I saw this band play live... amazingly tight. And no that's not Mike Portnoy (though i'm sure Portnoy would be perfectly capable of playing in Dweezil's band, after all i'm sure he can read music... Dweezil isn't nearly versatile enough himself to play for his dad imho). Its a guy called Joe Travers who i'm sure you've heard but never heard of.
Don't like this at all. Well wide of the spirit and inventiveness.
The more years that go by, the sharper the first albums become.
The early stuff moved so deceptively fast. Frank always recognised musicians' strengths and pushed them. The humo(u)r was the overspew of that excitement.
Love Z P Z. Gotta work out if I've got the cash to go and seem em six weeks time.
My girl, ten. is into ZPZ, The Dan, Little Feat. I suppose I better get there!
@Guitareben what i think he was trying to say was, Dweezil is excellent and keeps his father's legend alive, but his father was one of the greatest performers in history.
@Osifuwa I NEVER SAID IT WAS A COMPETITION! You are the one comparing. You are the one saying that Dweezil is great and who cares about Frank. And whenever someone even mentions Frank's name you scoff at them. i never said that i hated Dweezil or anything. WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH WHAT I SAID AND HOW IS IT SHALLOW!? I said he was an excellent performer. What the hell is wrong with you. I am enjoying it. I was just interpreting what HelenVanRoy said, so you don't have to be a douchebag
@Osifuwa SERIOUSLY!? How am i being shallow. I just said that Dweezil was excellent. HOW IS THAT SHALLOW? I didn't even compare them. Zappa plays Zappa is a tribute band for Frank Zappa. That's fact. THAT'S NOT COMPARISON.
every time I see zpz band I take someone new and their responce after the show is always the same...they want to know the next time they're in town because they are nnow fans of frank's music and the ZPZ BAND. Don't miss them folks.
every time I see zpz band I take someone new and their responce after the show is always the same...they want to know the next time they're in town because they are nnow fans of frank's music and the ZPZ BAND. Don't miss them folks.
I caught Frank live and the crowd response was this,,, when at other concerts there would be clapping and cheering, the crowd sat quiet jaws dropped, out of respect!!! The band was so tight, tight, TIGHT!!! Only at the last couple of tunes did they begin to give it up. ,,,,And Dweezil,,,Your band carries on that tradition! Screw "GretchenDawntreader"! I didn't have to see your face, I only had to listen to know what it was! It was and is ZAPPA!!!!
Frank wrote orchestral music which he would never play as part of a live set and nobody complains (ask Vaclav Havel ), Frank is gone and his children celebrate his music, enjoy the fact that the music is still being played, several times I saw the wonderful Jimmy Carl Back with Scouse Zappa tribute band ,the Muffin Men singing "Love of my life", it wasn't the Mothers but it was keeping Frank's music alive.
I can see both sides of these arguments - this is excellently played and I really enjoyed seeing ZPZ live, although it does sort of miss the point, but then again what could Dweezil do? To use Frank's phrase - 'the eyebrows' are missing. I saw Frank on every UK tour from '77 - the first time was when they were recording 'Sheik Yerbouti' at Hammersmith. At that time I must have owned 20+ of his albums, yet he played a 2 1/2 hour show where I recognized about three songs.
This is perhaps the best place to highlight why having a chick in the band might be a problem. Frank, Flo and Eddie, et al, DID bring a sense of goofy satire and boys making poo poo jokes about poo poo jokes, and the joke within a joke within the satire edge can get lost on tuens like this. This is SUPPOSED to be goofy. And snarfy. And, played as Well and it is, and is, or played as Accomplished as it, and it is, does, in fact, miss the point.
What is wrong with this version? It less chaotic than the original and better played- thats down to technology - same satire- just as relevant today. (still taking the p*ss out of the self-obsessed young/old druggy hippies, who are more widespread and boring now than they were in 67).
Nah... sorry. I love that Dweezil is honoring the music, but this cover "don't make it." Where's the subversive quality, the musical invention... the fun? This is a bit straight, which I don't think captures the spirit of the song.
I have seen them twice and I must say that I was very suprised by their music, but it must be SAID that the HUMOR that belongs into THIS music is gone!
Don't get me wrong they played the songs very,very and I mean very good!
With some fantasy in these times there's a lot of stuff that could update the lyrics!!!
I mean when I want to hear the song's as the original Iplay the cd' s or watch the clip's in Youtube......
So Dweezil if you read this, keep up the good music and don't take it to serious
The great thing about Zappa music is if you look through the immense catalog of live music recordings, you will find 10 versions or more of the very same song, and each version is entirely different. FZ always changed orchestrations and arraingements of the music, so the fact that DZ's version is "different" only further shows the spirit of FZ's music. Rock on ZPZ!
@NJCycleDude Good observation you made but you missed my point! All I wanted to say is that Frank had an adittude that made me laugh and with all respect Dweezil doesn't. He just plays the Music(very good indeed!!!) but with no humor at all!! And that is what the music of Frank made it so special.
And again let me say that ZPZ play very, very good. I had 2 exellent evening's when I saw their shows........
yeah, i guess i'd cast my vote with the people that find this kind of atrocious. not that the musicians don't mean well or aren't abundantly talented, but this piece is essentially theatrical and it doesn't seem like anyone on stage really understands what the tone of the piece is or how to put it across anew. Too many years seem to separate the performers from the scrappy 'happenings' style of theater that Zappa's sixties work grew up in.
I'm afraid that this seems awfully dry and humorless. You can tell that this arrangement is taken straight from the 'Just Another Band From LA' album. They play it to a T, including all the spoken word parts.
And that's the trouble...if you listen to other live recordings from that era, it was much more spontaneous and improvised. The humor and wierdness is kind of lost the way this band plays it.
I would suggest dropping some acid and listening to billy the mountain that will sort you right out i did it 30 years ago and the world has been a diffeerent place ever since
Those making negative comments do not have a clue as to just how great this band is. They are incredibly tight and versatile ... and Dweezil has proved his greatness as a musician, and his dedication to the preservation and illumination of his father's music, introducing it to a generation that would otherwise not have heard it.
@jdadams very true statement.... first heard zappas music from this band... and they recreate it on such a high level that i'm really damn sure frank would have been proud
Who better to play Zappa than Zappa?!!!!? So what if it's not Frank. Dweezil is the only person who can put it together and pull it off. Damn right this music is difficult.
It's difficult to compose, rehearse, record and perform. Dweezil and company deserve much kudos for continuing to bring this music to us and their detractors deserve to shut up.
I attended Zappa day last week in Baltimore where they unveiled the bust of FZ donated by Vilnius, Lithuania... Wife Gail and 3 of the 4 kids were present. Dweezil and Diva's thank yous were both filled with visible emotion that required pauses in their remarks. ZPZ did a free concert after the presentation. This makes the 4th time i have seen the band and they are fantastic! No it's not FZ, but he would be honored to have such a tribute by his son...... Any father would!
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Haha, this is incredibly entertaining! A completely different side of music I haven't yet before seen! Why did all this time had to pass, before I stumbled across this magnificent diamond!?
Name me one of you funkin bludgers that would spend a month learning the music... let alone a week.
Sounds Like Australia - if anyone needs this music it's this backwater replica of the consuarvatarium of spewsic.
Dweezil, your the only light left in contemporary sounds - even if it's your old man's sounds. That's what family is for - can you adopt me so I can play drums?
Never cared for Frank Zappa's music, I think Dweezil is a perfect example of the student far exceeding the teacher. He is a better player by far. More refined. Frank was erratic and his music was crazy. No fusion, just all over the place.
@ninjajo11 Really, so Zappa was a great composer and musician. I never said he wasn't. What I did say is that his son is a better player than he was and that his music is erratic, his guitar playing was sloppy and all over the place. You can have your opinion, his music isn't appealing to a sane person. However, this I can tell you as a guitarist, Dweezil is a more polished player.
I saw this show, and it was too great to describe, Dweezil did nothing to make the songs or even part of them his own, just played them lik his father did and got extremely close
Any Body Who make a negative coment on any thing Daweezil and his awsome band dues to recreate Uncle Franks work is not a true Zappa fan. So any naysayers can kiss my **s and go to hell. Thanks Zappa Fanatic.
jemba 112. Relax dude. don't anal ize it too much. Like zallo 123 said, I'm glad someone is carrying on this music. and who better than Dweezil! FZ's own son. He is Frank's son, not Frank. I think he does a lot to recapture that funky sound. and he worked hard to be able to play FZ's guitar licks. The radio won't play FZ. there are no good cover bands, except ZPZ. So, enjoy, and don't try to believe it's FZ reincarnated. Just go with "it"! Bravo, Dweezil, and band. And Napolean!
Guys - seriously. I am a huge Zappa fan.But when I watch ZPZ, all I hear is a kind of 'guitar centre' version of Zappa's music. It's too clinical, too clean, sanitised. There is also a certain smugness about playing 'the music', which (ironically), given the lack of irony with which ZPZ play this, makes it a parody of itself. I get the impression that everybody says this is 'awesome' in order not to admit the awful reality that this just isn't 'it'. Opinions?
@jemba112 It is interesting that you refer to yourself as a huge Zappa fan yet could not be more totally wrong with your post. It indicates either that you have another agenda you are pursuing here or just haven't a clue .... Clearly you have not been to a ZPZ concert. If you had you would KNOW how humble Dweezil is. Even my wife who is not a fan of FZ's music was moved by that. His respect for his father is displayed by his reverence for his father's music. That is the whole point!!!
@Movin2MontanaSoon Dude, an opinion is an opinion. I wanted to ask others what they felt. It's true, my first gig will be in November. But I'm not questioning his humility or skill - it just feels like something is missing. I don't know what other agenda I might be pursuing (?) but suffice to say I will make a final judgement in a few months time!
@jemba112 Not questioning his humility? Really??? Please define smugness as you intended. Is something missing in a ZPZ concert? Sure... Frank! Seems obvious, but if you are questioning the integrity of ZPZ's treatment of the music then you are being foolish! Read the guitar magazine article published prior to the tour, read and/or listen to comments made by former FZ band members or current ZPZ band members. Music too clinical? BS! DZ can't be more demanding than FZ's standards!
@Movin2MontanaSoon Stop being an asshat and back off. I never questioned his integrity. From the videos I have seen, ZPZ just lacks a certain 'togetherness'. Perhaps it comes from performing material which isn't yours. And there is a difference between playing all the notes at the right time in the right order, and playing something which sounds like an organic whole, even if it was a bit more of a sloppy sound. Smugness - perhaps believing that the music, however brilliant, speaks for itself. x
@jemba112 Me? Don't write something stupid, ask for opinions, and then cry when you get them! Your smugness definition is bizarre. Shouldn't music speak for itself? So Dweezil shouldn't of put in the hours learning the music, attempting to recreate the guitars that FZ used, learn the fingering FZ used for the notes & chords? Should he have used less talented musicians? Not demanded them to learn the music? You would like it better if it was sloppy you say. Which are unnecessary to you?
@Movin2MontanaSoon I'm not crying. You write in a manner that makes you sound unpleasant. No, music never speaks for itself - I think of it as the difference between playing the music, and performing it. Dweezil plays the music. But you know, perhaps it's just a reflection of how good Frank was. Secondly, I am going to see ZPZ soon, I may change my mind. Now chill out.
@jemba112 hmm.... if your perception of my writing is anything like your perception of ZPZ.... lol.... I'm a happy guy... just hate to see something so wonderful as what Dweezil is doing, become tarnished by someone "claiming" to be a Zappa fan. This is more than just DZ putting in extraordinary amount of work to master difficult music ; it is about him honoring his father in the process and sharing FZs music with a new & younger audience. If you are missing that, then who is unpleasant?
@jemba112 I hope when you do see ZPZ that you still feel that Dweezil is "just a reflection of how great FZ was" I think Dweezil would feel good on many different levels if you left the concert thinking that..... I encourage you to watch the Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation DVD.... It is really cool to see Dweezil explaining his Dad's music. You will see a sweet kid who loves and admires his dad.... Any dad would be proud to have a son like that. Anybody witnessing it should feel good too!
@jemba112 It is not fair to expect you to feel as i do about ZPZ Jemba, but I just watched a couple videos i hope you will check out that may give you a better perspective.... One is the Terry Bozzio interview on ZPZ and the other vid is Dweezil dedicating his Grammy to his Dad.....both may explain my perspective better than my words have.... Anyway man, enjoy the concert. As FZ would say "Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something."
I grew up with Zappa... not saddened... happy Dweezle is carrying on the family tradition.... yanno .... brown shoes don't make it... billy was a mountain....magdalena
just glad to have been... enlightened... cause... as a kid in So Cal.... not San Bernadino... we loved Frank... especially in concert..
I'm split down the middle with Frank Zappa: Either I find his stuff amazing ("Hot rats", most of "Freak Out") or just painful (like this one). I assembled my own 1 hour worth of Best of Zappa that - in the end - makes me conclude he was a genius either way. I wish he was around to do a number on "American Idol."
Saw Dweezil's band last evening(July 5/10) in Moncton, N.B. One of the tightest bands i've ever seen, playing some of the most complicated music i've ever heard. I've been a FZ fan since buying Waka Jawaka when i was 13. Only bought it because it was the weirdest looking LP in the store. Knew nothing about the music. Wow what a place to start. Thanks Dweezil. A hell of a show. Inca Roads was fantastic.
AMAZING show at the Roseland Theater in Portland OR, last night. The highlight for me was the Blue Light and Wild Love. I never thought in my lifetime I would hear a live rendition of that song and performed w/ amazing execution. All I can say is hats off to Dweezil for essentially creating the greatest cover band on planet earth.
All in all it was a good show last night (Mcdonald Theater in Eugene OR). It was great to hear Purple Lagoon, Little House I used to Live in, Blue Light, Easy Meat, Keep it Greasy, & Pick me I'm clean. As far as the solos went everyone sounded great but the highlight for me was Jamie Kime. I never realized how much he is influenced by Eric Johnson. He obviously has seriously studied his approach. All in all a great show.
I'm leaving my room at the Travel Inn in Eugene OR in 20 minutes to go see these guys at the Mcdonald theater. YEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW!!!! Then tomorrow I'm seeing them in PORTLAND OR, THEN IN SEATTLE THE NEXT NIGHT THEN IN VANCOUVER BC ON TUESDAY NIGHT :D :D :D
it's a blood good preformance but I feel the tempo was a Little bit Slow for this piece but then again it's stupidly hard music to play so good on them
I'm all for Dweezil using his father's music to make a living....i think it's exactly what Frank had in mind for it.....i just found it strange that they had a chick singing.....i've never seen/heard an instance when he had a female vocal in a song.....besides Dale Bozzio or the Ike-ettes......and Dweezil needs to get knocked off stage and hurt his larynx...drop his voice a 3rd......he sounds like hes 16....and their is a lack of spontaneity, that was KEY to those Flo and Eddie routines....
you know, as i watch these videos and read the comments, i'm saddened by all the negative comments. no, dweezil isn't frank but, as amusician, i can fully appreciate what they have done. this music is very difficult to play and i think they do an awesome job! it's meant to be an homage to frank, not a betterment. for those naysayers out there i can only imagine you have no idea what it takes to perform this music at this level
@jtigsy I went to Dweezil's gig last year and people love what he is doing. I know he's aware of the Zappa fanaticism and it takes alot of courage and skill to do what he's done. God bless him.
@jtigsy This IS the real deal! I just went to my first ZPZ show. It's obvious that Dweezil went to great lengths to accurately reproduce his dad's music. The best part is that these shows are usually in smaller venues. Very intimate. Read the reviews on the ZPZ blog site. Band members frequently "meet and greet" after the show. I went to the Niagara Falls show and met Dweezil afterward. You could tell he was tired but he was very cordial, chatted, took pictures. Really cool.
@jtigsy Most of the morons bashing the video are in no position to criticize. When these cretins produce something better than ZPZ, they might have grounds to bash ZPZ. The crux of the biscuit is, the cretins who bash are little more than no-loads who likely have produced nothing of value on their own for others to critique, and probably never will. Frank would have appreciated the efforts made to honor his music. Any artist would.
I don't agree with this. You say that the only way one can justly criticize someone's works is for the criticizer to put a work of his/her own out there which matches or surpasses the work in question in quality. I think this is false, because when someone puts a work of his/her own "out there," the main end is the feedback to be received from the public. No one can justly say "This is crap. I can and have done much better" if this is false, but it's perfectly fine to say "This is crap."
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After about a minute I had to stop. I just. I just had to stop. I hate it so much. You're not the mothers, you'll never be the mothers. Its so bad. :(
Fantabulous!! This is what I call an album is.. And know what you can download the entire album for free at DownloadMusic/./im, just remove the slashes guys..
sorry, saw dweezil do this. he sucks in comparison. SUCKS. further. look at how old the people are in his band. Frank played with kids. I'll tell ya, that's why his band sucks. Most of Franks shows looked like amatuer night but still sounded good and somehow these did the opposite. There's no flavour. Why doesn't dweezil do something he's not so close to. It doesn't even look fun.
Sorry you are so dissapointed in this version of "call any vegetable" In MY opinion,This is almost the exact version of the one I first heard 15 years ago on a late night radio show. I think it shows excelent tallent and composure by the late masters offspring, Thisisnt meant to be an original,but a cover.
Reading these comments people completely missed the message. Probably too worried about the lydian scale or their cónstant comparing of better as/not as good as bla ....
I love that song, I love the humor, and Dweezil is absolutely right saying: if there is anybody out there who doesn´t agree with that it´s fucking great to be alive will get very down by watching this show.
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flankdrive45 1 month ago
Stamos plays Zappa
Encephalotrigeminal 2 months ago
gonna see dweezil tomorrow night. can't wait
Zeppelinguy666 2 months ago
@Zeppelinguy666 soooo lucky
MrFirthguy 2 months ago
@MrFirthguy yeah it was amazing haha
Zeppelinguy666 2 months ago
@Zeppelinguy666 i really wish i could go to one of his shows
MrFirthguy 2 months ago
@MrFirthguy he comes to the uk once a year i think. well he has done the past 2-3 years... they are briliant though
Zeppelinguy666 2 months ago
@Zeppelinguy666 i have no idea if he ever comes to canada though ya frank was amazing so it would be amazing to go one of his shows
MrFirthguy 2 months ago
I saw this band play live... amazingly tight. And no that's not Mike Portnoy (though i'm sure Portnoy would be perfectly capable of playing in Dweezil's band, after all i'm sure he can read music... Dweezil isn't nearly versatile enough himself to play for his dad imho). Its a guy called Joe Travers who i'm sure you've heard but never heard of.
shaggyhiggins 2 months ago
Pity the Dweez hasn't the Frank mocking voice.
Don't like this at all. Well wide of the spirit and inventiveness.
The more years that go by, the sharper the first albums become.
The early stuff moved so deceptively fast. Frank always recognised musicians' strengths and pushed them. The humo(u)r was the overspew of that excitement.
Love Z P Z. Gotta work out if I've got the cash to go and seem em six weeks time.
My girl, ten. is into ZPZ, The Dan, Little Feat. I suppose I better get there!
WackaJawacka 3 months ago
@Loewra827 And no Bozzio ofcourse, who is in my opinion one of the better drummers Zappa ever had.
PhilosopherOnWeed 4 months ago
shonuff looks like Portnoy to me..voice is unique.
labyrinthcorridor 4 months ago
Is that Mike Portnoy?
91UnclesRemuses 5 months ago
@91UnclesRemuses No...Portnoy is by far not versatile enough to play in a Zappa ''tribute'' band.
PhilosopherOnWeed 4 months ago
@PhilosopherOnWeed
Poppycock. He would be able to play in a Zappa tribute band, it just wouldn't be perfect.
Fluffypopcicle 4 months ago
Quit arguing already and tell me where I can download mp3's of zappa on zappa. And Frank Zappa as well...
magicmary25 5 months ago
fucking love zappa
CouldYouImagine 5 months ago
Dweezil sure is a great perfomer, but his father, was a great musician. Big difference.
Like it anyways.
HelenVanRoy 6 months ago
@HelenVanRoy Who cares...
Guitareben 6 months ago
@Guitareben what i think he was trying to say was, Dweezil is excellent and keeps his father's legend alive, but his father was one of the greatest performers in history.
PuddingAtheist 5 months ago
@PuddingAtheist so it's a competition now is it?
stop with the shallow comparisms and enjoy it for what' it's intended for
Osifuwa 5 months ago
@Osifuwa I NEVER SAID IT WAS A COMPETITION! You are the one comparing. You are the one saying that Dweezil is great and who cares about Frank. And whenever someone even mentions Frank's name you scoff at them. i never said that i hated Dweezil or anything. WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH WHAT I SAID AND HOW IS IT SHALLOW!? I said he was an excellent performer. What the hell is wrong with you. I am enjoying it. I was just interpreting what HelenVanRoy said, so you don't have to be a douchebag
PuddingAtheist 5 months ago
@Osifuwa SERIOUSLY!? How am i being shallow. I just said that Dweezil was excellent. HOW IS THAT SHALLOW? I didn't even compare them. Zappa plays Zappa is a tribute band for Frank Zappa. That's fact. THAT'S NOT COMPARISON.
PuddingAtheist 5 months ago
I agree, saw them before. Best cover band daddys money can buy. But they still dont got the talent. Go see a Turtles show. Flo and Eddy still got it.
MsROCKCHIK 6 months ago
Excellent camera and editing!
GinsingSullivan 6 months ago
I'd rather listen to Just Another Band. Quite FRANKLY, ZPZ is a cover band. Ironic that their website says "accept no substitutes"
csimon86 7 months ago
@csimon86 I'd rather listen to ZPZ ... each to there own :D
Guitareben 6 months ago
@csimon86 maybe they WERE trying to be ironic
mohawk1020 5 months ago
And Dweezil should never sing.
murcuryvapor 8 months ago
As Frank put it: Death by Nostalgia.
murcuryvapor 8 months ago
ohh and btw. does anyone know what drumheads travers is playing in this video
c0d3x001 8 months ago
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love his voice, mostly in Lucille thou
SIXXION 8 months ago
love his voice, mostly in Lucille thou
SIXXION 8 months ago
love bhis voice, mostly in Lucille thou
SIXXION 8 months ago
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satellitetune 8 months ago
every time I see zpz band I take someone new and their responce after the show is always the same...they want to know the next time they're in town because they are nnow fans of frank's music and the ZPZ BAND. Don't miss them folks.
dbacksmark 8 months ago
every time I see zpz band I take someone new and their responce after the show is always the same...they want to know the next time they're in town because they are nnow fans of frank's music and the ZPZ BAND. Don't miss them folks.
dbacksmark 8 months ago
no doubt about it, Frank was God, so surely Dweezil must be Jesus
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@MasterGrothicka That's cool! following in the Father's footsteps! (I met his Father, interviewing him years ago...cause...I am an Angel...eh eh eh)
Smiles from the West coast,
Melody Fox (aka the Princess of Rock and...blue Angel in blue)
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melodyfoxdj 5 months ago
I caught Frank live and the crowd response was this,,, when at other concerts there would be clapping and cheering, the crowd sat quiet jaws dropped, out of respect!!! The band was so tight, tight, TIGHT!!! Only at the last couple of tunes did they begin to give it up. ,,,,And Dweezil,,,Your band carries on that tradition! Screw "GretchenDawntreader"! I didn't have to see your face, I only had to listen to know what it was! It was and is ZAPPA!!!!
DrSprockets 9 months ago
fuck, this isn't Zappa. I want Zappa.
GretchenDawntreader 9 months ago
@GretchenDawntreader It is indeed Zappa... you mean it's not Frank
thrashmetalkills 8 months ago
TY Dweezil for doing your Dad proud -- great!!!! he was taken too soon but his music lives on in you!!!!!!!!!
9jezzi 9 months ago
Frank wrote orchestral music which he would never play as part of a live set and nobody complains (ask Vaclav Havel ), Frank is gone and his children celebrate his music, enjoy the fact that the music is still being played, several times I saw the wonderful Jimmy Carl Back with Scouse Zappa tribute band ,the Muffin Men singing "Love of my life", it wasn't the Mothers but it was keeping Frank's music alive.
Fireperv 10 months ago
me: mom wheres dad's pistol?
mom: in the drawer. why?
me: im going to kill 10 people.
mom: okay, are you going alone?
me: no i have 405 more people with me
amitai1998 10 months ago
It is so fucking great this music was made on planet earth... thanks Frank !!
lexrelaxful 10 months ago
yeah frank says 'call any' of which they're ARE MANY!!!
MrBurninCross 10 months ago
dweezil just ain't got the spirits!
ringowasbest 11 months ago
@ringowasbest but the black man does : ) he's awesome
drumfrmartin 10 months ago
@drumfrmartin Napoleon Murphy Brock, yes. good man!
ringowasbest 10 months ago
@ringowasbest Napoleon bought me a Corona at Cicero's in St.Louis .He was touring with Project Object.
We hung out and i was dancing with Ike's sister back stage and drinking beers with his nephew. greatest time in my life .
chungazrevenge 10 months ago
@ringowasbest Oh bullshit, Dweezil's totally awesome.....shut up and go watch Beyonce.
TeenCretin 9 months ago
I can see both sides of these arguments - this is excellently played and I really enjoyed seeing ZPZ live, although it does sort of miss the point, but then again what could Dweezil do? To use Frank's phrase - 'the eyebrows' are missing. I saw Frank on every UK tour from '77 - the first time was when they were recording 'Sheik Yerbouti' at Hammersmith. At that time I must have owned 20+ of his albums, yet he played a 2 1/2 hour show where I recognized about three songs.
adamg709 11 months ago
10 people could not get ahold of the vegetables
MikenomeD 11 months ago
This is perhaps the best place to highlight why having a chick in the band might be a problem. Frank, Flo and Eddie, et al, DID bring a sense of goofy satire and boys making poo poo jokes about poo poo jokes, and the joke within a joke within the satire edge can get lost on tuens like this. This is SUPPOSED to be goofy. And snarfy. And, played as Well and it is, and is, or played as Accomplished as it, and it is, does, in fact, miss the point.
ChynaRider 1 year ago
@ChynaRider you are looking into it way too much. its being played by a different band, it will never be the same as the original.
BCmountainDriver 11 months ago
wicked fucking band... But Ruth on xylo was hotter... lol
oleomilani 1 year ago
that babe's voice sounds like she would kick my sorry ass.....i love her!
2Funky4me 1 year ago
Omg this is so amazing!!!! long live zappa!
baddogs63 1 year ago
i want to go on this concert... I WANT TO GO ON THIS COOOOOOOOOOOONCCCERT...
pedalla 1 year ago
What is wrong with this version? It less chaotic than the original and better played- thats down to technology - same satire- just as relevant today. (still taking the p*ss out of the self-obsessed young/old druggy hippies, who are more widespread and boring now than they were in 67).
koptaman 1 year ago
what? haha
philnoll 1 year ago
Nah... sorry. I love that Dweezil is honoring the music, but this cover "don't make it." Where's the subversive quality, the musical invention... the fun? This is a bit straight, which I don't think captures the spirit of the song.
Mitchla 1 year ago
so awesome
addyr100 1 year ago
I wasn't so much of a fan of Dweezil--but this awesome!!!--he rules!
Pravindaswani74 1 year ago
Man, loved their show monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Worth seeing
emi141001 1 year ago
I have seen them twice and I must say that I was very suprised by their music, but it must be SAID that the HUMOR that belongs into THIS music is gone!
Don't get me wrong they played the songs very,very and I mean very good!
With some fantasy in these times there's a lot of stuff that could update the lyrics!!!
I mean when I want to hear the song's as the original Iplay the cd' s or watch the clip's in Youtube......
So Dweezil if you read this, keep up the good music and don't take it to serious
funkempfang 1 year ago
@funkempfang
The great thing about Zappa music is if you look through the immense catalog of live music recordings, you will find 10 versions or more of the very same song, and each version is entirely different. FZ always changed orchestrations and arraingements of the music, so the fact that DZ's version is "different" only further shows the spirit of FZ's music. Rock on ZPZ!
NJCycleDude 1 year ago
@NJCycleDude Good observation you made but you missed my point! All I wanted to say is that Frank had an adittude that made me laugh and with all respect Dweezil doesn't. He just plays the Music(very good indeed!!!) but with no humor at all!! And that is what the music of Frank made it so special.
And again let me say that ZPZ play very, very good. I had 2 exellent evening's when I saw their shows........
funkempfang 1 year ago
@funkempfang
Agreed. Dweezil does NOT have his late father's charisma. I don't know if anyone ever would.
NJCycleDude 1 year ago
@NJCycleDude you're such a loser for saying that
BCmountainDriver 11 months ago
yeah, i guess i'd cast my vote with the people that find this kind of atrocious. not that the musicians don't mean well or aren't abundantly talented, but this piece is essentially theatrical and it doesn't seem like anyone on stage really understands what the tone of the piece is or how to put it across anew. Too many years seem to separate the performers from the scrappy 'happenings' style of theater that Zappa's sixties work grew up in.
supineny 1 year ago
I'm afraid that this seems awfully dry and humorless. You can tell that this arrangement is taken straight from the 'Just Another Band From LA' album. They play it to a T, including all the spoken word parts.
And that's the trouble...if you listen to other live recordings from that era, it was much more spontaneous and improvised. The humor and wierdness is kind of lost the way this band plays it.
unknownkingdom 1 year ago
By the way, thanks for the video :)
emi141001 1 year ago
.I love it and I'm going to see them december 13th...Yeeaahhhh!!!
emi141001 1 year ago
@emi141001
vais ver uma bela merda!!!!
hairpie00 1 year ago
@emi141001 I'm seeing them on Dec. 16th in Albany, NY - can't wait
upst8 1 year ago
I would suggest dropping some acid and listening to billy the mountain that will sort you right out i did it 30 years ago and the world has been a diffeerent place ever since
DRevilfinger 1 year ago
Those making negative comments do not have a clue as to just how great this band is. They are incredibly tight and versatile ... and Dweezil has proved his greatness as a musician, and his dedication to the preservation and illumination of his father's music, introducing it to a generation that would otherwise not have heard it.
jdadams 1 year ago 39
@jdadams very true statement.... first heard zappas music from this band... and they recreate it on such a high level that i'm really damn sure frank would have been proud
c0d3x001 8 months ago 6
Plastic
senna01 1 year ago
Can anybody name each of the musicians in this clip?
jojokerus 1 year ago
Who better to play Zappa than Zappa?!!!!? So what if it's not Frank. Dweezil is the only person who can put it together and pull it off. Damn right this music is difficult.
It's difficult to compose, rehearse, record and perform. Dweezil and company deserve much kudos for continuing to bring this music to us and their detractors deserve to shut up.
slayerdug 1 year ago
this is ZAPPA at its best!
pedrozappa 1 year ago
I attended Zappa day last week in Baltimore where they unveiled the bust of FZ donated by Vilnius, Lithuania... Wife Gail and 3 of the 4 kids were present. Dweezil and Diva's thank yous were both filled with visible emotion that required pauses in their remarks. ZPZ did a free concert after the presentation. This makes the 4th time i have seen the band and they are fantastic! No it's not FZ, but he would be honored to have such a tribute by his son...... Any father would!
Movin2MontanaSoon 1 year ago
This is such a fun song. I would love to watch this live in concert.
countroshculla 1 year ago
Dweezil el hijo terrible violero
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Dfrankjazz 1 year ago
zz top baby!....Dweezil's dad would have proud!
edward892 1 year ago
Haha, this is incredibly entertaining! A completely different side of music I haven't yet before seen! Why did all this time had to pass, before I stumbled across this magnificent diamond!?
Sawkawraw 1 year ago
Name me one of you funkin bludgers that would spend a month learning the music... let alone a week.
Sounds Like Australia - if anyone needs this music it's this backwater replica of the consuarvatarium of spewsic.
Dweezil, your the only light left in contemporary sounds - even if it's your old man's sounds. That's what family is for - can you adopt me so I can play drums?
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richmachine67 1 year ago
Never cared for Frank Zappa's music, I think Dweezil is a perfect example of the student far exceeding the teacher. He is a better player by far. More refined. Frank was erratic and his music was crazy. No fusion, just all over the place.
ninjajo11 1 year ago
@ninjajo11 Haha you clearly don't know what you're talking about;)
n3crophobic 1 year ago
@ninjajo11 Really, so Zappa was a great composer and musician. I never said he wasn't. What I did say is that his son is a better player than he was and that his music is erratic, his guitar playing was sloppy and all over the place. You can have your opinion, his music isn't appealing to a sane person. However, this I can tell you as a guitarist, Dweezil is a more polished player.
ninjajo11 1 year ago
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ninjajo11 1 year ago
I love it when vegetables respond!
bwanna23 1 year ago
I saw this show, and it was too great to describe, Dweezil did nothing to make the songs or even part of them his own, just played them lik his father did and got extremely close
Leifura 1 year ago
Any Body Who make a negative coment on any thing Daweezil and his awsome band dues to recreate Uncle Franks work is not a true Zappa fan. So any naysayers can kiss my **s and go to hell. Thanks Zappa Fanatic.
jackmccord13 1 year ago
jemba 112. Relax dude. don't anal ize it too much. Like zallo 123 said, I'm glad someone is carrying on this music. and who better than Dweezil! FZ's own son. He is Frank's son, not Frank. I think he does a lot to recapture that funky sound. and he worked hard to be able to play FZ's guitar licks. The radio won't play FZ. there are no good cover bands, except ZPZ. So, enjoy, and don't try to believe it's FZ reincarnated. Just go with "it"! Bravo, Dweezil, and band. And Napolean!
arklat 1 year ago
Guys - seriously. I am a huge Zappa fan.But when I watch ZPZ, all I hear is a kind of 'guitar centre' version of Zappa's music. It's too clinical, too clean, sanitised. There is also a certain smugness about playing 'the music', which (ironically), given the lack of irony with which ZPZ play this, makes it a parody of itself. I get the impression that everybody says this is 'awesome' in order not to admit the awful reality that this just isn't 'it'. Opinions?
jemba112 1 year ago
@jemba112 It is interesting that you refer to yourself as a huge Zappa fan yet could not be more totally wrong with your post. It indicates either that you have another agenda you are pursuing here or just haven't a clue .... Clearly you have not been to a ZPZ concert. If you had you would KNOW how humble Dweezil is. Even my wife who is not a fan of FZ's music was moved by that. His respect for his father is displayed by his reverence for his father's music. That is the whole point!!!
Movin2MontanaSoon 1 year ago
@Movin2MontanaSoon Dude, an opinion is an opinion. I wanted to ask others what they felt. It's true, my first gig will be in November. But I'm not questioning his humility or skill - it just feels like something is missing. I don't know what other agenda I might be pursuing (?) but suffice to say I will make a final judgement in a few months time!
jemba112 1 year ago
@jemba112 Not questioning his humility? Really??? Please define smugness as you intended. Is something missing in a ZPZ concert? Sure... Frank! Seems obvious, but if you are questioning the integrity of ZPZ's treatment of the music then you are being foolish! Read the guitar magazine article published prior to the tour, read and/or listen to comments made by former FZ band members or current ZPZ band members. Music too clinical? BS! DZ can't be more demanding than FZ's standards!
Movin2MontanaSoon 1 year ago
@Movin2MontanaSoon Stop being an asshat and back off. I never questioned his integrity. From the videos I have seen, ZPZ just lacks a certain 'togetherness'. Perhaps it comes from performing material which isn't yours. And there is a difference between playing all the notes at the right time in the right order, and playing something which sounds like an organic whole, even if it was a bit more of a sloppy sound. Smugness - perhaps believing that the music, however brilliant, speaks for itself. x
jemba112 1 year ago
@jemba112 Me? Don't write something stupid, ask for opinions, and then cry when you get them! Your smugness definition is bizarre. Shouldn't music speak for itself? So Dweezil shouldn't of put in the hours learning the music, attempting to recreate the guitars that FZ used, learn the fingering FZ used for the notes & chords? Should he have used less talented musicians? Not demanded them to learn the music? You would like it better if it was sloppy you say. Which are unnecessary to you?
Movin2MontanaSoon 1 year ago
@Movin2MontanaSoon I'm not crying. You write in a manner that makes you sound unpleasant. No, music never speaks for itself - I think of it as the difference between playing the music, and performing it. Dweezil plays the music. But you know, perhaps it's just a reflection of how good Frank was. Secondly, I am going to see ZPZ soon, I may change my mind. Now chill out.
jemba112 1 year ago
@jemba112 hmm.... if your perception of my writing is anything like your perception of ZPZ.... lol.... I'm a happy guy... just hate to see something so wonderful as what Dweezil is doing, become tarnished by someone "claiming" to be a Zappa fan. This is more than just DZ putting in extraordinary amount of work to master difficult music ; it is about him honoring his father in the process and sharing FZs music with a new & younger audience. If you are missing that, then who is unpleasant?
Movin2MontanaSoon 1 year ago
@jemba112 I hope when you do see ZPZ that you still feel that Dweezil is "just a reflection of how great FZ was" I think Dweezil would feel good on many different levels if you left the concert thinking that..... I encourage you to watch the Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation DVD.... It is really cool to see Dweezil explaining his Dad's music. You will see a sweet kid who loves and admires his dad.... Any dad would be proud to have a son like that. Anybody witnessing it should feel good too!
Movin2MontanaSoon 1 year ago
@jemba112 It is not fair to expect you to feel as i do about ZPZ Jemba, but I just watched a couple videos i hope you will check out that may give you a better perspective.... One is the Terry Bozzio interview on ZPZ and the other vid is Dweezil dedicating his Grammy to his Dad.....both may explain my perspective better than my words have.... Anyway man, enjoy the concert. As FZ would say "Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something."
Movin2MontanaSoon 1 year ago
I grew up with Zappa... not saddened... happy Dweezle is carrying on the family tradition.... yanno .... brown shoes don't make it... billy was a mountain....magdalena
just glad to have been... enlightened... cause... as a kid in So Cal.... not San Bernadino... we loved Frank... especially in concert..
zaloo123 1 year ago
great!
cosciansky 1 year ago
I'm split down the middle with Frank Zappa: Either I find his stuff amazing ("Hot rats", most of "Freak Out") or just painful (like this one). I assembled my own 1 hour worth of Best of Zappa that - in the end - makes me conclude he was a genius either way. I wish he was around to do a number on "American Idol."
PicnicHikeMusic 1 year ago
Saw Dweezil's band last evening(July 5/10) in Moncton, N.B. One of the tightest bands i've ever seen, playing some of the most complicated music i've ever heard. I've been a FZ fan since buying Waka Jawaka when i was 13. Only bought it because it was the weirdest looking LP in the store. Knew nothing about the music. Wow what a place to start. Thanks Dweezil. A hell of a show. Inca Roads was fantastic.
toastedmonkee 1 year ago
I'm seeing them tomorrow night - SO STOKED!!!!!
TheOvermaster 1 year ago
seein dweezil this sunday in Atlantic City, oh yeah baby
hmtaylor7 1 year ago
some girls had a call with vegetables.i'm writing what i'm thinking
RaerY1959 1 year ago
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RaerY1959 1 year ago
The most negative comments come from The Zappa Family Trust who threaten
all the great alumni of the Mothers and all musicians who were keeping Zappa's
music alive while Dweezle was hoping you'd buy a copy of Shampoo Horn.
You have a copy of it don't you......
sherriffofhongkong 1 year ago
I really like this-its the Music i grow up, i was a young Boy ! To bad they are not in Austria....Realy cool Stuff !!
1963MatMat 1 year ago
the vegetable didn't respond :( but awesome song!
TheNivKo 1 year ago
AMAZING show at the Roseland Theater in Portland OR, last night. The highlight for me was the Blue Light and Wild Love. I never thought in my lifetime I would hear a live rendition of that song and performed w/ amazing execution. All I can say is hats off to Dweezil for essentially creating the greatest cover band on planet earth.
chmkla 1 year ago
All in all it was a good show last night (Mcdonald Theater in Eugene OR). It was great to hear Purple Lagoon, Little House I used to Live in, Blue Light, Easy Meat, Keep it Greasy, & Pick me I'm clean. As far as the solos went everyone sounded great but the highlight for me was Jamie Kime. I never realized how much he is influenced by Eric Johnson. He obviously has seriously studied his approach. All in all a great show.
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chmkla 1 year ago
I'm leaving my room at the Travel Inn in Eugene OR in 20 minutes to go see these guys at the Mcdonald theater. YEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW!!!! Then tomorrow I'm seeing them in PORTLAND OR, THEN IN SEATTLE THE NEXT NIGHT THEN IN VANCOUVER BC ON TUESDAY NIGHT :D :D :D
WHAT WOULD YOU DO, FRANKIE???????
PS My wife is the GREATEST PERSON ON EARTH, EVER.
chmkla 1 year ago
he was at the fox in boulder and i heard he was awesome and i didn't get to see him!
HPJoker 1 year ago
Oh Man/Woman...thanks for the post. They did that one of my favorite FZ songs masterfully.
ubda1 1 year ago
dweezil loved his father and wants his music to live on !!
lynncoombes 1 year ago
I miss you Frank...but your music still have wings to fly in the sky.
asenhoradofalcao 1 year ago
Frank would definitly be proud.
fugstik 1 year ago 31
Dweezil, you are just Great!! The DVD is amazing!!
The old man would be proud, man! Congratulations!
morazbr 1 year ago
wow and I thought I was the only one,
frknlakeside 1 year ago
Freaking Awesome!
TheEtzman 1 year ago
it's a blood good preformance but I feel the tempo was a Little bit Slow for this piece but then again it's stupidly hard music to play so good on them
TheKeswickGallagher 1 year ago
Dweezil Zappa still makes his dad proud. Me also.
shirleyz29 1 year ago
Good Ole Napoleon 'effin' Murphy Brock
dnteatylwsno 1 year ago
Bravo! Eddie are you kidding? Bravo!
palenquecat 1 year ago
XD Theres a rule about zappas songs , the songs cant have less sense than the lyrics
ZupraVisor 1 year ago
Compare this live to 1972 and it is note for note! No shit. They do an outstanding job!
swaimb 1 year ago 2
AHHH WHO GIVES A FUCK ANYWAYS
dakarus 1 year ago
An whats wrong with a "Woman" playin with the band ?
mogsydog 1 year ago
An whats wrong with a "Woman" playin with the band ?
mogsydog 1 year ago
An whats wrong with a "Woman" playin with the band ?
mogsydog 1 year ago
I love this,Dweezil has done a fantastic job of interpreting his dads music.... if ya dont like it , theres a lot of Franks music on here....
mogsydog 1 year ago
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lstierney 1 year ago
Whats the name of this DVD?
Any ones got a link with a pic?
Thanks!
LarsenAudun 1 year ago
I'm all for Dweezil using his father's music to make a living....i think it's exactly what Frank had in mind for it.....i just found it strange that they had a chick singing.....i've never seen/heard an instance when he had a female vocal in a song.....besides Dale Bozzio or the Ike-ettes......and Dweezil needs to get knocked off stage and hurt his larynx...drop his voice a 3rd......he sounds like hes 16....and their is a lack of spontaneity, that was KEY to those Flo and Eddie routines....
jippedo 1 year ago
Saw them in Edinburgh - amazing
lstierney 1 year ago
c'est génial
filipo71470 1 year ago
I did not see the zappa on zappa tour when it came thru town. sorry i missed it.
dweezil looks like dad.
JackSchytt 1 year ago
no frank but still great music. His sons doing his dads music justice for sure. Cant wait to go see them this summer
SativaBeliver 1 year ago
I think ZPZ is pretty awesome, a great homage to franks music, I just got the live DVD and I really like it.
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Valerio960 1 year ago
Great to see Napoleon again.
isaacbh78 1 year ago
3:56 put me in a rocket and sent me to mars.
angie4josh 1 year ago
"Don't forget to register to vote"
2simple4words 1 year ago
So, cool. I registered to vote for the first time when I was 18 at a show in'88.
swaimb 1 year ago
Check out 3:29-4:31
2simple4words 1 year ago
you know, as i watch these videos and read the comments, i'm saddened by all the negative comments. no, dweezil isn't frank but, as amusician, i can fully appreciate what they have done. this music is very difficult to play and i think they do an awesome job! it's meant to be an homage to frank, not a betterment. for those naysayers out there i can only imagine you have no idea what it takes to perform this music at this level
jtigsy 1 year ago 60
amen
i saw dweezil live at prognation09 at the greek and he ripped it up, almost showed up dream theater.
frank would be proud
robertcuthbert 1 year ago
totally agree, they were on fire at pn09!
maraaram 1 year ago
@jtigsy I went to Dweezil's gig last year and people love what he is doing. I know he's aware of the Zappa fanaticism and it takes alot of courage and skill to do what he's done. God bless him.
stargate669 1 year ago
@jtigsy I totally agree.....
thespewking 1 year ago
@jtigsy I mean, my God, Dweezil learned guitar parts originally meant for ONLY marimba. That should be impossible.
capnwinters 1 year ago
@jtigsy This IS the real deal! I just went to my first ZPZ show. It's obvious that Dweezil went to great lengths to accurately reproduce his dad's music. The best part is that these shows are usually in smaller venues. Very intimate. Read the reviews on the ZPZ blog site. Band members frequently "meet and greet" after the show. I went to the Niagara Falls show and met Dweezil afterward. You could tell he was tired but he was very cordial, chatted, took pictures. Really cool.
twinsmm1 1 year ago
@jtigsy Your comment is on the top for a reason. And its a bloody good one mate. Cheers, moondog.
moondog450 1 year ago
@jtigsy i'm in ur camp, frank would've been proud!
leekeehin 1 year ago
@jtigsy Most of the morons bashing the video are in no position to criticize. When these cretins produce something better than ZPZ, they might have grounds to bash ZPZ. The crux of the biscuit is, the cretins who bash are little more than no-loads who likely have produced nothing of value on their own for others to critique, and probably never will. Frank would have appreciated the efforts made to honor his music. Any artist would.
MongoLloydd 1 year ago
I don't agree with this. You say that the only way one can justly criticize someone's works is for the criticizer to put a work of his/her own out there which matches or surpasses the work in question in quality. I think this is false, because when someone puts a work of his/her own "out there," the main end is the feedback to be received from the public. No one can justly say "This is crap. I can and have done much better" if this is false, but it's perfectly fine to say "This is crap."
senorvolasco 1 year ago
@jtigsy
i agree zappa wrote some amazing but very complex music lol some of the best music i've ever heard none the less!!
Fbmastahhevyb 1 year ago
This is great stuff!
swaimb 2 years ago
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After about a minute I had to stop. I just. I just had to stop. I hate it so much. You're not the mothers, you'll never be the mothers. Its so bad. :(
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mangcv125847 2 years ago
sorry, saw dweezil do this. he sucks in comparison. SUCKS. further. look at how old the people are in his band. Frank played with kids. I'll tell ya, that's why his band sucks. Most of Franks shows looked like amatuer night but still sounded good and somehow these did the opposite. There's no flavour. Why doesn't dweezil do something he's not so close to. It doesn't even look fun.
joshwik 2 years ago
Sorry you are so dissapointed in this version of "call any vegetable" In MY opinion,This is almost the exact version of the one I first heard 15 years ago on a late night radio show. I think it shows excelent tallent and composure by the late masters offspring, Thisisnt meant to be an original,but a cover.
richbonnie220 2 years ago 2
pretty tight band. good job.
Flunder 2 years ago
As a paraphrase of Zappa this is very (no, very very) good. Music, Message, Humor, Theater... it's almost all there. I love it!
dkjayjay 2 years ago
Reading these comments people completely missed the message. Probably too worried about the lydian scale or their cónstant comparing of better as/not as good as bla ....
I love that song, I love the humor, and Dweezil is absolutely right saying: if there is anybody out there who doesn´t agree with that it´s fucking great to be alive will get very down by watching this show.
Your comments proof him right, folks.
Trendmunger 2 years ago 17