The music of Frank Zappa is what eventually led me to listen to Captain Beefheart, so for that I'm very grateful! However, I think the Captain has definitely got to be my choice here.
Zappa has some astonishingly good music, but wow, there is so much of it. It seemed like literally every idea he ever had went into a record somewhere. I found the vast stack of material quite intimidating, and difficult to perform any kind of quality control on! All I know is that the best songs I heard from him are on the Hot Rats album, and my favourite on there is probably Willie the Pimp, which is made great by Captain Beefheart.
A couple of my favourite Zappa songs
Willie the Pimp
Camarillo Brillo
Tryin' to Grow a Chin
Strictly Genteel
A couple of my favourite Beefheart songs
Big Eyed Beans From Venus
Odd Jobs
Safe as Milk
Moonlight on Vermont
Tropical Hotdog Night
A lot of music started to seem quite bland in comparison after listening to either of these 2 legendary musicians though. They've both contributed a lot to my adoration of the music I listen to.
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