2 thoughts on “Song of the Day: November 7, 2024”

1. Funny anecdote i think about warmly every time I hear Zappa. You may have heard it….Bowie recruited Adrian Belew while he was a member of The Mothers, although Zappa’s tour was wrapping up. Very clandestinely, Bowie met with Belew for dinner to discuss terms and details, and when they walked into the restaurant, who should be sitting there, but Zappa. The following is quoted from a post Belew put up on FB (and reported here: https://www.mnprmagazine.com/news/unveiling-the-infamous-encounter-when-frank-zappa-and-david-bowie-clashed-in-a-legendary-fck-you-captain-tom-moment/ )

   We arrived at the restaurant, went in the front door, and who should be sitting at the very first table but Frank Zappa and the rest of the band! So the three of us sat down with Frank and the band. David, trying to be cordial, motioned to me and said, “Quite a guitar player you have here Frank.”

   And Frank said, “F••• you Captain Tom.” (note: Frank had demoted David from Major Tom to Captain Tom.)

   David persisted, “Oh come on now Frank, surely we can be gentleman about this?”

   Frank said, “F••• you Captain Tom.”

   By this point I was paralyzed. David said, “So you really have nothing to say?” Frank said, “F••• you Captain Tom.”

   David and Coco and I got up and went back out the front door. Getting in the limo David said in his wonderfully British way, “I thought that went rather well!”

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   1. I didn’t know this story. Sounds exactly like how I would imagine it to have gone down. 😄

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