Frank Zappa "Cocaine Blues" June 2, 1985

Frank Zappa comments on cocaine use.
This is a from a mid 1980's TV program on drug abuse.
First broadcast date June 2, 1985.
Director John Langley

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Education

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• Zappa
• cocaine
• FZ
• drug
• abuse
• zappa
• dweezil
• mothers
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• invention
• blues

[eganbarry]

Everybody accept frank as your father- he is smarter than you, so just do as he says.

[DanielShimell]

zappa or coke? if it's the latter then you are a fucking tool

[fan8504]

How many artists should to die for stopping young people losing their time with drugs ?

[estvan56]

@iouakick lol. I didn't mean it to sound deliberate,

[iouakick]

all i meant is that the doctors may have been incompetent by not diagnosing his illness, but to say they killed him is a bit harsh.

[estvan56]

@iouakick When a man in his 40's complains about urinary problems, the first thing to be checked should be the prostate. What were they checking? His ears?

[iouakick]

@estvan56 doctors killed zappa?...is just me or is that a bit of a silly thing to say?

[estvan56]

Cell phone idiots with their texting and all cause far more accidents than cigarettes. Probably more than alcohol. You don't smoke? Yipee for you. Smoking didn't kill Zappa...Crappy doctors did.

[Sunderlanding]

This is a little silly. I like Zappa and all, but to say that people do drugs people they aren't happy with who they are is stupid. Sure some people do, a lot of people probably, but some people just do it because they want to have fun and that's how they have fun. Nothing wrong with that. Well all do something to have fun. Throw a ball, eat a cake, play guitar, or do some coke. Are people who eat cake, throw balls, and play guitar not happy with themselves either?

[PolishInMinneapolis]

@estvan56 , tell that to the gal I tried to kiss last weekend that tasted like an old cig butt. NASTY!! Or the many who have had car accidents cause they were to busy fing around with a cancer stick.

[estvan56]

@MattieManhattan Cigarettes don't alter your abilities in decision making, or any other task.

[notreallydavid]

Kooj + Mattie - it was prostate cancer. As far as I know, it isn't clear whether or not smoking increases the risk of cancer of the prostate, but it does appear to worsen prognosis if you have the disease already. Main point, overriding all that - smoking like a Frank is a really, really bad idea. No guarantee that it'll screw you with cardiovascular disease, emphysema or lung cancer (among other things), but a horribly high probability that it will.