My dad tracked him down after a concert and knocked on his trailer. Star struck, he tried to give Zappa a hug. Zappa declined and said, “woah man I’m not Bowie!” Rofl
I respect Frank Zappa as a person more than most musical artists. He's a wonderful conversationalist and seems like a "real", good, sensible guy. From what I hear, he has raised a great, tight, supportive family.
Always knew who he was but never listened to his music much. However i am addicted to listening to interviews of him right now. What a focused and insightful guy.
Zappa is wearing a Yle TV companys show ”Iltatähti” (night star) T-shirt. Iltatähti was a finnish pop/rock music TV show. YLE is doing the interview that is why they zoom to the shirt it must have been a great deal to the crew.
See, I would have gone with Them or Us, One Size Fits All, or the infamous '71 Fillmore East album. Of course there's always Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe. Or Sheik Yerbouti which was great.
3:50 exactly why I'm learning jazz. The harmonic possibilities and variety that are present in jazz is a great teacher. While chords in "standard position" do get used, in some settings (such as piano comping) it's not usually the case, the chords are spread out on both hands, leading to interesting voicings.
The piano in jazz tends to use standard voicings also. They’re just different from the standard voicings used in rock. When two hands are available (when the left isn’t comping for the right hand) the piano has more flexibility than the guitar, but it still has severe limitations. Art, however, is working with imagination within limitations. Without limitations there can be no art. Even the orchestra has limitations, especially the winds. It’s a bit of a trick to get a wind chord to balance. You can’t just voice it any old which way. It’ll never sound.
Frank's demeanor toward this interviewer is very tame, probably because the interviewer is european and asking legit questions vs contrived loaded bullshit.
Was that around the 4 minute mark? Where he's talking about making basic building blocks interesting? I felt that too. He explains my internal thoughts so effectively
seriously I never used to listen to zappa but now I could say his amazing and a tastefully musically sence of humor which makes his music pore interesting RIP frank zappa you said in one of your last interviews that you wouldn't like to be remember but guess what you will always be remember
Love it! Thanks so much for posting this video. God why'd he have to leave us so soon? With the body of work he created in thirty years can you imagine what another thirty years could have produced? Heavy sigh...oh, and by the way, lol...Born in Pomona here. EEEK!
Frank Zappa had a truly honest and inspiring personality which he easily transfered over to his music. Wether you agree with his thinking or even like his music you still must respect him.
It's amazing, to listen to Frank talk about the actual 'music' as 'density, color' etc. of the pieces he wrote, that's where you can hear the difference between Zappa and most of the rest of the world...wowie...zowie!!!
OH MY GOD!! He managed to step outside of his time and have totally genuine clear opinions that will ring clear and true forever. I don't think the interviewer really appreciates what's being said, but can you blame him? There are so few people who have credibilty outside of the time they lived in. Zappa was one.
thanks for this. this is now my favorite zappa interterview. as jemba said, it shows a lack of arrogance, in that he tended very strongly to respond to honesty... honestly, while still tending to "play" with his answers (which i understand entirely). check the mike douglas clip... he's completely decent, even though he's sitting with people a lot of his contemporaries would have mocked openly (even making a move toward jimmie walked when he alone gets the "old favorites joke).
Love Frank - and man he always loved his cigarettes. He called tobacco his "green leafy vegetable" - and he really seemed to dispute that they were harmful to health - which is about the one and only thing where I always disagreed with him. I managed to quit back in the 80's after less than a decade of smoking - but even long before any surgeon general warnings on packs - people knew they were bad for you. When my dad served in the U.S. Navy during WW 2 - he did not really like them but would buy packs just to hand them out to be sociable - but even way back in 1942 people referred to them as "coffin nails".
Frank Zappa has been dead for as long as I've been alive and the music he made and interviews he gave back in the the 60's, 70's, and 80's are still ahead of their time, even by today's standards. The man was no slouch, I'll tell ya that.
i miss him too. ppl say that you never forget where you were when you heard kennedy was dead. its the same for me with zappa. watching the news getting ready for college. that was a sad day.
Oh yes he will... He will probably be remembered as the greatest musician of the late 20'th century. And he was a very influential guitarrist. Some say that he brought the wah pedal into standard use, among other things.
great interview by an unquestionably great artist. yeah different with his jazz/rock fusion, ahead of the others, and then that attitude. he was what he was, even till the end.
Actually, he used the Wah pedal rather unconventionally, while most people at that time were using it by pulsing, he would leave it at a certain point to achieve his unique sound.
I got to be a part of his concert I think around 1977-1980 just not sure on the year at the LSU stadium that they call The House that Pete Maravich Built. He stopped the concert to have a conversation with me cause I was caught in the middle of a drug bust as an innocent(not so innocent)bystander. Really cool at the time. Still is as a nice memory to reflect on.
Do they do 'Yellow Snow' on Roxy & Elsewhere? I can't remember. That was on apostrophe (studio album) I recall for sure. My favorite track on the Roxy album is 'Village of the Sun' and the extended instrumental that follows. A tight tight band doing some really technically amazing passages. And funky too! Frank's presence on the music scene is sorely missed. Sorely missed.
Whn I first started learning, one of the first songs I was ever taught was "Florentine Pogen" and when people ask me to teach them a good song - thats usually the first one I show them. Its nice and easy
@greenfruitface Actuaully they changed t-shirts before the interview. So Frank is wearing a t-shirt of the interviewer, and the interviewer is wearing Frank's shirt.
He was in my dream last night, came to my house and told me that he wants me to join his band and that we leave to start touring that night. It was pretty intense!
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interviewer: Frank you have long hair, does that make you a woman?
Frank: you have a wooden leg, does that make you a table?
legend
This is literally 9 years ago comment?!
That quote doesn’t come from this interview. It *may* have come from a Joe Pyne interview, but it may be apocryphal.
@· Bölverkr · bruh
Hey are you alive?
@· Bölverkr · yep
"Do you want the real reason or do you want a television reason?"
We miss you, Frank.
lol dude perfect comment
@@DannySullivanMusic The only guy who thought he was an art modernist or postmodernist, while 80 percent of his words always went straight against it
Now is that a real poncho, or is that a Sears poncho?
My dad tracked him down after a concert and knocked on his trailer. Star struck, he tried to give Zappa a hug. Zappa declined and said, “woah man I’m not Bowie!” Rofl
My Dad is also a huge Zappa fan haha, I like how we're now second generation fans watching his interviews. Legend
lolll nice
I’m sure your dad seemed like a crazy stalker to frank
@@TS-jd9qs Funny thing is my dad and I had no relationship growing up. I discovered all the good music 100% on my own. Maybe it's genetic ;)
@@ChromaticHarp Maybe, but he still shook hands with him and chatted for a bit. lol
I respect Frank Zappa as a person more than most musical artists. He's a wonderful conversationalist and seems like a "real", good, sensible guy. From what I hear, he has raised a great, tight, supportive family.
Zappa was as brilliant as they come. Always right on point, and entirely genuine.
I love frank he’s so well spoken. His music sounds just as he talks
"Sensational Exploitation" That would have been a good title for one of his albums.
Yeah!
1:35 Sensational Exploitation Type Situation.. Definitely a Zappa lyric, he just happened to not sing this one, lmao
Ross Cicero It sounds like either a live album from the mid 80's or an unreleased concept album about rock and popular music in the late 70's
It’s the new album from the vault
hahaha "Yes. I am very avant-garde right now"
He's so thoughtful. He would have been a pleasure to talk with.
lmao fantastic comment
Always knew who he was but never listened to his music much. However i am addicted to listening to interviews of him right now. What a focused and insightful guy.
He's music keeps getting rediscovered over and over again. It is still as fresh and vivid as ever. What a brilliant mind he was. RIP.
Zoom into his shirt again.
Zappa is wearing a Yle TV companys show ”Iltatähti” (night star) T-shirt. Iltatähti was a finnish pop/rock music TV show. YLE is doing the interview that is why they zoom to the shirt it must have been a great deal to the crew.
Humor....sorely missed in today's music industry
+EDWARD WRIGHT I disagree -- the whole thing's one big joke. ; )
+vampyros1 dam...
pink guy
@@cocorosh7295 bullshit
@@cocorosh7295 You're still right though, nowadays there's more satirical artists, albums and performers, all thanks to the internet
Frank started playing a guitar at a later age, like 18. Even so, he did fine.
He did have at least some background playing drums before that, though.
The 1970s was by far the best decade for Zappa. Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Studio Tan, Joe's Garage and Sleep Dirt were all phenomenal albums.
See, I would have gone with Them or Us, One Size Fits All, or the infamous '71 Fillmore East album. Of course there's always Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe. Or Sheik Yerbouti which was great.
3:50 exactly why I'm learning jazz. The harmonic possibilities and variety that are present in jazz is a great teacher. While chords in "standard position" do get used, in some settings (such as piano comping) it's not usually the case, the chords are spread out on both hands, leading to interesting voicings.
The piano in jazz tends to use standard voicings also. They’re just different from the standard voicings used in rock. When two hands are available (when the left isn’t comping for the right hand) the piano has more flexibility than the guitar, but it still has severe limitations. Art, however, is working with imagination within limitations. Without limitations there can be no art. Even the orchestra has limitations, especially the winds. It’s a bit of a trick to get a wind chord to balance. You can’t just voice it any old which way. It’ll never sound.
Frank Zappa is the only person I've ever seen who would not look completely ridiculous standing on the deck of a pirate ship.
early 70s George Harrison too
@@muchanadziko6378 According to Monty Python, anyway.
Have you seen Keith Richards (assuming we’re restricting ourselves to rock stare here)?
Frank's demeanor toward this interviewer is very tame, probably because the interviewer is european and asking legit questions vs contrived loaded bullshit.
hehehe fantastic comment
I’ve never seen his demeanor in an interview vary.
Thank you for posting this. Zappa music is extraordinary. A force very sadly missed.
Best personality and mindset a person could ever have! Rip frank zappa
A very interesting interview. I think he was one of the best composers of all time. Thanks for your music, Frank!
Zappa was insane! He gave really interesting interviews.
Are u still alive?
@@user-oc4zf5dx1q maybe not
Frank's explanation of harmonic language puts so simply what I've been trying to grasp for years. What a guy.
Was that around the 4 minute mark? Where he's talking about making basic building blocks interesting? I felt that too. He explains my internal thoughts so effectively
Frank just needed a good interviewer and he always delivered
"im as avant garde as ive ever been"
ONE SIZE FITS ALL
Most influential Rocker! When Zappa speaks people will learn how the music business works! 🇺🇲🇮🇹🇬🇷🎸
I could listen to his voice for hours
hearing him talk is awesome thanks for posting these things here :)
Thanks for posting.
Gawd, he's giving full on answers. I wish I had known about him but I think it's significant that I discover him now and his legacy.
Cameraman loved his shirt.
A curious camera man spotting Zappa like a alien. ahahah
i just started to learn about zappa and i have to say i am absolutely fascinated!
seriously I never used to listen to zappa but now I could say his amazing and a tastefully musically sence of humor which makes his music pore interesting RIP frank zappa you said in one of your last interviews that you wouldn't like to be remember but guess what you will always be remember
so knowledgable he was ahead of his time....hes gently speaking words of wisdom if you listen closely. brilliant
Hard not to love Frank
Love it! Thanks so much for posting this video. God why'd he have to leave us so soon? With the body of work he created in thirty years can you imagine what another thirty years could have produced? Heavy sigh...oh, and by the way, lol...Born in Pomona here. EEEK!
Frank Zappa had a truly honest and inspiring personality which he easily transfered over to his music.
Wether you agree with his thinking or even like his music you still must respect him.
It's amazing, to listen to Frank talk about the actual 'music' as 'density, color' etc. of the pieces he wrote, that's where you can hear the difference between Zappa and most of the rest of the world...wowie...zowie!!!
This is frank at his best talking about the music that he loved.
Great interview...what he said@3:38 was great! I had to share this on my channel...he tells it how it is no sugar...
What a great man and musician.
Mother is the necessity of invention
THE MOTHERS
you heard it here first
Been coming back to this interview since like 2008
NOT THAT MOST PEOPLE CARE! but thank the Lord for this guy's music!!!!!! No doom and gloom when listening to frank!!! Love you frank RIP
1:10 That expression on Zappa is so much fun to see. I wonder what he was thinking at that point.
OH MY GOD!! He managed to step outside of his time and have totally genuine clear opinions that will ring clear and true forever. I don't think the interviewer really appreciates what's being said, but can you blame him? There are so few people who have credibilty outside of the time they lived in. Zappa was one.
thanks for this. this is now my favorite zappa interterview. as jemba said, it shows a lack of arrogance, in that he tended very strongly to respond to honesty... honestly, while still tending to "play" with his answers (which i understand entirely). check the mike douglas clip... he's completely decent, even though he's sitting with people a lot of his contemporaries would have mocked openly (even making a move toward jimmie walked when he alone gets the "old favorites joke).
Love Frank - and man he always loved his cigarettes. He called tobacco his "green leafy vegetable" - and he really seemed to dispute that they were harmful to health - which is about the one and only thing where I always disagreed with him. I managed to quit back in the 80's after less than a decade of smoking - but even long before any surgeon general warnings on packs - people knew they were bad for you. When my dad served in the U.S. Navy during WW 2 - he did not really like them but would buy packs just to hand them out to be sociable - but even way back in 1942 people referred to them as "coffin nails".
grimble 5g will be the death of us all
Frank Zappa has been dead for as long as I've been alive and the music he made and interviews he gave back in the the 60's, 70's, and 80's are still ahead of their time, even by today's standards. The man was no slouch, I'll tell ya that.
That man was ahead of his time 30 yrs seems like things that where done back in the 70`s are now the norm,I miss him,what a great mind..
One of the best interviews concerning the early days of the Mothers. Great!!
Proud to be born where his father was born, deep down in Sicily. Zappa numero uno!
He was An extremely smart man
Much better! Thank you!
Hurriganes "Stranded in the jungle"/"Hanger" is one of my favorite album ever. Why are material from the album so rare?
Frank was the last true musical genius of our time. There wont be anyone like him for a very long time.
This comment pisses me the fuck off. Fuck you and your ignorant bullshit. Look around pig, there is genius everywhere
great interview
The album on the table - "Roxy & Elsewhere" - is one of my favs. Absolutley brilliant. The band, the performances, are HOT!
i miss him too. ppl say that you never forget where you were when you heard kennedy was dead. its the same for me with zappa. watching the news getting ready for college. that was a sad day.
Love how this begins as if Zappa has had enough of sitting in silence and has to start the interview himself
Always was and always will be brilliant AND entertaining. R.I.P. F.Z.
Oh yes he will... He will probably be remembered as the greatest musician of the late 20'th century.
And he was a very influential guitarrist. Some say that he brought the wah pedal into standard use, among other things.
great interview by an unquestionably great artist. yeah different with his jazz/rock fusion, ahead of the others, and then that attitude. he was what he was, even till the end.
@jimirymodestoca Indeed. Rare man. I can't help but think that we need him now more than ever.
Long nose to look down, too...
You are missed Frank.
Musical genius!
Actually, he used the Wah pedal rather unconventionally, while most people at that time were using it by pulsing, he would leave it at a certain point to achieve his unique sound.
I love his response to the "Avant-Garde" question that the interviewer totally doesn't get...
1974 is right around the sweet spot of zappa out put
All i have learned from this interwiev is beeing so proud waving the somkin cigar like so wont get you far .
Now THATS what I call an interview!!!!
GeorgeSandle 10year !!
واااال فيديو قديم للغايه ❤️
i'm Finnish and heard instantly that the interviewer was as well. that damn accent!😂
This guy is amazing.
What a pure Genius~!
Well-spoken and intelligent fellow.
LOL! Never thought about it that way!
Thanks Frank.
what he says about writing with chords and notes is very true. its a pity that mass audiences cant stand any demanding music.
Man, Frank had an intimidating stare.
The picture quality is unusually good for a 1974 interview. Great color.
SpineFine 10 year !!
Very intelligent and insightful
Zappa was the best i miss him.
Miss you FRANK ZAPPA !!!
This cameraman really likes his t-shirt.
the t-shirt with the nixon quote is glorious.
The cameraman is really diggin' Franks t-shirt.
I love his sober composure
it's so cool that this interview happened in finland
lots of good musical shit happened in finland for some reason...especially in the 60s.
I'm feeling pretty avant-garde today.
Rest In Peace, Maestro.
The 70´s is a decade more coolest than now....I was born in 1981. Snif. =(
I got to be a part of his concert I think around 1977-1980 just not sure on the year at the LSU stadium that they call The House that Pete Maravich Built. He stopped the concert to have a conversation with me cause I was caught in the middle of a drug bust as an innocent(not so innocent)bystander. Really cool at the time. Still is as a nice memory to reflect on.
Jewel!
Edgaras Austinskas 10 year !!
جيتك بعد11سنه
جيتك بعد ١٢ سنه
He was a brilliant man.
he would be the best music teacher ever
Do they do 'Yellow Snow' on Roxy & Elsewhere? I can't remember. That was on apostrophe (studio album) I recall for sure. My favorite track on the Roxy album is 'Village of the Sun' and the extended instrumental that follows. A tight tight band doing some really technically amazing passages. And funky too! Frank's presence on the music scene is sorely missed. Sorely missed.
That's the whole interview here, no more available.
Whn I first started learning, one of the first songs I was ever taught was "Florentine Pogen" and when people ask me to teach them a good song - thats usually the first one I show them. Its nice and easy
@greenfruitface Actuaully they changed t-shirts before the interview. So Frank is wearing a t-shirt of the interviewer, and the interviewer is wearing Frank's shirt.
LOL
R u alive
He was in my dream last night, came to my house and told me that he wants me to join his band and that we leave to start touring that night. It was pretty intense!
That has the same energy as a dream where you get a test in school you haven’t studied for. Sounds frightening, hahahaha!
Genius! Great mind.