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I'm sure you know the similarities (and differences) between the two. They were both friends in high school, they both collaborated on an album (Bongo Fury), Zappa produced Trout Mask Replica, and they both shared similarities in musical composition in that they both had a sort of "silliness" about their sound and lyrical content as well as a hankering for experimentation. Needless to say, however, they were both VERY different in their musicianship... For instance, Zappa went into chamber music and other genres and had a much more expansive musical career (in both length and variety) while Beefheart stopped after twenty some-odd years to do his abstract expressionist paintings. And here I am rambling about two musicians that you all know a lot about (or at least I hope you do), and I should shut up and get to the God damn point... which one do you prefer: Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart?

Try to keep it civil. The creation of this thread was out of shear boredom and mindless curiosity... Also, it wouldn't hurt to name your favorite album by either one of them.