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  • Funny to Adrian Belew not as the lead:D

  • love this one... Make me think of Lou Reed or Patti Smith...

  • Anyone know when this is "live"? Any dates or venue names?

    Thanks

    Robin

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  • zappaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    

  • @1167bigred coolest guy in the world

    

  • Chuck Norris pays homage to Frank Zappa.

  • zappa is god

  • every time..iam reading bukowski..zappa is here...laugh..

    i love this californian bullshit...fg

    no...seriosly..

    zappa is....was...great!!..his music...rock minimalistic operated to theatrical pushed

    ..what as ever?

    then his guitar playing...like god!!

    none can be twice as good as zappa

  • What a genious!!!!

  • his next album was gonna be called fred zepplin no shit but it was around the time drummer john bonham died so that was that.noke cleve

  • where can i see more of this concert?

  • werde immer fan sein.ich liebe zappa.mario w.aus lahr.

  • the best guitar hero of the music fuckin history!

  • Wich year was that and is this concert avaible on DVD? Thanx!

  • @lordoid The year is 1977 and the DVD is called Baby Snakes.

  • seen him 13 times.every concert that i went to he ended it with this song.must of been his favorite song

  • Ich liebe Zappa.

    Mein stetiger Begleiter seit 30 Jahren

  • @Kanymud  you obviously dont get it if you think someone can do it better than him

  • @Kanymud how could one be twice as good as Zappa? ;)

  • Frank Zappa, just cannot get better than him.

    I wish we had some music of this stature these days, but alas we only have the memories of when music was good.

  • @EurynomusBH Music has always been good and will continue to be good. I hear a lot of my friends say the same thing and ring with a nostalgia for a time they couldn't possibly conceive-usually it's the 1960s. I myself have absolutely no trouble finding excellent contemporary music. Nostalgia is a dangerous thing and only justifies a kind of cultural stagnation that perhaps you feel exists now and promotes a hopelessness. Take a look at any decade in history-it will overflow with great art.

  • @petermacaluso1 Ja, it really just comes down to personal opinion really though.

    And as I said to 96FreakyStyley only about 5% of the current stuff sounds good to me, don't get me wrong.. There are roughly 10 bands that I listen to that are actually "Current", but still their stuff doesn't match the old stuff I grew up to.

  • @EurynomusBH There's always been great music, you just need to stop being handfed it by MTV and mainstream Radio and find it for yourself.

  • @96FreakyStyley

    Sure, there's still good music these days..

    But only about 5% of the current music is good and that 5% consists of bands that were around in the 70's and 80's.

  • @EurynomusBH i am as big a classic rock fan as there is,but I disagree with you- commercial music hs always existed and it always sucked,but if you look you will find many good bands and while you cnnot duplicate the 60,or 70's with the gret writing,there are always great musicians and artists out there....just like in athletics, musicians hve broken boundaries and there are some great guitarists around today that are just as good if not better than guitarist past....minus the bear is 1

  • @Kanymud I agree 95% of what you are saying, i just dont get the part "One could become twice as good as Zappa", in what way are you referring to as better, and i am not being hostile , just feel like i walked into a conversation i missed part of.

  • Ich liebe Zappa

  • that was music <3333

  • He was fucking great. Is.

  • Would have loved to have been there at the front. Big high fives would have been given.

  • Zappa was truely an original! Beats the hell out of crap today

  • @Kanymud 'as good' as what?

  • @Kanymud

    one could become twice as good as zappa? just what planet are you on pal?

  • @gedi23

    A planet where Frank Zappa was fused together with a second Frank Zappa?

  • @gedi23 Look - do you really think so? Frank did not take himself seriously. He was enslaved to the music business, away from his wife... He didn't even have enough time to think well enough. He was not the only human being on the planet.. I think.. Maybe once upon a time there was another guy.

  • @rlevanony1 I actually don't like him as a person. I wouldn't wanna be his friend. I know his like king and all that crap, but it's impossible for me.. for someone to be like that.

  • hell i was there and I still have my nuts

  • One of my favourite Zappa tracks ; )

  • What a video!

  • @Kanymud So in other words, one could NOT become twice as good as Zappa.

  • Blimmin excellent me mateys!

    saw his last UK tour, though obviously tiring at times he gave his all and was superb, love the Zapp, don't get serious, he was a sparkle in the eye type, probably pulling your leg without you even realising it. Love him.

  • phi zappa crappa

  • Memories Of El Monte

    RIP MY FRIEND 

  • How did those eight thumbs down-people end up here??

  • @emmecool they must have transferred from a video that had too many dis-likes

  • where/when was this recorded?

  • @nyarlathotep99 70's

  • Is that Adrian Belew at 2:28?

  • @kleban10 Sure is! :-)

  • @kleban10 yes it is.

  • @kleban10 2:39 is better Belew!

  • there will never be another like him

  • the best die before their time.... frank zappa, john bonnham, keith moon, kurt cobain the list goes on

  • I'd never heard of FZ until my bloke got me to listen to him when I was in my 30's. OMG how i wish I'd listen to him before. Never got to see the great man but his music lives on. I've seen Dweezil, Ike Willis, Jimmy Carl Black and a tribute band called the Muffin Men and although its not the same as seeing him play at least his music is still being played and listened to by the people who loved him.

  • R.I.P Joey Psycho,it's cool to see you again!.Great to see you immortalized here when you as a killer fan & roadie for Zappa.We miss you my friend,and your never forgotten if it matters to you?...If there's a place where those gone go,i'll be listening..... Thanks for sharing Cedrikthekiller...Sweet!

  • man=asshole, Genius = asshole who takes the meager talents god gave him and WORKED HARD TO BECOME "GrEAT" AT WHAT HE DOES. CALLING SOMEONE A GENIUS IS JUST A RATIONALIZATION FOR OUR OWN FAILURES. i KNOW THIS BECAUSE I AM the biggest fuck up there is. like the music

  • @wretchedsnail you may be a big fuck - up, but the fact that you appreciate Zappa makes you less of a fuck up... in my opinion.

  • @wretchedsnail

    There is no god.

  • @xxqcwaslukxx cus zappa said so?

  • @niggerfuckshitreborn

    I didn't even know zappa didn't believe in god.

    No, I don't believe in a god.

    But I can't argue on a youtube comment and you can't really argue on something you can't proove.

    As a atheist, I don't deny the fact that a god can exists.

    But religion is just bullshit and outdated

  • @xxqcwaslukxx you fail to realize frank zappa existed once.

  • ja, he´s THE genius of course. but in my opinion he did his very best to be the one and only dick...

  • Wow, this is at lightspeed...

  • Why so FAST? Did ya have somewhere to go after the show? Still Great!!!

  • @MWL4466 It's better fast!

  • This just brought me back to my teen years in the 70's. Fucking WOW. The good times. Glad I had the pleasure to see him many times.

    RIP Frank, Us old motherfuckers will never forget you man...

  • @razorripped1

    Young motherfuckers will never forget him too.

  • At first I wasn't sure, but now I find this rendition equally brilliant as the studio recording on Overnite Sensation.

  • Che voce e che interpretazione....LO ADORO!!!!!!Magro, piccolo, ma GIGANTE!!!!

  • "Hey, you're hurting Joey Psychotic!"

    ...my kingdom for a chance to see Frank live doing his thing.

  • totally awesome

  • Anyone know the date of this gig?

  • One of my favorite Zappa song but I don't like the tempo of this performance. Much prefer the cut from the 'overnight fantasy' album.

  • @secondchapter i dunno...i like the different ways he would do live material. did you even get past the first really fast part b/c they even put the name of the album up halfway through the video. It's called "Overnite Sensation". I'm not trying to bust your balls...just sayin

  • @brainmucas DOH! I knew I was remembering the album title wrong! Nope, didn't get half way through - heard the beginning and stopped it. No worries, I'm a chick so I don't have balls ;-)

  • @secondchapter yeah, the beginning is a little too fast for me too BUT if you listen to the rest of it, he goes all over the place with it and it's very interesting. a female Zappa fan....awesome! :) i'm glad i didn't bust your non-existent balls too much

  • oh you, critic wannabes..... try to listen music you like, and than enjoy in it... it just seems you haven't tried that for a while...

  • frank zappa didnt turn into a dick he was always a dick

  • does anyone else think eugene huts from gogol bordello is a faint reminder of zappa?

  • zappa features look so eternal...every time i listen to him it's like it will nwvwr end

  • The white zone is for loading and unloading only!

  • Nice to see the crowd up close to Frank on this one. My one regret is that I never saw the man live, shit!!!

  • what year is that? zappa rulez!

  • only requirement for membership is the desire not to oooze

  • grandissimo frank!

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  • he wasn't pop. made his own music and sound. not many people have that option. he did what he felt and it was great. true musician,glad to know who he was .made my life better, in the meantime. thank you frank and the band. a true original.

  • How much of Zappa's work is simple like this and how much of it demonstrates the complexity I keep hearing he was capable of? Most of what I've found on YouTube has been east, rock-based pieces like this, Jones Crusher, Montana, etc., nothing compositionally advanced. Even BP and M&H's Vctn. don't have the Stravinsky-level complexity fans keep raving about (or even the complexity of, say, Karn Evil No. 9). So where is it? Any recommended works? Thanks. Fun tune here, either way, btw.

  • Even though Zappa loved Stravinsky it´s not a good idea to compare the musical approaches with each other. FZ took rock bands to a new level when he made them play written arrangements of previously unknown difficulty. I admit that complexity is not a good term here. To a great extent Zappas music follows a linear approach that is then broken up in live performances. Listen to the New York live album and the whole Roxy and Elsewhere album.

  • "FZ took rock bands to a new level when he made them play written arrangements of previously unknown difficulty."

    What are these arrangements? I've never heard anything by Zappa that comes close to the complexity of the hardest pieces by Yes, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, or -- especially -- King Crimson, and they all worked in the fringe rock milieu. Seriously, I'm not trying to put him down, I'm really trying to find his ultra-complex work. I hear it's great.

  • If you enjoy "The Yellow Shark", along with his other main orcherstral/compositional works (Lumpy Gravy, LSO Vol & 2, Jazz From Hell) Than go for Civilization Phase III, in my opinion that is his masterpiece, and contains his most ultra-complex structures--It is very great my friend. ;)

  • @richcapo Try Zoot Allures, The Black Page, or Sinister Footwear for starters. There are many others out there, just keep searching!

    Peace and music.

  • @MrBucketBot Thanks.

  • @richcapo the album 200 motels, bro. It sounds like absolute nonsense, but it's all written down.

  • @richcapo No offence, but obviously have heard very little Zappa.... He released 62 albums in his lifetime, and they are still putting posthumous albums. If pure "complexity" is what gets you off, check out his orchestral music.

  • @hhoh12 I've heard everything I've been recommended, which is a lot of his music, and then some, including his orchestral work, which, I've heard, is a very small percentage of his work, and I haven't found it to embody the complexity that many of his fans celebrate. Like his abilities on guitar, the complexity of his orchestral works seems extraordinarily exaggerated to me. He's not Stravinsky, he's not Bach, or Beethoven, no matter what his more romantic fans say, as far as I can tell.

  • @richcapo Buy Jazz From Hell then, I don't care. I don't see how you can argue that the LSO playing Zappa is less "complex" than Yes....

  • @richcapo The Yellow Shark. Orchestral work of his.

  • hot rats is cool :)

  • @richcapo I'm not sure if Zappa is pretentious enough for you... a lot of his music is deceptively simple, while is is actually complicated and well crafted. You mentioned Montana; while being one of Zappa's most accessible songs, I would argue that the studio version of Montana quite a song, with a cast of virtuosic musicians (especially Ruth Underwood on vibes/mar)

  • @hhoh12 "I'm not sure if Zappa is pretentious enough for you..." No need for immaturity and insults. I'm just trying to have a friendly discussion here. If you be kind and respectful, please don't speak to me.

  • @richcapo "If you can't be kind ..."

  • Zappa's political and musical voice is irreplacable. I hesitate to use the word 'genius' for any actor, musician or artist. There are actual geniuses out there you know...curing disease, discovering new technologies, or improving the human condition. This word 'genius' should be reserved for those with such accomplishments or ideas.

  • Everytime I saw Frank it was the Greatest night of my life!!!

  • "so i just followed up the steps" *follow up steps* how literal

  • Brilliant la, thank you xx

  • yes,Genius  he was and his music lives on! has anyone seen the tape of him on the old steve allen show! ? black an white....wait till u see it...

  • they're really clever, he makes feel proud and satisfied at the same time.. wonderful

  • I think it's got something to do with him being one of the Kings Of Cool.

    You know those people, be they actor or musician or comedian or whatever, who are never fazed by anything and look slick no matter what they wear. Zappa, Prince, Hendrix, Bill Hicks etc. All the greats.

  • Best Zappa album

  • dwezzle(SP), does a great rendition of don't you eat that yellow snow

  • Wow what a version!!! A tad fast :-)

    Pure genius

  • zappa = Genius....one of the greatest music minds of all time..

  • Rest in Peace sir

  • ace

  • first concert i ever saw was Zappa and the mothers back in 72 or 73 im not sure that was a long time ago but i do remember it was a hell of a time . What a freakin genius this man was, and bless him for his sense of humor.

  • I envy you more than you could ever know.

  • word!! the saddest day i had for a long time was hearing the great man was no longer with us

  • Frank Zappa whyd you have to leave? RIP man, best musician ever. All the young fucker artists now days take themselves too seriously. And there music sucks, more importantly.

    Frank Zappa is a legend.

  • You have to imagine though how many times they have probably played this song im sure switching it up once and a while couldn't hurt?

  • Exactly. And Zappa was a genius and an inovator.

    I've loved listening to his albums, then finding live versions of my favourites just to see what he does different.

  • great song, cool performance. i fo hate it though when bands play songs at like triple speed in concert... :-[

  • and she could throw a mean tairo

  • I like this faster version better than the one on the album.

  • Yeah, I know what you mean. I prefer the way the last verse is done on the album version but the tempo and energy of this performance is awesome.

  • This has to be my absolute favorite live Zappa video.

    I would give my left nut, and maybe even the right one, to have been at this show.

  • dumb all over is the best song ever writin as it sums up reigion perfectly, in my opinion

  • And possibly who doesn't know. Chills.

  • Mother to whoever knows what he's talking about.

  • the best thing about zappa is, he had the talent to do anything and he just decided to have fun with his gifts rather than turn into a dick, hes a genius

  • @Petesy14 you are right

  • amazing! what a bunch of lucky people

  • commovente

  • frank zappa was the best gutair player to come out of Baltimore, MD (i think). his songs might not have made much sense but the were badass.  R.I.P. Frank zappa

  • fuck Franceschini!....,ma chi cazzo è poi?

  • Fuck Berlusconi

  • FZ the best of the best ! :)

  • the greatest man ever born!

  • don't mind what he's talking about. It really rocks.

  • lol my dad was called zappa years ago almost everyone knew him under zappa but nobody under his real name

  • grande frank grazie di esserci stato peace and love

  • They dont make em' like that anymore.

  • I make you jealous = I've met FZ in Bremen (Germany 1988), shook his hand, talked to him, showed him drums - thanks to Ed Mann, who played on Simmons electronic drums!

    FZ invited me to be on stage during the concert, I sat quietly between Chad & Ed (still gives me goose bumps) - He was so nice and kind to me ! YAUSSE !!

    I still have the back stage pass and wonderful memories.

    R.I.P. .........still can't believe that he's gone...

  • god he was great

  • Got to shake Dweezil's hand at one of the Zappa plays Zappa shows in Aus. Great guy!

  • so good, so good ...

  • IN ZAPPA WE TRUST

  • I wish I wish I wish I could've seen Zappa.

  • So true dude =(

  • Saw him in berlin, bevor the wall was broken, in the "Deutschlandhalle" - guess two times! Greatings Wolf

  • @kurtisblow3000 zappa was my first concert back in 72 and i cherish that memory cause it was such an amazing show.......... what a freaking musical genius along with his sense of humor.

  • An intelligent sarcastic ironic and better Jesus

  • This IS Jesus!

  • 2:03 - 2:05 HE LOOKS LIKE JESUS

  • damn your right haha

  • That's a fast tempo for this tune.

  • yeah, it grew on me though

  • stevesparx is so on target

  • there's people who lived during your era who you feel lucky that you lived during their era...Frank

  • love this video, everytime i watch it it makes me happy

  • Funny I was so high the three times I saw frank live, still one hell of a show. rico 52

  • hate to be crass, but FZ musta been a master in the mattress. his music is amazing, and he be craaazzyy.

  • He plays it quick because he is sick of playing it.

  • Fuck hes cool:D!

  • seems really sped up.

  • It is haha, then its like super slow

  • It is sped up! I don't like it when so many other vids are

    avail-alble at the speed the artist intended.

  • Don't think so. It's the same speed as on the Baby Snakes movie.

  • Yes it is. Frank often played his songs a little bit different when playing live.

  • Is this on a DVD?

  • It's from the Baby Snakes DVD.