Ok, Mario and I just couldn't resist this, taking full advantage of the Xtra Styles. Mario D, Right Channel Guitar Duel. Listen for shout outs to BIAB Forum at End. Sorry Frank Zappa, but you started it man.
There’s a guy with an axe named Mario Played the blues both fast and slow He posted his Songs in Band in a Box Made a Fool of Me by the way he rocks
One minute he’s playing the Grateful Dead Then the whipping post in the old woodshed Next thing I know comes Stevie Ray Make a fool of me by the way he play
Ch:
This is means war, Mario I’m calling out to the devil below Calling my friend Adrien Belew This means war and I’m coming for you Coming for you Coming for you Coming for you
Take This Mario Wait! Mario D, has just entered the studio Ok, then! It’s your turn Mario
[Guitar Instrumental duel to the death]
Bridge:
Wait a minute, I have a thought Why should we be fighting Why can't we just play beautiful music Together, in harmony and complement one another Mario I think I see the light Go for it Mario I’ll follow your lead! That’s what I’m talking about! That’s what I’m talking about!
Outro:
Thank you ladies and gentlemen!! This has been the ghost of Frank Zappa
Adrian Belew Tommy Mars Peter Wolf Patrick O'Hearn Terry Bozzio Ed Mann Special Thanks to: PG Alyssa PG Kent PG Kallum PG Callie Dr. Peter Gannon Floyd Jane Janice And Bud Herb Hartley Charlie Fogle Robert Dean John Ford RNam Josie Janice and Bud Paddy and Matcham Noel and Sergio Tommy and Tommy Peter and Kenny Robert and Fred Pradon and Dani Trygve Larsen Space Dog, GruveRider 90 DB, Aleck Rand, Pat Marr Jannesan, Joanna, Greg Johnson And all the Other Wonderful People on the Band in a Box Forum
This is the ghost of Frank Zappa, thank you Good night!
All music and lyrics copyright 2016 by David Snyder Solo Guitar duel to the death by David Snyder (left channel) and Mario D (right channel) ****** Song Summary ************* Title: This Means War Mario File:This Means War Mario_Zappa3.SGU Key=A , Tempo 60, Length (m:s)=6:28 Style is _TARPIT.STY
David Snyder, Guitar Left Mario D. Guitar Right
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David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers
David & Mario, Finally we have the musical equivalent of my son`s Xbox battles! There`s lots of gore left by the guitar here... and maybe even a little Apocalpse Now in that vocal, David. Somehow there`s also a sweet message of support from compadres here... gratefully received & returned!
WOW, What does one say to that?? I thought somebody spiked my orange juice with acid! Definitely a trip, and definitely a lot of FUN! A cool sonic experience. Thanks for the flashback!! Take care. Greg
David and Mario, Well what can I say? An interesting idea for a Collab! and I certainly see the "more weird Zappa" influence. In my mind it would have been great to have had "more structure" to the solos and maybe ending with some harmony playing like in Thin Lizzie and Wishbone Ash
Hey thanks everybody and we appreciate your patience!
For a little clarification, this entire thing was intentionally designed to be a spoof, on a guy who built an entire career doing spoofs, and I wanted it to be somewhat chaotic and incoherent just for fun. I find incoherence to be extremely liberating after a morning's spin with the front page news. Somehow, being utterly illogical brings me peace in the face of an illogical world.
I thought Mario's soloing was great, but I was attempting to be utterly ridiculous on my side of the fence and hopefully I was successful.
Now I will return to my more serious composition of a 5 part Bach invention for church organ and bagpipe. I will never joke again! I promise! Really! No, I'm not kidding! This was my last joke!
In case anyone wants to cover this song at their next social event, here is the chord chart.
David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers
Yup. Still have his first three buried somewhere in the basement vinyl pile. FWIW, a great musician I worked with in the 60's (we booked and recorded bands) later played bass with Zappa.
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