Here's what Frank would say today: this is from the Bob Marshall interview (Oct.22, 1988): ionandbob.blogspot.com/2015/11/bob-marshall-frank-zappa-interview.html Bob Marshall: Maybe there are historical forces, ways of thinking that you tapped into and continued a tradition unconsciously. I mean, from the critic's point of view. I think it was Miles who was the first one who wrote about your repetition of motifs in his early articles in the late Sixties. I remember one of his questions from International Times where he asked "Is there an IDEA behind your work?". It was capitalized in the newspaper. And I think that's what I'm trying to get at. Frank Zappa: That's simple. It's that the Emperor's not wearing any clothes, never has, never will. BM: What is the Emperor? FZ: Fill in the blank. (laughs) BM: So the idea is that you're making a symbol that allows other people to participate in it. FZ: That's audience participation on a grand scale. It's like name your poison. Why, that's almost elegant. BM: What is? FZ: Structuring something the way that people get to participate in it by adding their missing ingredient. It's like, be your own catalyst.
Amazing stuff! Thank you so much. Frank in his twenties and already more knowledgable about the 'biz' than most people in their entire life. The impact he must 've had back in the day is unimaginable.
The interviewer Doll did a respectable job, but why not tell us where this was conducted? Judging by the sound of the cash register I’m guessing it probably was a record store.
"It could be possible to rebuild society, you wouldn't have tear it down, it's possible the society could be rebuilt from where it is now" ........ Oh, And how the F*^k did he foretell Industrial in 1967? AND Skinhead? Makes humanity seem pretty dumb and predictable
From this same interview (on the MOFO 4-CD release) titled "Psychedelic Upholstery", but doesn't appear to be in this clip: *Eh, next step is that the kids'll all cut their hair off and go bald. I'm sure that'll happen.* In 1967, Frank predicted the skinhead punk trend.
We need at least eight million more RU-vid comments from people who think Frank would agree with everything they think if he were alive today. I'm certain that if he were alive today he'd agree with me that it's stupid to care about it. On the other hand, it's really important to get all of your opinions from Taylor Swift, Tucker Carlson, and whoever that guy is who reads your gas meter.
Go screw yourself, Rudy et al. I cut off your phone conversation with Gerry Fialka in June, 1993, while I was living at Gerry's. And I'll do it again. You guys haven't learned anything relevant in over 30 years.
Frank did not suffer fools Very well, and listening to Him here he’s a capitalist, And an artist at the same Time, a very unusual Combination in 1967. I would LOVE to hear his Take on the wokies in this Day and Age… He would destroy them With logic and truth!! I really miss Frank… RIP Mr. Zappa.
Here's Frank's response to the Wokies of his day: “Frank Zappa: LA’s Original Freak Is One Mean Mother”, by Michael Snyder & Blair Jackson, January 1978 [[ Michael Snyder: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY derides San Francisco, Flower Power, and the so-called hippie movement on a number of cuts. Do you think that attitude is a tired issue or still worth kicking around? Frank Zappa: Whatever you like. You want to talk about tired issues? I’ll talk about ‘em. I’m here to entertain you. M: You’re here to entertain everybody. If you’ve got it, entertain it. FZ: OK, here it is: I believe that San Francisco and its citizens were used by the United States government for LSD experiments, psychological warfare experiments, and germ warfare experiments during that period of time. I think that the whole Haight-Ashbury phenomenon was manufactured, and I think that the people who were victimized by those drugs during that time ought to sue the government. You’re looking at a place that was chosen as the home of the manufactured zombies. M: All this stuff about the CIA drug houses has been coming to light. It might make sense. FZ: It does. After the CIA discovers this potential weapon, where are they going to try it out on a large number of people? In an urban setting. Take a map. Stick a pin. San Francisco gets the vote. You know those funny camps they were opening during the '60s? M: The camps for dissidents? FZ: The ones where they put the Japanese people during World War 2. They were sprucing them up in the 1960s. M: Detention camps. FZ: Yeah. Why were they opening them up? M: The government feared that campus unrest would lead to widespread rioting? FZ: I don’t think they feared the students or needed a place to lock them away. I think the camps were a safety valve, in case the chemical experiments failed and you had tens of thousands of uncontrolled potential murderers on the street. If they dosed ‘em too much and everything got out of hand, the only answer would have been to round them up and throw them in those camps. ]]
lol. Right from the start. Trouble Everyday is one of the most awesome “woke” songs ever written. All about waking people up to what’s really going on.
@joelbarish from wikipedia: Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination". Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial justice, sexism and LGBT rights.
