Billy Bob Thornton talked about Zappa's guitar playing as "like razorblades". The guitar in this solo is a great example of that. Who else can slash a musical landscape like that?
Frank's live shows were beyond anything you could imagine! The best musicians performing the most creative, complex yet accessible music you've ever heard, presented with humor, passion, and the highest levels of skill and talent.
sweeeeeeet - both so awesome - jon-luc played on fifty fifty and his first introduction to america (funny how God works right?) elephants in love - live - jon luc's best, but i still love 'molicules in love'
Salvador Dali making music is Frank Zappa! Genius! Zappa on guitar is out of this world. The words are just another instrument.....and Frank wrote all of this down on paper. Great musicians.
There's so much going on in Frank's music. That's why I love it so much. It never gets old or stale. Wait till you hear it 1,000 times. You always hear different stuff.
At Zappa concerts there are usually a very serious number of really good musicians in the crowd hanging on to every morsel of notes being played. There is so much going on that its more than entertainment. Also there are Zappa fans that like the instrumental aspect much more than the lyrics. It definitely a total experience. I also go to alot of Dweezils shows and he has become a world class musician and his band is incredible!
From what I heard , Zappa writes everything out note for note, then gives it to the band to play . He has been in my top five of the great guitar gods for many years!!!!!!
Yes. But he would also make (rehearse) his band be able to play every song in about 12 different genre styles just from a hand signal. They could switch from rock, to reggae, to country, to chamber music, all in one song, anytime Frank felt like it.
Probably the only way to do it. I don't think that you could memorize all those notes. But then Frank doesn't read the music as he performs. So who knows.
You liked the solos in this one and Montana. Check out Guitar and the Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar series, solo excerpts from live shows, all quite original and just as good.
I must admit I had never really appreciated how complex Zappa's earlier music was, then I went to see Dweezil doing the Zappa plays Zappa thing. I was blown away seeing tracks like Zombie Woof played live and am now hooked on all the different eras of Zappa, with Zombie Woof & Florentine Pogen being firm favourites. There's no hope for me! By the way, if you haven't checked them out, there is more musical insanity from incredibly skilled musicians, Primus and Mr. Bungle are mental but incredibly skilled, worth a look.
I saw Frank live a few times in the late 70's and once in '84. Always a great time. His shows could be a mixture of political based songs, sex based songs, and what ever else might be on his mind...along with a "phrase of the day" that you'd hear through out the songs. In '79 he toured with a "clothes line" of women's underwear on stage. He encouraged the women in the audience to feel free to remove their underwear and throw them up on stage to add to his laundry line. He said once the tour was over, he was going to have all the ladies intimate apparel he receives made into a quilt. So, ya know, it was your basic family show. Really need to check out the entire Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Suite off Apostrophe. Find out what Nanook is up to.
I saw him in 77 and 78 at the Palladium in NY both his Halloween shows. 77 was taped I was 5th row. No space between the stage and seats. Wild show. So glad I got to see him.
A point of Interest. From the same album, " I'm the Slime", one of the first recorded examples of "rap" that I can remember . 1973 and still way ahead of today.
FZ was enamored by serious 20th century composers like Webern, Stravinsky and especially Edgar Varese. He taught himself by going to the library and looking at scores. The first music he ever wrote was string quartets/quintets and chamber music. He then got into Doo Wop, R&B, Indian Classical and Middle Eastern musics. His first instrument was drums and marimba, then guitar later.
Basic? Not a word ever applied to FZ. You can't make background music out of his songs, they demand your attention. First listens are great, but you really have to listen to each song a few times. Once you can anticipate the changes and twists every song takes, you aren't surprised by them, you expect them and they feel smooth as silk. You have done three songs with lyrics, so you have yet to experience purely instrumental Frank, he has a catalog of brain melting guitars solos that number in the 100s, and that does not include the jazzy albums or his orchestral stuff. You just scratched the surface, I hope you continue the ride...maybe I'll join Patreon and help you along.
The Woof! Serious muso chops required to play this one. Crazy time signatures, modulations, etc., yet it all sounds so smooth. And what blistering guitar work. Awright.
Great job, Y'all. Was fortunate enough to be at many of Frank's shows. From Flo & Eddie to his classical performance in Royce Hall at UCLA. Whether the Grand Wazoo in the 70's or with Stevie Via in mid-eighties, always astounded by the quality of his bands. No beach balls of silly string need appear, he stopped a show once at the beginning of Billy the Mountain, because someone in the first row yelled "Louie, Louie." By the time Frank was done with him he was three inches tall. Never a dull moment because he played a different concert every night. Three nights in a row had songs in them that weren't played the night before. Frank allowed his musicians 16 or so bars for improvisation, but for the most part all parts written, rehearsed ad infinitum then conducted by Zappa on stage in the moment. Never knew what would occur next. Jaw dropping is exactly what it was and when the night was over, completely dumb struck...in the best way possible. Thanks for the share. Peace & love, your Uncle Brother, Matthew. PS: Here's one I wrote because of his Inca Roads...enjoy! ruclips.net/video/uAjh8z3-ih4/видео.html
Zomby Woof, like some extraordinary Renaissance painting, has so much depth to it that it takes years and years of study to appreciate it. There are so many sounds going on in so many time signatures that you would need several computer monitors to try to keep track of them all. And that's the zombie troof! Oh, and Ms. Graffiti -- your collarbones are very architectural!
Background voices by the Ikettes. (Ike and Tina) Got to see Frank many times. I saw him 5 times in a week, LA, Santa Barbara, Berkeley, Sacramento and Reno. He played this song at all 5 venues. Not once was his lead guitar solo the same. He changed it every night. And they were all good. This shows the in depth style and versatility of Franks music and playing.
I had the pleasure of seeing Zappa a few times back in the 80s, those shows were legendary. It's all fun & games, and satire, but whenever he picks up that guitar you realize what a musical genius he was. I've always thought of him as the Groucho Marx of music. Thanks for the great reaction, a lot of people can't let go and just enjoy. I'll be going to check out King Crimson this summer and they have the Zappa band opening for them. Looking forward to hearing some live Zappa again.
Tina Turner and the Ikettes on backing vocals of this whole album and Apostrophe. Some words of wisdom from Frank "The mind is like a parachute it doesn't work unless it's open"
I saw FZ and the Mothers in 1976, at the Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia. It was on a Friday, I was on afternoon shift, so I lost my job. Boy, was it worth it!
Awesome reactions y’all! Zappa shows we’re definitely a lot of fun and damn his bands were ridiculously well rehearsed and *tight* - His son Dweezil played homage to his dad by touring and performing the whole “One Size Fits All” album - did a great job. Now, another commenter pegged what you gotta do next -instrumentals- an earlier composition like “Peaches en Regalia” OR guitar solo driven performance like Black Napkins or Watermelon in Easter Hay - man, FZ’s watermelon solo transfix and transports me and nearly breaks my heart every time... 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼
Zappa loved monster movies, so the Zombie Woof is some hybrid of a were-wolf and a zombie apocalypse critter, and the song references some obscure horror movie tropes.
You can see the closest approximation of Zappa on Dweezil's tour! My spouse and I had the best concer ot our lives in the balcony at the Fitzgeral theater a couple months ago. Zappa is being preserved! I love the Salvador comparison, I am a fan of both! Letting the surface roll over you. Then you listen to the lyrics Then you shadow dance to the complicated runs and rhythms! Listen many times!
I first got into Zappa back in the mid 80s when I was a kid. It was his comedy music like "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" that I first listened to. It took me a little time to get used to his more bizarre stuff. :D Here's some great Zappa stuff to check out for those who are new to his music and want something a bit more "normal" to check out: You Are What You Is Dinah-Moe Humm Keep it Greasy Dirty Love The Illinois Enema Bandit (from his live "Zappa In New York" album) Cheapnis (from his live "Roxy & Elsewhere" album) Cosmik Debris Planet of the Baritone Women Zappa was famous for his live shows. He would invite fans on stage for dance contests and I believe they sew together a giant blanket of all the panties girls would throw on stage. :D The other thing Zappa was famous for was NOT taking drugs. He wouldn't mind sleeping around with fans but he wouldn't do drugs. He was an extremely intelligent person who wanted to keep his mind sharp to concentrate on his music.
But Frank smoked like a demon, drank gallons of coffee and was not totally straight edge sober. He never did any hard drugs but he might have a drink now and then, as did his band. He was definitely and infamously intolerant of anyone in his band being f-d up while performing or rehearsing.
@@fords_nothere_100 True, Frank's main interest was keeping his mind clear so he could work. That's why he avoided hard drugs. Sorry but smoking and drinking coffee isn't hard drugs and have extremely minimal impact on someone's ability to work. For those not aware Frank didn't just write rock music, he wrote and performed rock music to pay the bills but over the years he progressed into writing classical music, extremely complex music.
My buddy hooked me up with zappa the first time hearing him.in his basement one knight after work.he put on one album.i was blown away.they had a rack of his stuff.i asked how many records dies he have.he said about 200 albums.and there is a lot more.wow!!
Okay I'm about 2 minutes short of the end of this video and you asked the question what it was like to go to a live Frank Zappa concert!! Well I can tell you from personal experience that it was an experience like no other!! In the late 70s early 80s Frank would do a series of shows around Halloween in New York City's Palladium Theater!! And talk about bringing props to a concert just about everyone in the crowd was dressed for Halloween and Frank never disappointed with the show that had plenty of audience participation!!! There are DVDs of live Frank Zappa shows, the movie "Baby Snakes" is a good example to catch some crazy live Frank Zappa performances!! But that will certainly not do it justice, as there is nothing quite like the live experience!!
Those high register female voices on the album Overnight Sensation belonged to Tina Turner and the Ikettes, but were uncredited because good ol' Ike Turner, not a great guy, who didn't like what he heard and said don't put their names on the album credits. What!? But they are there. Montana, Dinah Mo-Hum, it's all there for you to hear.
I see what you mean about the lyrics, but if you listen to "I'm the Slime," it's definitely a message song. It's from the same album (Over-Nite Sensation). Would be interested in your reaction, as it came out in the '70s but still, IMHO, is relevant today.
Hell, they really ought to listen Trouble Every Day, the Freak Out! version with all the scathing lyrics that sounds like 2020 even though it's about the Watts riot in 1965....
Of course in addition to being a great entertainer, comedian, rocker and satirist, Frank was a master of orchestral composition and meticulously charted out all of the musical arrangements of his compositions.
Zappa is an acquired taste, and I'm glad you two are going there. I saw that you reacted to "Montana" and now this, and they are both good places to stick your feet in these very complicated waters. That is Zappa on guitar by the way and he was a phenomenal guitar player. You must react to the live Video of "Punky's Whips" to witness all of that tremendous satire lyrics and musicianship all put together. Dan that's such a great way to make that Dali comparison. However there is such a varied catalog of Zappa music, you would be completely thrown off by something 2 albums from this. Keep up the great reaction folks. By the way for these sessions, he was using Tina Turner and the Ikettes for Background vocals.
I remenber when I saw FZ on stage in 1988 after about one hour I had to go to the lobby for a beer because of musical stimulus satiation. (Kind of shame ...) Keep up enjoying FZ's music! It's a treasure! 🙋♂️
You gained a new sub with your astute reflection on FZ. Can't believe your brought up taking props to a FZ show as 2 buddies and my self used to bring stuff to Frank at the Garrick Theater NYC. Believe or not he would always use them. Saw him 7 times one year 67 .
it's as if he's the composer with tourettes and i mean that in the most amazing way! kudos for sticking with this train. i remember you guys have done Little Feat and Lowell George was at one time a member of The Mothers.
I was actually in attendance to a Frank Zappa show in 1980 at the Palladium Theater which was broadcast on MTV it was actually the first live broadcast on MTV of a concert and it was also simulcast over an FM station in New York City!! A friend of mine was taping the show off of the television and he got the raw unedited tape which actually showed me and my girlfriend in the audience for a brief second as they were scanning the crowd before the show started!! One of the coolest things that ever happened to me!!
@@SightAfterDark 1980, not so much interesting, but the Palladium and Frank on Halloween, perfect! I'm pretty sure I saw him there for the 82 Halloween show, the year is a little fuzzy, but that was my college days...
I just wanted to say that you guys have a really kool theme song for your lil show here, and I appreciate all the reactions to my all time rock star....
Correct! You can't grasp everything in one listening. Please, continue!!! So, far you have heard mostly rock-jazz style. There is so much more. The jazz albums from around 1970 is never boring. I like you compare with Dalí. Dalí never claimed he was skilful, although very artistic and experimenting. Zappa combine madness with perfectionalism, which is one of the reason he is so unique.
Tina Turner was one of 3 women who did awesome harmonies on this track. They were paid a couple of hundred dollars. A copy of the reciept is in Zappas own book.
YES)))))))!!!!!!!! That was my face during my first Zappa Show in 74 with this lineup of virtuosos on the 2nd row of an auditorium sized venue (on LSD). Seriously! Every song seemed to blend non-stop into the next with a barrage of complexity, sophistication, stage antics & intensity that was overwhelming the entire time. I felt as though I'd gotten plugged in to a sonic electrical socket and only released after 2 hours of non=-stop shock treatment. Literally & seriously. I don't recommend this but it's still in the top 3 of all of the incredible concerts I've ever seen.
The opening lyrics are sung by Zappa, but Ricky Lancelotti sang the later parts. In live performances with the "Roxy" lineup, Napolean Murphy Brock would do most of the vocals. Zappa's voice wasn't that low early in his career, but in 1970 he was attacked by a deranged audience member, pushed off stage, and fell 15 feet into the orchestra pit in a London theater. After he recovered from his injuries, including severe leg fractures and crushed larynx, his voice had dropped a third of an octave.
Frank Zappa - Dupree's Paradise (1973) live ruclips.net/video/qr6mTloYJJs/видео.html Orchestration: 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd = English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion (bass drums, bells, castanets, chimes, cymbals, Chinese cymbals, gong, maracas, marimba, piccolo snare drum, pop gun, slapstick, snare drum, tam-tam, vibraphone, woodblock, xylophone), harp, 2 pianos (= celestas), and strings “Dupree’s Paradise is about a bar on Avalon Boulevard in Watts at 6:00 a.m. on a Sunday in 1964, during the early morning jam session. For about seven minutes, the customers (winos, musicians, degenerates and policemen) do the things that set them apart from the rest of society.” Zappa’s Varèse-inspired point of reference is apparent in his sheer exuberance with the ringing, clanging, abutting piles of sound he marshals. Zappa takes the opening optimistic tune down the rabbit hole, from which it emerges at times sounding like Gershwin, at others like a serialist’s lost weekend. As for his rhythms, Zappa notes they are in general derived from speech patterns and “should have the same sort of flow a conversation would have.”
Why is the guitar so good? Because Frank was one of those guitarists who knew exactly what he wanted out of it and got it. Every time. Right up there with Jimi Hendrix, Les Paul, Robert Fripp, Jeff Beck.......
From the same album, 'Over-Nite Sensation,' is the song 'Dirty Love.' It's short but sweet: FZ's guitar solo will make you (pardon my French) cream your jeans!
Recorded in Ike Turner's studio in 1973, and yes, featuring the 'Ikettes' (Tina!). Allegedly Ike was an *ss and also did not want them to be credited on the album....
ZW's one of my alltime favourite Zappa-songs; shouldn't it be on the Voyage II Golden Record? - Watching you is really fun, I suppose you're really hearing the music for the first time, don't you?; your reactions are humorous, appreciative and authentic!
Ms. Graffiti my my my you are looking exceptionally lovely today your hair styled today and that dress is popping on you!! Yes! BTW thanks Sight After Dark for reacting to Zomby Woof this song takes you on a journey and grants some great visualization "my right foot's bigger than the other one is like a regular zomby hoof!" Here I is the Zomby Wooooooof!
You must listen to a the album's Apostrophe and Over Night Sensation start to fish to totally understand the lyrical and guitar genius that is Frank Zappa
If you liked this, be sure to check out our Frank Zappa podcast!
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That solo.... tears my brain in pieces ....( 4.12 )
Billy Bob Thornton talked about Zappa's guitar playing as "like razorblades". The guitar in this solo is a great example of that. Who else can slash a musical landscape like that?
Frank's live shows were beyond anything you could imagine! The best musicians performing the most creative, complex yet accessible music you've ever heard, presented with humor, passion, and the highest levels of skill and talent.
The great George Duke killing on the keyboards and Tina Turner on some backing vocals on this track.
Amazing. They definitely killed it!
Gotta love it!
Tina Turner and The Ikettes!
Playing for Zappa was the musical equivalent of Ivy league grad school; had to be great to get in, but he made you better.
Don't forget "Montana" great tune.
Zappa makes me happy, one week without Zappa is a bad week.
We feel you!
Amen to that
For real man
agreeeeee!!!!!
The Zomby Woof vocalist was the late Ricky Lancelotti who also sang Fifty-Fifty.
RIP
Underrated song, incredible guitar solo too.
sweeeeeeet - both so awesome - jon-luc played on fifty fifty and his first introduction to america (funny how God works right?) elephants in love - live - jon luc's best, but i still love 'molicules in love'
Salvador Dali making music is Frank Zappa! Genius!
Zappa on guitar is out of this world. The words are just another instrument.....and Frank wrote all of this down on paper. Great musicians.
Amazing
perfect!
There's so much going on in Frank's music. That's why I love it so much. It never gets old or stale. Wait till you hear it 1,000 times. You always hear different stuff.
At Zappa concerts there are usually a very serious number of really good musicians in the crowd hanging on to every morsel of notes being played. There is so much going on that its more than entertainment. Also there are Zappa fans that like the instrumental aspect much more than the lyrics. It definitely a total experience. I also go to alot of Dweezils shows and he has become a world class musician and his band is incredible!
Dweezil is great :) We’re gonna try to see him soon if we can!
Dweezil is just carrying on Frank's last words to him, " Don't let my music die"!! Truth in that!!
@@darrylaldrow7274 past my time - but i enjoyed his dad - i hope his family finds peace. without God, family's forlorn. God Bless All!
I've seen Frank 9 times. Mostly the NYC 80s Halloween shows Oct 30, 31 & Nov. 1, I would see him every night each show was always over 3 1/2 hrs
From what I heard , Zappa writes everything out note for note, then gives it to the band to play . He has been in my top five of the great guitar gods for many years!!!!!!
He's the best! Thanks Kevin!
#1+
Yes. But he would also make (rehearse) his band be able to play every song in about 12 different genre styles just from a hand signal. They could switch from rock, to reggae, to country, to chamber music, all in one song, anytime Frank felt like it.
Probably the only way to do it. I don't think that you could memorize all those notes. But then Frank doesn't read the music as he performs. So who knows.
Zappa live was amazing. He always had a very tight band. When he soloed the whole building would vibrate
We can only imagine!
i'm an engineer. I've been taught. I want to UNLEARN. Frank takes me there.
You liked the solos in this one and Montana. Check out Guitar and the Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar series, solo excerpts from live shows, all quite original and just as good.
Agreed. Excellent choice. Inca Roads needs to be next.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Zappa is tremendous, life changer, its own universe. The beauty of art.
Absolutely
Tremendous, simply Tremendous...
I must admit I had never really appreciated how complex Zappa's earlier music was, then I went to see Dweezil doing the Zappa plays Zappa thing. I was blown away seeing tracks like Zombie Woof played live and am now hooked on all the different eras of Zappa, with Zombie Woof & Florentine Pogen being firm favourites. There's no hope for me! By the way, if you haven't checked them out, there is more musical insanity from incredibly skilled musicians, Primus and Mr. Bungle are mental but incredibly skilled, worth a look.
Steve vai’s solo on zombie woof with ZPZ is epic!
@@thesidsss Zappa fan since the 70's. Also throw in some Primus & Butthole Surfers since the 80's and 90's.
I saw Zappa live, and on acid. what a trip.
We bet!
Sounds intense!
Bin dhere dun dat
I saw Frank live a few times in the late 70's and once in '84. Always a great time. His shows could be a mixture of political based songs, sex based songs, and what ever else might be on his mind...along with a "phrase of the day" that you'd hear through out the songs. In '79 he toured with a "clothes line" of women's underwear on stage. He encouraged the women in the audience to feel free to remove their underwear and throw them up on stage to add to his laundry line. He said once the tour was over, he was going to have all the ladies intimate apparel he receives made into a quilt. So, ya know, it was your basic family show. Really need to check out the entire Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Suite off Apostrophe. Find out what Nanook is up to.
Sounds so awesome.
Love that you guys listen to so much Zappa. And love your original music too. If you ever need album artwork, let me know.
There is a live Version by Zappa Plays Zappa with Steve Vai on guitar. AMAZING.
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@@paulmitchell6193 .....and Napoleon Murphy Brock on vocals! Nice treat! Thanks.
Live Zappa shows are the stuff of legends. There are multiple compilations full of nothing but amazing guitar solos played on stage
I’ve been a fan of Frankie since 1966. He never stops dead or alive.
I've seen FZ in concert twice back in the 70"s and 80's, and was never disappointed. Try "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite" and "I Am the Slime".
We wish! Thanks for the suggestion!
Would’ve loved to see him live!
I saw him in 77 and 78 at the Palladium in NY both his Halloween shows. 77 was taped I was 5th row. No space between the stage and seats. Wild show. So glad I got to see him.
I saw him live on stage 3 times in France in 79,82 (with the young Steve Vaï !) and 84. Unforgettable shows !
7 times
A point of Interest. From the
same album, " I'm the Slime",
one of the first recorded examples of "rap" that I can
remember . 1973 and still way
ahead of today.
Awesome!
FZ was enamored by serious 20th century composers like Webern, Stravinsky and especially Edgar Varese. He taught himself by going to the library and looking at scores.
The first music he ever wrote was string quartets/quintets and chamber music. He then got into Doo Wop, R&B, Indian Classical and Middle Eastern musics.
His first instrument was drums and marimba, then guitar later.
We definitely hear all the influences!
We definitely hear all the influences!
Basic? Not a word ever applied to FZ. You can't make background music out of his songs, they demand your attention. First listens are great, but you really have to listen to each song a few times. Once you can anticipate the changes and twists every song takes, you aren't surprised by them, you expect them and they feel smooth as silk. You have done three songs with lyrics, so you have yet to experience purely instrumental Frank, he has a catalog of brain melting guitars solos that number in the 100s, and that does not include the jazzy albums or his orchestral stuff. You just scratched the surface, I hope you continue the ride...maybe I'll join Patreon and help you along.
Looking forward to more Zappa! Thanks Peter!
Thanks so much Peter! We’re excited to be on the Zappa train!
Very well said, just reading my thoughts
Saw Zappa in '73. Great concert
The Woof! Serious muso chops required to play this one. Crazy time signatures, modulations, etc., yet it all sounds so smooth. And what blistering guitar work. Awright.
Blistering is definitely the word!
Great job, Y'all. Was fortunate enough to be at many of Frank's shows. From Flo & Eddie to his classical performance in Royce Hall at UCLA. Whether the Grand Wazoo in the 70's or with Stevie Via in mid-eighties, always astounded by the quality of his bands. No beach balls of silly string need appear, he stopped a show once at the beginning of Billy the Mountain, because someone in the first row yelled "Louie, Louie." By the time Frank was done with him he was three inches tall. Never a dull moment because he played a different concert every night. Three nights in a row had songs in them that weren't played the night before. Frank allowed his musicians 16 or so bars for improvisation, but for the most part all parts written, rehearsed ad infinitum then conducted by Zappa on stage in the moment. Never knew what would occur next. Jaw dropping is exactly what it was and when the night was over, completely dumb struck...in the best way possible. Thanks for the share. Peace & love, your Uncle Brother, Matthew. PS: Here's one I wrote because of his Inca Roads...enjoy! ruclips.net/video/uAjh8z3-ih4/видео.html
Amazing!
Zomby Woof, like some extraordinary Renaissance painting, has so much depth to it that it takes years and years of study to appreciate it. There are so many sounds going on in so many time signatures that you would need several computer monitors to try to keep track of them all. And that's the zombie troof! Oh, and Ms. Graffiti -- your collarbones are very architectural!
One of the guitar solos that have me laughing out loud cuz it's so funny in places...
Lol pretty much!
Background voices by the Ikettes. (Ike and Tina) Got to see Frank many times. I saw him 5 times in a week, LA, Santa Barbara, Berkeley, Sacramento and Reno. He played this song at all 5 venues. Not once was his lead guitar solo the same. He changed it every night. And they were all good. This shows the in depth style and versatility of Franks music and playing.
He is AMAZING! Thanks for watching!
I had the pleasure of seeing Zappa a few times back in the 80s, those shows were legendary. It's all fun & games, and satire, but whenever he picks up that guitar you realize what a musical genius he was. I've always thought of him as the Groucho Marx of music. Thanks for the great reaction, a lot of people can't let go and just enjoy. I'll be going to check out King Crimson this summer and they have the Zappa band opening for them. Looking forward to hearing some live Zappa again.
Wow, that's gonna be a helluva show!
Nice comparison!
Zappa is amazing!
Won't get the Zappa open for KC here in Austin. :(
Can't quite believe I missed this one until now. One of the my favorite Zappa songs!
A great choice. There are also many excellent live versions of this song.
Awesome! Thanks Steve!
Tina Turner and the Ikettes on backing vocals of this whole album and Apostrophe. Some words of wisdom from Frank "The mind is like a parachute it doesn't work unless it's open"
I saw FZ and the Mothers in 1976, at the Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia. It was on a Friday, I was on afternoon shift, so I lost my job. Boy, was it worth it!
Awesome reactions y’all! Zappa shows we’re definitely a lot of fun and damn his bands were ridiculously well rehearsed and *tight* - His son Dweezil played homage to his dad by touring and performing the whole “One Size Fits All” album - did a great job. Now, another commenter pegged what you gotta do next -instrumentals- an earlier composition like “Peaches en Regalia” OR guitar solo driven performance like Black Napkins or Watermelon in Easter Hay - man, FZ’s watermelon solo transfix and transports me and nearly breaks my heart every time... 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼
Awesome. Thanks so much!
That first solo is nasty. Love all that gnarly string bending.
Hell yeah!
Zappa loved monster movies, so the Zombie Woof is some hybrid of a were-wolf and a zombie apocalypse critter, and the song references some obscure horror movie tropes.
You can see the closest approximation of Zappa on Dweezil's tour!
My spouse and I had the best concer ot our lives in the balcony at the Fitzgeral theater a couple months ago. Zappa is being preserved!
I love the Salvador comparison, I am a fan of both!
Letting the surface roll over you.
Then you listen to the lyrics
Then you shadow dance to the complicated runs and rhythms! Listen many times!
Hello to all the Zappa Fans who clicked "like" before the song even started. You know who you are.
Shout out to you Tommi!
@@SightAfterDark shout out to you Tommy.
from Australia!
I'm one of those who click first then listen 🤪
I first got into Zappa back in the mid 80s when I was a kid. It was his comedy music like "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" that I first listened to. It took me a little time to get used to his more bizarre stuff. :D
Here's some great Zappa stuff to check out for those who are new to his music and want something a bit more "normal" to check out:
You Are What You Is
Dinah-Moe Humm
Keep it Greasy
Dirty Love
The Illinois Enema Bandit (from his live "Zappa In New York" album)
Cheapnis (from his live "Roxy & Elsewhere" album)
Cosmik Debris
Planet of the Baritone Women
Zappa was famous for his live shows. He would invite fans on stage for dance contests and I believe they sew together a giant blanket of all the panties girls would throw on stage. :D The other thing Zappa was famous for was NOT taking drugs. He wouldn't mind sleeping around with fans but he wouldn't do drugs. He was an extremely intelligent person who wanted to keep his mind sharp to concentrate on his music.
Great information. What a guy!
Thanks so much for the insight!
But Frank smoked like a demon, drank gallons of coffee and was not totally straight edge sober. He never did any hard drugs but he might have a drink now and then, as did his band. He was definitely and infamously intolerant of anyone in his band being f-d up while performing or rehearsing.
@@fords_nothere_100 True, Frank's main interest was keeping his mind clear so he could work. That's why he avoided hard drugs. Sorry but smoking and drinking coffee isn't hard drugs and have extremely minimal impact on someone's ability to work.
For those not aware Frank didn't just write rock music, he wrote and performed rock music to pay the bills but over the years he progressed into writing classical music, extremely complex music.
@@Mr.Batsu12 Of course. And my comment
didn't suggest otherwise.
My buddy hooked me up with zappa the first time hearing him.in his basement one knight after work.he put on one album.i was blown away.they had a rack of his stuff.i asked how many records dies he have.he said about 200 albums.and there is a lot more.wow!!
Okay I'm about 2 minutes short of the end of this video and you asked the question what it was like to go to a live Frank Zappa concert!! Well I can tell you from personal experience that it was an experience like no other!! In the late 70s early 80s Frank would do a series of shows around Halloween in New York City's Palladium Theater!! And talk about bringing props to a concert just about everyone in the crowd was dressed for Halloween and Frank never disappointed with the show that had plenty of audience participation!!! There are DVDs of live Frank Zappa shows, the movie "Baby Snakes" is a good example to catch some crazy live Frank Zappa performances!! But that will certainly not do it justice, as there is nothing quite like the live experience!!
Amazing! Thanks Bernard!
Those high register female voices on the album Overnight Sensation belonged to Tina Turner and the Ikettes, but were uncredited because good ol' Ike Turner, not a great guy, who didn't like what he heard and said don't put their names on the album credits. What!? But they are there. Montana, Dinah Mo-Hum, it's all there for you to hear.
Thanks Bob!
Oh yes the Zappa train is full steam ahead! Good stuff! This rabbit hole goes very deep!
Indeed!
I see what you mean about the lyrics, but if you listen to "I'm the Slime," it's definitely a message song. It's from the same album (Over-Nite Sensation). Would be interested in your reaction, as it came out in the '70s but still, IMHO, is relevant today.
Absolutely. Amazingly incisive lyrics. Great counterpoint to the silly stuff.
Hell, they really ought to listen Trouble Every Day, the Freak Out! version with all the scathing lyrics that sounds like 2020 even though it's about the Watts riot in 1965....
Thanks for the comment!
Recorded at Ike Turner's studio and Tina & The Ikettes sang backup vocals. The stuff of legends.
Legendary indeed
Check out Inca Roads. It is CLASSIC Zappa!
Oh, and the great Chester Thompson plays drums (he left Zappa to tour for a decade or so with Genesis!).
Of course in addition to being a great entertainer, comedian, rocker and satirist, Frank was a master of orchestral composition and meticulously charted out all of the musical arrangements of his compositions.
Zappa is an acquired taste, and I'm glad you two are going there. I saw that you reacted to "Montana" and now this, and they are both good places to stick your feet in these very complicated waters. That is Zappa on guitar by the way and he was a phenomenal guitar player. You must react to the live Video of "Punky's Whips" to witness all of that tremendous satire lyrics and musicianship all put together. Dan that's such a great way to make that Dali comparison. However there is such a varied catalog of Zappa music, you would be completely thrown off by something 2 albums from this. Keep up the great reaction folks.
By the way for these sessions, he was using Tina Turner and the Ikettes for Background vocals.
Amazing! Thanks so much for the info Melvin!
We’re looking forward to hearing more!
TT and the Ikettes being the background vocals was a delicious additive.
Loving your journey into the Zappa discography, I would definitely recommend the tracks Camarillo Brillo & Fifty fifty from this album..killer tracks!
I remenber when I saw FZ on stage in 1988 after about one hour I had to go to the lobby for a beer because of musical stimulus satiation. (Kind of shame ...)
Keep up enjoying FZ's music! It's a treasure! 🙋♂️
Yes he was the Dali of music.
Lyrics for Frank were an afterthought
You gained a new sub with your astute reflection on FZ. Can't believe your brought up taking props to a FZ show as 2 buddies and my self used to bring stuff to Frank at the Garrick Theater NYC. Believe or not he would always use them. Saw him 7 times one year 67 .
Thanks for your support Django Dunn!
According to his biography, Zappa did meet Salvador Dali in a restaurant once, by chance. There was an instant affinity.
Amazing!
it's as if he's the composer with tourettes and i mean that in the most amazing way!
kudos for sticking with this train. i remember you guys have done Little Feat and Lowell George was at one time a member of The Mothers.
Great way of saying it!
The recommendation on the screen at the end for Billy Joel is hilarious.
My favorite zappa song ever... besides the epics
I was actually in attendance to a Frank Zappa show in 1980 at the Palladium Theater which was broadcast on MTV it was actually the first live broadcast on MTV of a concert and it was also simulcast over an FM station in New York City!! A friend of mine was taping the show off of the television and he got the raw unedited tape which actually showed me and my girlfriend in the audience for a brief second as they were scanning the crowd before the show started!! One of the coolest things that ever happened to me!!
So awesome! Sounds like an amazing time/place
@@SightAfterDark 1980, not so much interesting, but the Palladium and Frank on Halloween, perfect! I'm pretty sure I saw him there for the 82 Halloween show, the year is a little fuzzy, but that was my college days...
I just wanted to say that you guys have a really kool theme song for your lil show here, and I appreciate all the reactions to my all time rock star....
Thanks Coz! We appreciate you!
Can't wait to see your reaction
Hope you enjoy!
Correct! You can't grasp everything in one listening. Please, continue!!! So, far you have heard mostly rock-jazz style. There is so much more. The jazz albums from around 1970 is never boring.
I like you compare with Dalí. Dalí never claimed he was skilful, although very artistic and experimenting. Zappa combine madness with perfectionalism, which is one of the reason he is so unique.
Looking forward to hearing more Frank! Thanks Eric!
A phrase that Frank used about his music was "acoustical density".
Zappa called guitar solos instant composition. Live they were never pre-written, tho im sure he had ideations and phrases he fell back on
There’s nothing better than orchestrated chaos.
Great comment! Listen many times to this song, that was years ago, now I'm surprised again how brilliant this piece is.
Thanks so much for watching!
"If Dali made music"...Nailed it!
Tina Turner was one of 3 women who did awesome harmonies on this track. They were paid a couple of hundred dollars. A copy of the reciept is in Zappas own book.
So many many great ones, but THIS one is just so damn good! That solo man...
For real!
Also I've seen him in early mid 70's two possible 3 times ,don't remember, great
Frank Zappa ; "Stink foot "
Great reaction!
Thanks Johnny!
"Frank, why you do the music that you do?""Because I can"
YES)))))))!!!!!!!! That was my face during my first Zappa Show in 74 with this lineup of virtuosos on the 2nd row of an auditorium sized venue (on LSD). Seriously! Every song seemed to blend non-stop into the next with a barrage of complexity, sophistication, stage antics & intensity that was overwhelming the entire time. I felt as though I'd gotten plugged in to a sonic electrical socket and only released after 2 hours of non=-stop shock treatment. Literally & seriously. I don't recommend this but it's still in the top 3 of all of the incredible concerts I've ever seen.
Sounds amazing!
I like how you dont stop the tracks half way through like other reactionists do
The opening lyrics are sung by Zappa, but Ricky Lancelotti sang the later parts. In live performances with the "Roxy" lineup, Napolean Murphy Brock would do most of the vocals. Zappa's voice wasn't that low early in his career, but in 1970 he was attacked by a deranged audience member, pushed off stage, and fell 15 feet into the orchestra pit in a London theater. After he recovered from his injuries, including severe leg fractures and crushed larynx, his voice had dropped a third of an octave.
Woah that's crazy! We're glad his voice wasn't completely destroyed!
Frank Zappa - Dupree's Paradise (1973) live ruclips.net/video/qr6mTloYJJs/видео.html
Orchestration: 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd = English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion (bass drums, bells, castanets, chimes, cymbals, Chinese cymbals, gong, maracas, marimba, piccolo snare drum, pop gun, slapstick, snare drum, tam-tam, vibraphone, woodblock, xylophone), harp, 2 pianos (= celestas), and strings
“Dupree’s Paradise is about a bar on Avalon Boulevard in Watts at 6:00 a.m. on a Sunday in 1964, during the early morning jam session. For about seven minutes, the customers (winos, musicians, degenerates and policemen) do the things that set them apart from the rest of society.”
Zappa’s Varèse-inspired point of reference is apparent in his sheer exuberance with the ringing, clanging, abutting piles of sound he marshals. Zappa takes the opening optimistic tune down the rabbit hole, from which it emerges at times sounding like Gershwin, at others like a serialist’s lost weekend. As for his rhythms, Zappa notes they are in general derived from speech patterns and “should have the same sort of flow a conversation would have.”
Zappa is the best!
What were the live shows like? Listen to the You Can't Do That On Stage collections. Part 2 - the Helsinki Concert is my favorite.
Black Napkins n Easter Hay Melon, What's new in Baltimore. Love ❤ to hear his guitarist side. I'll shut up now n play my guitar now....
Why is the guitar so good? Because Frank was one of those guitarists who knew exactly what he wanted out of it and got it. Every time. Right up there with Jimi Hendrix, Les Paul, Robert Fripp, Jeff Beck.......
100 percent. Amazing guitarist
This song reminds me of a good multi-form boss battle versus the Zombie-Woof
For another side of Frank try Dog/Meat from the Yellow Shark album. He took a rock tune and made it classical, in ways that only FZ could do.
Tina and the Ikettes sing the „Backround“
Try Bill the mountain(live) it's about 17/29min long
Billy is a mountain. Ethel is a tree growing off of his shoulder.
Tellin' you all the Zombie troof, hereum is the Zombie Woof!
Two more Zappa recommendations: 'A Little House I Used To Live In', and 'Waka/Jawaka'.
Thanks!
This was the first album I bought with my own money as a kid. In retrospect, it explains a lot.
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From the same album, 'Over-Nite Sensation,' is the song 'Dirty Love.' It's short but sweet: FZ's guitar solo will make you (pardon my French) cream your jeans!
Awesome! Thanks!
When he's on that sg it sounds like razor blades, there's only one Frank. It's all about the melody
You look happy
Keep well from England
Stay Well friend!
You could check out the version on You Can't do that on stage #1. The solo is Killer.
Thanks for the tip!
Hi school here on the antelope valley but listen to those greek modes in his guitar solo
Recorded in Ike Turner's studio in 1973, and yes, featuring the 'Ikettes' (Tina!). Allegedly Ike was an *ss and also did not want them to be credited on the album....
ZW's one of my alltime favourite Zappa-songs; shouldn't it be on the Voyage II Golden Record? - Watching you is really fun, I suppose you're really hearing the music for the first time, don't you?; your reactions are humorous, appreciative and authentic!
☺️Yes, it’s the first time. Thanks so much for watching!
Two words,"Dirty Love".
Frank takes you to places you didn't know existed. And you never know where he's going to take you next.
Well said
If you ever get a chance to see his son Dweezil on tour be sure to check it out,you won’t be disappointed 🎸🎸🎸
Ms. Graffiti my my my you are looking exceptionally lovely today your hair styled today and that dress is popping on you!! Yes! BTW thanks Sight After Dark for reacting to Zomby Woof this song takes you on a journey and grants some great visualization "my right foot's bigger than the other one is like a regular zomby hoof!" Here I is the Zomby Wooooooof!
You must listen to a the album's Apostrophe and Over Night Sensation start to fish to totally understand the lyrical and guitar genius that is Frank Zappa
We've heard they're great! Thanks Steven!