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What are you listening to right now #59

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Louis Armstrong - ‘Musical Autobiography Vol1’, ripped to Zen Mini & then all the intros taken out for a great playlist.
 
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Mothers - Absolutely Free, as last night. Was thinking what an extraordinarily good record it is, and wondering why I had dismissed it before. Again, I got to Brown Shoes Don’t Make It, and thought how brave (or deliberately confrontational) Zappa was being with the lyrics. From Wikipedia...

‘The lyrics are derived from Zappa's belief that people who make laws are sexually maladjusted. It starts as a general attack on suburban American society: TV, greed and conformity are all mocked openly. The story then moves to a city hall official fantasizing about having sex with a thirteen-year-old girl.’

At which point you hear a voice saying ‘Only 13, and she knows how to nasty!’ and you realise this could be band-member Roy Estrada, now in jail until 2036 (no parole) for underage sex offences. The rug is totally pulled from under your feet.

All that aside, it’s always interesting to note that the Beatles are lauded as the true pioneers of musical creativity and studio trickery when this pre-dates Sgt Pepper by several months.
 
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