Frank Zappa - The last song, of the last concert, of the last tour...

[tanngard]

some other great gitarists would be Jan Akkerman, Jeff Beck, John MC Laughlin, Steve Vai and some others because they are creators of progressiv music.

[mrreaderman]

@tanngard Others that I would include - Django Reinhardt, Andres Segovia, David Gilmour, Steve Howe, Johnny Marr, Bernard Sumner, Alex Lifeson, and more, of course.

[tanngard]

To all you good people out there, Frank Zappa is to us the most inventive and creative composer in our living history.He also played the gitar like nobody else.

[nicknick1963]

who the fuck disliked this,dickheads

[62bluesman]

RIP Master of universe!

[usrock1]

what a great song, thanks for the upload.

[SteveSparx]

encore



[Murdertrain007]

This is amazing. Thank you for uploading, and thank you, Mr. Zappa.

[bonzey1171]

Yeah, you gotta put the eyebrows on it.

[1oolabob]

He left plenty of amazing recorded music for us, but the live show was the thing. Here, the band is showing us something a lot of today's musicians don't understand very well: it isn't just playing a piece "as written" and it isn't all improvised. The song was written and had a specific format, but the performers had a lot of leeway to take the music to different places in the moment. Great guitar solo here. Thank you FZ. We're still trying to learn what you showed us; simple but deeply complex

[MsVictor1956]

Last REAL RockMan...

[jakos1]

grazie francesco....ma non sei stanco di sapere che ti seguo da 40 anni?

:) love

[giancarlocontu]

Io c'ero a quel concerto e non l'ho dimenticherò mai.

[zappa290694]

thanks frank... genius

[stuzapusa]

He knew. Peace, Frank. Thank You. M

[Alqueria51]

Impresionante.

[luzander777]

without comment...virtously

[AldofromBordeaux]

GREAT BAND I EVER HEARD...sadly Frank's Illness not allowed him to makes things stays under control...Saw them few days before in Montpellier... mixed feeling about this concert...but glad to catch the man live one more time...

thanks sharing

[olivierocerri]

@rdnzl1 Yes, the '88 band was fucking tight and absolutely amazing indeed, though my preferred line up was the '82 featuring Steve Vai (and not because I'am a guitar player :-) I really love that band more than the others!). However, in between, I remember I was so excited because I was about to listen to Chad Wakerman, by far the drummer I like the most!

[renduke]

@olivierocerri nahhhhhhhh Terry Bozzio was where it was at.....saw Frank play on my birthday in nyc about 8 times and another 10 times not on my birthday...the best shows ever......The shows with Steve Vai were the shit too he grew up about 4 miles from me a cool cat

[togfiado666]

@renduke All Zappa's drummers were the business. And all had something different to offer. Met Bozzio in Finland about 5 years ago and he was very down to earth and pleasant. Had a nice little chat.

[62bluesman]

RIP Frank !

[Marcelbox1]

whats the name of this song

[YourArf]

@Marcelbox1 "The Illinois Enema Bandit"

[SteveSparx]

my channel = 200+ live tunes FZ

[olivierocerri]

I was there, I was 19 y.o. then. That was the first time (and unfortunately the only time) I saw the Maestro live. What a concert....

[rdnzl1]

@olivierocerri I'm glad you got to see him. I saw him 5 times. The '88 band was my favorite, because I'm a horn player. I also saw Stevie Ray Vaughan's final show. That was more difficult, since I woke up and heard the news. That said, you did see the Maestro! His bands were so fucking tight! Absolutely amazing.@ YourArf Thanks for sharing this.

[Rajhoul]

Would be funny if before it ended Zappa said, We will now play the last note of the last song of the last concert of the last tour before the last goodnight

[aperfectrain]

my first concert was Zapp 78,Pittsburghs Stanley theater.I was 12 yrs old saw him each time he came up til 86 .Good Stuff.Fun was had by all

[thespewking]

where is the dot for Zappa?

F.Z.

[bassplayer508]

My Idol......The greatest composer of all time. Miss him but extremely happy Dweezil is working to keep his music alive, but without a doubt it would survive all on it's own.

[Colston]

Miss you Frank

[pelcad]

@senna01 When is Bobby Martin's voice not sexy and awesome <3

[senna01]

Bobby Martin's voice is awesome on this one...

[subsonicknucklehead]

I saw him do this song live on the crush all boxes tour,11/22/80 and it was the best show i've ever bin to! The band was so tight and the sound quality of the hall and the way the pa was set up,man it was so fucking great. You hear a lot about what a great guitar player/conductor/writer Frank was but i have never heard anyone give him the credit he deserved for his electronics and engineering abilities,he was an amazing guy that knew every aspect of a recording studio or sound stage.

[electricprunes1]

@subsonicknucklehead my late husband (RIP) turned Zappa & the Mothers of Invention into household names, when, in the early 70's -as a young, cutting edge, indie concert promoter- he took them on tour across Canada. He did the same with Blues legends such as John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon, ..and many other little recognized but, monsterously talented artists who finally got the kind of mass public recognition they deserved. ( UR4ever in my heart, H.Z.)

[TadRapidly]

as good a final song as any.

WE LOVE YOU FRANK SO FUCKING MUCH.

[Mikey330]

Hopefully people 100 years from now will still be able to recognize what Frank Zappa brought to the table. No doubt he would have plenty to say now about the sad state of music in 2010. At least we have his great catalog of music to enjoy for as long as we wish!!

[peterxbird]

There are currently 26 thumbs up and two thumbs down for this video. Those two individuals who dare to question the genius of Frank should take their thumbs and stick them up their own ass, then quickly remove, and stick in each others mouths.

[bumbumbummelum]

@peterxbird LMFAO right on:))

[sundogthe2nd]

@peterxbird LMFAO, well said!

[symbolb]

@peterxbird  lol, great comment , I totally agree !

[triforce10155]

@peterxbird you may want to rethink that, because the two individuals might enjoy that.

[ludo1234]

The correct quote is "The present day composer refuses to die" and it's originally Edgar Varese 's words. Thanks for the audio.

[MsPatty1952]

My Hero, the Hip Cat Daddy!

Miss your reason and laughter.

[AllStarBugler]

Thanks for posting this !

[dg9kaq]

The cycle is never done. In times from inet and youtube he is omnipresenter as all times before. Thats a bequest for all off us and it makes Frank immortal.

[riffle6666]

zappa was king i have loved his work and i have read everything ever written on bhim i own all 73 of his albums... he is missed and will never be forgotten a long as my bloodlione is still going... RIP Zappa LOVE U MAN

[farmdog1313]

the correct quote is "The present-day composer refuses to die."

Tomorrow is the 22nd anniversary of this performance. 

The last solo...

[SteveSparx]

Tremendously RELEVANT Post~ GREAT *****+

[bwanamacoobah]

um i dunno i think he started of as a drummer

and that is in the bbok

[SonofJaphet]

Well Frank started as a blues guitarist and his last show was with a blues song ,the cycle is done

[graciehunterII]

@SonofJaphet

What makes you think he started as a "blues guitarist"? Can you post a reference?

[SonofJaphet]

@graciehunterII He wrote it in his book The Real Frank Zappa book and he stated it in many interviews.

[fadethetrade]

He actaully started as a drummer and took up the guitar at 18 In his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s rhythm and blues music. (wikepedia source)

[intothetopcorrupt]

Saying how he started as a guitarist is talking about how he started in respect to his guitar playing not his drumming.!!\\//--

[EddieLandsberg]

Yep, its true... Zappa attributed his major influences, as I recall (in the Real Book) as... Varese, Spike Jones, R&B and yes... The Blues... If you understand these roots, his music makes a lot more sense (the satire, the atonalism, the doo wop type vocals and the iconoclastic fusion of many different styles that are taboo to mix (Spike Jones concept of Musical Depreciation)... and yes... his solo style which was drenched in the blues.)

[TheRodrigoaquino]

"Blessed Frank Zappa Ora pro noblis"

[mrteddy999]

The white zone is for the loading and unloading of jellyfish only.

[Rajhoul]

I can't wait to see what it's like On the outside now . . . Listen here! I can't wait to see what it's like On the outside now . . . Listen here, yeah! I can't wait to see what it's like On the outside now . . . Outside now Outside now Outside now Outside . . . Sing it! I can't wait to see what it's like On the outside now . . .

[Rajhoul]

Yeah, but that was only a bunch of

Imaginary notes I played --

Just a little extra somethin'

To keep me goin' from day to day

But that's okay --

I'm gettin' outta here pretty soon --

Then I won't have to live

In this ugly fuckin' room

Hey! I can't wait to see what it's like

On the outside now . . .

[Rajhoul]

I've got it! I'll be sullen and withdrawn -- I'll dwindle off into the twilight realm Of my own secret thoughts! I'll lay on my back here 'til dawn, In a semi-catatonic state And dream of guitar notes That would irritate An EXECUTIVE KINDA GUY . . . Well, I guess that one did the trick! If they only coulda heard it, Half-a-dozen of 'em woulda strangled While they was suckin' on each others' dick!

[Rajhoul]

These executives have plooked the fuck out of me

And there's still a long time to go

Before I've

Paid my debt to society.

And all I ever really wanted to do was

Play the guitar

'N bend the string like:

'Reent-toont-teent-toont-teeno­oneenoonee'

I

[sp4maerie]

Haha, love the way the song becomes about somthing completely with the change of one word ^^, zappa=win