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Frank Zappa on the sincerity of popular music; 1971

Frank Zappa, speaking in 1971, on the sincerity of popular music and whether it's truly honest in its influences and message. "I believe in evolution more than revolution. I think that a lot of groups that sing songs that are revolutionary in character...overt 'Let's get it together brothers and sister's... I think that's not sincere...someplace lurking in the background is a producer who said 'This is hot today. Let's get some of this on the record and you guys'll have a new image'...I've heard some records that just reek of that...there's some very large groups that used to be musically important until they started hitting that sort of horse shit and then the kids who buy the records don't know the difference." (EFE5052R - AEVZ001J)
Frank Zappa, speaking in 1971, on the sincerity of popular music and whether it's truly honest in its influences and message. "I believe in evolution more than revolution. I think that a lot of groups that sing songs that are revolutionary in character...overt 'Let's get it together brothers and sister's... I think that's not sincere...someplace lurking in the background is a producer who said 'This is hot today. Let's get some of this on the record and you guys'll have a new image'...I've heard some records that just reek of that...there's some very large groups that used to be musically important until they started hitting that sort of horse shit and then the kids who buy the records don't know the difference." (EFE5052R - AEVZ001J)
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