Boléro
Boléro is music for a ballet composed by Maurice Ravel in 1928. It's one of the most popular compositions of all time, though not typical of Ravel's music.
Interviewed by Music & Sound Output (March 1987), Zappa said that G-Spot Tornado is "kind of put together as a twisted version of Ravel's "Bolero" where you've got a tune you can recognize and it goes through a lot of orchestration changes, segment by segment, with the synthesizer solos in the middle. That's another improvised solo I stuck in." [1]
"I always liked Boléro, I think that it's really one of the best melodies ever written." - Frank Zappa, quoted in Ode To Gravity - Frank Zappa: World Affairs Commentator, interview by Charles Amirkhanian, 15 April 1991.
Lyrics
Players On This Song
THE BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE version
- Frank Zappa - lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal
- Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal
- Mike Keneally - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal
- Bobby Martin - keyboards, vocal
- Ed Mann - vibes, marimba, electronic percussion
- Walt Fowler - trumpet, flugel horn, synth
- Bruce Fowler - trombone
- Paul Carman - alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax
- Albert Wing - tenor sax
- Kurt McGettrick - baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass clarinet
- Scott Thunes - electric bass, mini-moog
- Chad Wackerman - drums, electronic percussion
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Singles
- Stairway To Heaven (09:21) / Boléro (05:19) - Frank Zappa (1991)
Zappa Albums
- The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (not on European issues due to copyright problems)
- Broadway The Hard Way, cited in When The Lie's So Big
- Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
Tributes & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
Guardian article about the copyright issues
Quotes My Sharona.
