http://1069therock.com The Best Classic Rock & The Best New Rock Tue, 21 May 2013 11:31:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://1069therock.com/mothers-of-inventions-were-only-in-it-for-the-money/ http://1069therock.com/mothers-of-inventions-were-only-in-it-for-the-money/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:45:40 +0000 Michael Gallucci http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=116734 From the mocking cover art to the orchestral notes that grace the music to the loose thematic ties that link the songs, the Mothers of Invention’s ‘We’re Only in It for the Money’ turns ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ on its head. But it’s not so much the Beatles’ masterpiece -- which was released nine months before the Mothers album -- that Frank Zappa and his band of musical pranksters ruthlessly skewer; it’s the culture that fed and supported it.

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