Frank Zappa on Crossfire 1986

20 years later.... Let's look back at the innocent debate over dirty song lyrics in America, see the late great Frank Zappa trying to keep his cool among angry pundits Robert Novak, Tom Braden, and 2 other conservative halfwits. How little has changed in 20 years. I miss Frank.

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[terryleewagner92093]

rock n roll is of the devil, you will burn in fire if u dont stop playing and listening to it, god kills fags and sinners, he kills them all!!!

[Chris Casady]

Hey! Be sure to capitalize God you heathen!

[ErlofCambridge .]

OK, I just watched the full video. Apart from the fact that it was a “debate” run wild, Frank was amazing. Mr. Loften was a toad (seriously is that what journalists used to be like) but what got me was the fact that the guys from the Left and the Right seemed to be the same person. Now I remember why I thought the 80’s were fucked. Tucked away in my favourites now. Thankyou TileNut.

[Chris Casady]

You're welcome. My pleasure. It's been my pleasure to host this video for the last 6 years and follow the comments. Zappa had a huge effect on me, & of the forming of my personality in High School (1970)

[Sean Knight]

John Lofton is a complete twat.

[davehutchinson67]

Frank Zappa was the fuckin man.  Another Baltimore original.

[GordonMorrice]

"Culture is not your friend. Culture is your operating system." - Terence Mckenna

[MikeEmery9]

If Lofton had his way they'd paint over the Sistine Chapel for nudity.

[Mikael Lennartsson]

Those frothing madmen who wanted to ban "filthy" words probably went home and masturbated to a ton of fetish porn directly after the "debate".

[Clint Burhans]

I use this to show argument and synthesis of sources (along with Penn & Teller, Jon Stewart, et al. in my CMU Composition class. They have never heard of Zappa or his (genius) music, but love this.

[Tooflower]

"You gotta get out more."

[Chris Casady]

Reagan would be rolling in his grave if he could see what his party has become. He liked gays for instance, he came from Hollywood after all where he saw and worked with lots of them. He would wince at the Tea Party of today. btw: No party is an enemy of the state. Both parties are all American.

[Sitizen Kane]

Leave the damn government out of issues like these.... Parents are the ones that should censor this material from their kids.

[Sitizen Kane]

Zappa is so Alpha.