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I have heard pretty much all of Zappa's stuff. I went through a phase about 15 years ago, binged on it and got really sick of the majority of it. I am with the camp that does not particularly dig "funny music," and a lot of the tones he chose to employ could be glassy and annoying, as could a lot of his band members' styles. Talent and skill are not in question, but the vast majority of his music is unlistenable to me now.
I think his modern classical compositions are fantastic, and I think Civilization Phase III is probably one of the coolest pieces of technology-assisted composition I have heard, but as to his "rock albums," I can really only hang with Freak Out, Hot Rats, parts of Uncle Meat and the section of "He Used To Cut The Grass" on Joe's Garage that starts after the skin-crawlingly annoying vocals are done with.
I did love his autobiography, and I have a lot of respect for him on many levels, but please don't make me listen to "Inca Roads" or "Jazz From Hell" ever again.
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