(04-08-2022, 11:15 AM)NewJagsCity Wrote:

(04-08-2022, 10:36 AM)Norman Mushari Wrote: whats overrated about Zappa?

He was a great guitar player, a great song writer.  he acquired some of the most talented musicians of the time.  and almost nobody likes him.

if anything, he's extremely underated.  you just don't get it.  that's not the definition if overrated..

What don't I 'get'? It's just an opinion.  I think he was overrated as a songwriter.  Too gimmicky and sometimes sophomoric.  I liked that in general he went against the grain of the music biz, but sometimes he was just too clever for his own good, to the point of being condescending.  Not denying his musicianship, just that he was sometimes a contrarian to a fault.  His fusion of jazz/rock/smartassness mostly just didn't appeal to me.  I did like a good bit of Overnight Sensation back in the day, tho.

you claim sophmoric, but then pick Overnight Sensation.  by far his most Sophmoric.  but that album end with I am the Slime.  A song about how television is destroying oeople minds.  particularly [BLEEP] news programs.  pretty relevant 50 years later.  He also wrote about the Watts Riots in a dong credited with the invention of Rap.  He was extremely political.  With Sings like Star Wars Wont Work." The gas still gets through.  it gets all over you.". He also blasted Republicans in the 80s.  Roasted Nixon over and over again.

When i think Overrated bands i dont think of less than moderate popularity.  i think "The Greatest Rock Band in the World"Led Zepplin.  

Zappa is one of the most talented musicians of the 20th century.  Regardless of "doesn't appeal to me."

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