"A street in Berlin is to be named after US rock legend Frank Zappa."

From The Sun today.

Ricochet wrote:

I think this is also Zappa's opinion of it.

Zappa Street? Why not a park, an oval, kindergarten, railway station, a cemetery, or a suburb...? Some lesser mortals have been honoured by public places wearing their names.

In Europe, his achievements on many levels are recognized with outmost respect and he was even to be appointed Special Cultural Advisor by Vaclav Havel, the then Chechoslovak President, until a Mr. G. Bush(Sr) treatened to cancel all support to the new Republic. In Budapest (Hungary) there is a Zappa Museum!

I named my first home in memory of Zappa, who died at the time of the construction. So there... 

Manunkind wrote: Ricochet wrote: I think this is also Zappa's opinion of it.

I doubt it after reading the last few chapters of Barry Miles excellent biography Frank Zappa.

A thread on Zappa had five inputs so far - that's including the original post and also my response - in that many days?????? What's the Archives are made up of? Shame, shame, shame! (Or rather a sad reflection about people opting to ignore one of the greatest humanitarians - who happened to be one of the most noteable composers and musicians of the Century?)

He even coached Stevie Vai. Now that's probably going to raise the level of interest... Yes? No? Eh, never mind, after all Vai seems to have learned little while he was on the payroll.

We are addressing an issue - or perhaps not - about one of the very few icons. The lack of interest is a telltale sign of ignorance, or perhaps a sign of the times?   

The man deserves much more recognition than this!

After his death an internet email campaign to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union - International Astronomical Union 's Minor Planet Center led to an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid - asteroid being named in his honor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3834_Zappafrank" title="3834 Zappafrank - 3834 Zappafrank , the asteroid having been discovered by Czech astronomers. http://www.klet.org/names/view.php3?astnum=3834" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.klet.org/names/view.php3?astnum=3834 - [1] http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/asteroid.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/asteroid.html - [2] Since then other things have been named in his honor including: another asteroid ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16745_Zappa&action=edit" class="new" title="16745 Zappa - 16745 Zappa ), a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene" title="Gene - gene (ZapA gene of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteus_mirabilis" title="Proteus mirabilis - Proteus mirabilis , a microbe that causes urinary tract infections http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/ZapA.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/ZapA.html - [3] ), a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goby" title="Goby - goby fish ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zappa_confluentus&action=edit" class="new" title="Zappa confluentus - Zappa confluentus http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/fish.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/fish.html - [4] ), a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish" title="Jellyfish - jellyfish ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phialella_zappa&action=edit" class="new" title="Phialella zappa - Phialella zappa http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/jellyfish.html" class="external text" title="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/jellyfish.html - which was actually named by Nando! ), an extinct http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusc" title="Mollusc - mollusc ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amauratoma_zappa&action=edit" class="new" title="Amauratoma zappa - Amauratoma zappa ), and a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider" title="Spider - spider with an abdominal mark supposedly resembling Zappa's mustache ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachygnatha_zappa" title="Pachygnatha zappa - Pachygnatha zappa http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/spider.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/spider.html - [5] ).

In 1995 a series of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel" title="Intel - Intel PC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboards" title="Motherboards - motherboards were named after him.