Originally Posted by tore

Not saying that this is the case with Beefheart and Zappa, but people so often seem to assume that the more avantgarde something is, the more rules it breaks, the more difficult it is to do - the better/smarter it is. That's not always true. When it comes to music, basically anyone can make avantgarde music, however good it turns out, but not everyone can write a beautiful piece of music. Not saying you don't get creds for being strange, but I definitely think people in general overrate it.