Greggary Peccary & Other Persu
General
| May 2004
Reviews
Ben
Reviewed 2004-05-24
Reviewed 2004-05-24
An album of Zappa compositions by the unbelievably talented Ensemble Modern. Pretty much all of these tracks were originally composed for the Synclavier (a beastly early programmable music computer) due to the fact that FZ couldn’t find an orchestra patient enough to actually learn this crazy shit. 20 years later, the EM come along and give these tracks the “new music” treatment. The centerpiece here is their treatment of Greggary Peccary, which is nothing short of impressive. All of this is truly jazz from hell.
1. Bombastic orchestral fanfare
2. Short interlude
3. Relatively mellow but still intense
4. Laid back early-FZ style composition
*5. Horn lines cool medley with drum machine(!?)
6. Sparse piano & guitar
*7. Lurching, driving rhythm
*8. Speedy rendition of FZ classic
9. Tense orchestral buildup
**10. Reading of FZ’s epic yuppie satire.. As with many of his social commentary tracks, this is just as applicable today then when it was written 25 years ago.
Ben Bostwick 5/19/04
1. Bombastic orchestral fanfare
2. Short interlude
3. Relatively mellow but still intense
4. Laid back early-FZ style composition
*5. Horn lines cool medley with drum machine(!?)
6. Sparse piano & guitar
*7. Lurching, driving rhythm
*8. Speedy rendition of FZ classic
9. Tense orchestral buildup
**10. Reading of FZ’s epic yuppie satire.. As with many of his social commentary tracks, this is just as applicable today then when it was written 25 years ago.
Ben Bostwick 5/19/04
Recent airplay
Put a Motor in Yourself
Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Jan 8, 2022) — Jan 11, 2022
Put a Motor in Yourself
Music Casserole — Jan 08, 2022
Moggio
Clean Copper Radio — Jul 07, 2017
The Beltway Bandits, Revised Music for Low Budget
Clean Copper Radio — Jul 06, 2017
Peaches En Regalia
Jena & Gomorrah — Sep 08, 2009
The Beltway Bandits
Umami Jazz Program — Jul 22, 2004
Charting
2004-05-31 — 2004-08-02
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jul 25 | 1 |
| Jul 11 | 1 |
| Jul 4 | 1 |
| Jun 20 | 1 |
| Jun 13 | 1 |
| Jun 6 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Moggio | ||
| 2. | What Will Rumi Do? | ||
| 3. | Night School | ||
| 4. | Revised Music for Low Budget | ||
| 5. | The Beltway Bandits | ||
| 6. | A Pig with Wings | ||
| 7. | Put a Motor in Yourself | ||
| 8. | Peaches En Regalia | ||
| 9. | Naval Aviation in Art? | ||
| 10. | The Adventures of Greggary P |