Blog: For The Sake Of The Song

As a rule, I´m not much of a Zappa fan. Too many virtuoso guitar solos for my liking, too much of that pseudo neo-classical Edgar Varèse stuff. And although humor certainly belongs in music, Frank can often make you overdose. Sometimes you can´t help but love the guy though. Cue Flakes , from his ´79 album Sheik Yerbouti . Its vivid description of Union-protected ´handymen´ out to get you never fails to bring a smile to my face. "All what we got here is American made, It's a little bit [...]

• Frank Zappa - Flakes