This interview was for the BBC's Arts prog 'The Late Show' and I first saw it in early 1993, believe the prog was aired about three times in 1993 with slight re-edits. I will be posting the whole 1 hour prog very soon.
@tallswede80 I don't know much about him. But when I was a kid (early Seventies) my brother played a record on which the singer was whinnying like a horse. I think that was Beefheart
conman frankish (I.E.connie francis) -had to take orders from the nazi military,mk ultra and project paperclip....im sure levey had a hand in michael aquino's pants too. READ ...Laurel Canyon - David McGowan - Birth of the Hippie (SUCKER) Generation ...(ASK NIXON)
You may have covered this already but did you mean to type "post humorously" as in "after the joke" or "posthumously" as in after his death? Just wonderin'...
@crawdadfish ah yes Frank was much better player than Hendrix - but the greatest guitarist was Lenny Breau according to all the greatest guitarists - lenny could play anything in any style with such ease and did it on a seven stringer - he has mastered all of chet Atkins tunes by age 12 and when playing classical was as good as segovia.......a true freak of nature
@ryreinhardt In technical skill Lenny Breau may be great but naming some obscure-but-very-talented musician doesn't make him the best. Those musicians appealed to different people by playing completely different music. That's like saying Slipknot is better than the Beach Boys because the Beach Boys's drummer couldn't play double bass like Joey Jordison can. "The best" is opinion and everyones is different - no one can say who is definitely the best no matter who they are or what they do.
@cltcwarlord6 - you should know....pale rider here.. i dont mean to be undiplomatic but i have some name calling to do. zappa was a freemason.. and so was his father like mine. most of the laurel canyon hippies pieces of human excrement were scum military kids with an agenda... british colombia and california...why do you think Schwartzenegger's father was a nazi.......seriously were in the fourth reich. kids with military connections...zappa, his wife,morrison,stills,crosby,(neil young)
Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa are, I think, very different animals -- although they are often talked about together. In a nutshell, Beefheart jumped over the edge and looked into the other side. Zappa wouldn't let himself go that far, so he stayed in this realm and mocked the other side. One factor to explain this could be Zappa's straight-edge stance and Beefheart's use of psychedelics. Zappa was always seeking the psychedelic world without drugs, but he never got there.
@mushroomagical well put, i love them both, but zappa seems to mock our ideas of modern music, and show how simple they can be, wheres as beefheart takes the idea of modern music and twists it to the point where one questions the idea of what music even is btw im drunk so yea...
@mushroomagical well put, i love them both, but zappa seems to mock our ideas of modern music, and show how simple they can be, wheres as beefheart takes the idea of modern music and twists it to the point where one questions the idea of what music even is btw im drunk so yea...?
liberal mantra, really? I've seen at least one interview (the crossfire episode during the moral majority bs of the eighties) wherein Z identifies as a conservative (this may have been simply to get the conspicuously unctuous bob novak's goat, I suppose). Not to mention that the idea of a "liberal mantra" seems pretty silly. Is that like the "homosexual agenda?" Or for that matter the "Christian Right?" We will do better to not conflate ideas we don't understand. he didn't.
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●911 Inside Job and Hereafter.
●9-11 AND STEALTH JEWISH.
●3-11 perpetrator's volcano eruption program.
●CAUTION! 3-11 SEISMIC TERRORISTS ARE STILL AROUND.
●Hydrogen Bomb Underground Test Detonation - Project Cannikin
●Israeli firm which secured Japan nuclear plant says workers ther...
yet weird al and yoko are still kicking...dont make sense does it...
i got my moms back for the accordian lessons..she croaked three years ago..
shes in the storage freezer in the basement and i cash all her social security checks...i majored in theater in college...i dress up like an old lady and the bank dont know the difference
and guess where that friggin accordian is? in that storage freezer along with dear old mommy.
Truly one of, If not the best musician there has ever been. Frank was my favorite hands down. I actually watched him melt and turn into a clay snake in the Boston gardens. Those were the days !!!
Well I don't know an exact number but like any other human activity there are those that do it an average number of times as determined by researching a large sample of people and then there are some who'll do it way more and some will not do it at all. Believe it or not there has been research in the area of human sexuality.
Murf you're full of shit. Prostate infections can sometimes be caused by lack of ejaculation ,prostate cancer not so much. Some studies have even suggested men who masturbated more than normal when younger have a GREATER risk of prostate cancer.
@seymourbbest "...men who masturbated more than normal when younger..." Uh. You want to take a stab at that one for me, Dr. Kinsey? How often is "normal" to pull your pud as an adolescent?"
I guess the estrogen hormones make you weak as well as plump if you're a man. Plus having chemo and possibly radiation, would not be the healthiest of experiences, poor guy. He should have had more sex or wanked more! I've interview a hundred guys like this :(
@Murfomurf Really? You spend your time interviewing cancer patients and discussing their sexual habits? Instead of talking about it... why don't you do the humane thing, and wank it for them? I mean, you are already there... and you seem to know all about wanking... so why not lead the way? Be a trailblazer. You can start with me. Use both hands, now. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta. Do you work for tips? I got a tip for you.
@Murfomurf You are an asshat. If you knew anything about FZ you'd know he spent a large part of his childhood living in the Chesapeake bay area by the chemical weapons plant where his dad worked, where they made sarin & mustard gas, and was deathly ill all those years with symptoms consistent with the chemicals that the area is contaminated with (highest cancer rates in the US.) But I guess when you're a total fucking wanker, everything starts to look wank-related after awhile, right?
Frank & The Capt are irreplacable. The era they lived and created in is also irreplacable...music will never gain back that level of imagination again.
"all due respect to a great musician" would mean taking time to inspect the dictionary. on the other hand, Frank Zappa liked little idiocies like these and would probably find it utterly hilarious..
Well, I'm assuming from this video and alot of the comments on it, that this was the inspiration behind the famous line "All I wanted was a pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me, she wouldn't give it to me!" by Suicidal Tendencies.
He seemed so fucking real. No pretentiousness at all about him. He left us too soon but we all will have to check out sometime. The way shit is goin down these days maybe sooner is better. People have no fucking soul anymore. It seems like only a chosen few get it.
@BassAssassin I found it too funny to even comment, but it also makes sense - after Zappa, humor lost a LOT so you could in fact talk about the era after humor, now that he's gone. Ah, Freud, Freud...
@agentpissant42 He no doubt does mean posthumously but that malapropism is worthy of Stan Laurel's brilliant inventions (my favourite : "I trust you insipidly").
Its a pity. Beefheart is a real enigma and any observation on him from Zappa would be most interesting. They must have recognised each other as being two unique artists and it is a pity that they didn't collaborate on more albums. What an amazing band they must have been, although from what I gather, they were both uncompromising to the point of being almost dictatorial.
was broadcast in 1994 featuring Zappa post humorously... I don't think topclaw is a retard as by 1994, Frank was definitely post humorous...being dead an all.
This video was pretty painful to watch; Frank's one of my favorite "celebrities." I just admire his opinions and his mark on music, but his whole life force was gone by the time this interview was taped. Its not the weight; its just that he seems to have lost a lot of his usual spark. Interesting as always, though.
I'm sure the individuals involved in that exchange A YEAR AGO have been following this thread avidly & really appreciate your input - however wrong it is.
Spell-check wouldn't have flagged "post humorously" anyway because those 2 words are spelled correctly. Spell-check doesn't know that an entirely different compound word was intended. Those who confuse homophones (similarly-pronounced words with different spellings/meanings) will not be saved, either, e.g., using "coarse" for "course".
appearance? this whole commenting system is pretty anonymous if you ask me, seriously dude don't even reply, your getting sand up your vag because of a fucking word
shayngryn... thanks for that info. So cool! funny, because my buddy who teaches jazz in New Paltz is from Montreal. I bet he knows the person teaching it there!
I would like to hear from you someday in the future(and no doubt others here would too) when you have somehow come to the point where you understand what is being said here about Frank's music. then my parents never will, and maybe you won't either.. and that's cool.
I think Frank would roll over in his grave if his music was brought into mainstream education, he always meant to be outrageous and not the norm, you can't label Zappa.
@timathi1 Sorry your wrong, listen to music today, it sucks because record companies have sucked the life out of the music industry. If franks music was introduced to kids the "norm " would be able to progress and young kids could learn ACTUAL TALENT and expand upon his work. not hiphop,american idol, or shitty rock bands like Creed, dautry and that justin bieber fucker.
"I never set out to be weird, it was always other people who called me weird."
Frank was not the norm because he thought outside of the norm, not because he liked to be outrageous. Also, compared to other composers of the 20th century "avant-garde", he was "mainstream". If thinking outside of the norm became mainstream, I don't think he would roll over in his grave - I think in a way that's just what he was trying to accomplish... but it'll never happen, of course.
I don't think the whole mainstream thing bothered him, he would have been above all that, I think he just loved to make his own music, and wanted people to enjoy it as well. He's a man ahead of his time in more than just music. Anybody can listen to his music but only open minds can appreciate it.
@timathi1 FUCK you and the people who raised you!!!! Frank wanted people to hear him but the man (people you support) kept his message of enlightenment and LOGIC out of the mainstream by making him an estranged peron; a "weirdo"
You are tragically going to pass your foolish message about the world...damn you
@tylerkrapf Seems like I hit a nerve. I thought this was a forum, where ideas and thoughts were discussed maturely and without malice. Your reply to my view tells me you're an asshole, and I'd appreciate you keep my dead mother and father out of the equation. You can damn me and my observations all you like, but you could have a little respect, especially since you didn't know them. I would be willing to bet if we had this discussion face to face you would have been a little more respectful.
Are you a music educator? What kind of institution?
Many people would surely disagree with you, as I certainly do. His lyrics that you speak of are just a part of his huge range of music.
I listen to a wide array of music and there isn't anyone that I can hear so many times and get new things out of constantly.... not a Miles or Coltrane or Mingus even...and they are people that college courses are definitely taught on. with respect..rg
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As a matter of fact, i did work as a music educator for several decades after graduating from Berklee College of Music long before Steve Vai attended there. I can assure you that you will not soon see Zappa's music being offered as a coarse at any reputable music institution....unless as a political coarse....or social coarse. So, people in the music institutions disagree with you or you would have your Zappa 101 coarse being offered all over the place.
Not true omegaguitars- I was a music major and my professor more than once brought up the subject of Zappa. Particularly his use of triplets inside of artificial groupings. Also, while what u say is true about his 'socio/political' approach, I would remind u that Charles Ives also did the same in his day with rags, hymns, etc. Both were musical iconoclast in the same way. Zappa's blending of genres to this day still, will upset any 'purist'. And that's a good thing...
I find it hilarious that you people who are so passionate about following a guy who spoke so openly and boldly against censorship and in favor of free speech would delete my posts and have nothing more to point at than a simple typo in one of them. You're doing the very things thing that Zappa hated most and intended to battle with his music....you ridiculous hypocrites. Grow up.
No one deleted your post. It's a youtube thing. I believe if you get 6 or more thumbs down the post becomes invisible for some reason. So no, we the fans of FZ didn't censor you. If we did, I would definitely agree with you.
If you all know that Youtube has this built in censorship feature that deletes a post after it receives a specific number of thumbs down indications, you're still just using it to go against one of the things that Zappa spoke so openly and adamantly in opposition to. If we don't like what someone is saying or it doesn't line up with our opinion, let's drop it out of sight with some thumbs down ratings....how convenient. I'm not sure what you all consider censorship, but this is it.
Regarding 'Youtube censorship'- I agree with you somewhat. It is a stupid feature and tends to promote an unsophisticated culture here. (There are other vid/social sites that are WAY better than Youtube & cater to more mature crowd) On the flipside, one could say its just democracy voicing itself. Votes do have a consequence. So in hindsight given Frank's passionate drive to get folks registered to vote, perhaps in some small way Youtube is showing the kiddies here that- Yes Voting Counts.
I find it hilarious people start discussing and arguing over the ethics of a system, without even finding out how it works. THAT is what frank would hate. You can change your settings to show/hide comments of a certain score, or just show them all.
omegaguitars: you attended Berklee and yet you cant spell course... I'm happen to being doing a Popular music course at a well respected universtiy and we have been given a frank zappa tune to improvise over
Frank was never celebrated as one of the quintessential composers of the era in which he enjoyed his hey day and fame. He was more a socio/political comedian who put his jokes to music. Sort of like listening to Bill Maher's lazy and irresponsible gibberish in song. I know all about using a lyric to pull people into a song, but one you get to the songs, they were still mediocre in composition and performance. Zappa gave himself too much credit and too people have followed suit.
Here we go with the childish grabbing of a simple typo in someone else's post. Zappa 101 would certainly prove to be an abrasive effort. Sorry I didn't spell check for you, but i think you got the point. Grow up.
There were a few songs that I thought Zappa's composition chops were evident in, but i was never a fan so i didn't chase his material as a regular listener.
>> He was more a socio/political comedian who put his jokes to music.
You mean music to jokes. He played with high quality musicians. He always had unique/interesting and thoughtful compositions. You must have never heard Zappa's catalog.
>> like listening to Bill Maher's lazy and irresponsible gibberish . . .
More like "facts" you don't wanna hear. Maher is the only out there that has any balls, and not bullshit.
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You're kidding right? Zappa's music for educational purposes? What a joke. The guy was a mediocre writer who just politically incorrect and radical things to say over music for no other reason than for shock value.
We need to have real music used for the curriculum in our music colleges. Maybe Zappa's lyric's would serve well in some literary course at a liberal college, but his music is useless for education.
A mediocre writer? His musical compositions transcend almost every category of music, something that doesn't fit the concept of mediocrity.
Yes, his lyrics are over the top, but that was the intent. In this culturally bankrupt country you have to play to the lowest common denominator to be heard. And once you paid attention, you learned that the lyrics were just the bait and the music was the hook.
You need to listen more and talk less. You speak from ignorance at best (perhaps you're unfamiliar with much of his work.) If you're familiar with his work and calling him mediocre, you're simply an idiot.
HOW CAN YOU SAY I'M CRAZY WHEN I WENT TO YOURRRRR SCHOOLS, YOURRRRR CHURCHES, YOURRRR INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING FACILITIES
almishti 2 months ago 2
This interview was for the BBC's Arts prog 'The Late Show' and I first saw it in early 1993, believe the prog was aired about three times in 1993 with slight re-edits. I will be posting the whole 1 hour prog very soon.
3replybiz 2 months ago
It's posthumously
Geemonster69 2 months ago 3
beefheart greatest musician last 50 years.
tallswede80 3 months ago
@tallswede80 I don't know much about him. But when I was a kid (early Seventies) my brother played a record on which the singer was whinnying like a horse. I think that was Beefheart
gizzytiersen 2 weeks ago
er war der beste
19frodo92 4 months ago
..."post humorously?"
5jerry1 4 months ago 4
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MindKillSwe 4 months ago
MOM
GET ME A PEPSI!!!!!!!!
curiouscasemusic 4 months ago 3
@curiouscasemusic ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI
AND SHE WOULDN'T GET IT FOR ME!!!
kwanza6669 3 months ago 7
@kwanza6669 JUST A PEPSI!!!!!!
Durandal1717 2 months ago
conman frankish (I.E.connie francis) -had to take orders from the nazi military,mk ultra and project paperclip....im sure levey had a hand in michael aquino's pants too. READ ...Laurel Canyon - David McGowan - Birth of the Hippie (SUCKER) Generation ...(ASK NIXON)
noodlesmealey 5 months ago
What I know from watching interviews of these two: Zappa is extremely eloquent and well-spoken, Beefheart is fluent in what-the-fuck.
Wartler 5 months ago 3
You may have covered this already but did you mean to type "post humorously" as in "after the joke" or "posthumously" as in after his death? Just wonderin'...
choad1976 5 months ago
frank zappa is the BEST guitarist that ever lived: jimi was nothing compared to frank or dweezil for that matter
crawdadfish 5 months ago
@crawdadfish ah yes Frank was much better player than Hendrix - but the greatest guitarist was Lenny Breau according to all the greatest guitarists - lenny could play anything in any style with such ease and did it on a seven stringer - he has mastered all of chet Atkins tunes by age 12 and when playing classical was as good as segovia.......a true freak of nature
ryreinhardt 5 months ago
@ryreinhardt In technical skill Lenny Breau may be great but naming some obscure-but-very-talented musician doesn't make him the best. Those musicians appealed to different people by playing completely different music. That's like saying Slipknot is better than the Beach Boys because the Beach Boys's drummer couldn't play double bass like Joey Jordison can. "The best" is opinion and everyones is different - no one can say who is definitely the best no matter who they are or what they do.
waldomademedoit 3 months ago
@crawdadfish balls to that jimmy is the greatest.
ARJI1979 4 months ago
@cltcwarlord6 he was actually a conservative he even said so himself
Traductus5972 5 months ago
@cltcwarlord6 - you should know....pale rider here.. i dont mean to be undiplomatic but i have some name calling to do. zappa was a freemason.. and so was his father like mine. most of the laurel canyon hippies pieces of human excrement were scum military kids with an agenda... british colombia and california...why do you think Schwartzenegger's father was a nazi.......seriously were in the fourth reich. kids with military connections...zappa, his wife,morrison,stills,crosby,(neil young)
noodlesmealey 5 months ago
@noodlesmealey What kind of fumes have you been huffing?
NWG92 5 months ago
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noodlesmealey 6 months ago
Miss you, guys...
bygota 6 months ago
Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa are, I think, very different animals -- although they are often talked about together. In a nutshell, Beefheart jumped over the edge and looked into the other side. Zappa wouldn't let himself go that far, so he stayed in this realm and mocked the other side. One factor to explain this could be Zappa's straight-edge stance and Beefheart's use of psychedelics. Zappa was always seeking the psychedelic world without drugs, but he never got there.
mushroomagical 7 months ago 2
@mushroomagical You put that very well. Love the captain - but only respect zappa.
craneflyband 7 months ago
@mushroomagical well put, i love them both, but zappa seems to mock our ideas of modern music, and show how simple they can be, wheres as beefheart takes the idea of modern music and twists it to the point where one questions the idea of what music even is btw im drunk so yea...
murphytheirish 6 months ago
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@mushroomagical well put, i love them both, but zappa seems to mock our ideas of modern music, and show how simple they can be, wheres as beefheart takes the idea of modern music and twists it to the point where one questions the idea of what music even is btw im drunk so yea...?
murphytheirish 6 months ago
American iconoclast geniuses...who were friends...what are the odds?
pretorious700 7 months ago
Well they're together again. =) RIP Frank and Don.
Zeanu 7 months ago
he seid that EXACT story in his autobiography.
poisen99 8 months ago
oh god. Really hurts to see Frank in that state.. RIP FZ & Don
<3
Yngeldorf 8 months ago
RIP FZ. take care ok
jonlovesmay 8 months ago
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Loved the zappa but why did he march to the liberal mantra. He was an business man and a mover and shaker
mrguru182 9 months ago
liberal mantra, really? I've seen at least one interview (the crossfire episode during the moral majority bs of the eighties) wherein Z identifies as a conservative (this may have been simply to get the conspicuously unctuous bob novak's goat, I suppose). Not to mention that the idea of a "liberal mantra" seems pretty silly. Is that like the "homosexual agenda?" Or for that matter the "Christian Right?" We will do better to not conflate ideas we don't understand. he didn't.
jimmyandtheshits 9 months ago 3
Man , I miss Zappa !
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sunrise58176 10 months ago
And now they're both dead. Thanks a lot time
DimensionsofChange 10 months ago
@DimensionsofChange more like fuck cancer
Django5198 9 months ago
@Django5198 that to
DimensionsofChange 9 months ago
Great Zappa...always in my mind...
tusbluftusbl1 10 months ago
really miss this man!!
dkjayjay 10 months ago
ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI.
JUST ONE PEPSI, AND SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME.
JUST A PEPSI.
mitefiend 11 months ago
@mitefiend Quiet you, you're dead.
DimensionsofChange 10 months ago
@mitefiend
yeah and my mom made me take accordian lessons...thats why i'm so fucked up
ChiroQuacker 9 months ago
@ChiroQuacker accordian lessons can indeed be demitrimental...but..an Al Yankovic album could help or hurt you.....
timtipton5071256 8 months ago
@timtipton5071256
i dont get it..zappa's dead, lennon's dead...
yet weird al and yoko are still kicking...dont make sense does it...
i got my moms back for the accordian lessons..she croaked three years ago..
shes in the storage freezer in the basement and i cash all her social security checks...i majored in theater in college...i dress up like an old lady and the bank dont know the difference
and guess where that friggin accordian is? in that storage freezer along with dear old mommy.
ChiroQuacker 8 months ago
@ChiroQuacker Sounds like a Zappa song.
dharmaseed 6 months ago
@ChiroQuacker nothing wrong with weird al still being around. he's like the best artist left in the mainstream
stfwho 6 months ago
@stfwho
weird al is cool...you're right...
ChiroQuacker 6 months ago
i wish frank was still around...wonder what he would be doing now??
zappahart 11 months ago
Truly one of, If not the best musician there has ever been. Frank was my favorite hands down. I actually watched him melt and turn into a clay snake in the Boston gardens. Those were the days !!!
rcdave09 11 months ago
the best seem to always die too soon :( befheart and frank zappa I salute you!
3tangle3 11 months ago
@3tangle3 beefheart was old...........he didn't die young at all
rwk1983 11 months ago
R.I.P. CAPTAIN...... now he's rocking the stars with Franckie..... sad sad sad.....
valeriecicco 1 year ago
He looks a spit of Billy Connolly here.
owenhunt 1 year ago
Well I don't know an exact number but like any other human activity there are those that do it an average number of times as determined by researching a large sample of people and then there are some who'll do it way more and some will not do it at all. Believe it or not there has been research in the area of human sexuality.
seymourbbest 1 year ago
R.I.P Captain Beafheart
minotipo16 1 year ago
RIP both
baptistouptit 1 year ago 61
RIP FZ and Capt Beefheart
zappamuthas 1 year ago 46
RIP Captain ..
ZAPPAMONIK 1 year ago
Murf you're full of shit. Prostate infections can sometimes be caused by lack of ejaculation ,prostate cancer not so much. Some studies have even suggested men who masturbated more than normal when younger have a GREATER risk of prostate cancer.
seymourbbest 1 year ago 2
@seymourbbest "...men who masturbated more than normal when younger..." Uh. You want to take a stab at that one for me, Dr. Kinsey? How often is "normal" to pull your pud as an adolescent?"
dariodepiante 1 year ago
RIP Captain!
yvileye 1 year ago
I guess the estrogen hormones make you weak as well as plump if you're a man. Plus having chemo and possibly radiation, would not be the healthiest of experiences, poor guy. He should have had more sex or wanked more! I've interview a hundred guys like this :(
Murfomurf 1 year ago
@Murfomurf Really? You spend your time interviewing cancer patients and discussing their sexual habits? Instead of talking about it... why don't you do the humane thing, and wank it for them? I mean, you are already there... and you seem to know all about wanking... so why not lead the way? Be a trailblazer. You can start with me. Use both hands, now. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta. Do you work for tips? I got a tip for you.
MongoLloydd 1 year ago
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UncleFexxer 10 months ago
@Murfomurf You are an asshat. If you knew anything about FZ you'd know he spent a large part of his childhood living in the Chesapeake bay area by the chemical weapons plant where his dad worked, where they made sarin & mustard gas, and was deathly ill all those years with symptoms consistent with the chemicals that the area is contaminated with (highest cancer rates in the US.) But I guess when you're a total fucking wanker, everything starts to look wank-related after awhile, right?
UncleFexxer 10 months ago
Frank & The Capt are irreplacable. The era they lived and created in is also irreplacable...music will never gain back that level of imagination again.
taildragger53 1 year ago 4
They're both jammin' out there somewhere, now...
Brekky57 1 year ago
RIP Frank and Don. We'll always miss you both.
earlemartin 1 year ago
scope his last interview bro...saddening
tylerkrapf 1 year ago
In the Suicidal Tendencies song, the guy screams at his mother to get him a pepsi. Interesting........
Wodey25 1 year ago
This guy literally paved a fucking path for all artists. It breaks my heart that he died before I really knew who he was.
BobbyBurners 1 year ago
ill miss frank till the day i die i grew up with him and i do regret to never having seeing him in person see ya frank Bud Beale
budbeale 1 year ago
I love how in the description it says post humorously instead of posthumously ha ha ha Zappa would have loved that!!!
beezybeast101 1 year ago 2
What did he have?
KreatorOfDeath1985 1 year ago
@KreatorOfDeath1985
prostate cancer.
maebeach 1 year ago
@KreatorOfDeath1985
sorry about that.
prostrate it was.
maebeach 1 year ago
@greyowlsl u got it m8 if people don't appreciate his stuff, they're the ones missing out, not you! ignorance IS bliss for some.. ;)
figjam271 1 year ago
Its hard to see Frank this sick.
DyingSID666 1 year ago
Uh, that would be POSTHUMOUSLY, guy. There's nothing humorous about how FZ went out. Post or pre.
dariodepiante 1 year ago
Isn't it posthumously?
szqsk8 1 year ago
"all due respect to a great musician" would mean taking time to inspect the dictionary. on the other hand, Frank Zappa liked little idiocies like these and would probably find it utterly hilarious..
autentyk 1 year ago
Post humorously?????
valedictorianism 1 year ago 2
Posthumously not "Post humorously"
LEDZEPPELIN419 1 year ago
Frank Zappa was Iranian.
EveryonesIranian 1 year ago
Frank you live on in the hearts and minds of your followers and will throughout time be remembered as a genius.
I rank you up there with the best classical writers and performers.
KleenezeDon 1 year ago
zappa and beefheart are both the shit
Ambulanceo 1 year ago
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C0DHACKS 1 year ago
Post humorously? You may want to fix that. Posthumous. Post humorous would mean "after humour".
My6thAccount 1 year ago
@My6thAccount exactly what i was thinking. posthumous, not post-humorous...'cause zappa's death ain't funny at all.
PaleCurtain 1 year ago
@PaleCurtain Yeah haha, it seems a tad disrespectful. Thanks for the video anyway, they are both legends.
My6thAccount 1 year ago
Well, I'm assuming from this video and alot of the comments on it, that this was the inspiration behind the famous line "All I wanted was a pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me, she wouldn't give it to me!" by Suicidal Tendencies.
LazelDazel 1 year ago
"Post humourously" -- zappa would have loved that comment :)
esesci 1 year ago
All I wanted was a pepsi! And SHE wouldn't give it to me! Just a pepsi!
blackplastic7 1 year ago
all i wanted was a pepsi, just one pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me, just a pepsi!!!!!
dcpigpen 1 year ago
"Ma! Get me a Pepsi!"
dunskie 1 year ago
WHERE'S MY PEPSI!!!?
skinnydoggyz 1 year ago
My First concert..........Love this video. Love you Frank.
pld4444 1 year ago
the chemical weapons residue killed him :( prostate cancer is an extremely painful awful way to die :(
PhuckHue2 1 year ago
For me, the history of music is divided between before and after Frank Zappa.
gatuxopreto 1 year ago 4
"post humorously?" Really?
captross07 1 year ago
@captross07 I saw that, too... Wasn't sure if it was a wisecrack, or an actual slip-up...
screwyootube1 1 year ago
extra...:)
oeildouteux 1 year ago
stop this hero worship and worship yourself
toltec19 1 year ago
@toltec19 It's not hero worship to recognize real genius
screwyootube1 1 year ago
He seemed so fucking real. No pretentiousness at all about him. He left us too soon but we all will have to check out sometime. The way shit is goin down these days maybe sooner is better. People have no fucking soul anymore. It seems like only a chosen few get it.
ortleyman 1 year ago
@ortleyman
"It seems like only a chosen few get it."
Well, as the bible says, "The road is broad, but the gate is narrow."
33Barker 1 year ago
Zappa was a genius - I sorely miss him
vermintude 1 year ago
lol Post humorously is actually a pretty good description. They should release a huge boxset spanning his whole career and use that for the title.
BassAssassin 1 year ago 4
@BassAssassin I found it too funny to even comment, but it also makes sense - after Zappa, humor lost a LOT so you could in fact talk about the era after humor, now that he's gone. Ah, Freud, Freud...
gormarx 1 year ago 2
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I think VICTORYOVERNEPTUNE Is well aware of the meaning of the word posthumously.
For people who are supposed fans of (Frank Zappa) who played so much on words in his lyrics, dont you get the pun?
ozzymandi 1 year ago
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ozzymandi 1 year ago
Post humorously? I think you mean posthumously.
agentpissant42 1 year ago 41
@agentpissant42 or it was after the funny part.
RIP Frank and Captian B
deadheadland 1 year ago
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@agentpissant42 or it was after the funny part.
RIP Frank and Captian B
deadheadland 1 year ago
@agentpissant42 or it was after the funny part.
RIP Frank and Captain B
deadheadland 1 year ago
@agentpissant42 with frank, both are correct.
smackythefrog23 1 year ago
@agentpissant42 He no doubt does mean posthumously but that malapropism is worthy of Stan Laurel's brilliant inventions (my favourite : "I trust you insipidly").
ninahagen9 1 year ago
@agentpissant42 you deserve a medal
rwk1983 11 months ago
@agentpissant42 thats39 people who thought the same thing.
stagekev 10 months ago
I read that the Captain would drive Frank to distrasction on tour by picking up a sketch book and doing his portrait every time they sat down, ha ha.
Rawlinson18 1 year ago 2
Its a pity. Beefheart is a real enigma and any observation on him from Zappa would be most interesting. They must have recognised each other as being two unique artists and it is a pity that they didn't collaborate on more albums. What an amazing band they must have been, although from what I gather, they were both uncompromising to the point of being almost dictatorial.
dieselheart1 2 years ago 5
Yeah I think your last point is basically the reason they didn't collaborate much. Dictator plus dictator equals disaster in studio....lol.
shkwave99 1 year ago
@shkwave99
dictator plus dictator sounds like a cool name for group. they'd probably only do duran duran covers though
lepaul2002 1 year ago
its not post humorously retard, its posthumous...read much?
AaronG305 2 years ago
was broadcast in 1994 featuring Zappa post humorously... I don't think topclaw is a retard as by 1994, Frank was definitely post humorous...being dead an all.
SingularityComplex 1 year ago
This video was pretty painful to watch; Frank's one of my favorite "celebrities." I just admire his opinions and his mark on music, but his whole life force was gone by the time this interview was taped. Its not the weight; its just that he seems to have lost a lot of his usual spark. Interesting as always, though.
Rhcpf12 2 years ago 4
Nothing like having your facts in orfer, just another vid-sucker for atte
plasticjesus108 2 years ago
post humorously
VICTORYOVERNEPTUNE 2 years ago
lmao.
metabog 2 years ago
post humorously? Spellcheck that shit
PhukkOfff 2 years ago
I'm sure the individuals involved in that exchange A YEAR AGO have been following this thread avidly & really appreciate your input - however wrong it is.
Spell-check wouldn't have flagged "post humorously" anyway because those 2 words are spelled correctly. Spell-check doesn't know that an entirely different compound word was intended. Those who confuse homophones (similarly-pronounced words with different spellings/meanings) will not be saved, either, e.g., using "coarse" for "course".
mizzTbubbles15yo 2 years ago
im sorry i dont care
PhukkOfff 2 years ago
Your veil of apathy neither disguises your ignorance nor improves your appearance.
mizzTbubbles15yo 2 years ago 2
appearance? this whole commenting system is pretty anonymous if you ask me, seriously dude don't even reply, your getting sand up your vag because of a fucking word
PhukkOfff 2 years ago 3
You of course mean SPELT correctly
Trencomtrink 2 years ago
Actually, "spelled" is correct. Spelt means something entirely different....
chinapig71 2 years ago
Zappa had a full white beard when he was near death
Obelisk2290 2 years ago
Hey, you're right!
yrsnkd 2 years ago
shayngryn... thanks for that info. So cool! funny, because my buddy who teaches jazz in New Paltz is from Montreal. I bet he knows the person teaching it there!
roygump 2 years ago
dear omegaguitars..
I would like to hear from you someday in the future(and no doubt others here would too) when you have somehow come to the point where you understand what is being said here about Frank's music. then my parents never will, and maybe you won't either.. and that's cool.
respectfully..roy g
roygump 2 years ago
I think Frank would roll over in his grave if his music was brought into mainstream education, he always meant to be outrageous and not the norm, you can't label Zappa.
timathi1 2 years ago 30
You forgot to put "maaaaaaaaan..." at the end of that.
JSB741 2 years ago
@timathi1 Sorry your wrong, listen to music today, it sucks because record companies have sucked the life out of the music industry. If franks music was introduced to kids the "norm " would be able to progress and young kids could learn ACTUAL TALENT and expand upon his work. not hiphop,american idol, or shitty rock bands like Creed, dautry and that justin bieber fucker.
CBrusich 1 year ago 3
@CBrusich Weasel errand boys like hack producer Desmond Child have been stomping on originality since the 1980s.
funboy7979 1 year ago
@timathi1
"I never set out to be weird, it was always other people who called me weird."
Frank was not the norm because he thought outside of the norm, not because he liked to be outrageous. Also, compared to other composers of the 20th century "avant-garde", he was "mainstream". If thinking outside of the norm became mainstream, I don't think he would roll over in his grave - I think in a way that's just what he was trying to accomplish... but it'll never happen, of course.
NitramZiarreh 1 year ago 4
@timathi1 lol you just labeled him outrageous and nonconformist, then you said you cant label him
Skjoldvall 1 year ago
@timathi1
I don't think the whole mainstream thing bothered him, he would have been above all that, I think he just loved to make his own music, and wanted people to enjoy it as well. He's a man ahead of his time in more than just music. Anybody can listen to his music but only open minds can appreciate it.
greyowlsl 1 year ago
@timathi1 FUCK you and the people who raised you!!!! Frank wanted people to hear him but the man (people you support) kept his message of enlightenment and LOGIC out of the mainstream by making him an estranged peron; a "weirdo"
You are tragically going to pass your foolish message about the world...damn you
tylerkrapf 1 year ago
@tylerkrapf Seems like I hit a nerve. I thought this was a forum, where ideas and thoughts were discussed maturely and without malice. Your reply to my view tells me you're an asshole, and I'd appreciate you keep my dead mother and father out of the equation. You can damn me and my observations all you like, but you could have a little respect, especially since you didn't know them. I would be willing to bet if we had this discussion face to face you would have been a little more respectful.
timathi1 11 months ago
Are you a music educator? What kind of institution?
Many people would surely disagree with you, as I certainly do. His lyrics that you speak of are just a part of his huge range of music.
I listen to a wide array of music and there isn't anyone that I can hear so many times and get new things out of constantly.... not a Miles or Coltrane or Mingus even...and they are people that college courses are definitely taught on. with respect..rg
roygump 2 years ago
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As a matter of fact, i did work as a music educator for several decades after graduating from Berklee College of Music long before Steve Vai attended there. I can assure you that you will not soon see Zappa's music being offered as a coarse at any reputable music institution....unless as a political coarse....or social coarse. So, people in the music institutions disagree with you or you would have your Zappa 101 coarse being offered all over the place.
omegaguitars 2 years ago
Not true omegaguitars- I was a music major and my professor more than once brought up the subject of Zappa. Particularly his use of triplets inside of artificial groupings. Also, while what u say is true about his 'socio/political' approach, I would remind u that Charles Ives also did the same in his day with rags, hymns, etc. Both were musical iconoclast in the same way. Zappa's blending of genres to this day still, will upset any 'purist'. And that's a good thing...
houdinididiit 2 years ago 2
I find it hilarious that you people who are so passionate about following a guy who spoke so openly and boldly against censorship and in favor of free speech would delete my posts and have nothing more to point at than a simple typo in one of them. You're doing the very things thing that Zappa hated most and intended to battle with his music....you ridiculous hypocrites. Grow up.
omegaguitars 2 years ago
No one deleted your post. It's a youtube thing. I believe if you get 6 or more thumbs down the post becomes invisible for some reason. So no, we the fans of FZ didn't censor you. If we did, I would definitely agree with you.
houdinididiit 2 years ago
If you all know that Youtube has this built in censorship feature that deletes a post after it receives a specific number of thumbs down indications, you're still just using it to go against one of the things that Zappa spoke so openly and adamantly in opposition to. If we don't like what someone is saying or it doesn't line up with our opinion, let's drop it out of sight with some thumbs down ratings....how convenient. I'm not sure what you all consider censorship, but this is it.
omegaguitars 2 years ago
Regarding 'Youtube censorship'- I agree with you somewhat. It is a stupid feature and tends to promote an unsophisticated culture here. (There are other vid/social sites that are WAY better than Youtube & cater to more mature crowd) On the flipside, one could say its just democracy voicing itself. Votes do have a consequence. So in hindsight given Frank's passionate drive to get folks registered to vote, perhaps in some small way Youtube is showing the kiddies here that- Yes Voting Counts.
houdinididiit 2 years ago 2
this is the best comment on this video
BassThatGuy 2 years ago
I find it hilarious people start discussing and arguing over the ethics of a system, without even finding out how it works. THAT is what frank would hate. You can change your settings to show/hide comments of a certain score, or just show them all.
udderhippo 2 years ago 5
Coarse? And you're an educator you say? Prick.
tynebar 2 years ago
omegaguitars: you attended Berklee and yet you cant spell course... I'm happen to being doing a Popular music course at a well respected universtiy and we have been given a frank zappa tune to improvise over
anycolouryouwant 2 years ago
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Frank was never celebrated as one of the quintessential composers of the era in which he enjoyed his hey day and fame. He was more a socio/political comedian who put his jokes to music. Sort of like listening to Bill Maher's lazy and irresponsible gibberish in song. I know all about using a lyric to pull people into a song, but one you get to the songs, they were still mediocre in composition and performance. Zappa gave himself too much credit and too people have followed suit.
omegaguitars 2 years ago
Music educator of America, I love the substitution of the word coarse for course. I'm sure Zappa 101 would be an abrasive study of music, however.
blackhawk397 2 years ago
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Here we go with the childish grabbing of a simple typo in someone else's post. Zappa 101 would certainly prove to be an abrasive effort. Sorry I didn't spell check for you, but i think you got the point. Grow up.
There were a few songs that I thought Zappa's composition chops were evident in, but i was never a fan so i didn't chase his material as a regular listener.
omegaguitars 2 years ago
omegaguitars : you ignorant slut
>> He was more a socio/political comedian who put his jokes to music.
You mean music to jokes. He played with high quality musicians. He always had unique/interesting and thoughtful compositions. You must have never heard Zappa's catalog.
>> like listening to Bill Maher's lazy and irresponsible gibberish . . .
More like "facts" you don't wanna hear. Maher is the only out there that has any balls, and not bullshit.
GaryNull 2 years ago
my lute wanted to kill Pato's Momma!
does anyone know of a college music curriculum that includes a course on Zappa's music? I'm curious. Someone should be doing it, no?
A friend of mine teaches at SUNY New Paltz and I'm bugging him to think about it. Way cooler than learning about Miles or Chet Baker in my opinion.
Long live his music. A true genius.
roygump 2 years ago
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You're kidding right? Zappa's music for educational purposes? What a joke. The guy was a mediocre writer who just politically incorrect and radical things to say over music for no other reason than for shock value.
We need to have real music used for the curriculum in our music colleges. Maybe Zappa's lyric's would serve well in some literary course at a liberal college, but his music is useless for education.
omegaguitars 2 years ago
Yes, Zappa's music for educational purposes.
A mediocre writer? His musical compositions transcend almost every category of music, something that doesn't fit the concept of mediocrity.
Yes, his lyrics are over the top, but that was the intent. In this culturally bankrupt country you have to play to the lowest common denominator to be heard. And once you paid attention, you learned that the lyrics were just the bait and the music was the hook.
knouraee 2 years ago 4
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mrhumanamerican 2 years ago 4
writing that was useless except to make you sound silly
nomonsnofun 2 years ago
It may be a silly word salad but it is not without its uses - you replied.
mrhumanamerican 2 years ago
may I suggest you listen to at least one of his recordings ?
chinapig71 2 years ago
You need to listen more and talk less. You speak from ignorance at best (perhaps you're unfamiliar with much of his work.) If you're familiar with his work and calling him mediocre, you're simply an idiot.
Gregorypeckory 2 years ago 4
seriously.
shkwave99 1 year ago