Jaminbenb wrote:
I got to see the Wilkes-Barre show also, and was totally amazed! I NEVER thought I'd ever see these musicians on the same stage playing that music, so to me this was a sort of dream-come-true-bucket-list kind of show!
I'm sort of annoyed at how a lot of people seem to think that "Frank would not have wanted this" or "This is wrong" but hey, the video/hologram stuff is a bit cheezy, but the musicians on stage are legit, and playing their asses off!
Thunes looks like he's an investment banker in his garage on the weekend, but playing his ass off! I've only seen video of him, and watched him a lot last night, he plays some wild stuff!
You really shouldn't be annoyed at people not wanting this. I think they feared it would be a disgrace in some way to have someone assume that they could reincarnate Frank and simulate a real live Zappa show. That was my main worry. Forgive me , but at times Ahmet seems over zealous , and while a hologram of Frank Zappa is exciting to him....it points up the idea that No one could ever second guess Frank Zappa,and no one could even accurately "fake" a Zappa show on all levels.
So, at first even I said ,"This should not be done...",and by that I meant a "hologram show made to simulate Frank Zappa live" would be a failure. When I saw that it was going on in any case.....well, I had to see if it was done "correctly"....as in "just a tribute" and not a "replacement" for Frank. Now after seeing it....I guess it was a sort of success? It was just made as a wild tribute using new technology. But even with the great set of musicians on board,...it was a nice show, with more accent on the lyrical end (in his eccentric ,wild mind, vein …), but as a person who saw him "in life" it's still a "tribute", and a bit one-sided too. I was very entertained ,...and I was amazed at the musician's skill in somehow playing with a hologram.
In fairness , no one can simulate the real Frank Zappa....not his sons , his past side musicians, or fans (new or old). So ,as Ahmet's take on his father's music ….I can say it was a real success. He lives his whole life inspired by his father's wild sense of humor and wide-open stream-of-thought mind-set. Great for him! I say "thanks for the fun show! " But ,as I've said....the Ed Palermo Big Band has the WAZOO-ness down pat, DWEEZIL has the guitar angle in his genes, Project Object has the other musicians and singers in a cool tribute show, and the GRANDMOTHERS are the original crew doing their best. They all should exist to showcase all the great angles of Frank's amazing mind and music. BUT for those of you who never saw him in "life" ,he was all those bands in one human being! Think about that before you get mad at the "super serious" fans.
You've got to forgive the "purists" for not believing in the "un-do-able" idea that all angles of Frank could be simulated,...somehow.
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