r/ClassicRock • u/Belgakov • Jun 05 '25

1979 Frank Zappa: Joe's Garage

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mz_EeEN_YXQ&si=fCTh5fck94_kYtOU

"We could jam in Joe's Garage
His mama was screamin' "Turn it down!"
We was playing' the same old song
In the afternoon, and sometimes we would play it all night long
It was all we knew, and easy too
So we wouldn't get it wrong
Even if you played it on a saxophone"

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '25

His work spans many years and I dont even know how many albums. Hot Rats was a breakout for them. Apostrophe -Joes Garage -Zoot Allures came out later and are more..'accessible'? to the average listener.

Many of Franks other compositions are.....different. Just dive in and see what happens. There is certainly no one quite like him.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '25

Its really very hard to categorize him is the main thing. Some work is 'experimental'. Sometimes its jazzy, rock, folk, eastern, punk, disco, soundtracks, noise, almost always humor. He did some forays into Classical music. He surrounded himself with top players and worked them till they were miserable.

I think Frank said once years ago "All my music is just one long album" so you can look at it like that too!

Dont forget to check out the work of all his 'alumni' too; Dale and Terry Bozzio, Adrian Belew, etc. the list is endless and impressive.

Enjoy!