Zappa Knew in 1986

[Norbert]

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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. A genius in MANY ways

[NBachers]

2. And he holds his own against them piling on, too.

[Sky Jewels]

3. He and George Carlin saw it all clearly.

[Hotler]

4. Smedley Butler knew back in 1934

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

[C Moon]

11. Wow!

[Hieronymus Phact]

12. Where's the movie?

I wish someone would make the movie by now. Calling stone? jackson? spike? peel? herzog? moore? morris? somebody? queen latifah? tarantino? ok maybe not tarantino for this. scorsese maybe?

[KPN]

14. And the really amazing thing is they've never

given up — over the past 90 years. They are still beating the same fear mongering drum about horror! socialism, or worse! communism. They weren’t dormant, just being covert over most of those years. They learned from 33-34: better to keep your head down until you actually have sufficient authoritarians in power. Most frightening, they did that really well.

[dlk]

5. This was clear when Ronald Reagan was president

He was far from the benign leader so many believed.

[Solly Mack]

6. K&R

[Towlie]

7. I'm not a 100% Frank Zappa fan...

 
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I don't think these lyrics would go over well today:

If I raid your dormitorium
Don't try to remain aloof . . .
I might snatch you up screamin' through the window all nekkid
An' do it to you on the roof, don't mess with the zomby woof

[stopdiggin]

8. very weird dude

much easier to admire - from a considerable distance. (as will be attested by friends, family and co-workers)

blazing intellect - crippled by an aloof, detached - unaware, unconnected (and sometimes uncaring) personality. you wouldn't have wanted to live with the man.

[lame54]

9. Musical genuis with a 15 year old boys sense of humor

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. Those lyrics were mild.

Zappa wrote much worse. Zappa mocked the sexually repressive mores of the time. His satire pointed at power hungry sexualized males. He made it all ridiculously crazy as social commentary. I’ve been a Zappa listener for decades and don’t believe that Zappa’s lyrics were ever a big part of his legacy. It was his musical genius that made its mark with decades of rock, avant-garde, and jazz.

[roamer65]

15. +1000

[bringthePaine]

10. unwilling to suffer fools and miscreants, his satirical genius exceeds the grasp of many