PARLIAMENT - Tear The Roof Off (Casablanca)

[dot_fennel]

Recommended to me by someone who thought they'd make a good next step from Zappa. I was intrigued, particularly since I wouldn't have guessed it.

The liner notes repeat the Zappa thing, and I can kind of hear it, so there's that. But I think, depressingly, that I just don't like the basic funk beat, that slooooooow monster. I have a feeling the momentum which is supposed to shake my ass just feels plodding.

I wouldn't even think twice about this if it weren't music that discusses in great detail what's wrong with people who don't like it. Hate second-guessing myself; powerless to stop.

Comments

[rieux.livejournal.com]

That a lot of long Parliament mixes. Maybe less of that plodding monster at once would be better, though maybe you just don't like it. I don't really like what Zappa I've heard.

[dot_fennel]

Hard to say -- it feels plodding to me moment by moment, not only after a given track has gone for several minutes. But I didn't realize these were long versions of songs... I'll keep that in mind if I find myself kind of liking it.

[rieux.livejournal.com]

Not all of them, but some are 12" mixes.