Frank Zappa - You´re Probably Wondering Why I´m Here 1966

[mewrth]

"Not that it makes a heck of a lotta difference to ya"

that's just gold :)

[probrojeffro]

Humor was his middle name. How can you not poke fun at humans, the human condition in all its foolishness, and people getting uppity about what? Being infinitely dumb and taking pride in such foolishness? Thanks Frank for setting us all straight.

[SeventhSandwich]

@probrojeffro

actually it was vincent

[sourjaws]

One guy thinks he knows why i'm here?

[psx1337]

This song cracks me up every time. The whole album, it's just brilliant...

[MOONSIP2]

45 years later and they're still SIZZLINGLY STUNNINGLY RIGHT ON! HELLO FRANK ZAPPAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[nomenklaturahippie]

pezzo di prima grandezza nel firmamento rock mondiale. Un capolavoro!!!

[trct633]

No Commercial Potential...LOL

[louiseduvee]

superb Monkees parody

[vampyros1]

@louiseduvee Wrong; this was released before the Monkees first songs were even recorded.

[louiseduvee]

@vampyros1 Thanks for correcting me; I'm not a big Monkees fan:)

[vampyros1]

@louiseduvee ;)

[musiclover01ization]

This a great song.

[Khultan]

 LOL!! : )

[bbqbod]

a truly great LP

[elgrovez13]

Mom, I tore a big hole in the convertable!

[fidiricu92]

"yeeeaaah"

[atavistos]

i also love I wanna hear a freakin Karajan

[atavistos]

i also love I wanna hear a freakin " Karajan " got the beef , jerky ?

[tahuti51]

Thanks! This album came to mind as I smoked one of my favorite cigars as the sun was setting (Rocky Patel/The Edge), not a blunt! I bought this album one day with my weekly allowance money. I was able to buy three albums and three paperback books with less than $10.00! *singing*"those were the days, my friend!"

[TheTeebuckle1]

This is a great stereo album, Too bad your's is in mono.

[BenAliGtor]

I used to listen to this in 6th grade ('66) when the other kids were into the Monkees. LOL

[Mohammets]

@BenAliGtor I would've been your friend. I'm 29.  Been into Frank since I was like 16. That took a lot of digging.

Anyway though, that doesn't mean that the Monkees didn't rock.

[issofunky]

@Mohammets The Monkeys are WHAT Frank was making fun of....if you missed THAT point, you are uselessly dense.

[Tubernaut]

@BenAliGtor Ironic as Zappa was a guest on the Monkees.

[autodelete66]

Saw him in 67-69 in Mass.

This piece is Zappa's Ode to the Mindless TennyBoppers

he had to play for in his early stages.

- He was the Most Severe musical critique

of the Cultural mores/morass of his day.

[daregularperson]

This song was definitely written during his early stages.  I can just imagine him playing at a bar with the Mothers, and people just want to hear the pop hits, and he plays this song instead! I would have loved to see that!!

[daregularperson]

@daregularperson Lol some people may have noticed that I commented a similar comment below... so that's cool.

[terminalsoup]

This song reminds me of my days in the army; when I wondered "WHY?"

[ChrisHatepunk]

i love this one....i got a tape of "mothermania" and this one has always been one of my favs...

[SamBeckett94]

Zappa's "Yeah" cracks me up every time.

[daregularperson]

Lol I can imagine Frank Zappa and the Mother's playing this live at a pub (where they started out). Those drunk people musta been baffled!

[boogster123321]

i also love "i wanna hear caravan with a drum sola!"

[emerpus01]

@boogster123321 Ha ha I love that line...I didn't even get it until I became a Ventures fan in the late 90s, ten years after I got FREAK OUT

[boogster123321]

@emerpus01 i also like on the song america drinks and goes home on the album absolutely free, ray collins goes "caravan with a drum sola? well get to that tomorrow" conceptual continuity as frank would say

[lustfrog]

@boogster123321

The Ventures WERE pretty cheesy.

[branfransisco9]

2:21 my fav part mom i tore a big hole in the convertable

[Roxxxxxxxbottttter]

I know, I can't get that part out of my head. I think its a satire on people phrasing rhetorical questions in a way thats not really rhetorical.

Like "How could I leave you stranded like that?" "Could you wait here for a bit, please?"

[mickindanny]

Maybe that's not for me to say...OMG I'll never get tired of this album! And the sound is so good. What a musician! OMG, Mom I tore a big whole in the convertible...I was actually rolling on the floor the first time I heard this.

[m13y]

@mickindanny

Haha god yeah