I have the upmost respect for Ruth because she truly loved Frank’s work.

That doesnt surprise me at all. What an amazing musician she is!

Love her

@@rossjackson7352 is that you RJ?

*phenomenal

I am crying with laughter, lol. omg Frank was the true genius.. So glad I met him a "hundred years ago", now I can die happy, lel.. Thanks for this video, it should be part of any music school class !!!

Frank Zappa was a genius! I only discovered him 6 years ago after knowing OF him my whole life and I regret the time I wasted NOT being exposed to his music.

Every note was scripted, not improvised.

@Less Than Nothing... i could be surgically precise squirting diarrhea on a canvass to draw a picture but it would still just be diarrhea on a canvass

How can you not get Zappa? Very long and intense discography and live performances that add up to a phenomenal career. He brought in, inspired and made careers out of so many great musicians. One of the great intellects also on music of that era.

Check out his main influence Edgard Varese if you want musical density.

She is amazing

*@Lennart Karman.* Glad I read your comment first, because I was going to say the same thing. 👍🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎶👍

what? shes part of the band why wouldnt he write parts for her? lmao the boomers simping for her in these comments are so weird

@@krispy3790 ik

@@krispy3790 lololol

@@krispy3790because most musicians like writing their own parts when contributing to a body of music. Adrian Belew had that freedom when he was with frank. Quit being ignorant

Imagine how much it must mess with your brain to only rehearse the rhythm of the melody, but not the pitch.

I think not every band can do that even if they firmly decided to rehearse as much as needed.

They reputedly rehearsed for weeks for 6 hours a day. For another recording Zappa paid the LSO to perform for him and some players went off at lunch to the pub to get pissed and Zappa was outraged.

He's the Utmost Genius of our times and for ever

@@chrisreed3022 He said never again.

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Danny Elfman was the Frank Zappa of the 80’s.

Heard Dweezil? Didn't think so!

Unique is one word,crap is another

@@jsims1617 the man had talent and there's no way you can deny that

And that kind of unique was genius :-)

@@charliewhelan9488 It depends on your perception of talent. To me, no.

@@jsims1617 I'm not sure talent is subjective. There's no way you can deny he mastered his instrument and his rhythmic abilities are crazy

Yeah...Lynyrd Skynyrd comes to mind.

You have it inverted… nobody other than this caliber of musicians could coordinate this well. 😁

@@bigblocklawyer -- I'm glad you are being sarcastic.

@@DunmoresMovieMania Wut? A band way more influential on main stream music than Zappa, and they all lived on the same street growing up and played little league together. Literally a perfect example of creativity and coordination at an enigmatic level. There was no reason, other than fate that all that talent was centered in a few block area.

It is the wonder of generations.Me being 65 and still trying to relate.But I know quality when I hear it.

2:34

3:42

I swear, every Frank Zappa video has this comment

Ruth was fabulous. This might be the best lineup ever. They're clowning around on this like it's "Louie Louie."

Sexy as...

On Ruth!

Ruth was and still is incredible.

Its off the Dub Room Special video..

@@paulblanshard9336 I had that VHS tape, played it to death. I love when he has the PZM mic on his forehead. Hysterical.

I've been enjoying 1:00 paused for a few minutes now. Didn't know he was so well-educated.

@@richsackett3423 Nice call, I went back and checked that out. Frank considered himself a composer and as far as I know he required all his players to be able to read music, even the drummers had to be able to read percussion scores.

Yes, Ruth mentioned that in an interview when she mentioned a piece he wrote for her.

@@richsackett3423 he wrote and conducted some "Modern Classical" pieces, check out Lumpy Gravy for example

He was fortunate to be in NYC where he met Ruth. He also lucked out and got Ian Underwood (who has a PhD in composition) in the band who helped Zappa with notation and arranging and as a copyist. I met Bunk Gardner and Don Preston once and they both said the same thing, that Zappa didn't have much formal training (1 semester in Jr. College) but learned fast and his music became more sophiticated in just a couple years after he got Ian Underwood, Art Tripp and Bunk Gardner in the band. People who think Zappa was born a musical genius and taught himself music theory and harmony are incorrect. He's a brilliant composer, period!

I've never wanted to meet any of my musical heroes but Ruth Underwood is the one exception.

I was at this taping and talked to her then. Great lady.

Agreed.

I thought that looked like Chester.

Chester might not get payed for this gig...

@@TonyPayneUK who also played with Genesis?

@@billsmith9711 The very same.

@@TonyPayneUK saw them in Atlanta in 1976

If you say do. I can't listen to more than about 45 seconds of this utter shit.

@@OmniGuy Hundreds of thousands of fans who loved Zappa could care less what you think. You may not like his humor or his music, but the guy could write symphonic scores. Not too many rock musicians who can do that.

Like I said......if you say do.

@@OmniGuy he didn't say "do," but he did say so. I'm sorry for your lack of decent taste such that you would refer to this as shit.

No need for you to be sorry D&C.

Frank was a heavy tobacco user. Like Sonny Bono his anti-drug stance just meant the drugs Ronald Reagan didn't like.

@@chrisoneill3999 zappa didn't like the effects of drugs, on himself or on others. Nothing to do with reagan. He did smoke pot a few times, but he wasn't a fan.

@@vitamind.d.fishinsea8570 I shoulda said illegal drugs. I remember Zappa and Grace Slick doing public service ads on underground radio stations back in the day " Smoke all the pot you want and do acid if it's Owlsley but stay away from speed it'll generally fuck you up like your parents". Late 60s and early 70s were beyond awesome. Zappa advocated pot and hallucinogenic use but not for himself. Makes me crave LSD shrooms mescaline. ☮️☮️☮️

In his autobiography, Ozzy tells the story about being on tour or something with FZ, and FZ musicians asking him for weed, "but please not to tell Frank because he would fire us from the band because he don't do and don't like drugs" and then FZ himself asking him for weed, "but please don't tell the band because they don't do and they don't like drugs", Ozzy in the end didn't understand sh*t but gave weed to everyone.

@@tonyreynolds5112 "do acid if it's Owlsley"....LMAO - Stanley's name spelled 'Owsley' - but typos, I know.... I read that after Owsley moved to Far North QLD he only ate chicken broth. What a genius he was as well....

That's why his stage antics compilation was called "You Can't Do This On Stage Anymore"'. There is no one that comes even close of what Zappa did on stage.

@@mauricedorreboom5388 Ever heard of GG Allin?

Don’t forget Ed Mann - probably Ruth’s equal

Now in the music world your shunned if you try anything like this or to be daring and different.

Great statement!

Tom Lehrer outlived most of us already.

There definitely are musicians around this creative, they're just not big names

This creative and with this much imagination I meant to say

Laughed for like five seconds his entire career, jk haah

Yea I was like, is that a crack at BS&T lip and air syncing?

Same. This must have been early in his career.

I am trying to understand what you mean can you explain more?

@@froghermit9852 Around 1:51 you can see her playing randomly picked notes and right after muting them with her hands, so that those notes are shortened. I’m just saying that she knows her instrument well.

@@DodoDiaz oh got ya I see now

What makes you think they are random notes?

@@nickmcleod7259 Here’s a transcript from this taping (taken from ”The Dub Room Special!”): ”Now as you can see from this piece of paper that we have on the screen, which you can't really see at this point, but it will be on the screen for our television audience at home, that uh, there are some actual notes and there's a lot of other things on there which the rhythm is indicated but the pitches are not indicated, which means you get to choose whatever you like. Any kind of note that you can grab fast enough to make it on that rhythm as what your part is, see? And the only thing that happens is the group is rhythmically coordinated and the rest of it is . . . every person for themself.”

Damn I wish I was born already

Anything, yes. When Frank rehearsed the Yellow Shark with the renowned "Ensemble Modern" , there were complaints from some musicians about the difficulty of the movements. Frank's answer: My Rockband can play this.

By design.

"Literally" does NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK IT DOES. Please buy a dictionary.

Funny.

I'm not a fan of all his material but he's my favorite composer and recording engineer. Ruth Underwood is my favorite percussionist...

I suggest you go get some

Makes me feel like the smartest dummy on planet earth. Thanks earth, for giving us Frank Zappa.

@Dominic Austin: I can relate, lol. It's like when a teacher in school explains something pretty difficult and everybody nods and seems to have understood...... except for oneself. Feeling left out, but also slight panic.^^

I heard you got to go back to 1974 where there was something called purple microdot...

It's NOT cacophony! That can only be played on a cacaphone...

The more you listen the more you'll "get"... like I couldn't dig Mozart... but took a class an started getting it, now I get it. Had Bach in my back pocket for years... I'm 69, and now I'm starting to get it. Sometimes the best music takes time, sometimes when you see it live it hits you on the head like a sledge hammer.

Drugs did Zappa

Frank was a chain smoker, a nicotine addict, thoroughly, and it killed him in the end--- or rather in the prostate.

non-stop nicotine plus crappy coffe. gimme a break

@@neilslade Obviously that's not what I meant. Obviously.

@@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 Obviously that's not what I meant. Obviously.

Zappa and Carlin figured out the uniparty before the uniparty even figured it out.

Now more than ever. I’d love to know what he’d make of today’s politics and wokeness.

Totally agree,, Zappa will be listed up there with Bach and all the "classics", heh.

The man is more nose than face!

You haven't seen mine.

It's a honker

'Red sea pedestrians' would gladly stand waiting at traffic lights to watch that yacht sail past

Thank you for mentioning the documentary as I was unaware of its existence. Done by the esteemed Bill S Preston Esquire? Even better!

The 74 band was the best of them all. I had a chance to see them but chose midnight hockey instead, Regerts!

c'est clair!

i'm with you there man ! greetings from france

Absolutely outstanding musicians, every one of them. Man, what I wouldn't give to go back in time and watch them.

I always thought FZ looked like he was having a blast when he was playing with these guys. (Wish there was more aural and visual documentation of the larger lineup that preceded the Roxy unit , which included both Fowler boys, both Underwoods, Jean-Luc Ponty, George Duke and Sal Marquez. Yowza!) Overall, however, this bunch's amazing personalities as players is why I always return to them as a benchmark. FZ loved them!

Anyone who's ever worked for Zappa .....Over-talented, but (from what I've read, woefully) underpaid.

Yeah, I cant see Frank and not cry, I miss him soo much...

And Frank, what can I say that hasn't already been said. Gone too soon..... miss you buddy.

And Dweezil , I'm sure your dad would be extremely proud of your playing and what you've done with his music, dispite all of this lawsuit BS .Tell your brother to get a job, then tell him that you still love him.