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TopicThe Frank Zappa Appreciation Topic! Part 10.2
-Abomstar
12/20/18 10:15:51 PM
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Yo, Lasa. Noticed you had mentioned Civilization Phaze III (iirc) recently and am stoked to see this topic. Ive been a Zappa fan longer than Ive been playing video games, even, ever since my dad introduced me to songs like, Hungry Freaks, Daddy, Elvis Has Just Left the Building, and Lets Make the Water Turn Black. In my teens when I began listening to music more intentionally, one of the first albums I chose to focus on, somewhat spontaneously, was The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, and have been inching toward discog completism ever since. Among my enduring favorites are Absolutely Free, The Man from Utopia (big fan of The Dangerous Kitchen and anything written in that style), and Jazz from Hell (all the Synclavier output is priceless).

What I admire most about listening to Zappa today is that it puts into perspective how much of recorded music is so reliant on putting its cathartic or emotionally-resonant aspects at the forefront, and how that can be limiting. A lot of other experimental rock, while often full of exotic sounds and hysterical intensity, is usually more deliberate in choreographing its dramatic intent than most of what Zappa was doing; broad sonic palettes, unusual juxtaposition of elements, often extraordinarily difficult to parse conceptually. For that reason, Zappa ends up not being music I want to put on at a moment's notice a lot of the time these days, but as a dabbling musician I definitely try to remember those lessons of sonic and creative depth of field. Going to read your song writeups soon and hopefully will learn a lot.
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