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In Reply to: What? posted by J on December 21, 2006 at 19:49:18:
...which is not to say he wasn't an amazing guitarist; I think Frank Zappa was brilliantly idiosyncratic with an extremely unique rhythmic vocabulary, a gift for spontaneous melody, a very distinctive touch, and killer tone. But his harmonic vocabulary was remedial, and I think he liked to listen to himself wail way more than most guitarists with even the slightest semblence of restraint would. The whole Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar thing was an undifferentiated vanity project, and the fact that some fans worship that aspect of his music seems to be one of the worst cases of misplaced deification I can think of.The man had a HUGE command of music...but only a fraction of that applied to his guitar playing. IMHO he gets way too much accolade for his guitar solos, and not nearly enough for his visionary scope.
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- if anything, he was OVERRRATED! - Roscoe East 07:26:07 12/22/06 (8)
- Re: if anything, he was OVERRRATED! - Todd Krieger 20:38:41 12/22/06 (0)
- "IMHO he gets way too much accolade for his guitar solos, and not nearly enough for his visionary scope." - markrohr 12:30:27 12/22/06 (3)
- Double reduncy: "true, in fact" - Roscoe East 11:45:11 12/26/06 (2)
- Re: Double reduncy: "true, in fact" - markrohr 12:00:04 12/26/06 (1)
- Re: hanging w/ the astutes - Roscoe East 14:34:50 12/27/06 (0)
- Re: if anything, he was OVERRRATED! - KeneallyFan 11:04:00 12/22/06 (0)
- Was he a poor guitar player? - Sordidman 10:03:09 12/22/06 (1)
- he was definitely not a poor guitar player. nt - Duilawyer 18:26:50 12/22/06 (0)
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