Frank Zappa - Zapped

Frank's insight about a live show where the Mothers performed in front of the U.S. Marines

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[ganjaganja879]

anyone notice the pink floyd in the back ground?

[TheGoodPeopleOf]

You're right ganjaganja879! The clip that followed this interview is «Set the controls for the heart of the sun» from Pink Floyd. Good ear!

[eric1love]

he's drugs, without the drugs

[DylanKerouac42]

They traiined those suckers, boy.

[anastyschoolboy]

@jjp009 Musically, yes! But startlingly intelligent and articulate with very well adjusted kids. Check out his interviews, specifically on Crossfire and a multi part series when he addressed the senate committee on censorship in opposition to the PMRC.

[jjp009]

@anastyschoolboy Fair enough.  Gotta admit...he was a little strange, wasn't he?

[anastyschoolboy]

@jjp009

Zappa didn't do drugs and neither did anyone employed by him while on the clock. You cold learn a lot from him if you open up a little.

[whatshendrix]

Frank is the coolest motherfucker!

[saxmidiman]

@jjp009 Zappa was clean!!! Get facts straight!

[Ferg353]

Drill Sergeant Zappa!

[terrypussypower]

@superkulmedkniv25 Well now, before I go any further, if FZ lowered his voice purposely "to sound cooler"(whatever the fuck that means), why did he wait until 1971 and 10 albums in, to do it? Anyway, if Zappa was any "cooler" he'd be frozen solid! But to answer your question, in the aforesaid 'incident', Zappa fell 15 feet into an orchestra pit breaking his leg and crushing his larynx, resulting in his voice being a third of an octave lower. Read "The Real Frank Zappa Book" for more info.

[superkulmedkniv25]

@terrypussypower How on earth was his voice lowered by that incident? I think he lowered it purposly because it made him sound cooler. I am not a factbook though, so please tell me how his voice got lowered from falling off the stage

[terrypussypower]

FZ did not have his voice lowered by 3 octaves nor anything like 3 octaves! Most humans are lucky if they possess a 3 and a half octave range and that's at the extremes.Frank did have his range lowered by the attack on him(some brainless twat jumped on stage,in London I think, and pushed him off) but it would have been less than an octaves difference. By the way, you can see him on the back cover of Waka/Jawaka still in his wheelchair!