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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
^ While a lot of this is true, imo Zappa`s personality isn`t always hilarious or charming. For me a lot of his albums are spoiled by attempts at humour that are only funny first time around. Elsewhere, Zappa`s comments, musical whimsey, even his tone of voice often come across as superior and patronising. We get it, Frank, you`re an inventive musician and you`ve heard of Stravinski, but why do we have suffer for that ?
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I don't feel the same way as I never felt the target of his ridicule or boasts. Rather, it was always something I enjoyed from him. I can certainly imagine why someone might be bothered by it though. It's obvious that the guy had high thoughts about himself!
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Originally Posted by Il Duce
Hot Rats is ace, though, and Wiilie the Pimp rawks
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Hot Rats is indeed brilliant and Willie the Pimp should appeal to both camps in this thread as it's got Beefheart on vocals.
I feel like Beefheart may be the more interesting avant-gardist of the two, but that Zappa is the more interesting person, rock musician, jazz musician, comedian, producer and more. Overall, I have more love for Zappa.