Zoot Allures!.......

[Fylde_coast_Pies]

I've noticed a couple of other Frank Zappa avatars on this forum other than my own. Normally if someone asks me what my preferences are when it comes to music I'm usually met with a blank expression when I mention his name so it's good to be in such exalted company

Ironically enough Zappa's first ever T.V. appearance back in the sixties was bicycle related but try as I might I can't recall any track of his that relates to cyclingprobably the only subject he never wrote a song about.

Apart from the obvious Queen song and Syd Barrett's offering, what other songs about bikes do you know?

 

[Geoff Crowther]

"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do.
I'm half crazy, oh for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage.
I can't afford a carriage,
But you'd look sweet,
Upon the seat,
Of a bicycle made for two."

I THINK I got the words right .

 

[Brandane]

 

[Drago]

Changing the subject (apologies) Ship Arrives Too Late is a sublime masterpiece.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

just a short one...

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORqLkIRwlus

 

[Hyslop]

Kraftwerk-T de F

 

[Fylde_coast_Pies]

Tour de France

Adrian, I've seen HMHB at Rebellion in Blackpool....Great night!

Drago, Is there such a thing as a Zappa album that wasn't a masterpiece?

 

[Ganymede]

"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do.
I'm half crazy, oh for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage.
I can't afford a carriage,
But you'd look sweet,
Upon the seat,
Of a bicycle made for two."

I THINK I got the words right .

My Auntie Molly of blessed memory used to sing a second verse to that:

Michael, Michael, here is your answer dear,
I can't cycle, it makes me feel so queer
If you can't afford a carriage
There'll be no bloomin' marriage,
Cos I'll be blowed
If I'll be towed
On a bicycle made for two!

Well now, y'see there, beginnings of car culture, like. Cuh.

 

[S.Giles]

Drago, Is there such a thing as a Zappa album that wasn't a masterpiece?

Sleep Dirt

 

[Fylde_coast_Pies]

Sleep Dirt

HaHa, Fair play Mr.Giles.

 

[S.Giles]

I could never get on with Jazz From Hell either, but that could just be me.

 

[Pale Rider]

I what other songs about bikes do you know?

Harder to come up with than I thought, but Melanie sings about riding her bicycle in the first line of Brand New Key:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFknAdVvNM

 

[Sillyoldman]

Nazereth - My white bicycle