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Originally Posted by tore
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!
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.
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^ In the end, I guess Zappa just wouldn`t be Zappa without the sense of humour. Here, for instance, he uses it to wonderful effect, even though he is outnumbered and under attack in a debate about freedom of speech. It`s a joy to watch how well he argues his case:-
Is he, against his own advice, wearing brown shoes ?
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Originally Posted by Dolokhov
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.
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^ Yes, I have that problem with Zappa too.