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From | Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com> |
Subject | Re: Zappa - "We're Only In It For The Money" |
Date | Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:13:30 -0500 |
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Oh, I don't know. Sometimes I like to have some steamed "200 Motels", a side
of "Thing-Fish", a slab of "Uncle Meat" and a nice cool glass of the Fugs
first album. FZ=great eating!
--Ken
On 8/20/05 4:39 AM, "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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