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sure it is.

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"bit of nostalgia for the old folks."

I also believe this to be true and lets not forget that 2 other songs on "Overnight Sensation" would also fall into the rap catagory. I once read somewhere that Frank refered to this music style as "Speak Music", does anyone know the interview I am talking about, it has been many years since I have seen this?

On the classic albums dvd of "over-nite/apostrophe" there is a brief interview where FZ explains why he preferred to "speak" a complex lyrical idea rather than sing it.

I am not familiar with this. Never heard of it.
For what reason did he sue tyhe country?

it wasnt rock.

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'N then I might just Jump back on An' ride Like a cowboy Into the dawn to Montana

He sued the UK and won, but they did not want to set a bad president, so he got a penny or some ridiculously low amount. I believe it is in his book in great detail and very funny if I remember correctly.

i'm with you on this. i've never been able to rock out to a dylan record, expecially this one!

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Who's this dude with his hair straight back?
His new white socks, 'n his pants all black
His T-shirts rolled His watch is gold
A '55 Chevy that his brother just stoled

Gil Scott Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" came out in 1971 on the Flying Dutchman Label (trivia: my uncle designed the insignia for this label).
Also, there is the talking blues genre of music that was available on records decades before that.

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Bill

These "outisider music" artists preceded Zappa:
George Antheil
Harry Partch
John Cage
Edgard Varese
Moondog

I think that Frank's absurdist tendencies were primarily inspired by Dada and other artists who were inspired by Dada.

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Bill

You won't find it in country or folk or jazz or easy listening or electronica or blues or rnb or rap or soul or polka music bins.
Results for the phrases "Blonde on Blonde is not rock" and "Blonde on Blonde is country" do not appear when performing a google search.
I can see where folks who weren't around in the 1960's could listen to "Blonde on Blonde" now and consider it a country album. Much popular country music now more resembles the rock music of the Eagles, the Byrds and Bob Dylan than the country music of 1966.

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Bill

I think Frank Zappa was the first recording artist to release
an album of guitar solo's.

He might also be the only artist to ever do that.

that could be true, & also maybe the 1st rock musician to release a guitar solo album with a book of their transcriptions ... jazz guitarists like joe pass had their guitar solos transcribed in the 60s & 70s, it's unlikely they released an album of solos unless it was an instructional record

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PLOOK:
I think the first "rap" song is probably Subteranean Homesick Blues by Dylan
or if you really want to give something to Frank it would more than likely be
"Trouble Every Day"

Funkadelic had a song in 72 'Whole Lot Of BS' which features rap and before that in folk there were narrative songs that might be mistaken for rap.
On Jamaica there were dj's since the late '60 who were rapping (or as they call it themselves 'toasting'), that is supposed to be the origin of rap.

"We Are Not Alone" My wife doesn't get it either but she understands that I need it and buys me Zappa stuff on birthdays and christmas. "I got the habit, I got to have it"