I’ve been a Zappa fan since hearing Bongo Fury in my dad’s truck when I was a kid. I definitely love his versatility and musical genius, and the way he pushed musical and social boundaries. At the same time, it seems like he was the proto edge lord par excellence, creating some pretty reactionary art and displaying some shitty shitty opinions on women and historically oppressed folks. Damn, now I realized I’m about to ask: should I like him or not, so I won’t do that. Instead I’ll ask: what are ur fave Zappa tracks? One of mine is Watermelon in Easter Hay

    • elguwopismo [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Frank Zappa could very well be considered one of the great early prophets of what has, through many great ideological upheavals and revolutions, come to be known as Hayekism-Friedmanism-Roganism-Sargon of Akkad Thought; however homeboy could shred and Hot Rats is a masterpiece.

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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        4 years ago

        LMAO. Yeah. Dude was a libertarian conservative which in 2020 is pretty fucking cringe, but he died in 1993 so I'll give him some credit. He was a free speech warrior in an era where the rising christo-fascist right was on the warpath to censor popular culture, and he repeatedly owned those nerds on live televised debates. In 1986 he told the nation on CNN Crossfire that "The biggest threat to America today is not Communism, it is moving America towards a Fascist Theocracy. And everything that's happened during the Reagan administration has steered us right down that pipe."

        His music was alright, but lyrically, he definitely found himself in a zone which could only be described as "This would never get published today".

        • Steel_Wool [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Ironically, all the people I've met who worship him are meth-head christian fascist drywall laborers. Goes to show how much they pay attention beyond the 'edge'.