@@Frunobulax74 He's my favorite too. When I called him underrated I mean that when your average music fan talks about the all time great guitar players Zappa's name is hardly mentioned. I always tell them to go listen to Shut up and play yer Guitar.
This is a perfect example of the miss use of the word underrated. He was not underrated he was just not rated. But those who did rate him did not underrate him. You get it?
If you go down this rabbit hole you'll soon realize how deep, wide, wild and wonderful Frank's music is. He once described his style of music as a cross between Vaudeville and journalism. That said he is an amazing guitarist, musician and performer.
Greatest musician of the twentieth century. Zappa wrote sheet music for every part of every one of his songs. He also has a literally endless catalog of music. The fact he played guitar better that anyone is always overlooked. Zappa was his own man and did everything his own way and answered to no one.
Your reaction is priceless, when FRANK started SHREADING THE GUITAR!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Here is a fun factor, FRANK didn't drink or do drugs.. He was dead SERIOUS, if anyone in the band ain't SERIOUS, THEIR OUT!!!!!!
Frank Zappa is the guitarist and voice. Remember this was 1975! Every live show, Frank’s solos would be different…sometimes lasting 20+ minutes! Check Fifty-Fifty from Overnite Sensation!
Saw Zappa in 1980 with a young Steve Vai on guitar. Lemme tell you something....Frank Zappa was a PHENOMENAL guitar player. He never got enough credit for that.
@@marlon-jl4ge OBVIOUSLY.....You know NOTHING.....about music composition....and world class musical talent. I'm gonna take a wild guess....and assume that you are a rap/hip hop fan......😝🤣😂😆🤣😂😆😝🤣😂😆😝🤣😂😆😝😂😆
This is by far THE best version. Frank doing a little speed work just to let people know, yeah I got this. Frank was a serious wit/composer/musician who worked with truly great talent throughout his career. A legit trailblazer. I don’t know who requested this but, hats off! Respect.
@@DUBEE43 I consider myself the Jehovahs Witnesses of all things Frank Zappa. Frank is up there with Mozart and Beethoven. Far to great to be forgotten.
Frank is the Great Grand Master of all Rock Guitar Jazz Blues Fusion etc ...etc ..he is the only Master composer . He writes all his own music .....he writes classical...Rock Blues etc....he wanted Jimmy Hendrix to study with him to learn music to be able to read n write music. To be in his band you had to be Next LEVEL. He's beyond Rock n Roll He's from another planet.
I'll tell ya Zay, Frank Zappa is an acquired taste. Once you get it though, you are all set. Mostly silly lyrics, sometimes thought provoking and political, but mostly comedic. But the music ! Frank was a composer, and only had top talent in his bands. Every one a stand out on their instrument (s ). Frank himself was an INCREDIBLE guitarist, and maybe one of the best ever. He was never mainstream and I think he preferred that. A legend for sure. Terry Bozzio on drums.
We’ll stated, if you were in his band you never had to audition again for the rest of your life. That’s how much respect the music community had for Franks music.
Zappa was a fantastic guitarist, bongo fury brings back great memories, you made a great choice to start off with, try listening to hot rats, all the best, a life long Zappa fan
Ohhh…now you’re in for a real treat! FZ was a talent like no others during his reign. Also try Zombie Woof and Fifty-Fifty off of Overnite Sensation. He had George Duke (keyboards) and Jean Luc Ponty (electric violin). The solos in the middle of 50-50 are amazing! His live shows would have a horn section, marimba (Ruth Underwood), multiple key boards, multiple guitarist and multiple percussions. Some of the people who played with him were top shelf artist in their own right! His son, Dweezil, learned Franks technique for playing guitar and tours to this day! Can’t wait!
The unique feature of this number is the foundational riff repeats for the entire length of the song, but it never gets monotonous because of Zappa's guitar brilliance and Bozzio's interlacing percussion. A truly rare accomplishment in rock music.
OKAY ZAY, MA'MAN, YOU HAVE NOW OPENED THE DOOR TO PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE RABBIT HOLE OF ANY ARTIST EVER!!! NOT A BAD SONG TO START OUT WITH!! I WILL SAY THAT FRANK ZAPPA IS DEFINITELY AN ACQUIRED TASTE FOR SOME!! PERSONALLY I WAS A FAN FROM THE MOMENT I HEARD THE FIRST ZAPPA SONG!!! YOU REALLY CAN'T GO WRONG REACTING TO ANY FRANK ZAPPA SONG!! BUT, A FUN CHOICE WOULD BE "INCA ROADS"!
As an old Zappa fan, I love this reaction. I've heard it a hundred times but I can't go back to hearing it for the 1st time. Yes, Zappa and drummer Terry Bozzio were tearing it up.
Well, you got Zapped ! And you're good for 20 years of musical discovery! If you love guitar and drums, try Black Napkins from the Zoot Allures album or Yo' Mama from the Sheik Yerbouti album. Enjoy !
The drummer on this particular piece is the legendary Terry Bozzio. It was Terry who famously was the first to play a piece of music written, by Frank Zappa, for drums and melodic percussion instruments called "The Black Page". This piece got its name by the fact that there are so many notations on the page that it appears to be all black. Tony worked on the piece 15 minutes per day for two weeks. For fun, also check out photos of some of the outrageously huge drum kits Terry was famous for playing.
I'm not a huge fan of Zappa. Much like The Grateful Dead, I like a few tunes, here and there, but it mostly gets on my nerves. I respect the musicality but it just doesn't hold my interest.
All the songs are made by Frank Zappa -Peaches En Regalia -Watermelon In Easter Hay -Black Napkins -Inca Roads -Apostrophe -Sons of Mr.Green Genes Good songs to start with if you want to dive into Zappa.
And another Zappa fan is born. Zappa ia my favorite guitarist !! You are is for a real treat Zay!! Check out a song called " Watermelon In Easter hay" next..!!!! ❤🔥❤🔥
welcome to the zappa universe where the music is original and creative and complex and yet sublime and profoundly beautiful and unlike anything you've heard before
And the guy with the hat is Zappa's sometime friend and avant-garde monster Captain Beefheart, who Zappa mentions at the end "on vocals, soprano sax and madness."
I first heard this back when i was in junior high school around 1977ish have heard it so many times that it very rarely hits me like it did that first time. watching that brought it all back. Thanks
Been enjoying Zappa for 40+ years..Check out the album Zootalures.Its my favorite,I think you'll love it too.He was a master on his axe,always a good listen.
I saw him multiple times at the Armadillo in Austin, as well as in L.A. amazing and so were his band mates. You had to be a very special and talented musician to be able to play his music. Inca Roads live needs to be seen as there is very unusual claymation that is interspersed with live footage.
Great reaction! I'm particularly impressed with noticing how the drums and lead guitar played off each other. Terry Bozzio absolutely nailed this. The way he weaved his fills in and around Franks solo has been an inspiration to me as a drummer for many decades. Can't leave out George Dukes keyboards in the beginning though. That was also epic.
My mind is reeling right now. I had no idea that the drummer in Missing Persons played with Frank Zappa. I used to always question why the drummer in MP was so good when the band seemed like such a gimmicky pop group. Seriously, thank you. My mind is blown.
@@marlon-ih5tc One does have to wonder how pathetic a life can be who runs down all the comments on a youtube video to make some dumbass statement. as if it mattered anymore than the comment they're trolling. 🙄
the original straight edger. While everyone else was getting wasted at parties and passing out until noon Zappa was in a studio with incredible musicians pouring out the tunes in his head. People like lyrics so sometimes he would write them, sometimes not. (I mean he wasn’t a monk but he didn’t waste precious time being out of his head).
Zappa is a DEEEEEP subject. Lots of great Zappa to explore. We all had the same reaction the first time hearing Frank. Terry Bozzio is one of the best rock drummers ever.
Thankfully for you, there is a crap ton of Zappa out there for you to discover! Now that you’ve listen to the vinyl version you need to tune in to the live concert version that’s available on RUclips and see the magic happen. Zappa and his killer band are joined by Adrian Belew who is a hell of a guitar player in his own right and can be seen jamming his ass off before Zappa takes over in the video. Great reaction! I could suggest 1 million songs for you, but just to name a couple,city of tiny lights, penguin in bondage and the Illinois anima bandit all have dialogue along with SICK guitar solos!
This was released in 1975, let me repeat that 1975….Incase any young bucks didn’t think we weren’t rocking it out back then , enjoy happy to have you aboard !
So glad to see another FZ convert. For psychedelic fusion, go early, eg Freak Out (Who Are The Brain Police) or We're Only In It For the Money Läther is arguably Frank's Grand Masterpiece that he fought Warner Brothers over for years But my favorite album You Are What It Is. IMO his greatest album from a production stand point. Especially when listened to by each of the four album sides, where the last song of each side has an extended out-chorus which reprises the previous songs from that particular side. And for absolute mastery from every single musician in his band, The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
This is right in the sweet spot of Zappa eras for me. The line ups that Frank assembled during that period were incredibly good and some of the music was his best ever. I would strongly recommend starting with You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (Vol 2) - The Helsinki Concert and revel in the prog rock/jazz fusion mayhem.
One of the (many) things Frank was famous for was always having the hottest drummers on the planet in his groups. Auditions to get into the band were said to be frightening--you KNEW you'd better be good!
Great that you discovered and appreciate Frank Zappa, such a musician and composer, his lyrics are like something from alice in wonderland. He has a ton of material out there be guided by a Zappa head like myself. 'Montana' and 'Im the slime' showcase his sick guitar work and you have to listen to the Yellow Snow Suite, its the first 3 songs from his Apostrophe album. Then you can deeper dive into some of his live stuff like Inca roads. His band and arrangements were as unique as him.
So happy to see you resonate with Frank on the first listen…usually it takes folks at least a few tries before they catch the talent, creativity and his general gist…. For fun and enjoyment…I would recommend the “Yellow Snow suite”….there are really no wrong turns in his vast catalogue….strangeness to be encountered for sure though…
Odd starting point for you with Frank. He wrote over 1,400 different pieces of music, by his own count, ranging from rock stuff like this, to blues, to classical, to big band, to electronic, to doo-wop, to just about anything else you can think of. Listen to Watermelon in Easter Hay. Listen to Peaches En Regalia. Listen to Inca Roads. Listen to Bobby Brown (the version on the Sheik Yerbouti (pronounced "shake yer booty")album). Listen to Black Napkins. Listen to Billy The Mountain. Listen to Sofa. Listen to The Black Page. Insanely amazing music. You can get lost in it. Don't forget about King Crimson! I still recommend Fracture, from the album Starless and Bible Black. Have fun!
Check out the triple c.d. called 'shut up n play her guitar'. You'll love it. No vocals. Only guitar solos he's performed live around the globe. Its ear melting. He has so much music it'll take you years to hear it.
"Inca Roads", "Willie The Pimp", "Cosmic Debris", "Uncle Remus", "Watermelon in Easter Hay." Pick one, or do them all, you probably will eventually. Have fun!
If the intro sounds a bit ... off, it was actually a studio recording that was later added to the rest of the song, which is done live. Frank often cut recordings from different sources together. For your next Frank Zappa exploration, I'd suggest "Cheepnis".
More? Montana, Inca Roads, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Trouble Every Day, Filthy Habits, Rat Tomago, The Torture Never Stops, Been To Kansas City, the Yellow Snow Suite, the live Evangelical Suite (if you can find it all in one go), the suite of Village Of The Sun/Echidna's Arf/Don't You Ever Wash That Thing (again, not sure if you can find all of them together but they flow really well). I really could keep going. Oh, and because you seem to catch the crazy drumming (NOBODY hired better drummers than Zappa or gave them more to do), Black Page #1 and Black Page #2. There's no such thing as a "typical" Zappa song. If you ever want to listen to an entire album of the most insanely diverse stuff ever, try Them or Us. The pattern goes: Straight 50's Doo-Wop, Blues song about the dangers of getting a BJ in France, speed metal with backward lyrics, a slow ballad with a ripping fast guitar solo, and then a ballet. No kidding, a freaking ballet! That's just the first five songs. After the ballet, the rest of the album includes a country song, a slow piano ballad, a song about getting a BJ from someone who can remove their false teeth, the best Allman Brothers cover I've ever heard, and a song about frogs and how dirty they are. There are over a thousand songs in the Frank Zappa catalog. It's a wild, wild ride.
That Nasty drummer is Terry Bozzio, Franks best drummer with the right set of skills. It was the perfect fit. All the other Zappa drummers were good, but this drummer was the best he ever hired, and helped catapult Frank into his finest era, mid 75 - mid 78.
Listen to the group “Missing Persons”, Terry was the drummer and it’s extremely impressive. Or watch the video on RUclips titled “Missing Persons at the 1983 Us Festival” to see him in action.
I dunno. I think Vinnie was slightly better for Frank's best stuff. Not taking anything away from how awesome Terry was (and is), but Vinnie was the guy who Frank swore could read his actual mind for rhythm changes. I don't think the Shut Up / Guitar albums would have been as good with Terry.
@@billmilligan7272 The Terry/frank duo guitar series,never officially released, BEFORE shut up, were BETTER!!! IN fact ship ahoy is my favorite song on the album, and thats with terry. The solos from Baby snakes are better than shut up. Frank used a les paul with smothering pickups with vinnie, to blend in with vinnies sloppy polyrhythms. With Terry, he used the straight up SG, which worked like crap with vinnies poly rhythms. Vinnie wasn't worth keeping after a short tenure, Frank didn't pay him enough, so how well did he really read franks mind, That is total conjecture.
AWESOME VIDEO MY MAN, FRANK KICKED YOUR BUTT!!!😉 WHIPPING POST, LIVE!!!! NEXT!!!! ZAPPA!!!!! On the Does humor belong in music album. ZOOT ALLURES is a good song, DUMB ALL OVER IS AWESOME. I KNOW THE GOOD ONES BRO, UNCLE REMUS IS A CLASSIC ZAPPA TOO!!!!! trouble every day!!!! CHEAPNESS IS ANOTHER GOOD ONE
Just so y'all know Frank Zappa made 113 albums. When you went to see him he would usually play all his latest album some of the previous and maybe one oldy crowd favorite. Genius. Dinah Moe Hum is next on your play list.
A friend turned me onto Zappa in 79 (college freshman year) with the song Billy the Mountain. Zappa made some awesome and strange music. See you at 6 for the live session bro
Exactly, Frank could do anything anyone else could do. No one could do what he did. Every concert his solos were never rehearsed of repeated or stale. Absolutely incredible.
I can't believe you're reacting to this !! That's friggin' great ! You'll get nothing but 100% from Frank. He was so far out front most of the world still ain't caught up
Now listen to some Steve Vai, he was hired by Zappa as his transcriptionist before then joining the band. You can hear Zappas influence in a lot of Vais work.
Once you dig too deep you be subscribed to his philosophy. I'm too far gone to go back to mainstream music and have found endless hours of zappa influences music from around the world
No, Frank Zappa was not a band, he was an individual who led bands. Sometimes the band ran under the name The Mothers of Invention; other times the band would just be under his name. Frank wrote and composed all the music - and he put out literally scores of albums, many on his own label, plus tons of material that was never released in his lifetime but which has been slowly coming out as the Zappa family archivists work through and compile it. Frank's musical interests were also wide-ranging - he wrote and recorded everything from old-school doowop to modern jazz to heavy rock and funk to avant-garde modern classical to uncategorizable wackiness such as this little piece of chaos called Muffin Man. And just about everything he wrote was full of crazy surrealist humor - again, Muffin Man is an excellent sample of that. Now with all that huge assortment and volume of output, figuring out where to start with Frank can be challenging! Personally I think his most accessible-to-newcomers work is his funkier-flavored stuff from the mid-1970s - like his albums Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe, and One Size Fits All. In fact, I recommend the whole so-called Yellow Snow Suite (the first 4 tracks of Apostrophe, from "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" through to the end of "Father O'Blivion," as the next hunk of Frank for you to listen to. Now that'll blow your mind! 😀
It really brings me joy seeing someone listen to Zappa for the first time and dig it!
Zappa was probably the most underrated guitar player of all time. You're gonna love this.
@@Frunobulax74 He's my favorite too. When I called him underrated I mean that when your average music fan talks about the all time great guitar players Zappa's name is hardly mentioned. I always tell them to go listen to Shut up and play yer Guitar.
This is a perfect example of the miss use of the word underrated. He was not underrated he was just not rated. But those who did rate him did not underrate him. You get it?
@@BuckForearm you can piss off. Do YOU get it ?
That said isnt Adrian Belew from king crimson the guitarist on this track?
@@valkilmerscareer2884 Right! but the otherway around..he came from a zappa band and carrier went solid...like with many of his apprentist
If you go down this rabbit hole you'll soon realize how deep, wide, wild and wonderful Frank's music is. He once described his style of music as a cross between Vaudeville and journalism. That said he is an amazing guitarist, musician and performer.
EVERYONE needs more Frank Zappa.
The world needs more Frank Zappa reaction videos
Try "Watermelon in Easter Hay " "Zombie Wolf " "Cosmik Debris ":) Muffin Man has always been my favorite. Nice reaction!
Greatest musician of the twentieth century. Zappa wrote sheet music for every part of every one of his songs. He also has a literally endless catalog of music. The fact he played guitar better that anyone is always overlooked. Zappa was his own man and did everything his own way and answered to no one.
Being old, I was fortunate enough to see her m live five times 😁
Greatest boring clown and his music too
@@marlon-jl4ge Haha, yea that was boring . No one’s telling you to like anything. I’m sure those Kiss albums you listen to are exactly what you need.
@@michaelmalm3649 zappa troll, i am not kiss fan,
Zappa was an arrogant asshole, garbage
With shit zappa trolls, its like with mushrooms, keep them in the dark and feed them shit, hahahaha 🤣 🤣 🤣
Your reaction is priceless,
when FRANK started SHREADING THE GUITAR!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Here is a fun factor, FRANK didn't drink or do drugs.. He was dead SERIOUS, if anyone in the band ain't SERIOUS,
THEIR OUT!!!!!!
Frank Zappa is the guitarist and voice. Remember this was 1975! Every live show, Frank’s solos would be different…sometimes lasting 20+ minutes! Check Fifty-Fifty from Overnite Sensation!
Frank did start with the vocals, but then Captain Beefheart took over in the middle.
Zappa was garbage
@@marlon-ih5tc 🤣
With shit zappa trolls, its like with mushrooms,keep them in the dark and feed them shit, hahahaha 🤣 🤣
Saw Zappa in 1980 with a young Steve Vai on guitar. Lemme tell you something....Frank Zappa was a PHENOMENAL guitar player. He never got enough credit for that.
When frank was very sick at the palladium? I was there, and he cancelled the last show.
Shit ugly zappa looked like a bum at the end
@@marlon-jl4ge He had terminal prostate cancer.....maybe that's why.
Zappa was garbage
@@marlon-jl4ge OBVIOUSLY.....You know NOTHING.....about music composition....and world class musical talent. I'm gonna take a wild guess....and assume that you are a rap/hip hop fan......😝🤣😂😆🤣😂😆😝🤣😂😆😝🤣😂😆😝😂😆
This is by far THE best version. Frank doing a little speed work just to let people know, yeah I got this. Frank was a serious wit/composer/musician who worked with truly great talent throughout his career. A legit trailblazer. I don’t know who requested this but, hats off! Respect.
I requested it, I'm gonna make a ZAPPA fan out of him!!😉👍🎸
@@DUBEE43 I consider myself the Jehovahs Witnesses of all things Frank Zappa. Frank is up there with Mozart and Beethoven. Far to great to be forgotten.
Shit zappa was an ugly boring clown and his music too
With shit zappa trolls, its like with mushrooms, keep them in the dark and feed them shit, hahahaha 🤣 🤣 🤣
Zappa looked like a bum at the end 🤣 🤣
Frank is the Great Grand Master of all Rock Guitar Jazz Blues Fusion etc ...etc ..he is the only Master composer . He writes all his own music .....he writes classical...Rock Blues etc....he wanted Jimmy Hendrix to study with him to learn music to be able to read n write music. To be in his band you had to be Next LEVEL. He's beyond Rock n Roll He's from another planet.
Zappa is to music what Salvador Dali is to art
I think he did like 56 albums
Shit zappa mixed a few styles of music together and is called a genius? Hahahaha thanks for the laugh
He was garbage
Shit ugly zappa changed the World of boring assholes 🤣
Without shit ugly zappa, the music World would be much better
Zappa was garbage
Never got into Zappa that much but I know he’s eccentric as fuck and one hell of a musician. Look forward to starting this journey with you.
Saw him in 1980. He SMOKED on the guitar!!
Zappa was filth
Do it!
I'll tell ya Zay, Frank Zappa is an acquired taste. Once you get it though, you are all set. Mostly silly lyrics, sometimes thought provoking and political, but mostly comedic. But the music ! Frank was a composer, and only had top talent in his bands. Every one a stand out on their instrument (s ). Frank himself was an INCREDIBLE guitarist, and maybe one of the best ever. He was never mainstream and I think he preferred that. A legend for sure. Terry Bozzio on drums.
We’ll stated, if you were in his band you never had to audition again for the rest of your life. That’s how much respect the music community had for Franks music.
Shit ugly zappa changed the World of boring assholes 🤣 🤣 🤣
He was a god in Europe. Czech Republic has several statues of him.
Shit ugly zappa was an insult to other composers
Shit ugly zappa looked like a bum at the end
Best album IMO is "One Size Fits All" Frank was a genius and may be a top 10 guitarist.
Absolutely agree
He mixed severel styles of music together and the zappa fans are trolling, hahahaha, hahahaha 😂 😂 😂
Zappa was a fantastic guitarist, bongo fury brings back great memories, you made a great choice to start off with, try listening to hot rats, all the best, a life long Zappa fan
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe…great album and song. Zappa was a musical genius.
Ohhh…now you’re in for a real treat! FZ was a talent like no others during his reign. Also try Zombie Woof and Fifty-Fifty off of Overnite Sensation. He had George Duke (keyboards) and Jean Luc Ponty (electric violin). The solos in the middle of 50-50 are amazing! His live shows would have a horn section, marimba (Ruth Underwood), multiple key boards, multiple guitarist and multiple percussions. Some of the people who played with him were top shelf artist in their own right! His son, Dweezil, learned Franks technique for playing guitar and tours to this day! Can’t wait!
Love Jean Luc Ponty. Just listened to the Cosmic Messenger album this morning. :)
Totally agree.
Zappa was garbage
The unique feature of this number is the foundational riff repeats for the entire length of the song, but it never gets monotonous because of Zappa's guitar brilliance and Bozzio's interlacing percussion. A truly rare accomplishment in rock music.
OKAY ZAY, MA'MAN, YOU HAVE NOW OPENED THE DOOR TO PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE RABBIT HOLE OF ANY ARTIST EVER!!! NOT A BAD SONG TO START OUT WITH!! I WILL SAY THAT FRANK ZAPPA IS DEFINITELY AN ACQUIRED TASTE FOR SOME!! PERSONALLY I WAS A FAN FROM THE MOMENT I HEARD THE FIRST ZAPPA SONG!!!
YOU REALLY CAN'T GO WRONG REACTING TO ANY FRANK ZAPPA SONG!! BUT, A FUN CHOICE WOULD BE "INCA ROADS"!
I RECOMMEND IT!!🤚
Zappa was garbage
I think this is my favourite reaction to Frank’s music so far. Welcome to the Zappa universe!
Thanks Carl!!! 🎸☮️
The album 'Roxy and Elsewhere' is one of my personal favorites. You've got to keep your ears wide open to keep up. Give it a try.
As an old Zappa fan, I love this reaction. I've heard it a hundred times but I can't go back to hearing it for the 1st time. Yes, Zappa and drummer Terry Bozzio were tearing it up.
There is so much "fire" ahead of you, you wouldn't believe me if I told you! Welcome to Zappa's universe. Great reaction.
I would love to see you react to City of Tiny Lights by Zappa😁
Frank was THE MAN . Check out his albums "Apostrophe" and "Overnite Sensation" . The song 'Montana' features a lot of the same guitar shredding
Frank rapping back in the early 80s, check out DUMB ALL OVER..
The zappa rabbithole is deep. Enjoy the many facets of what is frank zappa.
Well, you got Zapped ! And you're good for 20 years of musical discovery! If you love guitar and drums, try Black Napkins from the Zoot Allures album or Yo' Mama from the Sheik Yerbouti album. Enjoy !
The drummer on this particular piece is the legendary Terry Bozzio. It was Terry who famously was the first to play a piece of music written, by Frank Zappa, for drums and melodic percussion instruments called "The Black Page". This piece got its name by the fact that there are so many notations on the page that it appears to be all black. Tony worked on the piece 15 minutes per day for two weeks. For fun, also check out photos of some of the outrageously huge drum kits Terry was famous for playing.
It's Terry Bozzio dude not Tony!
Yeah..I should really do a better job of proofreading. Autocorrect has never been my friend.
Zappa was garbage
I'm not a huge fan of Zappa. Much like The Grateful Dead, I like a few tunes, here and there, but it mostly gets on my nerves. I respect the musicality but it just doesn't hold my interest.
Zappa was a boring clown and his music too
The drummer is Terry Bozzio ... was with Zappa a very long time.
WoW! you're brave for venturing in the world of Frank Zappa.
All the songs are made by Frank Zappa
-Peaches En Regalia
-Watermelon In Easter Hay
-Black Napkins
-Inca Roads
-Apostrophe
-Sons of Mr.Green Genes
Good songs to start with if you want to dive into Zappa.
And another Zappa fan is born. Zappa ia my favorite guitarist !! You are is for a real treat Zay!! Check out a song called " Watermelon In Easter hay" next..!!!! ❤🔥❤🔥
welcome to the zappa universe where the music is original and creative and complex and yet sublime and profoundly beautiful and unlike anything you've heard before
A mainstream song by him is Joe’s Garage. Always reminds me of hanging out with local musicians in their garages or basements.
Super High Rec: the entire album, One Size Fits All. Have a bucket ready for your head when it falls off.
Frank is the guitarist, he's the guy on the album cover LOOKING at the camera!!🎸
And the guy with the hat is Zappa's sometime friend and avant-garde monster Captain Beefheart, who Zappa mentions at the end "on vocals, soprano sax and madness."
I first heard this back when i was in junior high school around 1977ish have heard it so many times that it very rarely hits me like it did that first time. watching that brought it all back. Thanks
No Thankyou Tobias!!!
Congratulations, you have started off with some of the most immortal words in music history. "Good night Austin Texas, wherever you are"
Been enjoying Zappa for 40+ years..Check out the album Zootalures.Its my favorite,I think you'll love it too.He was a master on his axe,always a good listen.
Those Zoot Suits are alluring, my dad wore them.
Shit ugly zappa changed the World of boring assholes 🤣
I saw him multiple times at the Armadillo in Austin, as well as in L.A. amazing and so were his band mates. You had to be a very special and talented musician to be able to play his music. Inca Roads live needs to be seen as there is very unusual claymation that is interspersed with live footage.
I've seen that claymation video and thought it was incredible.
Bruce Bickel’s claymation was 20+ frames/ second. Great work!
Great reaction! I'm particularly impressed with noticing how the drums and lead guitar played off each other. Terry Bozzio absolutely nailed this. The way he weaved his fills in and around Franks solo has been an inspiration to me as a drummer for many decades. Can't leave out George Dukes keyboards in the beginning though. That was also epic.
My mind is reeling right now. I had no idea that the drummer in Missing Persons played with Frank Zappa. I used to always question why the drummer in MP was so good when the band seemed like such a gimmicky pop group. Seriously, thank you. My mind is blown.
@@grendelink1751 Oh yeah. Dale and Terry Bozzio both worked with Zappa and Missing Persons. Dale is Terry's wife.
Zappa was an ugly boring clown and his music too
@@marlon-ih5tc One does have to wonder how pathetic a life can be who runs down all the comments on a youtube video to make some dumbass statement. as if it mattered anymore than the comment they're trolling. 🙄
@@somersetcace1 with shit zappa trolls, its like with mushrooms, keep them in the dark and feed them shit, hahahaha 🤣 🤣 🤣
the original straight edger. While everyone else was getting wasted at parties and passing out until noon Zappa was in a studio with incredible musicians pouring out the tunes in his head. People like lyrics so sometimes he would write them, sometimes not. (I mean he wasn’t a monk but he didn’t waste precious time being out of his head).
Zappa is a DEEEEEP subject. Lots of great Zappa to explore. We all had the same reaction the first time hearing Frank. Terry Bozzio is one of the best rock drummers ever.
This one will be interesting. Let's just say that Frank Zappa is an acquired taste.
Frank Zappa was a character. He named his children Dweezil, Moon Unit, Ahmet, and Diva.
Stevie's SPANKING is a must ZAPPA too,
HE DUALS GUITARS WITH THE LEGENDARY STEVIE VIA!!!!!
LOL, love the "more, now"!!
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Thankfully for you, there is a crap ton of Zappa out there for you to discover! Now that you’ve listen to the vinyl version you need to tune in to the live concert version that’s available on RUclips and see the magic happen. Zappa and his killer band are joined by Adrian Belew who is a hell of a guitar player in his own right and can be seen jamming his ass off before Zappa takes over in the video. Great reaction! I could suggest 1 million songs for you, but just to name a couple,city of tiny lights, penguin in bondage and the Illinois anima bandit all have dialogue along with SICK guitar solos!
This was released in 1975, let me repeat that 1975….Incase any young bucks didn’t think we weren’t rocking it out back then , enjoy happy to have you aboard !
So glad to see another FZ convert.
For psychedelic fusion, go early, eg Freak Out (Who Are The Brain Police) or We're Only In It For the Money
Läther is arguably Frank's Grand Masterpiece that he fought Warner Brothers over for years
But my favorite album You Are What It Is. IMO his greatest album from a production stand point. Especially when listened to by each of the four album sides, where the last song of each side has an extended out-chorus which reprises the previous songs from that particular side.
And for absolute mastery from every single musician in his band, The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
This is right in the sweet spot of Zappa eras for me. The line ups that Frank assembled during that period were incredibly good and some of the music was his best ever. I would strongly recommend starting with You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (Vol 2) - The Helsinki Concert and revel in the prog rock/jazz fusion mayhem.
One of the (many) things Frank was famous for was always having the hottest drummers on the planet in his groups. Auditions to get into the band were said to be frightening--you KNEW you'd better be good!
Great that you discovered and appreciate Frank Zappa, such a musician and composer, his lyrics are like something from alice in wonderland. He has a ton of material out there be guided by a Zappa head like myself. 'Montana' and 'Im the slime' showcase his sick guitar work and you have to listen to the Yellow Snow Suite, its the first 3 songs from his Apostrophe album. Then you can deeper dive into some of his live stuff like Inca roads. His band and arrangements were as unique as him.
If Frank zappa gets deep in your soul, he'll never get out. His style is unique and magic.
So happy to see you resonate with Frank on the first listen…usually it takes folks at least a few tries before they catch the talent, creativity and his general gist….
For fun and enjoyment…I would recommend the “Yellow Snow suite”….there are really no wrong turns in his vast catalogue….strangeness to be encountered for sure though…
Odd starting point for you with Frank. He wrote over 1,400 different pieces of music, by his own count, ranging from rock stuff like this, to blues, to classical, to big band, to electronic, to doo-wop, to just about anything else you can think of. Listen to Watermelon in Easter Hay. Listen to Peaches En Regalia. Listen to Inca Roads. Listen to Bobby Brown (the version on the Sheik Yerbouti (pronounced "shake yer booty")album). Listen to Black Napkins. Listen to Billy The Mountain. Listen to Sofa. Listen to The Black Page. Insanely amazing music. You can get lost in it.
Don't forget about King Crimson! I still recommend Fracture, from the album Starless and Bible Black. Have fun!
Check out the triple c.d. called 'shut up n play her guitar'. You'll love it. No vocals. Only guitar solos he's performed live around the globe. Its ear melting. He has so much music it'll take you years to hear it.
"Inca Roads", "Willie The Pimp", "Cosmic Debris", "Uncle Remus", "Watermelon in Easter Hay." Pick one, or do them all, you probably will eventually. Have fun!
I never quite understood Frank Zappa but I respect his amazing abilities.
I am pretty sure that was what he was aiming for!
Zappa was garbage
If the intro sounds a bit ... off, it was actually a studio recording that was later added to the rest of the song, which is done live. Frank often cut recordings from different sources together.
For your next Frank Zappa exploration, I'd suggest "Cheepnis".
More? Montana, Inca Roads, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Trouble Every Day, Filthy Habits, Rat Tomago, The Torture Never Stops, Been To Kansas City, the Yellow Snow Suite, the live Evangelical Suite (if you can find it all in one go), the suite of Village Of The Sun/Echidna's Arf/Don't You Ever Wash That Thing (again, not sure if you can find all of them together but they flow really well). I really could keep going. Oh, and because you seem to catch the crazy drumming (NOBODY hired better drummers than Zappa or gave them more to do), Black Page #1 and Black Page #2. There's no such thing as a "typical" Zappa song. If you ever want to listen to an entire album of the most insanely diverse stuff ever, try Them or Us. The pattern goes: Straight 50's Doo-Wop, Blues song about the dangers of getting a BJ in France, speed metal with backward lyrics, a slow ballad with a ripping fast guitar solo, and then a ballet. No kidding, a freaking ballet! That's just the first five songs. After the ballet, the rest of the album includes a country song, a slow piano ballad, a song about getting a BJ from someone who can remove their false teeth, the best Allman Brothers cover I've ever heard, and a song about frogs and how dirty they are. There are over a thousand songs in the Frank Zappa catalog. It's a wild, wild ride.
That Nasty drummer is Terry Bozzio, Franks best drummer with the right set of skills. It was the perfect fit.
All the other Zappa drummers were good, but this drummer was the best he ever hired, and helped catapult Frank into his finest era, mid 75 - mid 78.
Listen to the group “Missing Persons”, Terry was the drummer and it’s extremely impressive. Or watch the video on RUclips titled “Missing Persons at the 1983 Us Festival” to see him in action.
I dunno. I think Vinnie was slightly better for Frank's best stuff. Not taking anything away from how awesome Terry was (and is), but Vinnie was the guy who Frank swore could read his actual mind for rhythm changes. I don't think the Shut Up / Guitar albums would have been as good with Terry.
@@billmilligan7272 The Terry/frank duo guitar series,never officially released, BEFORE shut up, were BETTER!!! IN fact ship ahoy is my favorite song on the album, and thats with terry. The solos from Baby snakes are better than shut up. Frank used a les paul with smothering pickups with vinnie, to blend in with vinnies sloppy polyrhythms. With Terry, he used the straight up SG, which worked like crap with vinnies poly rhythms. Vinnie wasn't worth keeping after a short tenure, Frank didn't pay him enough, so how well did he really read franks mind, That is total conjecture.
AWESOME VIDEO MY MAN, FRANK KICKED YOUR BUTT!!!😉
WHIPPING POST, LIVE!!!! NEXT!!!!
ZAPPA!!!!! On the
Does humor belong in music album.
ZOOT ALLURES is a good song,
DUMB ALL OVER IS AWESOME.
I KNOW THE GOOD ONES BRO,
UNCLE REMUS IS A CLASSIC ZAPPA TOO!!!!!
trouble every day!!!!
CHEAPNESS IS ANOTHER GOOD ONE
Just so y'all know Frank Zappa made 113 albums. When you went to see him he would usually play all his latest album some of the previous and maybe one oldy crowd favorite. Genius. Dinah Moe Hum is next on your play list.
Half of those were double and even triple albums.
Frank Zappa is the leader of the band. He's who they paid to see.
IM STOKED, I CANT WAIT TILL 600!!!
Ok, this is the 4th time bn I'm WATCHING this!!!!!😉👍🎼🎵🎶🎹🎸🥁
Z from Z & Z reacts to the Greatest Z of all time Frank Zappa? I'm in! Subbed, looking forward to watching you on the Zappa rabbithole ride 😁
Frank is a band, a man and a group! Man, you ain't heard nothin' yet!!!
This entire LP “Bongo Fury” is perfect start to finish.
Terry Bozzio plays on most of Jeff Beck's albums. You should check out Jeff Beck. "Air Blower" "Constipated Duck" "Blue Wind"
Heard Zappa when I was 12... took a liking to it.So weird,heavy,jazzy. Check out Joe's garage amongst his other works.Valley Girl is funny too.
A friend turned me onto Zappa in 79 (college freshman year) with the song Billy the Mountain. Zappa made some awesome and strange music. See you at 6 for the live session bro
The best trained musicians love to play Zappa's music. Tells you something.
combining the guitar chops of Hendrix with the wackiness of Weird Al!
Go for The Illinois Enema Bandit
next!
Three words say it all .. Billy the Mountain .. it will amaze you
This was the last song I ever saw him play in concert. The Chicago Auditorium went nuts.
Sorry I missed the live Dude, Next one I'll be there..... I'll be waiting for the next one.
Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) was on this one with Zappa. He is in the picture with Frank.
Track 10 on CD2 from "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life" will give you pure bliss.
Frank Zappa provides music for people with a taste for the bizarre.
Maybe the best or top three top five guitar master's Ever.
Exactly, Frank could do anything anyone else could do. No one could do what he did. Every concert his solos were never rehearsed of repeated or stale. Absolutely incredible.
I really really recommend the Yellow Snow suite - it's an incredible experience and feat
I can't believe you're reacting to this !! That's friggin' great ! You'll get nothing but 100% from Frank. He was so far out front most of the world still ain't caught up
Now try Zappa’s St. Alphonso’s pancake breakfast, and the instrumental Black Napkins….you’ll love em!
Hey Zay, next Zappa song reaction should be Inca Roads. You'll love it.
It's a way of life.
Inca Bullshit
Without shit ugly zappa, the music World would be much better
Now listen to some Steve Vai, he was hired by Zappa as his transcriptionist before then joining the band. You can hear Zappas influence in a lot of Vais work.
FRANK used to close his shows with this song or WHIPPING POST!!!!!
Glad you like Z.
Peace on earth.
Album cover, Frank Zappa on the left and Cpt. Beefheart on the right
Once you dig too deep you be subscribed to his philosophy. I'm too far gone to go back to mainstream music and have found endless hours of zappa influences music from around the world
No, Frank Zappa was not a band, he was an individual who led bands. Sometimes the band ran under the name The Mothers of Invention; other times the band would just be under his name. Frank wrote and composed all the music - and he put out literally scores of albums, many on his own label, plus tons of material that was never released in his lifetime but which has been slowly coming out as the Zappa family archivists work through and compile it. Frank's musical interests were also wide-ranging - he wrote and recorded everything from old-school doowop to modern jazz to heavy rock and funk to avant-garde modern classical to uncategorizable wackiness such as this little piece of chaos called Muffin Man. And just about everything he wrote was full of crazy surrealist humor - again, Muffin Man is an excellent sample of that. Now with all that huge assortment and volume of output, figuring out where to start with Frank can be challenging! Personally I think his most accessible-to-newcomers work is his funkier-flavored stuff from the mid-1970s - like his albums Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe, and One Size Fits All. In fact, I recommend the whole so-called Yellow Snow Suite (the first 4 tracks of Apostrophe, from "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" through to the end of "Father O'Blivion," as the next hunk of Frank for you to listen to. Now that'll blow your mind! 😀
Kinda brings me to tears to see a youngster get it, Frank sits on the right hand of God.
Have we got another recruit to the FZ fanclub, there's lots of his music to get into, good luck and enjoy one of the great modern day composers.
Everybody is gonna say Apostrophe'. Can't argue, but try working into the "Sheik Yerbouti" double LP & "LIVE at Roxy & Elsewhere".
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That's FZ on guitar. He was a monster .