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Yes. Yes we can...

He should have read the credits.

I was around 15 ...digging this and Roxy and Elsewhere ...then owned One Size Fits All.First concert I ever went to...would see him 5 times ..like ELP AND YES.

Just Jack .

I would say after 74 as well, hos output never waned whatever your personal favourites, his last album Civilization is mind blowing

I agree, his creative sweet spot '69-'75

Hard disagree. People tend to shit on his smutty lyrics in the late 70's (forgetting about the Flo and Eddie era...) not to mention that the 80's don't even seem to exist. But the late 70's saw Frank releasing some of his best work after being free from Warner Brothers. And apart from the, frankly, atrociously bad "Thing Fish", the 80's saw Frank embrace highly complex instrumental music. And he also toured with what was arguably the technically most accomplished band he ever had. And then he did some incredibly challenging work in the 90's as well. Probably the most difficult stuff he ever composed. I suppose you like the commercial Zappa more...

I don't disagree with this sentiment but it's so hard to pin down when his genius began and when it ended because I don't think it really ever ended. That period is definitely a sweet spot, yet Frank never really lost that spirit of experimentation and the desire to remain outside the conventions and norms surrounding him. Personally, I'll never stop digging the early Mothers stuff. Freak Out is still a hoot and We're Only In It For The Money is great satire. And yet, I still listen to side 2 of Drowning Witch nearly forty years after I bought it in the mid-80's which features a really incredible Edgard Varese influenced jam. There's just too much genius there to confine in a small space.

@@sex6cult9revolution You summed it up very well. Personal preferences aside I'll leave with a quote Frank re-quoted frequently, early on from Edgar Varese : "The present day composer refuses to die."

There was considerable debate in the hallowed halls of Southern Illinois University, in the mid 70's, as to the ranking of rock guitarists. FZ was something of a fringe artist many, but he always came up in the conversation!

In Apostrophe the guitar is an acoustic guitar through a Mutron auto wah and played through a Pignose amplifier.From a Guitar Player interview at the time.

It is such a beautiful song. If you know Frank's teen years you can understand this is likely a song that was very close to his heart. It is almost romantic in how it is sung.

And that solo is one of my favourites of his

Absolutely beautiful. Full blast.

Zappa was filth

Uncle Remus is literally one of his biggest songs lmao. “Deep cut”

Words to live by

its saying ` the matter at hand is the matter at hand! `

That's right. The apostrophe marks an absence. More precisely, is used as a contraction of the negative adverb "not" ("it doesn't, 'n you can't! I won't, 'n it don't! it hasn't, it isn't, it even ain't 'n it shouldn't ... it couldn't). Ben Watson wrote a ponderous book about Frank Zappa, "The negative dialectics of poodle play". Shortly before his death, Zappa invited Ben Watson to his home to read the book to him. Apparently, FZ found it entertaining, especially because of connections he had never thought of. According to Watson, Fido stands for Phaedo, "Platos' work on the immortality of the soul". And, talking about conceptual continuity, it's worth remembering the lecture on creation that FZ used as an introduction to Dirty Love during concerts.

Fascinating! I will have to read the book 👍

Hey thanks man!

He seems to like poodles. The monster in Cheepnis is "a large poodle dog". Great stuff!

"Got a great big poodle thing, Got a great big hairy thing...."

@@tomwoliver He was amused by the absurdity of shaving poodle dogs according to the specific taste of various rich, upper class ladies.

As to what the poodle bites & chews ? Gotta leave that one alone.....🚬😎

Thank you. When I made the comment about the two the poodle bites the poodle chews it songs in Overnight Sensation. my comment was avoided like the plague.

Jack Bruce is one of my favourite composers/musicians/singers. I like the free and open jam that is Apostrophe, especially the wild, distorted bass, but I can imagine how Zappa struggled with Jack's busy, nontraditional style. In light of Frank's comments, it puzzles me a bit that the final mix keeps the bass relatively loud. I can only assume that Frank must have quite liked the end result, even if he didn't enjoy the playing part. Uncle Remus, on the other hand, is an all-time favourite song of mine! Love that whole album.

It would seem that only the FZ aficionados would know it.

Jim Gordon on drums!

@iluvj50 he died in prison awhile back.

Good insight!

He himself denied it. But who knows if he was so drunk or stoned he just couldn't remember at all 😂

3 songs I like, at least 2 from that session: 1) Jeff Beck featuring Imogen Heap - Blanket, 2) 'People Get Ready' - Jeff Beck with Joss Stone (live 2007), 3) Imogen Heap and Jeff Beck - Rollin and Tumblin live at Ronnie Scott's 2007 from BBC 4 TV special

Master, sir William.

Zappa was garbage

That solo is a masterpiece.

Muchas gracias

Not heard George's version. I shall give it a listen.

yea yea wait till death

Zappa was filth

Yeaaaahhhh please do that! That's probably the most incredible FZ composition. Not for everyone...

One of my all-time FZ pieces.

I second.

That would definitely throw Doug for a loop. Nothing else like it in popular music.

@@tripelkrauz But but but - before “The Adventures of Gregory Peccary” he has to learn about "Billy The Mountain " and hear THAT track ! My suggestion: he hears one after the other.

I keep telling my son there's only two geniuses in 'pop' music Zappa & Eno. Unlike McCartney, Prince or Jackson etc they conquored all genres of music rather than mastered one (OK Zappa didn't do ambience and Eno is not known for his jazz but you know what I mean). Also they both have a sense of humour in their music to puncture their own pomposity. Heroes!

@@user-vn1zb9ov8d I'm in complete agreement with you.

In old-moneyed suburbs of Southern cities in the 1960s and '70s, cast-iron black servants - "lawn jockeys" - were common symbols of white racism and "supremacy." They shouted, "Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy live here." Knocking them over was a pastime of African American youth - who risked getting shot to do it.

@@williamburkholder769 Interesting, thanks for the info. People also had them here in Beverly Hills. We used the knock them down (white kids) just because of the Zappa song.

The fact of the matter it's made for you.

I have a real poncho! :)

@@tonybatt3081 no foolin'....haha

And was Frank's "Conceptual continuity" from album to album

Crosswinds by Billy is great,and how can you not say Spectrum when you talk Billy.

Zappa was garbage

personally as a drummer myself over 50 years, Total Eclipse was one of Billy's finest and doesn't get the recognition it deserves

Shit ugly zappa changed the World of boring assholes 🤣

@@marlon-jl4ge - Oh yea -- that's why the list of greats that have worked with Frank is so short - Sting, Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Simon & Garfunkel, Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, Gene Simmons and the list goes on -- not to forget his address to congress supporting the 1st Amendment in Music. You might want to educate yourself.

the extended version is just not on youtube, it's on an official album called Crux Of The Biscuit

@@HakanTunaMuzik it's on YT, I just checked, it's 4 minutes long, the original is 2:50 minutes

@@duster71 I know it's on youtube, what i meant is that it's a proper album release, who listrens to music on YT? i know I don't i prefer to listen to albums properly, so that's what i meant :-)

@@HakanTunaMuzik well what if all your albums and 500 cds went up in flames in a fire. Your assumptions make you sound like a fool.

@@duster71 your assuming I have presumtions make you sound worse. As for your scenerio, i would then listen via spotify which is where I do most of my listening as you can listen to complete albums properly.