After 57 years on this planet, I have come to the conclusion that there is NONE BETTER THAN THIS!!! And, I swear I have listened to EVERYTHING...THIS IS THE BEST EVER IN HISTORY!!!
by far my fav version of this song. the '74 band had to be the best i mean duke on the keys, black on sax, chester on drums, underwood on percus, i think underwood on bass too, and of course zappa on guitar
@shadowhacker190...right on kid! You have a nice broad band of wierdness on your list there. You would probably hear a lot more Zappa material covered by other bands, but most of it is just to hard to play. I've been listening to Zappa tunes since the mid 60's and still like it..Franks music has influenced the way I play.
@pylmusique i think alot of it is that everyone takes themselves to seriously, franks music had humour and it was more human because of it. oh and dont forget the Rhythm & Blues roots!
misfitugly, that's Napoleon Murphy Brock. You can hear most of his Mothers' contributions on "Roxy & Elsewhere," which is an absolutely STUNNING live album. He also toured a few years back with Dweezil on Zappa Plays Zappa. He's still unbelievable!
Did you know cave men 30,000 years ago made a bone flute...and this flute uses the penatonic scale. Nothing has changes since those many years ago. THe music is in the dna
@MrGuitarman187 I'm guessing you're not an expert on gamelan tunings, the Middle Eastern 'maqamat' scales, Indian scales with anything up to about 30 notes per octave, etc., etc. Even if music is in our DNA (huge if--why couldn't it just be culture?), at very least there is (or has been) huge diversity in the way (ways) that this has manifested itself.
i fucking love this band. i love frank, i LOVE napoleon, i love ruth, i love george and chester, and i shamefully dont know the bassist but i know he's a fuckin BADASS!
jesus christ. you want to talk about a tight performance? this is FLAWLESS. the fact that people even talk about bands being good or bad live today seems absurd after watching this.
Amen to that bro. Frank was the absolute Jedi FN master of live performance & recording / production. I'm 43 and have seen countless concerts in my life and I've only seen three bands come close ...... and one of those was ZPZ.
@TheJabrowski Please tell me which were the other 2. I've been desperate searching for something remotely similar to Zappa. That man destroyed my life in a way, I can no longer judge other bands as creative, tight or technical. At least not as him, that guy had it all. I've found a few jazz fusion bands, like Mahavishnu Orchestra, but still nothing can reach his level.
@Stuie1973 Now thats not fucking fair, i listen to zappa, zep, sabbath, van der graaf. atomic rooster, captain beyond, miles davis, herbie hancock, mahavishnu orchestra and many fucking more to included to this list and i'm only 17 sooooooooooooo i think you might need to retract that statement. "Almost all kids now a days listen to mediocre shit" not all.
@shadowhacker190 I stand corrected thank fuck for you! now be inspired by this and start writing us some music so you can endeavour to save your generation..... and as you mentioned Atomic Rooster your my new favourite teen :D .... If you havent heard them check out Soft Machine, Groundhogs, and CAN.... thanks for restoring this old fools faith!
@Stuie1973 I've heard of soft machine already one of my fav's, and i already do have a band that plays old school stuff like this we have a page on facebook if you're interested and if you have a facebook you should check us out.
@shadowhacker190 i know 2 13 year olds that lisin to zappa,and one of um plays my guitar wants to kill your mama om guitar,but theres a lot of dudes your age that dont know music at all
@shadowhacker190 Thanks for speaking out for our generation. Although he has a point, most of us listen to shit, it's true. How many of your colleagues listen to any of the mentioned above? Not many I assume.
@CBurton I don't have many friends, but ones that i do, do know of these bands and even bands even farther back in time: Swing bands, R&B, Soul, Croners. I was surprised that they even knew the majority of names i found on their Ipods. Like i said to another user you commented on what i said "I Guess i'm lucky then"
My heart goes out to the supremely lovely and talented Ruth Underwood among all all those perfectly horrid sweaty men doing all that unforgivable noodling...
This just goes to show that all fields of Art needs its mad scientists to bring out something "macabre" & unseen/unheard just to prove that anything outside of the media's boundaries is possible. Frank Zappa was the mad scientist of Music- and every bandmember he's ever had were his trusty mad assistants.
Ce morceau a animé mes 20 ans, il est toujours là, dans ma tête, dans mon coeur... Zappa...génie de la musique!!!! Merci pour cette vidéo et le plaisir qu'elle me donne.
@pogomole Sometimes I think so, but he didn't want the music to be taken very seriously. I guess he didn't like the seriousness of orchestral music, and I like that, because he was telling everybody one of the best things someone can tell you: don't take your life or yourself too seriously. It's not healthy.
@YpSiLoN666 Your response was both civil and thought-provoking, both rarities on the Intertubes. Thank You! BTW, I've had this song stuck my head for days, so maybe Zappa was cagier than I thought. ☺
Yes, Napoleon Murphy Brock nailed it, note for note, as he had performed it on the recording, and the band was amazing, as usual. Had the privilege of seeing them once in Detroit, 1984, and it was the most smoking, hot, live show I had ever seen to then, complete with a 'Whipping Post' encore. Frank ruled! There is no doubt! Many of us still miss you, brother Zappa. Thanks again for posting this, chuckhartford.
@PedoCat No I meant cause it was against Zappa's rules for anyone in the group to be "on anything". Napoleon had a theatre background aswell so he's good at acting out the songs like he's doing.
@BryanEddy09 That's because this IS the version from the studio album. However, the version on One Size Fits All fades out after the "Chester's gorilla" section, and Zappa also overdubbed vocals (notice the missing "Arf arf arf" after "crab cakes").
One of the best song of FZ!Frank is the one of those makeing music one of the best things in the world!Napoleons voice is increadible:) scould wish Frank still where alive!
Great version of an awesome Frankonian jamboree ! me likes ! Some of his best music is matched with the weirdest and most absurd lyrics, which suits me just fine ! LOL ! Frankosity Forever !
OSFA Album Recorded between December 1974 and April 1975.
One Size Fits All Credits:
Personnel: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar); Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals, flute, tenor saxophone); George Duke (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Johnny "Guitar" Watson (vocals); Bloodshot Rollin' Red (harmonica); Ruth Underwood (marimba, vibraphone, percussion); Tom Fowler, James Youman (bass); Chester Thompson (drums)
@Parvenu333 I'm pretty sure he did use this version and then embellished it for the album...I'm pretty sure this same concert has the Inca Roads version used on OSFA, too
@Parvenu333 The music for Inca Roads from that album is also from this same concert, but I think George Duke's vocals were re-recorded. I could be wrong, though.
Chester's Gorilla: that sequence is mentioned in the Genesis track Wot Gorilla?. Chester Thompson was their touring drummer in those days, and still is.
I met Napoleon in Zappanalen, Bad Doberan 2004 he is still good on saxophone.
TheSchmuckjoe 1 day ago
That's Ruth!
npspec34 5 days ago
What the fuck is this Marimba man, gee, perfection! Where does this shit comes from?
TheMrilson 1 week ago
Frank is a robot tank.
warcloud30 2 weeks ago
After 57 years on this planet, I have come to the conclusion that there is NONE BETTER THAN THIS!!! And, I swear I have listened to EVERYTHING...THIS IS THE BEST EVER IN HISTORY!!!
saxmidiman 2 weeks ago 3
ROLF DAVID
Happzboz 3 weeks ago
Napoleon is the man, was here in Sao Paulo, and I could not see him
lucaszappa 3 weeks ago
tighter than a nun!
StickitOut123 1 month ago
my ears just came
drdotislovinlife 2 months ago
Someday the only religion will be music and Frank Zappa will be our God
duster71 2 months ago
great song, awesome band, same as on YCDTOSA, vol. 2, probably my favorite Zappa line-up overall.
herrdruhl 2 months ago
man the drum fill at 3:49 makes me loose my shit everytime!!!
TheJourneyAgent 3 months ago
by far my fav version of this song. the '74 band had to be the best i mean duke on the keys, black on sax, chester on drums, underwood on percus, i think underwood on bass too, and of course zappa on guitar
lzfender15 3 months ago
@lzfender15
Tom Fowler on bass. Brock on sax.
addyboddo 3 months ago
@addyboddo u right my bad
lzfender15 23 hours ago
@lzfender15 It's Tom Fowler on Bass.
mrmoosefilosa 2 months ago
@shadowhacker190...right on kid! You have a nice broad band of wierdness on your list there. You would probably hear a lot more Zappa material covered by other bands, but most of it is just to hard to play. I've been listening to Zappa tunes since the mid 60's and still like it..Franks music has influenced the way I play.
bassemhumm 3 months ago
Was this Zappa during his 'in love' stage? Looks like it to me.
paulinebutcher 3 months ago
I have seen this video more than a million times, but allways discover somenthing new , FZ way out ..way out the best
MrAlvatroz 3 months ago
what a bandleader.... RIP mr Zappa
honeybozo 4 months ago
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ALL EYES ON THE ZAPPA!
Mrbordershock 4 months ago
Napoleon was at the turn of cultural sao paulo and I lost ... =(
lucaszappa 4 months ago
Who has the guts to do this anymore? You just don't hear great things like that no more. Who has the heart, the integrity?
That's more than great. Zappa is the best, you just can't top it.
pylmusique 4 months ago
@pylmusique i think alot of it is that everyone takes themselves to seriously, franks music had humour and it was more human because of it. oh and dont forget the Rhythm & Blues roots!
TheJourneyAgent 3 months ago
@TheJourneyAgent Good point!
pylmusique 3 months ago
fallin' in love with this line-up...
pedalla 5 months ago
@pedalla This might be the finest lineup in rock history. Not one weak link anywhere. And Ruth Underwood was incredible.
dcd15401 4 months ago 5
Napoleon Murphy Brock, you ROCK!!!! (Please tour more with Zappa Plays Zappa!!!)
leirgauk 5 months ago
Amazing no pre-recorded tracks actual musicians with talent and no prepensity for the grabbing of ones genitalia thinking that is what talent is...
Squirrely24 5 months ago
chester's gorilla!
dawggybonz 5 months ago
this IS the recording that's on OneSize Fits All
nbass88 5 months ago
wow thats one of the best things i have ever seen. i want to see the footage from the camera that was just centered on frank!
yeahdancetomyrecord 6 months ago
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pelleT514 6 months ago
One of his premiere diddies. Frank enjoyed playing his extended guitar solos just as much as we all enjoyed hearing them.
SRVTOP7ALLTIME 6 months ago
WHAT A SHOW !!!
mario64bits 6 months ago
CHECK IT OUT, RUTH UNDERWOOD HAS A GEESE-QUACKER !!!!
17SPIKE17 6 months ago
just the damn best
Flunder 6 months ago
That extra measure between "of a wealthy" and "Florentine Pogen" is stout!! 4:00
JonP1961 6 months ago
Casi 40 años.......y suena tan nueva,tan fresca esta música....we need more zappas.RIGHT NOW.
zapitorosendin 7 months ago
misfitugly, that's Napoleon Murphy Brock. You can hear most of his Mothers' contributions on "Roxy & Elsewhere," which is an absolutely STUNNING live album. He also toured a few years back with Dweezil on Zappa Plays Zappa. He's still unbelievable!
MrTarquinEx 7 months ago
@MrTarquinEx
Brow, Thanx, this is such a different level of musicality.
TheMrilson 7 months ago
who is the guy that singing and plays the saxophone
misfitugly 7 months ago
This is bestial mental devastation in such an unbeliavable fucked level that I´m going to do what I just did before listening to this.
TheMrilson 7 months ago
@TheMrilson
Ointment? ;)
JonP1961 6 months ago
@JonP1961
Enrollment, kkk
TheMrilson 6 months ago
SCHNOOKUM KANOOTER FORMUNDA BLIXX GORTON GARTEN VAAN DEER SCHMOOKS....
17SPIKE17 7 months ago
dumb question whos on drums?
CommBreakDown 7 months ago
@CommBreakDown
the name is chester thompson
benzeneau1 7 months ago
Who. is. this. singer??
armandahammer 8 months ago
@armandahammer Napoleon Murphy Brock. :D
BamSeard59 8 months ago
@BamSeard59 right on.
armandahammer 8 months ago
one of my favorite zappa songs! Ruth Underwood awesome too
reelden 8 months ago
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
jhoaneth 8 months ago
Did you know cave men 30,000 years ago made a bone flute...and this flute uses the penatonic scale. Nothing has changes since those many years ago. THe music is in the dna
MrGuitarman187 8 months ago
@MrGuitarman187 I'm guessing you're not an expert on gamelan tunings, the Middle Eastern 'maqamat' scales, Indian scales with anything up to about 30 notes per octave, etc., etc. Even if music is in our DNA (huge if--why couldn't it just be culture?), at very least there is (or has been) huge diversity in the way (ways) that this has manifested itself.
RussMoxham 7 months ago
when her crab cakes!
voidofbeeswax 8 months ago
i fucking love this band. i love frank, i LOVE napoleon, i love ruth, i love george and chester, and i shamefully dont know the bassist but i know he's a fuckin BADASS!
DimebagsLeftToe 9 months ago
@DimebagsLeftToe The bassist is American born Tom Fowler.
lionlr1 5 months ago
I love Ruth Underwood.....
phishhed44 9 months ago
Where did this video clip come from, superb, thanks for a great upload
TheGoodmansRadioShow 9 months ago
jesus christ. you want to talk about a tight performance? this is FLAWLESS. the fact that people even talk about bands being good or bad live today seems absurd after watching this.
t3tratube 9 months ago 6
Amen to that bro. Frank was the absolute Jedi FN master of live performance & recording / production. I'm 43 and have seen countless concerts in my life and I've only seen three bands come close ...... and one of those was ZPZ.
TheJabrowski 2 weeks ago
@TheJabrowski Please tell me which were the other 2. I've been desperate searching for something remotely similar to Zappa. That man destroyed my life in a way, I can no longer judge other bands as creative, tight or technical. At least not as him, that guy had it all. I've found a few jazz fusion bands, like Mahavishnu Orchestra, but still nothing can reach his level.
CBurton 2 days ago
Napolean is so fuggin' tight I can't stand it.
terminalmf 9 months ago
and just to think, zappa could write out all those parts in musical notation in probably less than 10 minutes...wow
clerkfiesta 10 months ago
zappa was genius, nothing compares
kalmac65 10 months ago 2
14 franks albums at 16 (1976) no wonder totally fuckede up? or was I! Movin to Montana SOON!!
tytewire 10 months ago
14 franks albums at 16 (1976) no wonder totally fuckede up? or was I! Movin to Montana SOON
tytewire 10 months ago
Do you think the kids know they're listening to really mediocre shite? This shit is so tight it hurts my brain in the most yummy way!
Stuie1973 10 months ago 21
@Stuie1973 Why do you say kids? Not all 'kids' listen to shit. I happen to be one of them.
MrPhu3l 8 months ago
@MrPhu3l ok ok can you come and live near me and replace my nephews :D
Stuie1973 7 months ago
@Stuie1973 Now thats not fucking fair, i listen to zappa, zep, sabbath, van der graaf. atomic rooster, captain beyond, miles davis, herbie hancock, mahavishnu orchestra and many fucking more to included to this list and i'm only 17 sooooooooooooo i think you might need to retract that statement. "Almost all kids now a days listen to mediocre shit" not all.
shadowhacker190 7 months ago 21
@shadowhacker190 now that you are still young you can explore the universe that is called zappa!!!
I listen to his music now for about 25 years and I`m still discovering!
Keep up Listening until you can whistle RNDZL or T'Mershi Duween! ;-)
funkempfang 7 months ago
@shadowhacker190 I stand corrected thank fuck for you! now be inspired by this and start writing us some music so you can endeavour to save your generation..... and as you mentioned Atomic Rooster your my new favourite teen :D .... If you havent heard them check out Soft Machine, Groundhogs, and CAN.... thanks for restoring this old fools faith!
Stuie1973 7 months ago
@Stuie1973 I've heard of soft machine already one of my fav's, and i already do have a band that plays old school stuff like this we have a page on facebook if you're interested and if you have a facebook you should check us out.
shadowhacker190 7 months ago
@shadowhacker190 i am in the same place
smileshoter 6 months ago
@shadowhacker190 i know 2 13 year olds that lisin to zappa,and one of um plays my guitar wants to kill your mama om guitar,but theres a lot of dudes your age that dont know music at all
loislombardo 1 month ago
@loislombardo Then i am lucky enough to know the few that do aren't i?
shadowhacker190 1 month ago
@shadowhacker190 yeah u are
loislombardo 1 month ago
@shadowhacker190 Thanks for speaking out for our generation. Although he has a point, most of us listen to shit, it's true. How many of your colleagues listen to any of the mentioned above? Not many I assume.
CBurton 2 days ago
@CBurton I don't have many friends, but ones that i do, do know of these bands and even bands even farther back in time: Swing bands, R&B, Soul, Croners. I was surprised that they even knew the majority of names i found on their Ipods. Like i said to another user you commented on what i said "I Guess i'm lucky then"
shadowhacker190 2 days ago
@Stuie1973 Ey, not all kids. I'm 14 and I love Zappa! The music from the 70's is my favourite area!
Krazlo 4 months ago
AWESOME - my wife found this - they need to add a LOVE IT two thumbs up button!!!
TENNcaveman 11 months ago
My heart goes out to the supremely lovely and talented Ruth Underwood among all all those perfectly horrid sweaty men doing all that unforgivable noodling...
insensiblegradations 11 months ago
Napolean has some sick dance moves, I love this version, far superior to OSFA, definatley one of my favorite solo's.....What a band!
ViperRose1978 11 months ago
the version on OSFA is faster -- this was live and not from the recording
garymbg 1 year ago
the version on OSFA is faster -- this was live and not from the recording
garymbg 1 year ago
how lucky are all those who saw this at live!.. wow
runninlikehell 1 year ago
that walk he does at 4:18 aftetr the yeahy yeahy yeah bit is just so fucking awesome! I can't explain why
jamieleesis 1 year ago
that walk he does at 4:20 is just so fucking awesome! I can't explain why
jamieleesis 1 year ago
nap's performance was amazin!
italianguerrilla 1 year ago
I'd give my left nut just for having been on this show.
LeleMelo78 1 year ago
it whold of made a bit more sense if fz did drug's
monkeybutler20 1 year ago
I'm a big Genesis fan but no wonder I loved his play.
misemarc 1 year ago
Jim Black on drums maybe
mrmore101 1 year ago
to bad i missed this show
mrmore101 1 year ago
Who is the drummer on these tracks?
misemarc 1 year ago
@misemarc Chester Thompson..
reldditmot 1 year ago
who is the bassist
Zarrinkoub 1 year ago
@Zarrinkoub That would be Tom Fowler. His brother Bruce played impossible trombone parts for FZ, too.
devolve42 1 year ago
Apparently Frank and Chester didn't get the red shirt memo.
CakeDestroyer 1 year ago
One of my fave line ups.
TreyRoque 1 year ago
too bad solo at 1000 didnt make One Size...
mloaks 1 year ago
This just goes to show that all fields of Art needs its mad scientists to bring out something "macabre" & unseen/unheard just to prove that anything outside of the media's boundaries is possible. Frank Zappa was the mad scientist of Music- and every bandmember he's ever had were his trusty mad assistants.
AnthonyMusngi 1 year ago
@AnthonyMusngi down in the utility muffin research kitchen?
SamBaker1991 1 year ago
OPERA
whoiskcwhat 1 year ago
I love the modular erector set structure of this piece. Unrelated bits of music pasted together into a perfect composite.
CribNotes 1 year ago
TIGHT!
lizowen85 1 year ago
NMB @ 0:59!!
rusolis 1 year ago
fuck what was best when and where
every incarnation with frank is amazing. these guys were so fucking tight! all these new bands calling emselves rock should just kill themselves!
19stuart73 1 year ago 12
@19stuart73
Dont you think youre going A LITTLE HARSH on your comment ?
OF Course The Frank Zappa Roxy Band was tight they were probably the Best musicans of the Seventies
But there are also extremly good musicians these days like Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Mike Keneally, Matthias Eklundh, Hiromi Uehara
By the Way this is Jazz Rock or Fusion Jazz
Its not considered simply Rock music this isnt Thin Lizzy
Zappafan1980 8 months ago
some people say the 70es band was the best some say the 60es i say all its like rateing guitarest its a stupid hobbey lolol
loislombardo 1 year ago
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monkeybutler20 1 year ago
Ce morceau a animé mes 20 ans, il est toujours là, dans ma tête, dans mon coeur... Zappa...génie de la musique!!!! Merci pour cette vidéo et le plaisir qu'elle me donne.
Zeph31 1 year ago
one off his best tunes, seen Dweezil play'in it in the Liverpool Echo Arena pure class!
sflaz 1 year ago
one off his best tunes, seen Dweezil play'in it in the Liverpool Echo Arena pure class!
sflaz 1 year ago
youtube.com/watch?v=jju1IS_b-04 Respectable cover.
pactater 1 year ago
It's awesome, it sounds like the original
YpSiLoN666 1 year ago
If only FZ had put as much thought into his lyrics as he did his music. He didn't even try.
pogomole 1 year ago
@pogomole Sometimes I think so, but he didn't want the music to be taken very seriously. I guess he didn't like the seriousness of orchestral music, and I like that, because he was telling everybody one of the best things someone can tell you: don't take your life or yourself too seriously. It's not healthy.
YpSiLoN666 1 year ago
@YpSiLoN666 Your response was both civil and thought-provoking, both rarities on the Intertubes. Thank You! BTW, I've had this song stuck my head for days, so maybe Zappa was cagier than I thought. ☺
pogomole 1 year ago
Yes, Napoleon Murphy Brock nailed it, note for note, as he had performed it on the recording, and the band was amazing, as usual. Had the privilege of seeing them once in Detroit, 1984, and it was the most smoking, hot, live show I had ever seen to then, complete with a 'Whipping Post' encore. Frank ruled! There is no doubt! Many of us still miss you, brother Zappa. Thanks again for posting this, chuckhartford.
hal9000lovesdaisy 1 year ago
How high is he?
PedoCat 1 year ago
@PedoCat Probably not at all.
PCFDD 1 year ago
@PCFDD Nigga's gotta be a coked up. Its 1970's bro.
PedoCat 1 year ago
@PedoCat No I meant cause it was against Zappa's rules for anyone in the group to be "on anything". Napoleon had a theatre background aswell so he's good at acting out the songs like he's doing.
PCFDD 1 year ago
@PCFDD I guess you know your shit better than me. But this guys sure can make it seem like hes fucked up :P
PedoCat 1 year ago
@PedoCat Yeah I know, everybody's surprised when they find out about zappa's policy on drugs.
PCFDD 1 year ago
@PedoCat He's high on the buzz of the music, NMB didn't use drugs either..FZ had a strict rule, "take drugs and you're out!"
reldditmot 1 year ago
FZ at his best years!
rikardorobledo 1 year ago
literally note for note from the studio album .incredible.
BryanEddy09 1 year ago
@BryanEddy09 Then an amazing jam! Thank Gorilla for YT!
pactater 1 year ago
@BryanEddy09 That's because this IS the version from the studio album. However, the version on One Size Fits All fades out after the "Chester's gorilla" section, and Zappa also overdubbed vocals (notice the missing "Arf arf arf" after "crab cakes").
4evernate28 1 year ago
@BryanEddy09 It's the same performance on the album..
reldditmot 1 year ago
Mr. Brock was workin' it mighty good... :)
suhaili 1 year ago
@suhaili I love the way he boogies. Had the privilege to see him w/ ZPZ at The Tower Theater a few years back. Yawp!
pactater 1 year ago
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suhaili 1 year ago
what models are the amps behind frank?
guysapire 1 year ago
very cool version of the song. dig the transition to the solo jam.
JonP1961 1 year ago
SICK!
rastarigate 1 year ago
One of the best song of FZ!Frank is the one of those makeing music one of the best things in the world!Napoleons voice is increadible:) scould wish Frank still where alive!
Zappa551 1 year ago
demais...........sem palavras
jucanaia 1 year ago
this song is bananas.
1BlaK99 1 year ago
What can I say ? Ruth !
Bluesdirections 1 year ago
03:23 LMFAO
bozzioisgod44 1 year ago
One Size Fits All is my favourite Zappa album. Sublime! Love Ruth! :)
dennilfloss 1 year ago
Great version of an awesome Frankonian jamboree ! me likes ! Some of his best music is matched with the weirdest and most absurd lyrics, which suits me just fine ! LOL ! Frankosity Forever !
videocanone 1 year ago
diggin Napolean Murphy Brock's moves from 3:09 to 3:16
mightylittle729 1 year ago
Speechless!Heard a lot of live stuff from zappa but this one takes 'em all!!
coloclimber1 1 year ago
One more, I'm sorry, how good is this? None more good.
cpdaddy7 1 year ago
It's Chester's Gorilla! Hit that gong, Ruth.
cpdaddy7 1 year ago
Whick FZ lineup was better than this? Chester, Napoleon, George and company at their best
stevedudeman 1 year ago 2
Sounds exactly like the version on One Size Fits All. Did Zappa use this exact recording?
Parvenu333 2 years ago 9
@Parvenu333 this plus overdubs
chmkla 2 years ago
@Parvenu333 YUP...with many overdubs.
CH3MIS7RY 2 years ago 2
@Parvenu333
They sure do a beautiful rendition.
Same line up on the album I do believe:
OSFA Album Recorded between December 1974 and April 1975.
One Size Fits All Credits:
Personnel: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar); Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals, flute, tenor saxophone); George Duke (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Johnny "Guitar" Watson (vocals); Bloodshot Rollin' Red (harmonica); Ruth Underwood (marimba, vibraphone, percussion); Tom Fowler, James Youman (bass); Chester Thompson (drums)
SKYVOLTAGE 1 year ago
@Parvenu333 - The version on OSFA is essentially THIS performance with some added overdubs and the guitar solo edited out. Pretty cool, eh
fractionstein 1 year ago
@Parvenu333 I'm pretty sure he did use this version and then embellished it for the album...I'm pretty sure this same concert has the Inca Roads version used on OSFA, too
ThirdOfNine 1 year ago
@Parvenu333
Yes, but the studio version was tweaked and shortened. I prefer this to the version found on the album.
voidofbeeswax 1 year ago
@Parvenu333 The music for Inca Roads from that album is also from this same concert, but I think George Duke's vocals were re-recorded. I could be wrong, though.
Ritchie14 1 year ago
@Ritchie14 you are CORRECT!
nbass88 5 months ago
@Parvenu333 are you serious?
DajaWaja 11 months ago
@Parvenu333 they were an amazingly well rehearsed band, as always with frank
Stuie1973 10 months ago
@Parvenu333 no
phishhed44 9 months ago
@Parvenu333 Not privy to the details, but FZ was known to cobble stuff from live situations into different records.
murcuryvapor 9 months ago
@murcuryvapor
AND " The Roxy Band " were perfect musicians, they couldve repeated the version from One Size Fits All every Day
The probably practiced it for 3 Months before they were recording it
My Favorite Zappa Bands are the 1975 Band the 1977 Band with Bozzio and O Hearn and the 1984 Band with Robert Bobby Martin and Chad Wakerman
Zappafan1980 9 months ago
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@murcuryvapor
AND The Roxy Band were perfect musicians, they couldve repeated the version from One Size Fits All every Day
The probably practiced it for 3 Months before they were recording it
My Favorite Zappa Bands are the 1975 Band the 1977 Band with Bozzio and O Hearn and the 1984 Band with Robert Bobby Martin and Chad Wakerman
Zappafan1980 9 months ago
@murcuryvapor One Size Fits All basic recording tracks right here,....
nbass88 5 months ago
Chester's Gorilla: that sequence is mentioned in the Genesis track Wot Gorilla?. Chester Thompson was their touring drummer in those days, and still is.
GrouRocks 2 years ago 6
One size fits ... my favorite all the times
budmotor 2 years ago 2
One of our Best!!
pablocruzz1234 2 years ago
Nem tudom megunni,nem tehetek róla,74-ben úgy szólt Frank Zappa és a Mothers mint az állat.Feltették a lécet jó magasra és nehéz leverni:-))))
burtelep2010 2 years ago
genial genial genial
klaussigloxxv 2 years ago