...actually, Zappa wasn't fond of the Beatles. Not so much because he hated their music, but mainly their reception.
Sgt. Pepper's was considered "the first concept album", and by some people, the creative apex of the time. This was BS to Zappa, because he had released two "concept albums" in the past, and considered himself and his peers in the business to be eons more creative than the Beatles.
Basically, the whole album is a lash-out on popular culture and the autonomous thought, and isn't specific. But the Beatles were the symbol of 60's pop culture, a thing Zappa despised. If you read some of what he says in interviews and stuff, he was strongly against pop culture. This was not a "tribute", more like a scathing satire.
...actually, Zappa wasn't fond of the Beatles. Not so much because he hated their music, but mainly their reception.
Sgt. Pepper's was considered "the first concept album", and by some people, the creative apex of the time. This was BS to Zappa, because he had released two "concept albums" in the past, and considered himself and his peers in the business to be eons more creative than the Beatles.
Basically, the whole album is a lash-out on popular culture and the autonomous thought, and isn't specific. But the Beatles were the symbol of 60's pop culture, a thing Zappa despised. If you read some of what he says in interviews and stuff, he was strongly against pop culture. This was not a "tribute", more like a scathing satire.