31.10.85 AM Philadelphia usa tv pt1

[TaylorConrad8098]

I love how they always have the most straight laced boring looking people interviewing him 

[gamecubeclock]

If music and words are as "evil" and "powerful" as they keep saying, then Zappa's Bobby Brown Goes Down turned me into a sado-masochistic homosexual.

[Algernon3]

"I'll be Tipper." Funny.

[bigboxbobby2]

Frank Zappa - this limey will never forget you.

[adamg709]

I bought my first Zappa record in 1971 when I was 11 - I never stopped listening to him. I never saw this interview before and like happens with many of these clip from the US that are turning up on youtube, I am almost in tears. Miss you Frank.

[muthashipconxon]

continuing my comment:

sex sells, but who's buying? I for one wouldn't want to be manipulated into thinking about that lady's "sugar walls" (as I was when i read the lyrics and saw the clip). but I also wouldn't have needed a rating system to tell me that, since I wouldn't be buying "music" like that, either.

[muthashipconxon]

That Sheena Easton clip is horrible, and is definitely neither music nor art. it is a commercial product, as Frank continuously said in these interviews. it's a product designed by the industry, marketed to people, who's ignorance is relied on to not notice that the product itself is a form of manipulation to make them want to purchase it.  it appears to be marketed to lonely young men, or at least men in general, preying upon their sexual fantasies with provocative 'lyrics'.

[MrLosfuegos]

The zappa with short hair, and a suite should have been president.

Not only was he a musical genius, he could also think better than most politicians.

[abbycat1965]

@MrLosfuegos Frank couldn't be president,He was too honest and he told the truth.

[Kitsua]

Goddamit I admire Frank Zappa so much!

He's literally the best example of the best kind of American, and that's coming from an English guy. He's the type of American I admire.

What a tragedy he's not around right now.

[adamg709]

Frank never went away - but I sure miss him.

[doc2earth]

Anyone else notice Frank's haircut? And how Guys all over the world wear it like that? Kinda like a fauxhawk ! I love and miss Frank!

[muttilo]

I loved Frank so much when he started giving to the politicians and power structure of the LAME-O 1980's that I remember , GOOOD GREIF !!

[TheFuckingBanshee]

If Frank Zappa is a child molester, you're a murderer. I wouldn't exactly put you past it even assuming he wasn't. Prick.

[Blink182plus44equ226]

Where did you pull that out of?

[Wowbagger86]

4:48 They declined to be in the program since they knew that they wouldn't stand a chance, since they really didn't know what they where talking about... Frank as a rockstar was more educated on what he was talking about than them... now that's more scary than lyrics

[semtex2you]

i love frank

[gingerbreadface]

sugar walls was actually good you jackass! it was written by prince after all - one of the only musicians of the past 30 years that can compare with zappa in prolificity, self-sufficency, musical imagination and general genius.

[j4unumber1]

That Sheena Easton song was actually pretty hot! I may play it in a jukebox next time I go to a bar.

[j4unumber1]

As we all know, Frank Zappa was a 20th century musician. Unfortunaltely, what was not given credit for in this was his originality and innovative approach. Zappa was a sound artist. Much like how Jack Kerouac was a word artist or how Pablo Picasso was a paint artist. Right? Likewise, Frank Zappa was one of many who set the standards. One other such person is Miles Davis. Some may even argue that Igor Stravinsky sufficiently demonstrated musical genius.

[j4unumber1]

For starters, the introduction was interesting. The interviewer has THE one and THE only FRANK ZAPPA sitting next to him while trying to hold up on a pedestal this...Cal Rudman guy. Ignorantly, the host believes that Cal Rudman guy is musically superior to Frank Zappa. There is simply no way in any form of existence anywhere beyond the BEYOND of any stretch of the imagination that this douche Rudman can even dare hold a candle to ol' Frank! Pathetic! Hell I did not even hear the debate!

[NellyNinja]

Sugar Walls should be censored just for being such a shitty song

[donbarredora]

hahaha aboslutly!

[abbycat1965]

@NellyNinja Shitty song? I remember my girlfriend lip-sync to this song and the same dance moves like Sheena did and it gave me a woody.lol

[abbycat1965]

@NellyNinja Sugar Walls was written by Prince and recorded by Sheena,Prince also wrote Darling Nikki..He had two songs on the" Filthy Fifteen List"...Go! Prince.

[dressedtosmellgood]

this is by far the most reasonable television treatment ive seen of this issue featuring frank.

[holdencaustic]

The whole fucking pmrc fiasco was a cover up for the subversive furthering

of political agendas at the time--- a mere

weapon of mass distraction. Frank was a lone voice amongst the din who could call it for what it was. That's why they hated him.

[flyingV1043]

Great impersonation of Gore lmfao

[Rondopolumbo]

without ppl like Frank,this would be a very dull race of species! tyty Frank Godspeed!

[pennnchef]

Something I like a lot, written by J.Hasek in Sweik and very relevant in music too: As it was relevantly quite rightly said, one of good upbringing can read anything. That what is natural can only disgust greatest ribalds and utter cads who in their abject prudery dont see the real substance, indignantly attacking particular words

[pennnchef]

People reprehending explicit phrases are cowards; real life catches them unprepared and especially such weak people are the biggest spoilers of human culture and identity. Theyd make out of a nation a riff-raff of frail nobodies, masturbators of the phony culture

[ilovecommunism]

Joan rivers said Zappa was so smart after watching the hearings, No he wasn't! It's just everyone on the opposing side were SO STUPID! WHAT THE FUCK. WE NEED STUPID PEOPLE AROUND THOUGH! ONE IDIOT MAKES A MISTAKE . . . WE LOOK AT EM AND SAY " I AINT DOIN THAT ! "

[zomgsauceplox]

Are you saying Zappa is stupid, or Zappa by comparison makes the PMRC look stupid?

[ilovecommunism]

Because you the pmrc is so stupid, Zappa's intelligence shines through ever so brightly. It's interdependence

[thenerdistheword]

"You're attacking the personality."

"No, I'm attacking the sleeves."

[itchyweasel62]

I can't believe I missed this on youtube

[michaelbogue]

Well those are laughably bad lyrics. Maybe there should be a warning about crap.

[devolve42]

And that was part of the absurdity of it all. Everyone got their underpants in a twist over lyrics that were dumb as hell.

[shrewrepair]

It was only a big deal because the persons who made a fuss about words in the first place were the kind of people who took was written in the bible literally. And what is the bible? in reality it's just words. It was never a genuine concern for the pmrc, the tactics they used were foul. Frank actually did a lot in appearing on these type of programs. It's what got me interested in his music so thank you tipper!

[karl198]

I'd like to think the PMRC made fools out of themselves by all their stupid movements against rock lyrics but the fact is most people are either too stupid to care or too stupid to realise

[curmudgeon09]

TOUCHE!!(:

[GymnopedieTornado]

Louie Louie lives on even here!

Conceptual Continuity!

(My skepticism says that was scripted.)

[GreggaryPeccary]

I doubt it was...

[jamesmorgandavies]

Hey, Zappa does a mean Tipper!

Hmm, where's the PMRC hack?