From: JYOB@aol.com   
      
   ....later work???   
      
    "The problem with Zappa was that he started to become a caricature of himself   
   and actually began to look like much of what he "mocked".   
      
   At the conclusion of the 1960s, we all got the message about the hypocrisy in   
   society...well most of us did. Zappa was certainly in the forefront of the   
   effort to bring it to our attention. Mission accomplished!   
      
   But after that he essentially became a combination of a Don Quixote and a   
   crass opportunist who made money by playing hackneyed rock guitar riffs and   
   telling juvenile toilet jokes to drunken frat boy-cretins who couldn't get a   
   date on a Saturday night.   
      
   His music in the late 60s was innovative, and he certainly doesn't get the   
   proper credit for his contribution to the development of jazz-classical-rock   
   fusion that was all the rage in the 1970s.   
      
   From the 70s forward, however, his recordings and compositions were uneven and   
   failed to have the consistency that was there during the 60s. To be sure there   
   was some fine music still being made, but the creative spark dimmed and there   
   was a great deal    
   of recycling taking place.   
      
   I sometimes wonder if the label of "genius" was something that was   
   self-affixed by Zappa himself....."   
      
   From a ZA cd album review.....   
      
      
   I guess this has all been stated before (even by myself).  I also believe   
   something happened to FZ after his assault in London which changed his whole   
   psyche.   
      
   I very rarely play anything after Waka/Jawaka anymore....   
      
   TOG   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)