Re: what zappa thought of hendrix (non-harp)



> Me too!
> Maybe we should start a thread of Zappa lines.

Like we're raisin' a crop of dental floss?


>
>
> Mike
>
> >From: "Sariel 'The Yellow Dart' Lehyani" <SloopyJoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: "Sariel 'The Yellow Dart' Lehyani" <SloopyJoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: what zappa thought of hendrix (non-harp)
> >Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 21:29:56 -0400
> >
> >
> >Hmm, just to interject, I was wondering if you guys had ever listened to
> >Zappa's
> >EARLY work. His first album "Freak Out!" is full of doo-wop style stuff.
> >Granted, the
> >last track is a bunch of nonensical noises with "help, I'm a rock! Help,
> >I'm a cop!"
> >strewn throughout, but aside from that it's really a great album. Then
> >again...I've
> >been an avid Zappa fan since my freshman year of high school, so don't mind
> >me!
> >
> >Love,
> >
> >~Me
> >
> >Gatorharp@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > leone@xxxxxxxx writes:
> > >
> > > <<   *Dear Steve, I think you're taking me wrong. See, when I was coming
> > >  up the neighborhood was basically blue collar Italian-Polish-Jewish.
> > >  We would more likely to be listening to Wes Montgomery, Charlie
> > >  Christian, Django Rheinhardt. Even "Los Indios". When we weren't
> > >  listening to "do-wop", it was Jazz or Motown.
> > >    YOUR personal preferences are fine, in fact I have often said "I may
> > >  not agree with what you play, but I will defend to my death your
> > >  right to play it". (Sort of a take-off on Voltaire). Now as for
> > >  Hendricks: Yes, I knew who he was but he wasn't MY cup of tea. IF I
> > >  heard him on the radio, I would have switched the station. I prefer
> > >  guitar played as a guitar and not a tool for riveting boilers
> > >  together.
> > > >snip<
> > >  That's all I'm saying. Please remember, it's just my background
> >writing.
> > >  I'm sure, when we meet, we will get along
> >"famously"..........smokey-joe >>
> > >
> > > fair enough.  i misinterpreted your post, and to be honest, my response
> >got a
> > > bit snide.  for that, please accept my apologies.
> > > it wasn't important to me that you might dislike either artist (or any
> > > artist, really).  i'm with you in that everyone is entitled to a
> >preference, and
> > > they shouldn't need to defend it.  i was responding to what i took as a
> >dismissal
> > > of the artists.
> > > and how could i ever not get along with someone who likes charlie
> >christian,
> > > van the man, motown, and doo-wop?
> > > steven j gatorman
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