My first Frank Zappa concert was at the Liverpool Stadium on 11th. September 1973. We were allowed to watch the sound check in the afternoon, and then did a one hour video interview with Frank Zappa around 3:00 pm. 🕒 When I met Frank Zappa I was only 22 years old and Frank Zappa was hero. My first Mothers of Invention LP purchase was Uncle Meat in 1970. My final Frank Zappa concert was in Brighton England in April 1988. I saw 👀 Frank Zappa play about 20 times.
Where is you video interview in 1973? On RUclips? You were lucky to gain that access, or perhaps clever, because Frank became very guarded after he was knocked off the stage in 1971 at Rainbow Theatre.
I saw them at Birmingham town hall that year and about another 5 times when gigging in uk plus knebworth with the tubes, first album I heard was only in it for the money and first bought album was mothermania followed by hot rats and was addicted to frank zappa for rest of my life and still today in my 70s .
On top it all, his playful never taking too much seriously and yet absolute mystic profound whimsical style soloing for me makes him my preferred guitarist of all time.
My brother-in-law introduced me to Freak Out in 1967 .. I still play Zappa every day and have have every disc .. favourites and not favourites but never boring
He was way over my head when I was young. Still is to a point. Hearing some of these compositions show me how precise, talented and intense these folks were. I’m in awe.
EVERY ONCE IN A LIFETIME, IF WE HAVE LUCK ON OUR SIDE. FRANK, OR SOMEONE LIKE him comes along, in the center of everything, and blows away any form of competition inside the realm of music. Yet, no one actually knew what he was. Confusion always follows genius, but genius will use everything, including confusion. I can't listen to anyone else.
I'm just starting to catch up with Zappa now after all these years, and see that he was spot on with his observations. I've never hear anyone carry himself so well in an argument/discussion.
If anyone is interested in Frank Zappa's home life, not shown in other books, from getting up to going to bed, composing at the piano, rehearsing with the Mothers, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, and more, then read 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa 1968-1971 Laurel Canyon'. It is my story from meeting Frank in London when publicising the Mother's first European tour in 1967 and ended up living and working in his house with Gail, Moon Unit, and seven others, thus the book's unique access.
Loved your book Pauline. He seems almost a made up character too entertaining to be real. Genius, funny, humane. Your book showed he was all too real and we were all the better as a world for it.
My introduction to Zappa was buying the Roxy and Elsewhere album, bought in what was then Rhodesia, perhaps where unpopular records were dumped during economic sanctions. At first, I didn't get it, but over time, I began to hear the notes and the intricate arrangements. His music grew on me, and overwhelmed popular music heard on the radio. Perhaps his popularity, or lack thereof, was due to people not actually listening to the music but taking a superficial viewpoint, in my opinion. His music definitely wasn't for everyone. It takes concentration to appreciate.
My friends tried to turn me on to Zappa in high school (mid '70s) but he was too much for me. Outside of "Peaches" I didn't take to him. In college (1978) I went to a show to see what he was all about. I was gobsmacked and instantly a diehard fan. Had the pleasure of seeing him five times. Still an enthusiastic fan.
Zappa was my first concert I was 14 years old with my brothers and there friends! We went to Mcsorleys after that I was drinking darks and lights! What a show!
I saw him in 1975, Cameron indoor stadium, Duke university. Napoleon Murphy Brock and terry bozio was part of the band. I think Ruth was missing for some reason. Anyway, great show but unlike his usual shows bc he gave a guitar clinic that night. Opened with stinkfoot.
All through high school 78-82) a group of us gathered at my friends house every afternoon to pull bong hits and listen to Zappa. We all still love Zappa.
Thanks for this documentary, very interesting. In the 70's I had musician friends who introduced me to his music, it took time and many hours of listening but I finally did `got it `. Nearly 50 years later I still listen to Zappa music and still think its fantastic music. My favorites albums are in no special order: Hot Rats, Waka Jawaka, Grand Wazoo. Over Night Sensation, Apostrophe, One Size Fits All, Roxy and Elsewhere. I also was lucky enough to see him live 4 times in Montreal.
Great to see another documentary. I’ve been a fan since Freak Out! As it was only released as a single album over here originally, I had to go down to One Stop Records in London to get an import version of the double album. I’ve bought just about everything ever since. My favourite artist.
The musicians musician. Of all the musicians that worked, played with Zappa l have never heard a decenting comment. All were in awe and came away with nothing but respect. FZ....R.i.P
Frank was playing chess while every other band in the world was playing checkers. That’s not putting down other bands , there were some great bands, but none of them on Franks level. I’m saddened when people used to say they didn’t get Frank or didn’t like him because he was so different from everyone else. EXACTLY
Jean-Luc PONTY plays the Music of Frank ZAPPA includes the King Kong Suite and Music for violin and orchestra! This is the perfect record for beginning the Zappa Discovery in my opinion. Great Composer and Virtuosi Jazz Players! Blue Note Label too ! Check it out!
I owe it to my older brother's record collection he had a Zappa album that was made from a few tracks off of Frank's first three album releases it was 1970 when I first listtened to it I was 15 loved the lyrics and music quite a bit
This is a fantastic tribute to Frank Zappa and an excellent introduction to anyone curious about Frank Zappa and what he was all about. For those already entrenched fans, it reminds us once again of Frank Zappa's musical development. I am also pleased that FZ's business skills have been highlighted, an attribute missing from so many musicians. He told Paul McCartney in 1967, 'I tell my manager what to do, not the other way round.'
I played the track Stuff Up The Tracks so many times, I nearly wore the original vinyl out. I wasn’t ready for that guitar solo at the end. At least you can get the original master now on the Greasy Love Songs CD.
Whatever came into his head, he wrote it onto a stave. He is a stravinsky 2.0 he's a composer, not a rock star. He had to use the pop music business to fund his orchestral works. We now have them. He's a treasure to the world
Frank Zappa didn't take SNL as serious as they thought they were and he was banned for life. He then smokes the whole show with his musical performance.
I saw Frank Zappa @ Washington University/in 1977 in the Quadrangle/St. Louis, Mo. (CATCH THOSE TWO CUTS)/ Black Napkins Deluxe Bonus Version/Willie the Pimp (Unedited Bonus Version) I walked across the campus in 2014 I had almost forgotten and graduated from the same school in 2018/(Deans list/bonus) I listened to the music until graduation. /Original musical connoisseur of ROCK/ROLL/JAZZ / CLASSICAL / Do Ya Hear Me, Mon!/ FRANK IS THE REAL DEAL!
11:50 the otherwise meticulous ben watson makes the totally erroneous claim that, like "freak out", the velvet underground`s debut album (1967) "was a double album". it of course wasn`t: a fold-out cover does not equate a "double album".
I read his ‘negative dialectics’ when it first came out and though it has interesting views the amount of pseudo intellectual baloney is very suspicious
@@martinusdegrootste I bought that book a few decades ago and couldn't get through it. I'm not a reader but I devour Zappa as a subject. I just can't get into that book.
@@martinusdegrootste Interesting conversations attract interesting people *and ...conversations.* Echo-chambers silence all but the most holy, whom eventually self-suffocate from the lack of dialogue. In YOUR CASE; silence is golden, duct tape is silver.
Ok, I loved the Beatles, but I'll put We're Only In It For the Money every time before Sgt.Peppers. When I was in high school and put Freak Out on it scared some people. That's when I knew I was on the right track. Vote blue this election!
Zappa. What can you say about him that hasn't already been said? My buddies and I used to get high and laugh our asses off at Joe's Garage. Zappa had incredible technical prowess on the fretboard, and not an not an ounce of soul.
A godfather o diseminated punk o a peacetime perspective, the son of a weapons technologist. Now we have too take up conflict again the Yin is the Yàng
A lot of his stuff, especially the first album is just a joke, he meant it to be that way. Some of his work, just him and his music machine or whatever it was is rubbish.. Love most of it. He was such a hypocrite... loathed 'drugs' but he was hooked on one of the worst ones he couldnt give up even when he was dying.. TABACCO!
Ascolto FVZ ogni giorno da che avevo 17 anni...presi un disco a caso di mio fratello e lo posai sul piatto e quei suoni ed il tipo di musica che emettevano le casse fu per me un vero orgasmo...era Tinsel Town Rebelion. Da allora ogni fottuto giorno ascolto la sua musica ed ho 52 anni. Nessuno come lui e non solo musicalmente parlando. GENIO
WONDERFUL THANK YOU been a fan since 1970 saw him perform over 15 times. I miss him so much
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
He’s still ahead of his time
My first Frank Zappa concert was at the Liverpool Stadium on 11th. September 1973. We were allowed to watch the sound check in the afternoon, and then did a one hour video interview with Frank Zappa around 3:00 pm. 🕒 When I met Frank Zappa I was only 22 years old and Frank Zappa was hero. My first Mothers of Invention LP purchase was Uncle Meat in 1970. My final Frank Zappa concert was in Brighton England in April 1988. I saw 👀 Frank Zappa play about 20 times.
Where is you video interview in 1973? On RUclips? You were lucky to gain that access, or perhaps clever, because Frank became very guarded after he was knocked off the stage in 1971 at Rainbow Theatre.
I saw them at Birmingham town hall that year and about another 5 times when gigging in uk plus knebworth with the tubes, first album I heard was only in it for the money and first bought album was mothermania followed by hot rats and was addicted to frank zappa for rest of my life and still today in my 70s .
On top it all, his playful never taking too much seriously and yet absolute mystic profound whimsical style soloing for me makes him my preferred guitarist of all time.
He's my all-time favorite guitarist too!
He is the greatest guitar player, ever.
My brother-in-law introduced me to Freak Out in 1967 .. I still play Zappa every day and have have every disc .. favourites and not favourites but never boring
At least you could delay that trouble coming every day.....
He was way over my head when I was young. Still is to a point. Hearing some of these compositions show me how precise, talented and intense these folks were. I’m in awe.
EVERY ONCE IN A LIFETIME, IF WE HAVE LUCK ON OUR SIDE. FRANK, OR SOMEONE LIKE him comes along, in the center of everything, and blows away any form of competition inside the realm of music. Yet, no one actually knew what he was. Confusion always follows genius, but genius will use everything, including confusion. I can't listen to anyone else.
I'm just starting to catch up with Zappa now after all these years, and see that he was spot on with his observations. I've never hear anyone carry himself so well in an argument/discussion.
Nothing like the soothing sounds of Zappa ;) - been a fan since the early 80s
Been a Zappa fan since 1982 and have seen everything but this footage is new... thanks!
Thanks for watching!
If anyone is interested in Frank Zappa's home life, not shown in other books, from getting up to going to bed, composing at the piano, rehearsing with the Mothers, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, and more, then read 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa 1968-1971 Laurel Canyon'. It is my story from meeting Frank in London when publicising the Mother's first European tour in 1967 and ended up living and working in his house with Gail, Moon Unit, and seven others, thus the book's unique access.
Loved your book Pauline. He seems almost a made up character too entertaining to be real. Genius, funny, humane. Your book showed he was all too real and we were all the better as a world for it.
@@josephmarkey9096 Kind of you, Joseph. Thank you. Any chance of a review? 🫤
You learned marketing off him,thats for sure. And promotion. Good luck to you pauline,I'll have to check your book out when the situation arises.
I'm 63 and always think to play Apostrophe at the Gym!😊
Hi Pauline!!
My introduction to Zappa was buying the Roxy and Elsewhere album, bought in what was then Rhodesia, perhaps where unpopular records were dumped during economic sanctions. At first, I didn't get it, but over time, I began to hear the notes and the intricate arrangements. His music grew on me, and overwhelmed popular music heard on the radio.
Perhaps his popularity, or lack thereof, was due to people not actually listening to the music but taking a superficial viewpoint, in my opinion. His music definitely wasn't for everyone. It takes concentration to appreciate.
Tancks so much!Fantastic Documentary!Zappa FOREVER!🎸💯⭐✌️
Indeed!
Tancks is crazy to write even for an otter 🤣Not calling him an otter, but even otters can write thanks.
My friends tried to turn me on to Zappa in high school (mid '70s) but he was too much for me. Outside of "Peaches" I didn't take to him. In college (1978) I went to a show to see what he was all about. I was gobsmacked and instantly a diehard fan. Had the pleasure of seeing him five times. Still an enthusiastic fan.
So cool!
Zappa was my first concert I was 14 years old with my brothers and there friends! We went to Mcsorleys after that I was drinking darks and lights! What a show!
The 2nd time was The Beacon Steve Vai on guitar!
I saw him in 1975, Cameron indoor stadium, Duke university. Napoleon Murphy Brock and terry bozio was part of the band. I think Ruth was missing for some reason. Anyway, great show but unlike his usual shows bc he gave a guitar clinic that night. Opened with stinkfoot.
All through high school 78-82) a group of us gathered at my friends house every afternoon to pull bong hits and listen to Zappa. We all still love Zappa.
Thanks for this documentary, very interesting. In the 70's I had musician friends who introduced me to his music, it took time and many hours of listening but I finally did `got it `. Nearly 50 years later I still listen to Zappa music and still think its fantastic music. My favorites albums are in no special order: Hot Rats, Waka Jawaka, Grand Wazoo. Over Night Sensation, Apostrophe, One Size Fits All, Roxy and Elsewhere. I also was lucky enough to see him live 4 times in Montreal.
Chris Welch is a legend. I loved his articles in the music press. Colosseum anyone?
Great to see another documentary. I’ve been a fan since Freak Out! As it was only released as a single album over here originally, I had to go down to One Stop Records in London to get an import version of the double album. I’ve bought just about everything ever since. My favourite artist.
Thanks for posting, seen a lot of Zappa doccos but this one's new to me!
Welcome to our channel!
Bozzio is unreal.
Arguably one of the best drummers out there. The guy was an absolute beast.🍻
Gotta love a good hour on the tower
"Music is the best!" 👍
The musicians musician. Of all the musicians that worked, played with Zappa l have never heard a decenting comment. All were in awe and came away with nothing but respect. FZ....R.i.P
I try to watch anything related to FZ, somehow I missed this!
Excellent, top interviews and performances 👌
Much appreciated!
Trouble every day. First Rap song
Frank was playing chess while every other band in the world was playing checkers. That’s not putting down other bands , there were some great bands, but none of them on Franks level. I’m saddened when people used to say they didn’t get Frank or didn’t like him because he was so different from everyone else. EXACTLY
Jean-Luc PONTY plays the Music of Frank ZAPPA includes the King Kong Suite and Music for violin and orchestra! This is the perfect record for beginning the Zappa Discovery in my opinion. Great Composer and Virtuosi Jazz Players! Blue Note Label too ! Check it out!
George Duke's work
I owe it to my older brother's record collection he had a Zappa album that was made from a few tracks off of Frank's first three album releases it was 1970 when I first listtened to it I was 15 loved the lyrics and music quite a bit
That must've been MotherMania... with the German liner notes in the back...right?
This is a fantastic tribute to Frank Zappa and an excellent introduction to anyone curious about Frank Zappa and what he was all about. For those already entrenched fans, it reminds us once again of Frank Zappa's musical development. I am also pleased that FZ's business skills have been highlighted, an attribute missing from so many musicians. He told Paul McCartney in 1967, 'I tell my manager what to do, not the other way round.'
I was there in 68' and here I remain.
Me too. Ahead of their time, South Bank, London.
Beauty is as beauty does creates more beauty in sound for the world to enjoy.
In appreciation.
and the "The torture never stops"... thanks Frank
The song, Hungry Freaks, Has the best guitar solo of 1966
I love that solo. A favorite guitar solo of all solos.
Excellent video -strange theres no mention of Ruben and the Jets
I played the track Stuff Up The Tracks so many times, I nearly wore the original vinyl out. I wasn’t ready for that guitar solo at the end. At least you can get the original master now on the Greasy Love Songs CD.
Would have loved to see him. I've seen Zappa Plays Zappa 5+ times. Dweezil is amazing
Whatever came into his head, he wrote it onto a stave. He is a stravinsky 2.0 he's a composer, not a rock star. He had to use the pop music business to fund his orchestral works. We now have them. He's a treasure to the world
Uncle Frank will always be in our hearts 🙏🏻
Yeah. Tanks.
VU with Nico debut album in 1967 was not a double album, but in 2015 it was released as a double album.
Great video, thanks. Where, when was Peaches performed, please?
Saturday Night Live 1976
Frank Zappa didn't take SNL as serious as they thought they were and he was banned for life. He then smokes the whole show with his musical performance.
And now look at the swill Lorne is putting out there every week
Weasels definitely ripped my flesh!
Fond memory of watching Peaches En Regalia live that night on SNL. It was fun jazz...
Now Moon is selling a book. I hope it's not the usual stuff...
I saw Frank Zappa @ Washington University/in 1977 in the Quadrangle/St. Louis, Mo. (CATCH THOSE TWO CUTS)/ Black Napkins Deluxe Bonus Version/Willie the Pimp (Unedited Bonus Version) I walked across the campus in 2014 I had almost forgotten and graduated from the same school in 2018/(Deans list/bonus) I listened to the music until graduation. /Original musical connoisseur of ROCK/ROLL/JAZZ / CLASSICAL / Do Ya Hear Me, Mon!/ FRANK IS THE REAL DEAL!
What??? 200 Motels was great!!!! Zappa was a genius!
11:50 the otherwise meticulous ben watson makes the totally erroneous claim that, like "freak out", the velvet underground`s debut album (1967)
"was a double album". it of course wasn`t: a fold-out cover does not equate a "double album".
Blonde on Blonde is a double album by Dylan released a week before Freak Out.
@@jameswilkinson138 I think he confused the two. Glaring error.
@jameswilkinson138 - nice info - had always thought it was "freak out'...thanks!
It doesn't really matter @@naderzekrya5238
Who cares?
Garage band music played in a much more exquisite cacophony of sounds.
Since when was G-Spot Tornado on Hot Rats?
Public request with 52 years right to do so
Rock & roll hall of fame ,
please Martyr Zappa.
Good stuff thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
...........like this is interesting.......
G Spot Tornado was not on Hot Rats, it appears on Jazz from Hell in 1986.
What's missing is the actual musical presentation, back it up with Sonics.
He was different. Like or Hate. Makes no difference to me. He was great.
I have many many fz albums
So cool!
They had a lot of gear on stage. Smoke on the water
A very English view of Frank
Ship arriving to late eh??😮
😅yes, that is Jean luc ponti playing violin.
Really? I didn't recognise him .
Holy jayzus, Aynsley! Don't punish that kit, what did the poor thing ever did to you?😂
I do not apologize if that request off ends any one.
If Ben Watson is in it, it must be good
I read his ‘negative dialectics’ when it first came out and though it has interesting views the amount of pseudo intellectual baloney is very suspicious
@@martinusdegrootsteYeah, major poser.
@@martinusdegrootste
I bought that book a few decades ago and couldn't get through it.
I'm not a reader but I devour Zappa as a subject. I just can't get into that book.
@@martinusdegrootste Interesting conversations attract interesting people *and ...conversations.*
Echo-chambers silence all but the most holy, whom eventually self-suffocate from the lack of dialogue.
In YOUR CASE; silence is golden, duct tape is silver.
Fucking genius.
Kool
Edgard Varèse, Doo-wop and the creaking of Ben Watson's leather jacket.
Ok, I loved the Beatles, but I'll put We're Only In It For the Money every time before Sgt.Peppers.
When I was in high school and put Freak Out on it scared some people.
That's when I knew I was on the right track. Vote blue this election!
Zappa. What can you say about him that hasn't already been said? My buddies and I used to get high and laugh our asses off at Joe's Garage. Zappa had incredible technical prowess on the fretboard, and not an not an ounce of soul.
No soul? Watermelon in the easter hay? St. Ettienne?
Hare Krishna Hare krishna Krishna krishna hare hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare!!!!❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊2024🤔🤨😐😑😶🙄😏😗😙😚☺🙂🤗🤩
Great documentary with terrible audio. Voice overs are dull and bass and music is thin and scratchy.
OOOOOOH PUNKY!!!!
are there no dentists there. Frank would have made a song about that . " Where did my teeth go mama "
And DAGMAR
Not autocratic he signed the fkn checks
Brits love to attribute pop/rock musicians to have "gone Jazz." They use "jazz" via the most liberal of parameters possible.
2 ads in less than 10 minutes. You suck youtube. Just more corporate greed. Over $31 Billion in profit it 2023!
A godfather o diseminated punk o a peacetime perspective, the son of a weapons technologist. Now we have too take up conflict again the Yin is the Yàng
I'm afraid This Nation is
"DUMB ALL OVER ( A LITTLE UGLY ON THE SIDE)" 😢
The first Velvet Underground album was not a double album. Ben Watson is a tool.
Terry Bozzio
I was at the Rainbow waiting for the second performance the day the idiot chucked him of stage missed my chance to see him
The first Velvet Underground album was a double album? Schmuck... lost all credibility there.
The English. 😮lol
A lot of his stuff, especially the first album is just a joke, he meant it to be that way. Some of his work, just him and his music machine or whatever it was is rubbish.. Love most of it. He was such a hypocrite... loathed 'drugs' but he was hooked on one of the worst ones he couldnt give up even when he was dying.. TABACCO!
Trump Zappa what happen in a talk
FORMULA MUSIC
Frank WHO?! Was he for real, or a comic book character?
Somebody way cooler than you. 😁
Ascolto FVZ ogni giorno da che avevo 17 anni...presi un disco a caso di mio fratello e lo posai sul piatto e quei suoni ed il tipo di musica che emettevano le casse fu per me un vero orgasmo...era Tinsel Town Rebelion. Da allora ogni fottuto giorno ascolto la sua musica ed ho 52 anni. Nessuno come lui e non solo musicalmente parlando. GENIO
Vero! ❤️
Jazz is weird
You say it like that's a bad thing.
Overrated
Undervalued. He was way ahead of everyone.
I was on guam -16. Just got hi. Past music was country mom nd pops radio. Motwn soul . Rock kliv radio s sj cali.66
He was an idealist. Past education compared to new world ideas. Its dosent have to have commerical exceptence, to make money.🎉
And then ?did he love his people. We know ,,,,,we arent in for the money..😂😂😂😂🎉
He was the sole inhabitant of the planet Wunofakind