oh, so MANY albums!! just listen to all of the 'you can't do that on stage anymore' series!! just dive on in... then studio tan.. and THEN apostrophe overnight sensation [but that's just a thought.. you have fun, now]

You're welcome. An interview not to be missed!

You're welcome.

Bongs been around since the 1800s, this duuuude said "something called a bong"

Barking pumkin.

Glad you enjoyed it. It was available to educators in the Pennsylvania School System. Check out Chuck's 1981 interview with Frank if you haven't already. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntmUn6qExJ60cXk.html

I'm from Australia, I don't know what Frank Zappa was having a jibe at Tipper Gore about. Could you please fill me in?

@@dennishunt1590 Tipper Gore was part of the PMRC censorship of rock n roll lyrics They wanted to put labels on the albums

@@dennishunt1590 I'm 6 months late, but in case you didn't already find out on your own, Tipper Gore was involved in the Parents Music Resource Center, which pushed to have labels put on music deemed inappropriate for young people. Frank fought this, as he argued that this would have a dramatic effect on the sales of albums labeled in this way, amounting to economic censorship.

@@dennishunt1590 Think pearl clutching.

@@MixMastaCopyCat Thanks mate.

It came out the same year too

Mummers? Like in Newfoundland?

Nice point. As a reformed smoker, I never understood Frank's refusal to accept that fact that cigarettes were detrimental to one's health.

@@Lagzatzappateers Agreed. I guess at the end of the day, humans have their inconsistencies and their hypocrisies, and even someone as ideologically consistent as frank was no exception

He was completely addicted to smoking. Let's call it what it is. It's one of the toughest addictions to break, especially if someone has no desire to quit. He had to know that a cigarette contains more than just tobacco and that there are over a thousand harmful chemicals that go into their production. He brought up the alcohol lobby but was ok with big tobacco lobby. On this topic, he was talking out of both sides of his mouth. An addict in denial about his addiction. He downplayed it because he felt it didn't alter his thinking. Sure would've enjoyed more years of FZ making music. The same is true of Eddie Van Halen who was addicted to smoking and drinking and got cancer of the tongue (later throat and lung cancer) which he blamed on a guitar pick that he held in his mouth. Say what?!

His message was about personal responsibility more so than anything else

@@Gravyballs2011FZ’s dependence on nicotine and coffee was probably a contributing factor to the prostate illness which took him out way too early.

You're just one person tho. He didn't literally say no 18 year Olds vote he said very few. It's true, if you look at turnout among voters under 30 it's very low compared to other age brackets and it's always been that way. Under 25 is even lower. The majority of people under 25 don't vote. It was improved a little recently . It was even worse back when this interview was done with around a 40% turnout and those numbers are even worse in midterm elections. I'm sure if they was a statistic on just 18 and 19 year olds the numbers would be even lower than that.

@@jimmorrison9287I think that was what the whole rock the vote thing was about, right? I remember those commercials very well and at the time it seemed like it started to turn the tide in getting people to think about politics more beyond the punks scene

The puddle of piddle which used to be little Is rising around you!

Playing the stuff that Frank can't play

It’s kind of just a silly way of describing (at the time) the modern style of guitar showiness

the stunt guitarist adds little noises/accents etc. adrian belew was said to be able to make rhino noises.....

@@monoped8437 you can just hear him actually do that on King Crimson and solo records fairly Frequently

@@opaljk4835, i know

Mummers are street theater improv performers.

@@DrMackSplackem thank you for that!