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Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch is an album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in May 1982 and digitally remastered in 1991. It features five tracks composed by Zappa, and one song, " Valley Girl ", co-written with his then-14 year old daughter Moon Zappa , who provided the spoken monologue mocking Valley girls ...
There's only 6 songs on the album, and you probably won’t enjoy any of them, so if anybody says listen to: No Not Now, Valley Girl, I Come From Nowhere, Drowning Witch, Envelopes and Teenage Prostitute, just tell them that you're not into that sort of thing and make them go away.
The guitar styles of Steve Vai and the outlandish humor of Zappa help Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch to become another bright moment in a lengthy discography. Despite coming out in 1981, Frank Zappa's previous masterpiece, You Are What You Is still felt reminiscent of the 1970s.
"Valley Girl" (from Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, 1982)—Fender Stratocaster guitar, 100watt Marshall amp. "Valley Girl" started off at the end of an overdub session, just me on guitar and Chad Wackerman on drums.
No not now. "Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch" begins with two normal popsongs and then proceeds with an awe-inspiring combination of Zappa's composing skills and improvising capacities on guitar. Zappa would re-use "No not now" for his "Thing-Fish" opera from 1984.
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Drowning Witch Lyrics: There's a ship arriving too late / To save a drowning witch / She was swimmin' along / Tryin' to keep a date / With a Merchant Marine / Who told her he...
