Top 7 Frank Zappa/Mothers etc... Albums

moshkito wrote: I can't say I have a favorite, except that I have over 25 cd's of his music, which ought to tell you how much I think of all the stuff.

I've got about the same amount in my collestion. Love them all of course. Otherwise I wouldn't own them. While I'm the type of person that actually may prefer some music over other music (and a work of art over some other work of art), this whole favorite-Zappa isn't personally an important issue to me. I mainly start something like this hoping it may end up somewhere interesting. Maybe the replies  will have me thinking something like "perhaps I should relisten to Overnite Sensation tomorrow... everyone seem to love it so much, and it's sure been a while since I last spun it..."

-Waka / Jawaka is just plain wonderful though, a desert island disc and I listen to it ALL THE TIME.

I can't say I have a favorite, except that I have over 25 cd's of his music, which ought to tell you how much I think of all the stuff. 

Of all the things, even though things like "Overnight Sensation" and "Apostrophe", or "Hot Rats" and even "The Grand Wazoo" are super nice, to me, the most impressive and valuable of all of these is "200 MOTELS" because its satiric edge and totality of work is insane and not something that anyone else has even considered doing since then. Here we are, 50 plus years, and that thing is still crazy, without all the beers and dope and BS about it being a hit.

Sadly, not a whole lot of his classically minded stuff done in Europe is well known, since we are all rock fans, and we hate anything else.

Lastly, the UCLA performance of 200 MOTELS just prior to Gayle's passing, is phenomenal, and so few folks ever bothered listening to it. The choir piece at the end alone is worth the price of admission, and for once you see a choir stretch its talents and vocals ... something you will never see, even in Salt Lake City!