"The REAL title of this song is..."
"...'Playing A Guitar Solo With This Band Is Like Trying To Grow A Watermelon In Easter Hay'. And that's where it came from."
-Frank Zappa, 1980 (source: the very thorough FZ wiki)
Ironically enough for a song originally from one of Frank's complex rock operas - I think that the less you know about this song the better it actually is. Although, with some context the bizarre spoken intro makes a little more sense (spoiler if you don't know the story of the album: music is outlawed and the solo takes place in his head).
"Watermelon In Easter Hay"
I first heard this one in the also otherwise-excellent soundtrack to Y tu mamá también back in college and was mesmerized. Apparently the song had made quite an impression on director Alfonso Cuarón, as well.
Some may dislike it for the same reasons they are unable to get past the cold calculation that is also present in the music of some other guitar heroes like Stevie Ray Vaughan, but to me the technical proficiency plus the beauty of the melody shines through.
One of these days I plan to make a mix of "Songs That Are Epic In Length But Don't Seem As Long As They Are And In Fact You Wish They'd Continue Much Longer" and this will be on it.
