I can only explain it how it was explained to me. Frank Zappa hid the absolute genius of the music under a veil of comedy and if you can't see past the juvinile lyrics enough to hear what was underneath Frank didn't care because you wern't going to understand it anyway. Filthy Frank was continuously pushing boundries and flying a giant middle finger to Hollywood and the LA Record industry scene of the 70's and 80's.+
Frank has One Hundred Albums is an Excellent Guitar Player and Composer 'Certified Conductor' commenter TonyMollick right about lyric's! TeenAger SteveVai was in the Band played a bicycle wheel on SteveAllenShow in 1963 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QF0PYQ8IOL4.html 'NO' single song gets Frank's depth! I Love " BLACK NAPKINS" and "MY GUITAR WANTS TO KILL YER MAMA" Please Please keep rolling with 'FZ' !!!!!!!!
It isn't that he has no filter, it's that he doesn't pretend that American society and culture is without faults and hypocrisies. If you listen to his songs as social critique, they make a lot more sense. Glad you have the courage to dip into his MASSIVE body of work.
Frank had more smarts in his upper chamber than most of us. What he did and said was always with intend and he knew what he said when he said it, or sung it for that matter. Anyone remember how he burned John Lofton (Washington Times) to the ground in Crossfire in 1986? Man... you could easily tell he had way more brains than all of them put together. The Crossfire debate is still on youtube for anyone wondering.
@Zolar Czakl I bought the album along with a a Joe Cocker Album, Willie Nelson's Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain and a John Prine Album at a record store across the street from UNM. I saw Zappa at Johnson Gym must have been 80 or 81 and only a few months later on a Joe's Garage tour in the same venue. a year or 2 later I went to party at the Ramada Inn with members of Missing Persons Band many of whom were in Zappa's band. That would be 82 or 83. Because I moved to Las Cruces in early 84.
Frank would have hated the social media oligarchs with their Chinese style algorithmic repression of free speech to protect the corrupt establishment..
@@mmmegameat lol stfu nerd. Zappa would be more concerned about border internment camps in the US and Uyghur re-education camps in China than private companies enforcing their terms of service however they see fit. Frank was consistently pro-private property and pro-market and pro-corporate. He'd be horrified with how Trump's big government was forcing media company owners to testify in front of a bunch of republican bureaucrats
No, it was the dawn of Gay Liberation and Frank wasn't afraid to voice his opinion about anything he felt was a form of "overindulgence" so to speak. There was no one safe from him. Let's just say, this song wasn't well received by the ACT UP crowd.
(blush) I was driving one day with all four windows down and stopped at a red light in the middle of a small town with "I am the Slime" playing (loudly) on my car's CD player. I know that song by heart and was really "into" it sitting at that red light, reciting the lyrics right along with Mr. Zappa. When I turned my head to the right I noticed a car was sitting beside me at the light. I never missed a beat, but it was difficult not to break out laughing... The couple in the front seat and their back-seat full of teen age kids got a serenade they weren't expecting from Mr. Zappa and I and all I remember seeing was people's jaws dropped and their mouths open in shock. :D
@@JustMe-vk4fn I guess I disagree with your name because I've done that to several carloads while blasting out FZ tunes lol Gotta admit it is fun. Thanks for reminding me of those memories!
Man, you are swimming around on top of an ocean of genius, trust me. The hard part for a lot of people is the homophobic lyrics that were completely “ok” back then and lyrics so juvenile that a middle schooler might be above it, but America has never seen a musical genius and cultural critic like Zappa. And if you admire incredible musicianship, there’s never been an equal to most of the bands he put together. His death was a great loss, and I still miss him. I love your reactions; keep up the good work!
nah..!! It's not about "no filter"; IT's A PARODY, he is not advocating rape, dude. He is shinning a light, on the ugly casual brutality of it for certain men.
Way before "that Bobby Brown" was a blip on the radar. Zappa's "Titties and Beer" is a good follow up. He also composed classical music and was one of the greatest guitarists ever.
"Peaches in Regalia" is a must to listen to from Zappa, from the album Hot Rats. It is a beautiful instrumental piece with flautist clarinetist saxophonist Ian Underwood. :)
Frank loved to parody and to poke fun of everything and everyone. No bias - everything was fair game. He was the Lisa Lampanelli of music! That's why he testified before Congress against censorship. I love this song - and I'm gay. Thanks for listening! Peace from SF
@@green917 zappa had a really great way of cutting through bull shit, him an bill hicks. why is it the ones who rise there heads above the crowd, die, bob marleys another.
Frank was a master composer. He wrote everything, but mostly instrumentals. The musicans that played for him some of the best in the business in rock, jazz, orchestrated music, you name it. But he also had an ascerbic whit and didn't like phonies, of which the Bobby Brown type certainly are. He also made fun of hippies, other bands, the music industry, etc.
@@christelheadington1136 : Bobby Brown is about these three jocks who came to a meeting with Zappa and brought these three girls to try to impress them. They were fake sucking up to feminism, just so they could get laid. This was a standard tactic that sleezebags tried to pull back then. I remember it all too well myself, but mostly we just laughed at them.
I recommending you to hear Frank Zappa songs like "Trouble Every Day", "Cosmik Debris", "The Torture Never Stops", "Fine Girl", "Dirty Love", "Uncle Remus" and "You Are What You Is".
Really hope one day to see someone react to all of joes garage one day. That’s an emotional roller coaster. All laughs too. It’s a shame people overshadow him.
Agreed! Can't take it in parts. You gotta know what Joe is going through. It's funny his music can put you off if you only listen to the words. You have to feel it. He will be blown away after Bobby Brown to hear something like Watermelon in Easter Hay! It's not all silly. Sometimes your soul cries.
The song is about two journalists in the sixties who dissed Frank's music without having any musical knowledge. So he wrote a song about what might have happened to those journalists in the late seventies. Thanks Jamal for this. Keep the music real brother
Maybe his most well known “shock” song, but definitely not his strongest tune. Trouble Every Day, Cheepnis, Inca Roads, Montana and Black Napkins would be some choice ones for ya!
More songs by Zappa: Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite, San Berdino, Billy the Mountain, Titties n' Beer, Cosmik Debris, Stinkfoot, Keep it Greasy, The Torture Never Stops, Willie the Pimp, Dirty Love, Camarillo Brillo, Trouble Every Day, Cheepnis, Pajama People, My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, Uncle Remus Instrumental Zappa: King Kong, Peaches En Regalia, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Orange County Lumber Truck, The Gumbo Variations, Echidna's Arf, Watermelon in Easter Hay, Black Napkins
Frank Zappa is a Legend! And apparently this song was a big hit in Scandinavian countries like Iceland in which they’d romantically slow dance to this song... Unaware of its farcical nature 😆
It's actually 1974, and part of a whole suite of shorter songs including Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (EDIT: my mistake--I just saw last comment. That date is the release of the "Sheik Yerbouti" album, that Bobby Brown was on.)
Summer of '70. Knew a guy that drove around in a green Volkswagen van with a big peace sign painted on the outside (of course) & a huge poster of Zappa sitting on a toilet on the inside. ☮✌💙🌿💚
The ironic part was, Frank Zappa testified against censorship in front of the PMRC hearings, but of all the so-called filthy songs they were out to get, none of his made the list. Lol
@@mikemaricle9941 I wish I could find his slam on country music, which I think took place during his testimony. He couldn't understand how come they were going after rock music, when country music was almost exclusively songs about infidelity and drinking, "often made by people who not only have been to prison, but are proud of it." 😆
@@joeday4293 The first album they wanted to sticker was Frank's "Jazz From Hell", which was all instrumentals(!). They didn't like the album title and a track titled "G-Spot Tornado". It must've really pissed them off when the album won the Best Instrumental Rock Performance Grammy in 1988.
The social commentery and wit of Frank Zappa. Hell of a guitar player, composer and all around genius. No limits indeed. Check out "Dirty love" for some insane guitar.
Jamel, love your reactions, you are obviously a decent person and I just wanted to thank you for being a nice person. Zappa can be a difficult listen from time to time, but there's always a big dose of humor in there. Stay well my brother!
Great Video. Your reaction and feelings are close to what I thought when I heard this song for the first time. A song today almost nobody would produce, you wouldn't be able to find in record store, no 'spotify' or radio station would air. But still one of the great songs of the 20th century. NO FILTER, your right.
ya need to deep dive into Zappa. 62 albums while alive and 50 or so after death..... truly a genus. Joe's Garage is an believable concept album but must be heard from beginning to end to understand. It covers all genres and is amazing musically and has hilarious lyrics. Id also like to see you react to Uncle Remus..... love your channel bro...this comes from a 74yo white guy fan of yours.
His story telling is the best part of listening to Frank, he never disappoints, more than once you'll be like did he just say that, no let's listen again long long time fan of mr frank Zappa. RIP brother
My friend, you have only scratched the surface of the beautiful insanity that is Zappa! He has so much of the most f*cked up stuff (in a good way) And the musicianship is exemplary, he was a notoriously harsh and strict bandleader, expecting nothing but excellence in the execution of his ridiculously convoluted, precise compositions , I wouldn't know where to begin. Enjoy your exploration!
Frank also invented his own way of conducting the band, and his own book of jargon. According to his autobiography, the term for aimlessly noodling on your instrument was "spoo." It translates to "you are masturbating on your instrument, and you will stop it right now."
My favorite sing song in high school 1980 82 Zappa rules even after death. Dude been playing since the filthy 50 s look up music 1929 there some cats out there that Zappa latched onto.
True story: This song was a big hit in Sweden. It was a popular last dance song at the disco with loving couples. I guess they didn't really listen to the lyrics or understand them. I did and found it hilarious. This song is so funny. 😎
This is a great place to start. A more accessible entry into some of the more musically interesting pieces. Especially Inca Roads, it's a masterpiece and shows off the composer and musician that Frank was.
I laughed so hard when I saw the title of this video. Being very familiar with Frank Zappa I couldn’t miss your reaction, and I wasn’t disappointed. Now you have to do Dinah-Mo Hum. I’m sure it will another priceless reaction. 😂😂😂
Back in the ice ages you could still smoke this and that and drink at the movies. At a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture show my friends and I sang this song before the movie started. We got a standing ovation. Memories!
The hilarious thing is that everybody and their grandmother around me LOVED this song and paid no attention to the lyrics, I never said anything haha. They play it on the radio over here to this day and people sing along, and most still don't get it. Makes me laugh just thinking about it hahaha.
A couple of years ago I heard Alice Cooper comment on Frank Zappa. He said " he (Zappa) was ahead od his time and probably still is. " The composers who list Zappa as an influence is amazing. It runs from Heavy Metal to Classical and Opera.
Yes, ppl used to slowdance to this song in Norway, where English isn't the main language, so they didn't know what the lyric's was about‼️I was a bit shocked about the lyric's, when I was listening to the song as an adult ‼️
It was, I grew up listening to it without having any idea what it was about. In my 20’s I moved to the US, and when I heard this song again after many years, I understood all of it, and my brain almost exploded 🤣
I've been waiting for you to react to more Frank! He's unlike any other artist, and you thought Rush was hard to categorize! I hope you dive deeper into his music because it's as rewarding as any I've found. Thanks for the video man, this is my favorite channel on RU-vid!
For over 35 years I have been busting a gut to this song.....every single listen ! Tried this time to stay silent but laughing my head off again......soon as I heard the tower of power.... I'm laughin again
There will never be another Frank Zappa, ever. 65 studio albums that we know of, most doubles, all composed. Where do you start and where do you end. Frank Zappa!!! "the present day composed who refuses to die".
Oh man! This song is the tip of the iceberg where Zappa is concerned. Enjoy! P.S. Catholic Girls is another classic. So is Valley Girl in which he recorded a bunch of his teen daughter's ramblings for the song. Also, remember that Zappa is one of the musicians that went up before Congress to protest the notion of banning 7 words from all of music, as was put forth by Al Gore's wife, Tipper and her group, the PMRC.
The recall that, musicians back fought back against censorship and banning, not like the spinless "musicians" of today, who incentive for censorship of other artist, which i think are the pure scumbags and hope the fascist rhetoric bites them in ass, hope it's painful.
It's also a very accurate song about incompetent contractors doing work in your home, plumbers especially. Believe me, I know from experience, on the other side of the continent from California and much more recently. Some things never change. This country has an epidemic of FLAKES.
Dude keep the ZAPPA coming!! Watermelon In Easter Hay is a great track. There aren't any lyrics though, just him and the guitar. It's a masterpiece though.. Just bought a couple of shirts from ya too!! I love geeking out on music with you man!!
Try "Kosmik Debris", "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow", "I'm The Slime" for less obscene but equally twisted lyrics. "Moving to Montana" is another warped one but it's clean.
Zappa lived his whole life in the Antelope Valley near Lancaster Calif. He made money recording this stuff but he only did it so he could afford to follow his passion, writing symphony music.
Actually, he was born in Baltimore and moved around a lot (his dad worked for the government in the chemical weapons area). He moved to the AV during his High School years and graduated from AVHS. He did a semester at the community College (AVC), then moved down to the Los Angeles area.
I saw Frank three years in a row around Halloween at the Palladium in NY, some of those shows ended on Live in NY. So I get to enjoy those shows for ever!!!
Jamel - Listen to "Trouble Every Day" from his first album, Freak Out. He lived in Laurel Canyon and wrote this song after the Watts Riots of 1965. The lyrics are just as valid today. Lots of other great songs on that album (like "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" a song about the L.A. educational system of the 1960s) and he also did a pretty good job sending up hippies and The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper on his album, We're Only In It For The Money. He also has a crazy movie called 200 Motels, featuring "Centerville," which "is a really great place to grow your kids up in." Another great song called "I'm the Slime," coming out of your TV set. Great stuff.
Weird Al was a big Zappa fan. Early in Al's career, he met Frank and asked for an autograph. To his suprise, Frank told him that his son Dweezil was a Weird Al fan and asked for an autograph for Dweezil. After a couple more Zappa songs, check out Weird Al's Zappa pastiche/tribute Genius in France. Dweezil plays a guitar solo on it.
the "Sheik Yerbouti" album is a classic I suggest you listen to the entire album sometime and keep that shot glass handy cause the lyrics are hilarious
