Lonesome Cowboy Burt

[RemorfChuket]

haha fuckin epic

[bunnindatpiff420]

6 people are communist bastards

[3232groundhog]

Jeeez, you guys in the ol' u s of a must be totally dry of good music...

[scizotts]

"Hi, Burt!"

[Rheinfrau]

He was an exellant Drummer,Singer Actor,and my friend. R.I.P. Jimmy. Miss you! <3

[MaryesHeights1862]

6 people who disliked this probably look too much like the construction workers in this video.

[punchyouintheneck]

Did FZ do any serious music? it's hard to take him serious when he did stuff like this.

[MaryesHeights1862]

@punchyouintheneck - Yeah, there absolutely is serious Zappa. But the market for his music is tied up in the kitchy, funny stuff.. but I have symphonic recordings of Zappa that are totally serious and quite enjoyable. He had to do the funny stuff to finance the serious stuff.. Try his instrumental "Black Napkins" or my personal favorite, "City of Tiny Lights"... Some of the funny lyric songs are also good jams. Lonesome Cowboy Burt is satire.. he was making fun of redneckery.

[321snoot]

@punchyouintheneck Like MaryesHeights1862 said, yes, he's done a lot of "serious" stuff, be it rock or symphonic. Check out The Yellow Shark (symphonic), which is some of Frank's pieces performed by the Ensemble Modern (1992), recorded live not long before Zappa passed away.

[boendolo]

idiot cowboy



[Mykki1003]

I saw 200 Motels at a midnight showing back in the 70s and this was my favorite scene and song. In fact, it's the only part I remembered. I saw it stoned and years later watched it sober of VHS. Both times it was a weird trip. :)

[42nateboy]

@Mykki1003 Same here......

Smoked some good pot and the movie made me feel like I had done some killer acid :)

It only played for a night or 2, I don't think Shreveport was ready for Zappa!

[Ampzilla76]

Both Frank and Aynsley Dumbar are playing drums here!

[superkulmedkniv25]

FZ is playing drums here

[lecagot2]

R.I.P. Jimmy Carl Black. You were awesome!

[Ilcristian]

@lecagot2 Did he die too?

[phillyphil690]

@chasBeauregarde - my bad, though I kind like my version better. :-) Awesome song either way.

[kattzyze]

damn i wish i still had this vinyl record (200 motels-- i loved it)..... this town is a sealed tuna sandwich....

[dharmaseed]

How are you gonna get laid if you don't play rock 'n' roll and drink beer? Ya get laid after the concert if ya play rock 'n' roll. This kinda crap, yer not gonna get laid anyway with that uniform on!

[StaticRequiem]

Hi im jimmy carl black and im the indian of the group

[phillyphil690]

Brilliant. Just brilliant. Drool on my shirt, pee in dessert, kick 'im agin in th head.

[ChasBeauregarde]

@phillyphil690 Misheard lyric - Drool on my shirt/see if he's hurt/kick him again....

[CodyRicheson]

Excellent music and lyrics, hilariously fowl and whimsical.

[PhilippTheImmortal]

Jimmy Carl Black owns everybody



[Masterphonic]

Speakin' atchya

[Zappa551]

0:19 Jimmy(Burt)likes to shoot!

[boogster123321]

1:48 frank is playing drums

[Zappa551]

@boogster123321 Frank started playing drums when he was 11:)

[boogster123321]

@Zappa551 oh i knew that but you rarely see him play drums besides in 74' for a couple of tracks

[Zappa551]

@boogster123321 true

[Burt521]

my name is burt and this song is awsome

[arklat]

This is really wierd. And Zappa didn't allow drugs? Can you imagine what this would be like with the influence of a bag of weed and some acid? Probably not much different!! A couple of quarts of beer may explain this!??

[ClarkeMarek]

@arklat I dunno about the acid or the beer, but my understanding(from his autobiography, anyways) is that Frank did like, 10 joints or so his whole life, concentrated between 1964-1971. They basically made him feel nauseous and sick, and he really didn't see the appeal of the stuff. In his own words, if they made him feel good, he probably would've smoked those instead, since he liked smoking cigarettes.

[ClarkeMarek]

@ClarkeMarek As it was, his general attitude was that if runny nose+watering eyes+overall sickness=high=kickass feeling, he wanted no part of it. But I could be mistaken, and anybody who knew Frank personally could either confirm or refute my statement. Again, no disrespect to Frank, and I probably am misremembering the autobiography, but yeah, my understanding was, he didn't do drugs in general.

[videocanone]

Probably my favorite country tune other than "Harder than your husband" and "There's a Tear in my Beer". Frank's da man, and JC Black did a great job on this one. Yup, he's the Indian of the group, but plays a dang good cowboy too ! LOL !

[1zappa]

Good news everyone. 200 Motels is finally released on DVD!!!

[Lupton2000]

I would love to see 200 motels in the original videotape format, before it was transfered to film. Do the original videotape masters exist?

[Timsundog]

Jimmy Carl Black will be missed. Much love to his sons Gary, Darral, and Geronimo (Moe). Lonesome Cowboy Burt ain't lonesome no more!

[DemonWarp65]

Ok, I wanna know, does anyone think that 200 Motels, if it were adapted for the stage, would work as a rock opera? I am not saying it absolutely would translate well, but you never know. Let me know if you think it would or would not work and why.

[Shinmeiryu]

I don't think Zappa intended it to be like a Rock Opera, at all, but it could function as one.

[LordoftheHornets]

rip jimmy

[creamofobia]

heres to you burt no place like centerville!! get paid.....

[greaseitandsqueezeit]

"I just wanna know two things. Where's my waitress and if she comes in this place, will she sit on my face and loan me a couple of bucks until the end of the week?"

[Shinmeiryu]

Opal, you hot little bitch!

[ClarkeMarek]

Mo-hanitz, what are you doin here?

[dharmaseed]

@ClarkeMarek You just called, me didn't you?

[ClarkeMarek]

@dharmaseed All I said was, "Opal, you hot little bitch!"

[dharmaseed]

@ClarkeMarek I am known by many names.

[ClarkeMarek]

@dharmaseed You can take this needle and hang it in yer ass. You ain't the devil. Devil speaks with a British accent, I know. I saw him in a video on Youtube last week.

[dharmaseed]

@ClarkeMarek I am deeply offended by your lack of artistic sense.

[BedroomScenesMovie]

@Shinmeiryu Rance Muhammitz?! Stupidest name I ever heard.

[SexyFatKid]

Yes Jimmy Carl Black, Injun of the group, what can I do for you??

[mangin23]

and this man stayed in my place..what a great guy

[ridingtheplastic]

the devil has an english accent

[ClarkeMarek]

It's true. I saw him on a video on Youtube last week.

[DemonWarp65]

Absolute genius. Back when rock was still an art form. I wish FZ would come back and kick the Jonas Bros in the head! Kick 'em again in the head!!

[TheMrEMeat]

@DemonWarp65 There was The Monkees, Archies, and lots of other bubblegum groups when The Mothers of Invention were around. It wasn't exactly like Frank Zappa was on Top of The Pops or Ed Sullivan. Poor old Ed had enough problems witrh those pesky kids from the Doors saying couldnt get much higher after he asked them not to nicely. Muisc is worse than it was back then though as sad as it is the rock culture is dormant.

[spaced0ubt]

@DemonWarp65 rock is still, and always will be an art form.. unfortunately these days more than ever before you're unlikely to see or hear any of the more artistic stuff on television or radio... ( even if the makers of it do somehow manage to get themselves signed ).

[sirwatchalot]

What a commentary on us Freaks vs Rednecks! I LOVED this in 1971 when it came out. Alotta people dropped alotta acid watching this insane genius work. Zappa was one of a kind.Thanx Frank!-RIP--thanx for the post!

[123torrent]

:39 - :42... FZ on drums!! woo!

[czabodeborba]

Alongside Ansley Dunbar!

[GigVid]

FVZ first started out playing drums in local bands

[sourdeez435]

My fav part:

im all in this place

lemme buy you a taste

and you can sit on my face

where's my waitress?....

pure lyrical genius

[ClarkeMarek]

Actually, it's

"Come on in this place

and I'll buy you a taste

you can sit on my face

Where's my waitress?'

But close enough.

[looshkin66]

reekin atcha

[DastardlyMatt]

You ain't the devil!!

[hifiguy9]

I think the soldier that was talking to Jimmy Carl was the russian commander on the submarine from the movie " The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming" I could be wrong though.

[9114102349]

Yup. Theodore Bikel.

[buffspringfield]

Lets torture Iran and send them this vid

[BradBrassman]

They wouldnt get it.

[charlessavarese]

Fuckin' twisted.

[deadmorrow]

I got it on DVD, don't know about the quality, it ain't that bad, not a boot leg or anything but not remixed either.

[SecretTimeWarp]

@deadmorrow There's a Region 2 DVD version, which is apparently *awful* quality. It claims to be digitally remastered, but the picture is garbage, and lines were senselessly chopped out. On the other hand, there's a fan-made DVD floating around the 'net, made from a TV broadcast, and it looks fantastic.

[ESpeigel]

200 motels, uncle meat and roxy & elsewhere have all failed to come out on dvd. Isn't that sad, Zappa's music is dying and the trust fund doesn't seem to care.

[rappernamedhead]

200 motels on dvd before I die? doubt it

[DastardlyMatt]

RIP JCB!!

[actron]

what a loss.he was great, indeed.

[TheBoneRanger1968]

That's George Duke playing trombone

Try watching this tripping.

[carpineer]

The first time I saw this movie was in the theater tripping. To say the least, it was a trip. Zappa. What a fucking genius!

[napomania]

@TheBoneRanger1968 I think is a guy looking similar to Duke

[MDYMMCProductions99]

This is a million times more punk than anything the corporate radio-friendly shit that's passing itself off as punk these days.

[lecagot2]

Can't argue with you on that.

[dharmaseed]

@MDYMMCProductions99 And it's not even three chords!!

[Macombdag]

@MDYMMCProductions99 This is flower punk.  And "Fuck you if you don't like my hat."

[npspec34]

He Is Lonesome Cowboy Bert

don't you get his feelings hurt

he is caught in this place

and he'll get you a taste

You can on my face

where is MY waitress!

KICK HIM AGAIN IN THE HEAD!!!

[potter0067]

Joy!!!

[NellyNinja]

R.I.P. Indian of the group.

[nikav8]

he sang real good for us boys !

goodnight Jim !

Big Love

Nik

Morecambe Bay

[wdgeo]

I just wanna know two things: Where's the beer and when do we get paid?

[Sandbag209]

WHERE'S THE FUCKIN' BEER, MAN?

[rocknrollhell]

@wdgeo

But you can get all the imaginary beer you want later in the movie... :P

[jahknow0001]

Just ain't the same without the "Sealed Tuna Sandwich" intro . . .

[1revjay]

JCB made a super-fun movie even more fun. If there is a heaven, your's must be the most fucking enteratining one since Shakespeare died. That make sense? Bye Jimmy. Great work.

[IHATEKandG]

zappa on drums?...

[Fantaman1980]

Goodbye, indian of the group...

[ralphusrjones]

Holy Shit really? I was just reading about him on Halloween and he dies shortly after. Well I hope he has a ton of waitress to sit on his face in heaven!

[ClarkeMarek]

Don't feel bad. I found out last night. So long Jim.

[skicat62]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOO! maybe he's join frank in the control booth...........!

[dilzappa]

HE'S JUST DIED

[BognarRegis]

RIP Jimmy Carl Black - Indian of The Group

[nelsonfoul]

that is very sad, he was such a nice fellow,i met him when he toured with chadbourn, and he spent the night at my place

[nelsonfoul]

sorry to say,but jimmy carl black is not doing to well.he has cancer,i think had part of his lung removed,but the cancer has spread.i always liked this song most..opal you hot little bitch......

[theledzeppguy]

Jimmy Carl Black died on Halloween.

[beeftothetaco]

what the hell?

[ClarkeMarek]

Didn't know Frank did country, did ya?

[beeftothetaco]

i do now

[finylvinyl66]

Frank did everything.

[Musicdudeguy]

i taught my kids a sanitized version of this song. Great tune.

[nelsonfoul]

i got to hang out with mr.black a while ago,he is a nice guy

[FunnyDigestion]

And Mark's facial expressions while crooning the second chorus are best of all.

[FunnyDigestion]

The structure of this song is gr8. The "unionized rooin' ol' sun-uv-a-gun" falsetto ll back vocal and then the toy-piano-type fill are hilarious.

[MosheNL]

P.S. When the Mothers of Invention put out the "White Album" 35 or so years back, I bought it and was smelling skunk."What are {The Turtles} doing with Zappa?",I thought in the olden times of 1973-4 and your momma wasn't born yet!Turtles played bubble-gum music under forced contract when they were itching to do their own material.Still they made a few Dylan songs famous.

[AlbertMondback]

Did you just randomly inject those two comments, or was it a reply to something?

[MosheNL]

What we have incognito are "Flo & Eddy" (get the pun?--Ebb Tide, eddy, Ebb Flow) On contract not to use the name "the Turtles" or their own names Mark Volman (College Prep with the long blond hair and beard) alongside that fat girl in the glasses and long frizzy dark hair.(Howard Kaylan).She's a boy tho.That was in the old fashioned days, when "a relationship" was understood to mean male-female.

[jesusshootingheroin]

Ummm.....first off you've got Flo and Eddie reversed. The fat girl in the glasses is Mark Volman (That's Volman with a "V", not "BOLAN") not Howard "AKA EDDIE" Kaylan. And Volman's nickname (FLO) is an abbreviation of his full name with the MOTHERS, which was THE PHLORECENT LEECH. Kaylan was just called "EDDIE".

[detroiterness]

FAK hat lol. That's classic. She Painted Up Her Face is the best song in this movie.

[thebeardedjohn]

This shit is awesome

[anuskiller]

uh lulz stupids rednecks

[HCShannon]

least they ain't furry rednecks!

[55inister]

200 motels is one of zappa's greatest works. I just love this bit

[lutonmoore]

Zappa was/is awesome. Amazing after so many years...

[TonyNewman]

I'd say Jimmy Carl Black is the real star of this well-calculated, marzipan-injected insanity. :D

[khurit]

God Dammit !!!! ah loves Ameerica!!

yeeeehaw!!!!!

[alyandajdrakebell]

opel you hot little bitch wont you sit on my face.

[Heinrich552002]

bertram, bertram, redneck!!!!!!

I`m known by many names LOL

[Macombdag]

I can't stop watching this video.

[Vader9]

Right on! This is the song that got me into Zappa.

[piperian396]

This song rules