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Tuppence: Analaguous to ME Smith, Beefheart wrote either lots or little or none of the music, but 'twas under the rubric of his invention that it took flight; although the magic band are probably under-credited, I'm not as interested in their stuff sans Vilet and I'm very much not in a minority in that.
Zappa doesn't interest me in the slightest, and I'm not a rabid Beefheart fan - I don't find Beefheart annoying, and, thankfully, Beefheart doesn't have an utterly daunting discography that smacks of lack of quality control.
But what then is a pop song? Surely 'tis but the synergy of words and music? Whenceforth the priveleging of nought but its partitions - sound/ words/ music/ 'soul'/ other hollow platitudes? Are we seriously considering an analysis of Zappa/ Beefheart under serious musical discussion? While they are not entirely exempt, surely there are better places to follow that dialogue? Surely we are suffocated by a miscegenation of a dialogue which threatens to engulf the genuine worth of 'rock' music, in all its myriad beauty?
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