Frank
Zappa composed “Jonestown” to express his feelings on the
massacre of that religious community we all know today. It is a
powerful composition worth hearing for all those minds who think
religion is a good thing in life. No, religion is dangerous, it means
the obliteration of your mind, your choices, your ideas, your
individuality.
In
the Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa,
by Neil Slaven, we read:
Frank called ‘Jonestown’ “a boring,
ugly dance evoking the essential nature of all religions.” It
referred to the 1978 ‘Jonestown massacre’ perpetrated by a
charismatic preacher … ‘Jonestown’ establishes a bleak aural
landscape of tremulous sustained chords that imply paranoia.
Percussion effects cut through the stereo but the principal elements
are raw, gouging metallic sounds that increase during the middle
section of the seven-minute piece, accompanied by siren-like
ascending notes. The effect is other-worldly and threatening,
maintaining an absence of hope that underscores the tragedy of the
real event and Frank’s own opinion of the perniciousness of all
forms of religion.”
Listen to Santayana, or listen to Zappa.
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