I wonder what Frank would've thought of a brainless, non-talented celebrity such as "Snooky" getting paid 40K to appear before college students discussing cosmetics, "bling", "partying" etc. on college campuses? This has really happened! WTF america?
The industry has dummied down music so much that a lot of people have a very low appreciation of music in general. They seem to be programmed to be afraid of music that doesn't sound like everything else or what they have been programmed to be used to. This is not the making of a free and just society.
God damn, every word out of his mouth is more relevant today than it was then. They should play FZ's statement on schools and education at hospital waiting rooms when children are born to plant the seed I'm their parents minds.
@fyyn You have to know U68 back then. It was one step up from Public Access. That said, this is a fantastic interview for the time and channel. Kudos to Bill & Frank.
What's funny about the "Louie, Louie" bit with being checked for objectionable lyrics is that Paul Revere & The Raiders also had a single for it at the same time (and incidentally, it didn't have the incomprehensible lyrics... because their singer actually remembered the words).
Believe it or not I’ve always been a fan of Frank Zappa, but not his music, I don’t care for his music, with one or two exceptions. But I’ve always thought him a great thinker who can articulate some very good ideas. And that’s what I’m a fan of. I’ve seen almost all of his interviews I imagine but I own non of his music. But by the same token I can listen to him for hours.
Yep. It is our responsibility not to participate in the dumbing down of music. I don't. I continue to concentrate on the art form myself and support new, independent talent on my bandcouver show on a non-commercial station: Co-op radio in Vancouver. Have a listen online and tell me what you think. Thanks for your input.
All due respect to a great man, but Frank was wrong as far as ratings labels negatively impacting your record sales went. Quite the contrary, by the 90s all you needed to do was make sure you HAD the warning label and you would sell even more copies.
... then along came the Internet, and the whole exercise by Tipper and The Gang was a complete waste of time. It's enough to make you want to watch pornography, if only on principle!
Just in case anyone's interested, the song that the program uses going into commercial breaks is called "Little Beige Sambo" off of Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention.
... F.Z. ..." Look, the songs reflect what's going on in society. Let's just say, that if you think the lyrics are uglier today, look around you, the world is uglier than it was in 1950, okay ? And I think that if you find lyrics objectionable in songs, and that you find that the material is harsh, and you can't take listening to it, maybe the better way to fix it, is to fix your world, and then these guys who write songs won't keep reminding you of how ugly stuff really is..." Frank has always been my favorite ....
when you look at music now, what people were saying about people buying it because its rated bad it really feels like that today. its always the mindlessly vulgar that seem to make more than they should. i just wish it was people who want vulgarity and not people seeking the hot new thing who get it.
Come on? What are you a worshiper of ZAPPA, he’s saying NOTHING that multitudes of others think and would say as well if given the platform, nothing GENIUS about him. Good Grief how easily lead are You.
If you see this and compare how the industry rates censorship today - it' s almost that it's been turned on its head - the more offensive - the better it' s going to sell!
