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HackettFan 
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 Topic: Frank Zappa the most popular PA artist?
Posted: July 24 2014 at 22:34 |
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I am a fan of Zappa, but I don't think he's all that popular here. Discussions of the "big five", for instance, rarely include Zappa, aside from one or two posts. If you look at people's top tens, which come out in various threads he is rarely mentioned. I can only guess that he's not excluded because he's not classic symphonic Prog. But he fits PA's definition and is a stellar example of RIO/Avant.
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 23:13 |
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He's quite revered here...but not the most popular imho...
And im not a fan..
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Drumstruck
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 23:03 |
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The worst thing is that FZ has been gone for so long - imagine how many albums he would have created in that 20+ years.
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 23:54 |
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Was that quote from Zappa? (Stupid question, but still..) If so, it could have been worse. He could have been a total failure.
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 23:33 |
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 23:12 |
 ProgPassion wrote:
Frank Zappa is god. |
Is that good or bad?
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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dr wu23
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 22:51 |
SteveG wrote:
ProgPassion wrote:
Frank Zappa is god. |
I thought God was God. now I'm confused.
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You should be since Clapton is God. 
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Drumstruck
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 22:40 |
ProgPassion wrote:
ExittheLemming wrote:
^ never confuse an iconoclast with a clumsy disciple
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I objectively determined it. |
And I have blind faith so subjectively agreed :-)
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ProgPassion
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 19:04 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
^ never confuse an iconoclast with a clumsy disciple
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I objectively determined it.
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 18:46 |
ProgPassion wrote:
Frank Zappa is god. |
I thought God was God. now I'm confused.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 18:32 |
^ never confuse an iconoclast with a clumsy disciple
Edited by ExittheLemming - July 22 2014 at 18:42
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Drumstruck
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 18:05 |
ProgPassion wrote:
Frank Zappa is god. |
I'd believe this ^ is correct
Edited by Drumstruck - July 22 2014 at 18:06
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ProgPassion
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Posted: July 21 2014 at 15:21 |
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Frank Zappa is god.
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SteveG
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Posted: July 21 2014 at 15:15 |
^Is that a yes or a no? My English may not be good enough to understand what you said?
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Posted: July 21 2014 at 15:11 |
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dat half-decade necropost
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Posted: July 21 2014 at 14:57 |
KingCrInuYasha wrote:
I'm not sure if he's the most popular, but I think he's up there.
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It depends on how you define popular. If it's by album sales, I suspect others may beat him.
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: July 21 2014 at 13:07 |
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I'm not sure if he's the most popular, but I think he's up there.
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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Posted: July 20 2014 at 11:00 |
Hi,
Hmmmm ... I was thinking that he probably has the biggest catalog of most of the artists mentioned here!
I'm a bit concerned that w have a tendency to think that "popular" means best, and in this case, it does not apply!
Edited by moshkito - July 21 2014 at 15:03
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Posted: July 20 2014 at 10:48 |
Ah ok, thank you :)
I love it here! I have been reading the posts for a while without an account, so I thought it was time I made one :P
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Posted: July 20 2014 at 10:37 |
Hi and welcome to the forum! I don't think you can expect an answer to your query seeing as Yorkie last logged on in December of 2009. The post you quoted was from January the same year 
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