Frank Zappa - Sinister Footwear, Second Movement

OK-so who exactly is suggesting that he is not conducting at all? You or your friend... help us out here.

Thats a good explanation... and accurate as far as I can tell.

the beginning and ending sections are in 3/4 but there's a lot of polyrhythmic figures over the basic pulse, which is what he's conducting... the last section of this piece has all kinds of unusual polyrhythmic groupings: 7:6, 5:3, 7:4

so, he was conducting, it's just that he was showing where the beat was, even if what the band was playing only 'met up' with that conducting every so often

ANyone notice Frank is conducting in 3/4 time here? I had a friend who said he saw Frank in concert and everytime he conducted the band, regardless of what the band was playing, he appeared to be conducting in 3/4 or 4/4 time, which suggested to him that Frank wasn't really conducting at all.

This has a killer guitar solo, but I like the version on Them Or Us.

he had the best musicians play in his bands throughout the years, and isn't it obvious, no one can top him lol, amiramx go F**k your self

you can have every day a mother day. just listen to zappa and the mothers!

for a richer ,smoother version..try "son of cheap thrills" the horn section take it to a beautiful place........did i just say that?

f$@#!ck zappa. he closed the door to musicians. who can top him?

The first studio version of this song appeared on the "Them Or Us" album.

For a great live version, check out the "Make a Jazz Note Here" double-CD

What album is this off of?

Another one of Frank's IMPOSSIBLE songs.

The band is fantastic! They must have gone through many a gruelling rehearsal to get this song so incredibly tight.

FZ is the greatest composer, guitarist, bandleader ever.