Zappa was the greatest musician of the twentieth century. Plus the GOAT guitarist. There was no one like him. Personally I think Frank came from another planet.
@@jamesw.5855 I never heard him mention Jeff Beck but I’m not surprised he loved him! He did often mention how he thought Alan Holdsworth was the top guy in the business…..Holdsworth is definitely GOAT status as well
Zappa is the only musician , in music history, going back to renaissance to rap,classical to country rock, franz liszt to fusion, to be in the top 3 of entertaining or outrageous styles of each ending with top 40 hits. I put him number 3 behind Beethoven and Stravinsky.
The smirk on Frank's face in that picture says it all!! No other guitarist of that era could even begin to match him in composition and creativity. his musical output is staggering!!
I heard Zappa's music for the first time in October of 1993. I was a 19 year old punk rock drummer and had heard of Zappa's music as being very original. So I came across the Hot Rats and Sheik Yerbouti albums one day and decided to buy them. Back in the days, I would often buy albums from bands I had never heard before. My life literally changed when I got home and listen to the intro of Peaches and Regalia. Listening to those two albums, my being changed completely. 2 months later after many more Zappa purchases, they announced on the news that he had just died. I've never been more affected by the death of someone I had only known for as short as two months. I envy your position. Just discovering Zappa and diving in... Listening to something new from him every day, I wish I could do that again. Enjoy!
My Older Brother brought home the "Freak Out" album in December of 66, I was a fan from the first listen. You were fortunate that you chose those 2 albums for Your Introduction to Zappa, "Hot Rats" was when Frank started finding the musicians who could play the music in his head. My Buddy Johnny called me when Zappa passed, all he said is "The Muffin Man is gone..." and hung up...
“Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.” ― Frank Zappa
@@Alix777. Better solos, to you, only because Frank used a les paul on this solo, circa 1980ish, using dimarzio pickups. Frank cheated a little with this sound. His SG was more Zappa sounding. This lES PAUL SOLO RECORDING was the same guitar and pickup he used in most of the "shut up and play your guitar" series solos. Vinnie was indeed the drummer here, but vinnie was not Frank's best fit for a drummer. He was too polyrhythmic and a little sloppy with his poly snare work during franks long drawn out "air sculptures". Less desirable to most fans. Bozzio was the better drummer, BY FAR, fo Frank as a better "fit", not as a better drummer. Terry also had a showcase heavy metal vocal ability, Colaiuta couldn't sing a lick. You colaiuta nuthuggers need to calm down. Vinnie was a failure for Frank. Only lasted 14 months of tours. Lowered sales, Lower concert attendance, sloppy polyrhythms in an already overplayed polyrhythmic composition style Frank composed. More is less ,in the drumming department with Frank. Colaiuta was too much slop trying to impress Frank.
@@Artificialintelligentle What do you mean by "Frank cheated a little with this sound" with this Les Paul ? I think Zappa reached his peak as a guitarist after 1979, and I don't think he was using his SG too much anymore ? To each their own. I'm not a Colaiuta fan but I think he's very good here, he's not doing too much and his drumming has so much groove. Bozzio ? He's great but I don't like him, a bit too heavy for me, and I hate the sound of his kit. My favorite Zappa drummer is Chad Wackerman, by far.
Ok, he did quote that... but it's strangely like Moondance if you don't catch the opening riff. Interestingly van and zombies were on Parrot in the US.
I am happy that you are delving into the golden era of rock and prog since I was in my 20’s when it came out and there’s no music produced since then that equals it Keep checking out the 70’s groups- a treasure trove of music to discover and enjoy
Add'l ending comment: thank you for being so open and honest at the end. Music is such an integral part of my life; if affects moods, thoughts, dreams, and reality, on such a core level. You've discovered a truth: let music help you. It is okay to be introspective and influenced by your audio landscape, but know when to change the canvass. Try listening to one of Zappa's favorite composers: Stravinsky. The Firebird Suite is a good entry point. The Rite of Spring is deep, but so worthwhile! Stay strong for yourself and those around you.
On Sheik YerBouti, That whole album has lots of gems on it. "Baby Snakes" is about producers in the Record Industry. "Dancin Fool" was a top 100 radio hit for a short while. "Jewish Princess" is Hilarious...! Fal-la-la-lalaaaa "YO MAMA" live version will blow your socks off...!
Jewish Princess is so not PC. I don't even know if he'd play that song on his channel. It's pretty brutal, but in an honest sort of way! And I've also had first hand experience with one...
Bassplayer Arthur Barrow suggested to Zappa that Gmin C would make a good vamp for soloing. Zappa thought for a second and said it might work in City Of Tiny Lights. Arthur was floored that Zappa ended up using it. That vamp started being used on the Fall '80 tour (like here) and stayed in till the end in '88. Before that he used the vamp that's on Sheik Yerbouti or the vamp of Outside Now.
"She's just not there ..." LOL, wow, what a great live version of this. It's a testament to rehearsal time and being able to mess with compositions, of which Frank was a master. The number of hilarious references in his live shows knew no bounds.
FTR most of the longest Tiny Lites jams are on the 1979 tour, especially in the last week or so when it became more-or-less a medley with Outside Now. I'm also fond of those early '77 ones where Frank either didn't solo at all or waited until Ray and Patrick had taken a turn.
Nice ! There are many good versions but this one is great, Ray White on vocals, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums killing it and amazing solo. 79-84 Zappa is goated. Thank you for this reaction 💯
Another vinnie nuthugger. Not goated at ALL during vinnie era. Zappa prime was 75-78. Worst was Vinnie era. Sales down, concert attendance down.Tinsel town tinny drum kit live. ONly joes garage where Frank added overkill of reverbed kit making vinnie sound more cool than he was. Vinnie made it 18 months only. Too many polyrhythms, Overkill drum style. Not necessary with Franks already overkill rhythm style.
Did you know your supposed vinnie goat era Frank was using a les paul with dimarzio pickups? Made his guitar solos even more intense but it was special effects, as he did in Joes garage for Vinnies kit. Logeman recorded with frank "you are what you is' SUPERIOR alum over tinsel town rebellion.
This IS a fun version- but- the studio cut has a lot of cool and interesting parts (and especially from the verse) that are totally absent from this version. He quotes “She’s Not There” by The Zombies at the end of the guitar solo for all y’all interested.
You have now experienced and heard the genius of Frank Zappa's solo guitar "composition"... Zappa would assemble these great musicians and pay them to accompany his spontaneous composition that he would often then transcribe for a larger orchestral piece... The triple album "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" is chockful of these improvisations, carved out of the larger vocal songs to become separate musical pieces. That album is probably the zenith of his guitar recordings, featuring the young animal that was Vinnie Coliauta in 1979... This same vamp from this song is included on that album as the "Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression"... The whole album is a masterpiece...
Unfortunately, Terry Kath is all but forgotten these days. It's mostly Guitarists who saw him play wbith Chicago Transit Authority , that remember him. Hendrix considered Kath to be among the Very Best
So first, apologies for the muddiness, its value is the unique extended solo w/the Zombie's She's not there. Ray's vocals are still like butter. Still playing w/alumni bands The Zappa Band and Banned from Utopia. The preferred (overplayed?) version w/Ade must be 1977 at NYC's Paladium pulled from the movie Baby Snakes.
Well speak of the devil! What's up bro. Glad you enjoyed it. I really dig this. I loved the solo and the vocals for sure. Thank you for the support and the request 🙏
This was after sheik. You can tell around 79 or 80 because Frank used a les paul with dimarzio pickups on this solo. That was after 1979.Ray white as lead vocals around 1980. Belew was lead vocals in 77.
Zappa is a Musician's Musician. Non Musicians hear the funny lyrics and the music confuses them. Zappa once said that "Music is Sculpted Air" His sculptures can be ugly up close, but when you step back and take in the whole statue, you see it's almost unbearable beauty!
This is a previously unreleased live cut from a guy who worked sound at the show (according to the Patron who requested it) so it's Adrian on the album but not here.
@@L33Reacts To be clear, this version has been circulated for quite a while - though never officially released, the concert is well-known amongst FZ-fanatics.
Ahh ok my apologies then 😅 he made it seem like it was previously unreleased, but FZ fans probably are aware of it (as you stated) I thought the quality was actually pretty good for the time tbh
Never heard this version! Smokin!' I remember seeing this around 1980 with Frank and Steve Vai live. Halloween NYC shows. You can see how this would be life altering. Ike Willis on vocals!
The three concerts in Buffalo NY he used the last song for Frank time to the max. For the people who don't get franks free wheeling solos I play "Watermelon in easter hay" from the Joes Garage Album showing his mastery of tone and melody.
Hear some of the interviews with some of his band members....sometimes the band's vamp sections went on for 30-40 minutes whilst he searched for one musical expression 😂
The other thing I noticed was as the big solo was winding up, he actually quit because the rhythm section was faltering , couldn't find anywhere else to go with him, and couldn't follow him any further in the build. He has no choice but to wrap it up.
I'm gonna be tackling watermelon in easter hay next after I finish up some of my paid zappa requests. I've heard nothing but good things so I'm excited to finally hear it 🙌
That long solo is an [A minor - D, repeat] pattern. I was thinking Santana's "Evil Ways" all the way thru it, until it resolved into "She's Not There". Neil Young and Pink Floyd also play on that pattern a lot. ("Breathe" in Em-A7, "Any Colour You Like" in Dm-G7).
Another great choice. Zappa's music is just off the scale and everyone will have a favourite line up. By any standard this was an awesome band. You should check out the early 80s version with Steve Vai, especially on Tinseltown Rebellion; the version of Peaches has a wonderful piss take of Al di Meola which is hilarious.
Today Frank would have been diagnosed with severe ADHD and had been medicated and an amazing composer and musician would have been lost to us all. Understand how many amazing persons are being lost to us all today...
ADHD is a real thing, that medication is often very useful for people, and medication doesn't at all impact their creativity, just their ability to focus. (Fwiw ADHD is a problem where executive brain function is impaired, such as due to a misbalance in neurotransmitters, so a person has a really hard time keeping focus on a task that is not highly stimulating. Often people with ADHD will do things like procrastinate on tasks, so they have time pressure when doing them in order to help create stimulation to keep focused. Though ADHD medication is a stimulant, people I know who have used it have often had the experience of it actually relaxing them -- getting better sleep, lower blood pressure, etc -- maybe because they are no longer needing to stress themselves constantly to stay focused.)
Oh this wasn’t a critic of medicine. I am sure many people got great results from that medication but you must understand that it affects ppl and if you at all are familiar with art and the kind of deep kind of relentless total craziness there needs to be there cannot be any “medicine” that gets in the way and gives the person a sense of control. It doesn’t work like that. We would have had Mozart and the likes of geniuses and even alcoholism and other substances altering the true creative mind will totally mess up the end result. I’ve been in the midst of ppl like this and seen great musicians and creative minds and they aren’t going to produce amazing stuff while on any drugs at all. You might get really unbalanced and sad ppl to feel more at ease and that is great and wonderful but it won’t create a new FZ. He had tons of typically painful problems in his life that seemed like typical to ADHD and yeast even thought that is a behaviour based diagnose with lots of “air” it is real and it also has advantages and gives people access to a lot of frantic energy that might lead to amazing results. FZ wasn’t only talented he was also a frantic workaholic and a tyrant (the stories says) and practiced always. He worked harder than any other and was surrounded by amazing extremely hard working musicians that created this amazing music. Medicine unfortunately takes away these unbalanced people ❤️ that I love so dearly.
Salut l’ami, j’écoute part depuis 14 ans et j’ai 65 ans bientôt le 30e anniversaire de son départ sur une autre planète. Je vais passer cette journée à écouter Zappa and New York version de luxe puis je finirai la soirée avec la vidéo Yellow Shark à la fin, on n’y voit pas dans toute sa plénituderegarde
For a deep dive ... or two, there are several FZ solo compilations: "FZ:guitar," and "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar" Start with "Ina Gada Stravinsky." You're welcome.😉
@@L33Reacts The entire album is great but IMO the last track 'Mr Spock' where Tony and Alan interact later in the track is one of the most amazing things ever recorded. I love Zappa Mahavishnu etc I think you'll really like it.
Life During Exodus: a song that combines Exodus by Bob Marley with Life during wartime by Talking heads with 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago segueing into City of Tiny lights. Who created this masterpiece? The Album is ZONKEY the band is Umphree’s McGee. I’m talking about those tiny cookies, that the people’s eat. Adam Warlock has tiny lights in his playlist.
Yet another comment - depending on where you think a "solo" ends and an "ensemble jam" begins, the longest guitar solos in the classic-rock era might be either Led Zeps longer Dazed & Confuseds, or the Dead's longer Dark Stars.
For the record that is NOT Vinnie Colaiuta That IS David Logeman Vinnie "left"spring 1980 Ya gotta check out Vinnie on drums Zappa is great Glad you like it Good Luck always
I saw Zappa 5 times in Chicago. The last tour i saw was when Sheik Yerbuti had just come out, and he did the whole album. Tripping on acid every time. It's how we rolled. The version on the Sheik Yerbuti album is better than this one, in my opinion.
Long guitar solos were a staple of the 1970's. They went out of fashion in the '80's. Regarding Frank and his music: Frank didn't break the rules. He made his own rules. Frank wasn't 'the' best guitarist in the world. There were four at the very top (this will vary depending on who you ask): Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Les Paul. Right after them I would place Jeff Beck and Steve Vai. Then, everyone else. That's my considered opinion, based on my limited knowledge.
Zappa was a wizard with the razor blade back then, he joined various outakes to a single amazing song. Later of couse, he went digital. Even so, the live perforaces were often long and amazing.
His tone and phrasing and lack of clichés - and focus - give him away every time within a few bars. Who else could release segued compilations of guitar solos that have been surgically removed from their songs... and get away with it?
As you probably understand this is a bootleg recording and Frank would never have approved the bad sound & mix quality. And as you probably already know he recorded and produced everything by himself, always at the forefront of technology. He was truly a wizard and genius! @@L33Reacts
Comments like this make no sense to me at all. If you're a well-traveled music listener who's gotten used to wrestling with 1940s/1950s lo-fi radio broadcasts and even audience recordings, then the sound here will seem "crystal clear" - and that's exactly what it is compared to most early '80s soundboards, let alone audience-tapes of the same vintage!
Well I guess I’m a bit spoiled (in the current technology era)but if I can chose between something good and something excellent, I go with the latter. In the past (looong time ago) I was happy for any bootleg of Zappa’s music there was to find. Take care.@@Grithron2
Zappa was the greatest musician of the twentieth century. Plus the GOAT guitarist. There was no one like him. Personally I think Frank came from another planet.
@@jamesw.5855 I never heard him mention Jeff Beck but I’m not surprised he loved him! He did often mention how he thought Alan Holdsworth was the top guy in the business…..Holdsworth is definitely GOAT status as well
Zappas shit music without sense, is suitable for flushing the toilet, just like his shit fans 😂😂
Zappa is the only musician , in music history, going back to renaissance to rap,classical to country rock, franz liszt to fusion, to be in the top 3 of entertaining or outrageous styles of each ending with top 40 hits. I put him number 3 behind Beethoven and Stravinsky.
Zappas Music without sense sucked, is suitable for flushing the toilet, like his Fans 🤣🤣🤣
All those solos are spontaneous, literally imagined on the spot. The next night he'll play something different.
Did you catch the quote from the Zombies' "She's Not There" at the end of Frank's solo?
Beat me to it. For those not sure, it begins at 9:00 and by about 9:10 it becomes clear what he's doing.
You're right. Frank is the best guitar player ever. And perhaps the greatest composer of our lifetime.
The smirk on Frank's face in that picture says it all!! No other guitarist of that era could even begin to match him in composition and creativity. his musical output is staggering!!
I heard Zappa's music for the first time in October of 1993. I was a 19 year old punk rock drummer and had heard of Zappa's music as being very original. So I came across the Hot Rats and Sheik Yerbouti albums one day and decided to buy them. Back in the days, I would often buy albums from bands I had never heard before.
My life literally changed when I got home and listen to the intro of Peaches and Regalia. Listening to those two albums, my being changed completely.
2 months later after many more Zappa purchases, they announced on the news that he had just died. I've never been more affected by the death of someone I had only known for as short as two months.
I envy your position. Just discovering Zappa and diving in... Listening to something new from him every day, I wish I could do that again. Enjoy!
My Older Brother brought home the "Freak Out" album in December of 66, I was a fan from the first listen. You were fortunate that you chose those 2 albums for Your Introduction to Zappa, "Hot Rats" was when Frank started finding the musicians who could play the music in his head. My Buddy Johnny called me when Zappa passed, all he said is "The Muffin Man is gone..." and hung up...
Music is the best ! Loved your commentary on how music effects you. Zappa music has definitely been a positive influence in my life !
Thank you William! I appreciate that bro 🙏 I am beyond grateful I found all this stuff thanks to yall. Thank you.
“Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is THE BEST.”
― Frank Zappa
You should check live version with adrian bellew on vocals
Yep. That`s the one I wanted, and it`s so much better.
The solo is so much better here, and also Vinnie on drums is killing it
I'll definitely check it out! This was definitely awesome.
@@Alix777. Better solos, to you, only because Frank used a les paul on this solo, circa 1980ish, using dimarzio pickups. Frank cheated a little with this sound. His SG was more Zappa sounding.
This lES PAUL SOLO RECORDING was the same guitar and pickup he used in most of the "shut up and play your guitar" series solos.
Vinnie was indeed the drummer here, but vinnie was not Frank's best fit for a drummer.
He was too polyrhythmic and a little sloppy with his poly snare work during franks long drawn out "air sculptures". Less desirable to most fans. Bozzio was the better drummer, BY FAR, fo Frank as a better "fit", not as a better drummer. Terry also had a showcase heavy metal vocal ability, Colaiuta couldn't sing a lick. You colaiuta nuthuggers need to calm down.
Vinnie was a failure for Frank. Only lasted 14 months of tours. Lowered sales, Lower concert attendance, sloppy polyrhythms in an already overplayed polyrhythmic composition style Frank composed. More is less ,in the drumming department with Frank. Colaiuta was too much slop trying to impress Frank.
@@Artificialintelligentle What do you mean by "Frank cheated a little with this sound" with this Les Paul ? I think Zappa reached his peak as a guitarist after 1979, and I don't think he was using his SG too much anymore ? To each their own.
I'm not a Colaiuta fan but I think he's very good here, he's not doing too much and his drumming has so much groove. Bozzio ? He's great but I don't like him, a bit too heavy for me, and I hate the sound of his kit. My favorite Zappa drummer is Chad Wackerman, by far.
Great reaction, dude! Love me some Zappa... He was definitely the GOAT. I Loved how he morphed his solo into "She's Not There"... pure genius!
Thanks Phil! I appreciate that so much bro. Zappa is the man.... so damn good.
It was actually Moondance, I believe!
Ok, he did quote that... but it's strangely like Moondance if you don't catch the opening riff. Interestingly van and zombies were on Parrot in the US.
Love all the Frank Friday videos! It’s awesome seeing someone hear these for the first time 🤙🏼😎
This is Frank’s idea of an anti-drug message.
I am happy that you are delving into the golden era of rock and prog since I was in my 20’s when it came out and there’s no music produced since then that equals it Keep checking out the 70’s groups- a treasure trove of music to discover and enjoy
The most underrated. He put in a little " she's not there" riff which I've not heard before.
This sounds like the early days of his usage of a metal pick on a strat strung with light strings.
Brilliant!
the footage from Baby Snakes with Belew on vocals is one of the most visceral bits of recorded C21st musical performance.
please view it.
Add'l ending comment: thank you for being so open and honest at the end. Music is such an integral part of my life; if affects moods, thoughts, dreams, and reality, on such a core level. You've discovered a truth: let music help you. It is okay to be introspective and influenced by your audio landscape, but know when to change the canvass. Try listening to one of Zappa's favorite composers: Stravinsky. The Firebird Suite is a good entry point. The Rite of Spring is deep, but so worthwhile! Stay strong for yourself and those around you.
The groove under the solo - better known as a vamp
On Sheik YerBouti, That whole album has lots of gems on it.
"Baby Snakes" is about producers in the Record Industry.
"Dancin Fool" was a top 100 radio hit for a short while.
"Jewish Princess" is Hilarious...! Fal-la-la-lalaaaa
"YO MAMA" live version will blow your socks off...!
Awesome I'm gonna add all of these to the list! Thank you bro!
Jewish Princess is so not PC. I don't even know if he'd play that song on his channel. It's pretty brutal, but in an honest sort of way! And I've also had first hand experience with one...
This was after sheik. You can tell around 79 or 80 because Frank used a les paul with dimarzio pickups on this solo. That was after 1979.
Bassplayer Arthur Barrow suggested to Zappa that Gmin C would make a good vamp for soloing.
Zappa thought for a second and said it might work in City Of Tiny Lights.
Arthur was floored that Zappa ended up using it.
That vamp started being used on the Fall '80 tour (like here) and stayed in till the end in '88.
Before that he used the vamp that's on Sheik Yerbouti or the vamp of Outside Now.
The video for this is AWESOME
"She's just not there ..." LOL, wow, what a great live version of this. It's a testament to rehearsal time and being able to mess with compositions, of which Frank was a master. The number of hilarious references in his live shows knew no bounds.
FTR most of the longest Tiny Lites jams are on the 1979 tour, especially in the last week or so when it became more-or-less a medley with Outside Now. I'm also fond of those early '77 ones where Frank either didn't solo at all or waited until Ray and Patrick had taken a turn.
Frank is a personal deity. Love the way the band follows him into the Zombies tune at the end of his solo.❤
He really is a Saint of music... I'm glad I finally found him!
She's Not There was a kind of musical secret-word in this era, cropping up in a number of shows but most infamously in the filmed Paris gig from 1980.
Nice ! There are many good versions but this one is great, Ray White on vocals, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums killing it and amazing solo. 79-84 Zappa is goated. Thank you for this reaction 💯
Actually, David Logeman on drums on this tour of 1980...
So glad you enjoyed it my friend 🙏 it warms my heart to hear such things. This was a great deep cut. I'm glad Richie requested it ☺️
Another vinnie nuthugger. Not goated at ALL during vinnie era. Zappa prime was 75-78. Worst was Vinnie era. Sales down, concert attendance down.Tinsel town tinny drum kit live. ONly joes garage where Frank added overkill of reverbed kit making vinnie sound more cool than he was. Vinnie made it 18 months only. Too many polyrhythms, Overkill drum style. Not necessary with Franks already overkill rhythm style.
@@DWHarper62 Vinnie came back for a short end of 1980 tour, I saw him on Halloween 1980 NYC.
Did you know your supposed vinnie goat era Frank was using a les paul with dimarzio pickups? Made his guitar solos even more intense but it was special effects, as he did in Joes garage for Vinnies kit. Logeman recorded with frank "you are what you is' SUPERIOR alum over tinsel town rebellion.
Amazing guitar solo. I have never heard this version before. Really great!
Do you have anything planned for 4Dec next month? 30th anniversary is Frank’s death.
How about a 30 track reaction! ( a Frank week not just Friday)
This IS a fun version- but- the studio cut has a lot of cool and interesting parts (and especially from the verse) that are totally absent from this version.
He quotes “She’s Not There” by The Zombies at the end of the guitar solo for all y’all interested.
You have now experienced and heard the genius of Frank Zappa's solo guitar "composition"... Zappa would assemble these great musicians and pay them to accompany his spontaneous composition that he would often then transcribe for a larger orchestral piece... The triple album "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" is chockful of these improvisations, carved out of the larger vocal songs to become separate musical pieces. That album is probably the zenith of his guitar recordings, featuring the young animal that was Vinnie Coliauta in 1979... This same vamp from this song is included on that album as the "Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression"... The whole album is a masterpiece...
everyone usually talks about his writing and composition, but totally underrated as a guitarist.
Zappa is a fucking machine up there. It's kinda insane how long he goes for sometimes 🤣
Because sometimes his solos can be very sloppy too long and underwhelming, especially before 1979.
Frank was more of a great visceral player,than a shredder stunt style like Vai.
As a drummer you might like Camarillo Brillo with the late Ralph Humphrey on the skins. Fun hooky song with some entertaining percussion.
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Long solos? I think Terry Kath is a contender. Frank’s band was “college” for many fantastic musicians.
Unfortunately, Terry Kath is all but forgotten these days. It's mostly Guitarists who saw him play wbith Chicago Transit Authority , that remember him. Hendrix considered Kath to be among the Very Best
Frank Zappa was the boss of his musicians and they were his employees.
So first, apologies for the muddiness, its value is the unique extended solo w/the Zombie's She's not there.
Ray's vocals are still like butter. Still playing w/alumni bands The Zappa Band and Banned from Utopia.
The preferred (overplayed?) version w/Ade must be 1977 at NYC's Paladium pulled from the movie Baby Snakes.
Well speak of the devil! What's up bro. Glad you enjoyed it. I really dig this. I loved the solo and the vocals for sure. Thank you for the support and the request 🙏
This was after sheik. You can tell around 79 or 80 because Frank used a les paul with dimarzio pickups on this solo. That was after 1979.Ray white as lead vocals around 1980. Belew was lead vocals in 77.
Great version really, thanks
Zappa is a Musician's Musician. Non Musicians hear the funny lyrics and the music confuses them. Zappa once said that "Music is Sculpted Air" His sculptures can be ugly up close, but when you step back and take in the whole statue, you see it's almost unbearable beauty!
Yeah you are absolutely right. He is a "your favorite musician's favorite musician" status. I'm so glad I discovered him. He is so damn good.
That's Adrian belew singing, an incredible guitarist in his own right and a Zappa .discovery
Adrian sings this on the record but this is 1980 and that's the world famous Ray White on guitar and vocals 😊
This doesn`t even compare with the Paladium version with Belew.
This is a previously unreleased live cut from a guy who worked sound at the show (according to the Patron who requested it) so it's Adrian on the album but not here.
@@L33Reacts To be clear, this version has been circulated for quite a while - though never officially released, the concert is well-known amongst FZ-fanatics.
Ahh ok my apologies then
😅 he made it seem like it was previously unreleased, but FZ fans probably are aware of it (as you stated) I thought the quality was actually pretty good for the time tbh
Zappa only ever improvised. You're hearing a solo he never played before and never played again.
Never heard this version! Smokin!' I remember seeing this around 1980 with Frank and Steve Vai live. Halloween NYC shows. You can see how this would be life altering. Ike Willis on vocals!
The three concerts in Buffalo NY he used the last song for Frank time to the max. For the people who don't get franks free wheeling solos I play "Watermelon in easter hay" from the Joes Garage Album showing his mastery of tone and melody.
What a freak! His band members are on top of the food chain.
Hear some of the interviews with some of his band members....sometimes the band's vamp sections went on for 30-40 minutes whilst he searched for one musical expression 😂
Check out the video of this song found in Baby Snakes with Terry Bozzio/Ed Mann !!
🚬😎👍
Never heard that version before!
The other thing I noticed was as the big solo was winding up, he actually quit because the rhythm section was faltering , couldn't find anywhere else to go with him, and couldn't follow him any further in the build.
He has no choice but to wrap it up.
Love Sheik....
The Ilinois Enema Bandit (Don Pardoe as the announcer) Ray White on vocals.
Wow, what an awesome solo!
I'm gonna be tackling watermelon in easter hay next after I finish up some of my paid zappa requests. I've heard nothing but good things so I'm excited to finally hear it 🙌
That long solo is an [A minor - D, repeat] pattern. I was thinking Santana's "Evil Ways" all the way thru it, until it resolved into "She's Not There". Neil Young and Pink Floyd also play on that pattern a lot. ("Breathe" in Em-A7, "Any Colour You Like" in Dm-G7).
The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression.
Another great choice. Zappa's music is just off the scale and everyone will have a favourite line up. By any standard this was an awesome band. You should check out the early 80s version with Steve Vai, especially on Tinseltown Rebellion; the version of Peaches has a wonderful piss take of Al di Meola which is hilarious.
I've been meaning to check out the Steve Vai stuff ever since I saw him play with Beezill. It was dope as hell lol.
Thanks for watching bro 🙏
the grooves a bit like "Variations on the Carlos Santana secret chord progression" on the "Shut up and play yer guitar" album
On tour he paid his guys a few $$$ a week, drilled them into the ground, and they said 'thank you'.
Today Frank would have been diagnosed with severe ADHD and had been medicated and an amazing composer and musician would have been lost to us all. Understand how many amazing persons are being lost to us all today...
Damn ain't that the sad reality we live in... fucking dystopia in every sense of the word. Oh you might break out of the box? Here's some Ritalin
ADHD is a real thing, that medication is often very useful for people, and medication doesn't at all impact their creativity, just their ability to focus. (Fwiw ADHD is a problem where executive brain function is impaired, such as due to a misbalance in neurotransmitters, so a person has a really hard time keeping focus on a task that is not highly stimulating. Often people with ADHD will do things like procrastinate on tasks, so they have time pressure when doing them in order to help create stimulation to keep focused. Though ADHD medication is a stimulant, people I know who have used it have often had the experience of it actually relaxing them -- getting better sleep, lower blood pressure, etc -- maybe because they are no longer needing to stress themselves constantly to stay focused.)
I completely agree with ”hackbod’s” answer. I am diagnosed with ADHD and there is NO chance whatsoever that would have happened to FZ.
Oh this wasn’t a critic of medicine. I am sure many people got great results from that medication but you must understand that it affects ppl and if you at all are familiar with art and the kind of deep kind of relentless total craziness there needs to be there cannot be any “medicine” that gets in the way and gives the person a sense of control. It doesn’t work like that. We would have had Mozart and the likes of geniuses and even alcoholism and other substances altering the true creative mind will totally mess up the end result. I’ve been in the midst of ppl like this and seen great musicians and creative minds and they aren’t going to produce amazing stuff while on any drugs at all. You might get really unbalanced and sad ppl to feel more at ease and that is great and wonderful but it won’t create a new FZ.
He had tons of typically painful problems in his life that seemed like typical to ADHD and yeast even thought that is a behaviour based diagnose with lots of “air” it is real and it also has advantages and gives people access to a lot of frantic energy that might lead to amazing results.
FZ wasn’t only talented he was also a frantic workaholic and a tyrant (the stories says) and practiced always. He worked harder than any other and was surrounded by amazing extremely hard working musicians that created this amazing music. Medicine unfortunately takes away these unbalanced people ❤️ that I love so dearly.
You're so big it's so tiny every cloud is silver liney, tiny is as tiny do!
Salut l’ami, j’écoute part depuis 14 ans et j’ai 65 ans bientôt le 30e anniversaire de son départ sur une autre planète. Je vais passer cette journée à écouter Zappa and New York version de luxe puis je finirai la soirée avec la vidéo Yellow Shark à la fin, on n’y voit pas dans toute sa plénituderegarde
Frank Zappa jusqu’au bout
Zappa in New York est génial ! Je l'ai découvert il y a pas longtemps et je l'écoute très souvent. J'attends un peu pour Yellow Shark ^^
Albeit, this was recorded after Adrian Belew's version, the original singer of this song is Ray White and here he is reprising this vocal...
For a deep dive ... or two, there are several FZ solo compilations: "FZ:guitar," and "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar"
Start with "Ina Gada Stravinsky." You're welcome.😉
The New Tony Williams Lifetime: Believe It (album) Holdsworth Tony Williams at their absolute peak.
Oh shit that sounds awesome! I just wrote it down I'll check it out whenever I get home. Thanks bro!
@@L33Reacts It's a mind blower. Same level as this Zappa. Incredible. Like a rare moment in time.
@@L33Reacts The entire album is great but IMO the last track 'Mr Spock' where Tony and Alan interact later in the track is one of the most amazing things ever recorded. I love Zappa Mahavishnu etc I think you'll really like it.
Sounds like it'll be right up my alley... sweet. I love when a piece of music moves me.
Life During Exodus: a song that combines Exodus by Bob Marley with Life during wartime by Talking heads with 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago segueing into City of Tiny lights.
Who created this masterpiece?
The Album is ZONKEY the band is Umphree’s McGee.
I’m talking about those tiny cookies, that the people’s eat. Adam Warlock has tiny lights in his playlist.
Yet another comment - depending on where you think a "solo" ends and an "ensemble jam" begins, the longest guitar solos in the classic-rock era might be either Led Zeps longer Dazed & Confuseds, or the Dead's longer Dark Stars.
The version with Adrian Belew on vocals is better
I'll definitely check it out 😊
Ray White > Adrian Belew
Vinnie Colaiuta > Terry Bozzio
This solo >>>>> '77 Palladium solo
For the record that is NOT Vinnie Colaiuta That IS David Logeman Vinnie "left"spring 1980 Ya gotta check out Vinnie on drums Zappa is great Glad you like it Good Luck always
Please react to Keep it Greasy from Joe's Garage insane drumming , bass , guitar.
I saw Zappa 5 times in Chicago. The last tour i saw was when Sheik Yerbuti had just come out, and he did the whole album. Tripping on acid every time. It's how we rolled. The version on the Sheik Yerbuti album is better than this one, in my opinion.
The Adrian Belew version is the best rendition.
Adrian Belew Power trio. Look em up.
Yes but that's Ray White on vocals 😊
I'll check it out. Thank you!
Long guitar solos were a staple of the 1970's. They went out of fashion in the '80's.
Regarding Frank and his music:
Frank didn't break the rules. He made his own rules.
Frank wasn't 'the' best guitarist in the world. There were four at the very top (this will vary depending on who you ask): Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Les Paul.
Right after them I would place Jeff Beck and Steve Vai.
Then, everyone else.
That's my considered opinion, based on my limited knowledge.
You just maybe ready to listen to Dan Mayo and his band Tatran, maybe
During the solo it didn't even sound like the same song. It sounds so different from I'm used to hearing this song. Different singer
This tour was actually the first in which Tiny Lites incorporated the so-called "Santana" solo-vamp.
It’s almost that you don’t need a video
Zappa was a wizard with the razor blade back then, he joined various outakes to a single amazing song. Later of couse, he went digital. Even so, the live perforaces were often long and amazing.
His tone and phrasing and lack of clichés - and focus - give him away every time within a few bars. Who else could release segued compilations of guitar solos that have been surgically removed from their songs... and get away with it?
Adrian Belew singing and guitar is the best!
He certainly is but this is Ray White on vocals for this performance
The mix and the sound is terrrible, but the guitar solo, I presume, is the reason for this request. Great reaction!
Thanks Jonas! I appreciate it brother. Yeah the solo was crazy lol
As you probably understand this is a bootleg recording and Frank would never have approved the bad sound & mix quality. And as you probably already know he recorded and produced everything by himself, always at the forefront of technology. He was truly a wizard and genius! @@L33Reacts
Comments like this make no sense to me at all. If you're a well-traveled music listener who's gotten used to wrestling with 1940s/1950s lo-fi radio broadcasts and even audience recordings, then the sound here will seem "crystal clear" - and that's exactly what it is compared to most early '80s soundboards, let alone audience-tapes of the same vintage!
Well I guess I’m a bit spoiled (in the current technology era)but if I can chose between something good and something excellent, I go with the latter. In the past (looong time ago) I was happy for any bootleg of Zappa’s music there was to find. Take care.@@Grithron2
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How long did it take you to memorize your fake Analysis? 😂
You really must be bored bro 🤣
Why dont you just appreciate his admiring of Zappa? More youngsters should listen to Frank! Todays music sucks most of the time….
Zappas shit music without sense sounds like diarrhea, is suitable for flushing the toilet 🤣
Besides ,i am not that young anymore 🤣
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