Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double disc live album by Frank Zappa, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music). The album was one of three to be recorded during the 1988 world tour, along with Broadway the Hard Way and Make a Jazz Noise Here. Each of these three accounts of the 1988 tour has a different emphasis: Broadway the Hard Way mainly consists of new compositions; Make a Jazz Noise Here is a sampler of classic Zappa tunes, most of them instrumental; and The Best Band... devotes itself to covers. Some of these are unlikely (such as \"Stairway to Heaven\" by Led Zeppelin), while many are from Zappa's extensive back catalogue. His mid-1970s output is emphasized in the selection, but there is also some material from the Mothers of Invention's late 1960s recordings and one song (\"Lonesome Cowboy Burt\") from 200 Motels. It was re-issued in 1995 and 2012 along with his entire catalogue.The album is also notable for its extended section of potshots against American Pentacostal televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who had then just confessed to transgressions with a prostitute on live television; the speech was later dubbed his \"I have sinned\" speech. \"Lonesome Cowboy Burt\", \"More Trouble Every Day\" and \"Penguin in Bondage\" feature entirely rewritten lyrics to capitalize on and satirize the scandal. This is Official Release #55."@en }
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- The_Best_Band_You_Never_Heard_in_Your_Life abstract "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double disc live album by Frank Zappa, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music). The album was one of three to be recorded during the 1988 world tour, along with Broadway the Hard Way and Make a Jazz Noise Here. Each of these three accounts of the 1988 tour has a different emphasis: Broadway the Hard Way mainly consists of new compositions; Make a Jazz Noise Here is a sampler of classic Zappa tunes, most of them instrumental; and The Best Band... devotes itself to covers. Some of these are unlikely (such as \"Stairway to Heaven\" by Led Zeppelin), while many are from Zappa's extensive back catalogue. His mid-1970s output is emphasized in the selection, but there is also some material from the Mothers of Invention's late 1960s recordings and one song (\"Lonesome Cowboy Burt\") from 200 Motels. It was re-issued in 1995 and 2012 along with his entire catalogue.The album is also notable for its extended section of potshots against American Pentacostal televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who had then just confessed to transgressions with a prostitute on live television; the speech was later dubbed his \"I have sinned\" speech. \"Lonesome Cowboy Burt\", \"More Trouble Every Day\" and \"Penguin in Bondage\" feature entirely rewritten lyrics to capitalize on and satirize the scandal. This is Official Release #55.".