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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Zappa - "We're Only In It For The Money" |
| Date | Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:39:43 +0000 |
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I believe you are exactly right.In order to spoof something ,you first have
to know and understand it.We know Frank loved Rhythm and blues.I think you
can apply that same love to classic pop and pop production.His interest and
affection for this coupled with his knowledge of Varese and classical
composition and his acute sense of humor and you have the essence of
Frank.So, you don't have to eat anything.
Gene
>From: Greg Hradecky <pinhead@seanet.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Zappa - "We're Only In It For The Money"
>Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:02:48 -0700
>
>I'm fully behind the notion that Zappa was challenging everyone's pop
>sensibilities with his first three albums. There are moments though from
>each of the first 'holy trinity' of albums that attempted to grate on the
>casual pop listener ("Help I'm A Rock"). There were also moments that Zappa
>was courting the pop audience to take notice, "Lonely Little Girl", "Bow
>Tie Daddy", "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" and "Absolutely Free"
>among them. Just take a listen to "You Didn't Try To Call Me" from Freak
>Out! and try to tell me that wasn't tailor made for the Phil Spector 'Wall
>of Sound' treatment as sung by the Righteous Brothers and I'll eat every
>one of my 50+ Zappa albums.
>
>I feel that Frank Zappa wasn't trying to alienate pop fans as much as
>expand their horizons. It was up to the pop fan if they wanted to listen -
>
>Less Talk, More HROCK!
>
>Greg H
>
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