Some of those interviewers who look like conservative old farts were a lot more liberal than the young whores of the media interviewing rock stars today. They got no soul.
"I tend to doubt that I was a forerunner to heavy metal....but if you say so!". lol stupid interviewer, just because frank LOOKS like he was in Black Sabbath doesn't mean that he was!
Actually, Frank was a confirmed misanthrope by this time and restricted his human relationships as much as possible. His children rarely saw him growing up and he didn't even know anything about he engineer he worked with for over a decade. He didn't know where he lived, if he had a wife or family. Just 'Hello', 'Goodbye", a couple of breaks for a bite and to go to the toilet. On tours with his bands he would always stay at a separate hotel in his own room. He despised the outside world.
Wow where did you hear this? I never heard that before about him being a confirmed misanthrope. I thought he was very close with his kids and I thought he was a good family man. He has good reason to despise the outside world though however!
Zappa, a Biography, by Barry Miles. He and Gail were unconventional in their parenting style, but Zappa worked ALL the time. It was the one ultra-conservative aspect of his life - it was the woman's job to raise the kids. Moon's guest vocals on 'Valley Girl' stemmed from a note she slipped under his door asking to be on his album so she could spend some time with him. I'm a confirmed misanthrope myself and agree with most of Zappa's perspectives. It's a great book, check it out.
Bob Dylan dropped by and played Frank some songs that later appeared on 'Infidels". Frank liked the songs and agreed to produce them, but his percentage was to large. Dylan also approached Elvis Costello and David Bowie, and ended up co-producing himself with Mark Knopfler. We will never know what Zappa might have done with 'Infidels".
Wow that is amazing, i will buy the book! SO he didnt love his OWN CHILDREN? How could that even be possible? Is it possible he was sooo intelligent that he lost the entire emotional part of his brain?
Hang on there...No one said he didn't love his family. Frank loved his kids and considering their unconventional and unrestricted upbringings he and Gail did a pretty fine job with them. He was just focused entirely on his work, which meant that although he loved his family he was always in the studio or on tour. Frank has said that he didn't have any friends, his family were his friends.
It's fair to say Frank was not an emotional man. He didn't believe music had any emotional quality either.
Im VERY interested in this. I sometimes find myself on the borderline of Logic vs. Emotions. If you notice MOST people do not use logic which makes me emotionally dry bc i cant connect with people. But I do have the need for emotions. Its hard to explain, but I feel logic and intelligence starts to override your emotions because emotions are NOT very logical at all, you know? But yet we need them! Im very conflicted, and wonder if he was too.
He was a workaholic, which is actually a clinical condition most commonly associated with people of low self esteem. Frank hated the word and denied this if he was ever labelled with it. But if you've ever seen his vault, it's clear that he was beyond being a man on a mission. His music was almost a compulsion.
Interesting observation. I am the same way (i am always writing songs) and feel such a close relation to Frank when i watch him. A lot of his ideas and theories I agree with... but you just made me think maybe all my thoughts are WRONG, because I do suffer from very low self-esteem, WHICH in turn might make me think this way. Its weird though becuase Frank seems to have HIGH esteem because of the way he does interviews. He is so direct and never stutters.
"Realize you are in isolation. Live it! Love it! Just be glad that there aren't a bunch of people who want to use up your time. Because along with all the love and admiration that's going to come from the people that would keep you from being lonely, there is the emotional freight you have to bear from people who are wasting your time. And you can't get that back. So when you're lonely and all by yourself, guess what you have? You have all your own time. That's a pretty good fucking deal." FZ
Misanthropes are generally not very good at a party, but I don't have time to investigate how accurate any of these terms are or if there is any kind of ceremony or documentation involved...you're the one who's interested, you go look it up.
The term 'confirmed misanthrope" was taken from the Zappa biography by Barry Miles.
We are not all the same. Not every person in this world requires a rich and varied social life to validate their existence. Some people focus on the outside world, and other people. Some people lock themselves in rooms and focus on their work. Which life was more valuable in the end? I have no fucking clue...so what does it matter if you spent your life socializing or if you spent it in a room? It doesn't. End of story.
Well, I'm not 'FOX News' afraid, but I do have some generalized anxieties. I can't prove the validity of an extroverted life being superior to an introverted life, I just watched this because I'm a Zappa fan, and added a comment to share some insight I gleaned from a biography with a previous viewer.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. - Simone Weil -
@ButzisAroma I wouldn't take everything in that book as fact if I were you, it's well known that there's quite a few mistakes in it. Miles was more busy writing about things that bothered him about Zappa than checking if some of the things he said had actually happened or not.
I agree, I don't think anyone really knew Frank truly. I take the books with a grain of salt. Moon has said he as like 'monk'. A monk's life is typically hard to pin down. Add to that his genius and majority of time spent working, and it's anybody's guess. Interesting artist though, no doubt.
the REAL Frank Zappa book, written by the real Frank Zappa talks about doing things with the kids all the time. He seemed to be an encouraging, loving parent- he talked about his kids hobbies and joked about them.
metal??? hahaha... he sure ain't no dimmu borgir... but he sure was the genius who started it all... his words allowed true artists to speak their minds... he removed the fear, the stigma... zappa paved the way for musicians to speak their minds... he may be dead, yet he is immortal...
BTW did you see the wink Zappa gives when he talks about them probably wanting his career to diminish even further? The wink explained without saying it, that they basically wanted him off the air-waves because he was quietly getting the messge out of democracy being a sham, among other things. 'The emporer isn't wearing any clothes.' was one way he got that message out. That wink to show what he actually meant was brilliant.
Most people were baffled when they met Zappa, he was too smart, too intelligent and interviewers found themselves out of their depth when trying to debate him. THE EMPEROR ISN'T WEARING ANY CLOTHES.
I couldnt agree more I thought GB presenters were queer but this one is lame as hell...I alsolike the cheap advert bang in the middleof the program...FRANK's great...smooth talker I love him..;
Good old uncle Franky! And the interviewer was appreciative too. Can anyone tell me what the P O stands for in POQ?
aristotle358 1 week ago
There can't have been more than three minutes of talking between those two commercial breaks. That's ridiculous.
Crudblud89 2 months ago
i never new frank zappa was bald
vaichild 3 months ago
Variety! How succinct
goofparade 4 months ago
Some of those interviewers who look like conservative old farts were a lot more liberal than the young whores of the media interviewing rock stars today. They got no soul.
PorroFirst 5 months ago
Frank Zappa forerunner of heavy metal.
dabstrat 6 months ago 3
Frank's having a good time here.
Gravyballs2011 6 months ago
I like the interviewer
ShareTheSphere 7 months ago
ignorant interviewer
guithero11 7 months ago
"I tend to doubt that I was a forerunner to heavy metal....but if you say so!". lol stupid interviewer, just because frank LOOKS like he was in Black Sabbath doesn't mean that he was!
mikexlong 8 months ago
can someone paraphrase that last comment frank made about underpants? lol
elephantpoo4u 9 months ago
Only $149 a moth? And no down payment! I've got to get to Don Kott Ford!
BitterBosh 9 months ago
The Dylan story is Brilliant, I want a Dog like Frank's.
acloakwithahood 10 months ago
Variety music sums it up best.
04callwilk1 10 months ago
Frankie come back, no one can do it like you used to....
adamg709 11 months ago 2
hahah heavy metal!
TommyDai1 11 months ago
nice quality! was this on betamax, or what?
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SunJanis 1 year ago
There exists no better mustache.
JazzyJonas 1 year ago
Stop commenting about the damn car sales joke and start commenting about the mans need to express himself (in better ways than you and I know how.)
DiphtheriaBlues 1 year ago
Who is this a hole ? He asks Frank if he is a "Heavy Metal" pioneer ? what a douce.
Talk about NOT doing your homework !
cove76 1 year ago
Now I kno where to buy a Ford at 80s prices!
Thx for posting! Fab interview.
TreyRoque 1 year ago
The interviewer sounds like C3PO
YoshimizRobots 1 year ago
HOLY SHIT! NO DOWN PAYMENT!?!
CakeDestroyer 1 year ago
hahaha heavy metal are you kidding me
blackplastic7 1 year ago
what the hell are they talking about "poq" and "quotient"? im confused
jfleminator 1 year ago
@jfleminator POQ = pissed off quotient.
kyle2k5 1 year ago
I feel a subconscious need to go on down to Don Kott Ford...I mean, they've got as low as $149 a month!!!
missinformationage 1 year ago 28
@missinformationage You just made my fucking day
MichaelLawlorRojas 1 year ago
@missinformationage Seems like I've heard that somewhere.......
dgonsoulin 8 months ago
Thanks for posting! Long live FZ!
adamg709 1 year ago
The interviewer's last joke was hilarious.
Jornev 1 year ago
"Frank, I don't think the Forces of Evil want to hear the word, "quotient" on teevee!"
This guy had studied Bob Newhart.
chernobylFarms 2 years ago
my dog doesn't like christians hahahahahahahahaha
Hammill 2 years ago
What is wrong with this interviewer??? How is computer music moving away from humanity? WTF.
adamlewis723 2 years ago
Actually, Frank was a confirmed misanthrope by this time and restricted his human relationships as much as possible. His children rarely saw him growing up and he didn't even know anything about he engineer he worked with for over a decade. He didn't know where he lived, if he had a wife or family. Just 'Hello', 'Goodbye", a couple of breaks for a bite and to go to the toilet. On tours with his bands he would always stay at a separate hotel in his own room. He despised the outside world.
ButzisAroma 2 years ago
Wow where did you hear this? I never heard that before about him being a confirmed misanthrope. I thought he was very close with his kids and I thought he was a good family man. He has good reason to despise the outside world though however!
adamlewis723 2 years ago
Zappa, a Biography, by Barry Miles. He and Gail were unconventional in their parenting style, but Zappa worked ALL the time. It was the one ultra-conservative aspect of his life - it was the woman's job to raise the kids. Moon's guest vocals on 'Valley Girl' stemmed from a note she slipped under his door asking to be on his album so she could spend some time with him. I'm a confirmed misanthrope myself and agree with most of Zappa's perspectives. It's a great book, check it out.
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ButzisAroma 2 years ago
Bob Dylan dropped by and played Frank some songs that later appeared on 'Infidels". Frank liked the songs and agreed to produce them, but his percentage was to large. Dylan also approached Elvis Costello and David Bowie, and ended up co-producing himself with Mark Knopfler. We will never know what Zappa might have done with 'Infidels".
ButzisAroma 2 years ago
Wow that is amazing, i will buy the book! SO he didnt love his OWN CHILDREN? How could that even be possible? Is it possible he was sooo intelligent that he lost the entire emotional part of his brain?
adamlewis723 2 years ago
Hang on there...No one said he didn't love his family. Frank loved his kids and considering their unconventional and unrestricted upbringings he and Gail did a pretty fine job with them. He was just focused entirely on his work, which meant that although he loved his family he was always in the studio or on tour. Frank has said that he didn't have any friends, his family were his friends.
It's fair to say Frank was not an emotional man. He didn't believe music had any emotional quality either.
ButzisAroma 2 years ago
Im VERY interested in this. I sometimes find myself on the borderline of Logic vs. Emotions. If you notice MOST people do not use logic which makes me emotionally dry bc i cant connect with people. But I do have the need for emotions. Its hard to explain, but I feel logic and intelligence starts to override your emotions because emotions are NOT very logical at all, you know? But yet we need them! Im very conflicted, and wonder if he was too.
adamlewis723 2 years ago
Or perhaps he suffered with depression which he was unaware of?
adamlewis723 2 years ago
He was a workaholic, which is actually a clinical condition most commonly associated with people of low self esteem. Frank hated the word and denied this if he was ever labelled with it. But if you've ever seen his vault, it's clear that he was beyond being a man on a mission. His music was almost a compulsion.
ButzisAroma 2 years ago
Interesting observation. I am the same way (i am always writing songs) and feel such a close relation to Frank when i watch him. A lot of his ideas and theories I agree with... but you just made me think maybe all my thoughts are WRONG, because I do suffer from very low self-esteem, WHICH in turn might make me think this way. Its weird though becuase Frank seems to have HIGH esteem because of the way he does interviews. He is so direct and never stutters.
adamlewis723 2 years ago
"Realize you are in isolation. Live it! Love it! Just be glad that there aren't a bunch of people who want to use up your time. Because along with all the love and admiration that's going to come from the people that would keep you from being lonely, there is the emotional freight you have to bear from people who are wasting your time. And you can't get that back. So when you're lonely and all by yourself, guess what you have? You have all your own time. That's a pretty good fucking deal." FZ
ButzisAroma 2 years ago
do you need a notary for the confirmation? is there a big party with lots of family and friends?
As a "confirmed misanthrope", you would enjoy Shakespeare's Timon of Athens.
Sorry to have disturbed you- continue hating people now :0
tristramshandy3 2 years ago
Misanthropes are generally not very good at a party, but I don't have time to investigate how accurate any of these terms are or if there is any kind of ceremony or documentation involved...you're the one who's interested, you go look it up.
The term 'confirmed misanthrope" was taken from the Zappa biography by Barry Miles.
It's no disturbance whatsoever.
ButzisAroma 2 years ago
We are not all the same. Not every person in this world requires a rich and varied social life to validate their existence. Some people focus on the outside world, and other people. Some people lock themselves in rooms and focus on their work. Which life was more valuable in the end? I have no fucking clue...so what does it matter if you spent your life socializing or if you spent it in a room? It doesn't. End of story.
ButzisAroma 2 years ago 2
sounds like you are afraid.
tristramshandy3 2 years ago
Well, I'm not 'FOX News' afraid, but I do have some generalized anxieties. I can't prove the validity of an extroverted life being superior to an introverted life, I just watched this because I'm a Zappa fan, and added a comment to share some insight I gleaned from a biography with a previous viewer.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. - Simone Weil -
ButzisAroma 2 years ago
people who need people are the luckiest people- Barbara Streisand.
tristramshandy3 2 years ago
(singing) You say tomato, I say tomato. Tomato, tomato. tomato, tomato.....
ButzisAroma 2 years ago
(still singing- trying to sound like Ella Fitzgerald)....let's call the whole thing off :)
tristramshandy3 2 years ago
@ButzisAroma I wouldn't take everything in that book as fact if I were you, it's well known that there's quite a few mistakes in it. Miles was more busy writing about things that bothered him about Zappa than checking if some of the things he said had actually happened or not.
GUInterface 1 year ago
@GUInterface
I agree, I don't think anyone really knew Frank truly. I take the books with a grain of salt. Moon has said he as like 'monk'. A monk's life is typically hard to pin down. Add to that his genius and majority of time spent working, and it's anybody's guess. Interesting artist though, no doubt.
ButzisAroma 1 year ago
the REAL Frank Zappa book, written by the real Frank Zappa talks about doing things with the kids all the time. He seemed to be an encouraging, loving parent- he talked about his kids hobbies and joked about them.
tristramshandy3 2 years ago
metal??? hahaha... he sure ain't no dimmu borgir... but he sure was the genius who started it all... his words allowed true artists to speak their minds... he removed the fear, the stigma... zappa paved the way for musicians to speak their minds... he may be dead, yet he is immortal...
axeofgod72 2 years ago
and thats "with no down payment"
arjunkaul 2 years ago
Don't care for his music, but incredibly care for him for the person and advocate he was.
braddyboy82 2 years ago 2
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Fruscification 2 years ago
what is ''P.O.Q''
jasmicar 2 years ago
pissed off quotient
eganbarry 2 years ago
I'd like to see a video of that talk.
DejectedPanda 2 years ago
BTW did you see the wink Zappa gives when he talks about them probably wanting his career to diminish even further? The wink explained without saying it, that they basically wanted him off the air-waves because he was quietly getting the messge out of democracy being a sham, among other things. 'The emporer isn't wearing any clothes.' was one way he got that message out. That wink to show what he actually meant was brilliant.
Jeet27 2 years ago
hahah he was too great. rip frank.
mommyimadeapoopy 2 years ago
Frank Zappa: THE BEST
drdotislovinlife 2 years ago 7
coolio.
Tom123collins 2 years ago
It would be nice if the ZFT would release, some of those recordings he made with Dylan...
LogansRunning 2 years ago
They bleeped quotient? Really?
desertbutt 2 years ago
QUOTIENT
youvebeenthunderstru 2 years ago
lol at the interviewer -he looks baffled!
andiejanefisher 2 years ago 2
HAHA!..... 2:13
sebaz1982 2 years ago
Most people were baffled when they met Zappa, he was too smart, too intelligent and interviewers found themselves out of their depth when trying to debate him. THE EMPEROR ISN'T WEARING ANY CLOTHES.
Jeet27 2 years ago
wats poq?
buewgewstmeiers 2 years ago 2
Interviewer looks depressed and confused. lol.
cynicaldemon 2 years ago 4
I couldnt agree more I thought GB presenters were queer but this one is lame as hell...I alsolike the cheap advert bang in the middleof the program...FRANK's great...smooth talker I love him..;
PoireauMan68 2 years ago
HAHA!..... 2:13
sebaz1982 2 years ago
2 More FZ interviews are posted
Enjoy !!!
wksufreshair 2 years ago 3
nice...thanks
vivalapsych 2 years ago
thanks!
johnflea 2 years ago
i like the pinky socks.
cosmicrider287 2 years ago 23
The interviewer is a complete idiot. He clearly didn't do his homework on Zappa before this interview.
knmurphy1 2 years ago 4
keep posting nice job !
firehorseusa 2 years ago
Thanks alfresco2.
I needed to label my tapes better.
I love that about the net someone will know
I will be posting more Zappa
Steve P
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wksufreshair 2 years ago
I think it belongs to:
1986 03 20 - "The John Barbour Report", KHJ TV, Los Angeles, CA .
Nice quality.
alfresco2 2 years ago
What is that specific word the interviewer is irritated by ?, can't make it out clearly.
Rajhoul 2 years ago 4
I love his sober point of view.
Teabonesteak 2 years ago 2