I was never really a Zappa fan, at least not musically. However, he was honest, innovative, uncompromising, intelligent, avant garde and pushed musical boundaries. The world is a better place with people like Frank Zappa in it.
Well you should try opening your ears & your mind. Zappa put out 62 lps between 1966 & 1993, his family released another 60+ lps after his death. He did many different styles of music. Frank Zappa was & will always be the only modern day musical genius
@@anthonycassillo5142 I didn’t say that I hadn’t heard any Zappa albums. I said I was not particularly a fan of his music. I believe that both my ears and my mind work well - but I appreciate your concern. The fact that he released so many albums means that he was prolific, nothing more. I’m glad that you’re a fan of his music. Enjoy.
@@matthewoconnell114 I'm with you, I was always a way bigger fan of his guitar playing than his compositions or his records, plus I always dug his great sense of wry humor, his unique perspectives, his amazing testimony before Congress amid the PMRC thing and just being an unafraid, unashamed musical genius and anomoly. Plus, I have him to thank for getting Steve Vai's career going, whom is another great player whom I admire their skill, abilities, demeanor and whatnot, just not a huge fan of his music either.
@@sgenetti77 I couldn’t agree more. It’s funny, because I thought I was complimenting him. :). Again, I can respect someone, understand their influence on music, and appreciate them as a person and still not really like their music that much. Like you said, I think Steve Vai is an amazing guitarist, so is Joe Satriani. But, I can’t make it through a full album of either of them - but again, that’s just me and my personal taste. I love Pink Floyd but there are a couple of albums, e.g. Ummagumma, that is hard to listen to and I haven’t even tried listening to since I was in high school. There are a lot of musicians who credit Frank Zappa as being an amazing influence on their music and some who argue he was a musical genius. I’m not in a position to argue with them. But, outside of a handful of songs, I didn’t really love his music. He himself, said that he didn’t really liked the Beatles and named only 3 songs of theirs that he liked. So, again, personal taste. I don’t think anyone questions the genius and certainly the influence of the Beatles.
Fascinating that Frank himself was very much straight edge when it came to drugs, yet advocated the rights of others to partake in them. Beyond all comedy and sardonics, definitely a man for individual freedoms.
Yes, but he's not the right leaning or Republican that people try to turn him into. As he said himself, he was "Fiscally conservative, socially liberal." He himself had tried cannabis, and said it wasn't for him, so he had an open mind, as well.
@@augustusbetucius2931 I laugh when todays right says he would support them because - Libertarianism. There were few things he so publicly despised as the religious right.
Nothing odd about it. If you ask Ian MacKaye I'm sure he'll say the same. There are actually many successful people in the history of rock who were teetotal: Patti Smith, Gene Simmons... plenty more, they just don't make a deal out of it.
@@traildoggy Absolutely - Jimmy Swaggart- just the tip 😁 on the best band you never heard in your life. He had not time for the religious right or indeed Republican politicians (Tipper Gore?). I wonder what he would have made/done to Trump.
Somebody should devise software that, when you input titles of music you *do* like, will then suggest Zappa titles that might suit you. Or better yet, will grab snippets of Zappa music and construct a bespoke medley just for you. Frank's oeuvre is so big and diverse, it truly does contain something for almost anyone.
During a gig at the The Rainbow Theatre in around 1976, he would not let up until the entire audience stood up and sang "the poodle bites, the poodle chews it".
I love music, always have. In 1977 i was listening to loads of music, then one of my friends played me zoot allures and nothing has been the same since. He was just the best!!!
My excitement at having experienced 3 live Zappa shows...wow! And that Dweezil is such a good boy! Seen his tribute to Dad 3x... Gives me faith not only in genetics, but in humanity.
Deent to Deent to Deent to Deent Dee do deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee HEY! I used to cut the grass! Way before new wave came along. Big Note Theory. Re-synchronization. (Sheik Yerbouti > Rat Tomango). Take it to C# Earnie....
I remember my 2 daughters constantly playing Studio Tan over & over & laughing their heads off at Greggery Peccary! The girls in the steno pool laughing used to set them off laughing & it was repeated over & over & over especially the girl gushing after "is there any mail for me?" 😂😂
Though I suspect frank would have *very* much not enjoyed being a politician. He deeply disliked politicans and dealt with his discomfort with them via music. Unfortunately you probably wouldnt do too well running for president with the promise "Im going to ignore all the other politicians and play badass guitar solos, also 3/4 of you voters are buffoons"
Great video.like him or lump him,he's a brilliant musician and one of a kind.unlike other musicians,he is his own genre. You can't say that about anybody else.long live frank❤ 4:09
THANK YOU ! Frank is sadly missed ! In solidarity with the fighters for peace, love, freedom, justice and truth, we express our feelings with music on our channel. Greetings from Germany, CLUB OF THE UNCENSORED POETS
As with many religious avatars he transcended the obvious and his legacy is still unfolded - eons ahead of his time - outside the box - he simply was unique and as we see, clearly Steve Vai has been highly influenced by FZ and carrying on his tradition
Your life is a piece of time that you have an opportunity to decorate with your talents and passions. This is life's rich pageant. I am in awe of Frank's beautiful mind as a composer.
I love the John Lennon anecdote. Lennon's obviously the kind of guy who breaks the ice by mildly insulting people to see how they react. If you can't handle me taking the piss, we're not going to get on. Frank clearly took it in his stride.
I saw him in Munich and besides me stood a guy with the elephant syndrom ( a huge large head) and he had a joint in his hand. I looked at him and he offered me a smoke. I did and we had a lot of fun watching Frank Zappa and his incredible band. I think it was Chad Wakerman who played naked over the complete concert behind his drumset. What a gig.
@11:14 The guys he's talking about are Mats Öberg and Morgan Ågren from the Swedish band Zappstitute. There are YT videos on the subject. One called "Mats & Morgan joins Zappa on-stage". I was there when it happened😎
That was brilliant the way he described the guitar as an instrument of possibilities because mathematically there so many ways to play it compared to almost any other instrument! I never thought of the guitar like that and probably why I never really cared to learn how to play it even though I’ve always loved rock n’ roll because I’ve always been terrible at math!
Fucking GENIUS! I wish he was on the ballad. Zappa for President! LOVE YOU Frank! "It's called rational thinking..." That is something people don't do today. Period
I asked Frank a bunch of questions at a pre-concert press call in '78 in Glasgow and every one was answered in a thoughtful, rational and, yes, a slightly sarcastic way that simply oozed intelligence and independent thinking. A friend of mine who knew shorthand took down his answers and I wrote them up in the student newspaper. The finished piece sounded like an interview with a philosopher-sociologist-psychologist.
This is what I love about him as a guitar player/composer/conductor, he never repeated himself, no generic guitar solos just to wank off, always aiming to keep the performance fresh & spontaneous for to surprise (and to provoke) the audience, the antithesis of what many of those pimped up music industry clowns (full of cuties who can sing via autotune and dance and look nice) are doin' nowadays (but also back in the days)....after seeing Zappa in 79 I went to Al DIMeola in Concert, of course it was cool to see all that great musicians, Anthony Jackson, Jan Hammer, Mingo Lewis, young Simon Phillips who dropped in for Steve Gadd but listening to the concert was like hearing the album but much louder :D - no big surprises, not much impro.....well, Zappa was a very rare breed - indeed :)
Zappa was one of the SANEST people who ever lived. Nothing mad about him at all. 'I liked it a lot, nobody had to explain it to me' heard in 1993 completed my life's understanding at the age of 25. All explained!
Zappa's genius wasn't mad. He was just a genius plain and simple. Most of the popular or famous musicians we have now, and for some time, can't even touch what Zappa was capable of, not even a fraction of it.
One of the best soloists (and philosophers) ever and grossly underappreciated by the ignorant masses. What a tragic loss, way too early. Thankfully, he was incredibly prolific. As a drummer, there's nobody I'd rather have had an opportunity to jam with (I'd contact Dweezil re ZPZ as that's the next best thing, but my marriage would suffer!). His music, challenging as it can be at times, is so fun to play (in part because it is so challenging, but also because there's so much humor in it). That's the thing--he was a genius in part because he didn't take himself (at least his music) too seriously, and did what he wanted to artistically, with no regard for how it might be received (No Commercial Potential)!
Really respected Frank Zappa as long as I was aware of him. He could come across grumpy sometimes but that's just a smart person being frustrated because they don't understand why no one gets it. Really wished he had survived because I would be very interested in what he would think of our current world.
He was a contradiction, like most of us. He was a true family man, yet he was a serial adulterer. He was kind, funny, and yet mean and deadly serious. I just appreciate his overall Frankness.
Zappa was indeed mad; and by all definitions of the word. A bit crazy, a bit angry, and a bit excessive. But he put together some killer bands and made a lot of great music.
Such a pleasure listening to FZ. Anyone that can express themselves cogently and intelligently is a pleasure. However, in the entertainment industry, of which I would include professional football/soccer, that seems rare. Frank Zappa was a great communicator. I would separate this from his music which was never to my taste. That's just my problem! But as a conversationalist and communicator he was second to none.
His music was designed for people that like it. Thanks Frank.... I dont mind a flat 9. Perry Como never used a flat 9. Trombone Glissandos Rule. All music centered people take a few minutes to look into Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Improv daily. 🎶☮🕊
the beginning of his dialog here shows clearly how he measured his songs n tunes with his fellow musicians n his own guitar n vocals. he created the most absurd music, e.g. dont fuck with mountains, dont fuck around. tghen on to really serious rock n jazz sounds that are clearly masterpieces. the albums that feature it are Chungas revenge, hot rats, grand wazoo, apostrophe
He mentioned only 3 Beatles song I like the two Lennon experimental songs u am the walrus, strawberry Field forever.and the banging guitar riff of paper writer which till today is untouchable
I think his band was expected to "punch a clock" by playing his compositions as accurately as possible, in quite an orchestral manner. Don't think they would have been kept around if they simply played what they felt at any given moment.
3:47 was maybe true back then but not anymore. and on the whole 'it's there to getting lonely people together in an environment where they can sort of make friends with each other', i think it has that potential but now again today it's not like that. I've been so depressed trying to find a place with fun music to dance at and meet random people (i go to philosophy meetings or book clubs but those are not the places where you find 'random people', they generally are a rather strong type, but i'm interested in the whole spectrum of humanity). I dream that discos would be the only thing of salute to me but it never comes and I hate discos and djs as a result
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I was never really a Zappa fan, at least not musically. However, he was honest, innovative, uncompromising, intelligent, avant garde and pushed musical boundaries. The world is a better place with people like Frank Zappa in it.
Well you should try opening your ears & your mind. Zappa put out 62 lps between 1966 & 1993, his family released another 60+ lps after his death. He did many different styles of music. Frank Zappa was & will always be the only modern day musical genius
@@anthonycassillo5142 I didn’t say that I hadn’t heard any Zappa albums. I said I was not particularly a fan of his music. I believe that both my ears and my mind work well - but I appreciate your concern. The fact that he released so many albums means that he was prolific, nothing more. I’m glad that you’re a fan of his music. Enjoy.
@@matthewoconnell114 His music is fun, funny, enjoyable, experimental, and on different horizons, give "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" a listen sometime.
@@matthewoconnell114 I'm with you, I was always a way bigger fan of his guitar playing than his compositions or his records, plus I always dug his great sense of wry humor, his unique perspectives, his amazing testimony before Congress amid the PMRC thing and just being an unafraid, unashamed musical genius and anomoly. Plus, I have him to thank for getting Steve Vai's career going, whom is another great player whom I admire their skill, abilities, demeanor and whatnot, just not a huge fan of his music either.
@@sgenetti77 I couldn’t agree more. It’s funny, because I thought I was complimenting him. :). Again, I can respect someone, understand their influence on music, and appreciate them as a person and still not really like their music that much. Like you said, I think Steve Vai is an amazing guitarist, so is Joe Satriani. But, I can’t make it through a full album of either of them - but again, that’s just me and my personal taste. I love Pink Floyd but there are a couple of albums, e.g. Ummagumma, that is hard to listen to and I haven’t even tried listening to since I was in high school. There are a lot of musicians who credit Frank Zappa as being an amazing influence on their music and some who argue he was a musical genius. I’m not in a position to argue with them. But, outside of a handful of songs, I didn’t really love his music. He himself, said that he didn’t really liked the Beatles and named only 3 songs of theirs that he liked. So, again, personal taste. I don’t think anyone questions the genius and certainly the influence of the Beatles.
Fascinating that Frank himself was very much straight edge when it came to drugs, yet advocated the rights of others to partake in them. Beyond all comedy and sardonics, definitely a man for individual freedoms.
Yes, but he's not the right leaning or Republican that people try to turn him into. As he said himself, he was "Fiscally conservative, socially liberal." He himself had tried cannabis, and said it wasn't for him, so he had an open mind, as well.
@@augustusbetucius2931 I laugh when todays right says he would support them because - Libertarianism. There were few things he so publicly despised as the religious right.
Nothing odd about it. If you ask Ian MacKaye I'm sure he'll say the same.
There are actually many successful people in the history of rock who were teetotal: Patti Smith, Gene Simmons... plenty more, they just don't make a deal out of it.
@@traildoggy Absolutely - Jimmy Swaggart- just the tip 😁 on the best band you never heard in your life. He had not time for the religious right or indeed Republican politicians (Tipper Gore?). I wonder what he would have made/done to Trump.
@@bobklee2397 Well, Tipper was likely a Democrat since she was married to Al Gore, but you are spot on with the rest 100%.
This man had stellar intelligence, and was instrumental in getting Eskimoes to stop eating yellow snow. For that I salute you, sir.
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We miss you Frank, still listening to your music!
Does anybody here remember Frank Zappa ...
Me also. Seen Dweezl a few time chip of the old block
And that ladies & gentlemen is 12 minutes of honesty and intelligence....2 rare commodities today....Massive respect for Frank....
There is so much gold in what Frank said. Still feel inspired after 43 years.
Feeling inspired after one day bruther
A period of time to decorate. What a great sentiment. Truly a genius man. That should apply to everything that we do in life.
The title of this video is modest and descriptive. No BS nor Click bait. Rare find these days. Rare as Zappa's Genius.
"What a great attitude. That's neat."
I love that.
I haven't been able to "get" his music yet... But Zappa the man I love. Dude was incredibly smart and knew what he wanted
Somebody should devise software that, when you input titles of music you *do* like, will then suggest Zappa titles that might suit you. Or better yet, will grab snippets of Zappa music and construct a bespoke medley just for you. Frank's oeuvre is so big and diverse, it truly does contain something for almost anyone.
Pearls before swine - diamond in the rough - genuine genius
Zappa made my life better.
During a gig at the The Rainbow Theatre in around 1976, he would not let up until the entire audience stood up and sang "the poodle bites, the poodle chews it".
Frank - always the genius...
He's really good at explaining and elaborating his mentality and opinions.
Inimitable, sadly missed, musical genius and original artist...Frankly❤
I will never forget or stop missing Frank Zappa. I could listen to him speak all day.
Man O man...I wish Zappa was around in these times...R.I.P. Frank.
He would have a lot to say - remember in Titties and Beer, the references to "Milhous Nixon and Agnew too"?
Dude, SO DO I. I still tear up at times...and it's been almost 30 years.
ITS A SHAME WE LOST THIS MAN. HE WAS A GREAT ONE
We lost him to cigarettes. He was a heavy smoker most of his life. Anti-drug YET heavy smoker.
I witnessed Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown at a blues festival in Old Town Sacramento. Very cool to hear him
Seen him 20+ times he was amazing. Just so friggn original!
Thank you for posting this. It shows the side of Frank that I found really interesting. What a complicated man, and a great musician!
He was a true original. Life just opened that other door for him way too soon. We need people like him for balance.
I love music, always have. In 1977 i was listening to loads of music, then one of my friends played me zoot allures and nothing has been the same since. He was just the best!!!
Fabulous! I’m a huge Zappa fan . Really appreciate this 🙏
There will NEVER be another person like Frank. I wish he was my Dad.
Gold , a Great Musician and a misunderstood Genius.
Miss you, Genius.
Still my favorite, "2 steps removed from the inquisition."😂
My excitement at having experienced 3 live Zappa shows...wow! And that Dweezil is such a good boy! Seen his tribute to Dad 3x... Gives me faith not only in genetics, but in humanity.
I really miss that man. A lot. His music AND his mind.
🎶It wasn't very large🎶
🎶There was just enough room🎶
🎶To cram the drums🎶
🎶In the corner over by the dodge🎶
ah!! that Stratocaster witta whammy bar
Deent to Deent to Deent to Deent Dee do deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee HEY!
I used to cut the grass! Way before new wave came along. Big Note Theory.
Re-synchronization. (Sheik Yerbouti > Rat Tomango). Take it to C# Earnie....
way to go Frank, your the greatest. Thanks for everything ❤❤☮☮☯☯
He had his idea, original, comical, observant, str8 arrow and still comes across as a out there guy. Amazing music
To any sceptic abut this genius, this should be mandatory
Never knew Matthew McConaghey as a MTV interviewer, lol- but love the stash
I remember my 2 daughters constantly playing Studio Tan over & over & laughing their heads off at Greggery Peccary! The girls in the steno pool laughing used to set them off laughing & it was repeated over & over & over especially the girl gushing after "is there any mail for me?" 😂😂
zappa wasn't just smart, he was dangerously smart, and i would have voted for him.
The same thing that killed him, Reagan survived. Lennon was killed not long after Reagan"s election. I'm sure that's a bunch of coincidence.
Though I suspect frank would have *very* much not enjoyed being a politician. He deeply disliked politicans and dealt with his discomfort with them via music. Unfortunately you probably wouldnt do too well running for president with the promise "Im going to ignore all the other politicians and play badass guitar solos, also 3/4 of you voters are buffoons"
No One. Like. Frank. Zappa. ! A Musical. Genius. !
Great video.like him or lump him,he's a brilliant musician and one of a kind.unlike other musicians,he is his own genre. You can't say that about anybody else.long live frank❤ 4:09
THANK YOU ! Frank is sadly missed !
In solidarity with the fighters for peace, love, freedom, justice and truth, we express our feelings with music on our channel.
Greetings from Germany, CLUB OF THE UNCENSORED POETS
My all time favorite guitarist
ALL HAIL FRANK ZAPPA 🙌
As with many religious avatars he transcended the obvious and his legacy is still unfolded - eons ahead of his time - outside the box - he simply was unique and as we see, clearly Steve Vai has been highly influenced by FZ and carrying on his tradition
Your life is a piece of time that you have an opportunity to decorate with your talents and passions. This is life's rich pageant.
I am in awe of Frank's beautiful mind as a composer.
I love the John Lennon anecdote. Lennon's obviously the kind of guy who breaks the ice by mildly insulting people to see how they react. If you can't handle me taking the piss, we're not going to get on. Frank clearly took it in his stride.
For many years klassic music has been my favorite occupation. Zappa showed me the way. I might have got there anyway, but probably years later.
I saw him in Munich and besides me stood a guy with the elephant syndrom ( a huge large head) and he had a joint in his hand. I looked at him and he offered me a smoke. I did and we had a lot of fun watching Frank Zappa and his incredible band. I think it was Chad Wakerman who played naked over the complete concert behind his drumset. What a gig.
Well done, Roger! 😊
@11:14
The guys he's talking about are Mats Öberg and Morgan Ågren
from the Swedish band Zappstitute.
There are YT videos on the subject.
One called "Mats & Morgan joins Zappa on-stage".
I was there when it happened😎
Whether or not you realize it, we'll always need Frank Zappa. I wish here were here now.
That was brilliant the way he described the guitar as an instrument of possibilities because mathematically there so many ways to play it compared to almost any other instrument! I never thought of the guitar like that and probably why I never really cared to learn how to play it even though I’ve always loved rock n’ roll because I’ve always been terrible at math!
Not a wasted word. . . . . . . . .
Fascinating man.
Fucking GENIUS! I wish he was on the ballad. Zappa for President! LOVE YOU Frank! "It's called rational thinking..." That is something people don't do today. Period
ballot?
His favorite being Holdsworth makes perfect sense. The greatest ever and an absolute creative genius.
I asked Frank a bunch of questions at a pre-concert press call in '78 in Glasgow and every one was answered in a thoughtful, rational and, yes, a slightly sarcastic way that simply oozed intelligence and independent thinking. A friend of mine who knew shorthand took down his answers and I wrote them up in the student newspaper. The finished piece sounded like an interview with a philosopher-sociologist-psychologist.
Where can we read it?? Would love to check it out!!
Zappa is, was, and always will be #1
This is what I love about him as a guitar player/composer/conductor, he never repeated himself, no generic guitar solos just to wank off, always aiming to keep the performance fresh & spontaneous for to surprise (and to provoke) the audience, the antithesis of what many of those pimped up music industry clowns (full of cuties who can sing via autotune and dance and look nice) are doin' nowadays (but also back in the days)....after seeing Zappa in 79 I went to Al DIMeola in Concert, of course it was cool to see all that great musicians, Anthony Jackson, Jan Hammer, Mingo Lewis, young Simon Phillips who dropped in for Steve Gadd but listening to the concert was like hearing the album but much louder :D - no big surprises, not much impro.....well, Zappa was a very rare breed - indeed :)
Zappa was one of the SANEST people who ever lived. Nothing mad about him at all. 'I liked it a lot, nobody had to explain it to me' heard in 1993 completed my life's understanding at the age of 25. All explained!
"It's called rational thinking." 💥
My brothers (60's) played his music at home. I sometimes like singing phrases from his songs, out of the blue.
Alan Holdsworth is Amazing. Frank Zappa is as well. And I ❤ IT.😊
Allan Holdsworth is at the apex of every guitar player and composer list that ever existed. He's since returned back to his original planet.
There is nobody in the music business like Frank Zappa these days and the world is a lesser place for it.
Zappa's genius wasn't mad. He was just a genius plain and simple. Most of the popular or famous musicians we have now, and for some time, can't even touch what Zappa was capable of, not even a fraction of it.
One of the best soloists (and philosophers) ever and grossly underappreciated by the ignorant masses. What a tragic loss, way too early. Thankfully, he was incredibly prolific. As a drummer, there's nobody I'd rather have had an opportunity to jam with (I'd contact Dweezil re ZPZ as that's the next best thing, but my marriage would suffer!). His music, challenging as it can be at times, is so fun to play (in part because it is so challenging, but also because there's so much humor in it). That's the thing--he was a genius in part because he didn't take himself (at least his music) too seriously, and did what he wanted to artistically, with no regard for how it might be received (No Commercial Potential)!
"It's there if you like it. If you don't like it, there's all those other names on the list."
I saw him so many times live. It always was great. Espacialy in Munich Olympiahalle| Arena. He played like nobody played before.
R. I. P.
Genius.
Anything but mad. He was one of most sane people involved in rock music.
If you have not heard his music--you are missing out. Zappa forever.
Really respected Frank Zappa as long as I was aware of him.
He could come across grumpy sometimes but that's just a smart person being frustrated because they don't understand why no one gets it.
Really wished he had survived because I would be very interested in what he would think of our current world.
He was a contradiction, like most of us. He was a true family man, yet he was a serial adulterer. He was kind, funny, and yet mean and deadly serious. I just appreciate his overall Frankness.
Love Zappa!
When I first heard 'Peaches an regalia ' --I was struck--literally 'Zapped'!
It was the first I heard.
Still one of my favorites. Right up there with Bach, but better!
@@augustusbetucius2931 Imagine the duel, Grand Wazoo style, keyboard v guitar.
@@jill-ti7oe Peaches en Regalia was the very first piece of music by Frank Zappa that I listened to, also.
He's genius, definitely NOT mad.
Frank, for over 50 years still makes laugh my ass off
His music always cheers me up.
Great video
His music will live forever
frank zappa was a prophet of his time 🙌
Orson Wells did this a lot. Questioning the questionnaire it can come off as startling, but it is also a trope.
The most down to earth musician of modern times
Zappa was indeed mad; and by all definitions of the word. A bit crazy, a bit angry, and a bit excessive. But he put together some killer bands and made a lot of great music.
Thanks for this. I always wondered if he wrote his solos out. That warp speed stuff sounded like too much to notate.
He's the man.
Such a pleasure listening to FZ. Anyone that can express themselves cogently and intelligently is a pleasure. However, in the entertainment industry, of which I would include professional football/soccer, that seems rare. Frank Zappa was a great communicator. I would separate this from his music which was never to my taste. That's just my problem! But as a conversationalist and communicator he was second to none.
Sadly missed, words of great wisdom ❤
His music was designed for people that like it. Thanks Frank.... I dont mind a flat 9. Perry Como never used a flat 9. Trombone Glissandos Rule. All music centered people take a few minutes to look into Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Improv daily. 🎶☮🕊
He sounds like Rust Cohle giving interviews about music.
the beginning of his dialog here shows clearly how he measured his songs n tunes with his fellow musicians n his own guitar n vocals. he created the most absurd music, e.g. dont fuck with mountains, dont fuck around. tghen on to really serious rock n jazz sounds that are clearly masterpieces. the albums that feature it are Chungas revenge, hot rats, grand wazoo, apostrophe
I was never a fan until I saw this dude on Letterman thought to myself I like this guy he reminds me a lot of myself
That's Frank,,,,,
If you don't like it,you wont!
Hell yeah!
genius 👏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻
He mentioned only 3 Beatles song I like the two Lennon experimental songs u am the walrus, strawberry Field forever.and the banging guitar riff of paper writer which till today is untouchable
I think his band was expected to "punch a clock" by playing his compositions as accurately as possible, in quite an orchestral manner. Don't think they would have been kept around if they simply played what they felt at any given moment.
Interesting point. I guess they were given solo breaks too.
He spent seem like he is a madman. He is articulate
Genius!
Zappa's music takes me to a place no other artist does....
Seen Frank and the Mothers of Invention in the 70s. Great show.
did you ever catch any of their stay at the Garrick Theater in NYC?
they would play two sets on Friday and Saturday nights one summer
I have days of Frank recordings. Rare shit.
3:47 was maybe true back then but not anymore. and on the whole 'it's there to getting lonely people together in an environment where they can sort of make friends with each other', i think it has that potential but now again today it's not like that. I've been so depressed trying to find a place with fun music to dance at and meet random people (i go to philosophy meetings or book clubs but those are not the places where you find 'random people', they generally are a rather strong type, but i'm interested in the whole spectrum of humanity). I dream that discos would be the only thing of salute to me but it never comes and I hate discos and djs as a result
Great