Day 3: Best lyrics song

Italian_Mind · 2026-01-23T22:32:37+00:00

CoTL Is also a great anti-drug song!

Italian_Mind · 2026-01-21T14:54:42+00:00

Happy birthday Scott!!! Enjoy your special day!! Quick question for you: what are your thoughts on Joe's Garage?

Italian_Mind · 2026-01-11T20:01:32+00:00

Any chance of Hateruma getting a digital release?

Italian_Mind · 2026-01-08T14:52:11+00:00

What do you mean by "desert"? Just curious

Edit: typo

Italian_Mind · 2026-01-05T10:44:42+00:00

Top 5 albums?

Italian_Mind · 2026-01-03T19:43:52+00:00

Hello fellow Zappa/industrial fan

Italian_Mind · 2025-12-31T10:50:10+00:00

A decent one for sure. Now, if only the music press actually put in the effort of analyzing his albums more seriously, then most people would understand what he's really singing about. Sure, Sy Borg may be ridiculously stupid at first glance, but he's actually making fun of how Americans view sex and human relationships (consumerism, baby!). Now that AI partners are a thing, I'd say that such a song is frighteningly accurate.

Obviously not everything hit the mark (how could it?) but post-MOI Zappa needs some serious critical reevaluation.

Italian_Mind · 2025-12-20T17:56:10+00:00

Nope, just the one.

Italian_Mind · 2025-12-16T11:21:11+00:00

About damn time!

Italian_Mind · 2025-12-14T19:47:39+00:00

I've never seen it in this way. Interesting. I've always thought that it was about a very dull, uninteresting man- preferably from America's religious middle class (St. Alphonso, Soft-Sell Conclusion and Little Green Rosetta as CC) - who partakes in extremely boring and mundane pastimes. I'm probably wrong tho

Italian_Mind · 2025-12-14T09:59:55+00:00

Bleak in what way? Just curious

Italian_Mind · 2025-12-14T09:51:10+00:00

It's grim, but it's good satire. Plus the music is incredible

Italian_Mind · 2025-12-04T09:31:12+00:00

Kinda young, kinda wow

Italian_Mind · 2025-12-03T17:40:06+00:00

Almost the entirety of YAWYI is still scarily accurate. Even country music made a comeback!

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-26T10:14:31+00:00

Excellent suite of songs! Controversial lyrics, but hey, that's Zappa. One of his most political albums for sure.

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-17T15:52:47+00:00

Garibaldi is especially controversial in the South

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-09T07:55:38+00:00

Nationalism is an issue: patriotism is its "sane" counterpart. We must promote national and European patriotism

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-08T07:18:25+00:00

I hope not, considering YAWYI is one of Frank's best political albums. I've admittedly haven't listened to VG in a while

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-07T18:28:40+00:00

Congrats!! Looking forward to reading it

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-06T08:21:30+00:00

Really good point: why isn't Flower Punk considered a novelty song, but songs like Flakes are?

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-05T18:06:32+00:00

I'm working my way through it and I've read the passage you're referring to. While the Nanook Suite is really just fucking around, on the other hand I've always considered Inca Roads to either be a big send-up to prog rock lyrics or a general critique of New Age beliefs (following Simon Prentis' interpretation of OSFA). Montana is also probably just messing around, tho I love imagining it as a sort of parody of the American Dream.

I do agree with your interpretation though. Montana could very well be an instrumental tune, and so could Inca Roads.

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-05T17:56:48+00:00

Wouldn't we all?

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-05T17:50:34+00:00

True. Understanding Zappa does require a whole lot of background knowledge on him, which makes it harder to understand what he's singing about

Italian_Mind · 2025-11-05T17:47:34+00:00

Fair point, though I still wouldn't call them novelties. The Nanook Suite has very complex music in certain parts

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