![]() ![]() The cargo and destination: string beans to Utah. Truck drivers restaurant: the waitress, Hawaiian lunch, ride the bull. Though the word truck is never used during "No not now", its lyrics are full of allusions to the southern truck drivers world, especially Regarding its lyrics "No not now" got a sequel with "Truck driver divorce" from "Them or us". The latter rendition has also the title written backwards: "Won ton on".īoth songs are being dealt with in the Thing-Fish section of this study. In "Thing-Fish" the "No not now" track is included in combination with a version played backwards. ![]() Zappa would re-use "No not now" for his "Thing-Fish" opera from 1984. "Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch" begins with two normal popsongs and then proceeds withĪn awe-inspiring combination of Zappa's composing skills and improvising capacities on guitar. The subject of this section is continued in the Them or us section. The latter composition hasn't been recorded yet in its orchestral form, but the scores are available at Barfko Swill. Including "Envelopes", "You are what you is" and "Them or us" (1984) both including sectionsįrom "Sinister footwear". Some of the orchestral piecesĪlso found their way on the rock albums from this period, the "Drowning witch" album (1982) SHIP ARRIVING TOO LATE TO SAVE A DROWNING WITCH: THE MODERN ROCK BANDĪt the same time as Zappa was busy preparing the recording of his orchestral scores, he was more than ever behaving as theĬonductor of his rock band on tour, giving highstanding and technically impressive performances. ![]()
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