Frank Zappa - Flakes

[pitcairnviking]

The isolated harmonica note at 2:26 is pure genius in its subtle hilarity. Mistakenly hit by Adrian during recording or not, there's no doubt in my mind FZ intentionally left this in while remixing. And for years I've refused to say "tampon" under any circumstance - always substituting with "tampoon". The Flakes usually look at me like I'm a moron, but I'm laughing inside while thinking of Frank's greatness.

[susquehannadauphin]

Foiur people have flushed a tampoon

[1millionscovilleclub]

A song about labor Unions!! How fucking funny is that?

[TheHyproglo]

California's got the most of them !!! Flakes!!!

[boozygrogy]

Frank Zappa had a lot of pinnacles, this album was definitely one of them

[Lucifermorningstar21]

did'nt like this record before, but now i see that it's sick!

[Norimbulus]

never flush a tampoon

[VT903M]

Take it away Bob

[ZombiesWerePeopleToo]

the plumber he told me never flush a tampoon

[Waltherhenk]

He sure did a lot of fucking plus that he was a genius indeed.

[BA5966]

Shit, *language.

[BA5966]

Zappa being such a virtuoso in the English lanuage, I couldn't help but make some corrections in the language on this message board. No offense intended.

[SquishedButterfly]

the little parp on the harp when there's not really enough time cracks me up. very Dylan.

[TheRamonian]

@SquishedButterfly Years ago, I read an article about the making of this album. I think it was in Creem magazine, and it was an interview with Adrian Belew, who played guitar, drums, and also did the harmonica and vocals on this. Apparently it was all about making fun of Bob Dylan at that point of the song.

[LMB222]

@TheRamonian 1:27 not "apparently"

[ZappaFreak74]

he was a genious period!

[TheRamonian]

I am a moron

and this is my wife

She's frosting a cake

with a paper knife

all what we got here's

American made

It's a little bit cheesy,

but it's nicely displayed...

I woke up to this blasting in my head yesterday, and I had to find it. Thank you for posting.

[GYPSVILLDOWN]

for all off you out ther this man was music iff you no music /all i can say is dont eat the yellow snow :)

[BA5966]

@GYPSVILLDOWN Try your spell check.

[subshrub]

Mandies were like mmmm qualludes!

[BA5966]

@subshrub Spell check checked! Apart from *quaaludes...

[sabbathfreak1]

SHAKE YOUR BOOTY

[MrJegMeg]

WTF? Look at the recommendations. "How To Make Your Cum Taste Good"

[SirKendalMintcake]

@MrJegMeg

You never know when that will be useful!!!

[KinYamaneko]

I'm a moron, and this is my wife

[SadisticMagician54]

A song about simple work ethic, which the Man was full of

[sabbathfreak1]

Such originality that only Zappa could come up with. Freakin' awesome!

[boogiegroover1]

Zappa is the Man & I love Robert Dylan they both so far out!!! like Big Wow Man the groove is so cool & Rock lives on beyond all the hip years; don't fall out about MUZAK its the food of Luuuuuuuuuuuuuvvvvvvvvvvvvveee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, good vibes & Chillax

[murkredi]

What's truly awful is that ... he performed this in 79, and absolutely nothing has changed.  More trouble every day.

[sabbathfreak1]

That's true. Terry Bozzio is drummer/

[54herve]

le son date de 1979 mieux que les autres!!

[PrincessDaisy20001]

Dylan is my favorite musician ever, I love him, but this is hilarious!

[MrAutotech70]

Ya gotta love Frank !

[sabbathfreak1]

Just more proof what a great guitar viruoso he was

[SirKendalMintcake]

He sounded so futuristic! Even his audio quality sounded better! Zappa was about a million times more innovative than Jackson!

[ROBBED666]

@SirKendalMintcake I'm with you on that one Brother ;-)

[fuzzballzz36]

@jimharris84 Mandrax, the British equivalent to Quaaludes.

[fuzzballzz36]

Let's get this line straight. It's wanna buy some MANDIES. Slang for Mandrax, a British tranquilizer popular with the drug crowd of the '70s.

[potter0067]

Quality

[Bramak17]

It was eatin by snakes. Wanna buy some mindes Bob. Danny is a asshole. With a paper knife. Never flush a tampoon. 1234. 

[sabbathfreak1]

Frank Zappa was a fucking musical genius!

[sabbathfreak1]

you can stab and shoot and spit but they won't be fixin' it

[Sublime99skill]

Wanna buy some Mendys Bob?

[grasshopper1200]

@Sublime99skill that's mandies-mandrax. luv this album. zappa gives so much if your prepared to listen.

[Sublime99skill]

@grasshopper1200 haha I knew I must have been wrong because I've never heard of Mendys before.

It's pretty stupid my incorrect comment got thumbed up, guess there are other people out there who thought "Mendys" exist.

[toobularbells]

@Sublime99skill lol..now i see you've been corrected

[5jerry1]

@Sublime99skill

"Mendies" don't exist, but "mandies" do.

[5jerry1]

@grasshopper1200

:you're"

[toobularbells]

@Sublime99skill

Mandies..you know,Mandrex...actually i spose you dont know.And 9 kids thumbed it up LMFAO

[BA5966]

@toobularbells *Mandrax

[BA5966]

@Sublime99skill *Mandies. Feeling the grammar nazi coming on here...

[5jerry1]

@Sublime99skill

"Mandies" (mandrax)

[5jerry1]

@Sublime99skill

Mandies.

[t490304]

@Sublime99skill

Mandies. "Wanna buy some Mandies, Bob?" Mandies=slang term for Mandrax, one of several brand names for methaqualone. Other brand names included Sopor ("Soapers") and Quaalude (the famous "'ludes"). It's been almost impossible to find methaqualone for about 20 years now.

[t490304]

@t490304 Oops, I forgot: methaqualone is still widely used nowadays in South Africa, crushed up and smoked as "buttons." Because of the fillers and binders and other nasty stuff in the tablets, smoking them isn't the healthiest way to use them.

[tacozzrgood15]

Adrian Belew's Bob Dylan impression is great.

[DimensionsofChange]

Tampoon=a tampon that i must be applied through harpooning.

[ExtremePeppers]

Support you local Labor Union.

[MrGranousty]

"the plumber he says, never flush a tampoon" . . .

About Belew, sure he's a great guitar player, but sorry, Bob, ther's no more mandies in France !

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Pour les potes francophones zappaphiles, les fameux "mandies" étaient ce qu'on appelait des "Mandrax", un hypnotique puissant, et quand on entend Bob Dylan, on dirait qu'il carbure à çà !

THX for sharing . . .

[gusboylan]

belew is great a talent in his own right,seen him play with david bowie in dublin 1990 great concert.

[tsrwalltucky]

wanna buy some mendize Bob?

[mattiejnani]

Great song ,AND lyrics. He had just as amazing ability for lyrics as for music ! "THEY CAN'T FIX YOUR BRAKES,YOU ASK EM WHERE'S MY MOTOR,WELL IT WAS EATEN BY SNAKES" !!! Fantastic ! And to think that not only was he a musical genius, but he was ALSO clever, funny, AND had a good head for business AND science ! An all round true GENIUS .

[jakodu50]

Pourquoi ? il n'y a plus personne de son niveau ? pourquoi ? on est obligé d'entendre de le merde comme lady gaga ?

[jakodu50]

@jakodu50 heureusement il y a encore Michael Jackson. Hein de quoi ? quoi ? il est mort!!! au ba la oui on est vraiment foutu question musique

[iwantoldschool]

@jakodu50 Je parle francais et pense la meme aussi

[Marco33185]

Un Génie musical qui ne nous laisse que des œuvres Majeures que l'on ne finit jamais de découvrir !

Putain de vide Frank, putain de vide !!!

[zkxv]

I've taken my car in to the fucking mechanic 3 times in the past 2 weeks !!! I don't care what your diagnostic evaluation machine says.... I don't want any bullshit excuses... JUST FIX IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rkatz0]

and the toilet blew up the next dayeee yay!

[DanW900]

"we're protected by unions so don't let it upset ya" LOL

[HeidiFeser]

Happy Birthday , ED! This one's For You! xoxoxox

[MegaRednblack]

Ah ah ah, troppo divertente la parte in cui canta quello con la voce alla Bob Dylan! ahahah

[FastANDBulbous117]

Belew sounds more like Dylan than Dylan does!

[clarius1973]

This is my favourite FZ album

[ljh2000]

@clarius1973 Yup, me too! Actually, 1979 was FZ's best year on vinyl. Three classic double albums: Sheik Yerbouti, Joe's Garage, and Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar. His best year for recorded music ever.

[groovechaser]

@ljh2000 Wasn't Missing Persons born from these sessions?

[ZappaFreak74]

I love this...Grew up to Frank Zappa and will die a loyal fan! ...I'm especially proud of Dweezil with "Zappa Plays Zappa" project! You have my heart man!

[rgaleny]

Aristophanes set to music. twat were they referring?

[rgaleny]

Aristophanes set to music.

[SubXiz]

lol I love it

[absolutelyfree1963]

Frank was Frank.... talented composer and muzo. A bit of an asshole as a person, from some poeple who knew him.

Matson2010 you are a sensitive fuckwit who is tone deaf and can't appreciate talented nasty cunts like frank zappa (Sorry, Gail...)

Peace. I listen to this shit when I am stoned. I don't worship it. It's just music.

[toosad444]

WOw who is the negative bastard with the latent homosexuality problem? Does using the word twat make you feel like you have a penis?

[ttmor]

1:20

[jesuspsr13]

Frank RIP miss you. This is my favorite Zappa cd.

[clintonearlwalker]

@jesuspsr13 I bought this CD, still have it, I have to say it's only my second favorite after Joe's Garage.

[Absolutebounce]

genius

[0live0wire0]

the Bob Dylan's parody kicks ass

[Matson2010]

Frank Zappa is a GAYPENUS!

[TheFearlessFreep]

@Matson2010 and we all know you like that, you slutty whore you.

[musiclover01ization]

@Matson2010 Grow up dude. What you're saying proves you're an idiot

[Matson2010]

@musiclover01ization And you liking Frank Zappa proves you're and idiot you twat

[5jerry1]

@Matson2010

Why did you click on this video? When I don't like somebody I just don't bother.

[fps4romeo]

To feel the passion involved with making this tune is amazing but, that is just me. I like this era of FZ very much (1979).

[voicesinmehead]

@jimharris84 you are american coz you called it high school...so its plain to see man

[wognignignog]

@jimharris Whereas you are just plain HOMO! Hahahahaha!

Have a nice day, Dumbass! :))))))))))

You really are such a loser!

Please go get a life, you homosexual bumbandit bender!

[nixie38]

@wognignignog

You sound nice.

[VEMWMIKE]

Just listen to the orchastration of the music, these guys had fun at what they did.

[wognignignog]

@jimharris84 What does 'no-how' mean?

Please make sense, you utter dildo! If you can't make any sense, then there's no point in commenting because nobody understands you, you moronic little retard! :)

Have a nice day, you stupid dumb american! :)))

[yaminovitchable]

the whole album is great

[wognignignog]

@jimharris84 Hahahahaha! You're such a little shit flake aren't you? Yes you are, because you never seem to make any sense! I am one what, you retard? You really must get better with your comebacks as you keep making yourself look like suck a moronic little dildo! :)

Have a nice day, Sucker!

p.s. Please don't have another fit when you read this. I bet your Mommy is fed up with having to change your diaper every time you go on YouTube! :)))

[whitedwarf13]

Bob Dylan wanted Frank Zappa to produce his album, Infidels. Zappa declined and Mark Knopfler was chosen instead.

[wognignignog]

@jimharris84 Such a lame and uneducated response. You are clearly a moron! :)

Hahahahaha! :)

[glitchesandglitter]

@jimharris84 they are mandrax, which is a form of qualude. syd barrett had a problem with them in the 70's.

[andrew1236]

so many amazing songs - this is another solid from Zappa - love him!

[glitchesandglitter]

wanna buy some mandies bob?

[ezeke49]

Remember kiddies get yer colon checked !

[Okpolosi]

ahhh...relief....just dealt with eyeglasses dotcom...got my prescription right, wrong frames, wrong lens shape,wrong frame color and over charged me and yet they brag they are rated A-1 w/the BBB...they have a competant customer apology service but nothing more...."you ask'em where's my motor...well it was eaten by snakes ! "

[Libertine62]

Flakes...the people who eventually became the tea party.

[frmerrin2]

@Libertine62 More like the current occupant of the oval office.

[Arnusson]

HahaHa making fun of dylan is my favourite and I actually love dylan

[suereed]

blah blah ha ha ha.....

[baddalbatross42]

There's just something very bad ass about all Zappa and the Mothers stuff... it definitely beats the sh*t out of the likes of Justin Bieber... and most bands for that matter. It's also always amusing, the arrangements,effects and especially the lyrics. One of a kind.

[animehorror]

You are all a bunch of fucking idiots for arguing on Youtube. Grow the fuck up!

[BunchOfives]

@animehorror Ah, but it's so dreadfully amusing to wind him up and watch him go!

[wognignignog]

@BunchOfives Learn how to spell, you shitflake. Or your comments make no sense. And you have been reported for your cyber bullying, so I suggest you quit now!

[BunchOfives]

@wognignignog HAHAHAHAHA!! Funny little monkey :)

[wognignignog]

@BunchOfives Hello shitflake. You've resorted to being racist now, have you? Well done. You've been reported! :)

[wognignignog]

@BunchOfives Like the guy said. Just grow the fuck up, you idiot!

[toobularbells]

@animehorror

Shut the fuck up ya fuckin tard

[DimensionsofChange]

@animehorror I disagree

[walshy1967]

Wanna buy some mandy's bob?

[knighterrantfilms]

This is so incredible at describing morons... utter genius. Better than Lennon's song about being low socio-economic?

[danberger18]

seems to me the best song on sheik yerbouti, and maybe even my favorite zappa tune of all time

[wpbake1]

Zappa was the best!! The first song I heard was Billy the Mountain... I was hooked

[underagedpickle]

@wpbake1 same it took me a while to really get into him

[otterhead45]

awesome - frank was the man

[Panufo]

I bought this in 1979 and laughed myself sick, and began a musical education that hasn't stopped yet.

[neilandfi]

@Panufo Yup.. the Torture Never Stops.

[EarthGirl1914]

I remember hearing this back in the late seventies and snickering about it for maybe a freakin' month! Tampoon flushing & exploding toilets are WAY off the beaten path of pop music. Thanks so much, Frank! - Mike

[GaryNull]

@EarthGirl1914 1 2  3 4

[myballsitchification]

Zappa's the man! To offbeat for usual people, ha.

[meowsere]

Adrian Belew does the best Dylan impersonation ever.

[Barry855]

Perfect !! Imagine the fun he would have had with farcebbok and other social networks of today.. Material for music like his exposed daily.

[theeeees]

positively absolutely genius 

[theeeees]

Positively absolutely genious

[lapog5]

Wanna buy some mandies bob.....

[williambentley1234]

this whole album is so awesome lol ahahahaha!

[freakofZappaalways]

"This is my wife and she's frosting a cake with a paper knife" eat your heart out Betty Crocker...........Frank is the greatest always and forever!!!!!!!!!!! R.I.P.

[TOFFEEBLUE344]

This song takes me back to the early eighties just before I left Kirkby,one of my

Favourite FVZ songs

[krogsdamvej]

@TOFFEEBLUE344

Up the Blues!

[tapeduk]

While yer children are sleepin'  Yer puppy is crappin'

[GaryNull]

@tapeduk lol . . one of my favorite zappa lines 

[Mrjoeypunkrock]

HALLOWEEN 1980, 1981 THE PALLADIUM NEW YORK CITY. THE BEST HALLOWEEN PARTYS I BEEN TOO..R.I.P. FRANK ZAPPA..

[wasilosos]

the bob dylan part rulez most of all

[davidfdoucette]

Thanks for posting this - great sound quality. I saw Frankie in Halifax Canada back in 1985/86?! From what I remember it was a great time - pretty wacked - acid I think. He did this, Crew slut, Catholic girls etc. Glad I saw him - wish he was still around. I'd love to see him NOT under the influence - and get high from the music. Cheers

[johnnywubba]

@davidfdoucette if ya get a chance to go see ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

saw them last year and dweezil does his fathers music justice, not the same as seeing frank, but a very good night of great music and fans a great music!!

[deyoungparker]

Our car's engine was just eaten by rats. $5K in damage...all the wiring just devoured. And the whole time it was in the shop I just kept thinking about this song. Where's my motor? Well it was eaten by snakes!

[Liberty4Ever]

@deyoungparker Snakes eat rats. Just sayin'.

I miss Frank. He's definitely well integrated into my personality. Most music is crap compared to Frank's genius.

[boibad12]

great song. adrian's impersonation of bob dylan is on point lol

[acdseay]

thank you for posting this!!!

[greenradio1]

Great song...Zappa was amazing!

[WeAreDevo456]

Uhh, it's so true... I live in Los Angeles, and let me tell you – there's a hell of a lot a people that I know personally who CANNOT keep a promise to save their skins.

[fernaozinho]

zappa gostoso!

[mikexlong]

The godfather of alternative rock.

[Mrjoeypunkrock]

@mikexlong SO TRUE HE PUT TOGETHER MISSING PERSONS.

[jameshippiekid]

Haha Take it away bob...

[British0412]

california got the most of them swear to god they have got the most

Died on my 23rd B' Day sad Day Take it awat Frank

[trh2130]

This is still profound even more than 30 years later!

[Queenodee]

he used to cut my grass.....he was a really nice guy !!!!

[Mrjoeypunkrock]

@Queenodee THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS,

[mettle8866]

Wanna buy some mandys Bob?

[broodyart]

Before I knew what a tampoon was, [ I was young ] we used to think they were drowned white mice floating down the creek. Couldn't figure out why someone was killing mice.

[ridingtheplastic]

@broodyart thats kinda sick, but i dig it

[ttoonz]

@broodyart

that literally made me do a spit-take. i'm still laughing.

[Carthsting]

@broodyart Then i know how my mother accidentally killed Jerry.

[wognignignog]

@broodyart And you still don't know what a 'tampoon' is do you? I think you must mean TAMPON you fool!

[broodyart]

@wognignignog What are ya'??? HIGH???

[wognignignog]

@broodyart I am CORRECT, you ignorant dumb fuck!!! !!!

[broodyart]

@wognignignog Go outside and play! The internet is distorting reality in that shallow perception you refer to as correctness. Man...What the he[[ are you talking about???