Even though guitarist Ray White asked the crowd to suspend their disbelief at one point in the show, he didn’t need to. Zappa once released a live LP titled Does Humor Belong in Music? and the obvious answer was of course “yes,” something his fans have always embraced. What made the concept work at the show was how it was presented with a wink. While a hologram performance might seem too strange to some fans (the Roy Orbison hologram has inspired some perplexed reviews), the sheer wackiness of the idea made it a hit with Zappa fans. Before the show, the street was filled with Zappa fans wearing a mix of vintage T-shirts (an older one repped the song “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama,” another called out Dweezil Zappa’s “Zappa Plays Zappa” shows) and the crowd of mostly older men buzzed with excitement about the prospect of the show.
The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa, a revue featuring former members of his bands, launched its first tour last week, and on Wednesday, the tour hit the Paramount in Huntington, New York, located a little over an hour outside of New York City. More than a quarter century after Zappa’s death, his dream is a reality - and a success. A few years before he died, he wrote in his autobiography that he would love to roll out what he called “Intercontinental Absurdities” - basically a touring hologram. One artist whom the practice makes complete sense for, though, is Frank Zappa. And the technology could give Kiss the ability to launch final tours in every city every night into infinity, should they adopt it. Video of the Japanese concert sensation Hatsune Miku looks a bit like a scene from Blade Runner 2049. The words “hologram tour” conjure images of a cold, dystopian future.
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