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Old 12-22-2010, 05:13 PM   #327 (permalink)
clutnuckle
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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio View Post
^Interesting. Huh.

I'd be more interested to know where you get that Elliott Smith and Frank Zappa are overrated in particular. I can understand where you're coming from with the others, at least to a certain extent.

I guess I can *sort of* even see the Elliott Smith. But Zappa?
While I don't particularly have an opinion on the matter, here's a (pretty long) article where people 'deconstruct the myth that Zappa is some sort of a genius': The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music: Article

Most people seem to see Zappa as overrated not because of the mass amount of fans he has, but the fanboyism that the ones he does have descend into. Quality > quantity, you could say.
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