| "G-Spot Tornado" | |
|---|---|
| Song byFrank Zappa | |
| from the albumJazz from Hell | |
| Released | 1986 |
| Studio | UMRK (Los Angeles) |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:17 |
| Songwriter(s) | Frank Zappa |
| Producer(s) | Frank Zappa |
"G-Spot Tornado" is a piece of programmedSynclavier DMS music written by American musicianFrank Zappa, released in 1986 on hisinstrumental albumJazz from Hell.[1]
"G-Spot Tornado" was written by Frank Zappa. He thought that the composition was so difficult to play that it could not possibly be performed by a human,[citation needed] therefore he initially recorded the song using aSynclavier DMS. Zappa was later proven wrong when the song was performed live onThe Yellow Shark (1993). The piece, one of, "Zappa's most successful Synclavier releases in thetonal idiom..., employ[s] theverse-chorus structure of pop and rock music."[2] "Especially in [its] orchestral incarnation, [G-Spot Tornado] is one of the most riveting, rhythm-dominated, inexorable things Frank ever wrote."[3] The composition was selected as one of the top ten favorites of subscribers to Zappa fanzineT'Mershi Duween.[4]
"G-Spot Tornado" was released at the time when theRIAA introduced theParental Advisory, and therefore the discs were forced to have a parental advisory even when none of the album's tracks had lyrics, but rather due to the song's title which mentioned theG-spot, the femaleerogenous zone.
Zappa went to theParents Music Resource CenterSenate Hearing, a former committee formed in 1985 by the wives of manyDeputies with the stated goal of increasing parental control over children's access to music deemed to have violent, drug-related or sexual themes by labeling albums withParental Advisory stickers. Zappa spoke withWilliam Rehnquist (thenChief Justice of the United States), justicesSandra Day O'Connor,Clarence Thomas, andAl Gore, who declared himself a fan ofthe Mothers of Invention.[5]
"G-Spot Tornado", arranged in 1992 by Ali N. Askin, was part of Zappa's last albumThe Yellow Shark (1993) interpreted this time by human musicians atEnsemble Modern inFrankfurt, Germany, with participation of Canadian DancerLouise Lecavalier.[6]
