Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention - Band practices 1968

Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention - Band practices 1968

As the band refused to give a performance in a tv show, only the previous filmed practices could be broadcasted

Extract of 'Let's Make The Water Turn Black'

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[flowerpunkchip]

i cherish every bit of rare Zappa footage

made me smile!

thank you

[TumbrelJockey]

You haven't touched your food....THERE YOU GO -HOW'S THAT ?

[1974rail]

How come this was cut out of the beat club dvd boxset?

[DaDa2Phlux]

Someone posted that this was a performance and not a rehearsal .Zappa 's concepts were of course best appreciated by musicians who knew what rules he followed & which ones he chose to break .The rest of us just buckled into our seats to enjoy the flight.His genius is obvious .The first time I heard Stockhausen or Cage thought it was an orchestra tuning up

[TehChiken]

Is the first thing Zappa's playing a song? Or just a random jam?

[whitedwarf13]

The jazzy version of Let's Make the Water Turn Black is brilliant. Still don't know why Zappa never performed it live with the vocals though.

[LuneyTune72]

3:32 sounds like the main riff of what would become "Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel"

[jfleminator]

that first zappa riff sounded kind of like Eat That Question.

[mediawest]

great!!!!

[FZmustacheFZ]

@arselbert part of "The Rite Of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky, I believe. It's been awhile since I've heard the original. If not that particular composition, it's based on similar themes.

[bunkhabit]

I saw Zappa in Pomona at I think it was Indian Hills College(?) and there was a guy a few rows back near us yelling, "do the one about the boogers!" over and over again until he got Zappa's attention. He looked out and squinted and said, "OMG, Kenny? Is that you?" It was, and he was invited onstage to join them to "do the one about the boogers..."

[FZmustacheFZ]

this isn't of band practices. this is from when they performed on the "beat club"