Frank Zappa's Ya Hozna Reversed!!!!

[damnedatom]

So can we start calling this "Sofa #3"?

[rallyivan1234]

What the hell is saying here? 4:21

[krisjanneman]

holy shit

[mtigomizh]

Did you have to get permission from the gail zappa or anyone to put this up? I want to put up a video I made with Ya Hozna in the background and wondered about copyright. Thanks!

[QuiteHotBros]

my god! what a fucking genious! can't believe he stuck in sofa and andy from one size fits all! i love FZ, and hey i think you should reverse "pry, to" by pearl jam, i think there is something in there, it's off of vitalogy and it's only like a minute long. comment back if you could possibly do this for me, great work m8! :)

[noodlesmealey]

no, it wont live on forever....the eons are closing....but im suprised the zappa kids arent fatter than they are Gail try itunes realease your death grip on the vault. thx.

(anubis....... doggus the 1000 year old dog) oh by the way, this sounds worse than the original no wonder Mubarak finally left. this song has his name on it.

[MrUnidyne]

Anzoh Ay!

[5jerry1]

@pakleglia

The voices are Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa, George Duke, and Napoleon Murphy Brock.

[ruleta74835]

@5jerry1

Plus the original Mothers (Roy Estrada, et. al.) singing "Lonely Little Girl".

[smeejit]

Always wanted to hear it arsey-versey!

[CaptainSlow202]

I like how the backing guitar is exactly the same both ways.

[plasticjesus108]

SOFA # 1

LONELY LITTLE GIRL

VALLEY GIRLS EDITS?

[fadethetrade]

From we're only in it for the money 67 ,the song"YOu're a loney little girl" is in there from 3:39 to 3:49.

[cleaverstudios]

I used to do that with my turntable when I was 13. Great stuff.

[billmilliganhisself]

One of the first Zappa songs I ever heard. Between that and WPLJ, I almost never listened to another one. Thankfully I gave FZ one more try and discovered the full depth of the amazingness, but to this day the two ONLY songs of his I cannot stand to hear are WPLJ and this one.

[zappascum]

@billmilliganhisself son of cheap thrills?

[billmilliganhisself]

@zappascum It was indeed, maybe in 1999. I bought it because I wanted to see if I could expand my musical horizons a little bit. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine it would work so well.

[zappascum]

@billmilliganhisself son of cheap thrills was my first zappa album! When i bought it, i didn't knew who he was. i just loved the crazy artwork on the cover:) Ya Hozna was actually the first song that made me think; what the fuck is this!? then of course,i was hooked.

[jamesmorgandavies]

WIN! I did this with my LP in 1984!

[bishopquack]

this is from sofa I think. I know its a track from one size fits all I always wondered what the herky was being said in the song

[ruleta74835]

@bishopquack - Also mixed in is "Lonely Little Girl" and "Valley Girl" (or Moon doing a new Valley Girl-type bit).

[mrbillmacneill]

thanks, i needed that.

[UNCRatDog]

I think songs sound really creepy when they're reversed.

[Jetdreams65]

smoking Vai solo taken from a completely different song

[Jetdreams65]

I always wanted to reverse this but forgot about it

[MumfredMigglesworth]

what a weird song. i like at 3:39 where Lonely Little Girl kicks in.

[trevorb6]

What's the point of doing this?

[Chakan]

All the lyrics in the song are reversed.

[MalcolmAxe]

Yes I know that Ya Hozna is Sofa No. 2 backwards. I don't have to hear it played backwards/fowards to know. I have an ear.

[mdees100]

one thing ive learned years ago, they all cant be as smart as us.

[unbeatableenergy]

'they were like so grotty no way!!!!..'

[stevewik]

5 stars

thanks for posting.

unbelievable, I always wondered what it was

[shredlord0815]

Even this way it's a total brain meltdown. Flawless. Frank was more than a genius.

[pazzensutra]

"Ya Honza" is one of the most demented and beautiful things that Frank did. I have always adored this piece. And this is just my opinion, but second to Frank's genius is the top notch, underrated musical monsters that he played with.

"Yeeaah Rah--ight!!"

[birdturd405]

no look at the freak out! albulm

[pazzensutra]

"Look at the Freak Out album"--for the list of musicians, or what?

[birdturd405]

its frank zappas first albulm with his first band The mothers of Invention look at the song Son of Suzy Creamcheese

[pazzensutra]

I know about the album-I've had it for 20 years- but what about the song you're mentioning? Are you saying the musicians were or weren't good? I'm trying to understand what your point is.

[birdturd405]

its good and its the most beautiful and demented thing Frank did so yeah theyre good sorry to bother you :)

[boogster123321]

um thats absolutely free not freak out

[birdturd405]

sorry thinking about The Return of the son of Monster Magnet LOL it's been mis-named before on youtube you know :D

[boogster123321]

its fine i dont care

[awaken1001]

LOL I've always wanted to play this backwards to see what the lyrics were, since they were recorded backwards on the original. Nope, still as garbled. But definitely worth the try!

[jba35]

Ich bin der Chrome Dinette!

[eleonorotta]

Incredible!!! That is Sofa n°2 from the one size fits all album!!! FZ is a genius

[felixthefirecat]

well done m8 i had wndered bout this fr yrs.....cld u plse post it the rite way rnd as well

[Baconstang66]

I'll have the original version up on youtube soon thanks for the comment!

[Sausahga]

I think Frank had a hell of a lot of fun doing the tape editing for this one!

[mcmarbles]

the old mothers can be heard with the lyric snippet from Lonely Little Girl, another zappa song, as well as bits of Moon's vocals in Valley Girl, in this case, rather distorted

thanx again!!!!!!!

[mcmarbles]

oi yeh!

this is great!

I used to have a copy of this along time ago and haven't on vinyl in many years -- never had chance to hear this like this!!!!!

super

I believe that is George Duke and you might be able to hear Napoleon Murphy Brock singing of the Sofa lyrics; but there is a piece of the old mothers

[fernando7695]

I love zappa. I really appreciate. Count on me if you need some zappa english-spanish translation, or something else related to Frank.

thanks!!

[nineinchpinktool]

Awesome, but I think I prefer the unreversed version. Thanks, though!

[Baconstang66]

zappa's music will forever live on.

[noodlesmealey]

@Baconstang66 - no, it wont live on forever....the eons are closing....but im suprised the zappa kids arent fatter than they are Gail try itunes realease your death grip on the vault. thx.

(anubis....... doggus the 1000 year old dog) oh by the way, this sounds worse than the original no wonder Mubarak finally left. this song has his name on it.

[phnaargos]

thanks!!

[Baconstang66]

hanks for the comment and btw if you watch the "FRANK ZAPPA REVERSED SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE" video please tell the guy that he not only copied my video but it was zappa's intention to reverse this song

[BEANUSEXTREME]

@Baconstang66 I have always wondered what the original recording sounded like!! as a lifetime ZAPPA freak I cant thank you enough,Thanks for sharing this with us.

[strav12]

Hairy Jaysus! This has got to be the most unbelievable find for me on UTube! Thanks for the lyric transcription too - ich bin deine Ritze und Schlitze - absolutely - and that lovely operatic tonal inflection from Frank - huge huge thanks for this dude(s)!!!!!!!

[Baconstang66]

thanks for the comment! i was going to put the lyrics in the video but i didnt have enough time. i am glad to see that someone thinks that this is cool

[bavariansunset]

Great Stuff ... thanks for posting! Great to hear this 'reversed'. R.I.P. Frank.

[vivalapsych]

cool. Thanks for doing this. Bit of trivia: Moon's Valley Girl speak on this was used on an unreleased version of "Drafted Again" intended for Thing-Fish.