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Title: Zappa Was Great. This Book is Not
Review: What a talent was Frank Zappa. How creative, how different, how inspired he was.This book?Not.Miles' lengthy work contains a million details about who and where and when. In the pursuit of the details, the author misses two big and important things: that Zappa's life had emotional highs and lows that should be (and can be) described in vivid, colorful detail; and that readers enjoy being entertained - not simply informed. There's very little in here to tell you just how Zappa was in his day to day life: his affectations, his mannerisms, the phrases he commonly used. Sure, we learn he chain-smoked Winstons. We learn he stayed at a different hotel than his bandmates when on tour. We learned he was cynical about his politics. But, come on. A human life is so much more complex. And rumor has it that Zappa was a funny sonofabitch. Gimme some of THAT.
