Don't Eat The Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa (Reaction) 

Not only was Zappa a character, he was a musical genius, satirist, and a great intellectual. He was an accomplished musician, composer, and bandleader. His work was characterized by his non-conformity and was huge during the 70s. If you were in the mood for something different and off the beaten path, no one did this better than Zappa. Rest in Peace, Frank Zappa. Thanks for this reaction! ✌💙✌

Frank is the man, I've been listening to Zappa since the early 70's.. never ending rabbit hole

Massive KUDOS to the Drummer on this amazing performance.

I smiled/laughed the entire time watching you listen to this ICONIC piece of LEGENDARY Musical Genius.

Zappa is in a class all by himself, his music collection goes on forever and pulls from everywhere imaginable. It just so happens that this group of three songs were the first Zappa I ever heard, thanks to my older brother, in about 1978. I was 13 and my first thought was "What did I just listen to!" 44 years later and having seen him live 3 times, I don't ask that anymore.🙂

Frank gathers a large crew of serious musicians, stands in front with his guitar and conducts this most interesting piece of... What The Hell Is It... song. Doing the vocals and guitar parts in one take while conducting with his hands. Just having some fun, because they can.

Every note played in real time, one take, that takes real talents.... Yep

Looking at the names in your Playlist, and seeing Frank Zappa is seriously too cool. All the others would be quite happy to have him join them.

Ain't nobody like Zappa. Been listening to him since the 70s and I'm still discovering and rediscovering his music. He's a musical genius but his band has always really impressed me. Imo they're some of the best musicians on the planet.

This gave me much pleasure. When you look at the camera smiling, a song I listened to hundreds of times got me excited like I listened to it for the first time. Frank Zappa's music was out of this world. Shout out for the crazy ones. They make life interesting.

Thanks for listening to Frank Zappa.. next should be moving to Montana..

If/when you can sing every word to this little story... You have Graduated to the HIGHEST Level of who knows what, but you have arrived.

Zappa is a rabbit hole worth diving into 👍

Now you have stepped over the edge into the surreal world of Frank Zappa and his band "The Mothers Of Invention"... Consider yourself initiated. Frank is one of the most talented musicians playing damn near every instrument with great skills while having fun with his bazaar lyrics.

Well Lemon snow cones are off the summer menu 😂

Been waiting for someone to get to this one. Congratulations 🎊. Ya really have to like "jazz" to appreciate the incredible musicianship , which is off the chain in a good way ,but I believe a lot of Zappa is making a point that lyrics aren't always important. Not to say there isn't a great message here. I mean "Don't eat the yellow snow ". Being a Florida guy ? Good to know. Hitting an Eskimo's baby seal with a lead filled snowshoe ? Bad idea... don't ,and St. Alfonso's is the place to go, after trudging accross the tundra. Mile after mile to get what I'm assuming are some awesome pancakes. Zappa's voice is always so clear,the music is next level. Saw him a couple times in the 70s. Lotta fun... Capt.Bob

I built the "Fender Rhodes Electric Piano at 2 mins....50 secs. I am very proud of all the great tunes that used a piano I assembled.

"Great Googly Moogly” - Nanook

when he says I CANT SEE that shit is hillarious

FRANK ZAPPA IS OUT OF THIS THIS WORLD MUSICALLY

I have listened to this sense he released it... Cant get enough...😍 And you didnt interupt one single time with comments! Respect man!!!

His Stash and Chin Patch are legendary. Just seeing them without any face, everybody knows... That's Frank Zappa.

Stinkfoot By Frank Zappa😁

Welcome to Franks world 🤣

Zappa was a badass he will sing talk so fast like if he was to be doing some kind of hip hop rapping 😅🔥🔥 he was capable of playing any kind of genre jazz x rb&b rock , tripppy music even salsa and so on dope asf

I had to watch you react to this. Frank Zappa employed the best musicians in the world. He was a composer and musician, head and shoulders above everybody else.

that is most definitely a very fun suggestion. I just love that music so much!!

Congrats! Youve entered the' Zappa Zone'!!!! Theres no way out!

Frank Zappa was a very special musical genius.

My suggestions will always be the Best from... Classic Rock, Legendary Artist, First Class Performances, Iconic Legendary One Of A Kind songs that the mainstream public never heard, but it is a MUST HEAR for anyone seeking the most impressive in the history of Rock Music like this little gem from 1974....and this one.... The Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"

Flo and Eddie AKA The Turtles recorded with Frank Zappa Live. “Eddie Are You Kidding “ the album is is insanely great music.

"OFF THE WALLS".... Perfect..... Frank Zappa.... (1940-1993) Composer, guitarist, singer, and bandleader Frank Zappa was a singular musical figure during a performing and recording career that lasted from the 1960s to the ‘90s. His disparate influences included doo wop music and avant-garde classical music; although he led groups that could be called rock & roll bands for much of his career, he used them to create a hybrid style that bordered on jazz and complicated, modern serious music, sometimes inducing orchestras to play along. As if his music were not challenging enough, he overlay it with highly satirical and sometimes abstractly humorous lyrics and song titles that marked him as coming out of a provocative literary tradition that included Beat poets like Allen Ginsberg and edgy comedians like Lenny Bruce. Nominally, he was a popular musician, but his recordings rarely earned significant airplay or sales, yet he was able to gain control of his recorded work and issue it successfully through his own labels while also touring internationally, in part because of the respect he earned from a dedicated cult of fans and many serious musicians, and also because he was an articulate spokesman who promoted himself into a media star through extensive interviews he considered to be a part of his creative effort just like his music. The Mothers of Invention, the ‘60s group he led, often seemed to offer a parody of popular music and the counterculture (although he affected long hair and jeans, Zappa was openly scornful of hippies and drug use). By the '80s, he was testifying before Congress in opposition to censorship (and editing his testimony into one of his albums). But these comic and serious sides were complementary, not contradictory. In statement and in practice, Zappa was an iconoclastic defender of the freest possible expression of ideas. And most of all, he was a composer far more ambitious than any other rock musician of his time and most classical musicians, as well.

"The Deadly Yellow Snow, From Right There Where The Huskies Go"- Frank Zappa

Zappa and his incredible band "The Mothers Of Invention" did this entire suite recorded Live at Hammersmith Apollo (Hammersmith Odeon), in London, on February 18-19, 1979 on the album.... You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1,

Frank Zappa is a crazy genius

Frank Zappa music is like a movie for your ears.

Over where the huskies go? Looking forward to this!

JM, You can now hold your head up HIGH, tell your family and friends you have heard this song and your life is now Complete. Tell them they need to hear it to make their life whole. not missing a thing.

Yes, now you're really in the house.

Don't let Frank's lyrics keep you from listening to the music composition. They used a large number of instruments and Frank was a master composer. Try something live like Joe's Garage or something.

With a lead-filled snowshoe...

Crazy lyrics aside, that’s some of the most complex music you’ll ever hear.

Imagine you're pedaling home after 14 hours hear this pull up to a redlight yup

Damn, JM, we really did listen to all kinds of sh*t. Zappa was indeed a creative genius and very intelligent. His music wasn’t mainstream getting a lot of air time play not because his music was quirky but because he wouldn’t play the music industry’s game. I hope you’ll listen to this band again because most of their stuff isn’t as ‘chaotic’ as "Yellow Snow". Having a good time with lyrics is par for the course, however. After listening to this, I’m sure the following won’t surprise you… the names of Frank & Gail Zappa’s 4 children. They had 2 daughters, Moon Unit and Diva Muffin, and 2 sons Dweezil and Ahmet Emuukha Rodan. Well, maybe it surprised you a little. 😂 (I almost hated to give a like to this one because the count was at 69. I think Frank would have approved.)

Welcome to the Wormhole.

I've heard it said that Frank invented Rap.

That's just the beginning, you need to listen to a bunch of his other stuff, the dude was a musical genius without a doubt, just go through his music you will find out, one entertaining musician for sure, but never even try to take him seriously, just sit back and be entertained, R.I.P. Frank Zappa.

Almost … erratic. Cool restraint. Down the Zappa rabbit hole. Seemed more normal then ~

Tina Turner and the Ikettes did back up duty on this and a couple other Zappa albums. Paid, but uncredited, supposedly after Ike heard some of Frank's music and decided it was too weird for his singers to be associated with.

You said with "Time Has Come Today" you've never heard anything like that before.... I did it again... You're Welcome.

That marimba was played by Ruth Underwood. Frank only had the best multi-instrumentalists. The music sounds confusing but it is very complex. Joe's Garage is an easy listening. And then there is Dynamo Hum

BTW... This entire story was just a Dream, as said in the first line.

I can make you yellow snow next winter if you want it. I live in the right place.

The circular motion...Rub it.

GOAT

Ok, the ' Turnerettes' sang on this. Of Ike n the turnerettes. Also ja k bruce from 'Cream' look it up! Lotta good history there!

More Zappa please

Your Graphics... too funny.

Sorry Brother....I know you wasn't ready for that.....not many people are...

MOTOWN.... It is all some of the greatest music ever created. I put this as the Best Of The Best....The Temptations - "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"

Spark up my pipe for this one.... Thanks JM... TOO COOL again.

Here's a few examples of what the aussies could do back in the day. Zoot - The Freak ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6VbyhxElSAI.html Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs - Mama live on GTK ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7sSDrDQ0VEU.html CAPTAIN MATCHBOX WHOOPEE BAND Mobile Line ('72) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eJ2wBc2tXXs.html

JM, for your own knowledge and entertainment take the time to watch this video and find out why it is said "The Mothers Of Invention" was the best band in the world, and the genius/madness of ..... Frank Zappa the Best conductor ever

okay, I got a LISTENING SUGGESTION: stevie wonder, "ordinary pain."

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Zappa was a strange mutha..But he could play a guitar..

I can suggest another tune from the Apostrophe album called 'Cosmic Debris' that is more straightforward and fun!

"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" Dreamed I was an eskimo Frozen wind began to blow Under my boots and around my toes The frost that bit the ground below It was a hundred degrees below zero... And my mama cried And my mama cried Nanook, a-no-no Nanook, a-no-no Don't be a naughty eskimo Save your money, don't go to the show Well I turned around and I said oh, oh oh Well I turned around and I said oh, oh oh Well I turned around and I said ho, ho And the northern lights commenced to glow And she said, with a tear in her eye Watch out where the huskies go, And don't you eat that yellow snow Watch out where the huskies go, And don't you eat that yellow snow..... the rest gets too bazaar, just listen.

His momma said save your money don't go to the show so the not so naughty boy Eskimo made up a yellow snow story to become the show himself. Please enjoy yow

Dig.

Camarillo Brillo is a much better song and funnier story. Zappa has a lot of greats though. Cool seeing dude's reactions to bizarre musical breaks and Frank's outlandish guitar playing.

I think you should have started with Dynamo Humm

bro its all about your good looks bro. What do you know about music really? Good job anyways.

Well, ya dun opened the proverbial can of worms with this one. Zappa made over 60 albums, most are just as creative as this one (thank you for playing the other 2 songs after Yellow Snow or it wouldn't have been contiguous.). Believe it or not, Frank was completely against drugs and drinking and actually fired a member of his band when he was caught. In 1976, me and 9 other college students had the privilege of going to one of his concerts in a small venue that only held 2,000 people. If you want to hear one of his epic stories, open this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4XsuYMtnCKY.html It's 25 minute side called: Billy The Mountain from the album called "Just Another Band from LA". I wouldn't lie to you, it's awesome! With Frank Zappa, you can go as deep or as shallow into that rabbit hole as you dare!!!!

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