The Mothers Of Invention - 200 Motels Soundtrack · Vinylwav

The Mothers Of Invention - 200 Motels Soundtrack

I was at my friends Keven and Traci’s house last night and Kevin and I while discussing music came across a mutual admiration for Frank Zappa. He showed me a live version of “Duprees Paradise”, a favorite of his, that includes a Jean Luc Ponty solo that equally matches the Zappa solo work, both brilliant. Frank Zappa was something special. So much substance to his offerings. So many top notch players on his albums. It is still often a rarity for me finding people that listen to The Mothers Of Invention or Zappa Solo stuff.

My first introduction to Zappa was wayyyyyyyy back in 99-00. A coworker of mine had given me some albums, some real serious stuff, mostly Kraftwerk, Art Of Noise, and a Queen bootleg. His name was Frank, he was from Connecticut, and he was a short, stubby cat, with so much character that when he cared about something, you listened up. His absolute favorite artist was Zappa. He would always mention Joes Garage, play on my name, most likely, but it stuck. I remember buying Joes Garage based on his recommendation and was baffled, “What the fuck is this!?! 🤯 Wet T-Shirt night!?!” Intrigued.

Side note: Years later, at a stop light my youngest son had seen a girl he was into at the crosswalk with her friend, I rolled down the window, put the window lock on, and cranked up “Why does it hurt when I pee!” to max level. 😂 The looks👀, thank you Zappa.

200 Motels is a Mothers Of Invention double album with full orchestra that is also the soundtrack to the movie “200 Motels”, which I haven’t seen yet, but I feel like it could be sensory overload. The Trailer is a bit much, similar to what you would come to expect from anything Zappa is a part of. I listen to this album at work often, most times making aware that others aren’t around, but in the instance a homeowner or random other tradesman hears what I am playing, I assure them it’s great music, but I can turn it off if they don’t like it. 😂 We can all agree, Zappa is not for everyone.

My favorite tracks of this album are “Would you like a snack?!” And “Half a dozen provocative squats” and “Shove it right in” and……… definitely take the whole experience in. It’s got something for everyone human and alien alike.

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