This is what makes FZ the greatest rock guitarist ever,his ability to improvise for so long ,never repeat and always take his solos to new heights,lead the band in different directions,never use the same sound,and always change his style.He was ,is and will always be the greatest composer/ instrimentalist of the 20th Century,I cry every time I think that I was smart enough to experience him live over 25 times from 74-88,when I was just 14 in 74 to today he still amazed me.Frank manipulated the guitar like no one else and he was another great Italian,Absolutely the greatest musical mind to ever live.
Hey you're 2 years older than me and I'm still rediscovering my big bro's good taste in music. Frank was a genius that still lives today in my mind in a very real spiritual sense. His harmony with the world on the big stage is only paralleled by his defiance of the norms of society. He's close to my heart.💜✌™
Hated to break number thirteen, lol! No fuckin body does what Frank does! If it weren't for Frank Zappa, there would be no Frank Zappa! ....music is the best!
I'll never get tired of listening to this guy he's the greatest composer the past 150 years and he's the greatest guitarist I've ever heard he boggles the mind like Arthur C Clarke I'm not even a guitarist I'm a drummer but man this guy knows how to get down and he is just pulled me into his world and I don't want to ever be let out. ThIs Excursion with Frank will last the rest of my life..... and I also got to thank my middle brother bought for turning me on to Frank in my teenage years even though I was how do you say let's forgiving of his music and I didn't really know how special his live music was I was just all about the Studio vinyl intercourse there were some you know live shows like Bongo Fury Roxy and elsewhere and the baby snakes witches from the 77 Halloween shows which actually your guitar solos from each night were the straw that so to speak broke the camel's back for me and I've been on an absolute bootleg live mission for Frank I can't stop listening every fucking day man I just get down to Frank and it never will get old that is not in my vocabulary when it comes to Zappa. And I'm such a massive fan of Terry Bozzio and Vinny both of them are in my top five greatest drummers of all time and no John Bonham isn't. Neil Peart number one bill bruford number 2 Carl Palmer number 3 Terry Bozzio number 4 and Vinny The Walrus number 5 and to round out my top six I'll put Billy Cobham. The six greatest drummers of all time I tell you what Frank is at the top of my guitar list it's it's just not even close Frank had more feeling and his pinky then Eddie Van Halen had in his whole body. And I'm a Big Al Di Meola fan Robert Fripp Steve Vai Allan Holdsworth and Buckethead Thank you br1tag you lay the groundwork for me man and I appreciate it
Frank Zappa fought the long hard fight with shiraz, pizzazz, shiraz and the best jazz that dirty, filthy money can buy. I met him in my dreams. That's where you can meet him too if you're lucky enough. This music is unequalled, unrivalled and unapologetically unwavering in it's defiance of norm storm and the techno reform. Thanks br1tag, you're not half bad yourself. Top shelf tome.
Amazing work, BR1TAG. From childhood I found "The Torture Never Stops" depressing (but salient during the Cold War era & today as well) and avoided it. But your compilation is edifying, entertaining and deeply fascinating to say the least... ...allowing me to re-engage with this song most wonderfully. Thank you for taking the time and effort to create this unique study of FZ's evolving guitar solo work on "The Torture Never Stops". It's a testament to both FZ's talent and your own intense passion for the music. Again, thank you BR1TAG. And btw I could not help but notice the other Zappa compilations you've created and posted to RU-vid. Again: amazing work!
Jesus There's not one darn video that you make that I don't absolutely love. I was in the ICU in the hospital for almost two weeks(in 2008) after a dentist tried to kill me with an abscess tooth......tracheotomy.....couldn't speak and had to write on a piece of paper to communicate. My Sister brought my ipod and I played this song over and over till I was out.....and with all the drugs that they gave me....it was a wild ride to say the least.....when you have nurses coming in EVERY hour for 14 days to jam a tube even further down your throat.....THE TOURTURE....truly never stops. I wish I could recall what live version it was.....every version I hear doesn't seem to click... it was definitely brutal.... living in that dungeon of dispair along with Frank's characters for that time period of my life. Thoes screams are genuine!!!!! Thanks.....yet again 🤙
Your skills of fusing this together as one long solo are epic. Frank would be proud as well as blown away. The last hookup into 05/06/88 Hamburg is spot on and blows my mind.
br1tag, your wonderful uploads have become my absolute go-to places to maintain mental health during extended lockdown wfh ...... They make more sense than most going on around me - apart from my little dog. Zomby Woof indeed!
@zile fn - I am happy with what you say. For me too, creating these compilations represent my "peaceful corner". Everything else stays out. We hold hard!
Soooooooo fkn great.....thanks for this.......been a long time fan.( 40+years)....have not heard many of these.....really....thanks..... Frank will be remembered as one of the all time greatest guitarist/composers ever.....this is evidence
My garbage neighbors blast their shit music all hours of the day, all week. Even when I say nicely , “can you please turn it down” they just laugh at me. So , 2 weeks ago when we went on vacation, I turned my speakers towards our shared wall and looped this cd ( The torture never stops) on full blast...we were gone for 6 days. When we came home, all my neighbors had Zappa mustaches...even the baby.
These non-stop never ending guitar solos are f****** incredible especially from this era this is an incredible version of torture. Nobody can make his way around the fretboard quite like Frank Vincent he is in a class by Himself..... let's get 👇 w/ FZ. Greatest pound for pound guitarist ever
Agreed. We've benefited from amazing guitar work by a myriad of artists through several epochs but FZ's work stands out in many ways including but not limited to his unique style & electrifying precision.
Great compilation, I love all of your solo compilation uploads, can listen to them all day every day. It really helps me deal with my tinnitus from a brain injury. I wear headphones with a micro SD card loaded with your solo stuff - thank you SO MUCH !! As much as I love Frank, after 42 years of owning ALL his albums, I find that these solo uploads are all I listen to now, because any lyrics just distracts me from being totally focused at work, because I tend to sing along, and I know every note by heart on most songs, but the solo uploads are not as structured and are perfect for keeping things fresh........I've enjoyed this upload for the last 4 years......Thank you so much Imbindiu......Stay well brother.
I like especially the Boston 76' version... Same lineup that did the extra long Black Napkins with Bianca on the suffering vocals. Yes! Thanx, Mr. B. Your work does not go unnoticed where it matters and counts!
Hi again, I could listen to this until the end of time, there's so much in UMRK that will last almost forever as we know it, will hopefully enervate generations far beyond now, alongside all the great composers, a unique talent, ...
Dude.... you are awesome... Thank you so much. I've had an idea along these lines rolling around in the back of my head... and you did it already... wayyy better than I could have. Thanks
When I was 17 years old,which is just mental for a start I hitchhiked from Lancaster to the Birmingham NEC with just a tenner & a bootleg album called Tis the season to be Jelly in order to beg/blag a tout.I got in🙂
Saw Frank 5xs. Always way different great however Stony Brook was the best ever of all the 100s of concerts of all concerts I've ever seen. Incredibly beautiful
Beauty in a bad day. @ about 1.50.00 in. Thank you Frank. Dweezil & the Band on 2015 tour for all the hard work & love you all gave to me in Reno & Sacramento. Bringing me some joy in a sad time in our lives. May you all be blessed & peace & love to all this Christ-mas.
"You can't do that on stage anymore " passait à l'époque pour un titre "soit égocentrique soit révolutionnaire ". AUJOURD'HUI C'EST L'ÉVIDENCE, on ne verra plus jamais ces shows,..MERCI FRANK d'avoir été visionnaire, Merci de HAFID
Thanks to you for your work : the way you do for that is really interesting : all together FZ, the guitar and spacetime. You make me discover so many new sequences of FZ's music I didn't know. Great !
Yes he is awesome, but sometimes he also played some Gibsons like SG's and Les Paul's ( which in fact means that the most of his performance ; live or recording he played a .............? 😎)
ZAPPA é stato un grande musicista , peccato x la sua scomparsa . sono ben trenta anni che ascolto la sua musica e riesce a darmi ancora molte emozioni . Grande perdita .
I live in Brasil. Here, the torture never stops! They listen "pagode". "Pagode" is the worst music in the world, because it is totaly down. I love your Zappa's playlists.
Mr. B., this collection is WOW. The way you organized the pieces presents The Torture as an Aria with 29 Variations. This is 🤯. The solos are great. Each and every one. The guy was On Duty. Every show. So many states of mind... Searching for the elusive something, that is never found, and so many times in fact Zappa reaches to where the guitar cannot go any further... I call this "the death of the guitar."
@@br1tag Bruno, only now I saw this comment. Strange, but many times, many MANY times I've said the same thing about such solos: this is the death of the guitar. By that I mean, it is NOT POSSIBLE to express more human emotion with the guitar. After that, there must be silence. Only silence.
The master manipulator of the guitar nobody can play a guitar quite late Frank he wasn't the fastest the most technically sound but it's just the way he brought it who he was and how he was as a person everything he did for music is about as credible As It Gets we had a genius and a love for music that was beyond most people I've ever listened to
great compilation for guitar solo fans of this famous tune .I appreciate the chronological order the raw versions 03. 1978-02-01 Rhein (5,09) 04. 1978-02-15 Berlin (6,51) 05. 1978-02-25 Neunkirchen (5,54)
I mean this is mostly what I look forward to when I'm listening to live Zappa or his guitar solos now I'll skip around to some of the songs where I know there's a long guitar solo especially Terry or Vinny on drums but yeah I don't know if you would consider selling these but I would buy a few of these from you that's for sure. This is what it's all about...... listening to a solo during torture never stops, during my favorite 2 years 76 and 77 it just doesn't get any better with Terry holding it down
... bellissimo mix! Si sente, in questi 10anni di soli, l'evoluzione strumentale, stilistica e composizione istantanea di Zappa... L'evoluzione creativa è la cifra del musicista, e in Zappa la cifra è altissima... no? Hehehee. Grazie br1tag. Salute.
