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Podcast: Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers
Episode: 200 Motels
Description: Frank Zappa is an odd duck. His massive back catalogue of albums attracts
both reverence and ambivalence from music fans. Stylistically, he
covered so much ground covering doo wop, blues, psych, jazz fusion
and dissonant orchestral music. Unlike many of his rock and roll
contemporaries, he always believed in infusing a sense of humour into
his music – both compositionally and lyrically….though since what
strikes some as funny is so subjective, it couldn’t appeal to
everyone. He wrote about commercialism in America, the hypocrisy of
conservatives and liberals in American society, and….umm….body
parts.
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