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I never understood Beefheart either, but wasn't without talent. Then again, I never understood the Mothers. Zappa is great. I prefer his more progressive album
by slothtrop 2y ago
I never understood Beefheart either, but wasn't without talent. Then again, I never understood the Mothers.
Zappa is great. I prefer his more progressive albums.
- vjulian 2y agoI never understood Zappa until I listened to his orchestral and chamber music. I thought he was a rock guy and doing the usual trite “with Symphony Orchestra” music that rock guys did. I was wrong. He knows what’s he’s doing, and he’s outstanding. I find his later compositions for rock ensemble are way out there but brilliant. Earlier stuff like in Burnt Weeny Sandwich (Igor’s Boogies, Prelude to Holiday in Berlin) I find brilliant and hilarious. I don’t understand the attraction to some of his pure rock music, but I can understand his interest in the vernacular. Beefheart bore obvious similarities and parallels with Zappa in some respects, but I don’t think one way or the other about his music. He’s clearly one heck of an all round artist though.
- DaoVeles 2y agoI would say they are both similar in that they both tried to push the boundaries of their art, even if it would come off as silly at times.