I have a hard time believing you can ' t hear the melodies on Hot Rats . Do you really think Willie the Pimp is a random progression of sound ? It ' s a just a blues groove repeated over and over . A fucking blues progression , i . e . the basic building block of rock and roll . Willie the Pimp is literally the same blue groove on repeat for like 11 minutes with Zappa doing some badass soloing over said blues groove . It ' s like . the opposite of random . I have a hard time taking your criticism seriously . I imagine you ' re a fan of guitar , so I can ' t believe you don ' t at least see the appeal of Zappa ' s soloing on that track . I mean , it ' s some pretty ampedup , amazing rock guitar work in a fucking blues style . I ' m not sure what music you listen to or if you ever venture into anything remotely experimental or outside the norm , but . honestly man , you may need to take a step back and consider opening your mind a bit . Writing off whole genres of music because it sounds like instruments being thrown down a stairwell doesn ' t put you in the realm of serious conversation about music , and leads me to believe your interest in and understanding of music might be pretty limited . I mean you ' re talking about Prince and B . B . King and shit in your other comments and Steve Vai , who got his start with Zappajust ponder that one for a minute , and yeah . those guys are great , but holy shit dude there ' s so much more out there .