zappa – Preservation Sound https://www.preservationsound.com information and ideas about audio history Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:29:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 1977: Frank Zappa is a funny mffkr https://www.preservationsound.com/1977-frank-zappa-is-a-funny-mffkr/ https://www.preservationsound.com/1977-frank-zappa-is-a-funny-mffkr/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:07:47 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7746 Zappa_PixI know that this will be a polarizing thing to say, but I can’t stand Frank Zappa’s music.  I have tried.  Oh brother I have tried.  Also he seems like a total fkkn prick in every interview I have ever read with him.  Like one of those a-holes who acts like he’s having a bad time at the party, but rather than leave the party, dude just hovers around radiating bad vibes.

Now, on the plus side, total prickishness can sometimes turn into comedy gold.  As-in this 1977 interview in Downbeat mag.  Faced with a fairly straightforward question about the role of electronics in music, Zappa delivers a diatribe which ends in the condemnation of summer-homes.  Enjoy…

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