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Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play
 
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Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play (Paperback)
by Ben Watson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 597 pages
  • Publisher: Quartet Books; New Ed edition (27 April 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 070430242X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0704302426
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  (10 customer reviews)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A unique analysis, 1 Nov 2002
Watson's book, to my mind at least is a welcome antidote to the work of the supposedly "great" serious rock journalists of the last 30 years - marcus, christgau et al. if he is guilty of making too much of his many connections between zappa's conceptual continuities and high/low culture of the 20th century, so what. all of what he writes is passionate, provocative and stunningly erudite. Watson may infuriate at times with his petty and unfortunately typical left wing put-downs of his peers but this is a very minor quibble within a book that covers such a vast swathe of cultural and political ideas.

Music is not made in a vacuum and it is not just notes on a page. if you are a zappa fan who wants a biography or a technical musical analysis - look elsewhere. but if you have any interest in the media, modern art/literature, non conformity and the music of rebellion - check this out. one of a kind

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