Hendrix also said himself that he wanted to learn theory and score music.

@outlander234

11 ай бұрын

​@@megadave1197He did need to. Not for his own music but to create bigger pieces for more instruments because he had massive composing potential.

@elpolitemexa2272

11 ай бұрын

There was a moment later in his life when he and miles davis used to hang out from time to time, and if i recall correctly miles tried to teach him a thing or two

@acajutla

11 ай бұрын

That would have killed the magic. His type of music is blues and jazz based, with lots of individual improvisation. I think Zappa only allowed himself to play solos.

@a.tevetoglu3366

10 ай бұрын

@@megadave1197 he did. he also did need to know more about the legal stuff regarding contracts in music business. He would have needed much much more to not have been burnt out by the "corporate machinery".

@SuperSedingAngeL-yr0

10 ай бұрын

He had a profound respect and admired symphony orchestras.

"Green Velvet Pants" sounds like a great title for a Zappa tune.

@MelAncholynus

4 ай бұрын

At least Velvet Green is a Jethro Tull song. 🙂

@jamsalot9611

3 ай бұрын

"Son of Mr. Green Jeans"

@renatocpjr5192

2 ай бұрын

The Return of the Son of Mr Green Jeans

@327JohnnySS

2 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqWAm6-liqbQmNo.htmlsi=K_9UucLR8m44cu_L

@laurahewett4857

22 күн бұрын

lol✊

“Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.” - Frank Zappa

@LeydenAigg

5 ай бұрын

"I'm George Duke, and I approved this message!"

@Markos-yk1lw

4 ай бұрын

Zappa is a narcissist, much? Making Hendrix "ignorant". Yet no one swoons over ego man Zappa's playing when Jimi's skill level was unattainable by Zappa.

@ldjkfg

4 ай бұрын

Where did he say jimi was ignorant?.. He just said if Jimi could write standard musical notation, which he factually couldn't do, Jimi could probably have been a good composer for more musicians. That's not an insult to Jimi or his music, it's a suggestion that Jimi could've succeeded at doing something else *as well* if he had the knowledge of how to do it. This is basically Zappa's way of saying that he didn't just think Jimi was a great guitar player, but that Jimi also had great musical ideas that might've translated better to being played on more than a single 6 stringed instrument. Also someone asked for Zappa's opinion here, which is why we're seeing this clip, so someone thought his opinion of Jimi was of interest at the very least.

@Pootie_Tang

4 ай бұрын

@@Markos-yk1lw what are you talking about? Are you O.K.?

@Markos-yk1lw

4 ай бұрын

By suggesting that Hendrix couldn't write in standard notation Z is implying ignorance

I'd really love to see that intricate dance step 😂

@user-hw2vm4ut3x

8 ай бұрын

I'm told it's only for people aged over 18 (21 in certain other jurisdictions)!😅😅😅

@charliecharlot

8 ай бұрын

​@@user-hw2vm4ut3xhi hi hi

@katielowen

7 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it was the stanky leg 😏

@mbnsw

7 ай бұрын

Probably just shifted and his ginormous c0ck tore it to shreds

@Elhastezy888

7 ай бұрын

​🤣👍🏻​@katielowen only Jimi could rip green velvet pants doin the stanky leg

Zappa's not for everyone and I think he liked it that way

@sound-ur1bq

Жыл бұрын

In French we say : on ne donne pas du caviar aux porcs

@BlindTom61

Жыл бұрын

And we who see through his kingly clothes like it as well...

@jackknife4547

Жыл бұрын

I've been a lifelong musician for over 40 years I have learn many things from Frank Zappa but the biggest takeaway I got was there are two types of musicians in the world. Those who write music for other musicians and those who write music for everyone else.

@jaydrummer333

Жыл бұрын

zappa is for everyone but only some listen

@staminuptime7646

Жыл бұрын

@@jackknife4547 exact same can be said about Rush

That’s a great compliment all things considered (Zappa being very critical). He’s basically saying Jimi was amazing and he would’ve loved to see what more he could’ve done with some help.

@JonBrown-po7he

10 ай бұрын

Agreed, yet he harbored a great deal of resentment, as evidenced by his unwise fixation of social ills he perceived. His latter catalog could've been far more approachable if less angst.

@poppatato4183

20 күн бұрын

​@@JonBrown-po7he Sorry wdym?

@JonBrown-po7he

20 күн бұрын

@@poppatato4183 In my perception his discography was a witty mix of Rock and brilliant, subdued sarcasm up to the 'Joe's Garage' parts one through three. At this time Zappa had banded with other musicians to protest censoring music lyrics, which led to many angry tirades of little effect. His music output lost the sarcastic askance portrayal of human duplicity. This latter output 'seemed' devoid of that bit of mirthful embrace of awful reality, replaced by a poor effort to produce classical music rather. My brother an educated and experienced musician in many genres had a less than admiring opinion. All the best 👋.

@poppatato4183

20 күн бұрын

@@JonBrown-po7he haha, oh okay I think I get what you mean. I'm honestly a pretty new listener to Frank [only Hot Rats] so I can't agree or disagree entirely but thanks for the reply.

@JonBrown-po7he

20 күн бұрын

@@poppatato4183 His lyrics could be witty, biting satire or simply his skewed take on a social norm. I believe, from what I've read, and etc that Frank came from a troubled home. His music reflected a disdain for social presumptions coming out of 'Middle America' 1950's, that today would be considered unfair to minorities, women, and nonconformist and yet excusing the mainstream's sins.

I like that you can tell Frank admired Jimi without actually saying so. He shows it in his own way

@america1st721

Ай бұрын

He was also disgusted by him being an irresponsible junky and drunk.

@FlatlandMando

24 күн бұрын

Cool recognizes cool, this you can bet money on...🎉😂

@ronrico2620

22 күн бұрын

Seems one had talent and the other had skill

@america1st721

22 күн бұрын

@@ronrico2620 ?

@animoetprudentia2865

20 күн бұрын

based on his tone and careful choice of words in this clip it sounds more like envy.

"I figured people who would go for ugly might go for me." - Frank Zappa

@elisaabolafia9542

5 ай бұрын

Oddly ..Women found him very SEXY 🔥

@SheVotesByMail

Ай бұрын

❤ The uglier the man the sweeter the music.

1979 , 12 years old... I find Frank Zappa's album freak out in my Uncle's record collection and I hear help I'm a rock for the 1st time... Mind blown

@wepsychoit2002

Жыл бұрын

2020 I hear help I'm a rock for 1st time..... mind blown 2

@Gratefulman1965

Жыл бұрын

I was 14 in 79’ Zappa’s Joe’s Garage was and is one of my favorites.

@DuffMiver7380

8 ай бұрын

​@Gratefulman1965 👍I was born in '65 too and Joe's Garage til this day is my favorite FZ album. Most of my classmates did not get it back then.

@rupe53

8 ай бұрын

in 1965 I was 12 years old then shortly afterward I discovered that same album... and figured out the entire thing was a parody!

@kendalton2115

8 ай бұрын

"Maybe you should live with your mama, she could do your laundry and cook for you....." off of "Sheik Yer Booty" always got me.

I could listen to this guy all day. I love the way he tells stories. No flourish or drama, just the way it is. What a great loss way to soon.

@danielkirby8355

15 күн бұрын

no talent

@johnwright291

15 күн бұрын

@@danielkirby8355 everyone knows that talent is in the eye of the beholder. Also go to KZread and enter frank zappa on the mike douglas show. He plays pretty standard rock lead guitar and i think he is a great guitarist.

@grantperkins368

Күн бұрын

​@@danielkirby8355 no idea

@desertdweller8689

12 сағат бұрын

so boring. zappa was just a pretentious contrarian at the end of the day. not nearly as special or origional as he and his fans think he is.

@johnwright291

12 сағат бұрын

@@desertdweller8689 oh well there are people with much higher IQs than yours who think otherwise.

I remember I was 18yo living in Italy and there was a Radio station in those days advertising a concert in Zurich of FZ. They were organizing the trip and tickets to those willing to see him in Switzerland. We went by Van just for the concert and straight back...lots of snow and cold in winter. That was the only time I saw Zappa in concert. 1978.

@elisaabolafia9542

5 ай бұрын

That sounds FANTASTIC and a memory forever. Thanks for sharing that ❗

@frankdog6266

5 ай бұрын

I saw him live twice.. once in LA 1984, once in Spain 1988. I was also an avid hitch hiker and once got a ride with a keyboard player in Austria in 1983 who was in his band at one point

@OSOForjasCA

Ай бұрын

FZ concert.. one van and "lots of snow"...🤔

Rest In Peace Frank … we could really use you around now !

@Tmanaz480

Жыл бұрын

Frank saw our current era before it even happened.

@megadave1197

11 ай бұрын

Rather have Hendrix around now

@sathira_anuk5179

10 ай бұрын

​@@megadave1197same, he's like a myth now

@davehowes5162

10 ай бұрын

Frank: always ahead of his time.

@bucksfan77

10 ай бұрын

Why? So we could get another finger waving morality lesson from a far left wing musician? One who was wrong on every prediction he had in the 80s?

I love to hear interviews of Frank talking about music! Actually I think this was quite a compliment FZ gave Jimi. I don't know if he'd tell any musician to have someone write down their music. It also suggests to me that Frank saw something in Jimi that was much greater beyond being a guitarist. I tend to agree on that. My favorite Hendrix is the 3rd side of Electric Ladyland. Rainy Day Dream Away. Followed by 1983, a Merman I should Turn to be. Then Moon, Turn the Tides ... Gently Gently Away. A thoroughly amazing composition!!

@chicklets4ever51

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. That's my favorite Hendrix album side too.

@Ubu987

Жыл бұрын

@@chicklets4ever51 Agreed. The studio was Jimi's orchestra, and with Eddie Kramer to help, it was the way he realised his ideas. Some famous jazz player remarked that Jimi had 'big ears,' referring, not to his physical ears, but to his inner ability to hear a whole composition at once. Electric Ladyland really demonstrates this ability, and so does Rainbow Bridge.

@scottbubb2946

Жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I heard 1983 A.M.I.S.T.T.B. on headphones. Such an amazing musical composition. Very underrated. Every bit as good, if not better, than Third Stone from the Sun, imo. Then there's the remix of 1983 where Eddie Kramer and Jimi just went crazy on the effects and panning. Incredible.

@levitaggart5943

Жыл бұрын

Love those tracks ! JIMI & all of his band mates were amazing ! Incredible music they made. I've never gotten high, but those 3 tracks must be out of this world to someone who's blitzed ! I love them just the way they are while sober. LONG LIVE THAT SCREAMING EAGLE !!!

@sdgakatbk

Жыл бұрын

@@levitaggart5943 "I love them just the way they are while sober." I like that! Music and particularly good music is good like that.

Frank basically said, “Jimi needs a George Martin…”

@sound-ur1bq

Жыл бұрын

exaclty, like he did for Jeff Beck

@bendream544

Жыл бұрын

which is the worst thing ever that could have happened.

@RICHBLACKCOCK

Жыл бұрын

​@@sound-ur1bqSo EDDIE KRAMER didn't cut it, huh?!

@dmoore0079

Жыл бұрын

@@RICHBLACKCOCK Eddie Kramer was a recording engineer - not a music composer/score writer. Eddie did an outstanding job in helping to bring Jimi's sonic ideas to fruition, but he wasn't capable of writing his ideas into sheet music.

@RICHBLACKCOCK

Жыл бұрын

@@dmoore0079 CHAS CHANDLER then. At least up until the EL lp. Cut Jim & those artists some slack. The vast majority of these INSPIRED! players, didn't read music. Ok. So they played by ear; feel. 👂That's uh good thing actually. What recording tracking devices were used in the 1960's? 4 track? 8 tracks? These rock titans were pushing beyond those boundaries.

Zappa has always been underrated and overlooked.

@TheGeosto

27 күн бұрын

And will remain that way.

@sureshot8399

17 күн бұрын

Nah, if you know, you know.

Always expect the unexpected when interviewing Frank Zappa.

I never knew how articulate Frank Zappa was. What an interesting guy.

@elisaabolafia9542

5 ай бұрын

There's a ton of his interviews on KZread right now. I'm thinking because he was very articulate about POLITICS and American culture. Keep looking. He was an amazing man and talent. Didn't do drugs or alcohol and asked same of his band members. Impossible to remember his intricate compositions if you were high as hell. Indeed.😊

@FordPickUPRed

5 ай бұрын

Dude was smart..

@Far2ManyDrugs

5 ай бұрын

definitely check out his interviews

@ceciliaortiz2375

5 ай бұрын

Lee su autobiografía. La terminó antes de MORIR

@ceciliaortiz2375

5 ай бұрын

Vio y habló de cosas y situaciones político sociales de una manera que otros artistas no hicieron. Uno de sus grandes fanáticos es Matt groening, creador de los Simpsons que ha usado la visión de Zappa para sus historias pero mucha gente no lo sabe. Mira el video de cuando Zappa habló en el senado de Usa luchando contra la censura en la música, él sólo enfrentando a lo más rancio del partido republicano de los 80' s. Dee Snider se unió a su lucha pero muchos otros músicos no tomaron partido, cuestión que más tarde todos se pusieron en contra de la industria...

Light years ahead of his time. A real musical genius. Rip Frank.🙏

@danielkirby8355

15 күн бұрын

how?

@vanmann8347

15 күн бұрын

@@danielkirby8355 research his music and his contributions to the industry. He wasn’t just a guy who wrote and sang some vulgar songs.

@danielkirby8355

15 күн бұрын

@@vanmann8347 I can't find one thing.. he never made a single objective innovation in music. Only subjective musical experimentation.. he sucked cash from wealthy friends to finance his delusional fantasies.

@vanmann8347

14 күн бұрын

Zappa was unique in his musical style. Watching some of the older interviews with hosts who brought him on, basically to mock him, never flustered him. He was always very focused and well spoken, despite knowing what the host’s goal was. He was as different as a talented artist could be. Compare him to the crap that today’s no talent “artists” produce.

Frank was most likely annoyed about Buddy instantly falling asleep and snoring otherwise he wouldn’t have brought that part up.

@theyrekrnations8990

Жыл бұрын

It helps color the incident Lol

@robertkise

Жыл бұрын

@@theyrekrnations8990 You can see Frank’s very slight smile right at the end.

@theyrekrnations8990

Жыл бұрын

@@robertkise Ur right, the whole incident apparently was humorous to Frank. Lol

@billhicks7034

Жыл бұрын

Ya think...

@Rippenhengst

11 ай бұрын

He was nodding on smack.😂

Good advice, only to make Jimi more complete and marketable during the early days. Gotta remember Frank looking at it like the producer he was. (Is)

@JonathanNelsonOfficial

Жыл бұрын

🤮

@ddeegz9766

Жыл бұрын

marketable? lol nah

Fascinating. Frank is saying he absolutely loved Hendrix. He doesn't have to show it.

@thehairybeast9707

8 ай бұрын

You are right. Frank could be incredibly critical of people and this was a very kind assessment of him. His only mention of Jimi's shortcoming as a musician was to offer solution.

@billysunday7507

8 ай бұрын

He seems to hate being around a pair of junkies.....FZ had no patience for drug use.

@kevinrogers7650

8 ай бұрын

My take on what Frank's saying is that Hendrix was a musical genius, and the only way Jimi could express his musical ideas was through his guitar, and that his musical ideas transcended the electric guitar. Everything was a nail to Hendrix's hammer (guitar).

@beanindividual4000

7 ай бұрын

@@kevinrogers7650 yes!

@goovialisticprofunks

Ай бұрын

Who cares. He should have been kissing Hendrix’s ass all the way to his grave. He he doesn’t even get to Hendrix’s toes as far as talent goes. But in ego and pretentiousness, he definitely towers over anyone.

Could you imagine meeting Jimi and Buddy that would have been wild

RIP Frank. You are sorely missed!

@dcmastermindfirst9418

8 ай бұрын

Not really. He was am arrogant chump

Frank had amazing techniques Jimi had soul.

I recall that Hendrix, prior to his death had said he was thinking of working with synthesisers and a big band. Oh what wonders high might have created had he lived, and taken Zappa's advice.

@smahsgalligonfangeng6363

9 ай бұрын

He also had some plan of starting to play with emerson lake and palmer.. now how wild would that have been

Hendrix was just someone on another level

@rtqii

7 ай бұрын

Steve Allen show, Frank Zappa Playing music on a Bicycle 1963

@NyQuilDonut

6 ай бұрын

Jimi's so overrated. Not bad, just overrated.

@TonyWoods-gu8pp

6 ай бұрын

Are you retarded?​@@NyQuilDonut

@BOBANDVEG

6 ай бұрын

​@@NyQuilDonut I find fz to be over rated. Classic case of "study without application is a waste". All that hard work and education zappa had just to write songs about rhino farts

@NyQuilDonut

6 ай бұрын

@@BOBANDVEG Yeah, Zappa is more pretentious than people like to admit.

I am almost 100 percent sure Zappa would have been these people to transcribe Hendrix' music and help expand Jimi's genuineness beyond the rock format. He was already expanding in to jazz fusion before he died.

@unclejesse4271

9 ай бұрын

No he couldn’t have. Jimmy had too much melanin

@zipperblues6714

9 ай бұрын

​@@unclejesse4271are you trying to imply zappa was racist?

@poopsintub

9 ай бұрын

@@unclejesse4271 such an ignorant statement.

@andrefig822

9 ай бұрын

​@@zipperblues6714 not Zappa, people willing to easily recognize Hendrix in other genres. Which may not be necessarily true, not because he was black, but because as genius as you are, it doesn't mean you will be genius at any genre, at anything else

@KaiJustiss

8 ай бұрын

@@andrefig822 I don't think it's accurate to say people would be racist towards a black man getting into jazz fusion.

Jimi was raw rock with soul, I don’t think writing stuff down would have made it any better. Two completely different creative ideologies between him and Zappa

@Tigerex966

Жыл бұрын

only for those that want to emulate it later.

@Mike-jv4rz

Жыл бұрын

Agreed- great comment....

@Ubu987

Жыл бұрын

But Jimi's albums are multi-tracked masterpieces. It was another side to his ability to play raw rock live.

@michaelbrickley2443

Жыл бұрын

Jimi was moving in the direction Franks suggestion would have helped before he died and considering the depth on Electric Ladyland, if he had had a man who could notate Jimis ideas, who knows. Space Symphonies

@feellucky271

Жыл бұрын

Very astute and insightful comment for sure,who knows if Jimmy really would have benefited from it but had the opportunity availed itself he might have made good use of it. He certainly had some bad influences around him Buddy Miles being one of them and I'm sure there were many others whose names we would know. Take it easy Jimmy we love you man.

Before Jimi died , Jimi was collaborating with Gil Evans , noted Jazz arranger and Orchestra leader . After Jimi died , Gil put out the album , Gil Evans Orchestra plays Jimi Hendrix , it is a rare record as not many were produced . Being a Zappa fan, I was wondering if Frank ever heard it. This comment says probably not.

@tazbee3920

Жыл бұрын

Didnt Jimi jam with Bo Hannson albeit briefly and they wanted to work together???

@tazbee3920

Жыл бұрын

Also shame Jimi wasnt singing on the lp..but then again the rawness was lost..still its an interesting lp by Gil

@flippinguitar1979

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, no. There's maybe a couple of tolerable tracks but it's mostly cringe. The first track Angel is a travesty.

@a.r.9530

8 ай бұрын

agreed. Over produced, soulless wall of sound-esque crap which adds nothing to his songs. Frank wished Jimi had tools to explore new musical territory and not to turn his existing music into an orchestral porn soundtrack. @@flippinguitar1979

@adamblackman6660

7 ай бұрын

Huh! I had no idea…. It’s a bizarre listen.

Zappa was one of the greatest musical minds to ever breath air on this wet blue rock we call home. RIP you mad man genius.

Third stone from the sun was pure jazz masterpiece. Jimi was more than a rock n roll musician

I was introduced to bring Zappa around 1973. His music was some of the most bizarre music I haven’t heard in my life. Valley girl was probably his biggest hit.

I’ve noticed when FZ speaks of celebrities visiting him he says “ OUR house” instead of “My” house.. 👍

@G123G

6 ай бұрын

I mean he did have a family

@waynej2608

6 ай бұрын

And, 'it's a very, very nice house. With two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard..."

@thomasborger6548

6 ай бұрын

​@@waynej2608noooooo 🤣

@dreadpiratetjoris

Ай бұрын

I bet it was in the middle of the street

Zappa deffo the best musician ever existed he was nuts 😂

I always thought the same. I've imagined what could have come from another 40-50 years of Hendrix, my god. Even another year of him making music. WHO KNOWS where it could have gone

Jimi was perfect just as he was !

@danielj1063

11 ай бұрын

" ... all about SOUND" Jimi @ Woodstock

@Hellyeahray21

11 ай бұрын

Jimi himself wanted to learn music theory before he died though, so Zappa has a point

@murosh

9 ай бұрын

​@@Hellyeahray21references plz?

@kelvendyson1508

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!! F what he's saying! It's almost like a teacher saying, your child hasn't developed with the rest of the class and your child needs to be in a class where they could develop better.

@thehairybeast9707

8 ай бұрын

Jimi would be the first to tell you that wasnt true. he was very self conscious of his limitation and use to winge at people calling him things like "The greatest guitarist alive" in interviews. Responding with comments like "I'll say i'm the greatest guitarist sitting in this chair"

That's the most thought provoking statement about Jimi I've ever heard.

@JayBird-zc4kh

6 ай бұрын

Then you don't think much

@jayocaine2946

6 ай бұрын

@@JayBird-zc4kh ironic statement

Rest in peace to you both

Frank Zappa was definitely one of a kind. The first in many ways, and made his own way. A great guitarist. Highly intelligent... the World lost someone very special when he left us, way to early...

@samot1808

Жыл бұрын

You know you are talking about a mediocre musician when one of their main selling points is high IQ. I’ll pick a heartfelt but less intelligently musician every time.

@AmericanNope

9 ай бұрын

@@samot1808many of the best musicians have very high IQs.

@samot1808

9 ай бұрын

@@AmericanNope i think you missed my point

If only I had Hendrix songbook transcribed for Banjo, I would be a Worldwide Superstar...dreams never die.

He's so.....frank.

@Mike-jv4rz

Жыл бұрын

Oh hell no lol

@StephenS-2024

Жыл бұрын

@@Mike-jv4rz zapped ya!

@goovialisticprofunks

Ай бұрын

Spoke like it was the word of God but really out someone else’s ass.

@StephenS-2024

Ай бұрын

@@goovialisticprofunks do elaborate.

saw Zappa 1984 when I was 16. best stage show. Felt like about 15 people running around up there. Some in costumes. I was a few minutes late getting into it at UC Berkeley and he began a solo right as I entered. Took us a few minutes to get way up in back on the elevated lawn and sit down. one guy rolled a j and passed it… then it was gone. He was still soloing the entire time

@Rippenhengst

11 ай бұрын

Oh Lord, i was 36!😂

I love when she says the same thing as John right before he says it haha. 33:00

I was expecting to hear a legendary story about a meeting of two musical titans. I was not disappointed.

Blessings to the Zappas & the Hendricks and to Leon Hendrix. That sounds like a great day w/ Buddy Miles sleeping on the couch and Jimu dancing - Magic moments ; ))

@jeffreylong131

6 ай бұрын

I'm sure Frank didn't see it as a magic moment at the time. With Buddy passed out snoring on his couch and Jimi ripping his pants and his wife having to sew them up. He was most likely irritated with the whole thing.

The tremendous intellectual and artistic intuition that FZ had - he clearly could see beyond where Jimi was, to where he was going (or could go with the right support).

Frank could tell that Jimi had the mind of a composer. he played all instruments on his guitar, melody, bass, and even percussion all at the same time. its what defined his unique style

Just seen an interview with Ruth Underwood where she says that Zappa so liked Jimmy’s work that he attended several Hendrix concerts. So he really was a Hendrix fan!

This Gentleman Had Knowledge ❤

@danchristopher7957

Жыл бұрын

In spades...🙏

Frank Zappa was and is my favourit musician composer showman artist and visioner. RIP Frank Zappa. Greetings from Warsaw, Poland

Jimi was a force of nature his consumption of events, emotion and the environment around him. He took it and created music from it the way he did is almost impossible. The fact he could remember all the chords, progressions, timing, and solos is pretty unbelievable for the amount of music he created. And only being 27 when he passed, if he received the chance to learn to comprehend writing, we would’ve been so lucky. But we are also so lucky with the music he gave us. Also if he wrote all of his music, I think their would be something missing.

@andrefig822

9 ай бұрын

His sense of timing was incredible at contrary of some people think, he had a fine-regulated metronome in his head, and instead of being bound to it, to a exact fractioned timing, he would bend it to his will to give some great interpretations and feelings, a bit different of playing stuff without timing. ALWAYS trying new interpretations, new solo variations, not always happy with the results, but never let down for his "failures" in mini-creations. Giving his influences, and jamming record, that's totally understandable.

Hendrix went into production work not long before his death. Producing what could legitimately be considered the first pioneering hip hop album for a group know as the Last Poets. His horizon was opening, that's the hardest part. . .

@harrambou9468

11 ай бұрын

What are you talkin’ about

RIP Frank 🙏

This is a huge compliment to Jimmy. Frank in that time was the go to man. He was trying to convey Jimmy was a talented genius in his own right and had so much more to offer and Frank was trying to help him get it out there. So you people that think Mr. Zappa was being critical or negative are so wrong. Frank was a no bullshit to the point power point in the music industry at the time, the go to man for advice and this was a huge compliment to Jimmy and his talent. RESPECT!

@CourtWatchAu

8 ай бұрын

But Hendrix solo's better than Frank, so it shows Franks ability to write music notation didnt make him a better guitarist. Also if Frank is so obsessed with 'composing' and notation why didnt he compose his solos ? Vai, Friedman, May and others compose/construct their solos and that is part of what makes them more sophisticated and sound great, while frank just plays random scatter phrases and the gimmick wheres off quickly imo

This dude was one baaaaaad musician!!! Frank, one of the greatest guitarists of all time! Rip Frank and Jimi.

@brin57

8 ай бұрын

As a guitarist, he was a hack !! Great composer and band leader, but guitarist, not so much.

@energyasylum997

2 ай бұрын

@@brin57 really? , Then again, I myself don’t play too much guitar, so it’s harder for me notice his imperfections. In any case, if you say that he’s a hack, then I say he’s A GREAT HACK and he has inspired others to be hack guitarists as well. Lol Rest In Peace Jimi, Rest In Peace Frank🙏

@energyasylum997

2 ай бұрын

@@brin57but thanks for your comment because I will learn something from it. 🙏✌️ and Rock N’ Roll

@brin57

2 ай бұрын

@@energyasylum997 you are correct - He was a great hack. Certainly not the virtuoso guitarist some would suggest, but absolutely a genius composer and band leader.

@mark-o-man6603

2 ай бұрын

@@brin57 What the f..k am I reading? Unless you're only into shredding and pentatonic bending-wankery, sure FZ was a hack...

Makes sense! Jimmy was a savant. No one could do what he could . My dad was the same way on piano.

Franks Head was So BIG.. He could not fit through ANY doorway. He was a legend in his own mind

@briangriffin5861

Жыл бұрын

Mine too.

@billhicks7034

Жыл бұрын

Try and read between the lines for once...moron simps

@jas_bataille

7 ай бұрын

Really? He said that Jimi Hendrix's ideas should have been scored for orchestras, you muppet. That's literally the biggest compliment ever. Frank wrote orchestral scores. Does 1+1 = 4

@fierce-green-fire8887

5 ай бұрын

I conclude you know nothing about FZ but you believe you do. Unfortunately, what you believe is not true.

@goovialisticprofunks

Ай бұрын

Frank Zappa is purely obnoxious and pretentious musically.

Frank was probably the first guy that mixed deep knowledge of music theory with rock music. Plenty of modern players can read and write. Frank stands on his own.

@rushpittsburgh4

Жыл бұрын

Frank, Randy Rhoades, and Blackmore, and Alex Lifeson certainly were all certainly the first wave of guitarists with the ability to mix technical ability and a high level of theory into their playing

@nectarinedreams7208

9 ай бұрын

​@rushpittsburgh4 Alex Lifeson hahaha he was just copying the British prog bands who came about in the late 60s. No offence to Lifeson or Rush, they're great, but come the fuck on.

@smahsgalligonfangeng6363

9 ай бұрын

Robert Fripp has entered the chat

@butchcassidy3373

9 ай бұрын

@@smahsgalligonfangeng6363 my thoughts exactly. Musical genius

@badbill9962

8 ай бұрын

Buddy Holly somewhat did

I saw The Mother's and the Experience in Miami ,1968, at the Gulfstream Rock Festival. I remember seeing Frank and other Mother's sitting on the side of the stage watching Jimi playing his set. Great concert. Blue Cheer was there too and John Lee Hooker among others.

@johncale1849

5 ай бұрын

I am jealous of you

@jimallison6125

5 ай бұрын

@@johncale1849 I actually saw Jimi twice in Miami the last time just a month or two before he died.

@glenncrowell6565

4 ай бұрын

Holee. Shit. That must have been something.Cheers.

Frank was an artist song writer, he could move u, while tantalizing u while u listed to a sound with a brilliant guitar skill like no other. He was one of a kind, an icon stapled in the history of rock. Frank zappa and the mothers, had the best place around, some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground. When ur name is used in the 1st heavy metal song in history u know you've done well.

The more I move ahead on my journey of learning guitar the more my respect for players like Zappa and Garcia increases.

@touchypuss

6 ай бұрын

Frank sure, but Jerry?

FZ goes immediately to the drugs. He wasn't a user, and had no tolerance for those that did.

@hyponomeone

Жыл бұрын

This exactly. Sometimes I feel it's a little unfair the slack he gave ppl on that but otherwise he was right on the money with a lot of the stuff he talked about. The drugs too, in a way, but I feel like he went way too hard-core with it, this being an excellent example. Jimi was a brilliant musician and you could never knock that

@spooge33

Жыл бұрын

@@hyponomeone I'm with you. FZ would think, how much better would you be if you didn't use drugs. I'm of the mind that, alot of creative people did, and do, their best work with a little help. George Carlin for one.

@hyponomeone

Жыл бұрын

@@spooge33 absolutely agreed. They can help and they can hurt. Charles bukowski wrote drunk for his entire life... I can only write drunk, it's the only way to make the words flow without getting in your own way. There are discussions to be had on it, and the mentality that produces addiction is what you have to be most careful of

@cybore213

Жыл бұрын

FZ didn't mention drugs once in this clip. What he didn't tolerate was musicians in his band being under the influence of drugs in the studio or at a show. What he absolutely did not tolerate was hypocrites.

@billhicks7034

Жыл бұрын

​@cybore213 he did...if u can read between the lines. Why else would he mention buddy IMMEDIATELY SNORING, HE HATED OPIATES, at least from everything I've read & heard. It's called nuance. He doesn't come right out and say it...but everyone knows why he said that about buddy miles...smh

I love Zappa. Unfortunately Zappa loved Zappa even more.

@thelastrebelshow1627

Жыл бұрын

I saw Zappa twice! I was a rocker when you were just a gleam in your daddies eye. 😜

@ChrisLawton66

Жыл бұрын

​@@thelastrebelshow1627 Why are you even commenting? There's no way you can know my age. Friggin bizarre comment.

@kathypop4

Жыл бұрын

Why is that unfortunate? That's a good thing 😂

@frankorobinson1540

9 ай бұрын

Respecting ones self and loving thy self is how we learn to respect others thoughts sorry you missed the ✈️ flight😂😂😂❤ to humanity

@ChrisLawton66

9 ай бұрын

@@frankorobinson1540 That's you showing respect, is it?

We are so blessed to be living in a time with so much incredible music to listen to. Ive never understood zappa but keep trying every once in awhile. Cant wait until i get it and can appreciate him

@markthomas6703

8 ай бұрын

Don't bother. There is nothing there but sneering and hostility

@adventuresinmoodcitypod2000

8 ай бұрын

​@@markthomas6703 There's no " there " there...lol

Frank followed his same suggestion by having a young Steve Vai put Zappa's own music to notation.

@jcruisioso5975

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps he didn’t want to bother w it. I’d bet $$ Jimi wouldn’t have

@mikecurran6716

Жыл бұрын

Frank was an amazing music writer and wrote down everything

@wolfgangdevries127

Жыл бұрын

Lol Jimi took a tape recorder to gigs and worked out everything at home. Frank has no clue.

@wolfgangdevries127

Жыл бұрын

@@1450JackCade so you are another Zappa fanatic. Big deal.

@wolfgangdevries127

Жыл бұрын

PS guys like Zappa remind me of Rick Beato; they think music is a game of sport. Oh irony!

Can you imagine someone trying to play Jimi Hendrix on the saxophone

@johnsmith7140

Жыл бұрын

There is a big band version of Purple Haze on Zappa's The Best Band You Never Heard In your Life

@muchanadziko6378

Жыл бұрын

Yes, not very hard to do

@michaelclyburn5858

8 ай бұрын

Yes, John Coltrane.

@luisrocha26

8 ай бұрын

​@@michaelclyburn5858despite both being geniuses, john coltrane and hendrix share very little similarity

@michaelclyburn5858

8 ай бұрын

@@luisrocha26 Understood. However from my perspective, I believe that either of them could play absolutely anything with their instruments BECAUSE they were genius. Many people hear the band Helmet and just assume Page Hamilton just bangs out drop D chords and screams-when alas, he has a degree in music/music theory and many of his solos are jazz oriented as he is a huge Coltrane fan. You’d be surprised how similar Hendrix and Coltrane are believe me…cheers

Jimmy, Frank… you’re still here men because you’ve made a difference and you’re making one still.

I learned today that a true musician is someone who can take a score from one instrument, and translate that musical score into one that can be read and played on another instrument. Making many many people who call themselves musicians, not musicians. These are vocalists, guitarists, pianists, drummers. A person who is a master at an instrument is not a musician. Unless you can play it on every instrument, and read it in the form of musical notes. My mind is blown. I’m a mere vocalist. That’s it 😂

As much as I like Frank Zappa and think he is very talented. He doesn’t hold a candle to Hendrix. Jimi did what Frank couldn’t do hell what most can’t. Name a virtuoso who has legitimate catchy hooks and songs while still maintaining complexity. Jimi truly is one of a kind.

@lozo2331

Жыл бұрын

George Benson

@lozo2331

Жыл бұрын

Stevie Wonder

@mikeregan3265

Жыл бұрын

Frank Zappa.

@johnsmith7140

Жыл бұрын

​@@mikeregan3265 yeah, he was pretty good as well

@ronrobbins2737

Жыл бұрын

Frank was probably super jealous of Hendrix' natural talent, showmanship, and success. Pompous ass said "I had written in articles .. . ."

Frank was so intellectually superior to most it was unfathomable

@mattfoster5934

Жыл бұрын

But so much less talent than anybody else🤣

@danchristopher7957

Жыл бұрын

@@mattfoster5934 .. note, I used the word: "unfathomable"... You sir, are among that group

@johnsmith7140

Жыл бұрын

​@@danchristopher7957 😄

@Edithalice3389

Жыл бұрын

Zappa was amazingly talented and original. I like his idea for Hendrix too. Would’ve been interesting 👍

@AdamS235

Жыл бұрын

He certainly thought he was

I remember seeing Frank Zappa at Stanford University when I was a kid. Maples Pavilion to be exact. I didn't have the ability at the time to really appreciate him. Everything I know about him I've learned since then. Truly a great loss

Any "TALK" about those days ▪︎ is pure gold ( those were the days my friends we thought they'd never end )

Jimi’s recordings turned out just fine, thank you very much.

@briandebold7795

Жыл бұрын

This was a compliment in Jimmy had so much more to offer and Frank was trying to help! Jimmy a genius in his own right.

@frankorobinson1540

9 ай бұрын

This flew right over your head,sorry you missed the ✈️ flight

Zapper.. was an absolute musical genius. Unreal and so imaginative👌👌👌

@danielkirby8355

15 күн бұрын

how?

Frank made sure he still had all of his microphones.

Jimi was bursting with creativity and energy. He carried the torch for those before him and unfortunately his legacy is mostly unrealized.

@HeatMiserr

9 ай бұрын

Not true at all, his legacy is fully realized, most people who love music and literally almost every single guitarist reveres him as a legend, young and old

@WaitingtoHit

8 ай бұрын

Your second statement exposes you as someone who doesn't know the first thing about rock music. Wow.

@chrisdavidson-x3n

20 күн бұрын

And bursting wirh substance desires. He needed soomeone to hold his hand. Thats it. Like Lenny Breau.

Zappa! Please come back to life! PLEASE! The world needs you!

Frank Zappa is brilliant on any level

@KittyCarlile-490

11 ай бұрын

He most certainly thought so

@jsteganius6969

8 ай бұрын

Perfectly said! Step to the head of the class!😊😊😊😊

this is why I respect Frank above most all musicians of his era.

It's nice to hear one musical genius talking about another.... We could sure use both of them today...🙏🇬🇧🎸❤️😢

I think Frank was one of the most underrated musicians of all time, a true genius. I met him once many years ago, and I was just speechless. I mean, what do you say to a legend? RIP, the original Mother of Invention.

@ClaytonKelly-mb4kq

7 ай бұрын

That's when the devil he farted, and she went right over the cliff.😅

Buddy was drumming at a jam session in nj , i knew Pat the guitarist and he invited me up to jam on harmonica , tho he didnt provide a mic. Buddy stopped the jam and insisted Pat get me hooked up !!! amazing memory , and also that he was so big he had on a Jimi shirt and the image must've been almost as big as he'd been while alive

Imagining Jimi dancing and ripping his pants open is hilarious lmao

What a great story. "One day Buddy Guy and Jimmy Hendrix came over to my house. Buddy sat down and passed out, and Jimmy did a dance and ripped his pants." I wish I had a story like that.

I’ll give Frank his props for being a genius, but I still think he’s overrated. Jimi was also a musical genius who’ s music I find way more listenable. Rip to both.

@muchanadziko6378

Жыл бұрын

That’s some balls to say anyone is overrated when praising Hendrix at the same time

@goovialisticprofunks

Ай бұрын

Hendrix is a guitar god, poet, gifted songwriter, etc. Zappa is a turd musically. That’s just the way it is.

Jimi learnt all his dance moves backing Little Richard

This is what you need to know about Mr Zappa . If Frank could write hit pop songs, he WOULD

Jimi was a musical genius. He wrote songs in his head during the day and at night as he slept. He was so ingenious that he even wrote songs in his mind for his next album while performing in concert.

The passage of the electric guitar can be defined as Before Hendrix and After Hendrix

I like Frank's voice

@daviddefigueiredo6018

Жыл бұрын

He had a lovely speaking voice!!

He's incredibly articulate. So we'll spoken. I saw him live in the early 80's. it was a great show. One of my favorites.

Imagine a world where Frank Zappa was able to save Jimi’s life by teaching him how to compose and write music like a professional. My god, I can’t even begin to picture how incredible that would have been. 😔

@henrygvidonas9573

9 ай бұрын

The end of Jimi's life had absolutely nothing to do with that. Not even the tiniest little bit.

@YogsenForfoth

9 ай бұрын

@@henrygvidonas9573 No shit. Are you slow or something? By getting him more focused on music composition, he could have gotten his interests away from drugs and alcohol. How could you not see that’s where I was going with what I said? Are you a dingus or something? 😂

@YogsenForfoth

9 ай бұрын

@@henrygvidonas9573 You’re not a very smart man, little Hank. 😂

@tesmith47

9 ай бұрын

imagine a world where the genius of BLACK Jimi was recognized by his native country!!! I Rember when he first came back to usa and the radiostations hardly ever played him, but the damn beetles and others were on ALL the damn time!!!

@temujinsy1102

9 ай бұрын

I believe he was incredible anyway, shame he died so young !

This man didn't need drugs to compose his music and it was way more psychodellic than anything you could imagine. A real genius

My favorite “Billy The Mountain “ good album “Weasels Rip My Flesh” saw Zappa in concert when I moved to Georgia in 1972 👍

"What do you think about Jimi?" "He came over once and ripped his pants." "What about his music?" "He can't write. He needs a babysitter." That's Frank Zappa's language of love, baby!

@animoetprudentia2865

20 күн бұрын

language of envy more like it.

Frank as astute as he was, always comes across as a bit smug

@JonathanNelsonOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Yes. He liked to use the fact that he could read and write music as some type of hierarchical classification for his work. However, his classical music isn’t very good. He was best rocking out and trolling the country.

@TheRealFamespear

Жыл бұрын

Except he was almost always right.

@misterghee1

Жыл бұрын

​@@JonathanNelsonOfficial I named Frank, my General of total w.. not the fighting one but stopping it with his solo's, pitty that FrankandJimmy isn't there,,,

@Gregorypeckory

Жыл бұрын

@@JonathanNelsonOfficial Why would anyone listen to your opinion? Frank wrote a ton of pieces, some of which have been performed by symphony orchestras, and they're great and well respected. Your opinion means nothing; people should check it out for themselves and not be swayed by the negative opinions of ignorant randos.

@JonathanNelsonOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@Gregorypeckory Why do you care so much then? Hmmm.

Frank didn’t like many ppl it seems, very critical.

@Broccoli_Highkicks

Жыл бұрын

Frank wasn't over-fond of people in general, but how is he being critical here? It's the opposite, he's paying Jimi a compliment, saying that he was capable of even more than he achieved on his own, if he had someone who could translate his musical ideas for other instruments beside the guitar. Frank is effectively suggesting Jimi had the musical vision to be a composer in the classical sense, but lacked the musical education to put his ideas into that format. It's not a criticism to simply state a fact - Jimi didn't have the know-how to write sheet music for an orchestra, for example. You can't go to an orchestra and tell them to go "dum dee dum dum fiddle-dee wang" when the beat goes "boppity bop bop"...

@HighStakesDanny

Жыл бұрын

@@Broccoli_Highkicks Noted

As someone who’s 2 favorite guitarists are Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, I wish Frank would have said something positive about Jimi’s amazing talent. But Frank always said what was on his mind, and I admire him for that.

I think it’s great he wasn’t technically classed as a musician but he was a free spirit and totally totally changed the world of guitar.

2 underappreciated musicians

@Alvis44

6 ай бұрын

Jimi is not under appreciated lmao