Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play - Softcover

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Analyzes the music of Frank Zappa, discusses his creative process, and examines his cultural influence

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There is probably no figure of modern popular music who so deserves the sort of scholarly exercise undertaken by Ben Watson in this book, and I am personally convinced that Zappa will be regaled by 21st Century music historians as a "crux of the biscuit" of 20th Century music.

And this 700 page tome will certainly be cited by our music historian descendants. In fairness, it may confound today's Zappa fans with it's copious references to Adorno, Freud, and Marx, but is likely to delight the erudite with its excerpts of the playfully situationist lyrics of Zappa, completely deconstructed by Watson. There is no doubt that Zappa was a genius--albeit a peculiarly American sort--and there is no doubt that no book has yet attempted such a thorough (albeit peculiar) analysis of his genius. Highly Recommended.

About the Author:
Ben Watson has written extensively on Frank Zappa. In 1993 he read his work - his 'demented scholarship' to his dying hero.

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  • PublisherSt Martins Pr
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 0312141246
  • ISBN 13 9780312141240
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages621
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