fax. I remember seeing a comment on this very video where someone was pissed at frank for saying jimi was "busy doing other things" as in "jimi was too busy being a drug addict" and took it as a back handed whatever. I was like, the fuck R you talkin bout?
@@cheothegeo2742 yeah I've seen interviews where Frank has been much more upfront about his thoughts on certain drug users. I believe he said in one interview that he felt many people "use drugs as a license to be an asshole " He was pretty vague with his answer here when he said "doing other stuff." It's clear to us because we all know Jimi did a lot of drugs, but I feel like Zappa might have given a more cynical and/or frank (pardon the pun) answer if not for the great respect he had for Hendrix as a musician. Those two guys are both incredible, I feel like it would be hard for them to not respect one another artist to artist. Two of the greatest improvisational guitar soloists of all time.
@Joe Myers Not to say abuse does not destroy performances. But this moral Bullshit is rubbish. All my favorite artists DID use drugs even the classical ones (Laudenum, Opium mixed with Red port wine, Mozart ,Bach, Beethoven). Frank is not so clever even though he is very clever. He abused the drug nicotine and it killed him. A product of an evil corporate culture. Franks sci fi hate of humans is one sided and shallow of human nature and explains his cynicism. He is a half empty man. No one has it all Joe. Not even me or you! You are right the Rock and Roll Lifestyle is often self glorifying shallow ('It's only Rock and Roll') BS but it is an old libertine partying thing going back to the Ancient Greeks. Balance and MODERATION is wisdom, Not abuse vs self denial. Jimi was generally not held back by his drug use which inspired him and the Beatles to evolve musically very fast as the acid era did many peak artists but sure sometimes Jimi would be ruined for a night because of abuse of booze or drugs. Real morals involve treating others well and with respect. Frank was not all there in certain ways. His comment dismissing all of the very good Woodstock performances as shite was very typically arrogant and shallow. It was not ALL great but some of it certainly was.
@@vladdrakul7851 great (I mean GREAT) musicians and performers throughout the times, who indulge in drug abuse, often have already learned their craft in their infant stages of the 'touring artist'.. wayyy before drug abuse was even an option (Want to emphasize on 'great'.. I mean innovative, game changing.. think Michael Jackson, vs say, luther vandross... They're similar in many ways, but you can see something other worldy greatness in the former ) Drug abuse is often the result of crashing after too much work.. too hard to organize anything that would get up on the world stage, when completely stoned. However, I'm sure that most artwork/music/ whatever, that was purely born out of drug abuse, is often not 'great',.. sometimes unique, and beautiful.. but not magnum opus, culture creating 'great'... If you disagree, mention an example. ..need to clarify, when I mention drug abuse, let's agree not to count few drinks of alcohol and chain-smoking.. drug abuse, in this context = anything that you would regard as DOPE, and lots of it!
As a professional musician, guitarist/ singer I grow up in the 1960-70's - I first Pick up the guitar in 1970-shortly before JIMI Hendrix was MURDERED.. I grew up listening to Frank Zappa and the Mothers of inventions..wow what a trip Frank was truly one of my favourite guitarist,his music was pure fusion..and was an inspiration to my generation class of musicians.. Thanks for sharing this vitally informative video of one of the truly great, innovative masters of great music..🎸🔥
Jimi and Frank have been my main guitar influences since I was 15 or 16 years old, I am now 55 years old and still listening to them both, whenever I get the chance!!
To me, I am 27, they (along probably with Robert Fripp) have to be the most unique guitarists I've had the opportunity to hear. I can't think of anybody else when I think of their respective sounds & styles. There are a lot of great guitar players in history, but those guys are 3 in a million.
BitterBosh What are three essential Zappa guitar song's for a non-fan like myself. I find most of the stuff I heard didn't move me an inch. I'm a Jimi freak, myself. Thank's
guitarprism Hey dude... I am a Jimi (Hendrix) lover, since I was 13 years old, when my very first 'vinyl' collection of 400-500 albums (before I foolishly, or should say naively sold them all because I thought CD's where the 'way to go'...Fuck!... I couldn't be more wrong! ...I had Jimi's 12 box set + 'bootlegs of Jimi playin' with Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin and also Brian Jones, colour 'vinyl' ... 17 albums of Jimi's... although I know he only commercially released 6... I think inc. the double 'Electric Ladyland' (named after his own recording studio) BUT! Frank I also loved... he was much different with the way he used the electric sound of the guitar for one, Frank was a musical composer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, a brilliant guitarist!! (I am not sayin' Jimi wasn't!... Jimi could play many instruments also e.g. Bass, guitar, drums, sax, vocals etc. (and also a brilliant guitarist!) The sad thing was Jimi was more interested in drugs, girls and having a good time to have been doing as much as Frank was musically (and that's ok too) I guess I am saying, to me Jimi and Frank were genius's in their own right.... there are only a handful of guitarists that I really admire and have been heavily influenced by musically, especially guitar! Here are my top ten, not necessarily in order, except Jimi and Frank are both number one to me.... Steve Vai, Robert Johnson, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jeff Buckley, John Frusciante and not lets forget frank's son Dweezil Zappa!! ... all very different! I can't think of many others right at this point in life (I am 56 years old now) that I listen to (guitarists)... I have played with many good musicians, and love playin' other instruments, or rather, try too, lol! I love all music. my partner has her degree in classical music and is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, writer, singer and 'Playwright' (plays guitar, (not lead) Cello, Viola, Piano, Flute, etc. plus reads music and plays it fluently! I met her playing with a band 5 years ago... she has taught me so much musically, especially about the ego! lol FZ's album's I would suggest to people to listen to are .... 'Apostrophe'... 'One Size Fits All'.... 'Zoot Allures'...and Joes Garage I, II and III, (IMO) these albums have everything from 'Lucille' (has messed my mind up) a reggae number from Joes garage... 'Watermelon in Easter hay', a favourite of mine (well one of) very 'bluesy' and so 'Soulful'... to Jazz etc. these are a 'must' for Zappa aficionados... listen to the humor in Frank's music! 'Stink foot' , 'Po-jama people' ... and another favorite of mine ...'Inca Roads'... I hope this helps those who aren't quite into Frank yet. if you are quite young relative to me, I suggest listening to Dweezil Zappa (Zappa plays Zappa) Dweezil is a brilliant guitarist!! Dweezil plays his fathers music so that the couple of generations Frank 'Skipped',...because he passed away at a very early age of 51 years old (from un-diagnosed prostate cancer! FUCK!!) in 1991... both Jimi and Frank are sadly missed by so many people. R.I.P Jimi R.I.P Frank
Thank's for the run down. Your musical taste's and mine are pretty much sypatico. What I was asking are some Zappa tunes where I will say to myself " wow, that is just mind-blowing guitar playing, now I understand what all the fuss is about." I'm looking for that eureka moment of Zappa genius. Peace, Prop's & Prosperity
ya know Frank here is really not what you usually see in a guitarist, not even the usual legendary musician. Most of us see the great ones like Hendrix or BB King, as people who always act and look connected to their musicality and passion about their art. You see 'em, you know they breathe music. But you gotta understand that Frank was doing all kinds of so much more other things with music as a vehicle. He did artwork, managed much of the business side of The Mothers, wrote all of the music from his band, invented technical stuff, while also being involved in politics, and releasing records like a mad man. Not to mention being a guitar eminence. Holy shit that's a lot to say about any human being. ... and he says that Jimi was the one busy doing other things! Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that Frank was a absolutely-no-bullshit artist/business man, inclined to something more theatrical than rock n roll and meant to confront people's status quo. Just my 2 cents. May Jimi and Frank's legacy live forever.
I was fortunate to see Frank, Jimi, and Buddy perform in concert. I saw Frank Zappa perform a few times. I saw him twice with his band The Mother’s of Invention. Then I saw Frank perform with his band Hot Rats. I met him once. Really nice guy. I later met his son Dwezille when he came to a marketing meeting when I worked for the record company he was signed to. I saw Jimi Hendrix perform at a music festival. Buddy Miles was his drummer. I also saw Buddy Miles perform with his band The Buddy Miles Express. That was at the Whiskey A Go’Go’. A band named Steely Dan opened for Buddy’s band that night.
Frank was a true Artist. He was a brilliant guitarist, a superb composer, a matchless bandleader, a movie producer, a record company executive, a human rights activist and an incomparable social satirist. He was a prolific workaholic who left behind a staggering body of work. A true genius.
@@berryseinfeld6772 means a lot coming from someone who needs to take a video of a typical contrail and have someone in the comments explain what that is. Nothing really carries weight or intelligence like that.
George was great and all but he didn't make you smile a lot of the time. That's the job of a comedian. Someone like Norm MacDonald runs circles around him in the end. Frank was not only hysterical but also a fantastic musician who attracted the best. I think Frank would be doing much better in the world today than George.
Frank spent the last 15 years of his life trying to alert the fine people of this country to how their civil rights were in serious danger of being taken away.....if he only knew....
Eli Makowski The industry have made us slaves to materialism and it’s addictive and hard to withdraw from that yes the industry accomplished what they wanted with out much Barbarism how ever materialism creates barbarism
we have been losing this in part is going on Trump will do that and most 0f in time he has caused a lot of pain what happens in Philly of the Jewish Synagogue and is much trying to divide our country by the likes who likes him
Pure Gold . The fact that there is so much excellent documentation in video and audio of such an interesting person as Frank is a pure delight to me......and my kind.
I had the great pleasure of briefly meeting Frank Zappa alone after one of his concerts at Winterland San Fran. ca. 1970. He was absolutely a gentleman. God bless his soul...
Earlier I thought he was just an arrogant musician playing a mix of strange and straight music, but now in the later years of shared stuff via internet, all can see its obvious he was well "lluminated" - he had lots of understanding of the society, government and the world. Thats why its so great a lot of this is captured on these recordings.
FZ is FAR more intelligent than what most people give him credit for. You notice how's there's very little ( if any ) " Uh " or " Um " when Frank speaks ? That's generally the sign of a very intelligent person. You see, the question is asked, the question is assimilated quickly by FZ, and then spit out intelligently without hesitation. Really, REALLY like this guy. As well as his music. AND a lot of what he speaks in this particular interview rings true today. In fact, pay CLOSE attention to 4:50 - 6:15. There is a LOT of truth there. And I'd more than willing to expound on that if necessary. The fact remains ... that FZ ... was FAAAARRR ahead of his time. And intellectually superior in many, MANY ways. R.I.P Frank.
Whenever I would hear my father doing patient dictation growing up, a good 10% of the time he'd say "um". Definitely not a sign of being unintelligent as his IQ is probably close to 130.
He nailed it. Artistic freedom is completely stamped out. Pop culture, pop rock, pop country, and pop rap have been killing taste for a little while now. I realize (depending on the individual) that what's makes a good piece of music is how it affects the listener. However the industry shouldn't shove it down everyone's throats. Great interview and perspective! Thanks for posting,
Going to moon was expensive waste of £. Gil Scott Heron said that best. Comp with communism was all it was. Also radiation belt proves noone went to moon. One astronaut was strangely killed after moon landings or before as was man of morals and wouldnt film fake moon landing?
Great observation. Both saw themselves as non-conformists and outsiders. Of course, so did many others of (at least) Frank’s generation. The difference with Zappa, Carlin, and Robert Crumb (who also belongs in this category) is that each understood the logic of conformity more thoroughly than the average Boomer. They saw more fads where others saw revolution and counterculture. FZ was as willing to make fun of hippies as he was squares. It was all the same foolishness to him. But this is how the logical mind works: it ascertains and scrutinizes formula without preference for variable. On the other hand, I could see these three not getting along. Crumb became an ex-pat, something I couldn’t see Zappa or Carlin (with their ambivalence toward the government and interest in American culture) doing. Zappa decried illegal drug and alcohol use, which Crumb and Carlin not only relished but (particularly with drugs) elevated to life changing experiences. And Carlin - for all of his independent mindedness - had always courted a Hollywood career, something Crumb and Zappa dismissed as phony.
@El FenomenoYou are partly right but you can't define either one with those approximate labels. Neither of them was that easy to pin down politically but both of them were outspoken, articulate, and very intelligent.
Hendrix expressed many times the desire of taking a one year break from the music industry and go to a music school learning advanced harmony and theory. Despite his genius he was aware of his limitations (he was mostly self taught) in the sophisticated stuff he wanted to compose after Electric ladyland was released. He would have been in my opinion a bigger genius than Zappa himself (who was a genius) in arrangements and compositions for big bands or orchestras if he could take this one year break and come back stronger (and of course if he hadn't died). Hendrix, the perfectionist, was really artistically frustrated at the end of his life because he was not happy at all of what he recorded at the studio, and the crowd always asked his early hits (hey joe, foxy lady...) instead of the novelties he played on stage (freedom, dolly dagger, straight ahead ...) . He was really fed up with the 3 pieces band situation and really wanted to expand the band, and why not mix classical style and rock/blues (he listened to a lot of classical music) or mix jazz and rock/funk/blues (soon before passing away he contacted Gil Evans)
Agreed. Whenever I think of Jimi it fills me with some kind of second-hand regret about the choices he made in the last year or so of his life. To me his death is the most tragic and wasteful in the history of music, maybe even in the history of all creative fields
Hendrix and Miles Davis were hanging out a lot around the time of his death. They played together and may have recorded a few bits. They were planning on recording something pretty big, and they wanted Paul McCartney to be a part of it. They got as far as sending a telegram around to Paul's representatives, but I believe Jimmy died shortly thereafter. What could have been...
Tony M - Don't forget that Zappa's dad was a military officer. The phony moon landing 49 years ago and the Charles Manson boogeyman fairy tale (just a few weeks before Woodstock), that was implemented to discredit peace loving hippies that were against the Vietnam war, were all done during the Nixon administration. To this day, most people believe those utter fantasies to be true. Zappa was a great tool for the government. He made all hippies look like morons, with his poo poo jokes and potty mouth lyrics. Real good musician though. I enjoy his guitar playing. By the way, the lead singer for The Doors, Jim Morrison, - his dad was in charge of the fleet at the Gulf of Tonkin. Even the government admits the Gulf of Tonkin attack, that started the dreaded Vietnam war, was a lie. All of the people involved in the Charles Manson boogeyman fairy tale were involved in the military in some way. Hollywood and the government work together to make fake news for all. Zappa was right there with them.
No longer candy coated dictatorship. More like in your face and what ya gona do bout it!! Loved this and him! We had some fun times back in 70s hangin out listening to Zappa on LP!
Right about that time, people... I bent over and I reached down, and I picked up , and I scooped up a generous mitten full of the deadly yellow snow...
Lucky to have seen Zappa 3 times at the old Montreal Forum . I remember he would slip in licks from Hendrix or Dylan's Watchtower seamlessly. He was a beyond brilliant guitarist and musician who could play anything on guitar . I knew " We're only in it for the money " by heart when I was 10 yrs old . I would continue to get beaten from my brothers when I played their records . It was worth it . I was fascinated by the album cover because it was a take ,or a weird copy of the Beatles famous " SGT Peppers " . Just beyond talented . Still smile when once a year by mistake a radio station will play Dynamo Humm
Zappa's appreciation for Hendrix is apparent. What an arrogant ass. on stage Hendrix would have wiped his ass with Zappa. I will never buy into Franks horse shit comedy wana be funk, rock, jazz, I'm so much better than you attitude. Dancing Fool, Cosmik Debris - yada bs. Sucked! It really did. Note Salad !!! LAck of Tone - he was though a budding politician. Very articulate.- missed his calling -- maybe?
As a huge Hendrix fan I loved that story. Imagine if Frank and Jimi had gotten together to do an album.....wait, while I'm at it, add Miles Davis to the mix!
Nautilus1972 Hendrix was not a junkie. Study the facts.Hendrix would never work with zappa.Hendrix was about to do a album with ELP before he died. Hendrix was a rocker. Zappa was a neo-beatnick- dweeb.
for sure.Zappa had his head screwed on and wasn't afraid to speak out when it came to politics/religion/the music industry (and anything else socially) and definitely stuck his neck out in that respect.Jimi did put his point across in a more passive way also.I would love to be living in a world with Zappa and Hendrix at the helm.We are lucky to have had both influences.
+jdogsful I was listening to him since the 60s and wasn't surprised that he was smart, but never did I imagine him to be brilliant. He debated Congressmen and many people of note and astonished many including Al Gore.
+Seth Silver Some time in the 70s Frank Zappa appeared in a series of anti-drug public service ads featuring popular rock musicians. His was the *BEST* anti-drug argument I've ever heard in my life. Something to the effect of: "If you use drugs, it'll rot your heart, rot your liver, rot your kidneys, rot your brain. In general, it'll make you JUST LIKE YOUR PARENTS!" If that isn't enough to scare kids straight, I don't know what is! :)
I am the slime says it all you are a genius, love you Frank watched you live 5 times Milwaukee Atlanta vegas had all your stuff. Your interviews are right on what else can l say ✌NECHY
Zappa was an intelligent guy who spoke his mind, just take it as it is, no need to Troll about and spew all your hate and act so stupid all the time is there?
I'm sure that when Frank said about Hendrix: "he was too busy doing other things" - Frank thought in his head about Jimi's experience with Cynthia Plaser Caster.
I think you misunderstood his remarks on Jimi. He wasn't saying Jimi's music wasn't good enough, or that 50 instruments are better than 3. I believe he was onto something, and Jimi himself talked about wanting to write orchestral stuff he wouldn't be able to perform on guitar. Frank's comments show he took Jimi's musical imagination seriously; he knew it was too big to be contained forever by a rock trio.
I find the value of Frank's ideas's about things that are almost forced because they are considered "safe" and his broad range of perceptions on damn near EVERYTHING to be beyond contemplation, if only they'd be considered on a much broader scale by the public, whew!
If you are here to hear about Jimi Hendrix- Buddy Miles walks in and passes out. Jimi does a dance move that rips his pants and Gail has to sew them up for him. Jimi wakes Buddy, says "Goodbye Frank", and they leave. I love these in depth interviews.
jimi hendrix wasn't entirely human hendrix was the first 'star-child" that's why he wrote so much about outer-space and UFOs and aliens and asteroids in his music look up "prophetjimi" on youtube
I'm not gonna say you're wrong, but "the first?" Miles Davis? Stravinsky? Jesus? Come on lol, for as long as human history these types of people have been around (not saying they're aliens but...), And as long as they've been around people have been misinterpreting them, to the point where I don't trust most things anyone says about any of them
FRANK ..... was such an intelligent man...... HIGHLY INTELLIGENT and always such a Gentlemen, full of respect but, he would only give respect if it was SHOWN to him. thank you Frank
saw him at Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham UK on september 13th 1973 he was brilliant, the most underrated guitarist ive ever witnessed ( Overnight Sensation gig )
Zappa was a very intelligent man. His music is unique and an acquired taste for most. Very interesting how he tells a story and the music can be compared with classical music the way it goes with the story.
Jesse James I saw a man get shot and buried on TV. But then l saw him on another show alive and well. Now I believe everything l see on TV. Miracles do happen!
Frank Zappa Interview Collection it was fake! The technology didn’t exist in the late 60’s and why haven’t we gone back? With today’s technology we should have colonized alewady
In 1979 my friend john and I would cruise in his red 1974 Monte Carlo and had Apostrophe and Overnight Sensation cranking on his cassette player. I miss those days.
Boy Frank must be turning in his grave - to see the direction that the music industry has taken - today's music is one chord dribble or formula where nice looking kids who can't play an instrument and have mediocre voices singing mediocre songs. I'm sorry for today's generation but I gotta say it - THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES.
He doesn't say anything negative. And you can't really expect Frank Zappa to start waxing poetic even if he loved something. He's praising Hendrix's musical creativity, but stating that he could have done more in other directions, which he probably would have, had he lived longer.
Ok here's the real deal Zappa & Hendrix met several times Hendrix is there when they made the cover photo on WE'RE ONLY IN IT 4 THE MONEY Zappa was given (at his request) 1 of Hendrix's strats (now owned by Dweezil) all he can remember is Buddy Miles passing out on his couch ? (If you don't thin FZ tool a lot from the Hendrix (musically illiterate) gtr playing technique, you've not been listening Frank knew he was betraying his own integrity here......why ?
His remarks concerning Jimi serve to point up the fact that, as a person, Frank left more than a few things to be desired. The interviewer is clearly looking to lead Frank into saying something along the lines of "Jimi was a pretty good guitar player," but ol' Frank elects instead to point out a shortcoming of Jimi's instead, after telling a story about Jimi's acting a fool in his apartment once in New York and needing Pam (Suzy Creamcheese, right?) to apply some emergency sewing services to a pair of pants he was wearing. Jeez, Frank, you can offer something about a fellow musician, can't you? Frank's being one of my half-dozen greatest musical heroes of the last 100 years doesn't make his being something of a turd on a personal level any less obnoxious to me. I know he THOUGHT he was deep, anyway.
***** Wait a minute - you are talking about brilliant apples vs. brilliant oranges. You can't compare them. Jimi was a far-out funky cat who played form the gut. Zappa was a brilliant academic musician - almost a mathematician. Both genius.
George Orr I completely agree with you but that's just the way I see it. I think Zappa was cappable of doing Jimi's stuff with ease, Hendrix on the other hand was amazing too but I doubt he would have been able to play Zappa's music. I fucking love both, this is just my trying to write an unbiased comment.
George Orr Great comparison, and what's more I agree. Both outstanding musician's, and IF you listen to the lost interview with Hendrix....Then what Frank says makes sense, a lot of sense. Both are favorites of mine.
I don't understand the desire to wipe out all of humanity. So what if we are the most destructive species? We are also the most creative. The only standards by which humanity is evil are human standards. We create the standards.
I was going to come in and say something witty about how creating our own destruction, but Capslock Chungus derailed my train of thought as it pulled into the station. Great job, Chungus!
What do you think of when you think of Jimi Hendrix? Frank: "He came to my house, did some dance thing, ripped his pants, and promptly left the house." Do you like his music? Frank: "I tried to get him to learn to write music, but he was too busy ripping his pants."
Sage Mantis They (Hendrix, Miles) were messed up (heroin). Dude nodded out on the couch. I believe this was being implied. Frank was quick and slick with words and analogy.
Frank Zappa was a registered Democrat. He was a practical conservative who hated paying taxes, and did not trust anyone who used religion in their campaign speech. All we really know is he hated Reagan, Bush , and Republican's. He also stated at the end of his life that he was no longer a democrat, either. Nor a Libertarian for that matter. He will alway's have a special place in my heart, and so will Dweezil whom I have met before and is an awesome guy.
love the way he handled being told to do a quick word association, instead did a fokin story, cool one too. then the interviewer hesitated and changed the header of his question..
also jimi's career and development was cut a lot shorter unfortunately and it would have been grand to see jimi mature and move away from his more pop/blues/rock orientated music that he was obviously growing bored of.."1983 a mermaid i should turn to be" is a good example and that was recorded in 68 so imagine what hed've been up to in 83.i really do think that even the rhythm guitar track on something like little wing is as intricate and valid as any orchestral piece i've ever heard in my life
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For him to say that jimis ideas should be scored for other instruments
Is the highest compliment coming from frank....
fax. I remember seeing a comment on this very video where someone was pissed at frank for saying jimi was "busy doing other things" as in "jimi was too busy being a drug addict" and took it as a back handed whatever. I was like, the fuck R you talkin bout?
Fz did it on his version of Purple Haze of course
@@cheothegeo2742 yeah I've seen interviews where Frank has been much more upfront about his thoughts on certain drug users.
I believe he said in one interview that he felt many people "use drugs as a license to be an asshole "
He was pretty vague with his answer here when he said "doing other stuff." It's clear to us because we all know Jimi did a lot of drugs, but I feel like Zappa might have given a more cynical and/or frank (pardon the pun) answer if not for the great respect he had for Hendrix as a musician.
Those two guys are both incredible, I feel like it would be hard for them to not respect one another artist to artist. Two of the greatest improvisational guitar soloists of all time.
@Joe Myers Not to say abuse does not destroy performances. But this moral Bullshit is rubbish. All my favorite artists DID use drugs even the classical ones (Laudenum, Opium mixed with Red port wine, Mozart ,Bach, Beethoven). Frank is not so clever even though he is very clever. He abused the drug nicotine and it killed him. A product of an evil corporate culture. Franks sci fi hate of humans is one sided and shallow of human nature and explains his cynicism. He is a half empty man. No one has it all Joe. Not even me or you! You are right the Rock and Roll Lifestyle is often self glorifying shallow ('It's only Rock and Roll') BS but it is an old libertine partying thing going back to the Ancient Greeks. Balance and MODERATION is wisdom, Not abuse vs self denial. Jimi was generally not held back by his drug use which inspired him and the Beatles to evolve musically very fast as the acid era did many peak artists but sure sometimes Jimi would be ruined for a night because of abuse of booze or drugs. Real morals involve treating others well and with respect. Frank was not all there in certain ways. His comment dismissing all of the very good Woodstock performances as shite was very typically arrogant and shallow. It was not ALL great but some of it certainly was.
@@vladdrakul7851 great (I mean GREAT) musicians and performers throughout the times, who indulge in drug abuse, often have already learned their craft in their infant stages of the 'touring artist'.. wayyy before drug abuse was even an option
(Want to emphasize on 'great'.. I mean innovative, game changing.. think Michael Jackson, vs say, luther vandross... They're similar in many ways, but you can see something other worldy greatness in the former )
Drug abuse is often the result of crashing after too much work.. too hard to organize anything that would get up on the world stage, when completely stoned.
However, I'm sure that most artwork/music/ whatever, that was purely born out of drug abuse, is often not 'great',.. sometimes unique, and beautiful.. but not magnum opus, culture creating 'great'... If you disagree, mention an example.
..need to clarify, when I mention drug abuse, let's agree not to count few drinks of alcohol and chain-smoking.. drug abuse, in this context = anything that you would regard as DOPE, and lots of it!
As a professional musician, guitarist/ singer I grow up in the 1960-70's -
I first Pick up the guitar in 1970-shortly before JIMI Hendrix was MURDERED..
I grew up listening to Frank Zappa and the Mothers of inventions..wow what a trip Frank was truly one of my favourite guitarist,his music was pure fusion..and was an inspiration to my generation class of musicians..
Thanks for sharing this vitally informative video of one of the truly great, innovative masters of great music..🎸🔥
I’m so grateful this footage is out here.
I love and miss Frank so much. Such a beautiful and brilliant human being. No other like him. ❤️
"Even though we call this country a democracy, its turning out to be more of a CANDY COATED DICTATORSHIP". Frank Zappa
and here I find this in 2022.. 🥴
Jimi and Frank have been my main guitar influences since I was 15 or 16 years old, I am now 55 years old and still listening to them both, whenever I get the chance!!
To me, I am 27, they (along probably with Robert Fripp) have to be the most unique guitarists I've had the opportunity to hear. I can't think of anybody else when I think of their respective sounds & styles. There are a lot of great guitar players in history, but those guys are 3 in a million.
BitterBosh With ya there bro!!
BitterBosh What are three essential Zappa guitar song's for a non-fan like myself. I find most of the stuff I heard didn't move me an inch. I'm a Jimi freak, myself. Thank's
guitarprism Hey dude... I am a Jimi (Hendrix) lover, since I was 13 years old, when my very first 'vinyl' collection of 400-500 albums (before I foolishly, or should say naively sold them all because I thought CD's where the 'way to go'...Fuck!... I couldn't be more wrong! ...I had Jimi's 12 box set + 'bootlegs of Jimi playin' with Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin and also Brian Jones, colour 'vinyl' ... 17 albums of Jimi's... although I know he only commercially released 6... I think inc. the double 'Electric Ladyland' (named after his own recording studio) BUT! Frank I also loved... he was much different with the way he used the electric sound of the guitar for one, Frank was a musical composer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, a brilliant guitarist!! (I am not sayin' Jimi wasn't!... Jimi could play many instruments also e.g. Bass, guitar, drums, sax, vocals etc. (and also a brilliant guitarist!)
The sad thing was Jimi was more interested in drugs, girls and having a good time to have been doing as much as Frank was musically (and that's ok too) I guess I am saying, to me Jimi and Frank were genius's in their own right.... there are only a handful of guitarists that I really admire and have been heavily influenced by musically, especially guitar!
Here are my top ten, not necessarily in order, except Jimi and Frank are both number one to me.... Steve Vai, Robert Johnson, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jeff Buckley, John Frusciante and not lets forget frank's son Dweezil Zappa!! ... all very different! I can't think of many others right at this point in life (I am 56 years old now) that I listen to (guitarists)... I have played with many good musicians, and love playin' other instruments, or rather, try too, lol! I love all music. my partner has her degree in classical music and is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, writer, singer and 'Playwright' (plays guitar, (not lead) Cello, Viola, Piano, Flute, etc. plus reads music and plays it fluently! I met her playing with a band 5 years ago... she has taught me so much musically, especially about the ego! lol
FZ's album's I would suggest to people to listen to are .... 'Apostrophe'... 'One Size Fits All'.... 'Zoot Allures'...and Joes Garage I, II and III, (IMO) these albums have everything from 'Lucille' (has messed my mind up) a reggae number from Joes garage... 'Watermelon in Easter hay', a favourite of mine (well one of) very 'bluesy' and so 'Soulful'... to Jazz etc. these are a 'must' for Zappa aficionados... listen to the humor in Frank's music! 'Stink foot' , 'Po-jama people' ... and another favorite of mine ...'Inca Roads'... I hope this helps those who aren't quite into Frank yet.
if you are quite young relative to me, I suggest listening to Dweezil Zappa (Zappa plays Zappa) Dweezil is a brilliant guitarist!! Dweezil plays his fathers music so that the couple of generations Frank 'Skipped',...because he passed away at a very early age of 51 years old (from un-diagnosed prostate cancer! FUCK!!) in 1991... both Jimi and Frank are sadly missed by so many people. R.I.P Jimi R.I.P Frank
Thank's for the run down. Your musical taste's and mine are pretty much sypatico. What I was asking are some Zappa tunes where I will say to myself " wow, that is just mind-blowing guitar playing, now I understand what all the fuss is about." I'm looking for that eureka moment of Zappa genius.
Peace, Prop's & Prosperity
"If there is intelligent life out there they wouldn't have anything to do with us..." brilliant
Well considered, very measured, insightful.
*Not* the image the 'establishment' try to smear on Zappa.
ya know Frank here is really not what you usually see in a guitarist, not even the usual legendary musician. Most of us see the great ones like Hendrix or BB King, as people who always act and look connected to their musicality and passion about their art. You see 'em, you know they breathe music. But you gotta understand that Frank was doing all kinds of so much more other things with music as a vehicle. He did artwork, managed much of the business side of The Mothers, wrote all of the music from his band, invented technical stuff, while also being involved in politics, and releasing records like a mad man. Not to mention being a guitar eminence. Holy shit that's a lot to say about any human being.
... and he says that Jimi was the one busy doing other things!
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that Frank was a absolutely-no-bullshit artist/business man, inclined to something more theatrical than rock n roll and meant to confront people's status quo.
Just my 2 cents. May Jimi and Frank's legacy live forever.
And just think... he started out as a chemist prodigy when he was 10!
@today is not yesterday whats with you hating on frank for no reason?
I was fortunate to see Frank, Jimi, and Buddy perform in concert. I saw Frank Zappa perform a few times. I saw him twice with his band The Mother’s of Invention. Then I saw Frank perform with his band Hot Rats. I met him once. Really nice guy. I later met his son Dwezille when he came to a marketing meeting when I worked for the record company he was signed to. I saw Jimi Hendrix perform at a music festival. Buddy Miles was his drummer. I also saw Buddy Miles perform with his band The Buddy Miles Express. That was at the Whiskey A Go’Go’. A band named Steely Dan opened for Buddy’s band that night.
OMG! Steely Dan and BM!!!!
Frank was a true Artist. He was a brilliant guitarist, a superb composer, a matchless bandleader, a movie producer, a record company executive, a human rights activist and an incomparable social satirist. He was a prolific workaholic who left behind a staggering body of work.
A true genius.
Gone way too soon. We lost decades of further insight when he died
Frank Zappa was not only a musical genius, he was a very thoughtful and intelligent person. RIP Mr. Zappa
It’s sad that there won’t be any more interviews w this kinda vibe ever again. Nothing really carries weight or intelligence like this anymore.
What do you think podcasts are?
@@BigSmoke-bu6ib your mom?
@@berryseinfeld6772 aw dayum I dunno how to sleep after that zinger.
@@BigSmoke-bu6ib thanks. I’m pretty undefeated w that comeback.
@@berryseinfeld6772 means a lot coming from someone who needs to take a video of a typical contrail and have someone in the comments explain what that is. Nothing really carries weight or intelligence like that.
Frank and George Carlin...two voices who we could use right now and will always be missed.
I guess it’s up to us now
George was great and all but he didn't make you smile a lot of the time. That's the job of a comedian. Someone like Norm MacDonald runs circles around him in the end. Frank was not only hysterical but also a fantastic musician who attracted the best. I think Frank would be doing much better in the world today than George.
I knew Zappa was *bright*. I hadn't realised before just *how* bright.
Hugely insightful, rational, balanced and damn near prescient.
Frank spent the last 15 years of his life trying to alert the fine people of this country to how their civil rights were in serious danger of being taken away.....if he only knew....
Eli Makowski The industry have made us slaves to materialism and it’s addictive and hard to withdraw from that yes the industry accomplished what they wanted with out much Barbarism how ever materialism creates barbarism
we have been losing this in part is going on Trump will do that and most 0f in time he has caused a lot of pain what happens in Philly of the Jewish Synagogue and is much trying to divide our country by the likes who likes him
@@aman4peace idiot!!!!
He knew.
If you only knew about 2020
Frank Zappa had such a wonderful MIND.
I don't know how RIGHT he is or was but he bothered to think deeply about these things. I think he was more right than wrong.
Marko Barrows whats in his heart is the issue.
Pure Gold . The fact that there is so much excellent documentation in video and audio of such an interesting person as Frank is a pure delight to me......and my kind.
I had the great pleasure of briefly meeting Frank Zappa alone after one of his concerts at Winterland San Fran. ca. 1970. He was absolutely a gentleman. God bless his soul...
It's really hard for an intelligent person to NOT be a cynic...
+ChimpFromSpace I disagree. Cynical people are close-minded and envious. Dont relate intelligence to cynicism.
+Teresa Gomes Frank had a degree of cynicism and was *far* from closed minded. The two are not inherently related.
+ChimpFromSpace or a skeptic
DoomKid
they are related. Its scientifically proven.
Teresa Gomes
NOT related. One you die early in life as a result, the other you do not... it is proven
always admired this cat... smart, gifted, and tongue in cheek about rampant corporate and govt corruption
Earlier I thought he was just an arrogant musician playing a mix of strange and straight music, but now in the later years of shared stuff via internet, all can see its
obvious he was well "lluminated" - he had lots of understanding of the society, government and the world.
Thats why its so great a lot of this is captured on these recordings.
miss you man, this place sucks without you
Zappa was a remarkably intelligent man. His insights and opinions a clear and concise and never over stated or excessively speculative.
FZ is FAR more intelligent than what most people give him credit for. You notice how's there's very little ( if any ) " Uh " or " Um " when Frank speaks ? That's generally the sign of a very intelligent person. You see, the question is asked, the question is assimilated quickly by FZ, and then spit out intelligently without hesitation. Really, REALLY like this guy. As well as his music. AND a lot of what he speaks in this particular interview rings true today. In fact, pay CLOSE attention to 4:50 - 6:15. There is a LOT of truth there. And I'd more than willing to expound on that if necessary. The fact remains ... that FZ ... was FAAAARRR ahead of his time. And intellectually superior in many, MANY ways. R.I.P Frank.
34th RLight AMEN ! ZAPPA WAS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF HIS TIME. HE WAS A GENIUS. HE SAW MUSIC IN HIS HEAD
No drug use would contribute to his abilities to articulate....
Well, Um... I think, Ummm, Uh I am purdy smart, uhhh, too....
34th RLight
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SMH
Whenever I would hear my father doing patient dictation growing up, a good 10% of the time he'd say "um". Definitely not a sign of being unintelligent as his IQ is probably close to 130.
He nailed it. Artistic freedom is completely stamped out. Pop culture, pop rock, pop country, and pop rap have been killing taste for a little while now. I realize (depending on the individual) that what's makes a good piece of music is how it affects the listener. However the industry shouldn't shove it down everyone's throats. Great interview and perspective! Thanks for posting,
Zappa Was the one that dared to be what he wanted to be nobody was going to control him I admire him for that!
Like all others was given a dose of ccancer as Hicks and many more have died with it.
Going to moon was expensive waste of £. Gil Scott Heron said that best. Comp with communism was all it was. Also radiation belt proves noone went to moon. One astronaut was strangely killed after moon landings or before as was man of morals and wouldnt film fake moon landing?
@@mabul513 IF no one went to the Moon, how would it rack up the phenomenal costs you claim it did Sherlock?
Frank Zappa is very much like George Carlin to me. Similar kind of logic :)
I get the feeling they both would’ve been Libertarian.
ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet which is to say that Zappa still believed in participatory democracy while Carlin didn’t.
Great observation. Both saw themselves as non-conformists and outsiders. Of course, so did many others of (at least) Frank’s generation. The difference with Zappa, Carlin, and Robert Crumb (who also belongs in this category) is that each understood the logic of conformity more thoroughly than the average Boomer. They saw more fads where others saw revolution and counterculture. FZ was as willing to make fun of hippies as he was squares. It was all the same foolishness to him. But this is how the logical mind works: it ascertains and scrutinizes formula without preference for variable.
On the other hand, I could see these three not getting along. Crumb became an ex-pat, something I couldn’t see Zappa or Carlin (with their ambivalence toward the government and interest in American culture) doing. Zappa decried illegal drug and alcohol use, which Crumb and Carlin not only relished but (particularly with drugs) elevated to life changing experiences. And Carlin - for all of his independent mindedness - had always courted a Hollywood career, something Crumb and Zappa dismissed as phony.
I thought was the only one.I thought I was the only one who though that,
@El FenomenoYou are partly right but you can't define either one with those approximate labels. Neither of them was that easy to pin down politically but both of them were outspoken, articulate, and very intelligent.
Hendrix expressed many times the desire of taking a one year break from the music industry and go to a music school learning advanced harmony and theory. Despite his genius he was aware of his limitations (he was mostly self taught) in the sophisticated stuff he wanted to compose after Electric ladyland was released. He would have been in my opinion a bigger genius than Zappa himself (who was a genius) in arrangements and compositions for big bands or orchestras if he could take this one year break and come back stronger (and of course if he hadn't died).
Hendrix, the perfectionist, was really artistically frustrated at the end of his life because he was not happy at all of what he recorded at the studio, and the crowd always asked his early hits (hey joe, foxy lady...) instead of the novelties he played on stage (freedom, dolly dagger, straight ahead ...) . He was really fed up with the 3 pieces band situation and really wanted to expand the band, and why not mix classical style and rock/blues (he listened to a lot of classical music) or mix jazz and rock/funk/blues (soon before passing away he contacted Gil Evans)
Agreed. Whenever I think of Jimi it fills me with some kind of second-hand regret about the choices he made in the last year or so of his life. To me his death is the most tragic and wasteful in the history of music, maybe even in the history of all creative fields
Hendrix and Miles Davis were hanging out a lot around the time of his death. They played together and may have recorded a few bits. They were planning on recording something pretty big, and they wanted Paul McCartney to be a part of it. They got as far as sending a telegram around to Paul's representatives, but I believe Jimmy died shortly thereafter. What could have been...
One man I would have loved to have sat down and talked with. His music and words were just outstanding. Cannot fault the man.
The Zappa knew his shit. 👌
I can't help but wonder tho, what he'd make of all the videos on a phony moon landing that are on YT today.
Tony M - Don't forget that Zappa's dad was a military officer. The phony moon landing 49 years ago and the Charles Manson boogeyman fairy tale (just a few weeks before Woodstock), that was implemented to discredit peace loving hippies that were against the Vietnam war, were all done during the Nixon administration. To this day, most people believe those utter fantasies to be true. Zappa was a great tool for the government. He made all hippies look like morons, with his poo poo jokes and potty mouth lyrics. Real good musician though. I enjoy his guitar playing. By the way, the lead singer for The Doors, Jim Morrison, - his dad was in charge of the fleet at the Gulf of Tonkin. Even the government admits the Gulf of Tonkin attack, that started the dreaded Vietnam war, was a lie. All of the people involved in the Charles Manson boogeyman fairy tale were involved in the military in some way. Hollywood and the government work together to make fake news for all. Zappa was right there with them.
you're killin' me, man.but what did I expect?
No longer candy coated dictatorship. More like in your face and what ya gona do bout it!!
Loved this and him! We had some fun times back in 70s hangin out listening to Zappa on LP!
I love Frank and Jimi... both are musical genius's!!!
@alterdestiny if they inspire you to be a better & more productive version of yourself, it's healthy
@@MrJadePinwheel youre responding to a wall man
@@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus you too man, what are you doing?
@@carlomure dude above deleted his comment
@@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus :(
Right about that time, people... I bent over and I reached down, and I picked up , and I scooped up a generous mitten full of the deadly yellow snow...
Saw him in the 80s he puts on a really good stage performance. I loved it
Lucky to have seen Zappa 3 times at the old Montreal Forum . I remember he would slip in licks from Hendrix or Dylan's Watchtower seamlessly. He was a beyond brilliant guitarist and musician who could play anything on guitar . I knew " We're only in it for the money " by heart when I was 10 yrs old . I would continue to get beaten from my brothers when I played their records . It was worth it . I was fascinated by the album cover because it was a take ,or a weird copy of the Beatles famous " SGT Peppers " . Just beyond talented . Still smile when once a year by mistake a radio station will play Dynamo Humm
Frank was an absolute genius...
*Really?*
How did he die?
cancer
Pancreatic Cancer, not from smoking...... Frank would be sure that everyone know that fact, he considered Tobacco his favorite vegetable
Zappa's appreciation for Hendrix is apparent. What an arrogant ass. on stage Hendrix would have wiped his ass with Zappa. I will never buy into Franks horse shit comedy wana be funk, rock, jazz, I'm so much better than you attitude. Dancing Fool, Cosmik Debris - yada bs. Sucked! It really did. Note Salad !!! LAck of Tone - he was though a budding politician. Very articulate.- missed his calling -- maybe?
As a huge Hendrix fan I loved that story. Imagine if Frank and Jimi had gotten together to do an album.....wait, while I'm at it, add Miles Davis to the mix!
Frank would not work with a junkie.
Miles with Prince. that happened. not quite the same....but close.
Nautilus1972 Hendrix was not a junkie. Study the facts.Hendrix would never work with zappa.Hendrix was about to do a album with ELP before he died. Hendrix was a rocker. Zappa was a neo-beatnick- dweeb.
I like that. Would love to hear it. A great idea.
Jimi wasn't a junkie...Though he did take drugs..
I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but when i theorize it's about conspiracy
for sure.Zappa had his head screwed on and wasn't afraid to speak out when it came to politics/religion/the music industry (and anything else socially) and definitely stuck his neck out in that respect.Jimi did put his point across in a more passive way also.I would love to be living in a world with Zappa and Hendrix at the helm.We are lucky to have had both influences.
I didnt realise how smart this dude was.
Yeh... We see them as drug abusive musicians... But they're smart people...
+jdogsful I was listening to him since the 60s and wasn't surprised that he was smart, but never did I imagine him to be brilliant. He debated Congressmen and many people of note and astonished many including Al Gore.
+Jonathan Erickson Zappa was actually anti-drugs, and wasn't known to use any other than tobacco.
I forgot that about Zappa I remember that. A lot of the other stuff like the sex etc was there tho
+Seth Silver Some time in the 70s Frank Zappa appeared in a series of anti-drug public service ads featuring popular rock musicians. His was the *BEST* anti-drug argument I've ever heard in my life. Something to the effect of:
"If you use drugs, it'll rot your heart, rot your liver, rot your kidneys, rot your brain. In general, it'll make you JUST LIKE YOUR PARENTS!"
If that isn't enough to scare kids straight, I don't know what is! :)
His views in this interview were and are still spot on to this day.
he has nikola tesla's eyes.
Bold statement
@@justinjeffery3720 not insinuating shared DNA, just intensity of vision.
Jesus Christ almighty...
I never noticed that!
You're right!!!
...and his intuition.
I knew AOC had Manson eyes, but never noticed Zappa/Tesla
Jimi, Frank and Buddy - OMG - I wish there was film - what a story - I love this artist, this genius of pen.
"We have the ability to invent destructive things..." - Takes drag from cigarette.
I am the slime says it all you are a genius, love you Frank watched you live 5 times Milwaukee Atlanta vegas had all your stuff. Your interviews are right on what else can l say ✌NECHY
..said at 5:26
…Zappa’s dad worked in the military making destructive things. Zappa himself dabbled in making explosives in his teen years before his music career
Briliant man and glad there were aware people who knew to record him and his views of this world and humans.
Zappa was an intelligent guy who spoke his mind, just take it as it is, no need to Troll about and spew all your hate and act so stupid all the time is there?
Just need 5-6 billion others to have that same thought process. PEACE!!!
That’s the first time I saw a genuine smile out of frank in an interview when he talked about the velvet pant incident
I'm sure that when Frank said about Hendrix: "he was too busy doing other things" - Frank thought in his head about Jimi's experience with Cynthia Plaser Caster.
i actually thought frank looked as though he knew Gail had a wee look and try at jimi's trouser snake when sowing the jeans!
and how can YOU be sure? the question's rhetorical cos only Frank knew
Doubtful, a one off incident getting a mold of your junk doesn't keep a man too busy, drugs, though, they can swallow up a fair bit of time.
he was referring to jimi's killing himself with drugs, no doubt.
I thought he meant substances. Since jimi was using copius amounts. And died that way
Saw him play in '77. Have always been a fan. Read his book too. But this interview is a reminder that he did take "smug" to a new level.
Frank said to, "Shut up and play your guitar." And that is what I do.
I think you misunderstood his remarks on Jimi. He wasn't saying Jimi's music wasn't good enough, or that 50 instruments are better than 3. I believe he was onto something, and Jimi himself talked about wanting to write orchestral stuff he wouldn't be able to perform on guitar. Frank's comments show he took Jimi's musical imagination seriously; he knew it was too big to be contained forever by a rock trio.
My dad, who is now 60, has told me about getting together with his friends to "Zap out" back in the day
I find the value of Frank's ideas's about things that are almost forced because they are considered "safe" and his broad range of perceptions on damn near EVERYTHING to be beyond contemplation, if only they'd be considered on a much broader scale by the public, whew!
He was a monster muscian, and a great thinker... R.I.P. Frank😪
If you are here to hear about Jimi Hendrix-
Buddy Miles walks in and passes out.
Jimi does a dance move that rips his pants and Gail has to sew them up for him.
Jimi wakes Buddy, says "Goodbye Frank", and they leave.
I love these in depth interviews.
A genius (musically) and a very smart man all around. One of my favorite modern minds.
Dig Zappas UFO response!!! Right on as usual! I've seen em too😊
Genius in every way.
The Mothers Of Invention turned down Woodstock .... DAMN O__O Possibly the best Frank interview I've ever seen !!
jimi hendrix wasn't entirely human
hendrix was the first 'star-child"
that's why he wrote so much about outer-space and UFOs and aliens and asteroids in his music
look up "prophetjimi" on youtube
I'm not gonna say you're wrong, but "the first?" Miles Davis? Stravinsky? Jesus? Come on lol, for as long as human history these types of people have been around (not saying they're aliens but...), And as long as they've been around people have been misinterpreting them, to the point where I don't trust most things anyone says about any of them
Also ZAPPA? Lol
FRANK ..... was such an intelligent man...... HIGHLY INTELLIGENT and always such a Gentlemen, full of respect but, he would only give respect if it was SHOWN to him.
thank you Frank
Candy coated dictatorship. Pretty much.
+Acidic Marisa He nailed it!
Smokey Rockwell
Fuck yeah he did man!
I prefer the term plutocratic fascism
This is incredible, nobody talks like this anymore. Frank probably had visits from the Men In Black for this one.
Anyone else find it a little strange that people who speak out, know some, or write seem to have a short life? Like John and Frank-
saw him at Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham UK on september 13th 1973
he was brilliant, the most underrated guitarist ive ever witnessed ( Overnight Sensation gig )
The Dead Kennedys, GREAT punkband🌱
Funny how the brainwashed use the term "libtard". A dead giveaway.
The best Hendrix story I've heard
Frank saw one, I saw one hovering over a racetrack with 20,000 other people. They're out there, and it is all beyond our comprehension.
Where and when was that?
Zappa was a very intelligent man. His music is unique and an acquired taste for most. Very interesting how he tells a story and the music can be compared with classical music the way it goes with the story.
I find it hilarious that a bunch of people in the comments are saying the moon landing was faked
Frank Zappa Interview Collection So you trust the media and government?
It was on TV. It happened
Jesse James I saw a man get shot and buried on TV. But then l saw him on another show alive and well. Now I believe everything l see on TV. Miracles do happen!
Frank Zappa Interview Collection it was fake! The technology didn’t exist in the late 60’s and why haven’t we gone back? With today’s technology we should have colonized alewady
Frank Zappa Interview Collection. Got love it. Opinions are like assholes everybody's got one.
Love that "candy colored dictatorship", a good way to describe US oligarchies.
How short are those tapes they keep changing all the time? O.o
In 1979 my friend john and I would cruise in his red 1974 Monte Carlo and had Apostrophe and Overnight Sensation cranking on his cassette player. I miss those days.
Boy Frank must be turning in his grave - to see the direction that the music industry has taken - today's music is one chord dribble or formula where nice looking kids who can't play an instrument and have mediocre voices singing mediocre songs. I'm sorry for today's generation but I gotta say it - THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES.
ChimpFromSpace....love it! It's also hard for a really intelligent person not to be clinically depressed.
Zappa for President!
+Leo Reyes too late...
+Teresa Gomes Frank would do a better job dead than anybody who we have to choose from the living.
He doesn't say anything negative. And you can't really expect Frank Zappa to start waxing poetic even if he loved something. He's praising Hendrix's musical creativity, but stating that he could have done more in other directions, which he probably would have, had he lived longer.
Ok here's the real deal
Zappa & Hendrix met several times
Hendrix is there when they made the cover photo on WE'RE ONLY IN IT 4 THE MONEY
Zappa was given (at his request) 1 of Hendrix's strats (now owned by Dweezil)
all he can remember is Buddy Miles passing out on his couch ?
(If you don't thin FZ tool a lot from the Hendrix (musically illiterate) gtr playing technique, you've not been listening
Frank knew he was betraying his own integrity here......why ?
"An unseen hand" has to be the understatement of the millenium
DEEP
He'd be the first to tell you to trust your own judgement & NEVER "label" him a "Genius"
in the end, we're all dead...
music is best...
FTW FTP
Something about Frank that's intriguing, not just in his music..
His remarks concerning Jimi serve to point up the fact that, as a person, Frank left more than a few things to be desired. The interviewer is clearly looking to lead Frank into saying something along the lines of "Jimi was a pretty good guitar player," but ol' Frank elects instead to point out a shortcoming of Jimi's instead, after telling a story about Jimi's acting a fool in his apartment once in New York and needing Pam (Suzy Creamcheese, right?) to apply some emergency sewing services to a pair of pants he was wearing. Jeez, Frank, you can offer something about a fellow musician, can't you? Frank's being one of my half-dozen greatest musical heroes of the last 100 years doesn't make his being something of a turd on a personal level any less obnoxious to me. I know he THOUGHT he was deep, anyway.
Sublime Music Channel maybe he meant it’s more important to be a decent human being than an out of control drug addict / genius guitar player.
The Wiki Leaks of the 60’s 70’s 80’s 90’s for sure he knew what’s going on he ain’t dumb
I've seen both Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix live. Jimi Hendrix was way better period.
You really can't compare these two. I don't think Jimi would ever be able to play Zappa stuff.
***** Wait a minute - you are talking about brilliant apples vs. brilliant oranges. You can't compare them. Jimi was a far-out funky cat who played form the gut. Zappa was a brilliant academic musician - almost a mathematician. Both genius.
George Orr
I completely agree with you but that's just the way I see it. I think Zappa was cappable of doing Jimi's stuff with ease, Hendrix on the other hand was amazing too but I doubt he would have been able to play Zappa's music. I fucking love both, this is just my trying to write an unbiased comment.
HEY !! King Robert....SMARTEN UP !!
genius n'genius thats it...
George Orr Great comparison, and what's more I agree. Both outstanding musician's, and IF you listen to the lost interview with Hendrix....Then what Frank says makes sense, a lot of sense. Both are favorites of mine.
my mind was just blown thinking about how different his career might have been if they were at woodstock
I don't understand the desire to wipe out all of humanity. So what if we are the most destructive species? We are also the most creative. The only standards by which humanity is evil are human standards. We create the standards.
I was going to come in and say something witty about how creating our own destruction, but Capslock Chungus derailed my train of thought as it pulled into the station. Great job, Chungus!
Woooow O wow. Zap thought Jimi’s musical ideas could’ve translated to instrumentation other than the guitar. Maybe the greatest compliment ever.
WE miss you Frank...we really Miss you. I know I miss you.
The assassinations of the Kennedys and MLK were attributable to republicanism, the source of the world's evil. Trump is the final expression of it.
What do you think of when you think of Jimi Hendrix?
Frank: "He came to my house, did some dance thing, ripped his pants, and promptly left the house."
Do you like his music?
Frank: "I tried to get him to learn to write music, but he was too busy ripping his pants."
Sage Mantis They (Hendrix, Miles) were messed up (heroin). Dude nodded out on the couch. I believe this was being implied. Frank was quick and slick with words and analogy.
Frank would have hated Obama and Hillary
Very interesting what he said about democracy back then
Frank Zappa was a registered Democrat. He was a practical conservative who hated paying taxes, and did not trust anyone who used religion in their campaign speech. All we really know is he hated Reagan, Bush , and Republican's. He also stated at the end of his life that he was no longer a democrat, either. Nor a Libertarian for that matter. He will alway's have a special place in my heart, and so will Dweezil whom I have met before and is an awesome guy.
He would hate all politicians today!
Dave Mitchell and love trump????? Noo
ALL politicians are self-serving cocksuckers. Democracy is an illusion.
love the way he handled being told to do a quick word association, instead did a fokin story, cool one too.
then the interviewer hesitated and changed the header of his question..
great interview, terrible production.
This is an unused, unedited interview. That's why.
fz was a real genius. so fucking smart, he let a cigarette addiction kill him. sheer genius!
anyone can tell the same stories from that 60´s era whom were around, here´s nothing special coming out from Frank´s mouth.
also jimi's career and development was cut a lot shorter unfortunately and it would have been grand to see jimi mature and move away from his more pop/blues/rock orientated music that he was obviously growing bored of.."1983 a mermaid i should turn to be" is a good example and that was recorded in 68 so imagine what hed've been up to in 83.i really do think that even the rhythm guitar track on something like little wing is as intricate and valid as any orchestral piece i've ever heard in my life
Love to hear Frank talk about the advent of Trump. In fact I think I can hear him raging from beyond the grave -
Kim Runic you're saying there is afterlife then,he wouldn't care at all then
Would anyone be mad in the afterlife
ha, I see your point - it's more of a turn of phrase really
hilga hendrix you'd be surprised how many unhappy souls exist on the other side..
jefflikeusual20 lol what's that mean
Great uploads!
Love Zappa the man, can't stand the music.....
feel the exact same way. cool fella tho.
his music sucked ass Frank was kool and interesting guitarist
It takes a refined mind to understand and appreciate Frank's music.
Zappa is an unparalleled genius that comes around maybe every 100 years.
Zappa is under appreciated only in the USA.