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  • this isnt a GREAT solo by any means, but god id rather listen to this all day than anything clapton did

  • It was "happening" at a Zappa show!

    There were no opening acts-Frank & crew came and played for about 2 1/2 hours. It was always a great time!

    Thanks, Frank!

  • hahaha nearly tore my stitches laughing at lizardkingjesus' comment. That was an important piece of knowledge mate :D

  • what an incredible guitarist. who would have thought? I hate his lyrics but LOVE to hear him play.

  • I was born in the wrong generation. Don't get me wrong-- I like bands today, (save "rap" or this "hip-hop" crap) but I wish I would have grown up listening to amazing artists... scratch that... composers, like Frank Zappa.

  • @xXAnnelieseMichelXx I don't give a fuck about how old are you. It's great you have good taste, but I don't give a fuck about your age, and anyone's here.

  • @LizardKingJesus Woah woah woah! Who pissed in your Cheerios?

  • New bands can not, and will not ever be comparable to Frank's genius. Let's see some new age kid pull this off. And I'm not hating on newer bands, but... Zappa all the way.

  • My guitar wants to infiltrate your mama's muffin.

    

  • R.I.P. Frank. You are dearly missed ; (

  • R.I.P. MUFFIN MAN!

  • im sorry but frank just looks absolutely silly without his shirt. not sexy, though a damn good song

  • @palebluedot4ev franks look silly to shake hands with well known person of his staff

  • wheres the beginning of the video?!

  • The fuckers took the original 77 recording off? Fucking fascist cunt youtube.

    Frank Zappa is a god.

  • C'mon people... Zappa's not even trying here and he blows away any blues soloist by a mile. He has a great voice, great writing ability , great guitar chops and improvisation beyond belief. Who can argue with that?

  • Frank's a genius. And a family man. He's gone, but I still love him.

  • Looks like we have 11 people that like cupcakes better.

  • 11 dorks got a muffin with no green rosetta

  • frank out of his mind at 1:23

  • Shaking hands in mid-solo, what a legend.

  • This should have over 1mil likes. (at 517 with 256kviews now)

  • Was he shaking hands while still playing?

  • @designermite hey fucking was. he is the guitar god and the one person I would have revived.

  • zappa reminds me of ted nugent.. no substance at all. cool shred man you hit several sour notes.

  • @casualtySR ted nugent?are you joking?no substance?surely you jest

  • @jackzapp57 NOpe, he's not shittin ya. Ted's a red neck. Drug free. Hard to believe I know. He likes his guns too.

  • @chuckbyf1 yo i dont know if causaltySR meant substance as in substance abuse.i took it as no substance as in guitar playing,as to me there is no comparison,Ted cannot touch Frank when it comes to the guitar.i will admit i'm biased,though.either way both Frank and Ted did not imbibe in drugs.besides his guns,Ted also loves his crossbow!

  • Personally this is my zappa song :D My older sister played some of his music when I was really young and I always thought it was really neat

  • You know you guys today say he was this and that, fucking Zappa was Clapton was god ! That's all we HAD then! Those guys absolutely rocked harder than ANY crap today. ABSOLUTELY. Thought he was a man he was a MUFFIN!!!!!!!! FU on ALL responses.

  • Wait, how did he play the guitar while he was shaking the guys hand? Or is there a way you can do that with electric guitar?

  • @clone232 it's amplified, so any pressing down on the fret board will create sound, and zappa liked his guitar set-up LOUD.. simples!

  • @timmo1782 what you also may need is enough distortion. but not a must have.

  • @clone232 tapping

  • PUT THIS VIDEO ON A LOOP. IT PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY. I LOVE ZAPPA!

  • i saw all 64 shows he played in chicago starting with his gig at erin russo's kenetic playground in 1968

  • ZAPPA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Under appreciated as a SHREDDER!

  • lol @ the toilet paper roll.

  • Wow

  • Notice he doesn't have his guitar hanging at his crotch. Apparently he gave a damn about the music he was making. What a concept!

  • what an amazing piece of work. love how he has all the chops to toss the tp back in the audience, shake the guy's hand, rock his damn ass off without ever losing a hair of a beat. what a musician--one with that axe dude.

  • This is the first time I've ever heard Zappa. It blew my fucking mind...he sounds very Hendrixian, but I still think Hendrix is the all around better gutiarist. But Zappa, good God what godlike skill that is! Totally fuckin' A dude! Keep on rockin!

  • @moviehypno23 yeah frank turned jimi onto the wah-wah peddle,they were friends

  • @jackzapp57 no shit?

  • this turns me on! every fucking time!

  • zappa as guitar hero...fkn cool

  • I just saw this video clip as part of the Zappa plays Zappa gig in Stockholm, Sweden tonight. Awesome gig, and an amazing legacy.

  • dayummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  • 10 people prefer cup cakes better... :/

  • @x0Mike0x Pleonasm. Look it up.

  • What a riff...

  • Most underappreciated and misunderstood musician of all time. Oh well....at least WE get it.

  • guy could fucking play!! 

  • This is, by far, my favorite solo of all times. Thank you FZ

  • Musical genius doesnt even cover it

  • he seemed like a cool dude......i miss him a lot....

  • he should break his guitar at the end and burn it.

  • @Gutsyndicate no i like zappa probly my 5th fav guitarest but doing that would just be copying hendrix  really

  • @rocknroll14live

    It would be copying Townshead, Townshead started to brake his guitars about 2 years before Hendrix...

  • @Gutsyndicate He should huh?LOL

  • He shut up and he played yer guitar

  • FZ is unbelieveable! I've never seen anyone shake fans hands WHILE playing a solo (one handed)! Thank goodness for video and You Tube!

  • @pvrdvd123 I know right...what a chill dude.....

  • incredibly exotic flair with a divine range and depth

    miss the creativity and mastery madly...rest in peace, frank

  • One of the best solos ever

  • Frank Zappa is the only true guitar god

  • @wildboaroinker Thank GOD im not the onley one who thinks so.

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  • Noone to this day plays better than Zappa. Some may be technically better but in real music that amounts to crud.

  • lol... good maby he'll shut up now.

  • too bad Dweezil is a discrace to his music.

  • too bad I wanna push shit up your 5 3/4 asshole

  • ....your a worthless piece of shit and dont deserve to listen to zappa.............

  • why you giving me shit, zappa rocks his band rocks , his wife and son are making a discrace of his music with the cast out has beens he fired.

  • BTW I'll tell Project Object that next time I see them.

  • BTW if your gonna comment on this it might help if you know the difference between Frank and Dweezil I suggest you listen to an old Frank song ,next watch a video of Dweezil . Frank would fire his friends for missing one note . no telling what he would do to his son for FUCKING UP HIS MUSIC!!!!!

  • his son is the only person that comes close to spreading and keeping franks music alive and i give him credit, noone in the world or ever in the rest of humanity can recreate franks music, god bless him and his son for keeping his fathers music alive and influential. and im not going to talk shit about dweezil b/c hes guaranteed better at guitar than either of us. and im sure frank is proud of dweezil for what hes doing to keep his music alive.

  • big woop!!!!! your wrong Project Object is doing his music the way it was written rather than playing it like shit.....with the attitude that I can't wait to get off stage.

  • just shut the fuck up im sick of getting your stupid ass remarks you dumb fudgepacker

  • @epirr095 Yer not geting yer fudge packd are u?LOL

  • @riverlifeva Id say the onley yhing Dweezil does wrong is act like he cant wait to get off stage.He does play very well my op.U can shot me now like Slash fans would love to i mess with them alot i gp there and talk about ZAPPA LOL

  • @epirr095 Dweezil dont do adence partisapashon to lame i still go to his shows anyway got to suport the team.

  • @AlAlekhine I've heard it and it's not the worst music in the world but I'd rather hear the actual blues. To me it's the difference between listening to modern R&B/pop singers and listening to Aretha Franklin or Billie Holiday. I'd rather go to the more raw stuff. just my personal taste

  • MAster of Univers !

  • Frank always played better without a shirt.

  • LOL

    Funny.

  • @bwanna23 totally dude and I tell women they look better without one all the time. Sadly, I keep getting arrested when I try to prove this in public places.

  • A man who likes pussy can mean a lot of things. Like if he find it digestible.

  • I like muffines....

  • Holy shit, listen to that opening riff. Zappa could have been successful at any type of music humanely imaginable. I agree with the statement about Clapton, "he did to blues what kenny g did to jazz." Good analogy. Clapton obviously has great technical skill, but I find it lacking in soul. Just my opinion.

  • about Clapton, "he did to blues what kenny g did to jazz." LOL

    I'm into guitar players, and my favorites are George Benson, Steve Howe, Larry Carlton, others.

    But I never thought of Clapton in the same league as the above.

    Not really a fan oh his playing.

    He is an example of "hype".

  • Clapton was one of the absolute worst concerts I've ever seen. Luckily, Robert Cray was there to save the day.

    Zappa was one of the best concerts I've ever seen, and his band was definitely the tightest I've ever witnessed.

  • dude come on CLAPTON is about as technical as me playing was my dick....the man has SOUL!! and hes cleaner then most guitarists

  • @MostlyInhuman Dude, its allright if you dont like clapton, but comparing him to kenny g was really mean. kenny g is one of the worst things that ever happened to music.

  • @MostlyInhuman Clapton's still playing the same licks he was playing in the Yardbirds. The only vaguely interesting stuff he did was in Cream, where he was being dragged out of his comfort zone. To be fair, though, Clapton's always been puzzled by the "Clapton is God" business, and maintains he's never been the greatest guitarist in the world. (Hendrix or Jeff Beck must surely take that crown?). Back on topic: tremendous solo here from FZ!

  • @pfalconer Agreed. Clapton is one of the most chronically over-rated guitarists of all time.

  • I think muffins (the bakery variety) were a staple of his diet as much as the famous gourmet burnt weenie sandwiches that he cooked over the gas stove.

  • likes pussy? so now it has to do with a cat?

    you're like a catholic, finding meaning where there's none. Pure entertainment.

  • Focus!

  • he even shakes hands!

    what a great fucker!

    He is a GOD!

  • Could somebody tell me the meaning of this song?My english is too bad to understand this one

  • i dont think there is a meaning lol

  • YOUNG *HENDRIX* ZAPPA

    one's leftY!!!!

  • One of the best live shows I ever saw!!!

  • Pretty cool -- looks like he's using a wireless system, which is pretty wild considering this was 1977. Must have been a very early system -- maybe a prototype Nady or something? The white box hooked to his guitar strap behind his shoulder must be the transmitter.

  • never understood why he's not mentioned up there with the 2 Jimmies, for fuck's sake he was better than Clapton

  • It's because he was different, and stupid people ignore the "new" ideas frank zappa had, so they set him apart, and the "GODS" were page and clapton and hendrix, and they all did the same music, mostly.

    Frank Zappa Genius.

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  • clapton is fucking boring and he did to blues what kenny g did to jazz - cleaned it up for stupid bland wine sniffers. zappa's guitar playing was always inventive and interesting. look at this solo. clapton couldn't make a guitar sound like that if his life depended on it.

  • well.. I dont underestimate Clapton's playing.. but wtf.. Frank Zappa rules bro

  • Goddamn, this fucking ROCKS!!!!

  • playback..lol :)

  • are you stupid?

  • I wish I had a pair of Bongo's, Bongo Fury!!!Yeah.....

  • Thought he was a man, but he was a MUFFIN

  • This is from "Baby Snakes", right?

  • Its from Bongo Fury.

  • gurrrrl you thought he was a mayuhhh.........

  • Amazing guitarist.

  • mitoooooooooooooooo!!!!

  • the most wildest guitarist before hendrix IMHO

  • R.I.P. Zappa 4ever!

  • Frank Zappa, by far, one of the best guitarists ever. Just look at his fingers go and the sounds that come out of that guitar amp. Even if he's dead since 1993, he's still one of my favorite guitarists.

  • without a doubt could not agree more

  • never noticed him having flying fingers before lol, but nonetheless really creative as a guitarist

  • TOTALLY PERFECT !!!

  • Dude was a guitar GOD. We miss you Frank. Beautiful solo.

  • I seen this show 2 nights before in Pittsburgh im lookink at the ticket stub now OCT. 5 1977 Stanley Theater What a show I MISS YOU FRANK. GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

  • one of the best guitar players ever

  • Claymation fretwork. And very clean looking hair.

    The sterile icing anointement utensil from the utility muffin research kitchen!! Or yur mythology....

  • you are the greatest artist for me....forever...

  • What a great way to end a decade. . . Would have loved to have been at that show.

  • My friend is one of the dudes that shook his hand during the song. That lucky bastard is immortalized in one of the greatest solos ever!!!!!!!!!

  • @SteveSparx you got that right,and slash sucks with his shirt on or off lol

  • @loislombardo um who are u to say slash sucks? u dont mess with the gods pal...

  • tan tatata tan ta ta aaaaaaaa, oh my god tear drop lying on my face,

  • The Halloween Palladium NYC shows were the best shows I've ever seen in my life. Not one set was like another one for the whole 3-4 day run he was there. The early & the late shows were incredible & so were the freaks! I was very fortunate to have been there for all the shows... Thanks Frank!

  • Girl you thought he was a man, but he was a MUFFIN!!

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  • frank is playlin a very cool model guitar to

  • great guitarist, great singer, great composer, great live performer

  • 0:58 --Love Zappa. I see where Omar Rodriguez gets his tone from, especially in the John Frusciante solos on Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus, track two from Frances the Mute. Awesome

  • We miss you Don! RIP Frank.

  • Frank Zappa definitly did his very own style and had a great influence on the musikscene, aswell as on me and my taste of music. I begun loving Zappa when I was a 5 year old, my dad regulary put it on and I discovered the beauty of this at first strange sounding music. Now I am as often as possible at the annual "Zappanale" in Bad Doberan - Germany. I am so sad he is gone...in my opinion a genius.

  • Haha, I was there a few times as well. :D (I live in the region an my mother is a huge Zappa fan..as is the whole family, actually :) )

    Das hätte ich jetzt auch auf Deutsch abtippen können...aber egal. :D

  • what a fucking GOD!!!!

    GENIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • frank was and always will be the best ever guitarest and composer of all time lots of love and respect to frank

  • Just the best guitar solo of all time. Long live FZ!

  • rrrrr you though it was a man but it was a muffin

  • Godspeed Frank We hardly knew ya.

  • NYC Palladium, October 31, 77

  • What dvd is this from because I want to get it ASAP. Thanks.

  • This is from the Baby Snakes DVD.

  • il faut juste fermer les yeux et ecouter

  • i love this song so much

  • I deeply love Frank! Il più grande di tutti!!!

  • Frenk kralju !!!!!!

  • Pure emotion !!!!!!!!!

  • Zappa is simply awesome, and that in so many ways: as a guitarist, as a songwriter\composer, as a humorist, as a satyrist! I'm so sorry I never got the chance to see him live or meet him. Damn, you can learn so much from this guy!

  • Awesome soloing, Frank Zappa is awesome!

  • Frank just did what he wanted.

  • Thats fucking amazing

  • he shakes everyones hand while he plays amazing!!!!!! he was the cooles man ever!!!

  • I"ve always had a question about the Muffin man, is he made of muffins or does he just selll them? Apparently theres this huge debate over on the rawrdollierawr channel

    OMFG Frank Zappa is freaking insane!

  • "Girl you thought it was a man, but he was a muffin"

    I think it's safe to say he is a humanoid muffin.

  • "Muffin Man" is an insult to a man who can't uh, give a woman sexual satisfaction.

    "Girl, you thought it was a man, but he was a muffin. You hung around til you found that he didn't know nuthin'." and "No cries was heard in the night as a result of him stuffin'."

    Tell your friends on the rawrasdfhdfioh channel to listen again. It's true.

    As awesome as this piece is, I think his "Black Napkins" guitar rendition he performed that same night was even better.

  • Also, the low-fidelity audio on this vid really doesn't do the DVD any kind of justice. Some of the high notes sound strangely muted. That DVD is a must-have, Zappafans.

    This vid is a great teaser, but there's just no substitute for the real thing.

  • Love this song. Why Frank is not mentioned among the best of the best of Rock guitar players is beyond me.

  • he is

  • that's right ,you heard right ,the muffin

  • Nothing so exalted on the face of God's Grey Earth, as the Prince of Foods; The Muffin! Zappa, I miss you so much.

  • Best F#@$% Guitar playing song of ALL TIME

  • Billy was a mountain, Ethyl was a tree

  • VAMOS ZAPPA LOCO!

  • One Word, AMAZING!