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Any Frank Zappa fans here?
- Thread starter Andy Coconut
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great googly moogly, i wish frank was still with us...i’d love to hear his views in 45, covid-19, and all the rest of the insanity that is the new normal...miss you, man...
rich hodgkins photo from the flo and eddie s
how, chuck berry opened! at the arena in new haven ct, summer of ‘70 or ‘71...
sorry, my phone died in the middle of uploading...we haven’t had power since tuesday
That was the third FZ album I bought.
Basically, I started with his first release, Freak Out, I bought with my lawn mowing money as a kid,
and never stopped
On this day in 1985, the PMRC convinced the RIAA to put labels on 'offensive' albums.
One of the first to get labeled was Frank Zappa's completely instrumental album, 'Jazz from Hell':
One of the first to get labeled was Frank Zappa's completely instrumental album, 'Jazz from Hell':
I listened to a fair amount of him in the 70's and 80's. I read a biography and people pretty much agreed he was a self-absorbed pompous Richard Cranium. I recently pulled out a lot of his catalogue to listen to and didn't get through much of it. boooooooooring. I don't think I'll be trying it again any time soon.
Ok...nothing to see here folks, move along.
Greetings All, and KBD,
You are aware there is a Frank Zappa documentary coming out soon?
Supposed to correspond with Turkey Day....."Franksgiving"!
All archival film from Zappa Trust.
Yeah, I was in a position to watch these "hearings". It was fun to watch Frank disassemble some Legislator on what exactly was offensive on his album of instrumentals. It was clear that the Legislator voted for the sticker but had NEVER listened to the album.
The OP asked a question, "Any Frank Zappa fans here?" I answered it. I'm not sure why that's a problem. I didn't rebut every post that said they like Zappa. I didn't say anyone was a Richard Cranium because they like him. Are we now to the point where we're not allowed to post opinions? Are contrary opinions now so offensive that we can't just move on to the next post if we disagree?
The OP asked a question, "Any Frank Zappa fans here?" I answered it. I'm not sure why that's a problem. I didn't rebut every post that said they like Zappa. I didn't say anyone was a Richard Cranium because they like him. Are we now to the point where we're not allowed to post opinions? Are contrary opinions now so offensive that we can't just move on to the next post if we disagree?
OK
Wow, did you think that up all by yourself? Onto my ignore this with the other ...
Wake Up!
Thought I’d dump this here. Seemed like the place…
You have to scroll up about 15 minutes or so to get to the music.
Thought I’d dump this here. Seemed like the place…
You have to scroll up about 15 minutes or so to get to the music.
