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The Captain's music, to me, is fun. Even at its most challenging, I hear a sense of amusement within it all. Zappa, even at his best, always seems to have a smug, above-it-all quality that I never hear in Beefheart. To me, Zappa always seemed to think he was better than his own audience.
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Re: Don, Frank, or Mark? December 06, 2011 03:14AM |
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I thought I already reviewed it somewhere on this board but I don't see that post...Quote
How is that Fall album
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I'm also willing to believe that those who remain passionate Zappa fans into their late 20s and onward are simply intellectually or aesthetically stunted.
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"Frank Zappa is probably the single most untalented person I've ever heard in my life. He's two-bit, pretentious, academic, and he can't play his way out of anything. He can't play rock 'n' roll because he's a loser. And that's why he dresses so funny. He's not happy with himself, and I think he's right."[/i] - Lou Reed
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I've tried Captain Beefheart numerous times - bought Trout Mask Replica twice over the years - and while I can appreciate what he's doing and why he's important, it's not music I've ever listened to for pleasure.
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Ironically, though, when it comes to music influenced by either artist, I tend to listen to the Beefheart followers instead of the Zappa ones.
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Re: Don or Frank? December 07, 2011 06:00PM |
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Agreed, fwiw. Start there.Quote
I need to go back and revisit those, especially the last two.
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And yet Lou inducted Zappa into the R&R HoF. I actually did a web search last year trying to figure out how the hell that happened, and couldnt' come up with anything. Frank had no surviving friends?Quote
i googled frank zappa n lou reed together and i am reading about everything posted for hours.
so many differences in opinions and so many things that are contradictory.
When I give my daughter a bath and she plays with her toy octopus, I've been known to "sing" that very song in my imitation Beefheartian growl. But she's a toddler, she's not scared. Yet.Quote
Can you imagine pulling up at a stop light with the windows rolled down and looking over into the next car to see some freaks singing along to "Neon Meate Dream Of An Octafish?"
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I would never hate on Frank, though. He didn't just report to congress, he stood up to the man
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I rank thusly:
Doc
Ice Cream
Milk
Decals
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