effort though!
vivalapsych Not a bad version but not as funky and cool as the original. The feel of the bass here is a little stiff. The chords at 3:55 don't seem to be what was played on the original. But that could be just different volumes of the voicings. Great Zappa piece none the less.
The only thing i really don't get is the piano fill, which sounds like quite a "miss". You're right, the chords at the end do sound a bit different. Overall, still very enjoyable...
That's what I noticed. Not quite there. A bit choppy, less fluid and a different mix. But they all can play better than I ever could. Still enjoyed it.
Spot on Francis, my face made a face at around 1m30sec, the piano fill was bad but like you said, very enjoyable. Viva Zappa
Zappa horns always lay on the sound of slightly reckless in the execution.
Everyone in Frank's band had a slightly untrained grease to them which is a huge charm to stuff like apostrophe, bongo, or Joe's garage.
But frank had the best people at all times so everyone playing this stuff is at a disadvantage.
One of my favorite instrumental pieces by Zappa. Always so inspiring to listen to it...
Siete molto bravi e avete un bel sound.
My favorite of all Zappa's instrumentals
was thinking the same... thx for the share !
What a tune...
Love this!
Giving me shivers this, well done.
Don't know why but this cover version - by some really FINE musicians - makes me think of Prokofiev's March from 'The Love of Three Oranges.' Like 'Regyptian Strut' here, that tune was kind of a Triumphal March That Does Not Take Itself At All Seriously. Very cool. Miss ya, Frank.
haha interesting you say that , i get the same vibe, to the point where i wonder if Frank is kinda chuckling.
Very nice 👍
Absolutely perfect...
I loved it but it's not absolutely perfect - but I'm happy people play his music. Amazing composer
WELL spotted, dear Mr. Uploader
Ah, when the trombones come in
Hahaha that cut at the end.
it is what it is!
amazing! :))
I approve .
@FredSpang maybe this is the cover of the original version, where Zappa himself played the drums, and he was no Bozzio ya know?
@adamcook6 when you play such intrincate music like this, not even the zaniest of rock musicians would be able to fool around the stage, as it can be seen by Zappa's own band live, they could joke around and have lots of fun, but when it comes to dead serious music playing, they behave like pros.
So are the Bangles an Regyptian?
Good version. And true, that piano player is no George Duke, and the brass section is no Bruce Fowler double-tracked to hell-and-gone - but who is? They're doing OK with the bunch of French classical and fusion musicians they have.
Where can I download these?
senza esagerazione, FZ è proprio stato indubbiamente un "Mozart", un "Beethoven" dei nostri tempi insomma, la sua musica si studia e la suonano (o tentano di eseguirla) gli studenti dei conservatori di tutto il mondo. Qui su youtube se ne può trovare anche qualche esempio. Comunque è anche vero [almeno x me] che la sua vastissima e poliedrica produzione non è qualitativamente tutta grandiosa al "100%". Diciamo che forse un 70-80% (ma non saprei neanche tanto quantificare però) è good o very good, il resto lascerebbe un pò a desiderare. No, perchè, ti garantisco che io ad es. ho una caterba di cd di FZ, ma ti garantisco che alcuni li lascio lì ad impolverare, mentre altrì li gettono un pò di più. Ora non starei ad elencare, ma comunque "Sleep Dirt" del '79 (da cui è estratto proprio questo pezzo... alla batteria, poi, da rilevare un certo Chester Thompson) è davvero un bell'album 2° me. Mi piacciono anche (in questo LP) le belle performance vocali di Thana Harris (chissà che fine avrà fatto? sarà la Clare Torry (quella vocalist leggendaria di The Great Gig in The Sky" di Richard Wright dei Pink Floyd) di FZ?), ma pure ho trovato bellissimo "Sleep Dirt" il duetto di chitarre acustiche con FZ solista e il bassista James "Bird Legs" Youman alla chitarrà d'accompagnamento. Comunque grazie per aver postato questa performance di Regyptian Strut, una composizione zappiana che adoro... poi, certo, ognuno ha i suoi gusti.
Great piece and I always love to see good covers but is it just me or is this a bit too... deliberate? It feels to me like the tempo is just a fraction slow.
Thomas yeah it’s slow
Great tune, but that bass player needs more groove.
you should have played in his place
@@Truffone oh come now, it's a perfectly valid criticism.
I agree that it lacks 'swagger' there are some obviously bum notes in the piano part and the bass sounds out of tune.
Very rarely have I seen such bad camera as in this recording. Really cheap