I wonder if Joe Pruessner had a sister or cousin named Kathleen or Kathy? I had a music teacher at College Hill Elementary around 1973-1974 who was named Miss Pruessner and I'm pretty sure she told us that Joe Walsh was her cousin...

Hiromi wawwwww❤❤❤

Just love when you refer to the greatest pianist of the 21 century as " Valentina something... I'm sure she's pretty good", yeah no shit she is. Go watch her third movement of Beethoven 27 , just to make sure. With over 60 million views it may as well be one of the most viewed piano videos on KZfaq, and surely the greatest ever performance of that particular piece❤

3:43 the song is about people around Ludacris, journalists, busybodies, etc. harrasing him about his business. He answers their questions in a nothing kinda way, I guess. Cause it's none of their business.

Non-musicians are often puzzled by the "weirdness". But musicians can't miss Zappa. They immediately see the genius. What a composer. WHAT A BAND! You should see performing this LIVE, as if it was nothing, even joking, dancing, etc.

A great, but maybe uncharacteristic Hicks track from their last album (the only one where the lineup included a drummer).

I love this family and their music.

The basic track was recorded live for a tv show (that was never broadcast). It was originally an instrumental that was scored. Once he had a band that could perform it, it developed into what you hear here. The guitar solo is from a different show, a month later.

I turned this off when you questioned Al's vocals. You're full of it

Oh wow thank you! So that’s the “secret” : keep listening to the tune 30, 40 times to get your ears trained! Ahhh….I’d been watching my fellow players and couldn’t understand how they played the tunes just like that without sheet! Thank you very much! And I m trying your way and it works !

I watched the first when it came out and almost everyone never heard of it. The second was a bit of a “pile on” and word had spread by then. but the third was better. Both Mimi and Liz were fabulous

You should check zappa's song "fifty-fifty". Features the great electric violin of Jean luc Ponte.

I was rather confused and unimpressed by this album when I first heard it. It now remains one of my favourites.

nice job. thank you both for taking time to talk and post this

interesting imaging but the ufo i saw made no sound lol

its like he took the guitar solo, and made another song out of it: black napkins

pretty good?? george duke was the man! on keyboards

Brian gave me some guitar lessons in Austin in 1994. He was a great guitar instructor. I'm now a guitar teacher and still perform gigs live. Brian's guitar playing was always impressive and his song choices were unique.

Who is this bonehead. What arrogance

George Duke on vocals and keyboards. Another musical genius. Zappa didn't do drugs. He wasn't against them, just for himself and his band. You can't play this shit stoned and do it justice.

Upvoted before listening because it's Inca Roads, one of my top favorite FZ creations.

Programmed drums....oh dear

The piano had to smoke a cigarette after that

I forgot to add, I was 14 or 15 when I saw them with my brother's ex. They came out on stage at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium (lousy acoustics) with a tropical sunset backdrop and a few potted palm trees placed at the periphery, and then amazed the audience. They played mostly the songs from Last Train to Hicksville. I was a Beatles/Beach Boys/Kinks/Yardbyrds/Buffalo Springfield/Jimi Hendricks/Woodstock/Led Zeppelin, etc. baby, but I had a weekend jazz pianist mother who taught me to appreciate jazz in the back of my mind at the time. I instantly gravitated to Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks. It was different but familiar as well.

Zappa is known for inserting abrupt time signature changes here and there, and the weird sounds and vocals, which maybe comes from his Spike Jones influence

Always, always do Frank live. The only way to experience him.

Especially a tear jerker for me. Terminally single, the only woman I asked to marry me turned me down saying it was "too soon". 6 months later, she had died of anorexia, her doctor, ironically, was also Karen's .... Steven Levenkron.

My favorite Christmas song and cover. Brings tears to my eyes. Though not related to Christmas, his daughter, Natalie's cover of Billty Strayhorn's "Lush Life" is also one of the most beautiful jazz ballads out there, rivaling "Round Midnight".

I can't help but to remember the original movie version sung by Judy Garland as a totally different beast of another nature. That original and the storyline behind the lyrics is one of the most heartbreaking Christmas songs in the repertoire. I am a big fan of bossa, and while I can appreciate the technical skills in this version, the emotional depth and poignancy of the song is lost in this showcase of virtuosity.

Love the song, but heard it so many times. From the original Heavy Weather album, "Havona" is one of my choice for putting the pedal to the metal on the freeway. Great to hear some fusion reactions. One reaction I have yet to hear and am waiting for is to the title cut from Chick Corea's first "Return to Forever" album.. I used to teach English through sing-alongs to Japanese college kids, and jokingly threatened to have them jam with Flora Purim on that song or ons "Slaves Mass".

Great memories from college days ... but I'd give the not to "Ventura Highway" as their signature song.

Man, you are supposed to be an accomplished artist and you comment on Dream Theater all the time like you know them and their music, but you can’t even remember their names, so please stop pretending and trying to act like a loyal fan and just move on to whatever boring music you listened to before you found the best band in the world!!!

This isn't 70s music, this album was recorded in January 1969 and released with a street date of April 28, 1969. This was a double album and as it was recorded in January 1969, that means the music was written before 1969 making it firmly music of the 1960s and not the 1970s.

This was the bands debut double album and their name at that time was The Chicago Transit Authority, not 'Chicago'. They were threatened with legal action by the real CTA so they truncated the name to 'Chicago' on follow-up recordings. The album was recorded in January 1969 and released with a street date of April 28, 1969, so this isn't 1970s music.

I’m just glad you give credence to them being favorite. Emmett is a very important member of that group

I think Emmett is viewed as family.

I was blown away as well! They are all awesome

Super super super lovely tips Augustine violinist from Malaysia

Ruth Underwood is amazing! That whole ending thing she did is all notated. She had to read that.

Great! I was looking for an acoustic cover with fiddle and ...there you are, spot on! Greetz from Athens, not Georgia, the original one... (GR) :)

The man was the brains behind the band. So many singers from that era, owe him so much. Like David Foster once said; If this man was not born, music would have sound totally different today. A true genious.! RIP Maurice White.

ANALYZE 🎶

Oscar Nominee, Stockard Channing, one of the finest actresses of her generation.

The refrain on this is pure beauty. The first and bridge segments set it up fantastically well. from a melodic standpoint

Wow, you're judgmental. Degenerates? A degenerate is one that steals, beats up, infringes on other rights. Not people that make a personal choice in how they live their life. That's their business. If you feel you have a better handle on overall morality, ya don't. You introduced your opinion on degeneracy and now I've done the same. I agree that people that abuse drugs will probably shorten their life expectancy, still their decision to make and not yours or my business. If this is due to a religious influence on your part then we've nothing to discuss as your mind is as made up as mine, in this regard. I was curious to see why a violinist was critiquing The Carpenters so allow me to finish your video. Hm, interesting take.

Allowing that kind of space is a casualty of modern music 😢. Over singing, over production etc have ruined most modern pop music, not that this is pop

Good Commentary! Great song.

Tablature pleaseeee??

You don’t know her name and you call yourself a musician ? What a joke.

I just came across your channel, and I enjoyed your analysis. New subscriber.