Oh the Irony

I'm not going to post the link to the article in question because the last thing I want is to give the author visibility, but it's a list of "the 10 biggest douchebags in classic rock". 
 
At no. 1 is Frank Zappa... :s
 
"Zappa was a self-appointed authority figure who did nothing but ceaselessly ****, piss and moan without ever offering a single solution or so much as an attempt at constructive criticism". 
 
So there you have it. In his downtimes, the highly articulated, musically gifted, educated, fertile genius known as Frank Zappa apparently could rival with the best of them parasites uh, I mean, critiques.
 
 
 

sharke
Yep I saw that. Pure clickbait from a talentless hack desperate for exposure. 

C'mon sharke. Rain'sone of the good guys. :)

I'm really overdue for some time with a lovely album called The Man from Utopia. :P

Hmm. I think, after reading that article, the douche bag is Jonny Whiteside. 

I saw a VERY OLD Steve Allen Show in B&W recently.
 
One of his guests was a very young Frank Zappa playing a bicycle while performing his arrangement of a very unique song,
The members of the show band were instructed to play random notes, randomly.

that's walking on a dead man's grave.
 

yorolpal
It's One Size Fits All for me.
 
Plus, I've no doubt that Frank was a royal pain in the ass and a self absorbed, opinionated tyrant.  Unfortunately many true geniuses are.  But there's no denying his talent and knowledge.  He earned his iconic status.  And deserves it. 
 
 
PS:  I like Dweezil too:-)
 

 
The world is full of nice people and not so nice people. But genuinely brilliant people, on the other hand...
 
Obviously, we tend to stick to the lowest common denominator when we judge people. Though journalists do sometimes lower that bar even more, so as to judge people on the clothes they wear. Which is why those journalist fellows should stick to the likes of Paris Hilton and the Kardashians, how they lost 10 lbs in 10 days or how their sentimental life has taken a turn for the worst. That's something they can fathom.
 
After all is said and done, in the case of Zappa, what's left is a monumental body of work and a lot of inspiration, and food for thought. That some egos were hurt is, as a listener, none of my concerns. It's not like he started a war.