I watched this movie last night and it was time well spent – interesting and informative. You don't need to be a fan of Frank Zappa's music to appreciate the man. I have never enjoyed his avant-garde work, and I don’t think that’s going to change. His 1970s rock music is what appeals to me, e.g. the albums “Apostrophe”, “One Size Fits All, “Zoot Allures” and “Joe’s Garage”.
Frank and I definitely have our differences of opinion. He is very critical of some genres of music, e.g. disco (which I think he’d like to ban) whereas I’m more of an open church believing that every type of music has its place (and no-one is forcing you to listen to it). He’s also very critical of America due to its lack of culture, compared to Europe for example. However he seems to overlook that the US has a rich cultural heritage in music, e.g. blues, country, bluegrass, folk etc.
A positive aspect of the film was that the interviews were all with Frank, not the usual talking heads roped in by documentary makers to ply their weasel words.
You'll find a more comprehensive description of the movie here.
If you want 12 seconds of good advice from Frank then watch this.
Nigel.
Frank and I definitely have our differences of opinion. He is very critical of some genres of music, e.g. disco (which I think he’d like to ban) whereas I’m more of an open church believing that every type of music has its place (and no-one is forcing you to listen to it). He’s also very critical of America due to its lack of culture, compared to Europe for example. However he seems to overlook that the US has a rich cultural heritage in music, e.g. blues, country, bluegrass, folk etc.
A positive aspect of the film was that the interviews were all with Frank, not the usual talking heads roped in by documentary makers to ply their weasel words.
You'll find a more comprehensive description of the movie here.
If you want 12 seconds of good advice from Frank then watch this.
Nigel.
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