Frank Zappa Shreds

[S0uLPiece]

The Star Wars part kills me every time lol

[xDeathlyInsanex]

For idiots who think this is real talking to you littletingoddess96 (lol'd @ name) listen to the obvious dubbed in laughing and sounds and incorrect sound of guitar compared to what he's actually playing. You suck at life.

[spacemanbose]

FAKE

[scotthovsepian88]

Is he playing HALLOWEEN at 0:59?

[chrisdigszeppelin]

Is he playing star wars at 0:27 ?

[ItchyClickfinger]

what do you mean ? "what do you mean by that ?"

[ItchyClickfinger]

no real need to shred zappa

[Zombywoof91]

@ItchyClickfinger What do you mean by that?

[maxondrums]

I miss you Frank. Sometimes life can be so unfair. Hard to believe it's been 18 years but it has.

[barcodefly]

Let go of your pickle!

[allabastormaroe]

I fucking love these videos. I kinda wish Frank were alive to enjoy the splendor of youtube and see his reaction.

Ya know who is still alive?? Buck Dharma and Dweezil Zappa. Catch my hint?i'm sure "I gotta get to" a Dweezil vid.

[ijustgottasaythis]

BULLSHIT! i Why would "LAUGH TRACK"be installed if this were meant to be sincere? "Shredding" ??? More like bullshredding...

[DimensionsofChange]

Well that's clearly foootage of Zappa...............and a laugh track

[toobmaniac]

That is very much indeed Zappa playing that..You have to realize that Frank was on a totally different wavelength than most of us are and he's got a very very dry sense of humor..Basically his humor is mentally challenging you to see it as humor.And as he said many times " don't take me too seriously or you will ruin the performance"

[mlcoo17]

OF COURSE, THIS ISN'T REALLY FRANK

[SupersonicDale]

Star Wars FTW!!!

[Diggity6470]

Zappa would have thought this was fucking hilarious! lol

[phused]

this doesn't sound like Frank.

[Ulysses447]

@phused Naw.. :o

[SupersonicDale]

@phused If you were expecting this sounded like Zappa, you're a complete idiot! :D

[TICETOCAR]

easy to tell where Steve Vai got his inspiration from.. didn't he transcribe some of these solo's? ;-)

[AerosmithPower]

Can't believe some guys think this is real..

[micro2ne]

actually ZAPPA is the ONE artist that cannot be shredded... :-)

[fadethetrade]

Frank would call this guy who played this a total Galoot!

[Archie4]

It's because he's using a strat, guys. He doesn't sound good without his SG.

[TRADampsFan]

the real vid is here UUDwGFYS40I

thumbs up if you think BluesMK is a Douche.

[riprandy318]

THIS LAME ASS KIDS MAKIN THE LEGANDS LOOK LIKE IDIOTS BECAUSE OTHER YOUNG ONES CANT REALIZE THAT THIS IS FAKE.... THIS KID HAS OTHER VIDEOS WITH THE SAME LAUGHS N SAME TERRIBLE GUITAR PLAYING WITH A DIFFERENT GUITARISTS NAME IN THE TITLE

[gibsoncoca]

@fatstrat6969 All childlike youtube bickering aside, OakTelevision is right. This is dubbed. That's what a 'Shred' is. So you can stop now, go ruin someone else's comments page

[littletingoddess96]

wow that sounds a lot like guitar center everyday saturday.

[PutItAway101]

@littletingoddess96 nah he didn't play Smells LIke Teen Spirit

[1wingedangelff7]

very inspirational

[Saladcarcass]

ZAPPA is a genius. I feel so at home whenever I listen to him. I think we ate the same batch at some point, we are kindred spirits. SO BEAUTIFUL!

[S0uLPiece]

I just die from laughter everytime when the Star Wars theme kicks in hahahah

[rokarolla]

i put yellow snow on my burnt weeny sandwich, after i tabbed this solo

[spadario]

Look for "Zappa Barcelona 1988" to see the original performance, as seen into the video.

[espenstoro]

People still don't get these jokes? I think that's the funny part. :)

[atavia666]

@espenstoro u seen the metallica one?

[calltheriot]

he must of been on sum goood shit xD

[fatstrat6969]

some of the worst guitar playing by a professional musician I have ever heard....dislike!!!!

[OakTelevision]

@fatstrat6969 You actually really don't get it?

[fatstrat6969]

@OakTelevision Yes I get it. He is trying to sound like shit and doing a great job.

[OakTelevision]

@fatstrat6969 No, you don't. The "Shreds" videos are created by a sound engineer who records his own stuff and then dubs it over famous guitar/band songs.

[fatstrat6969]

@OakTelevision Who is the genius sound engineer that can dub every single note, string bend, hammer on, pull off, at the exact time Frank is playing Rat Tomago? Please tell me...

[OakTelevision]

@fatstrat6969 I saw your other comment on my emails you fucking cock. Don't believe me? If you don't understand the humour of this video, then you obviously will never understand Zappa.

/watch?v=mYErC6LYpKQ. Skip to about 2.30. Fuck you.

[OakTelevision]

@fatstrat6969 No reply huh? Owned.

[fatstrat6969]

@OakTelevision Owned? LOL! Your hilarious. All you own is a ugly girlfriend and a mother whose a whore...

[OakTelevision]

@fatstrat6969 Wow. Witty.

[mudjunky78]

Sometimes I just do this in my room just for fun and it bugs the crap out of my parents XD

[Vomuseind]

For all of those who did not get it, they put a video of Frank Zappa playing and they played horribly over it.

[SirDonB]

This sounds pretty much like FZ anyway...lol.

[PrinceZappa]

God damn it, that Zappa playing is awful! LMAO

[ffsf739]

Not Zappa.

[AeronDylan]

Wow this was the most beautiful song i ever heard !

[LordsOfBelltown]

This just shows what an A-hole Joey DeMaio is. Black Arrows?

[TSpike73]

lol. you should've played something that's at least close in the parts where we see his fingers and I would hesitate to put it past zappa... ;D

[Diatonic5th]

Hahahaha! This shits all over Black Page... I'm sure Zappa would have loved this!

[squanto2]

Overdubbed.  Fingersynced. Whatever. NOT the real solo.

[thegrimpths]

This is not Frank Zappa playing, btw. It's a joke. Listen to Inca Roads.

[getkristan]

Wow... he is really channeling here!

[icanhasbailout]

Reminds me of the "this is just to fuck with people playing Guitar Hero" video

[Conbryvas]

@icanhasbailout what is that? i've never seen it

[icanhasbailout]

@Conbryvas I wish I could find it, I saw it once and went to look for it again and couldn't find any references to it anywhere :(

[Conbryvas]

@icanhasbailout Aw man that sucks

[jealey83]

I can't believe how many of you believe this is real.

Let me spoil the gag: someone has overdubbed bad playing onto a zappa video. Checkout over "x SHREDS" videos on YouTube.

[KreegaBondola]

@jealey83 I know it blows my mind, anybody who knows zappa knows that his tone would never be that shitty.

[wallymeldrum]

@jealey83 fuck you man, it makes it even more funny when people think this is real. don't be a bastard. this makes me and my mates laugh our heads off

[mlortime]

i should have stayed on 360p

[WingoldI]

So many mistakes its sad

[StefanDLazarov]

Well he is great but i don`t like this one.......

[mknomad5]

Hmph. I blow Zappa away. I think that Strat was in pain.

[katydid26]

LOLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

[xena1154]

@BluesMK thank`s sometime I really act like a kind of a twaat, but in the end it`s just new thank`s a lot it`s great with 240p otherwise me I thought- modern art

[elderlinx]

wariat

[JacobCain86]

hahaha. i heard starwars and peed.

[xena1154]

Please how can I select 240; it`s a joke, isn`t it ?

[JacobCain86]

@xena1154 instead of watching it in 360p watch it in 240p. its not a joke its just wierd. ive never seen this problem iether.

[xheartshapebox]

@xena1154 On the video you see 360p? Press that and you will see 240p :)

[macbuckets30]

ur an asshole

[Jedibob5]

This is what it sounds like when I try to play guitar, lmao

[xena1154]

frank zappa is one of the best musicans I know!!!! Really folks!

[GuitarsOfArp]

NOOO not Frank!!!! Why did you do this? :-(

[JD0x0]

@GuitarsOfArp Thats the joke silly fool. the "shred" videos are all overdubs of real performances made to sound bad intentionally. Checkout Stsanders videos. He does full band overdubs of bands like Kiss and the Beatles. They re silly but incredibly funny. I think theyre genius how the lips and instruments sync up almost perfectly but none of it is the original audio.

[RasputinSir]

He's taken to Sun RA,,,,Star Wars took from Sun Ra.

[insanebrain213]

Thats how i play guitar

[leftyrock85]

I love the facial expressions during the fake soloing xD It's freakin hilarious!

[thrashmetalkills]

haha turned to starwars for a little bit

[LionProductionsTV]

lol

[owenhawk11]

If it's not Scottish it's crap.

[joeshcosmo]

I love these fake solo things. They always crack me up, and then it's even funnier when people think its real. Good Job.

[pacersconnor]

lol wow you gotta have 240

[addicted946]

He's taken to many drugs and his"motherboard" is f.......d!!!!!!!

[jloughin]

Hilarious!

[buckyew2]

inaudible

[toucanchrist]

Variations on the Derek Bailey Secret Chord Progression

[allabastormaroe]

@toucanchrist TOUCHé!!!

[CNRhKXtreme]

Now THIS is shredding done RIGHT.

[jololoco2000]

Fake? FRANK ZAPPA IS THE BEST GUITAR PLAYER OF THE HISTORY!!!!!

[santanaincubus]

LMFAO Im a big fan of Zappa but this shit makes me crack up. Camera on his face while he's playing this fake solo. Looks and sounds so funny.

[qpine]

@santanaincubus The retards who post that "This is a fake!"??? I don't even know what to say. This is hilarious

!!

[1ManArmyOfDisease]

lol at star wars at 0:28

[shroomingnewman]

he partially played the theme to halloween and also the star spangled banner

[poralentierno]

hahahah this shit is fake haha

[callmeal84]

This is fake

[TheHornet79]

:26 lol starwars!

[dontferg]

Hmmm, maybe it's one of his solo's from Barcelona 1988.. That's in Spain for you wannabees who don't leave your teenage bedrooms with the Rush posters on your wall. cuz your watching Van Halen videos all day.

[mctabla]

By all means do a vid. But I don't see the point in a fake shred vid of Frank. Yes, can be funny but when they pick on dude who's flash or fancy over a simple song. But Frank always had a point in his lyrics, song structures and improv. He was an artist in the true sense of the word. I love Steve Vai but can see the fun in doing a shred vid of him as the songs are often banal in structure showcasing his improv. But Frank would wiggle his moustache, grin a bit and move on to his next project :-)

[lvbandmore]

y'know, most shreds vids are good for comedic relief and that's it - but this one actually sounds pretty good in it's own right. Or maybe it's audio fatigue...? I mean, I've seen much worse from actual "professional" musicians....

[Arachnidius]

Um... So someone please tell me whether he was actually playing this (or if its just well-dubbed) and if he was... WHY??

[Deathshuck]

Select 240p or there's no video? Wow that's fucking weird.

[avstudio1]

Frank. Stick to politics.

[MegaTronn]

@avstudio1 Music is Zappa's politics and he defended our right to rock against the janky PMRC.

[noodlesmealey]

PHRAZE 3 OF LUNPY GRAVE-ME

[zarigunn]

hahah xD

awesome, it really sounds like someone 's copy zappa

when his arms are broken or something.

[DocPothead]

in all reality, you have to be a really good gutair player to intentionaly sound that bad

[mark1007]

@DocPothead haha keep smoking

[rodcrippler]

@DocPothead It's not the real solo, it's a joke. Check it more carefully, it's especially obvious in the fingertapping part when you see his fingers, kind of dumb joke btw.

[ilovegibsons1]

@DocPothead that was his style

[dongtingwong]

@DocPothead Not really. I am a bad player and I can sound much worse than this.

[DANGILBERT03]

914 guys are deaf or stupids

[MITCHRENO]

Zappa is God!

[freedomsoldier187]

kinder on my ears then the original

[misterbrand]

hahaha....Frank would have loved it!!!!

[minimalizam006]

0:26 Star Wars xD

[portsy101]

Tabs?

[jimmyglitch]

@portsy101 Ask Stevie Vai. That's how he got the gig!

[esrb]

@portsy101 Get them in the NUT house...joke...he rulez...

[missinformationage]

he plays this, then tells steve vai to notate it.

[IJIT11809]

zappa sucks

[Vleertouwer]

@IJIT11809 nope

[Flump5000]

@IJIT11809

someone didnt get it.

[k0stil]

i heard star wars theme!

[kurtizzyflush]

Sounds like someone playing while falling down the stairs to their basement.

[TheFigueroa007]

I could actually see Zappa playing like this as a joke lmao!

[a7xsuks657438374]

I GUESS 904 PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS WAS REAL

[MrBasilGanglia]

No video again...shit.

[h0merg0mez]

Zappa inventing music

[CorvetteCoonass]

The people that actually take this seriously make me laugh even harder.

[TemmiStudios]

I heard Star Wars, Halloween and Jaws Theme :D

[SolowBoy]

I fuckin lol'd hearing the star wars theme song XD

[NisseEricsson]

This is genius, is it StSanders or is it your video BluesMK?

[gittahfiend]

frank had WAY more chops than this.

[jimharris84]

he got the tone down alright

[flyfishJJA]

This video pisses me off, and I'm considering contacting the Zappa family and suggesting they press charges for copyright violation and libel.

[flyfishJJA]

@MrShayneOneill Your arrogance at assuming what Mr. Zappa would have found funny is unmitigated, and I would suggest you are not familiar enough with the body of his work nor his personality to make such an assumption. I will not "chill" and I disrespect you, sir. tl;dr : go fuck yourself, moron.

[flyfishJJA]

I think making fake videos misrepresenting artists is incredibly ill-mannered. Boo.

[MrShayneOneill]

@flyfishJJA Zappa would have probably found it hilarious. Chill.

[Made0910]

Not one of the best solos

[flyfishJJA]

@Made0910 It is fake.

[BongoBib]

@flyfishJJA agree - nobody can play this !

[AllanWellsfanclub]

Priceless comments. Hee fekkin larious in the extreme.

[AllanWellsfanclub]

these comments are priceless man. Thanksalot. Really.

[AllanWellsfanclub]

these comments are proceless man. Thanksalot. Really.

[guitarsANDcars39]

0:28 STAR WARS!! that was epic

[rasputozen]

LOL great job!!!

[mrbobawesome]

Wow. This guys is a legend? Really? How lame.

[MarcBeckK]

@mrbobawesome you're an idiot, this is just a tracked played over the original, check all the "[legend] shreds" videos, it's for lulz retard. Check out "muffin man" and "watermelon at easter hay" before you talk about zappa. And only live versions of course(only live can a musician be judged for who he is/was)

[MarcBeckK]

@mrbobawesome hahahah! I luckily have e-mail send to me so I know what you wrote, are you actually legally retarded? You might be, what the hell are you talking about viruses? In related videos there is "watermelon at easter hay" it's brilliant. You must be trolling though, I don't believe anyone with access to the internet is as stupid as you seem to be. This is a track made by a finnish guitarist to troll all the legends.

[mrbobawesome]

@MarcBeckK "Related videos?" Are you a lemming? Well gee, YouTube said to watch this videio next, since I can't think for myself, I'll just go ahead & click on it. Making fun of the mentaly disabled doesn't hurt me, it just shows how weak your mind is.

[MarcBeckK]

@mrbobawesome I believe that you're only a burden on society, I wish someone would put you down. You're stupidity is seemingly limitless and it hurts my brain talking on your low level. It's sickening that you are not aware of the "shreds" series and even denies it. WTF man?!

[mrbobawesome]

@MarcBeckK Wow! You've really sunk to a new low. Wishing death upon people because you are wrong about how good this guy is is really sad. I feel for you and I hope you get the help you need. Maybe you should get a puppy or something to bring some meaning & value to your life.

[Xidkwhat2callmyselfX]

hihihaha what an amazing guy

[dirtydonki]

Wow Frank must have had some serrious lessons to play this. :)

[higgify]

star wars man at 0:25

[higgify]

star wars man at 0:25

[dom12345678987654321]

not zappa

[george383]

He's actuallly making fun of shredding - in his own satirical way. Because he knows that what shredders mostly do is just play a scale mode as fast as they can and the result generally lacks melody and feeling.

[TheGojira84]

@george383 This is fake you know?

[qpine]

@TheGojira84 No fucking shit!!!!

[TheGrantCave]

@george383 No, you're an idiot.

[harplaya]

Lol, his bandmates must have been doing something funny in the back, that's why we hear the audience laugh. Those who don't like his style just don't understand that his music is rooted in blues and R&B. You can't be more original than him...

[MarcBeckK]

@harplaya LMAO!! You're an idiot, first of all this a track that is played over the video(it's a finnish guitarist doing it "for teh lulz") and second of all, his roots are in classic and jazz, he was a conductor to, and he started writing classical music in high school, his first album was very R&B but he wasn't the leader in that band. And also "blues"? What are you talking about, Frank played little blues, most of all he played jazz.

[harplaya]

@MarcBeckK ... Tell me what the hell you talkong about, Frank zappa is American not Finnish.... Rolling a spliff you are doing if you don't know he loved R&B and blues... Or maybe you just can't hear a great solo when you hear one... Lol he didn't play that much jazz ... Let me tell you, just take all the letters after the triple dots and make up a word... Example: ... Do you understand? the letter in the example is D.

[MarcBeckK]

@harplaya WTF`? Are you retarded, it's a finnish guitarist that recorded himself playing bad, and then he attached this video to it, and now it seems like Frank is playing badly. You're really a fool, it's pretty funny though, because it clearly shows that you know nothing about the technicalities in music. Also that you think he didn't play jazz, a lot of music noobs thinks it's blues when they hear jazz, Zappa only played blues when he was a drummer.

[smithdsmit]

this isnt zappa playing

[cast390]

@smithdsmit yes it is