Frank Zappa - Lost Interview - Problems with Democracy(6-7) 

I like Frank's approach to politics. He was open minded and seemed to be able to see more than one point of view, and he wasn't bragging or trying to impress with his thoughts either. And he wasn't a hater-fundementalist type either, he viewed things independantly where most people would filter everything through their ideology. Modern day politics is like religion, and I hate that.

From the time I was about 12 years old I've been a fan of Frank Zappa. It was from listening to the Mothers of Invention (We're Only In It For The Money, Hot Ratz, Lumpy Gravy, and all the rest) that Zappa awakened me to poetry, literature, philosophy, even theology. I admire and owe a lot to this man. I was behind him, too, in his heroic battle against censorship in music. Thank you whoever you are for uploading this marvelous interview. I enjoyed it very much!

Zappa was a genius! He spoke yesterday about a problem still abhorrent today. I wish he was still alive today... just for his insight!

Great interview. He's too logical for politicians to understand.

I've been a Zappa fan since the late sixties and it never hurt me none. Love the guy. We could use his voice in these troubled times. His early death was a terrible loss, both to the music community and to the country at large. He was onto something when talking about the problem with democracy being a disparity in education amongst the citizenry. However, I believe it is less about levels of education than it is the ability to resist indoctrination. Informed consent, the cornerstone of any democracy, can no longer be considered as informed. Instead, consent is manipulated, bought and paid for, manufactured by PR (propaganda) campaigns that prey upon people's emotions and gullibility. And the well-educated are not immune to this. Ideology, once it has taken root, is prior to rational thinking. It directs one's inquiries and "rationality" towards a predetermined outcome. The first step towards having a healthy democracy (and this is a big one) is to get money out of the process, to make sure that the candidate that wins is not merely the candidate who could best afford to flood the zone with the most bullshit. It seems that the first thing one hears from the media about a given candidate is how much money they've been able to raise. There is seldom any reporting on a candidate's theory of government or policy preferences. Everything is about the latest pissing contest, or about money. If this doesn't stop, our republican form of government is doomed. There is a way to accomplish this, but the political campaign industry has a lot to money, and is very well ensconced. They will fight like hell to keep anyone from killing the golden goose. By the way, I see that many of the comments here were posted many years ago. If yours is one of those, and you've since passed away, please shoot me a message. I could use some good advice.

Man, if only more people were this smart

What a deep thinking and articulate man. But then we knew that, didn't we chums?

There you go Mr. Zappa.You are thinking again. You know we don't do that in America.

"When you think you have the moral high ground you are in a dangerous place"

you died way too soon...

6 mins in i now know why this was never aired 😃

Watching Frank Play listening to his music in concert and hearing his incredible freeminded, insightful, philosophical, Smart, Opinionated, non conformist, independent, intelligent, just the descriptive words of a genious is just more and more mind blowing. im just starting to get into his music and seeing his interviews. incredible. I believe that firmly already of he was running a country the world would b at peace. starting with a whole different way of just a transformation of the world. and just the way who knows a designed anarchy .I'm just blown away. unbelievable mind well May his interviews movies and of cpurse his music live on. I'm sure it will.

I remember finding my uncle's Frank Zappa when I was 15 years old and MASH was still a show. I was hooked. Here was a man who was more than a writer of music he was a philosopher and like most philosophers he saw the future. Because of Frank Zappa I understood exactly what Reagan's government was doing

We need you now Frank.

He is SO missed. Lucky to see him in Brum 1988

Always nice to see a public figure like Zappa ,who say's it like it is without concern for their own personal benefit. What he'd say Now.....I can only imagine. Ha....Imagine having a George Carlin , Frank Zappa as oval office inhabitants ...:)

he's right. universal education is essential to a functioning democracy.

still one of my few heroes

Zappa and I think alike, my quote about artists, "a philospher and a poet will always be a politicians worse nightmare, for the understand the meaning of words and the mortality of our lives." They help others to think for themselves

Brilliant Musician, so far ahead of his time, RIP Frank, you were the real deal, in our so-called Democracy a voice of reason and a scary view of the pay to play govt.

I love the dramatic zoom in on his face at the end

The most intelligent musician !

It's scary to listen to this and think about today's soulless party music.

More views of this video please. I cant believe only 611 views! Frank was the man who put it intelligently and clearly. We still have John Trudell and people like him.

frank zapppa is pure love :)

We don’t have a choice. The choices are pre-selected for us, and whichever we choose the economy always serves the 1% while almost entirely ignoring the rest.

It doesn't take much imagination to think what Zappa's reaction to Trump's takeover of the Republican Party would have been. And a debate would have no doubt ended with his being attacked as evil or some such by Trump, a man to whom reason is a foreign concept.

What kind of reasoning could possibly be behind making a plastic card with the text "I am a member of the republican party", except corruption? Frank is right on as usual.

It's a candy coated dictatorship alright. Frank was so honest.

He was ahead of his time❤

Frank Zappa... Best poker stare EVER!!!! LOL.

I'm downloading this.

It's scary how prescient so many of the things Frank Zappa says are!

If he was only around now. People would listen, he was so smart. I miss him

Zappa you were the man

@8:00 Influence peddling is where a dollar donated equals so many points toward your career as a politician. How then can you have confidence in the government anymore, and then you look at the media, and they just look the other way.

That camera movement at the end may have been unintentional, but it sure as hell expresses how it feels to hear someone say these things...

Frank.I love you,you will be remembered,you said it didn't matter how or if people remembered you...but you knew everyone would! i think you meant that,you won't be here so in that respect it doesn't matter,your right! But you knew the world would continue without you and all your efforts and things you loved to do for money,fun whatever your art,your talent your attitude,your intelligence is loved by so many and will be remembered and honored and appreciated etc. for all time.Thank you!

Zappa speaks frankly,.... 👍

democracy: two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.

How about this goes to the TRENDING list, RU-vid?

Awesome upload, cheers!! Is "Message to the Future" one, the last part?

FRANK ...........what you say, Echo's in history!.............You are such a smart human..........I'm humbled listening to you

What a genius!

Frank refers to the republican party, but at this point he might as well be talking about both parties of today as there is virtually no difference and neither party represents any semblance of sanity anymore.

He makes a great point at 3:00 to ~3:50

“Democracy has become a watch word for abominable violations of human rights”. So I would not emphasize on it so much if I were Frank !!!

This is so true

We need people like Frank Zappa and George Carlin around to run circles around Trump for calling out all his constant B.S. wake up!

"Candy coated dictatorship" : yes indeed Frankie, all over the world as i write this. All rendered possible by a huge majority of two figures IQs. The people need to educate themselves.

3:30 best point i've ever heard

Wish he would have lived longer and would have been president of the US. I am not an Us citizen.

What a beautiful smart man.. Miss his music, miss his mind

I love the the zappa man

Brilliant point at 3:00

we should regret so much his absence.

Hail the prophet Zappa who foresaw the coming of the Boeberts & MTGs.

the noam chomsky of rock

One of the most talented and smartest people to ever grace his presence on this planet

@TheNilesLeshProject I very much agree.

TRUTH

I'm going to use that one Frank thank you.. you're a genius candy-coated dictatorship.. he was right about everything.. period... Don't you eat that yellow snow..

Man was very acute on most things.

The final zoom in and out is just an anachronistic meme that never had the chance to go viral at the time

my left ear enjoyed this interview

And it has only grown worse in the last 13 years. Miss ya, Frank!

Ok, I see what you mean. Actually, I've only just started listening to Frank Zappa. He's an interesting musician as well as a great thinker.

The letter talking about the big movers and shakers dinners/lunches/gatherings remind me of The Bohemian Grove.

R.IP.Mr Frank Zappa

I swear, sometimes I think Frank was a prophet. He was so ridiculously ahead of his time musically, politically, and the way he viewed life in general.

You don't. The L party approached him about a campaign for POTUS and he rejected them, reporting that their platform made no sense, and giving examples.

Love Frank Zappa

This is philosofically correct. Here we are today....

He does have a statue, somewhere in Lithuania. He has a street named after him in Berlin too i think.

A SURLY SAINT

I heard this guy predicted cell phones.

TEACH YOUR PEOPLE FRANK !! THEY NEED IT SOSOSOSO VERY FUCKING BADLY!

FZ is(was) so f_g brillant...

Frank often said that he did not follow either party. He actually says it in this interview like 3 times. So he agrees with you.

I miss Frank:(

The depth of Frank's intellect never ceases to amaze. Shame he never got to write any songs about Trump. Ah well, at least we've got 'The Lie is so Big".

Guy was a fucking prophet.

No wonder this is a lost video Frank Zappa was a truth teller.

OMFG This guy is so right. I miss ya man.

RU-vid doesn't support videos longer than 10 minutes for most channels. That's way the interview is broken up in parts.

If only him instead of the Trump meister

His ending point didn't age to fruition yet

But Frank missed a big point....not everyone wants an equal education.

9:32 👌👌👌

The Wives of Big Brother are conservative in nature whether they possess a Gore Bush or a Barbera Bush.

I wish Zappa & Hitchens could have gotten together.

Yep..

I’m a Republican, and I have never got a single perk. I’m fact, I’m more discriminated than anything.

Candy coated trumpets

Corporations will agree to fascism as long as government gives them what they want-profits.Free markets is the solution-no damn government involvement.People would get sick and die without the government.We allways will.

"If one man's vote is equal to another man's vote", then you must be sure that each man has the same education.

Here we are in 2023 and half of the nation can’t read at a basic level , oh my

funny ... I'd forgotten getting invitations to those give us $$$$ & get an invite to an "influence" dinner could never imagine how or why I got on their mailing list

As intelligent as Zappa was, I would figure he would have known the government is a representative republic. Big difference between a democracy and a republic.

O Frank ... shining your light ... the world is so dark.