Quote:
Originally Posted by morgos
Interesting list. Personally Absolutely Free is my least favorite of the albums on your list. I don't feel like I ever really got into it or connected with it the way I did with a lot of Zappa's stuff. It probably deserves a couple more listens from me.
|
I don't know. There's a certain fluid drama to Absolutely Free that makes it work. It's obviously the one where Zappa took his constantly touted Varese/Stravinsky influences most at heart. It's only weak point in my eyes is the rather shabby song "Big Leg Emma".
But, I really like "Plastic People", "Uncle Bernie's Farm", and "Brown Shoes Don't Make It", and the fact that essentially the first 5 songs after Plastic People were Zappa is howling about prunes keeping you regular is essentially subtly a classical piece written in rock instruments.