Dissing Zappa

[Chris Warburton]

Jon Browne wrote:
>Bravo!
>
>Right, whose next? Capt. Beefheart, the old tosser? Small Faces, the
>shorties? Luke Vibert with his stupid cutting edege sampledelia/Big
>Beat/Drum 'n'bass crossover? The Beatles?
>
>Why The Clash were shit by BOC-L.
>
>Rundgren lost it when he left The Nazz. "Open My Eyes" was the best
>thing he ever did. Look at the trousers he was wearing during "A Wizard,
>A True Star"

Double bravo - "Open My Eyes" IMHO is probably the greatest piece of
psych/pop/rock ever - it blew me away the first time I heard it - I think
it's time I got my turntable & my vinyl back from the loving care of a
friend (one of the worst things about my marital meltdown: temporarily
living without my vinyl!).

>
>hang on a minute, my favorite FZ is the "Shut Up And Play Your Guitar"
>which is highly musically adept, and being an instrumental, is hardly
>misogenistic. Of course, you couldn't defend FZ's spiteful misogyny with
>some "reinforcing steroetypes" psychobabble. You're dead right there.
>However, It's worth pointing out that FZ hated *everybody*, with a
>special reserve for Brits. Women caught it no worse than anyone else.
>
>--
>Jon

SU&PYG battles with Hot Rats, Waka Jawaka & Grand Wazoo in my pantheon -
and I think pretty much for the same reasons as Jon.  I never thought that
my silly aside would stir up this much comment, but I suppose I should know
better having been around the list for a while now.

Cheers guys..

ChrisW
If in doubt, get a life!