I have been a hard core Frank Zappa fan since 1977, when I discovered him at 15 years old.
I bought a $450 Panasonic VCR in 1985 and started recording every FZ appearance that I could in my area of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Scouring the TV listings and calling 818-Pumpkin on an almost daily basis to get the hot poop of the day. As my collection of FZ video appearances grew, it helped me work my way into the trading circles to barter for audio recordings (Tradable and Non-Tradeable), and also more video that I had not recorded myself.
Many of the videos that I am posting, have already been made available on KZread, but were sourced thru me, via trading tapes in the mail, or having been posted to Zappateers in DVD format in years past. Those will seem inferior to what I will be posting.
Thanks Frank!
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Some of Zappas songs have completely filthy lyrics and children should not be allowed access to listen to them. Warning labels are appropriate and fine. But on an instrumental album as in Zappas Jazz From Hell? They get a little carried away.
Timeless. R.I.P. Frank
Frank wasn't cynical enough. The labels were used to sell the products which Sally claimed to be concerned about. Frank was concerned about the Religious Right but now the alleged liberals are the ones clamoring for censorship of the Internet. Debasement of popular culture was one of the goals, the accomplishment of which was accelerated by labels informing kids which albums were most likely to upset their parents and maybe make them look cool to the other kids. The allegedly offensive songs for the most part were not being played on the radio, you had to search for it. The labels made it easier to find degenerate culture.
Some suggest that Darling Nikki was written for Nikki Haley. Ever heard that one?
Interesting isn't it? Liberals are the ones who dig censorship these days.
I thought Frank was having a marvelous hair day, anyways I need to go eat some potato salad.
Anyone know where to find some of that Honker Home Video stuff?
I'm glad Joe Travers isn't the drummer here. Josh is awesome. A side story about Joe. I went to see his ZAPPA tribute show at The Baked Potato a couple years back. I went mainly to see Joe play as well as witness how he MD'ed the whole show. I wore my TEAM DWEEZIL tshirt and afterwards, my girlfriend asked if she could take a picture of him and I. Joe took one look at my shirt and pouted angrily, "Not with THAT shirt on." He walked off in a huff. WTF? To think Joe played on a lot of Dweezil's albums, the Z band albums with Ahmet and Dweezil and is now in control of Frank Zappa's vault. Now, he won't have anything to do with Dweezil? SMH. Joe has been back to The Baked Potato with the ZAPPA show quite a few times but I'll never go again after his diss of Dweezil...and me.
pot is actually medicinal.
We lost a good one with Frank. Just think of all the neat things he could have produced if he were still around today.
Did he mocked of gays?
What?
He made a song called “he’s so gay” which is pretty much just a tongue-in-cheek song about stereotypical gay archetypes. Nothing truly homophobic, unlike ATCQs Georgie Porgy, more like MF DOOMs Batty Boyz.
And?
play at 0.75 speed for roots reggae
Frank Zappa held them in contempt and the Senators responded in kind. Frank was clearly the most intelligent and articulate and also the most acerbic of the witnesses. It just wasn’t in his personal constitution to genuflect to people who were being deliberately dishonest, deceptive and authoritarian. Frank realized it, understood it for what it was and he basically called them out on their dishonesty and they most certainly didn’t appreciate it. Overall, he should’ve put a velvet glove over the iron fist he was going to punch them with. He just let them have it. If he would’ve had a short segue where he said something like, “As an American Citizen, I appreciate the opportunity to appear as a witness here today on a very important issue. That of Free Speech and censorship. I refuse to apologize for my love of our Constitutional Rights in general and the First Amendment Right to freedom of speech and expression in particular.” It would’ve softened the blow and the message would’ve been more effective. As it happened, it allowed them to discount his testimony. John Denver, eloquent and firm, he should’ve been a little more hard edged. Dee Snider almost got it perfect but could’ve come across better - presentation wasn’t as good as Zappa and Denver. The PMRC was clueless, demonstrably unintelligent and a gaggle of bored Washington housewives of powerful politicians who were only taken seriously because of who their husbands were. If they would’ve been regular people, they would’ve never reached that level of importance.
FZ is on the Mt. Rushmore of electric guitar and most people don't even realize it.
Wow, the '88 band sounds incredible in this video. "The best band you never heard in your life."
Your 10 year old will be shakin his dice in his bedroom no matter what music he’s heard.
Straight forward problem… IF YOU DONT WANT YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER LISTENING TO A CERTAIN SONG OR GROUP, THEN DONT BUY IT FOR THEM!!!
Never heard a woman speak so many obscenities
RIP Tom Brown
RIP Ed Mann
The thing about "using children as tools to sell a political concept" and "putting your foot in the door to force the same mechanism to stop other ideas" is the exact same attitude as today's cancel culture and woke ideologies.
" Global treasure" Frank got promoted.
Frank was a ball of hatred this day lol
Censorship has long been championed by liberals. The PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) was the brain child of Al and Tipper Gore. You libs remember that Al Gore right? Just so happens he’s also the father of the Climate Change hoax. What a great American. History shows Liberalism is a mental disorder. That’s why Libs always try to rewrite history.
Painting w a pretty broad brush there. I'm a liberal and I find little of gore's stances that I agree with.
Mom's for Liberty is a liberal group? Stopping drag queen story hours is liberal? Self righteousness is universal friend.
Wow. Livewire is a straight up THROWBACK!!😅😂Fred Newman is so underrated.
Ya why isn't every song "We Are the World"?
The new law in SC is founded in the same controlling minds. Very sad.
Like Warhol, fooled the media and world for decades thinking he was some sort of "genius". Just another fake.
He never called himself a genius. Other people called him one. I think his output has moments of genius. You don't. That's fine.
I think Frank would have welcomed your right to have and express your opinion, then countered your casual dismissiveness with substance. He was yet another foolish smoker, but he was a prolific talented artist and anything but fake.
@@fenwayify I knew one of you would surface! The emperor was naked and people like you kept telling him he was a musical genius. Lots of examples of this Rush, Todd Rundgren....All these "artists" that supposedly so talented the common person doesn't appreciate them!
@@kendallevans4079…and you would certainly represent the ‘common person’, I presume. I notice you say ‘one of you’ and ‘people like you’, indicating that you categorize people for your convenience, in the mistaken belief that categorization equals understanding - or out of intellectual laziness. It’s time to start thinking for yourself.
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The Tesla of modern Music. Pure genius.
My best buddy fought off Hep C with the pill treatment and yet through all of the visits they seemed to miss the cancer in his liver. He didn't make it.
Sorry for your loss.
He was gone 7 months later. Fucking tragedy. This made me cry.
I think she had a valuable point and Frank was living up to the expectations of the audiance. He was talking utter bulls. And that comes from a Zappa fan.
This lady is rolling in her grave hearing Megan Thee Stallion nowadays
Judas Priest were disgusting, especially the singer
POLITICS IS THEATER FOR THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
uugh what a terrible cut at the end °!°
Oh, yeah. "The Filthy Fifteen." Too bad Sheena Easton wasn't there! 🤣🤣😂😂
slow down the video and one will see this was 100% scripted cointelpro garbage, Frank included.
play it backwards to get the real message!
@@LtdNulty yet he's still scripted despite your automated response
As in more elaborate distraction?
@@atomusbliss yes precisely, as in pre-internet social containment as defined by eglin afb or snowden documents with royalty for influencer node speaker- an articulate virtuoso styled counter-culture musician promoting free speech and other manufactured debates.
Carson, irritating little man
Ted’s hair looked out date even back then …
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Zappa FANatic here, just wanted to tell you that the documentation on all your content is very appreciated.
An actual great interview!
My only problem with this interview is that Frank is so down on the Beasties. I think, had he spent more (any?) time with "Paul's Boutique" (and, to a less degree, "Check Your Head" - the final album before Frank's death), perhaps he may have had a different take. Either way, what a guy. Absolute genius.
Bobby Van had a Pat Sajak hairdo.
$14.95 was pretty expensive for a few minutes of tape.
Bobby Van, did the best hopping dance ever in Small Town Girl.
First time I saw him laugh was when he played a bicycle on the Steve Allen Show.
Who misses Frank more than I do?
Fellow Baltimorian