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Title: Here's the thing....
Review: There are two kinds of people that hate this album/compilation - the folk that don't really dig Zappa so much to begin with; and most of his fans. The general complaint is that this is the Flo and Eddie "vaudeville" or "comedy rock" band which a) has been documented on three (well, three and a half) albums already; and b) didn't really showcase "Zappa the musical genius." But the sad truth is, and believe me, back when i went through my Zappa phase I never would have admitted this, Zappa really wasn't a musical genius. He was at his best when he was skewering the rock form, like he did with this band. His jazz rock stuff is pretty dated sounding and his orchestral stuff is basically exactly what Varese did, except Varese already did it, so it isn't so interesting this time around. Dig?
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