Drummer reacts to "Flakes" by Frank Zappa
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2023
- In honor of Frank's 83rd birthday.... we are going to do 2 songs for this special Frank Friday. I hope you enjoy as we honor this special mans life... his music!
And damn, this was so different yet so Zappa. Very lyric heavy and tightly focused. He really is a genre of his own...
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Hey Frank. The Flakes are everywhere now. We need you back!!
Adrian Belew. Another Graduate of the Zappa college and the “voice” of Bob Dylan. The next song on Sheik Yerbouti is just as good.
Frank was a Musical Savant and a Sigma Male of the highest order. Genius Is kind of an insult when trying to quantify or explain him. He is truly an Enigma, and a Paradox at the same time. There will never be another like him, and i feel honored to have shared the same space and time of his existence. Thank you Frank, The world is a better place because of you. RIP, Maestro...
Yes Mann very nice Words Chapeau 🎉
Was privileged to have seen him 2 or 3 times in the UK.
First saw him in London when I was about 16, was when Steve Vai was in his band, brought Dweezil on for ‘Stevie’s Spanking’ - a truly unforgettable experience!
L33: I can listen to him do anything. The entertainment factor is insane on this one. I also loved the Bob Dylan impression. He really commands the listener's attention, even through sneering, jeering and spearing the things he finds wrong or amusing in our culture. As for him being a genre unto himself, just you WAIT till you hear the music on Jazz From Hell. I can't wait (but I will!).
Greg, I can't wait to hear it either. After my first listen to studio tan last night.... I am hooked on his jazz stuff. So I jazz from hell is right around the corner probably 😆😆😆😁
@@L33ReactsI always felt that this song was Frank's way of bashing not so much corporate America but the work ethic of Americans in the 1980s!! Americans went from quality over quantity to preferring quantity over quality because you can make more money that way!! So the Flakes are basically the working people that just do not have any pride in their work the way they had back in the 50s and 60s!! And of course he give several examples during the song in the lyrics but basically it's like the old saying "they don't build them like they used to"!! Now whether or not this song stems from a personal experience that Frank had with some sort of contractor or repair person is unknown to me, but he did hit the nail on the head!!!
@@L33Reactsalso since you are going to do a Zappa reaction every Friday why not go back to the very beginning to either "Freak Out" or "Absolutely Free" and pick a song every couple of weeks off of those so you can see where his Roots began!!?
From this same album is a great instrumental called Rat Tomago. Definitely worth a listen.
One of Zappa best solo on an official release
My favorite Frank's solo !
Lots of great tunes on this one, especially the Live song portions. You did a version of City-Tiny lights, but the live version on this album is the one we all know, and well worth listening to again. "Yo MAMA" at the end is a truly incredible piece. "Jewish Princess" is a bit naughty but is balanced out with "Catholic Girls" from "Joe's Garage Act 1" Called "Conceptual-Continuity", which is Frank Zappa Mantra. Most of his thoughts jump form one album to another.
Oooo maybe I will do this version of Tiny lights as well... sounds like a plan. Thanks for all the suggestions! So much zappa so little time... lol
It's wonderful to see that some younger folks are discovering Frank's brilliance. I first heard Frank at the age of 14 back in 1969. He remains my all time favorite musician.
Same here, only 14 in 75. The band Hawkwind is tied with Frank as my favorite of all time, even though they're 180 degrees from Frank.
I'm a Hawkwind fan as well.@@timfeeley714-25
"Rhythm" the influence of his buying that Edgar Varese album: Ionisation
Funny side fact: Dylan wanted Zappa to produce an album once.
The Bob Dylan imitation is by Adrian Belew, but the drums are by Terry Bozzio.
Hey Lee! I needed this today. Lost my sister Judy on 7-11-21. She would of been 67 yesterday. Very hard day. Can't believe I saw Frank 43 years ago! Frank and Jeff Beck on campus back to back Saturdays. 2 legends now gone. They were both INCREDIBLE❗️❗️🎸🎸👍🎅🏻🤶🧑🎄🎁☃️🎄😎
I am so sorry jeff... rest in peace judy. I hope this brought you a little comfort today. You rock bro.
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Two of the greatest guitar players back to back... That's a win/win, I'd say!!
I love frank friday.. Highlight of the week
I'm glad you enjoy them as much as I do. I look forward to Thursday night (usually when I record for Friday) and then Friday to share it with yall.
When he sings, "I'm a moron and this is my wife, she's frosting a cake with a paper knife." He's referring to an ad that was running back then about a canned cake frosting that was supposedly so soft and creamy that the lady in the commercial was able to frost a cake with a cardboard knife. I remember that commercial. Only Frank could find a way to put that in a song. 😂
Oh Yessir.. The One and Only FZ and Crew.. Sheik Yerbouti is an Amazing Album.. And Yess...His Mind is Just Totally His Own.. Creativity on Steroids.. And Thanx for The Critique and Upload.. Rest in Power Frank Zappa My Most Amazing Musical Big Brotha 💖💖
..And Just an Addition.. The Feedback Guitar in Unison with The Vocal is in It's Own Right a Guitar Solo (IMO)
You’re take on my favourite musician is spot on my friend superb review. Love you’re rhythm theory
I think I need Apostrophe Man to rescue my second you’re in that sentence😮
Must listen to 'The Illinois Enema Bandit', his take on an actual event.
I'll add it to the list thank you! 😊
Oh the pitiful screams!
I heard he's on the loose!!
You should listen to the album You Are What You Is, at least the first suite: Teen-Age Wind, Harder Than Your Husband and Doreen. Loads of fantastic harmonies and funny as hell lyrics.
Agreed! The songs, vocals, sequencing and segues are phenomenal! That album is a vocal tour de force. And it also includes the fantastic guitar instrumental piece, Sinister III.
The line "I'm a moron and this is my wife, she's frosting a cake with a paper knife" is a dig at a ready-made Pillsbury frosting commercial from that time.
Here's a link to one of those ads.
ruclips.net/video/wBAsQdVIymk/видео.html
Holy fucking cringe batman. That's rough. Maybe my era isn't so bad after all... Nah it definitely is. Nevermind. Lol
There is another variation…probably Pillsbury as well, in which the cake and frosting are sold together and comes with a paper knife. The angle was; “a cake mix so complete, it even comes with the knife!”
They’re coming to get you!!
He said "do you want to buy some acid Bob" on other versions.
Nice work today L33. I’m thrilled you’re getting into Zappa. Yes and Steeley Dan are amazing as Well.
A little bit but not really Zappa he exists just one Just unique I don't compare him to anyone
I was 16 when this came out browed my Grandma's chevy went to Loony Tunes and got my copy still have it lol
The store was called looney tunes??? That is so awesome Lol
Nice one Lee, you still got a ocean of greatest music ahead. Let me give you a hint, The album Make a Jazz Noise here, there is a Ska kind of medley on there. It starts with Lets make the water turn black, Harry you're a beast, The orange county, Oh No and Lumpy Gravy. Its fantastic!!
Dude I love Ska! I was in to reggae and Ska my freshman year of high school... I was into reel big fish and sublime and streetlight manifesto... so many. So I probably would love that.
He is not kidding about California containing the most of them (boy they got a host of them) P.S. that's Belew doing the Dylan parody.
"Broken heart's are for assholes" 😃
one my favs of very many
Broken hearts are for assholes comes after !
He just wanted to do instrumental music, but the audience always begged for lyrics so Frank went like: "Well, so take this shit." And the way he used voices as voices, instruments, effects, silly, stupid and funny stuff and last but not least to say some incredible true words killed me over decades. And Adrian Belows Bob Dylan is more Bob Dylan as Bob Dylan himself.😂
Alway thought this could be Santa Cruz's Theme song
quite the hilarious spoof of Bob dylan
HAHAHA This is one of my favorite Zappa songs - so damn funny! Eaten by snakes! The sudden Bob Dylan imitation - wtf? I always loved that.
Such a great album frank's best IMO... The single harmonica note at 4:02 is the quintessential FZ...Saw them on this tour at 19...Already a big fan for a few years before. You probably don't understand the "she's frosting a cake with a paper knife" ...The commercials for Duncan Hines frosting used a paper knife to show how smooth and easily spread it was...Here's the commercial...Fkin YT has everything...:)
ruclips.net/video/wBAsQdVIymk/видео.html
"I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule and honesty the exception. The few people in congress that control things are not honest. We have let them get away with it because we're not honest enough to face up to the fact that we are owned and operated by a bunch of really bad people." - FZ
Every FZ album is so exciting and unique...Such à huge music world ! In sheik Yerbouti the first side can be listened to in full, it's better !
I love playing the vinyl 45 of Zappa's "Dancing Fool" always gets a good reaction, it is a quirky, danceable track I would love to react to.
Wouldn’t call it danceable 🥺
Hey there! 🙂I want to plug my favourite three albums. 'Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar', 'Shut Up 'n Play yer Guitar Some More', and 'Return of the Son Of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar'.
100% agree...I have the original triple album release in a box set. Endless Guitar Picking... Yet every tune is still unique.
Treacherous Cretins is one of my favourite songs. 🙂
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Even earlier, the three individual albums bought through mail order.
When they sold so well, Frank contracted with CBS to distribute the three albums as a boxed set. I have the original individual three albums.
@@Royale_with_Cheeze Cool...! I have separate Joe's Garage LP's Act 1 / Act 2-3 before that was a box set.
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Yeah! Us oldsters bought everything when it first came out.
I don't know how rare it is, but some of the original releases of Uncle Meat lists Nine Types of Industrial Pollution as 400 Days of The Year on the record itself. Blue Label Bizarre Records.
I have one of those. Bought it used as I didn't even know of Zappa until 1975.
Adrian Belew does a Great Bob Dylan !! i recently read about the Recording on this album it was very interesting😀 such a busy Year for Frank Zappa love it
Heard almost the entire album yesterday, so when I hit the trails this morning Amazon decided to re-start the album instead of continuing. So I had 1⅞ of Sheik in 2 days🤣. Spectauclar album in his "arena rock era" including songs that are almost punk.
That's great, Amazon knows what's up lol. I will definitely be doing more from this album. Frank is the fucking man, dude. 😆😆😁
You had to live in the 70s to get all the cultural references.
A very creative commentary on dealing with repairmen...
Check out I'm the slime... A Commentary on the shit coming out of our TVs
That is Adrian Belew impersonating Dylan.
Please review Inca Roads from the Erie release.
I've actually done a live Inca road video but idk if it was the Erie release
I do like the "Live" Zappa albums more than the studio ones. Even though they are cross pollinated in many ways.
The song is about the mediocracy we live in.
So it's even more relevant now then, aye? 😆😌😁
@@L33Reacts Think of it as a comfortable stasis of quality.
No, We live in an "Idiocracy" at the present time...
If you're a drummer you should be watching Terry Bozio with Frank on the Halloween show. Watch Terry and Frank do punky meadows, broken hearts are for aassholes, And my favorite tittys and beer. Look up Frank Zappa Terry bozio punky whips.
Flakes, as I understand it, are people who are rendering some services. Like the plumber and the mechanic. And, obviously, Zappa saw them on the Westcoast.
That's so random but so zappa lol
More specifically, rendering services *poorly* but not having any negative consequences for doing so. (Which is where the part about unions come in, as in them protecting incompetent employees. Which I think is very different from when it was written then in the 70s vs. now after years of union busting.)
@@hackbod Maybe there are more negative consequences, but there are still plenty of flakes. Ask your average homeowner. And not just in California.
boby brown goes down from the same LP is the funniest song ever written
I'll add it to the list. Sounds good to me 😆😁
Not really appropriate for a reaction video on RUclips tho 💀
He was the mother of all weirdo's
Hey Lee - have you listened to Black Napkins yet? The original is on the Zoot Allures album. It's a two-chord platform for improvising, and there are all sorts of live variations on it, but the original balls-to-the-wall guitar solo version will always be the best, as far as I'm concerned.
I have not done that one yet! But its on the list. I've had a few requests for it! We'll get to it eventually. Zappa is like 20 bands worth of material in one.
Bob Dylan impersonation
Also from this album is one of the rudest songs ever. It's called Bobby Brown and it is a trip.
Someone else mentioned that one as well I will definitely check It out
Parody of Bob (Dylan)
By Ed Mann
@@WilliamWiest1959 I knew it was Adrian Belew imitating Dylan
Adrian Belew practicing for his King Crimson career doing covers/parodies. The Thrack era live concerts had him doing Beatles covers
Was it really?? I had no idea lol that's hilarious 😆
That was a Bob Dylan impersonation.
I had no idea baha I get it now though 😆😆
By Adrian Belew
I guess you could call this Frank's "pop" album. He certainly flirted with commerciality on Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe,
but I think he went even further here. Hell, he even had a number 1 in Norway with "Bobby Brown" from this album!
If it wasn't for the naughty lyrics which SO upset the more sensitive members of society, I think he might've achieved quite a bit of
radio play with this stuff.....but it was not to be.
Not unless you count "Dancin' Fool" which proved somewhat popular. Probably because Frank was largely making fun of himself.
HE was the dancing fool. And there was a lot of disco hate around at the time, so there were plenty of people who liked anything
that made fun of it.
It was only when Frank made fun of others that it started to hurt a little too much. Which meant that Frank was never going to achieve
mainstream success, because he didn't give a shit about hurting other people's feelings. He was more concerned with telling the truth
the way he saw it.
Man, he'd have so much fun with cancel culture!
Dude you are not kidding.. imagine if him and Carlin were still alive. They would have an absolute BALL with our sensitive ass greedy lazy culture. I hate it with every fiber of my being. My own generation makes me cringe and I hate it. We could be SO much more... so much more.
@@L33Reacts Yes! George Carlin is my other idol! I had the same epiphany when I discovered Carlin as I did when I found Zappa. After growing up a weird kid and constantly being told that I had to be on drugs to think like I did, here, suddenly, were two gentlemen who thought and spoke like me. Only MUCH better, of course.
How often do religious people get to listen to God speaking to them directly?
You don't have to believe in anything if the speaker is right there in front of you!
But I digress. Both Zappa and Carlin had similar lives in the sense that they started out doing relatively gentle satire, only to grow increasingly cynical and angry with age. And if they were around today, they'd tear cancel culture a new asshole.
And they'd succeed, too!
@@SpaceCattttt "Cancel culture" is just "political correctness" renamed (at least how it is used by the right wing's adoption of these, which is to get to be victims about there repercussions about some of the things they say), but anyway this isn't even that new -- both Zappa and Carlin were regularly making comments in their time about the social limitations of what was okay to say or not.
I always like to ask: what specifically is it that you feel like it is really important to say, but you can't, because of "cancel culture"?
@@hackbod The extreme difference is that today, little brats with smartphones have a direct impact on our societies.
They can affect the economy and hack elections, not to mention destroy the careers and families of anyone they decide they don't like.
This is a new phenomenon. Little bully brats never had this power in the past.
Bob! As in Bob Dylan.... His name is Bob
I'd love to recommend other songs from this album, but I'm hesitating because most of them have lyrics that in today's woke world would be frowned upon. For example Bobby Brown Goes Down, Jones Crusher, I Have Been in You, Jewish Princess and of course Yo' Mama. Take your pick, but be warned the lyrics of most of these are very near the knuckle, or for Yo' Mama maybe hispanophobic.