Frank Zappa - Strictly Genteel (live in NYC, 1981)

"I believe, I believe I am strictly genteel!"

Frank Zappa and his band playing Strictly Genteel at the Palladium in NYC, during the Halloween show, 1981-10-31.


Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader
Ray White - rhythm guitar, vocals
Steve Vai - guitar, sitar
Tommy Mars - keyboards
Robert Martin - keyboards, tenor saxophone, vocals
Ed Mann - percussion
Scott Thunes - bass
Chad Wackerman - drums

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Zappa
• Strictly
• Genteel
• Orchestral
• Classical
• live
• Halloween
• Steve
• Steven
• Vai

[pedalla]

pink floyd cannot be compared with zappa.. they led different lifestyle while making music... floyd never went to the extremes with music, but certainly did with drugs while making music... i ain't saying anything negative about floyd, but zappa's productivity showed that brain can be powerful without drugs.. drug is just a shortcut for lazy people trying to achieve something... zappa is the best :)

[newmoon51]

"The modern American composer refuses to die".

[pavelromul]

What's the matter with u people?! can't just listen to the music?!

[mindfreak990]

@rwk1983 I was talking acid, dumbshit. Gilmour and Wright had admitted coke problems, but basically everyone was clean after Barrett went downhill, minus previous addiction problems. BOOM ROASTED, CUNT

[rwk1983]

Wow!, you people sure do have zappa's dick up your butt

[rwk1983]

@mindfreak990 dude, david gilmour had an admitted coke problem in the 80's and i knew this and im a noob (sorta) to floyd. So i guess your just talking out your ass right now, Huh?

[mindfreak990]

@pedalla Yeah, the psychedelia creates a lot pf misconceptions. Zappa played off of extreme complexity via mass musicality and composure of instrumentation, while Floyd focused on more projection expansion in the areas of their creativity. Both artists has amazing vocal and instrumental music, but Zappa was, as you said, superior, in the amount of complexity and strong composition to his music.

[pedalla]

@mindfreak990 well, didn't know that... however, i still think they cannot be compared with zappa... they achieved a lot too and they had great music, however zappa did music that wasn't that easy for average person to hook upon... and , amazingly, still gained a lot of success..

drugs.. well i like pink floyd and this is a really nice thing to hear afterall..

[mindfreak990]

@pedalla The guys in Pink Floyd never used drugs, thank you very much, aside from their original frontman, Syd Barrett, who went loony on acid. After that NONE of the band members did drugs, unless you consider cigarettes a drug.

[giotto3cento]

@5jerry1 : I think it's because she didn't wear ...nO sOcks ! (watch cradstein 's : "Frank Zappa-Stinkfoot live 1974") ;-O))

[5jerry1]

@giotto3cento

I think every male Frank Zappa fan (and quite a few of the female as well) has fallen madly in love with Ruth Underwood at some point.

[5jerry1]

@slgordon3

He really does!