First time I saw Zappa at Constitution Hall in DC, 1970 or 71, he was doing stuff like this. A real shocker, I was expecting "Brown Shoes", "It Can't happen Here", "Trouble Every Day" etc. I was pleasantly surprised -- 20+ odd piece wind section, Jim Gordon on drums, George Duke on keys and a few others.
@JCfromDC2 You saw him in 72. 70 and 71 Frank toured with Flo and Eddie, much more pop/rock than this.
He played two shows at the royal echofest shitbox known as the DAR Constitution Hall on November 11th 1972 with the 10 piece Petit Wazoo band (which featured Gordon, but not Duke or any other keyboardist - Duke only worked on the albums) - the 20 piece Grand Wazoo band only played L.A., London, Rotterdam, Berlin, New York City, and Boston.
@fntaa0 Zappa spent most of the 80s talking about how much the 80s sucked, and he was probably right. Hell i think culture in general was probably worse in the 80s than it is today, Madonna, hair Metal, Reagan, huey lewis and the news, yuck.
@johnhaleOconnor2012 Actually, Madonna, Hair Metal, Reagan, Huey Lewis and the News were, relatively speaking, the high points. Fortunately, the real suckage has been largely forgotten; as it deserves to be.
Zappa was totally non-eighties; totally non-any era. Zappa was Zappa; unparalleled and unprecedented. He stood alone, unchallenged then, just as he does now.
@lolKbgTgm6621what said: "Reagan was a "high point" of the 1980s in much the same way that Mussolini was a "high point" of the 1930s."
Yes, much like the other things I pointed out in my post. Do you have a problem with reading comprehension? Or does your attention deficit disorder prevent you from reading entire sentences? Or do you have some sort of obsessive-compulsive disorder that causes you to fixate on a single word? In any case, get someone to read the post to you.
Ah, someone FINALY downloaded this GREAT piece ! I havn't heard it in years. Its So special. I particularly like the Hammond Organ bit- Amazing/beautiful/ real emotional content ! YEEEAAAAAHHH.
Understand what this is. This is the music they use to create M class star systems that support life. You'll never get how jazz dirty Frank was. How guitar fender and stratocaster he was technically. He invented rap. He was the reason people know who Steve Via and Terry Bozio are. He is the most underrated musician of the last 30 years
@Pr0staxX: In my opinion, Lady Gaga is fairly close to Michael Jackson's level of musical talent sans Quincy Jones, but nowhere near Zappa. but Zappa hardly ever enjoys any radio time, whereas Michael's music had all the radio time it wanted/wants. This is definitely the first time I've ever heard someone lump Michael Jackson in with Frank Zappa as part of an argumentative structure designed to demonstrate past music's superiority to present music.
Oh, that curious youth, behind the Iron Courtain, when i was fifteen and to play the trumpet learned, in the hopeless greyness... This vinyl lp (and special this Cletus A-A) was the rainbow and the hope for me, thnx Raky!
I turned down an opportunity to get this one on CD when it first got reissued in that format back in the early 1990s. It's a shame, because that was part of that wonderfully whacky phase of Frank's career between the "Hot Rats" and "Apostrophe*" albums, and a logical follow-up to the former. This cat had fun!
@TheFamousMockingbird I've heard that Hot Rats, Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo are considered to be a trilogy of sorts, e.g. Hot Rats parts 1, 2 & 3. (See the sink taps on Waka/Jawaka album cover which read "Hot Rats") Though they might not have much in common thematically, they certainly share a certain "feel" and have similar textures. What a truly great composer.
one of hte GOOD zappa pieces.-
59mar 3 weeks ago
First time I saw Zappa at Constitution Hall in DC, 1970 or 71, he was doing stuff like this. A real shocker, I was expecting "Brown Shoes", "It Can't happen Here", "Trouble Every Day" etc. I was pleasantly surprised -- 20+ odd piece wind section, Jim Gordon on drums, George Duke on keys and a few others.
JCfromDC2 3 weeks ago
@JCfromDC2 You saw him in 72. 70 and 71 Frank toured with Flo and Eddie, much more pop/rock than this.
He played two shows at the royal echofest shitbox known as the DAR Constitution Hall on November 11th 1972 with the 10 piece Petit Wazoo band (which featured Gordon, but not Duke or any other keyboardist - Duke only worked on the albums) - the 20 piece Grand Wazoo band only played L.A., London, Rotterdam, Berlin, New York City, and Boston.
lolKbgTgm6621what 3 days ago
im 14 and i love this shit
hobit1138 2 months ago
@hobit1138 want a cookie?
ImperviousMason 2 weeks ago
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
mariolunato 3 months ago
@RakyMaky
Hey man, thanks for sharing all this stuff !!
How did you get such incredible quality sound?!
Timzurita020196 4 months ago
3 minutes of your life, that does not at all feel like 3 minutes :D
Julaweric 4 months ago
This is my cartoon themed life music.
probrojeffro 4 months ago
One word: great!
ekolke 5 months ago
say what u want aout 80s lifes wicked
garyfarmer1000 5 months ago
great stuff zffz
loislombardo 5 months ago
Zappa's generation would have the same shit to say about 80's generation music as you're saying about today's music
fntaa0 6 months ago
@fntaa0 Zappa spent most of the 80s talking about how much the 80s sucked, and he was probably right. Hell i think culture in general was probably worse in the 80s than it is today, Madonna, hair Metal, Reagan, huey lewis and the news, yuck.
johnhaleOconnor2012 6 months ago
@johnhaleOconnor2012 Actually, Madonna, Hair Metal, Reagan, Huey Lewis and the News were, relatively speaking, the high points. Fortunately, the real suckage has been largely forgotten; as it deserves to be.
Zappa was totally non-eighties; totally non-any era. Zappa was Zappa; unparalleled and unprecedented. He stood alone, unchallenged then, just as he does now.
dalejosef 2 months ago
@dalejosef Reagan was a "high point" of the 1980s in much the same way that Mussolini was a "high point" of the 1930s.
lolKbgTgm6621what 3 days ago
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@lolKbgTgm6621what said: "Reagan was a "high point" of the 1980s in much the same way that Mussolini was a "high point" of the 1930s."
Yes, much like the other things I pointed out in my post. Do you have a problem with reading comprehension? Or does your attention deficit disorder prevent you from reading entire sentences? Or do you have some sort of obsessive-compulsive disorder that causes you to fixate on a single word? In any case, get someone to read the post to you.
dalejosef 2 days ago
Ah, someone FINALY downloaded this GREAT piece ! I havn't heard it in years. Its So special. I particularly like the Hammond Organ bit- Amazing/beautiful/ real emotional content ! YEEEAAAAAHHH.
mattiejnani 6 months ago
this song needs to be way longer
MjXllcommando 7 months ago
Really a very good composition, but I just miss the humor too much. I like it though.
EagleMedieval 7 months ago
Understand what this is. This is the music they use to create M class star systems that support life. You'll never get how jazz dirty Frank was. How guitar fender and stratocaster he was technically. He invented rap. He was the reason people know who Steve Via and Terry Bozio are. He is the most underrated musician of the last 30 years
masqueraidemarketing 7 months ago
All genius died... Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson...
and now we have Motherfucker musicians: Shakira, Lady gaga and all this bullshit...
Zappa quote: "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny."
sorry for my bad english, I live in the Hell (France)
Pr0staxX 7 months ago
@Pr0staxX: In my opinion, Lady Gaga is fairly close to Michael Jackson's level of musical talent sans Quincy Jones, but nowhere near Zappa. but Zappa hardly ever enjoys any radio time, whereas Michael's music had all the radio time it wanted/wants. This is definitely the first time I've ever heard someone lump Michael Jackson in with Frank Zappa as part of an argumentative structure designed to demonstrate past music's superiority to present music.
fntaa0 6 months ago
5 star song. this album broke zappa out to genius and greatness status of one of the 20th century music big boys.
fadethetrade 7 months ago
One of his best instrumentals, just love it!
Ugslap 7 months ago
Perfect, fun composition. The rest of the Wazoo-Album kinda passes me by but this is another tune that convinced me that Zappa could be a real Genius
10squonk 8 months ago
Oh, that curious youth, behind the Iron Courtain, when i was fifteen and to play the trumpet learned, in the hopeless greyness... This vinyl lp (and special this Cletus A-A) was the rainbow and the hope for me, thnx Raky!
fedesmajd 8 months ago
I turned down an opportunity to get this one on CD when it first got reissued in that format back in the early 1990s. It's a shame, because that was part of that wonderfully whacky phase of Frank's career between the "Hot Rats" and "Apostrophe*" albums, and a logical follow-up to the former. This cat had fun!
YusakuJon3 8 months ago
how good is this
vorlons100 10 months ago
If I had a personal theme song half as awesome as this I'd be set for life.
FunkyHonkyCDXX 10 months ago 12
brain massage
galeliyalevi 10 months ago 10
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Can not comprehend!
spider18241 11 months ago
A really good song to headbang too.
whitedwarf13 1 year ago 2
enormously ridiculous, and ridicously enormous. Genial.
jacarto 1 year ago 6
Man, this is one slick, rockin' rollin' jazzin' recording. Dig it.
probrojeffro 1 year ago
ba-rump-a-rum-bump-bum,
it was a great time to be alive,
those mid-70's
and the great Zap Bands.
la-la-la-la-la-la-laa
npspec34 1 year ago
Steve Vai earned more of my respect playing this Zappa chart. Truly branching out.
jpow890 1 year ago
@jpow890 isn't this where he first got famous?
athox 1 year ago
One of the best tracks ever!
Jodenstein 1 year ago
He composes 'big band' music like a wild guitar solo, fluid, emotional, inventive, unexpected, unrepetitive.
cree8vision 1 year ago
finally online!
was baout time fellas :-))
welll done rak
59mar 1 year ago
Hey thanks for posting these vids, The Grand Wazoo has always been one of my favorite under-the-radar Zappa Albums.
TobyLoaf 1 year ago
@TobyLoaf It is just as if not more complex than hot rat's and waka/jawaka. Easily one of my top 3 Zappa albums of them all.
TheFamousMockingbird 1 year ago
@TheFamousMockingbird I've heard that Hot Rats, Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo are considered to be a trilogy of sorts, e.g. Hot Rats parts 1, 2 & 3. (See the sink taps on Waka/Jawaka album cover which read "Hot Rats") Though they might not have much in common thematically, they certainly share a certain "feel" and have similar textures. What a truly great composer.
TobyLoaf 1 year ago