基本説明
Frank Zappa's messages - musical and lyrical - may not always be clear, but they are well worth considering, and Kelly Lowe has provided an excellent guide to that endeavor.
Full Description
This is the first book to move beyond the details of Zappa's biography toward a focused treatment of his songs. Zappa worked in a musical realm unfamiliar to many radio listeners. Today, his music can be appreciated as a whole, emerging as a coherent, thoughtful, innovative—if somewhat daunting—body of work. Lowe has left no aspect of that work unexamined, from Zappa's role as a satirist of the highest order, to his place in the genre of progressive rock, and his importance as one of the foremost critics of American culture and society. Zappa's messages—musical and lyrical—may not always be clear, but they are well worth considering.
The volume begins with a discussion of Zappa's role as a satirist and a discussion of his musical style, and then proceeds to a prolonged examination of his albums. Through this extended engagement with Zappa's music, a surprisingly clear perspective on his personal views is also provided, shedding light on his treatment of such topics as the falsified notion of love in popular culture, the compromising influence of money on popular music, and the concept of freedom in a systematized society, among other things. The book also features an official discography and a bibliographic essay that discusses the current state of Zappa scholarship.
Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Frank Zappa and the Art of Satire
You Call That Music? Listening to Frank Zappa
The Mothers of Invention
Hot Rats, the Last Two Mothers Albums, Flo & Eddie, and the "Jazz-Rock" Albums
The Duke-Brock/Progressive Rock Bands, Läther, and the Terry Bozzio Albums
Politics: 1979-1988
Conclusions
Critical Bibliography
Bibliography and Works Cited
Discography
Index
