When I was 16 in 1976, I went and seen him. Seen him the next 4 years after that too. In Chicago at the Uptown Theater, and once at a college auditorium. We were all tripping every time.....
Ricky Lancelotti on vocals, Tina Turner and the Ikettes on backing vocals for this album 73 and the next one Apostrophe 74, both recorded at Ike Turners Bolic Sound. Heres a link to a great video of Frank the band and the Ikettes in the studio recording Cheepnis. ~ ruclips.net/video/5-kXTFSswKw/видео.html
I stumbled into Frank when I bought a second hand car with a Zoot Alures cassette in the tape player ! Never looked back ! That was back in the late eighties
My introduction to Zappa was seeing A kid in a shirt and tie "playing" A bicycle with a bow on some stupid talk show. Then about a year or two later dude was on Mike Douglas show playing Black Napkins solo on guitar, beautiful. I seen the Mothers live in the early 70s and was blown away by how much better they were than my favorite bands at the time, Uriah Heep, ZZ Top, and the Faces. And the Faces were hard to top!
This song is in the blues tradition of songs about bogeymen and sex-demons and combinations of the two. The song is not zomby wolf, but "woof", and..."here I'm is", shades of "ain't I'm a dog" - another case of "don't sin-tax that syntax". The two headed man on the cover is one of Frank's personal assistants Marty Perellis. A guy with a mixed history in Zappa lore - on the one hand he was a road manager, and was the go-between who recruited Napoleon, and Andre Lewis, and played a part in the release of Don't Eat The Yellow Snow as a single...but people tend to remember him solely for the rumours that he was a dog fancier in the BIblical sense. This is the 1973 band with Jean-Luc Ponty - I personally will listen to every last note from that era, even in C-grade audio quality. To get a quick fix of what they were really about, try this: ruclips.net/video/BynKe8BjIxk/видео.html
Check out like version by ZPZ Steve Vai and Dweezil on guitars And the amazing Zappa Plays Zappa band They also won a Grammy for their live Peaches en Regalia
Totally agree that Frank was a singular talent . Being a lifelong Zappa fan and fortunate to see him live , I think ZPZ were best of bands to attempt his music And I like how they shot the DVD with multi cam as a concert video it is one of best shot shows I’ve ever seen
The album cover was basically to tell a story about his roadies they used to set his equipment up if you notice that's a hotel room They would trash the hotel rooms
The Mothers of Invention were Zappa’s band on and off for about a decade (65-75), and came in three distinct phases, being dismissed and then reformed by Zappa several times, with numerous personnel changes.There are about a dozen studio albums on which the Mothers are credited, though many of the same players appear on albums credited to Zappa alone. In addition to being a great composer and guitarist, Zappa was a bandleader in the best sense of the word. Numerous talented and successful musicians had their early careers boosted by a stint in Zappa’s band.
Your question about the two headed figure on the cover and who that might be; I always thought it was the brothers who played with Zappa at that time. Tom and Bruce Fowler. It does resemble them.
It is so cool to join you listening to some Zappa, love it man. This song and this era are the epitome of Zappa in the opinion of many. Zomby Woof, damn!! I first heard his stuff on the radio as a kid, ha ha, what a treasure, thanks Frank! Hopefully you will run across The Adventures of Greggery Peccary, oh man, can not wait to see you do that one, your mind will be gone...I hope you will get to some Mahavishnu Orchestra too. Zappa and Mahavishnu man, you get more from those two bands than pretty much any other band ever.
My guess is... Zappa loves Halloween, so it starts off like a scary story... but by the second verse Zappa took a left turn and decided to make it about hormone monsters...lol! Once you've listened to enough Zappa you just kinda roll with these non-sensical moments. Just part of the overall experience. Q- A bearded, female dwarf, on a rollerskate?...Eating a bannana...?... Why? A- Everyone loves bannanas.
Leave the lyrics for a while and listen to the instrumental component. The whole song, once a day. Still after some weeks you will still find new details. Enjoying it even more.
The singer is Rick Lacelotti, and he's dead, unfortunately. n interesting fact, there are female backup singers on this song and on the VERY LAST line of the song... if listen REAAAL CLOSE... you can hear a female voice doubling Rick... that voice is Tina Turner.
Years ago, I could have bought that painting for the cover for $400, but I didn't. Nothing whatsoever to do with Ron Jeremy. But I did sleep with a woman who slept with him. So our relative status has been adjudicated in my favor.
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The more you listen to Zappa the more you hear, and the more there is to love
That's right. Another way to say it might be: The more you listen to Zappa the more you hear, the more you hear the more you listen to Zappa.
Zappa's works are a universe of their own.
Zappa was trash
You can never get enough of Zappa. +40 year for me.
Was 15 when i bought my first Zappa record in 1979.
When I was 16 in 1976, I went and seen him. Seen him the next 4 years after that too. In Chicago at the Uptown Theater, and once at a college auditorium. We were all tripping every time.....
@@kerbygator Went to the last European tour in 1988 here in Sweden.
Zappa was filth
@@marlon-jl4ge Yeah, he would hurt your feelings for sure. He'd probably have you crying.
Shit ugly zappa looked like a bum at the end 🤣 🤣
Ricky Lancelotti on vocals, Tina Turner and the Ikettes on backing vocals for this album 73 and the next one Apostrophe 74, both recorded at Ike Turners Bolic Sound. Heres a link to a great video of Frank the band and the Ikettes in the studio recording Cheepnis. ~ ruclips.net/video/5-kXTFSswKw/видео.html
I stumbled into Frank when I bought a second hand car with a Zoot Alures cassette in the tape player ! Never looked back ! That was back in the late eighties
It was destiny...
A favorite Zappa song. Frank’s guitar playing on this track was awesome. Guitar tone cuts like a knife. This album was my introduction to Zappa.
My introduction to Zappa was seeing A kid in a shirt and tie "playing" A bicycle with a bow on some stupid talk show. Then about a year or two later dude was on Mike Douglas show playing Black Napkins solo on guitar, beautiful. I seen the Mothers live in the early 70s and was blown away by how much better they were than my favorite bands at the time, Uriah Heep, ZZ Top, and the Faces. And the Faces were hard to top!
I have this one autographed from one of his appearances on Midday Live with Bill Boggs.
This song is in the blues tradition of songs about bogeymen and sex-demons and combinations of the two. The song is not zomby wolf, but "woof", and..."here I'm is", shades of "ain't I'm a dog" - another case of "don't sin-tax that syntax".
The two headed man on the cover is one of Frank's personal assistants Marty Perellis. A guy with a mixed history in Zappa lore - on the one hand he was a road manager, and was the go-between who recruited Napoleon, and Andre Lewis, and played a part in the release of Don't Eat The Yellow Snow as a single...but people tend to remember him solely for the rumours that he was a dog fancier in the BIblical sense.
This is the 1973 band with Jean-Luc Ponty - I personally will listen to every last note from that era, even in C-grade audio quality. To get a quick fix of what they were really about, try this: ruclips.net/video/BynKe8BjIxk/видео.html
Check out like version by ZPZ
Steve Vai and Dweezil on guitars
And the amazing Zappa Plays Zappa band
They also won a Grammy for their live Peaches en Regalia
Dweezil is all fine and dandy, but he's just not the same......i guess he's ok for the people that are too young to have went and seen him...
Totally agree that Frank was a singular talent .
Being a lifelong Zappa fan and fortunate to see him live , I think ZPZ were best of bands to attempt his music And I like how they shot the DVD with multi cam as a concert video it is one of best shot shows I’ve ever seen
With shit zappa trolls, its like with mushrooms, keep them in the dark and feed them shit, hahahaha 🤣 🤣
Zappa was an ugly boring clown and his music too
The album cover was basically to tell a story about his roadies they used to set his equipment up if you notice that's a hotel room They would trash the hotel rooms
About 56 years for me! I got hooked as a teen.
Great reaction. Instruments included: alto and tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, clavinet, vibraphone plus the obvious.
Frank really liked cheezy monster movies. Wolfman was cheezy. So he wrote a song about it.
My favorite Zappa album at age 16 .every song is great.
One of my favorite Zappa songs!
This album was released in 1973, just in time for my sophomore year of high school. My friends and I listened to it for "enrichment."
The Mothers of Invention were Zappa’s band on and off for about a decade (65-75), and came in three distinct phases, being dismissed and then reformed by Zappa several times, with numerous personnel changes.There are about a dozen studio albums on which the Mothers are credited, though many of the same players appear on albums credited to Zappa alone. In addition to being a great composer and guitarist, Zappa was a bandleader in the best sense of the word. Numerous talented and successful musicians had their early careers boosted by a stint in Zappa’s band.
What a great TGIF cooker today John. Every tune from this LP is great. Peace from Toronto!
This entire album is gold!!!!!
2012 because there was a new release, all remastered, some remixed, that year. 20+ albums I think.
This is Hard hitting Zappa. Progressive madness indeed. Such a perfect song. Glad you’re staying with it!
Ricky Lancelotti does sound like a muppet in this song. He also sings on 50/50 in the same album
Your question about the two headed figure on the cover and who that might be; I always thought it was the brothers who played with Zappa at that time. Tom and Bruce Fowler. It does resemble them.
Thats a hotel room and what life on the road is like...
It is so cool to join you listening to some Zappa, love it man. This song and this era are the epitome of Zappa in the opinion of many. Zomby Woof, damn!! I first heard his stuff on the radio as a kid, ha ha, what a treasure, thanks Frank! Hopefully you will run across The Adventures of Greggery Peccary, oh man, can not wait to see you do that one, your mind will be gone...I hope you will get to some Mahavishnu Orchestra too. Zappa and Mahavishnu man, you get more from those two bands than pretty much any other band ever.
My guess is... Zappa loves Halloween, so it starts off like a scary story... but by the second verse Zappa took a left turn and decided to make it about hormone monsters...lol!
Once you've listened to enough Zappa you just kinda roll with these non-sensical moments. Just part of the overall experience.
Q- A bearded, female dwarf, on a rollerskate?...Eating a bannana...?... Why?
A- Everyone loves bannanas.
Leave the lyrics for a while and listen to the instrumental component. The whole song, once a day. Still after some weeks you will still find new details. Enjoying it even more.
Some mornings I wake up without it.
Yep his music is kinda
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it looks like Ron. But it's one of Zappa's roadies from that tour.
Wait till you hear Dinah Moe Hum!
Movin' to Montana soon????
@@lorrainemiller688 yippee I oh kaj eh?
Zappa was an ugly boring clown
The singer is Rick Lacelotti, and he's dead, unfortunately. n interesting fact, there are female backup singers on this song and on the VERY LAST line of the song... if listen REAAAL CLOSE... you can hear a female voice doubling Rick... that voice is Tina Turner.
Years ago, I could have bought that painting for the cover for $400, but I didn't.
Nothing whatsoever to do with Ron Jeremy. But I did sleep with a woman who slept with him. So our relative status has been adjudicated in my favor.
Looks more like Bruce Fowler. No not Ron. Tina Turner (background voices) Randy Lancalotti. (sp) (also on 50/50)
it was the road manager but i forgot his name
@@HakanTunaMuzik Joey Pyschotic? Or Ross Jennings.
@@tixximmi1 I just looked into, it's meant to be a roadie
If you weren't there, you just wouldn't understand.....
I really like the "older" stuff. I feel like he solos were more embedded in the songs than in later years. But maybe that's just me.
I also love his "solo-ettes".
Zappa was an arrogant asshole
yes, it's Ron Jeremy, it's not FZ...
Your taking him too seriously. Frank was a musical genius and a sarcastic social cynic.
❤🥜🎶
Saw him many times and he was better live
Frank's in the television