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Of course, I can't even dissect a piece of Zappa to save my life; sometimes I listen and think, "How many are there? What instruments are they playing? Is it a drum or are there 3 basses together?" I couldn't care less and I listen to it because whatever it is, I like it. I sponsor Zappa as the artist of the 2000s; he needs to be rediscovered in full. It's a crime to leave him on the shelves of music stores because you want to buy the new band that just came out yesterday. Listen to Zappa, for a better future.

Living example I, Easy & Antimo, three extremes: I fell in love with it since I’m in love with all those people I mentioned earlier, starting from Zappa and going further (I’m not saying they’re better or gayer, I’m just saying that being born later, to impress, they have to go beyond Zappa, but only as a concept, and they have three times the tools he had with machines, mixers, etc.). Easy doesn't really like the stuff I enjoy, but he appreciates some of Zappa's work, not the "easier" ones, but those more like “let’s play a record” and not “let’s show them where we can go.” Antimo, on the other hand, after constantly reading “CRAZY/AMAZING/TOUGH/EXPERIMENTAL ON ANOTHER LEVEL!!”, naturally expected to find something out of this world, but since he lives in 2000, he had already heard quite a bit of out-of-this-world stuff, so it was a bit hard for him to find a record from '66 (I mean, 19 6 6, not just yesterday :D) more advanced than, say, Mouse On Mars. The point is that now Zappa shouldn’t be seen as <<< I’m way ahead, I’m cool because I listen to Zappa >>>, because that's nonsense; now Zappa is easily listenable, wonderful music, not a "cute experimental gizmo just because it’s tough." Also, in my opinion, tough stuff is tough if it's minimal. Steve Vai is "tough" (although this term doesn’t make much sense), doing "the Zappa stuff" (thank you very much, he was his guitarist :D) but much more minimal, and you feel the "rhythm" less. Zappa mixed in so many "tough" things that he created a unique sound, which I like when it's all put together. [...]

Now let me explain myself better :) In my opinion (I suppose from what I've read and from what I was told before I listened to Franco, since I've seen the 60s in DVD :D) the image of Zappa has stopped in the 60s, in the sense that music and the "tastes/knowledge of the people" have moved on, while his image has remained still and unmoving on a pedestal. At the time, Zappa amazed everyone; he was thirty years ahead of his time. However, thirty years have passed now. Now we're all somewhat "used to" the various experimentation of Fantòmas, Aphex Twin, Merzbow, AREA, Primus, and various MAFIE. I don't think Zappa is any more challenging than these. Of course, Zappa is miles ahead because he pulled these things out of a hat when everyone was going crazy for "she loves you yeh yeh yeh," and in Italy, we were in the midst of "Cuore matto matto da legare." Thank goodness we've moved past that level. In the 60s, there wasn't this massive musical culture that there is now. And above all, there's much more "scazzio" now. What was most surprising was the fact that Franco was doing "demenziale" JAZZ NOISE (well, demenziale as a concept, but go and try to play it and see if you can do it :D), and he was seen as crazy; now Demenziale isn't such a challenging thing. [to be cont...]

I’ll respond well tomorrow, but this thing about "difficult discs" really "gets on my nerves" (don’t get mad, it’s just a figure of speech "gets on my nerves" ;D) The CD is the same as the others, you put it in the same player, no one is stopping you from hitting Play... what’s so difficult about it? Maybe I’ll explain better tomorrow, but if I can listen to it and I’m a certified idiot and I like it, why can’t you? ;) / But it’s nice to see Turkish spamming me with the Tests!!! :))))

Daddyyyy!!! What a pain in the ass without you!! Ollllèèèè, I was losing my mind writing bullshit without a partner!! You need a partner in nonsense, damn it!! :)

Asshole, I ran over here thinking dad was back... you bastard of an anonymous, you deceived me.

I almost forgot...it's a H O T S H O T

Otherwise, Townshend opens the DVD with this story: <<<<My tour manager told me he had signed Hendrix to be our opening act [surprised face] Ohh WOW... what the hell is going to happen? So at the first show, he goes on stage and starts playing, I go on after and I just strum a bit [dejected face, very dejected]>>>> ... and then the Fillmore solo kicks in, and he sets the guitar on fire... and the DVD starts... buy it :D

<<<Jimi, do you think you are different from the people who get up every day to go to work?>>> <<<Oh, No, I TRY to get up every day too>>> [Laughter from the audience] <<Oh Thanks>> [A face that’s done in from all the cartoons they’ve eaten]... Buy it, it’s awesome.

Beat him, Cleo... beat him, don't mind Hal who is too gggood, beat him!