Zappa

Time to finally end the A-Z run that this blog has had. I'm gonna end it with Frank Zappa's 'rock opera', "Joe's Garage". Originally released as three separate records in 79 and later released as a box set in 87, this album dealt with the like of censorship, free will, the government and wondering why it burns when you pee. Somewhat of a tongue in cheek mixed with a cautionary tale, this album continues with the maddening genius that Zappa was. There's really no way to describe the record. It's bizarre, funny, overtly sexual and childish in parts. This is just one of those albums you really have to listen to. For me it ranks up with some of his best work.

Zappa was a creative genius on so many levels it's almost not believable. In his career Zappa released 62 albums. That alone is from 66-93 alone. After his death the family to date has released 32 albums. That's 94 total records. Let that sit in. That's insane. And it's not like he made the same record twice. He mixed plenty of styles of music, even going as far as recording classical music towards the end of his career. Not to mention he's played with some incredible musicians over the years, such as Captain Beefheart, Terry Bozio, Steve Vai and many more. Oh yeah and he testified on the Senate about the good ol PMRC. Plus he named his kids some whacked out names. In short Zappa was a mad genius.

Zappa I think has and always will be one of those artists that you either like or you don't. Almost like you get it or you don't. The music and the topics are just out there enough to draw you in. For me as a rather impressionable teen, finding Zappa's music was like finding gold. I think for me the point where I really got Zappa was listening to "Apostrophe". Still to this day I love that record front to back. And that is my goal with this blog, to find an album that you love, share it with the masses and hope you can find people that appreciate it as much as you do.

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