FRANK ZAPPA ECHIDNAS ARF OF YOU AND DON'T YU EVER WASH THAT THING. MICKEY AND HIS BUDDIES HAD A GAME OUT IN THE BACK AND THEY DID A COVER TO SOME SONGS FROM ROXY AND ELSEWHERE.
@@Jellybeantiger I wouldn't say brilliantly, but primitive effort was applied and perhaps absorbed by viewers over time. Rake your coat off and have a look around. There are lots.... Thanks for stopping in!!!
Most people I don't play Zappa to, because they sit there with a confused look on their face and/or ask me to something else on.. I would only play Zappa to those who I know are Zappa fans (but I don't really know any anymore), or there's a chance they might like it... Echidna's Arf & Wash Thing on Roxy is one of my fave Zappa compositions 🙂
Pure genius! He put together the best band ever! Together with his ability and his craziness makes this so much fun to listen to! Nobody will ever be on his level, ever. RIP Frank!
Hello I believe you are correct , Frank Zappa was the ultimate, amazing man it was told that he always had pen and paper in hand, always writing music. The two mumians who influenced the most were Cat Stevens and Frank Zappa. I was able to see him perform over 15 times.
you obviously don't realize what level Frank was on.Steely Dan didn't do anything like this,neither did Hendrix. I was watching Jimi at the Royal Albert Hal after 35 minutes I was getting sick to my stomach. Like Frank use to say only a small portion of his audience really understand what he's doing. I knew at 14 what he was doing and saved my money to see him over 30 times in NYC from 74-88. I stood right in front of him at the famous Ritz show in NYC,there has never been a musical performance as great as that show EVER.
What can ya say ..I've heard this a 100 times, and it still incredible playing ..George Duke, the horns , percussion , & of course, the composer ..F.Z.
This suite is like candy for my ears, I can listen to it five times in a row and not get bored, and possibly some of the most mind bending drum solos I've ever heard, as well as the percussion throughout, tellin ya man, _ear candy,_ full stop.
Hearing this played with the Roxy band back in the day was incredible.Frank started with Penguins and that first that the band hut sent shock waves through my body that are still reverberating almost 50 years later.
They punch the clock. I haven't seen them because their father only charged 2 hours of my labor to see a show, but these guys want my grocery money. When Frank died, I really hoped Dweezil would take up the mantle. They play it well, but I can stay home and hear it with Frank and maybe an idea will occur.
this roxy stuff will forever be the best live performance of any band any time. including the band zappa had in the 80s, which technically was en par, but never had the wit nor the personality.
Ummmm.... Not quite. That's Ian Underwood, not Walt, and I know because he's playing a clarinet, not a trumpet. The trumpeter is the pig on the ladder, and he's got to be Sal Marquez because Jean-Luc Ponty is still in the band, and early on keeps poking Sal with his violin bow.
This is so cool just found the cartoons with music by FZ, been a fan of FZ since 1967 and Freakout . And eyeopener for a young naive girl who didn't know a whole lot till FZ was given to her. It was all down hill from there lol Still love FZ music for yrs I could not listen to music like this till FZ then through the yrs my ears got a music lesson from FZ, now I can listen to many different kinds of music, and enjoy it. The instrumentals really helped with my ADHD, when I was working out side my home I could listen to cd's at work which was allowed the job was sorting stuffing incentives and sorting mail. And now retired can listen anytime ;) Happy 4th of July to all;)
advance to the 10:50 play mark and listen for 1 minute. 41 years later and I can't listen to this 1 minute solo this less 10 times once opened. mesmerizing guitar skills.
@@plasticdadaii8225 I stand corrected, was posting on different vids and lost track of the one that I was on. I believe this to be the version from Roxy & Elsewhere.
@@Matty88K I mentioned bs&t because, on the recording of "Bebop Tango" from the Roxy album, Frank mentions bs&t when encouraging the band to "dance" their parts as a way of mocking the idiocy of john cage.
@@markducharme9518 Ah!. I get it. BTW, not trying to insult bs&t or anybody's taste in music. Zappa was an admirer of John Cage and cited him as a big influence: wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/John_Cage.
I am not a Geek and I'm very primitive and crude with my editing, and I also like results FAST! Having said that, I think there are only 5 vids I purposely spent days on. This is one of them. Thanks a lot.
NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT I RECENTLY HEARD THAT THE "GREY WHISTLE TEST" WAS A PHRASE USED BY MUSICIANS TRYING TO SELL THEIR MUSIC TO "OLD GREYS" AND IF THEY WHISTLED AFTER THE MEETING IT WAS A GOOD OMEN...HENCE WHERE THE TITLE CAME FROM. THANKS FOR STOPPING IN.
Frank Zappa recites the talking asshole scene from Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs..... this is your stuff.... clean hair and a trip to the courtroom today...…. thank you …….bob
This has been up for over three years?? I'm surprised DizkneeCo never had it pulled~~ Regarding the meaning of the "old grey whistle test:" Some pop tune songsmiths would test a new song out on the building's doormen, who wore long grey coats. They'd whistle the melody to them, and if they could repeat it back, and said they liked it, they knew the song was catchy and hook-y enough.
I THINK YOU MIGHT BE TAKING THE PISS THERE. I'M NOT SURE MTV HAS EXPOSED MUCH OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE INHERENT STUPIDITY FOUND WITHIN THE MINDS OF STUPID PEOPLE. BUT I DO GET THE IDEAD OF THE GREY WHISTLE TEST SHOW...
I'm 17 and I have the same thing, so it's not age I think it's just that I enjoy his music so much that I want to focus on it completely, and it's not exactly simple, so focus does help understand it.
By far the best two tracks on what is otherwise a massively overrated album (in it's original form anyway, not heard the expanded edition or whatever it is).