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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've just got most of the Mothers' stuff and I've had
We're Only In It For the Money and
Hot Rats for some time
i would say that the attacks on love songs on
Freak Out! are spot-on and voices my own dissent towards this kind of stuff, but on
Money, the only bits that grabbed me were the musique concrete pieces and the two
What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
Hot Rats is ace, though, and
Wiilie the Pimp rawks
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