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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
  • FRANK ZAPPA and the MOTHERS OF INVENTION - COSMIK DEBRIS LIVE
    JEAN-LUC PONTY (violin) - GEORGE DUKE (keyb) - TOM FOWLER (bass) - BRUCE FOWLER (tromb) - RUTH UNDERWOOD (xylo) - IAN UNDERWOOD (sax/cl) - RALPH HUMPHREY (drums) - FRANK ZAPPA (guit/voc).

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  • @planterz42
    @planterz42 3 года назад +1881

    I played this (loudly) at work late one night and my boss acted like she'd never heard an electrically amplified bass clarinet with a wah-wah pedal before.

    • @philmarlow5751
      @philmarlow5751 3 года назад +75

      not a wah, an envelope follower. you don't have a pedal it just wahs every note.

    • @cellarman1223
      @cellarman1223 3 года назад +8

      Cute.

    • @marijodunat8488
      @marijodunat8488 3 года назад +4

      Hahaha

    • @Redcom001
      @Redcom001 3 года назад +19

      I was first introduced to this video back in college in an audio class and it blew my mind, the studio version seems not as cool by comparison

    • @ronniewall1481
      @ronniewall1481 2 года назад +16

      DID SHE DO THE DYNAMO HUMM?

  • @sameerchaudhary465
    @sameerchaudhary465 5 лет назад +2213

    Frank Zappa is a genre.

  • @kolorsurreal4491
    @kolorsurreal4491 2 месяца назад +19

    I can’t be the only here in 2024, RIP Zappa thanks for touching the hearts of many generations and many more to come

    • @zardozbossard5630
      @zardozbossard5630 2 месяца назад +3

      Your not alone 😉

    • @elizabethr.110
      @elizabethr.110 Месяц назад

      ✌😎 RIP FZ still digging your precision, Maestro

    • @vickytaylor9604
      @vickytaylor9604 Месяц назад

      July 2024..I'm making sure my neighbors hear some Zappa !

    • @davidcarter1738
      @davidcarter1738 Месяц назад

      I'm here,so yeah

    • @hookahb1901
      @hookahb1901 24 дня назад

      Im here...Was singing a few in my Semi todah..Juat for home, lets rock

  • @georgiethumbs2438
    @georgiethumbs2438 3 года назад +906

    This had to be the hardest band to ever play in. Steve Vai said they had to know 80 songs and before each concert Zappa would make a set list at random. Vai said it was so demanding he would forget they were playing in front of an audience

    • @ongobongo8333
      @ongobongo8333 3 года назад +7

      bullshit

    • @absoluteelectricandmainten7432
      @absoluteelectricandmainten7432 3 года назад +70

      Something interesting to consider, in light of your comment, ongo bongo, Tommy Igo, a famed drummer and band leader leading the Birdland Allstars, does the same thing. He sets the tunes on the set list 30 seconds before a concert. He said in the in the concert I saw that he does this to keep it live. “It is Jazz, after all.” It wouldn’t surprise me if the same was done by the likes of Zappa.

    • @newusernamehere4772
      @newusernamehere4772 3 года назад +30

      @@ongobongo8333 If Trey Anastasio can learn 80 songs to perform 2(?)* shows with members of the Grateful Dead with no setlist I'm pretty sure Steve Vai and Zappa can do the same.
      No disrespect to the first group I mentioned either, Zappa's guys were just that good.
      *Edit: I think it was probably closer to 8 or 9 shows, and at the very least 80 songs

    • @RandomGamer-ku6ck
      @RandomGamer-ku6ck 3 года назад +28

      @@ongobongo8333 Learn some music history instead of just listening to songs. It seems like nobody my age even knows the name Zappa, it's such a huge shame

    • @jas_bataille
      @jas_bataille 3 года назад +26

      @@ongobongo8333 Absolutely not. Zappa's and Prince's bands were the hardest, along with Steely Dan.

  • @reubena7854
    @reubena7854 6 лет назад +784

    Zappa was a man of common sense. Made the guitar solos different every time on stage, the audience deserves this.

    • @stuntman291
      @stuntman291 5 лет назад +42

      more than common sense, i think it is a matter of himself getting bored of doing the same all the concerts

    • @Cheezin48
      @Cheezin48 4 года назад +7

      It always goes so well with the song too

    • @victorpecora340
      @victorpecora340 4 года назад +47

      Its called improvisation all musicians should do.

    • @stanollieyeti7308
      @stanollieyeti7308 4 года назад +11

      You mean like Jerry Garcia did?

    • @idolthreatpodcast2138
      @idolthreatpodcast2138 4 года назад +11

      Jerry Garcia is nowhere close to Zappa

  • @num7088
    @num7088 3 года назад +426

    RIP George Duke.
    You were one hell of a keyboardist.

    • @josephbeckmann8106
      @josephbeckmann8106 3 года назад +9

      Tore it up so much he made the color cameras go black and white.

    • @greghortonsr.5428
      @greghortonsr.5428 3 года назад +1

      remember when he was the band leader on Arsenio Hall show ?

    • @Solodolo84
      @Solodolo84 3 года назад

      @@greghortonsr.5428 Facts, drop you off into some funk!!!!

    • @davebeach2343
      @davebeach2343 3 года назад

      @@greghortonsr.5428 When was he the band leader on that show?

    • @chupachups6098
      @chupachups6098 2 года назад

      The tide was high and he was holding on...

  • @tompinion4138
    @tompinion4138 6 лет назад +710

    The more I learn about Frank Zappa the more I realize how highly talented and intelligent he was.
    Respect!

    • @barorka2699
      @barorka2699 5 лет назад +17

      same dude!.. all those melody's and theatrical musical of alienisation clarinet and of that schizoic finger picking style and of course those ultra dimensional lyric's.. justtt blown my mind away!. i miss him so bad. there's no other musician like him

    • @dyslexiusmaximus
      @dyslexiusmaximus 5 лет назад +8

      ruclips.net/video/ztoeFXJsxJI/видео.html is a cool conversation with some of the percussionist who played with frank zappa and played on his records. its worth listening to because it provides an insight into what it was like to work with him and they tell many stories that give you an insight into who he was. Ruth is a legend

    • @bobsigm
      @bobsigm 3 года назад +2

      True, funny, and brilliant

    • @bobsigm
      @bobsigm 3 года назад +2

      Creative genius

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 3 года назад +7

      Apparently his IQ was 172

  • @sdbeast1638
    @sdbeast1638 3 года назад +272

    One of the greatest and most underrated musicians to ever walk the earth.

    • @morganghetti
      @morganghetti 3 года назад +15

      Underrated by who?

    • @SimpleManGuitars1973
      @SimpleManGuitars1973 3 года назад +19

      @@morganghetti The Grand Wazoo.

    • @giuliogrifi7739
      @giuliogrifi7739 3 года назад +6

      I agree...Zappa deserved a Nobel Prize !

    • @mikebixeman4718
      @mikebixeman4718 3 года назад +5

      Never got enough air play, the poor people who never got turned on to this genius, sometimes u have to come out of the rabbit hole.

    • @batmanfoster5711
      @batmanfoster5711 3 года назад

      absolutely

  • @salvandorum
    @salvandorum 7 лет назад +1494

    I wrote a song for Frank in 1980 titled " Lyre Lyrics". He said it was too short at 3 hours 10 minutes. I turned it into a PhD on Phyto-Hydrophobic fluid dynamic applications in marine environments.

    • @lasdudas9210
      @lasdudas9210 7 лет назад +24

      Robert Bright wow, you met Frank Zappa? How was he?

    • @salvandorum
      @salvandorum 7 лет назад +218

      He was just like Frank Zappa!

    • @Snailbarf
      @Snailbarf 7 лет назад +88

      I read that dissertation, but I think I misinterpreted it, cause now I have to stare at the baby on the "Nevermind" cover for at least one hour a night.

    • @wickedhenderson4497
      @wickedhenderson4497 7 лет назад +16

      Robert Bright Me Too!!!!

    • @ilikezappa3268
      @ilikezappa3268 7 лет назад +25

      I could record your composition on my bagpipes and we could split the money we make ?

  • @mateuszmattias
    @mateuszmattias Год назад +35

    Just found out that drummer Ralph Humphrey left us about three weeks ago aged 79. Perhaps not as well known as Chester Thompson, Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta or Chad Wackermann etc, but one hell of a fine drummer. RIP.

    • @tourozerbs1008
      @tourozerbs1008 11 месяцев назад +1

      You forgot Aynsley Dunbar :)

    • @mateuszmattias
      @mateuszmattias 11 месяцев назад

      No I did not forget Aynsley Dunbar, the idea was to note the passing of Ralph Humprey, and then I mentioned some who came after him. I wasn't out to list or rank all of Zappas drummers or anything of the sort.@@tourozerbs1008

  • @UserUser-ke4ti
    @UserUser-ke4ti 5 лет назад +96

    No Frank didn't hate people, he was just avoiding the inevitable by slamming that which was to consume him. My wife met him at school in the 70's, he was cool, talkative, down to earth, maybe unsettled in some of life's matters, that's why he took it out in his music. His way to cope.

    • @eis904
      @eis904 3 года назад +4

      Beautiful comment

    • @fredroberts8810
      @fredroberts8810 2 года назад +9

      Zappa left college in 1959 and held a distain for "traditional" higher education. He would only be at school only to use books related to music.

    • @pocket5751
      @pocket5751 2 года назад

      He also was telling us about 2020 back in the day. He explained what happened in the music industry and how the youth destroyed it.

    • @sideshowbob
      @sideshowbob 2 года назад +2

      This song is also pretty Universally applied to all sorts of types peddling the "supernatural" to gullible types - from TV preachers to astrologers. He went on to campaign pretty hard against the Televangelists in the late 80's. I think he'd be shaking his head at the Confluence of the Trump supporters & Evangelicals nowadays.

  • @Enohead
    @Enohead 3 года назад +156

    George Duke straight up KILLING it on keyboards.

  • @12201185234
    @12201185234 7 лет назад +125

    My dad was WAY into Zappa... Finally, as a man in my 30's, do I get it. I never realized just how incredible this music is until now... Damn, I missed out on what he was trying to get through to me...

    • @victordavila2030
      @victordavila2030 2 года назад +1

      I was in a Zappa's cult at 16!

    • @seangrexa4707
      @seangrexa4707 Год назад +2

      Is it too late??

    • @flaccidego4291
      @flaccidego4291 Год назад +1

      Now what kind of a Garoo r u are u anyway?

    • @jimsharer1167
      @jimsharer1167 Год назад

      ​@@flaccidego4291 that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!!!

    • @adr1ew
      @adr1ew 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@victordavila2030sério??

  • @Iggy_Dogg
    @Iggy_Dogg 3 года назад +156

    God the solos by Ian and George will never not get me teary eyed. The way that Zappa wrote music that focussed virtuosity while still maintaining the awesome chemistry of an ensemble is amazing. He made room for the talent around him, which most musicians were too narcissistic to do

    • @flaccidego4291
      @flaccidego4291 Год назад +8

      nOw Waht KiNd oF a Ga-RoO aRe U aNyWaY?

    • @timriv6948
      @timriv6948 Год назад

      Reminds me of Stevie Ray Vaughn if I'm being honest

    • @majorcatastrophe2829
      @majorcatastrophe2829 11 месяцев назад +1

      I was just thinking along those lines! The synergy is the thing and, at that point, no one person is leading and nobody knows where it's gonna go....awesome and free form sound.

    • @edwardhelms
      @edwardhelms 5 месяцев назад

      Did Zappa write out the solos as part of the compositions?

  • @JustAnotherBlader
    @JustAnotherBlader 3 года назад +188

    I feel Zappa is way underrated as a guitar player even by his own judgement.

    • @markbryant1963
      @markbryant1963 3 года назад +15

      Zappa was the greatest guitarist never known

    • @warrenashburnwa
      @warrenashburnwa 3 года назад

      He alright 😉

    • @jiannisDimi
      @jiannisDimi 2 года назад +1

      ZAPPA ;
      Are you kidding ; No other guitarist can ever reach his playing... He was not the fastest, nor the most technical...
      But... He could play extraordinary good, his genuinenly composed masterpieces, sometimes so complex, that no other musician could play.
      No doubt a genius, who is compared with a few only geniouses as Beethoven, Hendrix, Charlie Parker, the most revolutionary artists in their epoche...

    • @jonnyrox116
      @jonnyrox116 2 года назад +2

      The man conducted symphonies

    • @Kulumuli
      @Kulumuli 2 года назад +1

      He was a genius. And he couldn't just limit himself to be only a guitar player.

  • @dr.inkwell1070
    @dr.inkwell1070 5 лет назад +103

    These men behind the instruments are INFINITE.

    • @Dang...
      @Dang... 3 года назад +11

      And WOMAN too! Ruth is outstanding!

    • @victotronics
      @victotronics 2 года назад +2

      @@Dang... Did she ever get to take a solo? Yes, she's outstanding.

    • @Dang...
      @Dang... 2 года назад +2

      @@victotronics I don't recall questioning if she soloed. Maybe you are replying to someone else?
      FWIW I heard heard this version of the band live at WPC and I loved it. Outstanding ensemble. Jaw-dropping good.

  • @TacomaPaul
    @TacomaPaul 7 лет назад +594

    When I was 16, I saw Zappa in '74 at the Paramount in Seattle.
    And that was about a week *after* seeing Rush open for Kiss at the same place.
    That was an interesting stretch of time.
    Mind blown in all different directions.

    • @gadwah
      @gadwah 6 лет назад +12

      I was at that Paramount show as well, only I was 27. Many thanks to the many parents of kids that would have been almost your age for making some really good seats available when they discovered that "don't eat the yellow snow" was merely the beginning of a bizarre tour of Frank's head.

    • @tomfurgas2844
      @tomfurgas2844 5 лет назад +4

      I saw Zappa at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh in 1974 (November). One of the epic musical experiences of my life.

    • @handler0000
      @handler0000 5 лет назад +3

      A gold time for music now a days ewww

    • @FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf
      @FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf 5 лет назад +11

      @Jack Burton I know rush is so much better.

    • @littleredguitars2
      @littleredguitars2 5 лет назад +1

      hell of a week

  • @TheRiboka
    @TheRiboka 7 лет назад +185

    "The price of meat has just gone up and your ol'lady has just gone down"
    Most savage lyric of all time?

    • @paulengel2330
      @paulengel2330 3 года назад +1

      Could be.

    • @drewzilla4800
      @drewzilla4800 3 года назад +2

      @@paulengel2330 and never fluush a taampoon?

    • @edwright4857
      @edwright4857 3 года назад

      The Savages are at the Gate!

    • @metdasunrise9647
      @metdasunrise9647 3 года назад +1

      @@edwright4857 he just check mated the gate

    • @metdasunrise9647
      @metdasunrise9647 3 года назад +1

      @@edwright4857 kinda like “the devil went down to Georgia” few exceptions in life were man beats satin, jinn, masons!! Though Frank may of very well been a mason him self considering his background before him. Oh well. Masterpiece here no matter what way you look at it

  • @chuckselvage3157
    @chuckselvage3157 2 года назад +48

    Frank is fondly remembered for his work but his speech sticking it to Al and Tipper Gore got my utmost respect.

    • @jtt4956
      @jtt4956 2 года назад +4

      Loved Dee Snyders testimony in that case. Showed up dressed in his metal attire n killed it

    • @Mozart1220
      @Mozart1220 Год назад +1

      Al had nothing to do with the PMRC. The PMRC was a "bipartisan" atrocity.

  • @KenSerpico5450
    @KenSerpico5450 4 года назад +81

    Glad to see children enjoying jazz fusion, blues type music. Never thought I'd see Jean Luc Ponty on the same stage with Frank Zappa.

    • @mumfordmunsley2002
      @mumfordmunsley2002 3 года назад +1

      Jean Luc was a member of the band "The Mothers of Invention".
      Nice boy from Montreal Canada!

    • @snit22
      @snit22 3 года назад +1

      Hot rats!

    • @neilyoungcovers773
      @neilyoungcovers773 3 года назад

      Dupree's Paradise from the same live! Violin solo is AWESOME!!

    • @BarrySmithviolin
      @BarrySmithviolin 3 года назад +7

      @@mumfordmunsley2002 Ponty’s from Avranches France, near Normandy. Zappa’s the one who brought him to America in the late 1960’s.

    • @mumfordmunsley2002
      @mumfordmunsley2002 3 года назад

      @@BarrySmithviolin You're right, all this time I thought he was a Canuk...

  • @wildnites558
    @wildnites558 10 лет назад +18

    George Duke --- total BEAST on keys!

  • @tins_world299
    @tins_world299 4 года назад +331

    This is my very first time listening to frank zappa and holy shit this is amazing 🙌🏼

  • @dannykerr7312
    @dannykerr7312 3 года назад +71

    Zappa's solo....all pentatonic scale (looks like D minor), five simple notes....genius...underrated as a guitar player, but one of the greatest ever.

    • @mwatkins0590
      @mwatkins0590 2 года назад +6

      the fewer the notes often the easier it is to play. pentatonic scale especially safe because generally all of the notes sound good over the right chord, so you mostly gotta pay attention to rhythm.

    • @seangrexa4707
      @seangrexa4707 Год назад +12

      Anybody who tries to belittle Zappa for touching on a pentatonic scale during a blues progression just doesn't get it. The guy could play anything he heard in his head. In multiple scales all over the fingerboard. He is unique and elite.

    • @Niko3387Y
      @Niko3387Y Год назад +1

      Yes, like Hendrix

    • @televinv8062
      @televinv8062 Год назад +3

      @@seangrexa4707 saw an interview once where he said, when playing live, he had zero idea of what he was about to play when soloing. THIS kind of approach is a musicians dream. Every solo different/improvised/spur of the moment. From him, it's not surprising and, still very cool.
      Which scales/riffs/notes/bends/slurs/slides/picking techniques used?
      Zappa: Yes
      👍

    • @flaccidego4291
      @flaccidego4291 Год назад +2

      ?Nowatkindofagharooareuany way?

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 3 года назад +23

    One man's vision of the blues. RIP Frank. Gone too soon.

    • @jamesjohnson-vj6uu
      @jamesjohnson-vj6uu 3 года назад +5

      Yes he was. Too bad diagnosis and treatment for prostate cancer was not what it is today.

  • @billholder1330
    @billholder1330 7 лет назад +230

    Excellent bass clarinet solo! Sounds like he put it through a wah-wah! :D

    • @pckpat
      @pckpat 5 лет назад +27

      That's Ian Underwood, one of the original cast of the "Mothers" (which is what they called themselves originally, until the record exec.'s made them add "of Invention"). Anyoldways, I.U. was an excellent sax player as well as bass clarinet- and also often on keyboards. His wife Ruthie, is the percussionist playing the marimbas-(she worked with F.Z. for a long time). The Fowler Bros.(Tom and Bruce) on bass and trombone- the awesome George Duke on the keys, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin. However, I am not positive who was on drums here, I would have to check-(rather than give the wrong info). I saw Frank a number of times live (six, at least) during the 70's and they always performed up to expectations, no matter who was in the group at the time.

    • @finroe6089
      @finroe6089 5 лет назад +8

      Ralph Humphrey on drums

    • @jefflafond7143
      @jefflafond7143 3 года назад +1

      It was fantastic.

  • @TheLastOilMan
    @TheLastOilMan 8 лет назад +399

    I cant believe I lived thru this era, Zappa, Tull, Yes, ELP , Doors, Floyd, Hendrix, Dan, Chick, Carlos, Clappers, Cocker, Stones, The Ruttles, EWF, War, Bootsie, Sly, ...arrrrggh !.

    • @NEAPULA
      @NEAPULA 8 лет назад +22

      +mike .D now i live with Justin Bieber

    • @gordonm.7387
      @gordonm.7387 8 лет назад +5

      All You Need is Cash!

    • @ivansagati1240
      @ivansagati1240 8 лет назад +2

      jenis adiction

    • @davidnielsen4188
      @davidnielsen4188 8 лет назад +1

      Many of us wonder the same

    • @maruszewskisam9774
      @maruszewskisam9774 8 лет назад +2

      yes was lame, like the rest of progressive, King Crimson being the only exception

  • @user-ui5sk6ry8f
    @user-ui5sk6ry8f 8 месяцев назад +4

    One of the most amazingly talented and sometimes misunderstood musical artists of all time.

  • @philipcole2204
    @philipcole2204 6 лет назад +14

    Frank was the greatest concert performer of a generation.i saw him twice and it was phenomenal

  • @donbagley2322
    @donbagley2322 8 лет назад +386

    With Zappa, musicianship is always first class. Upper deck.

  • @LPMAN02
    @LPMAN02 Год назад +7

    RIP Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993), aged 52
    You will always be remembered as a legend.

  • @alienteknology5390
    @alienteknology5390 2 года назад +24

    Listening to this I realize Frank, ironically enough, would have been a superb guitarist for the Allman Brothers. I jest of course. But Frank is an awesome blues player as well as a jazz fusion & rock guitarist. He never ceases to amaze.

    • @erickevans4405
      @erickevans4405 2 года назад +1

      I would have LOVED to see Frank jam with the Allman Bros .

    • @Dstrbrdgrnd
      @Dstrbrdgrnd 2 года назад +2

      Have you heard him do Whipping Post?? Awesome! And he admired Duane..

  • @connorsiwi5568
    @connorsiwi5568 2 года назад +9

    This was my first contact with Frank Zappa, after 1 year I listened to several of his albums, and after reading a lot about his life, I came to the conclusion that this guy was a genius

  • @icurhuman2
    @icurhuman2 7 лет назад +71

    Saw this concert in Sydney in 1972-3 and was in the front row. Zappa saw me passing joints around and gave me a bad look, he didn't approve of dope of any kind.

    • @MaxLamboy
      @MaxLamboy 7 лет назад +14

      Sadly Frank missed the boat on a few issues: Coffee and Nicotine are both addictive and destructive drugs. More over he wasn't interested in food in general both these issues no doubt contributed to his early departure. Many smart people miss the food-mood, bio-mechanical aspect of our existence. One of my favorite musicians, miss you Frank.

    • @stevenepsenhart4384
      @stevenepsenhart4384 7 лет назад

      icurhuman2 true that.man never got high...think about that a genius without expanding his mind on hallucinogenics

    • @ReedRosson1987
      @ReedRosson1987 6 лет назад +4

      As much as I love Zappa, he was extremely ignorant and hypocritical when it came to drugs. He drank alcohol, and he smoked cigarettes, and he drank coffee.

    • @rutabagasteu
      @rutabagasteu 6 лет назад

      icurhuman2 Zappa. died of prostate cancer.

    • @jamesnichols7440
      @jamesnichols7440 3 года назад

      Would fire any band members if he caught them doing drugs

  • @Joepepelombardo
    @Joepepelombardo 9 лет назад +81

    It feels great to be able to remember Zappa in 1976 live

    • @fruiecosmikdebris3745
      @fruiecosmikdebris3745 9 лет назад +2

      I know that feeling oh so well. 🎤✌
      Also this is my favorite version😃
      Look at the band here look at this fuckin lineup😎😎😎76 it was about this time in my life that my friends were all calling me fruie by somewhere in 78 is when I became
      Fruie the Cosmik Debris. (true story)
      Ps Google won't let me have (the) in my title here go figure.

    • @ziggyzappada4554
      @ziggyzappada4554 9 лет назад +2

      Fuck! this band is tight isn't it!?

    • @Joepepelombardo
      @Joepepelombardo 9 лет назад

      Keith Hall Yeah i remember this band to

    • @lorimitchell502
      @lorimitchell502 7 лет назад

      no shit joepepe

  • @guilhermepm
    @guilhermepm 2 года назад +27

    Every time I watch this I feel goosebumps on my skin. Greetings from Brazil

  • @benjaminblakemitchner8365
    @benjaminblakemitchner8365 6 лет назад +10

    Frank Zappa may be gone from us, but as far as musical immortality he's one of the Immortals. He could play rock, pop, jazz, classical, hard rock, progressive rock, every genre was turned on its head by him. He wrote very funny unique lyrics full of great insight and commentary. The man did everything. He was certainly the best musician for putting jazz and rock together in a way that actually worked. I currently write poetry and am thinking of a book of it upcoming. It's very different from anything Zappa did, but at the same time beneath the pastoral surface he's there in it and if I were to embark on music I'd carry all that he gave me with me. Frank really did music a huge favor by all that he accomplished. He will always be missed.

  • @swimologist8
    @swimologist8 10 лет назад +26

    What a great '70s gig, with the diverse components of a black keyboardist,
    a French violinist, a female percussionist. And Ralph Humphries on drums.
    And the bluesy F.Z. on guitar.

  • @gregsachs3758
    @gregsachs3758 2 года назад +9

    There are no words - However this was the Overnight Sensation configuration. We were blessed to see him in our time. And oh how he is missed.

  • @Timliu92
    @Timliu92 5 лет назад +20

    Zappa truly had the best of both worlds as a musician - he had a good balance of great musicianship based on conventional standards while also being wildly experimental as an artist. Despite being a technical virtuoso, he was also a non-conformist and never settled for anything generic.

    • @auldmann8068
      @auldmann8068 Год назад

      EXCEPT, FOR ONE THING:
      AFTER Ronnie Raygun said Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall, And he DID, FRANK ZAPPA was given The HONOR, by PREZ Reagan, to become and serve PHENOMINALLY as THE FIRST-EVER TRADE AMBASSADOR OF THE U.S. TO RUSSIA!

    • @auldmann8068
      @auldmann8068 Год назад

      Well, Maybe Not Exactly Generic.😂

  • @jewfroDZak
    @jewfroDZak 3 года назад +7

    Goddammit, there may not exist anything more in the world that I love than watching George Duke feeling himself whilst rocking out on the keys. Heavenly.

  • @Hippydon94
    @Hippydon94 3 года назад +9

    I never gave frank the respect he deserves as a musician when i was younger. Once i picked up a guitar and attempted to learn zomby woof i realised he was a true master of the guitar and song writing.

  • @ReverendRicktaScale
    @ReverendRicktaScale 7 лет назад +161

    This was such a great period for creative music. Today everything is freeze dried and pre -packaged. You'll never see anything like this on narrow minded plastic shows like The Voice, American Idol or America's Got Talent. Thanks for posting, Long Live You Tube!

    • @rogerbica6847
      @rogerbica6847 6 лет назад +7

      Snarky Puppy. Take a look on them ;)

    • @Kyrelel
      @Kyrelel 6 лет назад +9

      "You'll never see anything like this on narrow minded plastic shows like The Voice, American Idol or America's Got Talent. "
      Thank God

    • @pepesilvia8118
      @pepesilvia8118 6 лет назад +12

      Dude, listen to King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard. Check out the album Flying Microtonal Banana, or listen to their perfromances on KEXP

    • @altrock86
      @altrock86 6 лет назад +19

      Popular music was no different back then. Different types of music but the format was the same really. Pop music has always been cookie cutter crap for the masses. And the good music is hard to find.

    • @postatility9703
      @postatility9703 5 лет назад +3

      But,as always,"Seek and ye shall find". In this case,of course,RUclips.....For both old and very current non- pop sounds

  • @voice_of_reason5604
    @voice_of_reason5604 2 года назад +8

    Knew I guy who was into Zappa back in the day. Never really gave it a go so was none the wiser. This live version is simply magnificent. Love the change in tempo with horns coming in at 6m57s

  • @ramonitbelascuain8611
    @ramonitbelascuain8611 Год назад +4

    We were so enamored by his art that we forgot how hard he worked to reach this level.

  • @andyginterblues2961
    @andyginterblues2961 8 лет назад +139

    Saw Frank and the Mothers play live at the Fillmore East back in the '70's. One of the best live shows I ever attended! RIP Frank, you were an innovator!

    • @3rdPlaya0709
      @3rdPlaya0709 8 лет назад +1

      AndyGinterBlues I wish I lived in the 70s

    • @jessicatorres8028
      @jessicatorres8028 7 лет назад

      AndyGinterBlues Sofia the off ofviysgf#x General Dylan alopecia Patty

    • @andyginterblues2961
      @andyginterblues2961 7 лет назад +4

      +forest20 yeah but you would be old now like I am.

    • @andyginterblues2961
      @andyginterblues2961 7 лет назад

      +jessica torres I agree

    • @terricosgrove428
      @terricosgrove428 7 лет назад +6

      Yeah, I'm old too. I saw Frank New Years Eve '74 Long Beach Ca I'm a lucky ass dog. So to speak.

  • @AdrianPaco
    @AdrianPaco 9 лет назад +8

    Franka Zappa was amazing artist...
    For colective memory of the humanity.
    I love this song :)

  • @graxjpg
    @graxjpg 4 года назад +6

    The fact that he took bits of phrasing from both earlier solos is mind blowing.

  • @dawsonhinders9058
    @dawsonhinders9058 11 месяцев назад +3

    Man, this George Duke solo here kicks my ass every time. Chills.

  • @samanthastring8299
    @samanthastring8299 8 лет назад +288

    Jeez... I miss Frank. Tom Petty said that the day game show winners got signed to recording contracts, was the day the music died! I couldn't agree more.

  • @HondoMcChando
    @HondoMcChando 7 лет назад +148

    So good, I literally started crying. Wow. I am so grateful that music exists.

    • @monty70
      @monty70 3 года назад +2

      🖖🏼

  • @guilhermepm
    @guilhermepm 2 года назад +6

    Zappa facing Duke on his solo says a lot of his personality and how hard it was to WORK (play) with him.

  • @elenasilvesti6109
    @elenasilvesti6109 5 месяцев назад +1

    Just heard this on the radio on its 50 anniversary. Unbelievably good. We need Frank Zappa desperately today.

  • @shepdgc.og.soldier7732
    @shepdgc.og.soldier7732 6 лет назад +12

    Makes my heart feel good to see all these positive comments from first time Zappa listeners. He was a huge influence on me in my younger days.White barrels mescaline and green pyramids come to mind off the back.☮️

    • @oscarbrittingham-detxemend396
      @oscarbrittingham-detxemend396 2 года назад

      sounds like some metaphysical stuff, exactly what this song is slamming! i love the duality of the 70’s

  • @jeffadams2134
    @jeffadams2134 8 лет назад +117

    I'm so glad to have grown up on Zappa's music. I was 13 years old in 1966 when I heard Freak Out. I would listen to that album constantly. I was always hopping from one foot to the next waiting for the next Zappa album. He was a serious role model in my young life.

    • @coldnebraskanite
      @coldnebraskanite 8 лет назад +10

      "Help, I'm a Rock!" Just blew my mind!

    • @SkSk-kd9up
      @SkSk-kd9up 7 лет назад +1

      j.r. addams

    • @dadzbluz
      @dadzbluz 7 лет назад +2

      We wore that album out in the summer of '66 at Echo Lake, CA
      I was 12.

    • @theHumanBryno
      @theHumanBryno 7 лет назад +2

      I'm a massive Zappa fan, but I can't begin to imagine how I would have reacted to hearing Freak Out when it was released, based on the context of other music of that era. I don't think I heard him until I was 15 or 17 and that was in the late 90's which, I'm assuming, was a much different time.

    • @crustymike4357
      @crustymike4357 7 лет назад +1

      j.r. addams me too

  • @eis904
    @eis904 3 года назад +12

    I really like it when they jam out on their instruments and get such a look of concentration and excellence while playing their solos. Amazing.

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 2 года назад +1

      Greetings Eileen,I happen to have a Zappa influenced song to recommend to you Entitled 'Where I Come From' by Robert Nix hope you have a wonderful weekend now.

    • @eis904
      @eis904 2 года назад

      @@redskies4530 thank you!!!!! I appreciate it and will give it a listen.

    • @johnmoris6565
      @johnmoris6565 Год назад

      Yeah you're right, Frank zappa is a great musician and I love his songs, okay tell how long have you been his fan?

    • @eis904
      @eis904 Год назад +1

      @@johnmoris6565 since the 80’s when I was a kid growing up in the 80’s I’d dial the pumpkin hotline everyday after school.

    • @johnmoris6565
      @johnmoris6565 Год назад

      @@eis904 wow that's nice you're really a true fan of Frank zappa, okay tell me wish of his song do you love most?

  • @markhazell1763
    @markhazell1763 5 лет назад +12

    This is the first song by Frank that I have heard and I have to say now I am totally a fan. Brilliant.

  • @Zopf-international
    @Zopf-international 9 лет назад +15

    Listen to that gorgeous bass..!

  • @videolabguy
    @videolabguy 6 лет назад +3

    This song and Frank have been a great part of my life. We are poorer for his passing and richer for his life. RIP fella! ARF!

  • @ct4709
    @ct4709 Год назад +2

    Saw Zappa at the Uptown Theater in KCMO 1984. Absolutely awesome. One of the best guitarists I have ever seen.

  • @ramelak1635
    @ramelak1635 4 года назад +8

    FZ the musician, guitarist extraordinaire and master story teller! Grew up listening on LPs and radio, but so lucky now to watch his videos thanks to Youtibe

  • @shmooton
    @shmooton 10 лет назад +118

    makes me want to pull out my eyes and stuff them in my ears so i can see what im hearing, absolute majik x x

  • @TheDanLovingood
    @TheDanLovingood 10 лет назад +19

    Frank Zappa, a genuine cutting-edge musical visionary!

  • @gianfrancosassofarina148
    @gianfrancosassofarina148 5 лет назад +15

    That time- change-riff at 6:57 gives me shivers

  • @russhamer
    @russhamer 6 лет назад +9

    Great! Zappa was a genius indeed. There are so many moments in this one piece that show this...all the little breaks, the timing of these unpredictable changes are superb. Zappa's musical vision changed rock, ushered in fusion sounds and jazz influence and big-band energy that later showed up in BS&T and Chicago.

  • @ziggyzappada4554
    @ziggyzappada4554 8 лет назад +35

    "Hey! what sort of Guru are you anyway?" these are just the cream of musicians!

  • @gregbeck8646
    @gregbeck8646 7 лет назад +90

    Zappa was a Master!

  • @josearnaldopinheirodossant7712
    @josearnaldopinheirodossant7712 6 лет назад +12

    E o cara fazia um ótimo blues, além de jazz, rock'n roll e etc, fazia tudo de primeira, muito bom, um grande gênio que se foi.

  • @stenmark2235
    @stenmark2235 6 лет назад +5

    I whas There that night in skansen Stockholm sweden 1973 When Frank played, i whas only eleven year old. It Was a Great consert.. Thankyou.

  • @ski137
    @ski137 7 лет назад +8

    Frank always had the most amazing talent with him. Ian Underwood on sax, JL Ponte on violin, Geo Duke on keys.....

  • @Bardia323
    @Bardia323 7 лет назад +30

    That was the most elaborate roasting I've seen in my life

  • @NEntv58
    @NEntv58 3 года назад +5

    The Ruth Underwood constant is such a comforting sound...

  • @ChristianW1975
    @ChristianW1975 2 года назад +1

    Zappa was an artist, a storyteller and one hell of a musician all in one.

  • @roberttoy4712
    @roberttoy4712 8 лет назад +199

    probably the most UNDERrated guitar player ever. Amazing work.

    • @PAULLONDEN
      @PAULLONDEN 6 лет назад +1

      Yup.....sure............😵☝🏼🔮

    • @OneAfter-wb9gq
      @OneAfter-wb9gq 6 лет назад +22

      Not underrated in anyway.

    • @3-methylindole730
      @3-methylindole730 6 лет назад +1

      OneAfter 909 yes he is

    • @JimSVoit
      @JimSVoit 6 лет назад +1

      Absolutely underrated!!

    • @tommyyanovich
      @tommyyanovich 6 лет назад +8

      Everyone hates Zappa according to my dad, he said they would play his music at parties to clear out the house ! Lol but my dad thinks he’s a god and i love his music , it’s real, it’s pure, and it’s motherfuckin rock and roll baby

  • @Metalmeyer666
    @Metalmeyer666 3 года назад +102

    That transition from triplets to even 16th notes ( 6:52 ) is dope. :-O

  • @jebushwplainview9453
    @jebushwplainview9453 4 года назад +12

    Always put Zappa on hold my whole life...
    Here goes..
    A new rabbit hole.

    • @carns518
      @carns518 4 года назад +1

      Im 3 weeks behind you. How's it looking down there?

    • @jebushwplainview9453
      @jebushwplainview9453 4 года назад +1

      carns518 it’s pretty cool. I love the Bobby brown song he made... he’s a cool cat, far from my favorite stuff but it’s definitely something to add to a shuffle playlist for me. I can see how he was ahead of his time and why people freaked out when he came on the scene...
      It’s at least DEFINITELY worth a look

    • @getzapped313
      @getzapped313 4 года назад

      JEBUS HW Plainview you are missing out on gold,
      Albums you need to hear
      Overnite Sensation
      Apostrophe
      Hot rats
      Roxy and elsewhere
      One size fits all
      Waka jawaka
      The grand wazoo
      Studio tan
      You are what you is
      So much more beyond that
      Like big band 88 reunion, u know thay reel good shit
      Best band you never heard in your life
      Make a jazz noise here
      Broadway the hard way
      More mire more

    • @mikemiller4838
      @mikemiller4838 3 года назад +1

      Same

  • @horacerumpole7629
    @horacerumpole7629 Год назад +4

    What a group of masters!!

  • @Wormtongue13
    @Wormtongue13 8 лет назад +4

    Ahhhhhhh … you know he lived for the solos. Bless his heart and soul for giving us so many great ones.

  • @Jnodonly
    @Jnodonly 9 лет назад +4

    My son took me to see Zappa Plays Zappa this past Mother's Day, they even played Trouble Coming Everyday, due to the riots in Baltimore. Dweezil really did his Dad proud, 2nd time I saw them, saw Frank 3 times, always a great show, the best one was at Painters Mill. Sadly they are both gone.

  • @blackmantram6057
    @blackmantram6057 5 лет назад +5

    This is not music. This is magic

  • @hippiecheezburger5457
    @hippiecheezburger5457 3 года назад +13

    This performance is incredible, Frank Zappa and his musicians were so amazing. I love his jazz pieces and long solos with the different instruments, the notes speak more than any words ever could really

  • @sweaq123
    @sweaq123 7 лет назад +914

    I really hate this version for being so mind-blowingly awesome that it makes the studio version feel quite underwhelming.

    • @boredumbsleepyhead
      @boredumbsleepyhead 5 лет назад +24

      Yet you love it for that at the same time

    • @cstepaniuk8611
      @cstepaniuk8611 4 года назад +11

      Haha, this is the only version I know

    • @fallspeed
      @fallspeed 4 года назад +48

      It really needs the girl backup singers in the chorus, though.

    • @sirsketches9776
      @sirsketches9776 4 года назад +2

      @@fallspeed Not really, I mean it would be better with a higher voice in it but it would be equally as good with a lower voice in it.

    • @_JakeRoth_
      @_JakeRoth_ 4 года назад +2

      sir sketches lol what’re you talking about? This is gritty and perfect.

  • @TheJonkaman
    @TheJonkaman 6 лет назад +12

    Jean-luc Ponty é um dos meus músicos favoritos de todos os tempos. Suas músicas são incríveis, são composições ricas, muito jazz, muito prog, muito rock e a cada álbum uma surpresa, uma proposta inovadora que percola pela world music, sempre trazendo elementos de outras culturas desse mundão! Grata surpresa saber que fez parte da trupe do Zappa que é outro que dispensa comentários.

    • @flaccidego4291
      @flaccidego4291 Год назад

      Now whhhatt kine of a Ga-Ruh r you anyway?

  • @NewBluesBros
    @NewBluesBros 2 года назад +2

    I got to witness the greatness at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby back in the late 80's.
    For the encore Frank and George did I am the Walrus.
    Just the two of them and a peak into the future of music.
    Frank rolled out this huge computer and he played every note and every nuance, including strings and horns, on it while Mr Duke sang.

    • @nadabrahmamedia731
      @nadabrahmamedia731 8 месяцев назад

      george didn’t perform with frank after 1975… you’re thinking of ike willis… this is the concert you saw…
      ruclips.net/video/LmnLXC2TZdw/видео.htmlsi=_3pNS4Ot2r2MSYc-

  • @moon000dog
    @moon000dog 2 года назад +6

    An epic tune, hearing it always brings me to loud vocals and a smile from ear to ear.

  • @adrianclinch9553
    @adrianclinch9553 8 лет назад +7

    I will love frank zappa music to my dying day.

  • @deeneebeeni2078
    @deeneebeeni2078 9 лет назад +19

    Well that was just outstanding. Just what the doctor ordered.

  • @SuperAtoZman
    @SuperAtoZman 8 месяцев назад +1

    So great to hear... really some of his greatest work...
    SuperAtoZman Says, I always loved Frank Zappa...
    One of the All Time Greats.

  • @dopeymark
    @dopeymark 2 года назад +1

    Just made me realize how much I miss going to Zappa concerts.

  • @Dang...
    @Dang... 3 года назад +5

    I was lucky to hear this version of the band live. Thanks for posting.

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse 7 лет назад +11

    Ecouter la musique de Franck c'est abolir le déferlement de bruits et d'images du quotidien pour entrouvrir l'espace d'un ailleurs où la contingence et la représentation cèdent la place à l'immatérialité du sensible. Une fois refermée la porte sur l'agitation du monde, un silence sous-jacent s'installe, une lenteur saisit, préludes à une dilatation de la perception et de la conscience. Dans le courant de l'art abstrait dont FZ marque la vitalité et l'intérêt toujours renouvelés, le pouvoir expressif de l'architecture sonore rompt avec toute forme de transcription du réel pour s'attacher à l'expression d'un univers impalpable. Couleurs, composition, rythme, constituent un langage qui donne voix à l'exaltation - Merci Franckie !!!

    • @vv0422
      @vv0422  7 лет назад +3

      Frank, pas Franck, et puis il faudrait commencer à diminuer les doses!

    • @MegaCirse
      @MegaCirse 7 лет назад

      vv0422
      C'est pas facile mais je vais faire un effort ! :D

    • @vv0422
      @vv0422  7 лет назад +1

      Super! mais ne t'inquiète pas, j'y suis bien arrivé alors que ce n'était pas gagné d'avance. Je te souhaite une bonne soirée.

    • @MegaCirse
      @MegaCirse 7 лет назад +3

      vv0422
      En fait, au départ, je voulais écrire que ça me paraissait aussi beau que la rencontre fortuite d'un parapluie et d'une machine à coudre sur une table de dissection.... ça aurait été sûrement plus bref et en même temps plus percutant (mais bon, les substances m'ont fait dériver :( Souvent "cent fois sur le métier il faut remettre son ouvrage" La prochaine fois je serais plus cohérent - Cordialement cher ami -

    • @vv0422
      @vv0422  7 лет назад +3

      J'aime bien votre humour zappatesque Bonne journée à vous.

  • @vinicioolivotto3100
    @vinicioolivotto3100 Год назад

    Ero un giovane ragazzo quando lo conobbi, era il 1967, da allora non lo ho mai perso di vista fino alla sua dipartita. Grande perdita, ma immortale come artista, eterno.

  • @sg2496
    @sg2496 6 лет назад +2

    This is just dreamy. As wonderful in 2018 as it must have been (before my time) in the 70's. His music will last forever.

  • @stevenduval6898
    @stevenduval6898 7 лет назад +114

    Damn. That's a bass clarinet. Damn.

    • @lamolambda8349
      @lamolambda8349 5 лет назад +2

      Sounds like... victory

    • @jefflafond7143
      @jefflafond7143 3 года назад +2

      For real.

    • @duaneberry3298
      @duaneberry3298 3 года назад +1

      Yes, double take.

    • @duaneberry3298
      @duaneberry3298 3 года назад +3

      Running it through a wah-wah petal. Reminds me of Cris Wood of Traffic doing same with a sax.

    • @blueeyedsoulman
      @blueeyedsoulman 3 года назад

      @@duaneberry3298 ...and some kind of fuzz box.

  • @jeffadams2134
    @jeffadams2134 8 лет назад +4

    Zappa and this same group played at the Orlando Sports Stadium in 1974(?) I stood right under Frank. That was a fun experience at that time. Of course, my ears rang for 2 or 3 days after the concert.

  • @baronoflivonia.3512
    @baronoflivonia.3512 3 года назад +2

    One of my favorite line ups, I miss the 1970's.

  • @Hankvdb
    @Hankvdb 6 лет назад +1

    Rediscovering this in 2018.
    Why have I missed out on this genius for all these decades!
    Got me crying like a little child again. It's so beautiful!
    I feel reborn.

  • @somethingysomething9483
    @somethingysomething9483 8 лет назад +473

    I find it funny that Frank Zappa looks like my music teacher.

    • @acidicmen3882
      @acidicmen3882 8 лет назад +175

      Surely it should be the other way round

    • @MeneerDick1
      @MeneerDick1 8 лет назад +6

      I'm sure of it!!

    • @fortunejohn558
      @fortunejohn558 7 лет назад +13

      its gotta be the other way around...

    • @tortoisesoup16
      @tortoisesoup16 7 лет назад +32

      Zappa also looks like a Turkish rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Barış Manço. He was an iconic figure who brought rock music to Turkey. Me and my friends are sometimes kidding around saying Barış Zappa or Frank Manço when we talk about Zappa or Manço.

    • @austinrosinski5738
      @austinrosinski5738 7 лет назад +86

      Wrong, your music teacher looks like frank zappa

  • @TigerDriver66
    @TigerDriver66 3 года назад +5

    Imagine the sounds frank heard in his head that he never got out there. Jeez

  • @garryford1216
    @garryford1216 3 года назад +1

    Frank Zappa was in a class all his own!!! Pure Genius!!

  • @user-sx5de5kf8j
    @user-sx5de5kf8j 6 месяцев назад +1

    Such a good tune & Timeless❤❤❤❤