Syrius playing Zappa, 1973, Hungary
The song played in 1973 was: What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen. And now, just getting back more to popularity, we should play a title in G major, it's tempo comes from a Lajosmizse village-theater and...
Those who feel like dancing can do it on the bottom part of the ship...
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (the song)
So "What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?" What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? - asks the Big Guy. "Some say your nose, Some say your toes, but I think it's YOUR MIND." This is what this song is about, and it's feeling can bring the whole audience back the totally different world of '52 or '58.
The concert was on a ship on river Danube - this very performance can be listened here:
All this can be known thanks to a great guy (Bálint Csaba) who collects bootleg-recordings of Hungarian bands and systematizes it all ("Rockmuseum") - just like "our" well known Fz Shows homepage. The only difference is, that he makes it all by himself.
Great work - and also very important: because of the political situation tons of great bands had no official recordings at all - this might be the only way to save them for the future.
The highly regarded Syrius was Hungary's top rock attraction, and had already issued several albums of jazz fusion before relocating to Australia. The band's line-up comprised Jackie Orszaczky (bass, guitar, vocals), Zoltán "Joel" Baronits (piano, oboe, sax), Latsi "Les" Pataki (organ, piano, drums), Mihály `Michie' Ráduly (sax, flute, violin) and András "Andrew" Veszelinov (drums, guitar, trombone).
Devil's Masquerade - 1972;
The band's influences ranged from John Coltrane, Chicago and Colosseum to Jimi Hendrix and Blood Sweat and Tears. After touring in Australia Syrius returned to Hungary in October 1971, and in 1973 they disbanded: they couldn't release records, couldn't really live as a band in the communist Hungary. Jackie Orszáczky left for Australia, he died in 2008.
