I agree too, but there are some good moments in the 70's.. It's just so hard to listen some times, that I gave up. Those You Can Do It On Stage lps have some great vintage bits, but I hardly ever listen to even those. I think he said it all on Freak Out. Stewart Mason wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: > >> >> << Mothers Of Invention Freak Out Help I'm A Rock >> >> >> >> Just as I've always suspected >> >> (and on one long-ago IPO visit to L.A. >> was reminded first-hand): >> >> >> There are MANY (closet) Mother People >> lurking amongst us otherwise socially upstanding Auditeers, >> absolutely...... > > > My wife is that rarity, a girl who really likes Zappa. Although her > position -- which I agree with totally -- is that the period of the > original Mothers and just slightly thereafter (pretty much everything > through HOT RATS) is all that's truly worthwhile. She lost interest > when his music became, as she once memorably put it, "nothing but > tasty licks and knob jokes." > > S > > ======================================================================= > Detailed Audities-List information: > To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: > > -- Ronald Sanchez Director Of A&R Career Records Donovan's Brain