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Frank Zappa

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  • #32
    gucci
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,282 ✭✭✭gucci


    My favourite is "Stupidity like hydrogen is one of the basic building blocks of the Universe!":)


  • #33
    John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Anxmc wrote: »
    Zappa not a composer? that is hilarious.
    Music isn't all about the groin, unless your not very learned.

    Zappa is a composer.
    Music is the best.

    So you think he's up there with the other 20th century greats like Cage, Feldman, Górecki, Pärt, Stravinsky, Ligeti, Bryars, Oliveros, Lucier, etc.? He chanced his arm and some people dug it but he's certainly not up there with the rest of the avant garde (who certainly didn't write from the groin).

    My point wasn't that Zappa was too intellectual but that when he tried to be intellectual, he failed and when he tried to be rock'n'roll, he was too rigid and reliant on virtuosity. Also, may I point out that there is nothing wrong with virtuosity but not at the expense of feeling.


  • #34
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Maybe he was just very good at taking the p1ss!!!:D:D


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