Frank Zappa - Lost Interview - Early Influences (1-7)

[MrShayneOneill]

Hmm. No it wasn't life that was created (we're only just working that out right now), but rather complex compounds originally thought impossible to naturally occur. But I think one could forgive old frank for misremembering something that far back. Great interview.

[davidofpiano423]

Who is the interviewer? His voice sounds familiar

[draxtordespres]

Amazing interview, thank you so much for posting this!!!

[azharkamal]

Thank you for this!!!!

[headlesssoldier]

i like Frank, but he's wrong on McCarthy. McCarthy's legacy has been wildly distorted because Jews perceived him as a direct threat.

[gnartotheextreme]

i would pay a lot of money to know what he was thinking about from 0:00 - 0:11

[jeffzekas]

I remember hearing Frank Zappa for the first time... I was dazzled, amazed, bewildered... later, my friend Paul, a Zappa fanatic, drove down to LA and stopped by Frank's house. Strangely enough, Frank talked with Paul... not normal for a "celebrity". Frank was smart, perhaps too smart... especially for the pop music genre... certainly, he wasn't always nice, but he WAS interesting.

[Dionysos37]

Great interview---but I wish Uncle Ned would stop playing with the camera!

[manfromutopia]

I really really miss this guy and his music that we can never hear........u know.....

[timtipton5071256]

Genius...

[GerSlaw]

sad.

[dotothenn]

PMNEWS1 are you really serious, or just being silly?? Because before I judge I just wanna know what you are really thinking. Also have you done your homework??

[dotothenn]

Did I just see pmnews1 choking on a cock?? 1000's cock's. If you think Frank Zappa is evil, then you have never listened to his music. No one who is evil could have wrote and performed "EAT THAT QUESTION". I suppose you don't like "Biches Brew" eithier. Have you ever listened to Anton Webern?? What musical artist do you listen to??

[Meurglys33]

When I say that Bach and Beet is uninteresting to me, I only get bad comments, like there's something I don't understand... It's coming from people telling me that Frank wasn't such a big deal... Inside I laugh... I know I'm not retarded, I'm ahead...

[TheConcentrationmoon]

he looks like albert einstein and being familiar with his work he definitely was......wait.....albert einstein was the frank zappa of physics............

[bondboy104]

5:41 Fantasia :D

[reedunzl]

@bondboy ravels bolero from the movie 10

[PMnews1]

This guy is very evil, look at his eyes! His father worked on bio/chemical weapons Frank Zappa like many rock stars was born into one of the elite Illuminati families. His job was to discredit the anti war movement. You will find many of the early rock "hippies" had fathers in high military places, Morrison was another. Both Morrison and Zappa admitted they hated hippies. You will also find many of these early hippie rock stars died young and mysteriously. The 27 club!

[westcoast1965]

@PMnews1 What are you talking about? He's the child of Sicilian immigrants. Illuminati.. give it a rest.

You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

[PMnews1]

@westcoast1965 If you don't know what I'm talking about then its best you don't tell me "I" don't know what the fuck I'm talking about.

[Bobofjudia]

@PMnews1 Here, let me translate this for people who don't know what you're talking about.

"OH NO, I'M CHOKING ON A THOUSAND DICKS, AHWOGHGGHGGGG, FUCK, OH GOD OH GOD, I'M SO FUCKING RETARDED, HURR DURF, FUCK, DURRR, HURRF, DURRFFF"

you're welcome ;)

[darkalleyheroes]

@Bobofjudia OHHHHHHHHHHH. That helped me understand!

[Bobofjudia]

@darkalleyheroes np bb :3

[russlehman]

@PMnews1

You could shorten you post a whole lot and deliver exactly the same content like this:

"I am a moron."

[reedunzl]

@PMnews1

seriously?? are you kidding me? you clearly know nothing of this man, or his work.

[themooddisorders]

may as well shoot myself

[flipside1545]

thanks..R.I.P. FRANK...

[Ammarensky]

thank you very much for sharing this video

[fedal15]

The average "music consumer needs to 50% of the music input through his eyes, otherwise the music doesn't exist". Sounds like a heap of pretentiousness to me. There may be some truth in it, but it's an awfully pessimistic, condescending, closed off view.

[krimskrams]

@fedal15

i feel that way too about this and many other statements he made. on one hand there is alot of truth in what mr. zappa said, but on the other hand it does sound a bit like pretentiousness and arrogance, but that's the way he was i suppose...

[LvnAction]

Frank speaks to the intelligence vacuum created by TV and the media. We have inherited a vast legacy of great art and culture which the three preceding generations have seen fit to demolish because there was either no profit in it or it was too hard to understand for their peer group controlled brains. So we put it all aside and embraced shit art, shit music and bank controlled media. Bring back the DaDaists. Attack mediocrity.

[ghueg]

thx for putting this on!great pleasure!

[cellardoor199991]

That's true about classical music popularity being associated with images. Like in Apocalypse Now when they destroy the village. Thereafter the song was popularized for consumers

[mikwid]

Could you please tell me what the year of this interview was?

[TheNilesLeshProject]

@mikwid 1990 - ish

[ISamuelII]

@mikwid He looks like he is hurtin, and loaded on pain killers. I'd guess shortly before he died.

[ISamuelII]

@ISamuelII Hey just said something at 7:45+ about Bush taking office in a few weeks. As well as the Nixin Lib inaguration which was in 1990.

Miss this smart dood.

[godlessfornicater]

@ISamuelII From what I was able to notice from his interviews, he ALWAYS looks like he's hurting when he's talking about society and politics... Too bad there is almost no more people like him left.

[ISamuelII]

@godlessfornicater After hearing a few things he has said, I'm wondering if the black ops types have a colon cancer weapon now. A few others that have spoken up against certain gangsters has died from that painful ailment.

[hernandez37219]

some say, that frank zappa looks like borat,,,would you agree guys?,,,but in my own opinion, i think frank zappa was very intelligent, based upon this interview

[SoverignCitizen]

FZ isan amazing human being

[michaelmuller]

Wow. You can clearly see he's sick, and in a little pain.

[jackpaice]

good thing he didnt live through the GW Bush era... poor dude!

[jackpaice]

interviewers suck-

[HighDrummer1]

And the depressing thing is, as our pop music gets gradually worse, musical illiteracy can only increase.

[FranksDead]

I love Zappa don't get me wrong, but for someone who preaches the exact opposite he seems to kinda have a "like what I like, or fuck off" kind of attitude

[Bob6stringer]

I think I won't be sleeping tonight as I watch all 7 parts of this, Niles. FZ is amazing to watch and try to fathom.

[patinovideo]

Never seen this interview before. Thanks for posting it.

[squanto2]

why do zappa's videos have problems with image and sound?

[toiseywoisey]

Reagan and his "damage to democracy"? Ask Poland and East Germany, that!

[Racin3]

@toiseywoisey you're not thinking deep enough...

[doomsdaypreacher]

His father was in the government, he remembers Arabic music as a small child but cant' remeber where; this guy is the typical mind control victum.

[bongolicious]

@doomsdaypreacher whats Victum fuckwit?

[doomsdaypreacher]

@bongolicious Thanx for the correction, asshole. "Mind Contol Victim"

[TheFigueroa007]

@doomsdaypreacher Whar are you talking about, how is he a typical mind control victim just because his dad was a scientist? Explain yourself unless your full of shit.

[RickSpyder]

This is what Youtube is all about.

Sharing the genius of this man with the world.

It would be incredible to imagine What Zappa would would be doing today.

THANKS FOR POSTING. . .

[kc7fys]

@RickSpyder That's an easy supposition--that FZ would be doing something great today if he were alive. I want to say that as much as you--but it's not exactly the trajectory he was on before he got sick. Despite his claim to eschew nostalgia--he was starting to recycle old ideas and get slightly derivative. And his audience clearly prefers his earlier work. FZ was a great man, and the elephant in the room--demonstrated here--is that he killed himself so early. RIP, Frank.

[kc7fys]

@kc7fys But please don't get me wrong. FZ is still at his worst a million times better than what American culture has to offer today in 2012. Maybe he was too good for these times.

[M15577]

@kc7fys Im sorry... but do you actualy think that Zappa killed himself?

[kc7fys]

@M15577 No more than any other chronic smoker does, no. That was my reference.

[M15577]

@kc7fys Oh i see what you mean. Cheers for clearing that up.

[BillTurkeyburger]

@kc7fys I just now saw an interview where frank said his doctors didn't catch it even when they did urinary tests on him, so that's really unfortunate, he actually went! That's annoying (he said he was "irate") Still, saying he killed himself is really douchey.

[cybertron06]

Amazing interview, lovely insight to a pure genius

[luanomesquitas]

sou fã de Frank Zappa desde 1977 fiquei fã quando o ouvi a primeira vez, fico muito feliz quando vejo que tem muita gente que o conhece como eu. Zé Mesquita. Pirenópolis Goiás, Brasil

[andygray]

Thanks for posting this. FZ was brilliant man whi is sadly missed. A great American.

[ratbatblu]

Awesome interview! Thanks for posting!

[funkmasterjee]

Interesting

[pipeandslippersman]

possibly the best 'personal' interview with the great man i've ever seen! covers pretty much everything the keen zappa student could want to know. thanks SO much for posting - clearly done while he's getting ill, and that makes it a little sad. but just listening to him still makes me smile!

i miss you, frank.

[jackzapp57]

@pipeandslippersman i agree he's very sick if you didn't see it check on you tube 'frank zappa and trooper ash" a great interview with a pa. state trooper who's also a big fan.it was in 1981 i believe,enjoy...........

[angie4josh]

This is a Frank Zappa that I suspected, but was not quite sure of. I sense a deep and profound sadness, loneliness and pain in his voice as he speaks of his childhood.

I nearly started crying when i listened to his account of him trying to make contact with Edgard Varese but failing to.

[kiss904]

this cunt looks like billy connoly

[checkurbrain]

Frank Zappatero!!

[jazzmanEE]

"the average music consumer today has to have 50% of the input through his eyes otherwise the music doesnt exist"

so true..we still see that today even more so...only the percentage is higher today.

[jazzmanEE]

Frank was THE man..THE legend.

I miss him a lot

RIP

[TonyBtheEG]

Thank you for sharing.

[TonyBtheEG]

Thanks for sharing.

[GaryNull]

Man, zappa would be having a field day with all the assholes in politics today.

I miss him and george carlin.

[superfatman900]

@ gary null

bill hicks and hendrix as well

[fward101]

cant be more true :((

[GaryNull]

Bill Maher is the shining star today.

[KonChul]

Amen! And its true! In his day they said people like this was a danger to the youth and so they made regulations... Is it fucking better now!!?

[Defsolid]

@GaryNull Chomsky's still alive

[GaryNull]

@Defsolid - Bill Maher is talking over where Frank left off, lol.

[Defsolid]

@GaryNull yeah well IMHO Bill Maher is far from being as in your face as say Bill Hicks or George Carlin were, he tried to be at one point but he apologized for speaking his mind, ironically it didn't stop ABC from shutting down his show. If i have to choose someone today who in a way "say it like it is" in a show, Stephen Colbert would be the guy.

[GaryNull]

@Defsolid - Bill Maher works for CBS unfortunately, which owns HBO.

I'm thinking he won't touch some topics, like 9-11 because of that.

Real Time is a really good show though, and very funny.

[VanceHill]

@GaryNull Mahar is probably still angry about what happened the last time he discussed 9/11

[xxdiogenescynicxx]

@VanceHill Maher is a piece of shit zionist tool, all you have to do is watch is interview with Benjamin Netanyahu.

[badazzpresidents23]

@GaryNull I said the same fucking thing in another video, about missing Zappa and Carlin! I fucking love you!

[GaryNull]

@badazzpresidents23 lol . . too many pussies today who are afraid to say anything real.

People I like now are Bill Maher and Gary Null (not me) go to garynull.com and you can hear

his daily radio show at 12:00pm (or hear this archieves).

[shine350]

We can never win with these creeps Frank

[elijahquest]

I'm surprised FZ doesn't mention "Fantasia" when he talk about videos of classical music. Dinosaurs and volcanic eruptions were certainly a great way to get my 8 year-old mind interested in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring!

[fiddlercrab3]

My thoughts exactly! It just proves his idea... 2001: A Space Odyssey certainly brought the work of Ligeti to the public. I think Stanley Kubrick has had the most success of all film directors thus far.

[systemtree]

elijahquest wrote "I'm surprised FZ doesn't mention "Fantasia""

and i would add "Allegro non Troppo" as another great application of video to classical music . . .

[fward101]

LMAO

[viciousk1d]

put edward bernays head on that companion rushmore too.

[canadianroot]

jesus christ, poster, put these in order. running around trying to find part 3 of 7. label them clearer.

great interviews by the way!

[howardshrops]

which one is number 3??

[muffirub]

It's sad to see Frank so sick. Full of - prescription - pail killers, tired, bloated and uncomfortable. RIP FZ!

[bastardtubeuser]

still enjoying those ciggs though !, i loved frank Zappa attitude to cigarettes and coffee.

[squanto2]

Dodgy Video is supposed to disinterest one in the message. Never worked for me.

[Kitsua]

Wow, great interview! Why the dodgy video though?

[TheNilesLeshProject]

Its kind of a viewer filter

[Kitsua]

No chance of an up in quality? It's absolutely golden footage, thanks so much for uploading, I'm a massive Zappa evangelist. :-)

[Hutchentoot]

the kids today think classical music 'Is Ugly'

[Mystiik]

not me and Im 16 so i guess im a "kid". .. though I am a little weird to other kids my age

[PurplePlayer99]

whoa another teen who likes Zappa, i'll pretend i'm the only one I know woo hoo

[Mystiik]

There are few of us elite teens out there :D

[metalfan8]

you can add me, a 17 years old kid that was REALLY amazed by him the first time i heard him, which was one week ago:]

[rocknrolladicted]

what is he saying. kids today...........i think its ugly?

[cjk9013]

I was wondering the same thing: "what was the question?"

Does anyone out there have this interview without the hiccups in video and sound? No disrespect to the poster - thanks for posting!

[IBANEZCHAP123]

keep it greasy

[MusicJew158]

heh his description of Eisenhower is fucking hilarious

[Uberdoppelganger]

FZ looks like Mr. Satan off dragonball

[thebeardedjohn]

fuck off

[lickvationist]

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[vhfanjack]

Haha, but a lot skinnier

[thecrum69]

simply one of a kind. amazing thanks for posting. zappa only speaks the truth

[sirnicholson]

Ram it up your poop shoot.

[boosuff]

thanks for posting these, and also putting them is a playlist

[esthercaulfield]

Great footage and thanks for posting. A tip, though: it's nice for us to have the part number in the title of the video so that it's easy to line them up.

[petegroover]

a gifted man,now i'm his age i can relate to him,theres so much in life to take in + so little time,and to make "ones mark" as he did is amazing ,respects to you ,p

[aodscarecrow]

This really is an excellent video. Thank you so much for uploading.

[Shinmeiryu]

Huh... Music videos for classical music... Now that's a really good idea.

[biporio]

@Shinmeiryu It was done in Brazil years ago. At the end of a sunday afternoon show, they brought a generic hot singing-dancing girls to the stage, then replaced the sound it with Vivaldi for the TV audience. Yay!

[Brock2097]

Thanks for putting this back up, great interview.

[TheNilesLeshProject]

Thanks for watching & commenting !

[Detoxx23]

@TheNilesLeshProject TYTYTYTY THX man TY,,,Frank forever in our hearts and ears  RIP