Frank Zappa has always been an underrated guitarist, but he is among the most technical to ever exist. His solos always have a lot of melody, harmony and a large dose of brilliant improvisation. He deserved to be more recognized for his virtuosity on his instrument.

@Ghost1126

24 күн бұрын

underrated by who? not anyone who knows anything?

I loved his music back in 1968, now I'm 72 years young and I still love that shit. He should have lived longer!!!

@anthonyj.lobreto5544

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy I was able to see him twice, once on my 16th birthday in October 75 🎂🤠

@brianwoods6267

2 жыл бұрын

Its timeless, I'm 68, been listening to Frank for 50 years and I still crank it to 11

@superhepu

2 жыл бұрын

I was 14 years old in 1973 when I heard Zappa first timem. My life was never same again. Gate to understand good was open.

@seanbrennan5192

Жыл бұрын

I was born 2 years after he died. His music still lives on. RIP to the GOAT.

@Stahlgewitter

Жыл бұрын

Maybe...but he did write as much music for us as one could imagine possible...kinda like BB King's number of live shows played in his life.

“I’ve never met an ex-Zappa fan. Once you get it you’re in for life.-Gail Zappa

@dvened

4 жыл бұрын

yes but close your apostrophe ;) arf arf

@stevearle

4 жыл бұрын

Not a fan but she nailed that quote!

@arfshesaid4325

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevearle wt fuck

@foxmolder3496

3 жыл бұрын

I don't like the improvisation of Zappa, I like more myself as improvisator, BUT HIS HARMONY AND MEOLDIES THEMES, TOTALLY RANDOM AND FULL OF SENSE, MAYBE THE TOP OF DODECAFONIC MUSIC OF TH XX CENTURY, HIGH LEVEL EVEN IF IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE AND COMIC SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW BECAUSE NOBODY CAN MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS TODAY, people just don't study so much music as in those days

@liampowers8570

3 жыл бұрын

@@foxmolder3496 did you just say you prefer your improvisation over zappas

That shirt guitar colour co-ordinated combo is a knockout.

@sveinolavespeland1451

Жыл бұрын

That guitar♥️

One of the most talented and gifted musician, composer and guitarist of all times! RIP Frank!!

@gontierfrancois8115

Жыл бұрын

Best solo ever, indeed

His purity to his music is so opposite to so many of today's musicians.

@JeffWhite-cl2be

4 ай бұрын

Opposite to so many musicians period

Man, he really was 20 years ahead of his time. I had all but forgotten about Zappa, and somehow remembered him. I can imagine him on G3

@madaxe79

2 жыл бұрын

@ZLcloud22 agree. I remember when I was a kid, the girl next door was about 15-16 and working part time at a radio station, they were switching away from records and going to tapes, and she would bring home massive boxes of records all the time, and she offered them to me, which ever ones I wanted. I rummaged through and picked out a few, ( I was maybe 8-10 yeas old) and I found this one with a yellow label with the word Zappa on it, so I grabbed it coz it looked cool. Man it blew me away.

@Jjjjjk1001

Жыл бұрын

Way more than 20 buddy

@dvened

Жыл бұрын

20 is an insult, it just gets better with time

I have a hard time with this song , it used to be one of my favorite Zappa songs but now it depresses me , I saw Dweezil Zappa play this at the Zappas Universe concert days before Frank's Death & much of the audience wept ,.including Dweezil as he played , which made me weep . I saw FZ a lot & have so many fond memories of the 60''s & 70's but this song makes me realize my Times nearly up , life's short kids & 60 yrs goes by in the blink of an eye . Last summer I was 15 & watching The Mothers play live , now today I've got 15 yr old grand kids .

@michaeladamonis2620

5 жыл бұрын

weep? why???

@quentinmasoero5731

5 жыл бұрын

Hello Micheal Ledford I'm 20 years old, and don't claim to understand your feelings at all. But Time is a very mysterious experience. We can't be sure that Time doesn't have something else for you after your death. Time seems to be infinite, and you are engraved in it. As Franck Zappa's music is, youre child are too. The feeling of time passing by is only a feeling. Are you sure your engraving will disapear one day? I think i'll apreciate my 60s like my 20s now. Have a nice day! Zappa Rules!

@CooK19XX

5 жыл бұрын

20 years old I'd gladly trade your years for mine.

@thatcorrell3061

5 жыл бұрын

Mr.ledford, embrace what you have experienced rather than lament about a future that you can't control!

@fiolds350

4 жыл бұрын

So you're blessed in many ways

Holy Blistering Fuck he sounds great with that Les Paul.

There was no other like Frank. He refused to conform to society and paved his own road. Simply a genious!!

Dans 1000 ans, monsieur Zappa sera toujours en avance à tout les niveaux sur tous les autres. Le génie est chose rare et désormais, c'est un mot qui ne veut plus rien dire. Monsieur Zappa était de la même espèce que Bach, Beethoven, Liszt et Messiaen... Il me manque à chaque instant de ma petite existence.

@alvinware1988

4 ай бұрын

Hey this is ameriKa " Learn Spanish!"

the god of improvised guitar solo. Nobody came close.

@bernhardsart

5 жыл бұрын

Someone did! Sir Richard Bishop. (I was shocked too!)

@hernanmazzini5277

5 жыл бұрын

@@bernhardsart i would check it out

@Icculus123

5 жыл бұрын

Trey Anastasio disagrees

@ianmuir870

3 жыл бұрын

Try Allan Holdsworth

@jeffboyce2184

3 жыл бұрын

Genius

Didn't know how great a guitarist he really was....true Genius!!!!

@withnail-and-i

2 жыл бұрын

Sleep dirt

@user-em2fj7gy5y

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@user-em2fj7gy5y

10 ай бұрын

Он смешон

@angelofwar9223

9 ай бұрын

Foreal... unbelievable 🎼🎷🎼✨️✨️

HAS to be one of the best live video performances of Frank’s playing, where we actually get to see him really get into the solo, and the cameraman actually panned out instead of just focusing on the finger work. FZ was a serious musician. Ugly guitar notes on a guitar that sounds like a chainsaw. Love it.

@urbanbader4113

Жыл бұрын

Yep but St. Etienne drowning witch tops this by a lill

@garytitone853

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the guitar compositions on the Spring 80' Tour.

@coleward4208

5 ай бұрын

@@urbanbader4113I’d agree with you but St. Etienne has like a two minute stretch with no video because they had to sync up the audio. It’s a shame because that solo is one of my favorites.

Brain waves of pure genius coming through guitar and out of amplifiers at max loud. Simply the greatest.

There's never been a performer and composer who was a perfectionist like FZ. He was the GOAT.

@kacperfornal5998

Жыл бұрын

Maybe robert fripp

@dvened

Жыл бұрын

yes

@dvened

Жыл бұрын

​@@kacperfornal5998 fripp is close but nothing like frank IMO

@sanfordsanford295

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't a perfectionist at all he embraced natural live playing and recording

This man is his own category. It’s called Zappa. True original.Combined elements of everything he ever heard into this song.RIPWPIP Frank!! King Of The Freaks!!!

@Spontaneou

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. Well said. Every inch of avant-garde music thats made exists on the platform that Zappa created.

I miss frank zappa he was in his own leauge nobody will never takes his place

@peterwynbeg750

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I was able to see Frank twice and Diesel Zappa plays Zappa with Steve Vai oh yeah

Frank is among the great guitarists of this genre like Hendrix and Page. He was truly a great guitarist and composer! I was lucky enough to see him live in Switzerland in the early eighties when I was nineteen. Just an unforgettable experience!

@sanfordsanford295

Жыл бұрын

He is leagues ahead of Hendrix

@magchild777

Жыл бұрын

Actually, bro, you have no clue what you're talking about. Go and study the history of Rock!

True genius, genuine artist...never been truly imitated!

@alexharms9145

2 жыл бұрын

Buckethead

@anton2417

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexharms9145 not even close, zappa was leagues above as a composer.

I've watched the full show a couple of times, it's on here somewhere. Love this number. What an opener for a concert. Zappa had fantastic tone and of course taste when it came to improvising.

@parshakamarsh

2 жыл бұрын

Any idea where to find it. Where is it recorded, do you know?

@mustacheman19

2 жыл бұрын

@@parshakamarsh boom kzread.info/dash/bejne/dneX1LCDj6SqZso.html

@RichardPhillipsDJ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doctor Gonzo!

Frank always opened with some killer guitar number at that stage in his career. deathless horsie and watermelon in Easter hay come to mind.

@andythomas706

9 жыл бұрын

Evan Rice And all the time he was 'Soundchecking'. They're all ideal for giving the crew the opportunity to get the sound of the band spot on before all hell breaks loose!

@parshakamarsh

Жыл бұрын

"Black Napkins" was another favourite opener of his around that time

Dweezil still has this Les Paul thankfully, what an awesome beautiful guitar

@carmineredd1198

2 жыл бұрын

plywood bodied norton era tomato soup colored slug-post voluted garbage

This performance alone makes me so unbelievably sad to have been born in the late nineties. I missed out on hearing one of the most gifted musician to walk this planet grace my ears with his craft in person. RIP Zappa you truly are one of a kind.

@BenHardy

Жыл бұрын

I feel for ya. I'm 70 & grew up listening to Frank. Each of his albums (& his tours) marked a particular point in my life. I feel so lucky to have been around when he flourished. Thank you Frank.

@peacefully.violet

11 ай бұрын

Hey at least you werent born in 05 lol

@philnovo1832

11 ай бұрын

Relax, you really didn't miss that much unless you are a fan of noise

@WRafX02

11 ай бұрын

@@philnovo1832 compared to the “noise” put out today his resonates with me on a different level. So yes I’m a fan of noise, his noise.

Franks music was so ahead of it's time it is still futuristic. The world will probably not experience another composer/ musician like Frank Zappa for hundreds of years or ever.......

@jorgeamaro2686

6 жыл бұрын

G7flat5 hermeto pascoal is still alive tho

@oliviermarie6772

6 жыл бұрын

how so?

@kati1017

5 жыл бұрын

Marvelous!

@linpiao111

3 жыл бұрын

.... says every generation 😎

@seanbrennan5192

2 жыл бұрын

I was born after he died and I agree

Frank Zappa is synonymous with musical genius. His music has brought me joy for many decades. He is a master creator and sends us on a musical journey to far off places. Once you go Zappa, you never go back!!!

I've seen a ton of bands in my life starting with Alice Cooper in West Germany in 1972 when I was in grade 8. My biggest regret over the years (well one of my biggest regrets)was never getting to see Frank play. (the other is never having seen the Stones) As the years continue to go by that feeling of regret just seems to grow bigger and bigger. Thankfully Frank left a huge amount of work behind for us to bathe our ears in for years to come. Thanks Frank.

@peterwynbeg750

2 жыл бұрын

If Dweezil ever comes back out on tour you got to see him Frank would be proud!

@urbanbader4113

2 жыл бұрын

Is alike once you go... / ya ain't gonna find way back. (abbreviated cos / is south states existing.. 6 / 26

Long live Frank...Zappa will NEVER die!!!

La Classe! Quelle intro! Et, juste après: "hello Welcome to the Show". Thank you Mister Frank Zappa. Thank you so much.

4x in 2 days must illustrate how much i internally think his genius is missed. Seriously absolutely brilliant. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

c'est une merveille. Heureusement qu'on a ce bonheur . J'étais là, devant...

Notes come to frank, like breath comes to most of us..........so blessed to have found him in my lifetime..........why can't folks these days. Help keep this stuff alive?!

Frank was always the genius musician and writer. No one wrote and played better than frank. Always the best at everything he touched!!!!!!

Love this soulful groove the band is playing as Zappa is working through his ripper solo

After all these years still a thrilling excitement! One man can do wonders to the world , he's a wizard! THX for all those hours with tones of sounds and phrasing ... I'm hooked!

Terrific artist, so expressive!!

Such a joy to still see my old hero doing his stuff. I loved Frank. Sooo much musical trivia bombarding our ears nowadays. FZ covered all musical genres, all quirky peoples traits, and all the fuckwit mentality in politics. That was his legacy to us all. And a sweet addition to his live numbers . . . he never played the same lead riffs twice. He WAS meticulous with his band, they had to perform to a very high standard, then he could do the goofy noodling lead stuff I love so much. Thanks FZ! x

A unique guitar player and a big loss at a young age.

I listen to this almost every day! Massive sound brilliant ideas , what an unique style, impossible to emulate! Nobody come close!

If there is one musician, I could go back in time and see live. It's him, it always brings me to tears that I couldn't see him. He means so much to me and so does his music. Miss ya FZ

The whole band is so tight! Love what Mars is doing on the board in this.

My favourite guitarist ❤❤❤

@thatguy7132

8 жыл бұрын

I can't say the same but he's very good!

@alaincrouzat

7 жыл бұрын

non non he is awfull, why do you post ?

@RebuttalRecords

7 жыл бұрын

You're a tres terrible troll, mon ami.

@vasccer3000

6 жыл бұрын

alaincrouzat you are deft and dumb

@fundament

3 жыл бұрын

mine too

My all time favorite Composer and Guitarist....... Do not miss Franks Son Dweezil Zappa Live. Father Frank is looking down Proudly on his Son Dweezil 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

a friend gave me his Overnite Sensation Album around 1975 which remains my favourite FZ album and since then he became my favourite Musician. i own around 80 of his 120 or so studio albums and my ambition is to one day own all! my last 3 german shepherds have been called Zappa, Muffin and Diva who is with me now. people often misuse the word genius but in Frank's case it is wholly appropriate.

Zappa rules. Great song. Great solo. Great concert.

Frank Zappa was and is all the difference between virtuoso heroes of the tasteless guitar and a composer who sculpted air molecules as he pleased by improvising freely with his guitar.

Genius FZ my all time favourite one of best ever guitar master

As a 16 year old and only my 2nd concert ever, I got to witness Frank and his Band play 10 miles from my house @ Dillon Gym on the Campus of Princeton Univ. in Princeton NJ on 4/27/73. At my show, this was the song Frank and the Boys closed the show with. It was the end of an AMAZINGLY GREAT set!! Another FANTASTIC Saturday Night in the GREAT OLE DAYS in Central NJ!

And to think Frank was a drummer, who picked up the guitar and taught himself at age 18 or so. A self taught musical genius. Composer, conductor, and instrumentalist. Zappa kicks ass on this solo here. Who else can compare?

Pure beautiful jazz uniquely played by a genious.

Truly a master of feel. Anyone could play this song, but only Frank could play it like this.

cosmic debris, inca roads, Montana, been to Kansas city, stink foot, yellow snow, dogs breath, black napkins, zoot alures. so many masterpieces

Palais des Sports - Paris, 1980. And I was there... :)

@alexanderkalinchenko4038

6 жыл бұрын

Lickiest Sob he is

@marviemusic5428

4 жыл бұрын

​@@alexanderkalinchenko4038 I'm SO jealous but I hope you had a great time seeing him!!

@chrisghiardi117

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the date & locale.

@da_vis

3 жыл бұрын

"There is no hell. There is only France."

It is not so much the fingering . It is that tone . For those of us who are just meat and potatoes and think 4 minutes is long enough for a song and we just don’t do jams that much , Zappa is one of the few who can pull you in , with that tone .

Greetings from Russia! Мурашки по коже!

I think my face just melted…just like that I find myself sitting in a smoke filled dorm room, listening to Frank and the Mothers…

grande personalite , prolifique et d une vertuosite sans egale dans les basses lors de ses solos vraiment genial ce mec et en plus il a une vraie gueule

@SWSatprem

8 жыл бұрын

Hum! Ça veut dire quoi une vraie gueule? Peut-être une belle gueule...

I always thought of Zappa's music was more political and satirical then anything, but he really knew his way around the fret board, my bad for just realizing!!

@Fyloeu

10 жыл бұрын

Check out albums Sleep Dirt and Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar if you're into some advanced soloing.

@leanidis300

10 жыл бұрын

Fyloeu I am and I will, thanks!

@DoubleO711

10 жыл бұрын

Also recommended are the albums Zoot Allures and One Size Fits All. Great albums that balance Frank's lyrical and musical sides with some great solos as well. Solos like Black Napkins, Zoot Allures and the solo in Inca Roads are among his best!

@AndyAction

7 жыл бұрын

FZ was WAY more of a musician/composer than he was a political satirist. He just used that medium as a lyrical content and marketing aspect for (some) of his albums.

@dan-mv7hk

7 жыл бұрын

The torture nerver stops...

Frank's guitar was always saying something. Not shredding for the sake of it. A consummate musician.

Give this dude a round of applause because there will never be another like him. Keep his Legacy going for another thousand years. He'll Still be ahead of this time

damn, I wish they'd do another triple album like 'shup up..' from solos from this time - they're all brilliant

The master. I don't think I have seen Frank so animated during a guitar solo - particularly the headbanging around the 3.30 mark. The greatest improviser on the guitar I've heard.

La guitarra con más fuerza y sentimiento, sin dudas........Gracias Frank!!! Ya nos veremos. Y gracias por compartir una de las mejores canciones de Zappa, vv0422

Bless the video director! He leaves the shot on Frank so we can see what he's doing. Most think they have to cut every 5 seconds.

Miss you FZ... the world lost FZ on this day, (Dec 4) in 1993.

Great version of this song and I've heard several..!!

@andythomas706

9 жыл бұрын

kandau elliot Like Zoot Allures, it lends itself very well to being the final tweek on the desk before the shit hits the fan.

Jeezus, what a way to open the show...with a scorching solo by Frank.

Since hearing his Son of an Orange Country solo on Roxy & Elsewhere I've personally rated him as one of the greatest guitarists ever. His ability to electrify with his performances is second to none. As for uniqueness & originality... look no further.

Pour moi, Frank Zappa est des maître en improvisation. Pionnier du free Jazz. Arthur Rubinstein est venu sur son lit de mort. Quel hommage

@motard811

8 жыл бұрын

+J-J G G O Germaux Arthur Rubinstein venu sur son lit de mort vous êtes sur? Son fantome alors... Rubinstein est décédé en 1982, Frank Zappa en 1993.

@prs820

8 жыл бұрын

+motard811 J'ai pourtant vu sur You tube les 2 hommes ensembles. L'un étant fort malade....et alité...

@hugo888888888

8 жыл бұрын

+J-J G G O Germaux C'est peut être Zappa qui est allé sur le lit de mort de Rubinstein?... ceci est fort peu probable... la video sur youtube est introubable.

@gropifiasco

7 жыл бұрын

pour le moment seul Johnny est alité

@theomareschal3510

7 жыл бұрын

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Slonimsky

Ahhhhhh.....another Zappa to add to the collection. Not only was he insanely creative with material, voicing, and arranging, this clip demonstrates that he is right up there with the best guitarists. Listening to his work is always a very intense artistic and intellectual exercise. Once you finally kinda "get it", you get blown away by the fact that all of what you hear from Frank is ........written down! What a true monster who is sorely missed.

I just can't get enough Zappa. Seen him play at the UIC in Chicago The Jerry Garcia Band was back-up. Awesome Show...

A 63ans j écoute frank tout les jours +je les découvert a15ans khôl et merci zappa

We only live once. I was lucky in my turn to know the music that He created.

Stupendous! One of the best FZ lic=ve performances with plenty of searing guitar for ANY buff. Long, intensely creative and mind blowing. Every guitar player is unique, yet many generally sound similar to someone else. Not this guy. Completely different, yet very much like Hendrix in the sense that he was all his own and can never be truly touched. Dweezil(of course) is the closest for obvious reasons, yet admittedly can't duplicate. The class is all Frank's own. Wonderful work.

merveilleux Frank , merci, irène

one of the best composers in 20th Century

Remember this concert in Paris, I was 18

@manu4manu4

3 жыл бұрын

Moi aussi

@christianlefournis1557

3 жыл бұрын

@@manu4manu4 moi aussi

@da_vis

3 жыл бұрын

"There is no hell. There is only France."

@fccwebmeister

3 жыл бұрын

If you ever attended a FZ concert then yo will know what 'presence' means. This 'presence' will make your hair stand on end.

lo escuche de pibe y todavia lo sigo escuchando un genio

Frank Zappa's music was the acid trip. No drugs needed. Just close your eyes and go with it.

This guy was far more than a guitarist of astronomical realms. He was one of, if not the greatest musical composer of the 20th century.

FZ = Brilliantly Unique. Composer 1st. Guitars , Syncaviour, Keyboards . Came 2nd. Just his tools . Players are a dime a dozen . His Mind Separates him. Like Miles Davis , Robert Fripp .

Brilliant!

quel plaisir ! un génie, accompagné comme d'hab' des meilleurs...

Started to listen to FZ in 1968 i was 16 and when i see him play like this i know why I've been a FZ fan for all these years. Taken from us too early....R.i.P. Frank Zappa

Makes me cry everytime I see it. So fantastic. Imagine, a show just starts and than this...

@okantichrist

3 жыл бұрын

What happens when you hear it ?

A fabulous guitarist, so original. My preferred musician when I was seventeen. Each record was a lasting fireworks.

Holy freaking phenomenal batman! Watching FZ shred like that is like the second coming of christ.

When living in LA, i met Tommy Mars, whe were late night friends, wonderfullll time. He show me what and why Zappa and band are the TOP rock

master "air sculpture" telling stories with his guitar. Long live FZ

That tone at 2:44, and the way he hits the string to get that fantastic sustain ... just a master of his instrument in every regard

@danmartinazzi

Жыл бұрын

true

@asdf852asdf

Жыл бұрын

ive been hypnotized by that single note since the first time i watched this video

Graduate Peabody Institute of Music ..... Druid extraordinaire .... master of time and flatulence .... da man, da legend ,,,,

Thankyou for this video....We all owe our understanding of music to him..zappa...

Le maître à l'oeuvre.

un chef d'oeuvre !

Enjoy this as much today and as when I first heard it..genius

The lyrics to his songs still fit in with today’s society. I Am The Slime is a good example. I was lucky to see him in the 80’s at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby Pa.

One of the VERY few available guitar prominent vids w/out filler. Great audio as well. This is the stuff to send to friends who expect guitar players to get-to- business. Excellent display w/ great close-ups of his phrasing. A quintessential example of Frank's one-of-a-kind execution on the instrument.

🙏♥️....eterno querido FRANK....🎸🔥

In Paris for french TV in 1980 I think. I remember when I saw the show at home on the TV set ! WOAW !!!

Sí ya flipara con Hendrix,cuando escuché a Zappa,me voló totalmente la cabeza!!! Además, Chunga's revenge fue el primer disco que tuve de él (bueno,en realidad era una cinta de cassette de 1978 y aún la tengo!!!)Es mí favorita de Frank...