ten Frank Zappa songs as chosen by Paul Morley

paotsaq 20th March 2024 at 7:06pm

You want ten Zappa songs to sample from the murky, moving mountain – that’s as tough as learning Latin in a day, but for the sake of this list, I’m choosing ones where the titles open doors to Zappa’s mentality: ‘Stink Foot’, ‘Who are the Brain Police’, ‘The Duke of Prunes’, ‘Eat That Question’, ‘The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution’, ‘Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing’, ‘Call Any Vegetable’, ‘The Torture Never Stops’, ‘You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here’ and ‘Cosmik Debris’ – ‘what kind of guru was he anyway?’ But as the whole point of Zappa music was how the mind changes, and to change minds, in a minute I’ll change my mind.