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Frank Zappa Redpill Songs
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Frank Zappa Redpill Songs

I was listening to this song and was struck by how accurate and prescient it is in its description of most anglo women - although now it would be most women in developed countries. The song is from 1979. Zappa was always woke on women (probably from banging groupies all the time and being honest about his experiences and those of his band members).

Since there is no thread for redpill Zappa songs, I decided to open one. The repertoire (not just of observations on women/relationships, but many other topics).

I'll start with Dead Girls of London and Crew Slut. Hopefully other Zappa fans can contribute with others. For those who do not know or are not very familiar with this genius, hope you enjoy it.

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Dead Girls of London

Can you see what they are
Do you hear what they say
People it is sad but true
They dress really stupid but they think they're okay
And they've got no use for you
Oh the Dead Girls of London
Why do they act that way?
Phooey!

Maybe it's the water, mama
Maybe it's the tea
Maybe it's the way they was raised
Maybe it's the stuff what they read in the papers
Keeps 'em lookin' sorta half in a daze
Oh the Dead Girls of London
Why do they act that way?

We're the Dead Girls of London
We think we are fine
We ain't hittin' on nothin'
But the boutique frame of mind

You see 'em dancin' at the Disco
Every night like a bunch of little robot queens
Makin' little noises full of fake delights
But they're really just so full of beans
Oh the Dead Girls of London
Why do they act that way?


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Crew Slut

Hey Hey Hey all you girls in these
Industrial towns
I know you're prob'ly gettin' tired
Of all the local clowns
They never give you no respect
They never treat you nice
So perhaps you oughta try
A little friendly advice

And be a CREW SLUT
Hey, you 'll love it
Be a CREW SLUT
It's a way of life
Be a CREW SLUT
See the world
Don't make a fuss, just get on the bus
CREW SLUT
Add water, makes its own sauce
Be a CREW SLUT
So you don't forget, call before midnite tonite
The boys in the crew
Are fust waiting for you

You never get to move around
You never go nowhere
I know yer prob'ly gettin' tired
Of all the guys out there
You always wondered what it's like
To go from place to place
So, darlin', take a little ride
On the mixer's face

Be a CREW SLUT
Just follow the magic footprints
Be a CREW SLUT
Hey, you'll love it!
Be a CREW SLUT
It's a way of life
I ain't gonna squash it
And you don't need to wash it!
CREW SLUT
Hey, I'll buy you a pizza
CREW SLUT
Of course I'll introduce you to Warren
The boys in the crew
Are only waiting for you

[LARRY:]
Well you been to Alabama, girl,
'N' Georgia too
'N' all the boys in thecrew
Is bein' good to you
I know yer sayin' to yourself
'This is the way to go
'Cause when you need a little extra
They will give you some mo'
'Cause you're the CREW SLUT

[MARY:]
I'm into leather...

[LARRY:]
That s good! A lot of the boys in the crew
Love leather...

[MARY:]
And rubber...

[LARRY:]
Yeh, they like rubber too... shrink- tubing
With a hair dryer...

[ROAD CREW CHORUS:]
Trade your spot on the bench
For a guy with a wrench

[MARY:]
Ha ha ha...

[LARRY:]
You like that, huh?
I told you you'd love it...
It's a way of life!

[ROAD CREW CHORUS:]
The guys in the crew
Have got a present for you!

[MARY:]
A present for me?

[LARRY:] We got a present for you!

[MARY:]
Whaddya got?
Whaddya gonna give me?

[LARRY:]
It looks just like a TeleFunken U-47
You'll love it...

[MARY:] With leather?
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Frank Zappa Redpill Songs

Great idea for a thread. Practically the entire Zappa catalog is Red Pilled. He always dealt in realism and despised the sentiments of love songs, which he blamed for people's unhappiness in "The Real Frank Zappa Book." He felt love songs gave people unrealistic expectations.

Other great Red Pill Zappa tunes include:

Titties and Beer
Wet T-Shirt Nite (retitled "Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt" on the CD)
Catholic Girls
Jewish Princess

But to get his larger message, you really have to listen to certain albums all the way through. These include the first three, "Freak Out," "Absolutely Free," and "We're Only In It For The Money."

There's also "Joe's Garage" Acts I-III, which has a futuristic message about our eroding loss of freedom. I'd also recommend tracking down that aforementioned book, since some of his best ideas are in it. Shame he didn't live past 52.
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I've only listened to parts of Joe's Garage and to Only In It for the Money. Money is the better of the two, as far as I'm concerned.

,,Я видел, куда падает солнце!
Оно уходит сквозь постель,
В глубокую щель!"
-Андрей Середа, ,,Улица чужих лиц", 1989 г.
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^^^^^
Before listening to FZ, consider this.

When Zappa was in his heyday, music was a bigger force in the culture than it is now, since there was very little to compete with it. Imagine the world with no computer, no Internet, no apps, no social media, etc.

In terms of indoor entertainment, all we had then was the TV, the telephone, board games, books, and music. Listening to albums under headphones could be a major act of subversion and rebellion.

Because of this, Zappa (and others like him) were able to indulge their whims to the hilt -- since they knew people would spend time closely listening to their musical excursions, no matter how long or how weird they were. Life is different today and we have more options. But back then, it mattered what Pink Floyd, Genesis, and Zappa were saying because they were our alternative to the lamestream TV media.

To those who have the time and inclination now to listen in detail, there is some crazy stuff that goes on in Zappa's music. There's the mixing of classical and rock ("Lumpy Gravy"); massive tape manipulation ("Money," "Uncle Meat" and others); bizarre time signatures (everywhere); and a weird concept called "xenochrony," where he randomly mixes in-concert guitar solos with rhythm tracks recorded in the studio, just to see what the effect will be ("Joe's Garage").

All of this requires some effort on the listener's part. A song like "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary" (from "Studio Tan") might seem like a bunch of random insanity with narration on first listen. But when you get into it, you realize it's actually a planned-out modern classical composition with social commentary laid on top, just to keep it interesting.

It's also worth noting that Zappa started out wanting to be a modern classical composer but got into rock since that's was what people listened to. So a lot of his melodies are classically-based. "Who Needs The Peace Corps," for example, is really a classical piece re-purposed for rock with satirical lyrics. "Peaches En Regalia" is another classical work but with jazz and rock instrumentation in place of brass and woodwinds. And so on.

Again, it's a shame he didn't live longer because by the end, he was finally getting the recognition he deserved from the classical music world. The Ensemble Modern's version of "The Dog Breath Variations" (don't laugh!) from "The Yellow Shark" is pretty damned astounding and makes you wonder where he would have gone from there.

I would also recommend Ben Watson's book "The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play." Watson is a pretentious British commie who has little understanding of music itself so the book has serious problems. But he's also a Zappa freak and his enthusiasm and appreciation of Zappa's talent is very contagious. So even with all its flaws, Watson's book is probably the best gateway drug into the world of Zappa. Plus, he busts on feminists along the way, which is always funny.



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Willie the Pimp I think is a Zappa song too
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Zappa's music got me through some rough times. I have dropped hints about being an obsessive fan of his on here so I am happy to see this thread.

I've heard all of his pre-mortem discography. My top two of his are Uncle Meat and Roxy & Elsewhere. (Post-mortem is all optional, frankly.) There are few lows overall, I'd say, will maybe post more later.

I even like Thing-Fish. I'm one of those rare fans that loves every recorded second.
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Quote: (08-20-2018 10:54 AM)stugatz Wrote:  

Zappa's music got me through some rough times. I have dropped hints about being an obsessive fan of his on here so I am happy to see this thread.

I've heard all of his pre-mortem discography. My top two of his are Uncle Meat and Roxy & Elsewhere. (Post-mortem is all optional, frankly.) There are few lows overall, I'd say, will maybe post more later.

I even like Thing-Fish. I'm one of those rare fans that loves every recorded second.

I'm in the exact same situation. I too used to be obsessive about his music, and for several years, probably 3 or 4, I barely listened to anything else. Except for the specific favorites (mine are Joe's Garage / We're Only in It for the Money), I can agree on everything. The only reason I even put those as favorites is because those are the ones I still listen to, year in year out, without getting tired of them.

But the best thing about Zappa is, even if you get tired of a particular style of his (say, the early Mothers stuff, or the Ruth-Ian-Napoleon stuff, you can go for the Synclavier, the classical, the 80's hard rock, the guitar solos, I mean, it's almost endless).

And I too enjoy Thing-Fish (although it is one of those albums I only listened to in one sitting probably once, maybe twice). Ike Willis' accent cracks me up every time. The torchum never stops.
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Frank Zappa Redpill Songs

Great thread.
And the book is great as well. Still have my copy from way back. There's tons of alternate versions on the various You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Zappa handpicked these live tracks and often went to the trouble of editing the best live versions from a tour with the best guitar solo from that song from another show. He really pushed the players in his band and worked them hard to great effect.

Song wise I'd add in Dirty Love, Magic Fingers, Provocative Squats, and I Have Been in You. The latter song is a lark directly making fun of Peter Frampton's ridiculous I'm in You album.
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Good thread -- weird that the biggest Zappa-heads I know are pure CNN-blue-pilled on politics lately...

Though they've been showing me myriad Zappa amazingness for decades...
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Quote: (08-20-2018 10:54 AM)stugatz Wrote:  

Zappa's music got me through some rough times. I have dropped hints about being an obsessive fan of his on here so I am happy to see this thread.

I've heard all of his pre-mortem discography. My top two of his are Uncle Meat and Roxy & Elsewhere. (Post-mortem is all optional, frankly.) There are few lows overall, I'd say, will maybe post more later.

I even like Thing-Fish. I'm one of those rare fans that loves every recorded second.

Interesting you would mention "Thing-Fish." Buried within that massive set of music are ideas that would form the basis of both the manosphere and MGTOW movement.

Way back in 1984, here is what Zappa was saying about the effects career women were having on men. This is from the song "Harry-As-A-Boy:"

"It was pretty simple, really. i lost all desire for intercourse with females when they started carrying those briefcases and wearing suits 'n ties...Let's face it: that would be like fucking a slightly more voluptuous version of somebody's father! i'm far too sensitive for such a traumatic experience!"

And then there's this, in the same song:

"I mean...look, i'm not stupid! i know it's all a thoroughly workable government-sponsored program to control the population explosion, and, just like every other American, i'm too concerned with my own personal health and well being to think of devoting any of my precious time to something as boring as 'reproduction'!"

Hard to believe Zappa was putting these thoughts in songs back in the Reagan Era. "Thing-Fish" was conceived as a stage show. I can't imagine how that would have gone over, esp. the way Zappa busts on gay culture. But you have to admire the guy for trying.



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Hard to believe Zappa was putting these thoughts in songs back in the Reagan Era. "Thing-Fish" was conceived as a stage show. I can't imagine how that would have gone over, esp. the way Zappa busts on gay culture. But you have to admire the guy for trying.



this is a great find. I need to go listen to the whole thing again.

I was hoping there were a few hardcore Zappa fans here.

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weird that the biggest Zappa-heads I know are pure CNN-blue-pilled on politics lately..

I too experienced this. except for one close friend, most others are definitely leftist losers. this is also my experience with jazz/prog musicians as a whole unfortunately, which is one of the reasons I quit playing music.
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I still can’t believe ”Bobby Brown Goes Down” used to be played in discos as the last slow song of the evening. Either the DJs had a wicked sense of humor, or they didn’t get the lyrics.

Nonetheless, the male feminist anthem:




“As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.” - Donald J. Trump

"I don't get all the women I want, I get all the women who want me." - David Lee Roth
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He has a 58-album pre-mortem discography, I just counted. (Although it *does* depend on how you count, as live releases and studio releases blend together for him.) As he's the artist that got me completely wild over music and made me realize it was my main passion, I felt like I owed to him to finish all of it. After seeing a Project/Object (Ike Willis's Zappa cover band) concert in late 2016, I actually wrote a lengthy essay on why I love Zappa so much.

I always saw him as someone frustrated that he couldn't release the Modern Classical music he REALLY wanted to release, as he was born over half a century too late and rock held more appeal. He managed to channel that into his music, though, and build up a rabid fanbase on his own terms...while not taking a whit of it seriously. It's the exact mentality of the disgruntled asshole smart kid who skips classes for most of the week, then walks in on exam day, gets a 98, and ruins the curve for the chemistry course he's failing. That was me in high school down to a T.

I didn't mention earlier that Zappa's open hatred of religion is something that grates on me now post-redpill. However, I acknowledge that the man was born in 1940 and was a product of his times. At his time, the West (post WWI) had been in decline for quite some time, but the cultural institutions that got smashed up in the 1960s were still very intact.

Someone like him, an insufferable genius, would have definitely not been satisfied by the obedient nature of organized religion, and I assume he also flat-out loved to fuck bitches a lot. I wonder where he would be politically today. He hated Reagan with a passion, but it seemed like it was more due to his embrace of the Religious Right than anything else. He sure loved his tax policies.

Quote: (08-20-2018 02:50 PM)ilostabet Wrote:  

I too experienced this. except for one close friend, most others are definitely leftist losers. this is also my experience with jazz/prog musicians as a whole unfortunately, which is one of the reasons I quit playing music.

This I couldn't identify more with. Music, although it's my main passion, has been put on the back burner in my life because of how insufferably libtarded musicians tend to be. Other than church choirs (and maybe learning piano soon), I don't know if I'd be able to keep my opinions to myself if I was in a band.

Dave Abbruzzese, Pearl Jam's drummer for a couple of albums, got into a shouting match with Eddie Vedder over the fact that he owned a couple of guns, and "Glorified G" on Vs. was written in specific to mock him. Keep in mind this was before Columbine, too, and it would be far worse today.
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Quote: (08-20-2018 10:08 PM)stugatz Wrote:  

He has a 58-album pre-mortem discography, I just counted. (Although it *does* depend on how you count, as live releases and studio releases blend together for him.) As he's the artist that got me completely wild over music and made me realize it was my main passion, I felt like I owed to him to finish all of it. After seeing a Project/Object (Ike Willis's Zappa cover band) concert in late 2016, I actually wrote a lengthy essay on why I love Zappa so much.

I always saw him as someone frustrated that he couldn't release the Modern Classical music he REALLY wanted to release, as he was born over half a century too late and rock held more appeal. He managed to channel that into his music, though, and build up a rabid fanbase on his own terms...while not taking a whit of it seriously. It's the exact mentality of the disgruntled asshole smart kid who skips classes for most of the week, then walks in on exam day, gets a 98, and ruins the curve for the chemistry course he's failing. That was me in high school down to a T.

I didn't mention earlier that Zappa's open hatred of religion is something that grates on me now post-redpill. However, I acknowledge that the man was born in 1940 and was a product of his times. At his time, the West (post WWI) had been in decline for quite some time, but the cultural institutions that got smashed up in the 1960s were still very intact.

Someone like him, an insufferable genius, would have definitely not been satisfied by the obedient nature of organized religion, and I assume he also flat-out loved to fuck bitches a lot. I wonder where he would be politically today. He hated Reagan with a passion, but it seemed like it was more due to his embrace of the Religious Right than anything else. He sure loved his tax policies.

Quote: (08-20-2018 02:50 PM)ilostabet Wrote:  

I too experienced this. except for one close friend, most others are definitely leftist losers. this is also my experience with jazz/prog musicians as a whole unfortunately, which is one of the reasons I quit playing music.

This I couldn't identify more with. Music, although it's my main passion, has been put on the back burner in my life because of how insufferably libtarded musicians tend to be. Other than church choirs (and maybe learning piano soon), I don't know if I'd be able to keep my opinions to myself if I was in a band.

Dave Abbruzzese, Pearl Jam's drummer for a couple of albums, got into a shouting match with Eddie Vedder over the fact that he owned a couple of guns, and "Glorified G" on Vs. was written in specific to mock him. Keep in mind this was before Columbine, too, and it would be far worse today.

^^^^
Stop listening to modern music then.

Go back to the old days, when even the liberals were Red Pilled by today's standards. Some of the lyrics of the Stones and Dylan (and even the Beatles) would never pass the politically correct test now. Songs like "Stupid Girl," "Just Like A Woman," and even "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" have been known to get the modern libtard crowd screaming.

There's also the girl group era, psychedelic music, and soul music. You're not exactly going to get Blue Pill sentiments listening to Mary Wells, The Action (a super cool UK group), the 4 Seasons, or The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (a personal favorite -- see below).

Then there's classic rock. The Band. The Allman Brothers. The Doors. Genesis. Pat Travers. The Beach Boys. Molly Hatchet. Captain Beefhart and His Magic Band. The Move/ELO. Van Halen!! Lynyrd Skynyrd!!! AC/DC!!! I wonder if today's audiences could handle music by groups that used to hang confederate flags on stage!

I also have a thing for "girl singers" from the pre-Beatles era, ranging from Peggy Lee (traditional) to Peggy March (teen pop) to Joanie Somers (all of the above). Rosemary Clooney is also fantastic as is bossa nova queen Astrud Gilberto, though she has her haters. Then there's the male vocalists like Sinatra, Bennett, Andy Williams, etc.

Another weird blind alley I've ducked into is jazz-pop, like Basia, Swing Out Sister, and Michael Franks. Not a lot of politics there. For whatever reason, I have a thing for atonal artsy female artists like Nico, who I prefer to the more-celebrated Lou Reed.

There is enough old music that you could listen from now until the end of your life and never have to put up with Pearl Jam-type anti-gun bullshit ever again.

Music started getting politically correct during the folk era of the '60s and this started infecting pop by the punk/new wave era in the late 1970s. I blame the UK group Gang Of Four for a lot of what we deal with now, politically speaking...but I digress. Even that time had non-political groups like Squeeze and the Psychedelic Furs, bad boys like The Stranglers, and artists with an "eff you" attitude toward women like Elvis Costello and Graham Parker.



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Quote: (08-20-2018 10:08 PM)stugatz Wrote:  

He has a 58-album pre-mortem discography, I just counted. (Although it *does* depend on how you count, as live releases and studio releases blend together for him.) As he's the artist that got me completely wild over music and made me realize it was my main passion, I felt like I owed to him to finish all of it. After seeing a Project/Object (Ike Willis's Zappa cover band) concert in late 2016, I actually wrote a lengthy essay on why I love Zappa so much.

I always saw him as someone frustrated that he couldn't release the Modern Classical music he REALLY wanted to release, as he was born over half a century too late and rock held more appeal. He managed to channel that into his music, though, and build up a rabid fanbase on his own terms...while not taking a whit of it seriously. It's the exact mentality of the disgruntled asshole smart kid who skips classes for most of the week, then walks in on exam day, gets a 98, and ruins the curve for the chemistry course he's failing. That was me in high school down to a T.

I didn't mention earlier that Zappa's open hatred of religion is something that grates on me now post-redpill. However, I acknowledge that the man was born in 1940 and was a product of his times. At his time, the West (post WWI) had been in decline for quite some time, but the cultural institutions that got smashed up in the 1960s were still very intact.

Someone like him, an insufferable genius, would have definitely not been satisfied by the obedient nature of organized religion, and I assume he also flat-out loved to fuck bitches a lot. I wonder where he would be politically today. He hated Reagan with a passion, but it seemed like it was more due to his embrace of the Religious Right than anything else. He sure loved his tax policies.

Quote: (08-20-2018 02:50 PM)ilostabet Wrote:  

I too experienced this. except for one close friend, most others are definitely leftist losers. this is also my experience with jazz/prog musicians as a whole unfortunately, which is one of the reasons I quit playing music.

This I couldn't identify more with. Music, although it's my main passion, has been put on the back burner in my life because of how insufferably libtarded musicians tend to be. Other than church choirs (and maybe learning piano soon), I don't know if I'd be able to keep my opinions to myself if I was in a band.

Dave Abbruzzese, Pearl Jam's drummer for a couple of albums, got into a shouting match with Eddie Vedder over the fact that he owned a couple of guns, and "Glorified G" on Vs. was written in specific to mock him. Keep in mind this was before Columbine, too, and it would be far worse today.

it's uncanny how this mirrors my own experience. scary almost.

losing my ability to just enjoy playing music due to the people I'd have to do it with was perhaps the most depressing side of crossing the RP bridge, precisely because of how impossible it was after a while to just keep my mouth shut. initially I just started recording stuff by myself, and for the last 2 years, lost that too, because music is meant to be played with and for people, IMO. I am still an avid listener, just not a regular player any longer, sadly.

as for Zappa proper, I too struggled a bit to reconcile his view of religion with my own, but exactly as you said, things have a proper context and I like to think that he was too much of a maverick to be swayed by the blue pill libtard zeitgeist of today, and would either intervene in the opposite direction or (more likely) just move to Eastern Europe and do Classical Music from there, staying away from politics.

did you publish that essay? can you share the link?
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It's hard to believe Zappa has been gone for 25 years. He was only 52 years old when he died. He also stayed married to the mother of his four children. As far as I know, none of his kids were fucked on drugs or anything. They did tend to live off his fame though.

Here is Frank and his daughter Moon Unit. This was his only real hit. Moon was 14. It's "Valley Girl," and you can tell it's a very harsh parody:




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Hey, I have a general question that fits in with this thread.

How much do people have to agree politically with an artist to listen to him or her? I ask because I like a lot of music that is far from what I agree with. Examples include the Clash (liberal), the Style Council (socialist), Laura Nyro (feminist), and Phil Ochs (commie leftist).

Maybe it's because the music is older, or I associate it with my youth, but I like it anyway. If I had to hear these artists every day giving interviews (a la Eddie Vedder), maybe then I'd turn off to them.

Here is an example. It's a song by the late reggae artist Mikey Dread that praises Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey and a host of similar figures (among other things). I don't care. I think the song itself is fantastic.



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^- Agree re: reggae / dub / old school Caribbean / Afro-[cuban/jazz/whatever] stuff -- cathartic stuff that just makes you feel, not think.

For other genres / artists / more contempo stuff, creeping obvious political metaphor into lyrics and titles is quite annoying and a turn-off. If it's on the more subtle side and could easily be about some bad lover, and not "those deplorables", it could be acceptable.

But sometimes knowing someone has such puss or self-hating vibes COULD render a true audio-psychological shift, where I'm hearing some soul-ripping ethereal falsetto, but now all I hear is ball-less lack of gravitas. Who knows - honestly it's much more likely with vocalists.

For classics, definitely easier not to give a fuck.

Outside of music, interesting tests have been:

- Movies, i.e. DeNiro -- easy to see young D in his early classics, and hear his "You mook! I would punch him in the nose!" obligatory ramblings of late.

- Comedy, i.e. Carlin -- late 2000s he started to get too political, it was overt, and lead to audience blindly "YES"ing instead of LOLing. I go to comedy for lols, not agreement.

- Comedy, i.e. Chapelle not even funny anymore, others same
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Zappa in my opinion wouldn't have been capable of seeing past the "mook!" rudeness and obvious Capitalist intentions of Trump, so it would be a sad day to see him capitulate to anything really.

[Edit: good Twitter idea (like the modern Seinfeld plot treatments): an account that does modern Zappa would-be song titles. I.E.

"4-D Bigly Pancake Breakfast"

or whatever...]
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Here is Zappa on Letterman from 1982 and 1983:









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Days of Broken Arrows, for me personally I have given up on decent rightwing music (that isn't country) and assume any celebrated artist from the 1960s onward was a lefty.

It can be so insufferable it affects my enjoyment, like with Rage Against the Machine - but if it's low-key, then I roll with it. Especially if it's sixties protest music that's got a period piece effect.

Pearl Jam has been a favorite of mine for years. They've been getting more and more grating, but I can't argue with 20 years of great music that (mostly) stayed apolitical outside of their activism.
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Quote: (08-20-2018 11:12 AM)ilostabet Wrote:  

I too used to be obsessive about his music, and for several years, probably 3 or 4, I barely listened to anything else.

It's a way of life.

Although I don't care for the term, Zappa's views of politics are what I would consider "red pill." Although some of his views are a bit extreme and far-fetched, in general he saw through politicians and had a good sense of what their true agendas were.

His worldview was shaped by his brief imprisonment (I think 10 days) as a young man after being entrapped into producing "pornographic
material" at his studio. He became and remained hyper vigilant against authoritarian tendencies of governments as a result. This experience also inspired Joe's Garage which takes place in a dystopian future in which an omnipotent Big Brother type government outlaws music and provides sex robots to pacify the populous.






As for individual "red pill" songs...














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Here are some more clips of Frank Zappa and his life:




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I'm not sure what color pill this is, but I expect many people here will appreciate the take on "women's liberation..."

Drop Dead:





...also expressed in this interview






Zappa defends First Amendment (PMRC hearings) and calls Reagan administration a "fascist theocracy:"






Various songs with social/political commentary
Concentration Moon - predicts Kent State killings and concentration camps for social undesirables







He's So Gay:






Also recommend Disco Boy, Harry You're a Beast, and Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink for similar. Check out Pygmy Twylyte, Cosmik Debris, and Let's Make the Water Turn Black for some anti-drug songs and of course Jewish Princess for his satirical view of (((them))).
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