** 25 years since Frank Zappa left us **

Spiritual_Chaos
Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,711
in Other Music
4th of December 1993



Here advertising the swedish GOAT guiatr Hagström (Why doesn't McCready play a Hagström?):



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2acnbo2mk4E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iukCymAioQ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj1Prh0DxS4




"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

Comments

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,381
    Good taste. My bud turned me on to him. Was a tough ride for my eardrums and brain but finally got it. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,333
    https://youtu.be/WJxoV5O8HUU
    Unreal talent by both Frank & Steve ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Great googly moogly!
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Why does it hurt when I pee?
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • qontheboard
    qontheboard Posts: 787
    “Information is not knowledge.
    Knowledge is not wisdom.
    Wisdom is not truth.
    Truth is not beauty.
    Beauty is not love.
    Love is not music.
    Music is THE BEST.” 
    FZ
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,838
    I saw Zappa and the Mothers in the early70's when they had become just "The Mothers", having dropped "of Invention" from their moniker.  The most pleasant surprise of that show was discovering what a marvelously talented guitarist Zappa was playing live.  Up to that point, I had been mostly aware of his role as composer and singer but, man, that guy could play!  What a bummer that we lost him so early.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,162
    I'm pretty sure a lot of you have never seen this before.

    This is a very young Frank Zappa playing a bicycle Rim!

    Something else about him was he didn't do drugs.  Go figure...
    https://youtu.be/y9P2V0_p6vE
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    just finished reading his Biography and highly recommend it. He was an extraordinary talent and a very unique human.

    livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=446

    1995- New Orleans, LA  : New Orleans, LA

    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,838
    lolobugg said:
    just finished reading his Biography and highly recommend it. He was an extraordinary talent and a very unique human.
    There are at least a few of them.  Which did you read?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,838
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I'm pretty sure a lot of you have never seen this before.

    This is a very young Frank Zappa playing a bicycle Rim!

    Something else about him was he didn't do drugs.  Go figure...
    https://youtu.be/y9P2V0_p6vE
    LOL, marvelously strange.  That was Frank!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    25 Years! I didn't realize that it had been that long. Wow. 

    I have 2 guy friends who absolutely love him and at one time they each have tried to get me into Zappa. The songs that have stuck with me, though I could never say that they completely converted me are 

    https://youtu.be/WzzWEeiUf3Y


    https://youtu.be/n0Qw3Foa_XE




    Peaches 'en Regalia is of course classic. 


  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,711
    I think my dad sings parts of this song every other time I see him. And have done so since I was a kid. So I must have heard my dad sing the "Tv-dinner by the pool..." part a million times:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQe9B_VBVqM
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,381
    I work at a family friendly restaurant and 'dinomo hum' comes on the radio every now and then. It's too low to hear the lyrics but oh my!!

    If you're new to Zappa don't give up. Try "Joe's Garage'. I had "shut up and play your guitar'. No singing. Just guitar jams.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,162
    Sheikh Yerbouti is an absolute masterpiece.  I think they are all recorded live songs too?
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    brianlux said:
    lolobugg said:
    just finished reading his Biography and highly recommend it. He was an extraordinary talent and a very unique human.
    There are at least a few of them.  Which did you read?


    this is the one......

    https://www.amazon.com/Zappa-Biography-Barry-Miles/dp/080214215X

    livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=446

    1995- New Orleans, LA  : New Orleans, LA

    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,838
    lolobugg said:
    brianlux said:
    lolobugg said:
    just finished reading his Biography and highly recommend it. He was an extraordinary talent and a very unique human.
    There are at least a few of them.  Which did you read?


    this is the one......

    https://www.amazon.com/Zappa-Biography-Barry-Miles/dp/080214215X

    Thanks!  I think I have that one at home.  I'll have to look!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,017
    My favorite Zappa shit is his first two live albums without The Mothers. They're the ones that have Flo & Eddie from The Turtles on vocals. The first one is called "Filmore East" and the second one is "Just Another Band From LA." Check them out if you're not familiar with them. Learn all about Billy The Mountain and his wife Ethel. 
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com

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