Zappa: who gives a **** anyway?

[MaryL]

This is the central scrutinizer: The ghost of Zappa past:

 

[The Duke]

Not a fan, but the dude was a musical genius.

 

[Moonglow]

This is the central scrutinizer: The ghost of Zappa past:

You speak of Joe's Garage.

 

[Moonglow]

I loved getting LSD and enjoying a Frank Zappa concert at the zoo amphitheater in OKC

 

[MaryL]

Well, got to put in those travelen' shoes.

 

[Sunni Man]

Not a fan, but the dude was a musical genius.

Never been a fan and never could figure out why some people claimed he was a musical genius?
His music seemed kinda lame to me.
I guess you gotta be stoned out of your mind to appreciate it. ..

 

[The Duke]

Never been a fan and never could figure out why some people claimed he was a musical genius?
His music seemed kinda lame to me.
I guess you gotta be stoned out of your mind to appreciate it. ..

It grates on me, but I can recognize his brilliance.

 

[MaryL]

Wow, snake finger. Songs to wound starfish by. It's a thing. Trust me.

 

[Oddball]

Never been a fan and never could figure out why some people claimed he was a musical genius?
His music seemed kinda lame to me.
I guess you gotta be stoned out of your mind to appreciate it. ..

He first wrote the music, then created the time signatures.

He wrote a full symphony.

One of the great modern musical geniuses.

 

[DudleySmith]

Never been a fan and never could figure out why some people claimed he was a musical genius?
His music seemed kinda lame to me.
I guess you gotta be stoned out of your mind to appreciate it. ..

Stoners would pay big money to be mocked by comedians like Zappa. Like CHeech and Chong, he mocked Burb Brat pseudo-intellectual pretensions, much like Picasso did by selling crap 'art' to 'sophisticates' and laughing at them.

He was however a very competent classical musician.

 

[The Duke]

He first wrote the music, then created the time signatures.

He wrote a full symphony.

One of the great modern musical geniuses.

He could be crude AF, too.

 

[Moonglow]

Wow, snake finger. Songs to wound starfish by. It's a thing. Trust me.

ELO?

 

[gipper]

This is the central scrutinizer: The ghost of Zappa past:

Great tune. One of his best.

 

[The Duke]

I loved getting LSD and enjoying a Frank Zappa concert at the zoo amphitheater in OKC

There is a definite trippy factor to the OP song.

No doubt he spent more than a few nights at Uncle Sidney's.

I'll designate this as my favorite Zappa song. It's not even crude or gross or anything.

 

[Crepitus]

Not a fan, but the dude was a musical genius.

He's flat out fuckin' weird.

 

[The Duke]

He's flat out fuckin' weird.

Ayep.

Was.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

I saw Zappa in concert in the 80s.
His music is like comedy rock.
He was never played on the radio very much.

 

[The Duke]

I saw Zappa in concert in the 80s.
His music is like comedy rock.
He was never played on the radio very much.

Largely because they would have been fined out the ass!

 

[petro]

Guy was amazing on his lengthy guitar solos.
I was a huge fan, along with a few buddies when we were young.

Don't forget, Zappa, Dee Snyder, and John Denver testified to the Senate fighting Tipper Gore and the PMRC about song lyrics and censorship. Yes, Al Gores wife was for censorship after hearing a Prince song.

35 years ago the Senate held hearings on rock lyrics. It was a First Amendment showdown for the ages.

In 1985 the Senate held hearings on "rock porn." Just three musicians stood up to the government to say "it's none of your business."

www.businessinsider.com

In the end we ended up with those explicit lyrics lables on albums because Gore was a prude.

 

[Synthaholic]

In the end we ended up with those explicit lyrics lables on albums because Gore was a prude.

This is a very telling sentence.

Tipper Gore was aligned with Republicans on this issue, who, along with The Moral Majority under Jerry Falwell wanted labeling.

You think you're criticizing Gore but this was the conservative position.