Zappa & Youmans - Sleep Dirt

[duttz52]

never heard a guitarist as inventive as frank and love this

[AuntieN2]

Thank you! I will be 62 later this year.

[yellowandredandwhite]

LOVE

[bikingfencer]

So beautiful

[morconfa]

the genius.

[ohrwurm]

"You gettin' tired?"

"No, uh-uh. My fingers got stuck."

[fabiopedrazzi]

I have this LP

[antero15051984]

it s raining notes....

[akiracebu]

God.. Are there any adequate words for this sublime piece? Zappa.. So prolific. So much comedy in his music nestled into some of the most beautiful sounds ever created. This synthesis is unparalleled. I almost cries the first time I heard Son of Orange County. Sick sick bad mofo.

[TheBeduin55]

Zappa rules forever, his music will stand forever

[LivelloMedio]

THE Musician, THE Artist. Frank, we miss you.

[gergsar]

this is great, especially with some of those photos...thanks

[AuntieN2]

This is great! Never heard it before.

[bikingfencer]

@AuntieN2 I envy the freshness of your memory of the first time you heard this song, but it is still (I'm 62) sublime every time.

[lusiferotoma]

I miss you so much...

[incu300]

daddy zappa always in the cuore

[luckyluxful]

Few artists have played rock pieces as well acoustic alchemies with the same simplicity of Frank Zappa.

[altewutz]

Sehr schönes Stück vom Frank, muß mir irgendwie entgangen sein.

Dankeschön

[gammaGTgammajereste]

0 "j'aime pas"

[damdahu]

Most beautiful song ever...

[bigfootpegrande]

Masterpiece of emotion...

[stillbillful]

...thanks for posting this amazing music, by an amazing artist...

[ZOGGYDOGGY]

Gail! Break out the unplugged stuff. Hurry up before I croak.

[Calvakins]

I love this. 

[fabian22556]

really wonderfull music and some quite nice and funny pictures thanks a lot !

[MERCUREBLANC]

a enseigner dans les ecoles,c est tellement touchant.

j ai croisé Ardisson un jour av de matignon,en lui disant que pour les 15 ans de la mort de frank personne avait bougé,il m a dit"ok,jeudi" c etait a l epoque de TLMEP depuis,y a du zappa sur canal dans les jingles.c est une marque de respect,mais c est triste de voir que pas un mec clean assure en france....frank aurait eu 70 ans le mois dernier...pas un hommage? sick

[rockeroalfredo]

amo esta maldita cancion!!

diablos

zappa is THE MASTER!

[Ezriq]

I seldom play acoustic guitar, and this performance (the only complete take from the session) is a rare example of a performance in this setting. The tune itself was composed in a hotel room in Stockholm, Sweden, sometimes in November, 1971, as a result of borrowing the Martin guitar (owned then by mark Volman) and experimenting on a day off during the tour. I eventually traded mark a Telecaster for the Martin. It now sits unused in a dark corner of the studio. (F. zappa)

[ramtha9]

Been looking for the original version of this for awhile. Here it is. Thanks so much for posting this!! I miss Frank so much! You helped bring him back for a moment. And moments are all we have. PeaceLoveJoy..... R

[gammaGTgammajereste]

beau à pleurer !

[GuitarAndyB]

The greatest.

[feelix141]

Absolutley genius, Frank is a legendé. Wish he had more songs like this, although Black napkins and Zoot allures are both awesome tracks too. Peace bro

[uGodDamnFaggot]

@feelix141 check out Eat That Question, instrumental classic and the guitar solo is incredible

[micheloderso]

Absolut magisch. Eben Zappa!!

[Terezappa]

Magistral Zappa ... gracias!

[santanaincubus]

He's even great on acoustic. Im alright at acoustic but I cant play Jazz Fusion stuff in there. But He can. Coz he's Frank.

[vboy13]

nothing better ever

ZAPPA ROCKS!!

[MsSteve321]

vertuose,genial !  J`adore

[batslinus]

He's simply a genius!

[archietidy]

frank zappa . truly beautiful. though my open mouth and slobbers dont do this justice. massive respect for this

[Lillogambino]

I wonder what he meant by "sleep dirt" When I was younger I always thought it meant something like "sleep dirty" but now I think it might have a deeper meaning such as "sleeping in dirt(in dust)", being dead that is, or maybe something else, like "sleep dirt" meaning a mandatory death for men(as they say men was made out of dust)

[zseattle]

@Lillogambino Sleep dirt... it's the crumbs in the corner of your eyes in the morning... you gently rub it out as you awake and look around.

Pretty sweet song for a Contractual Obligation Record.

[Lillogambino]

@zseattle hummmmmmmm thanks my man

[neorunt]

@Lillogambino

Makes me wanna have a long coffee and a smoke.

A beach somewhwere.

[Lillogambino]

@neorunt hummm indeed it does, but I'd preffer a cold place...sicking tired of the heat...

[Parvenu333]

Knowing Zappa, he wouldn't go to such lengths to embed a deep meaning like that into a song. It's too pretentious for him. I think what he meant by sleep dirt was exactly what is depicted--dirt of the night--when man sleeps, the dirt arises from the floor and goes about its business.

You may wonder what business it might have. I think the song itself tells all that one would want to know about the melancholy life of Mr. Sleep Dirt and all his dirty comrades...

[Lillogambino]

@Parvenu333 food for thought

[Parvenu333]

@Lillogambino no no, DIRT for thought.

[mazesco]

@Parvenu333 Sleep Dirt is simply the stuff that collects in yer eyes while ya sleeps.

[alli791]

simply amazing.

[Tommyr]

I miss you Frank. A lot.......

[wtret]

incredible, incredible solo! Zappa - the greatest rock guitar improviser?

[flowerpunkchip]

how did you get passed the WMG's sinful censorship??

Zappa genius!!!

[Mohammets]

@flowerpunkchip  It's mostly Gail Zappa keeping Frank off YouTube.

[wombleguts]

what a moving montage to go with a great song :)