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Title: take my name away!
Review: someone gave me this album and I've only been able to hear it all a little at a time. I never listen to it now. Zappa could shred on guitar, he played with other competent musicians, so why do I dislike Zappa's music? It's a question of taste. I dislike his STYLE. I don't find it clever or funny - just stupid. And very, very SELF-INDULGENT. Have you ever seen "200 Motels?" That has to be the most self-indulgent dung heap ever committed to celluloid. I guess I like Zappa best when he's just playing as on HOT RATS, but even his instrumentals seem to scream, "look how clever I am!"Zappa himself was actually a very cool dude and I would recommend to anyone "The Real Frank Zappa Book." I have heard some of his other albums, and believe me, I love experimentalism (Faust, Mr. Bungle, etc.) but I can't get behind someone recording idle conversation into a covered grand piano as if it was an ingeniously clever thing to do. Uh, no. No, thanks.
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