tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post8562827693192419716..comments2023-09-29T11:20:13.756+01:00Comments on Across The Kitchen Table: Valley Girldrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-4334761151521214252014-04-11T23:57:42.063+01:002014-04-11T23:57:42.063+01:00All views welcomed Tony, well within reason. Don&#...All views welcomed Tony, well within reason. Don't hold back on my account.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-36893055297151858922014-04-10T23:26:58.207+01:002014-04-10T23:26:58.207+01:00No worries Drew. My comment probably came over the...No worries Drew. My comment probably came over the wrong way. Does sound a bit narky now I re-read it. Keep em comin' dude. All the best from Oz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-59193778209885804902014-04-10T23:05:15.723+01:002014-04-10T23:05:15.723+01:00Tony, I didn't say he was a hippie. I said it ...Tony, I didn't say he was a hippie. I said it was a hippie that lent me the albums. I quite like the dross especially Scott Thunes' bass part.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-11147052651560451572014-04-10T22:39:28.610+01:002014-04-10T22:39:28.610+01:00Zappa was not in any way a hippie. He detested the...Zappa was not in any way a hippie. He detested the so-called counterculture and drugs and indeed lampooned it mercilessly.<br /><br />He lost his way in the early 80's and produced some real dross like Valley Girl, Ship Arriving...etc. but came back with avengence in the latter part of that decade spurred on by the rise of the born again fools.<br /><br />Hi early and later works still stand Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-27571510533188004852014-04-10T18:34:13.114+01:002014-04-10T18:34:13.114+01:00Zappa was sort of a rite of passage artist for tee...Zappa was sort of a rite of passage artist for teens and college students born after 1960. As a teen you heard about him, he represented counter culture, smoking dope and general doing things your parents disapproved of (usually involving sex). I did attempt to get into Zappa, but I think my musical preferences were already well enough formed that I went for Captain Beefheart instead. By 10 I Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.com