Frank Zappa - Apostrophe'

[Mortslake]

Jack Bruce plays bass on this! He was supposed to play the cello, but the one they brought

for him was too bad so it ended up with a jam with the bass.

[joemi1966]

The crux of the biscuit... is the apostrophe. This is the dog talkin now......

[MrGutentag69]

Jack Bruce says he did not play bass on this in an interview. You can't believe everything on wikipedia people. Jim Gordon is the man though what an underated drummer. To me he is the definition of a groove drummer. Very natural feel. My favorite Zappa drummer along with bozzio

[abelmaximo1]

~~*****~~

[dharmaseed]

Which song on this album has the lyric 'The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe'?

[olivier35800]

@dharmaseed in my memory it is stink foot coming after don't you eat that yellow snow. a wonderfull album

[bobdoles123]

@dharmaseed  I'm pretty sure its on the yellow snow suite.

[normabell200]

madness of perfection.

[foutupourfoutu]

@normabell200 Are you "the" Norma Jean Bell who played with Zappa in the seventies?

@dharmaseed Either Exentrifugal Forz or Stink Foot, can't remember which.

3:25: what a freaking great drum fill, classic Jim Gordon

[westwardduck]

saw ZPZ last night at the Crest Theater in Sacramento. amazing. and yet, can't help but wonder just how much more amazing FZ would have been to seen in concert. thanks Frank!

[OgreMageBand]

Noodling never sounded so tasty.

[WJE811]

some of the best bass ever.

[JackBruce33Cream]

Listen to Jack Bruce's bass lines... INCREDIBLE

[littlecave]

The beginning of this song is impeccable esp at :19 .....oh my god

[surfstrat59]

I'm...........exhausted. And I've heard it a thousand times before!

[mnj1921]

The kind of driving, raunchy guitar riffs that mothers warn their daughters about. So smokin' hot.

[brikrantz]

YEP! It's Mr Jack Bruce on the fuzzy fretless!!!!!

[CreeMetis]

JACK BRUCE/

[Flunder]

Zappa? wanted to be Clapton?????????? Oh God thats so funny.

[Flunder]

this is a fav. love it. some cookin bass .

[spellbinder00]

Frank Zappa is the Salvador Dali of Music! :-)

[TheOneEyedHound]

Five dislikes?

Exactly what were these people thinking?

[ZappaFan59]

Apostrophe was the first FZ album I heard and I was hooked. That was in the early 70's. I was lucky enoughto see him in consert three times. Genius.

[probrojeffro]

Don't understand the Frank haters, naysayers, ignorers. Hey, he may get a bit potty mouth or cutting for you, but if those little things bother you in excess, then you're missing out on a LOT of genius music. But if you can't take his social criticism, maybe, just maybe, it's hitting too close to home, and what you hate most is that, yes little brotha and sista, he's talking 'bout you!

[MsKillah13]

@probrojeffro True Dat!

You are what you is!

[acasualtee]

@probrojeffro cant agree more !

[NoCommentChick]

@probrojeffro No I'm cool with it. Frank's a sexist homophobic dick who happens to be a fucking musical genius as well. No reason to ignore his insane skills both in writing and performance.

[JCfromDC2]

"He MADE them ALL do it"

[JCfromDC2]

Steve Vai also worked FOR Zappa, THE Master.... "he MADE me do it"

[JCfromDC2]

Clapton worked FOR Zappa. Great Bass here by Jack Bruce

[SupernalOne]

now we know that Zappa wanted to be Clapton - or else to one-up him in power-trio format

[MsKillah13]

@SupernalOne You may want to check your head bud! Clapton couldn't hold a candle to Frank. "one upping" him wouldn't be hard

[smokestanklightnin]

@MsKillah13 ; uh, Frank got Eric to play on Were only in it for the $. He kissed his ass, then had eric play into a reel to reel so he could copy his licks.

[DaJaksta]

16

[mcbrett1960]

way to go man!

[Tarasem]

I am 62 years old and listening to Frank right now ... just like when I was 16

[kmanithemani]

I was twenty eight years old working at a factory when an eighteen year old chick started working there. we started hanging out, didn't think about where it could lead. Then I found out that she also had Apostrophe, we have been married now for ten years.

[DanNGC2770]

dat guitar :G

[shelfpup]

@DanNGC2770 dat breakbeat :G

[Spaceysprocketz]

41 Year old woman - Be correct when posting who likes some Zappa please :)

[facepull123123]

dont forget 21 year old male

[termite155]

Why would anyone compare a musical cover comedian to a music legend, who writes original, in both senses of the word, songs. It's like comparing used apples and psychedelic oranges.

[lumyn]

27 year old married woman, popular here too. Good music gets past demographics.

[oldman1911A1]

What's this about Weird Al? I love Al, but he's all about the words and the music is just a slight push from the original - almost a "cover" as it were. Zappa is all about the music. All the intensity is there.. Then, to satisfy demand to have lyrics at all, he gets out his big fat bright colored crayons and writes something that he finds amusing.

[antebj98]

Frank Zappa is the legend

[Diogodeamorim]

My god, how can someone dislike this video??

This is the memory of a guitar god.

People who dislike this must be deaf or hear too much Panic at Disco.

[TheOneEyedHound]

So, /this/ is the crux of the biscuit?

[Kfarineau]

This is the major difference between zappa and yankovic who are constantly compared due to thier songs mainly being comedic, however yankovic is a clown who changes words while zappa is a musical badass

[dekekyo]

'out of jail playin'.

[bveracka]

@AzariaViviana - Don't forget the children of all those older guys, I'm one of them! I was brought up on Frank Zappa, among others, but Frank was a mainstay in our household. We had at least 30 of those green jewel cases made by RycoDisk that Frank released his CD-albums on. Long Live the King of Cool Tunes!

[SubliminalAttraction]

Jack Bruce playing some awesome bass on this track!

Go gotta love it! So sexy!!

[micktheMaag]

@SubliminalAttraction didnt know that.. thanks.. 

[panther029]

am i crazy but when i switch on my guitar it's like im playin Zappa........1 can but try ;)

[smittydit]

johnnyripped to this for vinnie and dugbudz back in the 70s. opened our ears and our minds.dgb at smit.

[evilmonkey63]

The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe

[AzariaViviana]

Youtube comments are irrelevant

[apataye]

I saw some of u doubting bout it. I´m quite sure Jack Bruce plays in this LP, but, don´t know whether in every track or only in some of them.

[FineAgedRocker]

@apataye Just this one. But Jack is great on everything. He's got a great six cd set.

[skata666nai]

fuck this is perfect

[kare7380]

nice bass work from my good friend Jeff Simmons

[rpanting1]

@kare7380 I thought that was Jack Bruce on bass?

[ClassicRockMan95]

@rpanting1 it is jack, kare is a pooptard

[Getorix]

Da fuck? I have been listenin to this guy since i was 15 as well. Am 23 now. Awesome shit!

[edjoe359]

pure genius

[TheOneEyedHound]

Who the hell dislikes this?!

[Replicachile1]

La cagó increibles sonidos por aqui-great stuff men-

[YourDudeness00]

Fuckin' awesome song!!!!!!

[jumpinjehosiphats]

@MrBird58 A bazaar is similar to a flea market, the word you are looking for is bizarre, meanig odd or unusual. Frank was an extremely prolific musician and writer of many types of music. He wrote his music by hand and his transcripts look like they were produced by a machine. The archive of his unpublished music fills a wharehouse. He was an amazing and original talent. His passing is sorely felt.

[whosyerkitty]

@jumpinjehosiphats - warehouse



[MrBird58]

frank besides being bazaar was a great rock and jazz guitarist  birdman

[assucar1]

@AtlasShruggery Hmmm... No fooling!

[AtlasShruggery]

Is that a real poncho or a Sears poncho?

[probrojeffro]

Frank could write anything in any genre. And he did. RIP Uncle Genius.

[MrLaserprint]

Actually it was Jack Bruce playing bass and I was at that gig too ;)

[gonzosgroove]

This song is the crux of the biscuit.

[pieterjanoddens]

Always like a good basssolo for starters (beginning of a meal)!

[vjjunk]

@pieterjanoddens You should be the king of the Bass to say such a thing. Bass solo for starters?

[pieterjanoddens]

@vjjunk No man, I was eating my meal and listening to Zappa tunes! This tune started with a good basssolo, that's all!

[CannedSausages]

One of his best instrumentals ever, and yes, FZ is credited with playing the fuzz bass on Apostrophe, according the the LP sleeve notes. I saw Zappa Plays Zappa doing this only two days ago and their bassist was very good, but here was only one FZ.

[nspcvdgg]

@CannedSausagesif sleeve notes say frank played fuzz bass then its a typo, let me assure you it was Jack Bruce.

[tommooxyz]

Kudos to those not noticing the sarcasm in azariaviviana comment and now failing hard at making age comments!

[ThievingFox]

Is it fair to say that anyone under the age of 20 who loves Zappa's music was turned on to it by their Dad?

:)

[RockNfuckinRoller97]

@ThievingFox I wasnt my dad hates rock music all together and my mom never liked zappa, im 14 and i found him on my own. and i just started listening to him, i always knew who he was but i never actually decided to check him out until i was looking at an iron maiden album and the guitarist were wearing shirts that said "were not an english rock band were just dental floss salesman from montana" so i finnaly decided to look him up last week now i cant stop listening

[blackfloyd23]

dat bass :B

[kzbxvz]

Believe it or not but this very song was played frequently in a children's television serie in Sweden 1980.

[MrPinatoubo1]

pinatoubo@live.fr

[gbc1627]

Who's an unworthy bastard? And why that kind of language?

Get control of yourself.....a little courtesy and decorum, please.

Who did anything to you?

[VAB0L0]

Dat bass

[topcattcw]

just fucking good music !

[AzariaViviana]

This video is most popular with:

Gender Age

Male 45-54

Male  55-64

Male 35-44

and a 15 year old female :)

[Volpys]

@AzariaViviana 15 male also likes Zappa. =-)

[komfremaddonna]

@AzariaViviana: I´m a 37 year old woman - is that good enough?

[TheHellishfox]

@AzariaViviana hey!! im 21!! lol

[juakosanz]

@AzariaViviana 16 old male as well

[kokoskamkd1]

@AzariaViviana and 15 years old male



[NerviFrank]

@AzariaViviana

The 15 year old female is truly a genius

[EndlessNot1]

@AzariaViviana age comments are so irrelevant

[BA5966]

@AzariaViviana I only just qualify at the top range of your survey, having turned 45 recently and I love seeing a young girl getting it. Trying to get my daughter into it as well (12yo) and she is responding, although slowly.

Go girl

[bigdogdad59]

@AzariaViviana you forgot a few age groups. I'm 52 and still listen to Zappa as does me soon to be 75 yr old father. Who, by the way still rides his bike daily and has been since the mid 1950's......always has and will ride American Iron!!!!!

[bloksaspew]

@AzariaViviana ..how doo ya' fig-yur ?

[sinisterBOB9]

So much respect.

[gbc1627]

That's Jack Bruce on Bass.

[stevecrosby99]

@gbc1627 from what I've read Zappa played bass on this. please research, let me know

[MrPhu3l]

@stevecrosby99 Jack Bruce from Cream was credited on the album for co-writing this song with Zappa. Thought in an interview he said he didn't play the bass, but the Cello parts. (Seeing as there are no Cello parts, that's kind of odd).

Frank Zappa was quoted that he did play the bass guitar on this song, as he was a friend of the drummer Jim Gordon.

[TheFriendlyPig]

Zappa jammed with Hendrix in a hotel bar once. Imagine that you unworthy bastard!

[scottytrotter]

Me too. And there's no reason to go off liking this guy's music. I'll still be listening at 72, 82, 92...

[OtoParkour]

N' Jesus said: Someday the good music will come back for everyone who doesnt listen to the evil pop music!

[blackandtanful]

８０年以降ロックの退化、６０～７０年の黄金期～象徴演奏ｻﾞｯ­ﾊﾟとｼﾞｬｯｸ･ﾌﾞﾙｰｽの"ｱﾎﾟｽﾄﾛﾌｨｰ"最もｻﾞ­ｯﾊﾟには時代は無関係だったが!

[jakos1]

Lui è tra i più grandi e lo sarà x sempre!

[goggalowitch]

Me too! As far away as South Africa we were blown away by him. My friends and I would save up and give people money who were traveling to the US to buy and bring back his albums for us.

[tromachick]

aw hell yeah!

[blackandtanful]

アポストロフィ～フランクｻﾞｯﾊﾟ～ジャックブルース（~▽~­＠）♪♪♪o(*⌒―⌒*)oo(*⌒―⌒*)o(*´∇｀*)­(o＾・＾o)

[chrisjt86]

Come for the music, stay for FZ's stare.

[tirimtimtish]

WAAAAAHHHHFAKLFSKJLGSFKJEODSNL­GSF>KDNOAWEKQLR<NSFPOJNL!

I love this song!

[LightEye2012]

3 idiots who don't know a thing about music...

[gmansoul]

Love the bass line on this song, didnt realize that jack bruce was doing the bass line. the whole album is tight. frank was a pioneer for those of us who love electronica.

[PandaPantz669]

@NBM3 That's not Aynsley on drums, that's Jim Gordon.

[NBM3]

Swing that drum solo Aynsley !!!!!!!

One of the greatest ever tracked !!!

[dalek4855]

Well done Frank! We will be seeing Dweezil soon.

[buzzardbait99]

@parrytonneath, aint it tho......

[smilanmilan55]

Jack Bruce ( cream ) was playing Bass on this and was playing bass like a lead guitar.!

[yescure6]

Jack Bruce :)

[kybo61]

The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. My 4 dogs love this!

[seamac206]

what pedals and effects does jack bruce use in this song

[fuzzym30]

@seamac206

None its a tube preamp

[rainbowkeys711]

always loved this instrumental...........

Jack Bruce?!?!? whoddathunkit? how cool........

[GmanGregilla]

JACK BRUCE on the bass in this!

[mojostephen]

OK, so Frank was wierd. Yeah, he was "out there" alright! That's probably why he never achieved mainstream popularity. But he was a fine composer and guitarist. There are those of us who know...

[inouii]

Jack Bruce on bass

[TheWendyHour]

.....genius lil riff, adore......

[oommiinnii]

It just sounds so mighty!

[kemotox]

awesome



[JCTVNewsTeam]

I believe this was done around the time he crossed the line from later on to way back when.

[NoCommentChick]

among my fav parts of the album

[texasmarauder]

yes that is Jack Bruce on bass there

[markjbaldwin]

Is that Jack Bruce on bass here?

[Django5198]

This is actually quite San Francisco ballroom like

[donbossa]

GRANDE JACK BRUCE!IL VERO AUTORE DI QUESTO PEZZO!

[donbossa]

GRANDE JACK BRUCE!

[solda09]

Beautiful Bruce 

[zengull1]

My first concert was up in Trenton,NJ and I was right in front of FZ when he did this song. I was blown away.

[hawkfw87]

zappa was one malamadre

[YogaforCynics]

One of my favorite jams ever, and certainly one of Zappa's most underrated tracks.

[MrSmiley1964]

The greatest musician of the 20th century. Do not doubt it

[lottavernix]

@MrSmiley1964 I do not doubt it one bit!

[lghalihaf]

Anytime anywhere. fZ forever. for no reason at all

[GamCappa]

fuggin sick on the guitar

[CRAVASQUEZ]

this is music

[smuttierthanu]

gotta love it !!!!!!

[uglybettyx1]

Zio Frank era un genio,grandissimo guitar man!!

[mixtand138]

The Apostrophe is the crux of the biscuit...

[sheltech12]

god I forgot about this. this is murder !!!! I'm so happy right now .

[agentx34]

And drums old school.

[1953jazzman]

None other than Jack Bruce on bass!!!!

[mitzi303]

I'm 52 right now.

I've been turned on to Zappa since i was 16 years old.

Still does it for me .

[dazecheeze112]

@mitzi303 Respect!

[TheHippycrit]

In daze when censorship ruled Frank welded his music like a sword to combat repression. He truely was a head of the time...

[Fend4urself]

hahahahah Zappa was a Dr. of music. A Doctorate's Degree! Every little nuance was written into the music. He intimidated other artists when they worked with him because he was so far ahead of them.

[PositivelyBored]

@Fend4urself

Then the musicians who collaborated....LOL

P.S. great drumming here, legendary... Jim Gordon!

[leavemykittenalonexo]

I LOVE FRANK ZAPPA



[drinfothv]

sorry wrong person but u get the point

[drinfothv]

hey blackandlanful, when you can play like jack bruce then do some talking.till then stfu

[zappeddu]

kusta notti deu no drommu!!drummu!!oh yeah....

[dengels1957]

greatness maximus, enough said

[vondelpark1973]

He was and will always be unique .... a rare jewel in the pantheon of rock ....

[BlackNapkins86]

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