Blogcritics: Comments on Frank Zappa "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"

Comment by Dave

Thu, 1 May 2003 16:34:52 EDT

HERE is a page that talks about the inspiration for the title of the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH album.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:23:30 EDT

favorite Zappa song: Peaches En Regalia...no wait...Big Swifty (from Stage Vol 2)...no wait...Cosmic Debris...ah forget it!

Comment by fangsign

Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:36:07 EDT

My favorite Zappa song has to be "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace" from "Strictly Commercial". It really shows how great of a guitar player Zappa really was. Easily Top 5 in my book.

Comment by Andrew Duncalfe

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:43:24 EDT

I guess Frank was somewhat before my time; I've come across his name in numerous places, but I don't remember ever hearing his music. However, I did come across the G3 (Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai) cover of this song, and it's pretty good. Homicidal guitars, indeed.

Comment by Bill Sherman

Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:15:55 EDT

One of the highpoints of the spotty-but-interesting Weasels Ripped My Flesh album, which also included an even more straightforward blues cut (Little Richards "Directly From My Heart To You") and the lyrically keen "Oh No." I love the squonking horns on this track. Actually, I think Zappa could regularly be quite touching when it came to songs about freaks-vs.-straights (perhaps the only conflict that he fully appreciated). Even as sardonic a release as We're Only In It For The Money contains a moment of surprising sadness in the song "Mom and Dad," which ends with Zappa mournfully considering the death of a hippie at the hands of police. You might consider the scenario to be paranoid or exaggerated (back in the day when it was first released, I remember thinking so), but the sentiment rings true.