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A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Funkadelic/ Parliament claimed him as an influence.

At our recent show in San Diego I overheard a ridiculous conversation prior to sound-check by 2 local in house crew guys. I was outside my dressing room and could hear their on stage confabulation. I will refer to them as Dude 1 and 2 for ease of communication.

Dude 1 said to Dude 2, "Who's playing tonight"? "Frank Zappa's kid," replied Dude 2. "Who's that?" said Dude 1. "You never heard of Frank Zappa?" replied Dude 2. Dude 1, "No." Dude 2, "Dude, he's like the first guy to rap in the 70's." Dude 1, "That's cool". Dude 2, "His kid has a tribute band"... and scene.

I found this tête-à-tête to be equal parts humorous and disturbing.

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I guess I better get out my Krunk Goblet for my tribute and pull down my over-sized pants to expose the top of my underwear, hike up one pant leg to expose my calf and incessantly repeat the phrase, "Uh, Uh, Yeah, Dweezil in the house" over every part of every one of Frank's songs. People would really get it then. That would be "dope".

Or I could become a special amalgamation of disrespect and delusion. I could talk about imaginary reasons why I have been selected to keep the music alive while making sweeping changes to the all songs, omitting integral parts and replacing them with parts that I wrote myself while pretending to be Frank and having the gall to think I actually made some improvements to his music. Now that's a tribute! That would be "doper".

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This is indisputably the dumbest thing ever written by a Zappa.

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It's definitely not the dumbest thing Dweezil has ever written. Have you read his lyrics?

It's definitely not the dumbest thing Dweezil has ever written. Have you read his lyrics?

I would like to see you do any better. THere are a lot of people out there who think that Frank didn't have any talent because of his lyrics. I for one am sometimes put off by some of Frank's overly sexual lyrics because I don't think that incest is funny by any means but that does not stop me from understanding that he is talented as a composer and musician.
Do you think that Frank would be happy that you are bashing his child who he thought was amazing. I personally got to talk to Frank about Dweezil and he thought he was very talented and that was at 16 so since he is a much better musician now I doubt very much that he would appreciate his "fans" putting his son down on his board. It is disrespectful to the family and to Frank's memory.

Everybody else goes out and plays a show as if it's their album, which is boring. I'd rather sit at home and listen to the album, because I hate to be in a smoke-filled, loud room - that's not enjoyable for me at all...I always look up to guys who can sit and do dinner music...they're singing in tune and playing somebody else's music, and I don't think I could do that...it's the shittiest job in the world. - DWEEZIL ZAPPA, GUITARIST, NOVEMBER 1991

It is disrespectful to the family and to Frank's memory.

I would like to see you do any better. THere are a lot of people out there who think that Frank didn't have any talent because of his lyrics. I for one am sometimes put off by some of Frank's overly sexual lyrics because I don't think that incest is funny by any means but that does not stop me from understanding that he is talented as a composer and musician.
Do you think that Frank would be happy that you are bashing his child who he thought was amazing. I personally got to talk to Frank about Dweezil and he thought he was very talented and that was at 16 so since he is a much better musician now I doubt very much that he would appreciate his "fans" putting his son down on his board. It is disrespectful to the family and to Frank's memory.

or the bible

Is the bible funny?

(recalls reading Leviticus) Oh yes! Black humour!

Oh no you didn't, girlfren'!

Incest is pretty funny when it's in a Zappa song.

I did! I took a class on biblical knowledge and had to read the darn thing. It's in the middle of the "What happened to you today" thread, but it's hard to find.

(Just checked, which took me half an hour (starting from the wrong side). It's on page 21/22)
Genesis 24:47 ... Then I put the ring in her nose...

Respect is a precious, rarely seen, commodity on this board.

It is a vicious cycle and works both ways. I wish it was different.

ZFT wants the general public to take FZ seriously and recognize him as an "American Composer" in the classical tradition.

ZFT wants the general public to take FZ seriously and recognize him as an "American Composer" in the classical tradition. Ain't gonna happen, and why even try? Look at the contempt FZ had for "serious composers" in his 1984 address to the American Society of University Composers (Real FZ Book, pp. 189-194).