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I just spent the last few hours listening to Frank's first 5 albums. What a coincidence. One of the great men of the 20th century. No exaggeration.

Line UPS not just one. Little Feat grew out of Mothers '68 & luckily for all involved, Ray/Roy Estrada's true stripes weren't in control there to tank The Feat by just being in the original Lil Feat's 1st LP/Tours. That Band & Missing Persons,et al were in Zappa's Band personnel but tired of being told what to do & when to do it. A monopoly on all of the Notes isn't a healthy situation. Break it down.

This is the best interview of frank I ever heard. He's less than 25 here this must be before the 68 riots in Chicago because they don't mention it

This is the best interview of frank I ever heard. He's less than 25 here this must be before the 68 riots in Chicago because they don't mention it

The NAACP funded The Ramblers!? I've never heard that one!

I would become a big Zappa fan a little over a year after this interview was conducted with author Terkel when I was a high school freshman. But despite his intelligence, wit and powers of observation I think he in many ways was smugly and to some extent willfully out of touch with many things in the world. He mentioned the lousy acoustics in hockey rinks and so forth, but as the years went by, as everyone knows, stage equipment greatly improved and recording techniques became more refined. The last time I saw him was on his final tour in 1988, and you could pretty much hear everything. But four years earlier, in 1984, when I saw him play the Tower Theater in Philly the sound coming through his sound system was harsh with an emphasis on the mid to upper middle EQ range, which was was the fault of his sound guys working the board. And I assume they were doing pretty much exactly what Frank would have wanted. But by that time playing clubs and small halls was obviously untenable. Despite all that it’s still very interesting listening to this interview.

Frank was soooo trying to communicate sanely to a post literate world

It's so great what Zappa says about the sound of electric amplified music in arenas and halls.

Frank had roughly 25 years of life left after this interview and he crammed as much of his creativity and forward thrust into his remaining projects as possible.

Awsome intervieuw. Great quality. One of the best Zappa intervieuws.😎

Now every band is playing to a cd on stage. Can you imagine Hendrix or Zappa doing that? Music does not pay.

Thank you , new sub here from Quebec !

31:05 - 31:28

Thanks for posting this.

Never knew about this one! Thanks for uploading.

You can tell Studs Terkel has done his homework before doing this interview (maybe he was actually a Zappa aficionado, who knows?).

If Terkel got any of the song names or lyrics right I must have missed it, which is unfortunate given that Terkel seems to be genuinely interested in and respectful of Zappa in most other ways.

We had a 24 year old high school student. That's right, one of the least attractive Black Felmales I've ever met.

Zappa, ahead of his time, and missed.

Wonderful interview just now found it. 74 years old man remembers Frank Zappa and his first album. 🙏😎❤️ Thank you Frank.

Great interview with Terkel. I listened to Terkel's radio show every day in the mid to late 1970s. He authored several great books and did readings of some of the great authors. His passing was a great loss.

You can hear Frank's voice is higher, before it changed when he was pushed off stage in London a year later.

prescient libertarian talking points from a musical genius

"People who vote are the ones in charge..." - FZ

Politically speaking(as well as in the other topics brought up other than technology)he might as well be talking today. If he only could've lived long enough to make it there, they'd have most likely killed him. The cool part is that he said SO much that is now out there, brings it right back to the start, and that it is up to everyone Read, look, pay attention get outside of just what's fed to you. There's better and more fulfilling bread than the loaves of confinement. Quit sinking in Nestles Quick sand while watching ostriches bury their own heads. Or at least change the channel for God sakes -alternative options exist. 👍

It's Studs Terkel, no shit

what a wonderful interview. it’s inspiring that Frank would have wanted to survive a nuclear catastrophe. and I really dig that “Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance” is framed as a piece of genuinely positive music, and not instead as a sarcastic parting shot.

Wow!!! Zappa interviewing with the legendary Studs Terkel(!?!?!)... waaaay back in 1968?!?! This is wonderful!

Miss you, Frank!

Master of, "The Air Sculpture"

Zappa's voice is so different before his trauma at Montreux.

,,, being globally fixated on th' lyrical aspects of wuttEVA same with FZ ... one of the most sentient and inspiring thinkers/voices i.g. ,, extrem.y well matched with mr. terkel! ... such an outstanding interview ... thanx n kudos for the up-load! ...

Read John Taylor Gatto to learn why we are bored in school. It is a plan to mold us into blind followers and complacent citizens. Zappa is a great example of someone VERY creative who didn't fit into that plan to stifle his SOULFULLNESS. We are lucky to have people who follow their hearts and souls to share open minded truthful greatness!!!

Obvious that Frank seems relaxed with this interviewer.

@4:45 Frank, incredible musician, horrible in regard to his situational awareness regarding political theater.

Funny..I was very unhappy in school learned NOTHING ..got high alot..listened to music.had Zappa tapes .. FIRST CONCERT EVER. saw him five times before ever becoming a singer lyricist ,decades later...keys.self taught all

Studs had a weekly interview show on a Chicago classical music radio station and also was a lover of folk music. I listened all the time but not as far back as 1968. Studs was like Howard Stern in that he did long interviews where had done his research and listened intently. It shows here. In fact his books were simply interviews of regular people. So pleased to find this interview on YT.

The sound quality of this recording is remarkable considering it was recorded in 1968.

Love the seriousness of Frank in this interview. We share the same birthday....🎶

i love Zappa's complete discography but i always preferred the original Mothers of Invention line-up 1965-1969 R.I.P. (Rest In Peace) Frank Zappa, Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins and Jim Sherwood R.I.P. (Rot In Prison) Roy Estrada

Just want to add to the positive vibes here: I've never heard of Terkel until now, but his appreciation for, and understanding of, what Zappa was doing impresses me a lot. Gotta find and read his works. Thank you for posting this, every interview with Frank is full of great quotes and thought-provoking asides. The Present Day Composer Refuses To Die.

Studs Terkel, author of Working.

Isn't Studs Terkel an author ?

Who cares if hair is long or short or sprayed or partly greyed, we know that hair ain't where it's at; there will come a time when you won't even be ashamed if you are fat. That's today! There are so many fat people around, they're not even ashamed, they don't even panic about their big fat gut?! They just get married and have big fat babies who grow up to clog up the streets and hallways and doorways and act like they were an immaculate conception and a benefit to society. Real-deal consumers; they eat anything on a plate and who knows what they do in the dark?

Delicious muffin remnants.

Merci beaucoup ! /-c

Good interview. Thank you.