Frank Zappa - Brown Shoes Don't Make It - 1979, Munich (audio)

[gorskiteam]

Tout le génie musical de Zappa concentré dans un seul morceau.

[elchicano2010]

Como se extraña a este par de genios y locos, que eran rebeldes, reaccionarios, radicales en su musica y contrarios al "stablishment" musical de esa epoca, Frank Zappa y Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) por siempre!!!!!!!!!!!

[joeyrsl]

what, you can't find any other pictures to go with this? i have to stare at dickmunch cheney the whole time? oh well, it's a great performance, so fuggit..

[keirajaimon]

This song helped convince me that my decision to leave school at 16 made sense. After all, Brown Shoes Don't Make It. That was in 1967 and it is a decision I've never regretted it.

[ukkfayooyay]

@keirajaimon How did that work out for you?

[SteveSparx]

superior recording

[lamaczdesek]

BRAŁNSUZENIIII

[MyWholeHeartInMyHand]

Ike is bad ass

[boogster123321]

i love this concert, all the clips i hear from it are all great

[precordiumblues]

Love this song!!! Surely an early masterpiece. For me, his later compositions don't quite have the same striking blend of musical brilliance, comedy, and astute cultural analysis. This later version isn't as good as the album the version in my opinion. 'We're only in it for the money" is the greatest example of the unique combination of elements I love about Zappa. Truly a visionary artist!!

[Farksisten]

@precordiumblues I would say a lot of his later works are overlooked. Frank wasn't a musician that wanted to write and play the same music decade after decade. He was looking ahead and moving forward and did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted to, rather than staying on "safe ground" in order to please critics. I've heard that in the 70s everybody said "Frank was only good in the 60s", and in the 80s they started saying "Frank was only good in the 70s".

[rhungri]

@Farksisten He played music that was 'fashionable' - he was a business man...

[0ddj0e]

@rhungri really? fashionable? He was always on the fringe. He wanted to push the limits of censorship... (Bobby Brown Goes Down he talks about rape)

He was also a musicians-musician. He didn't do trendy "fashionable" pop tunes... so, I dont understand your post.

[Drunkenmo]

@0ddj0e Clearly you've never heard Crusing With Ruben and the Jets.

[friginator]

@rhungri I would say the opposite. Throughout his career, he was constantly exploring new genres of music, and turning them upside-down. He called it "amateur anthropology" in his autobiography. For example, "Thing-Fish" is a Broadway-style production that represents the exact opposite of what you would expect to see on Broadway. "We're Only in It for the Money" was presented as a regular 60s psychedelic pop album, when in fact it was the exact opposite.

[helikestv]

perfect picture

[slikrik692]

PHI ZAPPA fot sure!

[bwanamacoobah]

there will never be another ZAPPA ever

strictly ZAPPA

[Brizzoon]

Pure brilliance.

[globbo100]

My sister just ask me if she should wear her black shoes or her brown ones, and I answered her by telling her about this song. She opted for the black ones.

[ExploratoryMusic]

@globbo100 BwaH! +5

[vonzeke]

Great version of this great piece.

[vonzeke]

Life's a ball TV tonight!

[vonzeke]

A world of secret hungers pervert the men who make your laws.

[ohthelushlife]

@vonzeke

Á la Saló...

[fugstik]

Damn. Some sum bitch stole my album years ago and I forgot how good this song was. Thanks for posting it.

[Nguli34689]

Be a loyal plastic robot for a world that doesn't care.

[boogster123321]

one of my favorite line ups playing one of zappa best songs awesome combo

[SteveSparx]

What a Dick

[brandij420]

this song fuckin' rocks!