So Frank Zappa was the most important person in rock music right? He pretty much turned it into high art

[David Jenkins]

So Frank Zappa was the most important person in rock music right? He pretty much turned it into high art.

[Zachary Hall]

I hope you're not the same user who was sucking Zappa dick in those Beatles threads a while back

[Noah Hill]

Rock was high art in the 50's, when it still had links to traditional music.

It became lower art with people like Zappa and McCartney.

[Evan Lee]

I always see Zappa as kind of a US King Crimson. Started out a lot of great musicians careers. But musically I don't see his legacy having a lot of influence.

And I like Zappa. A lot.

[Ryan Thompson]

>Rock was high art in the 50's, when it still had links to traditional music.
Yea Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry are as high as Zappa

Idiot

[Josiah Peterson]

Rock has never been high art, which is why Captain Beefheart and Zappa are so important.

[Adrian Peterson]

>I don't see his legacy having a lot of influence.
Are you serious? He made the first progressive and jazz fusion albums

[Henry Scott]

They are much better than Zappa because they pioneered a new form rather than watering down classical music into a weaker form.

[Xavier Roberts]

>Zappa
>Wankery

Have you ever listened to any Zappa album that is not his jazz fusions albums?
I don't remember any wankery in Freak Out! or We're Only In It...

[Chase Gray]

Zappa was really a rare sort of musician and cultural figure, I think of him as sort of like the Mark Twain of rock music, where he decided to interweave disparate aspects of American culture, and musical culture together with a strong satirical bent.