Don't waste your time interpreting words

[mogul]

I'm going to give you my honest, probably hard-to-handle opinion on the lyrics of frank zappa.

For 90% of all zappa tunes, the lyrics arn't meant to be critically analyzed.

please don't try to convince me that the lyrics in, for example, "Don't eat the yellow snow" have some sort of paralleled genius hidden message squezed into the song.

i believe that alothough frank zappa was a genius with words, he didn't use music as a primary outlet for his beliefs. i believe that he made albums primarily for great music, not for linguistic poetrey.

if you disagree, then please let me know, but i would imagine that there might be someone who agrees with me out there somewhere.

[Chris]

Whatever brings you the most pleasure while listening to music (Frank's or anyone else's), that's the manner in which you should listen to it. The composer's intentions and the listener's visceral pleasure are two different things; whether or not they occasionally overlap is incidental.

[mogul]

I found this quote, and thought it was most appropriate.

"The words to the songs on this album were scientifically prepared from a random series of syllables, dreams, neuroses & private jokes that nobody except the members of the band ever laugh at, and at other irrelevant material. They are all very serious & loaded with secret underground candy-rock psychedelic profundities. (Basically this is an instrumental album.)"

-Frank Zappa (in concern to the Uncle Meat album)

[robertp]

Zappa's music rewards deep analysis.


I recommend "Frank Zappa; The complete guide to his music"
By  Benny Watson.

[detonator]

Hello,
For the most part he's kidding us.
Ain't it fun.
Detonator

[carnelian]

Whether an author intends for their work to be dissected word by word or not, it doesn't mean we can't do just that. Remember when you were in english class and studied poetry and were like "clearly the author wasn't thinking so much about this single word which we just studied for a week". But it doesn't always matter whether the author intended the lyrics to have a certain meaning if you can read a coherent meaning into them. you get me?
im new here btw

[youarewhatyoublog]

I can imagine that the meaning is absolutely worthless

but

is it worth it to have every piece of music with words that accompany?

seriously-is the Zappa puzzle worth completing? Will someone with a complete collection tell me?

I know if I had everything, I would laugh my ass off. I would enjoy every minute. I would dance until 2012. Should I be in any rush to find out that Dinah-moe comes from Uncle Bernie's farm or something?