Yeah, that's my question.
2006-07-10 10:18:27 · 17 answers · asked by dh23232003 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Don't get me wrong. Zappa was great. But if his music is still being played a couple hundred years from now, then he might be considered one of the greatest. He has a lot of competion from those old guys who have been popular for centuries.
2006-07-10 10:23:05 · answer #1 · answered by joe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zappa was not considered a composer and still isn't by the mainstream. I love Zappa, but when you sing about yellow snow, it will be very difficult for people to take you seriously.
2006-07-16 14:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by Pappa Poopy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phi Zappa Crappa
2016-10-31 08:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo, the ultimate collection of ignorance ind idiocy!
Yes, this is a 9 year old port but I have to answer so that new readers can read and understand!
One only has to listen to the last recording he produced before his death, The Yellow Shark" Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. This is some of the most brilliant orchestral music ever "composed". Along with volumes of orchestral music produced and written though out his life.
Yes, he write satire and comedy. Why? Because he enjoyed it. But his true passion was as he put it, "The serious music".
nough said!
2015-09-16 07:09:27 · answer #4 · answered by Clifra 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's analogous to George Gershwin who was regarded as only a popular song and 'comedy music' composer during his lifetime. Now regarded as a genius. "Porgy & Bess" was a flop, now it's a great achievement. Give Frank a little more time, his name is on more symphony programs despite the roadblocks his heirs throw up.
2015-03-28 14:37:43 · answer #5 · answered by Rusty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would like to know that also i love frank zappa. i mean everyone is also like oh yeah jimi henrix was the greatest or jimmy page but frank should be right up there with them sorry this is not answering the question. maybe because he is not really talked about never on the radio people thought he was strange who knows???
2006-07-10 10:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by rock n roll rebel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was kind of a cult star like the Grateful Dead kind of. He wasn't mainstream enough. A lot of people weren't as accepting of his humor and musical ecclectiveness. He expressed himself using elements of jazz, classical, rock.
He sure attracted great musicians like Steve Vai and George Duke. He was an original but in many ways he may have been an acquired taste.
My favorite Zappa CD was Apostrophe and my favorite song was Cosmic Debris.
2006-07-10 10:42:10 · answer #7 · answered by Stratobratster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think mostly because of his satire. He was a qualified conductor.
He did some great work in "shut up and play your guitar", and "the Grand Wazoo". Some one once told me he invented the wa-wa pedal. I don't know if its true. Anyway Frank Zappa die of prostate cancer a fewe years ago. Very sad.
2006-07-10 11:12:13 · answer #8 · answered by bbjones9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because he wasn't. He can't begin to stand up next to some of the greats: Lennon/McCartney, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and countless others. Its like comparing apples and oranges to compare Zappa to some of these people and others.
2006-07-10 10:42:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the picture on the toilet that made it hard for people to take him seriously -- Phi Zappa Crappa.
2006-07-10 10:23:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋