Talk:The Adventures of Greggery Peccary

Rock n Roll
I dispute the claim that Studio Tan is a "Rock 'n' Roll album". The song Revised Music for Guitar and a Low Budget Orchestra show Zappa's new found inclination toward orchestral arrangements and free-form exploration, RDNZL delves further into regions of Jazz than Rock, and Lemme' Take You to the Beach is Zappa's satrical attempt at Beach Pop (particularly referencing the Beach Boys) but of course with Zappa's overt musical trade-mark. Very little of this album can be considered "Rock 'n' Roll". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.71.74.190 (talk)
 * Of the four albums that make up the bulk of the Läther box (Zappa in New York, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt, and Orchestral Favorites - Sheik Yerbouti was released between Sleep Dirt and Orchestral Favorites, but bears only tangential relation to Lather), Studio Tan is typically viewed as the "rock n' roll album", much as ZINY is the "live album", Sleep Dirt is the "jazz/fusion album", and Orchestral Favorites is the "classical album". None of these albums entirely fit within their "type" - ZINY has overdubs, Studio Tan has, as you pointed out, RDNZL, Sleep Dirt has Filthy Habits, and Orchestral Favorites contains a lot of jazz/rock sensibilities. That said, I don't see much problem with calling Studio Tan a "rock n' roll album", given the above qualifications. --Badger Drink (talk) 19:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Conceptual Continuity
Would it be okay to point out Zappa's use of the 'New Brown Clouds' melody in his early piece, "Calvin and His Next To Hitch-Hikers?" (From The Grand Wazoo). Or that the bit about the love-in being the resuly of 'twelve transistor radios being played at the same time' being a reference to a John Cage "Imaginary Landscape" composition? (I can check the number later, before editing.) -FeralCats — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.65.241.245 (talk)
 * It'd probably be best to find a third party source, of which I'm sure there're a handful. --Badger Drink (talk) 19:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

"Time is an/of affliction"
I corrected what I thought was a typo in the lyrics, the pronouncement by the philosopher Gregory meets -- the article had "Time is of affliction" but I was pretty sure it was "Time is an affliction." I then saw on this site that it might be "of" after all. . . Can a total Zappa fan verify, please revert my correction if I am incorrect, thanks. RomaC (talk) 17:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The correct lyric is actually "of". It makes sense when considering the quote in the context of the song. DeNameland, being an experienced philostopher, would be loathe to give too straight an answer to either central dilemma (either the cause of the New Brown Clouds, or, on a meta level, whether Greggary is the bad guy for creating the calender or if the young hipsters are just freaking out over nothing). Saying that "time is an affliction" would be casting his vote squarely on the side of the hipsters. Rather, what DeNameland is saying is that there is an affliction attached to time - similar to saying a pregnant woman is "with child". And, specifically, that afflicition is, as he leans towards proclaiming, that the EONS ARE CLOSING. A more notable site within the Zappa community - in fact, the site from which your link seems to have copy-pasted the lyrics - has it as "of", further reinforcing my above statement. --Badger Drink (talk) 19:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks Badger, responded on your talk page as well. RomaC (talk) 02:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

OR in plot description
Aside from the fact that a rock opera / epic does not seem to warrant such a lengthy section on story, the piece is ridden with unsourced claims. For instance: "This is clearly a reference to the Gregorian Calendar with 'Greggery' a play on Pope Gregory XIII who reformed the calendar with its introduction."

Adding in the word "clearly" does not make this a fact, and without a third-party reference cannot be construed as anything but WP:OR. For the time being I will add citation needed tags, although I personally am of the opinion that these asides are not worthwhile even if verifiable, as it is not clear what they have to do with the larger context of the song or Zappa's music. Unless anyone objects, I am considering doing some serious pruning/restructuring of this section, also to fix some WP:POV issues. 20.132.68.146 (talk) 21:17, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

A similar concern... the plot section is a fun read but I fear that it relies too much on quoting the original work. I believe that one reason that this section of the article might be seen as "lengthy" (as the previous writer stated) is that it tries to incorporate almost every quirky word that Zappa used in the story. It just ends up a little fan-crufty. And, apparently, I'm not logged in... this is PurpleChez. 173.67.130.115 (talk) 18:47, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Liquisearch is not an acceptable wiki source
Please use reliable sources. Saintstephen000 (talk) 18:05, 26 August 2022 (UTC)