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Results for Frank ZappaConfusing yet brilliant, classical yet rock: Frank Zappa's work defies a "black & white" categorization. "For each type of music," he once said, "there are listeners who think the reviewers don't know what they're talking about. These listeners, when excited about a certain group or style of music, will fight for it in their hometowns. These are the people who have made it possible for me to stay in music through the years and I thank them for it." Renowned for a talent that fused a myriad of musical genres and instruments, Zappa's first band evolved into The Mothers ["of Invention" was a record company addition] and with them, with others and solo he created a career of clever, sometimes crazy, absurd and seamlessly crafted songs and albums. Zappa's legend is mystical and he left behind, at the too-young age of 53, a style often emulated but never re-created....more
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by Denise Sullivan•March 12, 2008•
When I set out to take on the matter of cover songs, I thought I'd be seeking uncomplicated answers to simple questions like: Is there such a thing as a definitive version of a song? Who decides these things? And why do we care?
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by Braden Towne•January 16, 2008•
With an utter strangeness matched only by his prolificacy, Frank Zappa cut a totally unique swath in the fabric of music history. His career began before the Beatles stormed the beaches at the Ed Sullivan Show and persisted for more than 30 years, unassisted by any psychotropic substances
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by Tom Hibbert•October 17, 2007•
Originally published in Mojo, July 1997
Jenny had co-authored a novel, you see. It was called Groupie, was loosely-based on the exploits of Fabian herself, and was to cause shock-waves around the known universe (sort of).
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by Richard Gehr•October 10, 2007•
If I may be so crass as to adjudge a rock icon by his fans, I'd say Frank Zappa might have a demographics problem. Admittedly, the lines to the gentlemen's lounges were incredibly long last Thursday at the Beacon, where he performed one of his first shows after a four-year never-going-to-tour-again hiatus.
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by Brian Brown•October 10, 2007•
Psychologist Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud had a falling out over a woman who was confined to a cell in a madhouse. Freud claimed she was incurable and, furthermore, ugly, and could not understand Jung’s fascination with her. For Freud, she was a hopeless case.
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10/13/2007
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10/9/2007
Am I the only one who thinks there should be more Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention material? Something from his mid...
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9/19/2007
Yes please more ZAPPA! There was a great tune I caught on the Vault Radio once that is not part of the archives. I...
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7/5/2007
Been a Zappa fan since 1968. Agree with your assement of FZ and his genius. Weirdness has been a term applied to...
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6/6/2007
Is there a reason that none of the recordings from the Fillmores, Winterland etc. are available for downloading? What...
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