Drummer reacts to "Fifty-Fifty" by Frank Zappa & The Mothers

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • Thank you to our patron Peter K for yet again showing me how little I really know about Frank while also confirming every thought I've had about the man at the same time. I don't know how do you do it bro! This was awesome. The back to back to back solos from George, Jean Luc, and Frank were just sublime at points. Great track. Very different stuff then I've usually heard from Zappa... but I'm used to saying that now LOL
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Комментарии • 81

  • @chitownlee
    @chitownlee 2 месяца назад +14

    Three great solo's in a row, George Duke keyboards, Jean-Luc Ponty violin and Frank guitar. Great song.

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +1

      Legendary stuff! This line up is all killer no filler lol

  • @jamesw.5855
    @jamesw.5855 2 месяца назад +11

    Camarillo Brillo and Dirty Love need to be listened to.

    • @HareDeLune
      @HareDeLune 2 месяца назад +4

      "Like some tacky little pamphlet in yo' daddy's bottom drawer!"

  • @madmanasaurusRex
    @madmanasaurusRex 2 месяца назад +7

    You’ve heard enough Zappa and are by my account at least, a true fan. So, just let me say, We’re proud to have you in the club!! Welcome man!!! Long live FZ! ❤.

    • @hansvandermeulen5515
      @hansvandermeulen5515 Месяц назад

      "You've heard enough Zappa"? Really? You can never have heard enough Zappa!

  • @markdrechsler5660
    @markdrechsler5660 2 месяца назад +5

    Our local, great, independent radio station in Milwaukee (WMSE) does an annual, day long Zappa marathon on “Franksgiving” day.

  • @AlesPickar
    @AlesPickar 2 месяца назад +15

    re 10:00 - Ruth and Ian were married. And Bruce & Tom are brothers.

    • @jeffjohnson9911
      @jeffjohnson9911 2 месяца назад +1

      Married in 1969, Divorced in 1986.

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +2

      Well then now that makes sense
      Apparently there were 3 fowlers on one album. Now that’s crazy!

    • @zappafanseeker1099
      @zappafanseeker1099 2 месяца назад +4

      @@L33Reacts The Fowlers are a total musical family. There were a total of five musical Fowler brothers, along with their father, who founded the jazz program at the University of Utah. The family label is fossil records and Toms album Heartscapes includes some other Zappa alumni. Bruces album entropy is highly regarded as well, also replete with former Zappa bandmembers including Chester Thompson. Tom is noted for bass playing, but also plays a wicked electric violin. I know Tom, Bruce, and Walt, and they are all delightful, VERY distinctive characters. Not triplets, but like peas in a pod :)

    • @willicat44
      @willicat44 23 дня назад

      @@zappafanseeker1099 wow, I'm envious. How fortunate anyone would be to be close to all these talented people...

  • @shemanic1
    @shemanic1 2 месяца назад +2

    I was 22 when this came out, loved it. Excellent Zappa & all the band. You would love "Camarillo Brillo " I am sure. Jean-Luc Ponty is another superb musician to follow up on. His tune "Renaissance" is so beautiful.

  • @mikedemike5393
    @mikedemike5393 2 месяца назад +2

    that electric violin melts into the guitar solo.

  • @nicksylvester426
    @nicksylvester426 2 месяца назад +2

    Excellent Jean-Luc solo,and Frank of course." Fight for life" by Jean-Luc from "Upon the wings of music" is one of his best solos.

  • @dougieyou
    @dougieyou 2 месяца назад +2

    the best lAbum Cover ever.....lol....especially the frame...lol.

  • @trainman5323
    @trainman5323 2 месяца назад +3

    The fabulous and mad mad mad world of Zappa. Crazy lyrics, wild compositions and fantastic musicianship. Great LP.

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley 2 месяца назад +4

    Great pick.

  • @jonp4846
    @jonp4846 Месяц назад +2

    A little love for Tom Fowler on bass!

  • @stevenparker4684
    @stevenparker4684 2 месяца назад +2

    My favorite FZ album. Well easily tied with Apostrophe 😊

  • @brewstergallery
    @brewstergallery 2 месяца назад +4

    Ned from Spain saying thank you Lee. This album that has been in my collection for over 40 years and it never gets old. This was supposedly about Alice Cooper. Ricky did a lot of studio work singing on odd songs like 50/50 including the Banana Splits " Doin the Banana Split", the title song for a cheap Sci Fi flick called " Green Slime" and other novelty numbers. Everyone on this whole LP are playing like beasts but Ralph Humphrey is my MVP. Zombie Woof should be next !!!

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад

      Yeah Ralph was really the shining star here even though there are a ton of them on this track… ahh the curse of too much talent lol

  • @Royale_with_Cheeze
    @Royale_with_Cheeze 2 месяца назад +7

    L33, for a great taste of all three Fowler Brothers, listen to any side of the ROXY & Elsewhere album. Listen to an entire side though. The songs segue into each other and would sound shitty if cut off.
    Side two is my favorite: Village of the Sun, Echidna's Arf and Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +1

      I’m definitely going to check that out now thank you for awakening me to this lol

    • @willicat44
      @willicat44 23 дня назад

      @@L33Reacts The recording quality of Roxy album is amazing for being live, and well mixed.

  • @dlbwoodbury
    @dlbwoodbury 2 месяца назад +1

    Thanks, L33! Brings me back to Heidelberg, hash and getting ready to drive to Kathmandu!

  • @soccer4906
    @soccer4906 Месяц назад

    FRANK 🙏🏼 thanks for the videos dude!

  • @stevedotwood
    @stevedotwood 2 месяца назад +2

    Ian Underwood & Ruth Komanoff were a couple once, hence the name Underwood which sticked

  • @alldayadventures5418
    @alldayadventures5418 2 месяца назад +7

    I'll just sing to you any-old way,
    Chances are 50/50, I just might have something to say-e-yahe
    There is a great ZAPPA Album no-one has done any reactions to yet.
    MAN FROM UTOPIA. The Title Track is a great song. Franks favorite tune is on that album called "The Radio is Broken" Also few Reggie tunes which Frank does very well.

    • @Royale_with_Cheeze
      @Royale_with_Cheeze 2 месяца назад +1

      Do you prefer the original vinyl version over the CD mix?
      I do.
      I pretty much prefer the original vinyls to all the CD remixes of Zappa's music.

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +1

      Great now I’m gonna be worried about if it’s the vinyl or cd versions now 😳😂

    • @alldayadventures5418
      @alldayadventures5418 2 месяца назад

      @@Royale_with_Cheeze I own 20 FZ Vinyls and the balance in CD's. There are some strong differences between the two. I have the LP version of man from Utopia. Is the VCD version different? Best CD remaster I know was "1968's Only in it for the Money", and Frank remastered that one in 1984. Added some drum tracks the Record company lost.

    • @Royale_with_Cheeze
      @Royale_with_Cheeze 2 месяца назад +1

      @@alldayadventures5418
      What is VCD?
      Funny you should mention Only In It... because that and Ruben & The Jets gets the most complaints from older fans.
      He "said" he had to replace the drums and bass because the tapes were eroding, and at another time, he said he wanted to punch up the drums and bass to attract a younger audience.
      After he passed, one of the engineers over there put out the original mix of Money to the delight of many, including myself.
      I have a rare two-fer CD of Man From Utopia and Drowning Witch and that CD has pretty much the exact vinyl mix, the only CD to have that, without any of the bonus stuff.

    • @HareDeLune
      @HareDeLune 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Royale_with_Cheeze
      Bonjour!
      I had forgotten VCD's completely until I saw this.
      They were called 'Video CD's', and they were Compact Discs with a very limited, very low quality video content. I only ever saw one of them. I believe they were/are quite rare. Compact Disc's never had the space for any real video content, and weren't made for it, either.
      I agree with you about the original vinyl versions. I have a few.

  • @corawheeler9355
    @corawheeler9355 2 месяца назад +3

    Frank's music always sounds to me like organized confusion. lol But so good.

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +1

      It’s organized chaos at points
      But that is what makes it so special

    • @phillipjensen5201
      @phillipjensen5201 2 месяца назад

      "Conceptual Continuity" 😊

  • @sharondavid-melly1498
    @sharondavid-melly1498 2 месяца назад +1

    Didn't really get this until you explained.it...l like unusual...a little scary but I'm into it now👍

  • @wowwhywow
    @wowwhywow 2 месяца назад +1

    This is basically the ONLY violin solo by Jean Luc Ponty on a Zappa album.

  • @chitownlee
    @chitownlee 2 месяца назад +3

    Ruth was married to Ian from 69-86.

  • @ChasBeauregarde
    @ChasBeauregarde 2 месяца назад +1

    The trilogy of this lineup with some guests are this Overnight, Apostrophe and One Size Fits All. I was fortunate to see them live with this lineup twice. Not trying to dound like a braggart, but I also hot to see The Grand Wazoo and Petit Wazoo tours. All amazing shows! Obviously my favorite Zappa period was '71 - 75, though I really like his earlier stuff as well. (also my H.S. years) Curious to know whats your favorite period?

  • @HiddenSymmetry
    @HiddenSymmetry 2 месяца назад +2

    His guitar sound on this is on Roxy too...Ron Jeremy...lol

    • @gerardodoherty9178
      @gerardodoherty9178 2 месяца назад

      Love his guitar tone in this era.

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +1

      His tone here took me a second to fall in love with but once I did, I was hooked
      I’ve listened to this like 6 times since last night lol

  • @HareDeLune
    @HareDeLune 2 месяца назад

    F%kin' Ron Jeremy! 😂 😂
    No, he had a lot more hair back then, dude.
    Crack me UP!! 😂

  • @SPKdesign1
    @SPKdesign1 2 месяца назад +1

    This was just rereleased on Vinyll as a 3LP set. The Original being split over Two LPs and the Third LP with Unreleased Material.

  • @fords_nothere_100
    @fords_nothere_100 2 месяца назад +1

    My first and still favorite FZ album. Love the trio of solos and the "meta" song about a song approach. Thanks Lee!
    Oh and a Double Frank Friday would be very cool.

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +1

      Hmmmm I might just do it! Sounds like a plan to me👌👍

    • @fords_nothere_100
      @fords_nothere_100 2 месяца назад +1

      @@L33Reacts 👍

  • @mikedemike5393
    @mikedemike5393 2 месяца назад +1

    the cover is Frank's roadie...Marty Perellis....I believe...

  • @nicksylvester426
    @nicksylvester426 2 месяца назад +2

    Look closely at the frame !

  • @Driecnk
    @Driecnk 2 месяца назад +2

    Camarillo Brillo

  • @gilbertgiuliani.4452
    @gilbertgiuliani.4452 2 месяца назад +1

    Welcome to the world of Zappa addicts

  • @carlomercorio1250
    @carlomercorio1250 2 месяца назад +4

    Better than 50/50

  • @johncollier9280
    @johncollier9280 2 месяца назад

    I can remember there was a time once upon a time when you reviewed one track from the classic Mothers O' Invention album We're Only In It For The Money. Any chance you will do further explorations in this direction?

  • @kevinlundgren1169
    @kevinlundgren1169 2 месяца назад +1

    I don't know if you caught it in this song , but yes , it might sound strange to some , ZAPPA is in my top 5 of guitar gods !!

  • @sodncbsjiufdnznnc
    @sodncbsjiufdnznnc 2 месяца назад +1

    Try zomby woof from that album, incredible song

  • @kevinlundgren1169
    @kevinlundgren1169 2 месяца назад +1

    May as well just listen to the rest of the album , the rest is just as good !

  • @hansvandermeulen5515
    @hansvandermeulen5515 Месяц назад

    There's a funky earlier take, all instrumental on the Frank Zappa yt channel.

  • @jamessomers8808
    @jamessomers8808 2 месяца назад +1

    My
    Voice
    Is
    Kaput ❤ I just might have something to say…

  • @antidote7
    @antidote7 2 месяца назад

    Double Frank Friday...

  • @Asymmatrix
    @Asymmatrix 2 месяца назад +3

    Hot soapy water

    • @Royale_with_Cheeze
      @Royale_with_Cheeze 2 месяца назад +2

      No poo-poo jokes...

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +2

      Why is everybody lookin at me?

    • @Asymmatrix
      @Asymmatrix 2 месяца назад

      @@L33Reacts It took me a while to realize how he's using the word 'misery.' It's a noun as if it's a thing like a brick or whatever. Not the normal usage.

  • @spender_cgb7372
    @spender_cgb7372 2 месяца назад +1

    I think the Underwood's were(are) husband and wife as they used to say!😁

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад

      Yeah they told me in the live chat this morning. That makes sense thank you!

  • @wowwhywow
    @wowwhywow 2 месяца назад

    Zappa was very much like the guy from Whiplash. lol.
    One example is... Flo and Eddie were in the 1988 tour band...for a heartbeat.
    Like... the first two weeks of rehearsal... then they quit.
    And they said that it was because Zappa was not being very nice to them. Who knows what really happened?
    One thing for sure... Flo and Eddie weren't in any 1988 shows.

  • @HareDeLune
    @HareDeLune 2 месяца назад

    'The heck is that on yer left shoulder, man? A guitar string??

  • @eximusic
    @eximusic 2 месяца назад +1

    One of the filler songs off the album. Even the fillers had virtuosity.

  • @erolbulut2584
    @erolbulut2584 2 месяца назад +5

    You are picking the nuggets. Nobody like Zappa

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  2 месяца назад +2

      I wish it was me randomly picking these lol these are picks from my patreon community
      They know their stuff!

    • @erolbulut2584
      @erolbulut2584 2 месяца назад +2

      @@L33Reacts They also care about you enough to want you to hear the best

  • @lorcazola
    @lorcazola 2 месяца назад +1

    I'll take Jean-Luc Ponty over Zappa any day....

    • @erolbulut2584
      @erolbulut2584 2 месяца назад

      You sound like a fart sniffer.