Zappa's "I'm a rare intelligent rock musician" shtick was undermined by some ridiculously puerile songs. Perhaps they kept him afloat financially but he wasn't clever enough to realise they would tarnish that which he valued most - his legacy.
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While his musicianship and composition was top notch, lyrically he was not just puerile but utterly vacuous. Had he stuck to instrumentals, his legacy would be massively more impressive.
If he really did coin the "dancing about architecture" phrase, he was bang on because that would be 1000x more fulfilling than engaging with any of his self-indulgent cobblers
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