Zappa is the F*CKIN GREATEST guitar player ever , and I love Hendrix, sometimes I cant say who is better but it's one of the two , they're on two different planes , but I think they can visit each others .
this guy was more of a joker not a musician. He just wrote songs to piss ppl off and make fun and this biography proves it. He didnt write music for music sakes and thats sad, its sad that he has to pick at certain ppl. R.I.P Zappa Rest In Pain!
@MeistroMac91 that is very untrue what you said. he has more instrumental songs than he has songs with lyrics that piss ppl off. so you are incorrect.
The question I'd like to ask is what the hell does Matt Groening do in this biography? Apparently he likes Zappa and has already become a minor celebrity by the mid 90's thanks to the Simpsons, but what else is there to state his purpose in this program?
They were friends. The TUVAN throat singer bit at the end of the show is a result of Groening going to see them in concert. He had asked Zappa whether or not he was interested in going to see them, but Zappa wasn't well enough by then. However, he asked Groening to invite them over to his house, hence the improv. session.
I think MTV did a movie about the Senate obscenity hearings that Tipper Gore started, and Zappa was one of the main players in that drama. I cant remember who played Frank.
I recall seeing it 9 years ago. It was on VH1. The Zappa persona was well-done in the film. I can't remember the name of the film or the actor either.
@fulvia67 that sounds like an idea that would be easily fucked up in hollywood. the actor that played him in the censorship movie was horrible. but that doesn't mean it's impossible, just frustrating if not worth the time.
i always think about the fact that frank found out about his cancer suddenly, even though he'd gotten yearly check ups. was frank getting too big for the guv'ment to tolerate? i bet he coulda made PREZ had he lived, i just know it. and he woulda been a damn fine one too.
I know what you are getting at here rongravy. A similar thought crossed my mind a month ago... I'm not really into conspiracy theories but I wonder if Zappa himself questioned the suddeness of his very aggressive cancer. Would make a great movie plot:-)
Bob Dylan's doing commercials. That's not very threatening. He was also preaching to the choir in the political realm. If today's guvment was killin folks it would be Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Savage, etc. Most musicians are praising the guvment these days.
You can see Frank talk about the doctors misdiagnosing him for years, in the clips of his interview with Katie Couric.He died of prostate cancer, which isnt usually fatal.
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@TheSuperJustinn Who might that be ?
murvon 4 months ago
Who would play Frank ?
murvon 4 months ago
@murvon Adrien Brodie
TheSuperJustinn 4 months ago
Zappa is the F*CKIN GREATEST guitar player ever , and I love Hendrix, sometimes I cant say who is better but it's one of the two , they're on two different planes , but I think they can visit each others .
mistysolel 6 months ago
I have written that Black Napkins is played at my wake.
sweet.
FrankCastlez 7 months ago
Fuck Jim Bakker.
WeAreDevo456 1 year ago
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this guy was more of a joker not a musician. He just wrote songs to piss ppl off and make fun and this biography proves it. He didnt write music for music sakes and thats sad, its sad that he has to pick at certain ppl. R.I.P Zappa Rest In Pain!
MeistroMac91 1 year ago
@MeistroMac91 that is very untrue what you said. he has more instrumental songs than he has songs with lyrics that piss ppl off. so you are incorrect.
TheLargentina 11 months ago
@MeistroMac91 are you a musician? since you obviously know hes not a musician.
Nekronaut321 7 months ago
Thank you Frank for fulfilling my insatiably different musical needs!!!
chyrd 1 year ago 2
that black napkins cut was on halloween 77 not 79.
fadethetrade 1 year ago
ah ha ha 8:35
Idontlikemovies 2 years ago
haha "he has the magic ears"
boogster123321 2 years ago 4
i like this part on zappa the guitar maestro.
cosmicrider287 2 years ago
Zappa...master of the Alien Scales.....no one sounds like him.
dazamaru 2 years ago
The question I'd like to ask is what the hell does Matt Groening do in this biography? Apparently he likes Zappa and has already become a minor celebrity by the mid 90's thanks to the Simpsons, but what else is there to state his purpose in this program?
younghifi 2 years ago
I hear they were good friends. Not sure though
Mystiik 2 years ago
They were friends. The TUVAN throat singer bit at the end of the show is a result of Groening going to see them in concert. He had asked Zappa whether or not he was interested in going to see them, but Zappa wasn't well enough by then. However, he asked Groening to invite them over to his house, hence the improv. session.
elbay2 2 years ago
he was a close friend of zappas....
Its mentioned in about every biography on Frank.
hafsteinn 2 years ago
I wonder if anyone in Hollywood etc has ever thought about making a movie about Frank. I would love to see a movie about him.
fulvia67 2 years ago 13
I think MTV did a movie about the Senate obscenity hearings that Tipper Gore started, and Zappa was one of the main players in that drama. I cant remember who played Frank.
skankspankr 2 years ago
I recall seeing it 9 years ago. It was on VH1. The Zappa persona was well-done in the film. I can't remember the name of the film or the actor either.
Neptuneman07 2 years ago
@fulvia67 that sounds like an idea that would be easily fucked up in hollywood. the actor that played him in the censorship movie was horrible. but that doesn't mean it's impossible, just frustrating if not worth the time.
10menonachest 1 year ago
@fulvia67 that would be cool as long as they didn't "Hollywood" it up.
TimHensley28 1 year ago 7
@TimHensley28 and john torturro has to play him
gango13 8 months ago
@fulvia67 D.D. Lewis can play him
Alos21 5 months ago
Apparently this aired on A & E shortly after his death so the guess would be that this was on in early 1994.
npspec34 3 years ago
I want a high-five.
raggedy 3 years ago
i always think about the fact that frank found out about his cancer suddenly, even though he'd gotten yearly check ups. was frank getting too big for the guv'ment to tolerate? i bet he coulda made PREZ had he lived, i just know it. and he woulda been a damn fine one too.
rongravy 3 years ago
I know what you are getting at here rongravy. A similar thought crossed my mind a month ago... I'm not really into conspiracy theories but I wonder if Zappa himself questioned the suddeness of his very aggressive cancer. Would make a great movie plot:-)
addyboddo 3 years ago
If the "guvment", as rongravy put it truly cared about musicians who posed a threat to them, Bob Dylan would've been dead a long time ago.
Jonias7 3 years ago
Bob Dylan's doing commercials. That's not very threatening. He was also preaching to the choir in the political realm. If today's guvment was killin folks it would be Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Savage, etc. Most musicians are praising the guvment these days.
bootlegpreacher 2 years ago
You can see Frank talk about the doctors misdiagnosing him for years, in the clips of his interview with Katie Couric.He died of prostate cancer, which isnt usually fatal.
skankspankr 2 years ago