Frank performing with The Mike Douglas Orchestra. Very unique performance.
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@outtathyme56792 місяці тому
It’s hard to express how important the Mike Douglass show was to music fans back then. One of the few shows to air live performances
@michaelbirke60502 місяці тому
And during the day. This was no 9pm prime time performance. Frank never did The Midnight Special. He probably saw Don Kirshner as an affront to his intelligence.
@321snoot2 місяці тому
Mike Douglas wasn't hesitant about having musical acts on that weren't the norm for daytime talk shows. I also remember seeing Tom Waits on his show, too. Have to mention that Zappa was also on the Steve Allen show, playing (believe or not) a bicycle!! Only Frank could make music from a bicycle! I give these talk show hosts tremendous credit.
@williamhinshaw6838Місяць тому
@@321snoot I agree that Mike Douglas was a pretty open minded guy...actually seemed interested in his guests.
@321snootМісяць тому
@@williamhinshaw6838 Yeah, he really did seem sincerely interested. If you want to see a light morning talk show gone wrong, check out Zappa on the Dinah Shore Show. This was back in 1979 and there are clips here on UKposts. Let's just say Frank was in rare form and Dinah and her guests were totally unprepared!
@sanbornsМісяць тому
Mike was not shy in promoting bands of of all genre in spite of losing some followers.
@emilyb5734Рік тому
This is one of those songs where you don’t forget listening to it for the first time
@m13elidry10 місяців тому
I dont forget all the summer listening to it every day !
@whynottalklikeapirat6 місяців тому
Well - I am so we’ll see
@martinriebszam2 місяці тому
Yes exactly!
@gwhiz370829 днів тому
I BEG to differ 😂
@dennispleasant120527 днів тому
Shit made me cry why?
@aberamagold750911 місяців тому
Gotta love Frank. His funny and rude songs get your attention when you're a teenager, then you get older and realize what a phenominal musician he is/was.
Definitely in my top five guitarist, absolute genius.
@sjmusicforlife463828 днів тому
FZ was way ahead of his time. I saw him three times, and each time, I just could not believe how good he and his musicians were. He was a truly phenomenal musician and guitarist, very creative, and created complex music that captivated. A true original and genius. Love live Frank Zappa!
@andrewking488525 днів тому
Was it Van Halen that invented tapping? Not so by this
@hillsinspace125 днів тому
I think a few came before evh not least of all steve hackett. Amazing musician all of the..@@andrewking4885
@davidfranke81384 роки тому
Even now, in 2020 i still watch this video often. Sure the studio version is great but this is something different. Even now it brings a tear to my eye. Frank was so ahead and beyond of anything and everything in his time. I miss him. Beautiful song
@alwhyte65333 роки тому
This piece and Watermelon In Easter Hay always make me emotional... I'll have Watermelon In Easter Hay played at my funeral. His music and his thinking have inspired me all through my life. It saddens me that I was too young to see him live...
@sheldoncooper81993 роки тому
@David Franke No this is like 4 x better then the Studio version One of the very few beautiful Songs he wrote. Also a lot of hidden Gems on Joe s Garage
@williamondegreen3 роки тому
I tear up every time i watch this. It's perfect.
@pmjosh3 роки тому
His tone is so filthy and he plays with so much conviction. I love this performance
@whitelabelproduction3 роки тому
Me too. Back here again....
@robertbrolin62063 роки тому
Can't believe they let him play this on TV back in the day? Awesome!
@RustyRogers2 місяці тому
Daytime television none-the-less!
@jerryhorton57082 місяці тому
Mike Douglass show. He had the most amazing musical acts performing
@analogman969725 днів тому
He played "I'm the Slime" on SNL. Had the video monitors rigged up to some sort of goo machine.
@bobjames526423 дні тому
People were far more open-minded in the 70s.
@Gratefulman196527 днів тому
I grew up on Frank Zappa. I’m 59 in 2024. I am a lucky person. 🎶
@theoak6426 днів тому
i'm 60 this year. i tried to understand Zappa's music as a kid, but i didn't get it. 2 or 3 years ago this is the song that finally did it for me.
@adambinnie133226 днів тому
I watched this song first with a young Steve Vai who got me into Frank.
@streetcinematography25 днів тому
Likewise. I’m 66 since Apostrophe
@Thrashsquatch25 днів тому
@Gratefulman1965 - Same, same, and same... cheers!
@Marss13z9 днів тому
Grew up on Zappa and can still write a message? We're all lucky.
@robdean704Рік тому
Frank and Prince, despite the credit they get I still feel they don't get enough. This is beautiful
@zeandiaz1791Рік тому
Amen
@kennethward4985Рік тому
Please don't ever mention Prince as a guitar player, he was about as good as Springsteen, LOL
@zeandiaz1791Рік тому
@@kennethward4985 that is a lie dude...
@coleward4208Рік тому
@@kennethward4985 go watch his performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps immediately
@theflint7692Рік тому
"as a guitar player" is missing the comparison. Zappa and Prince were complete artists, composers, visionaries, and totally original with their own style, wit, and intelligence. they're in a league that few have obtained. I would count Miles Davis in this group
@Lee-qj4hk6 років тому
Plugs in guitar in TV studio then nonchalantly opens a portal into another world via music. Nice =o)
@petermaxwell29654 роки тому
Amazing performance for sure . 🎸🎵
@tomasotreasaigh1114 роки тому
Just a guitar and a small battery powered Pignose amp. (Probably modified a little, knowing Frank as I dont, lol).
@petermaxwell29654 роки тому
Zappa was the "mad scientist" of rock music !
@jazzmonblazz4 роки тому
@@petermaxwell2965 no doubt he was the rocket man that Elton spoke l eloquently of.... Frank zappa was on kerosene he was scirtchibgly hot and brutally talented
@garykay74184 роки тому
so unique and so talented
@GoodCorporateRobot2 роки тому
What I really love about this performance is how nonchalant Frank is about the whole thing. To me that speaks to his level of mastery of his craft. It's like he could do it in his sleep and still make it beautiful. It just amazes me endlessly.
@allen6924Місяць тому
He's a child prodigy.. he was on the Steve Allen show when he was twelve.
@kwyatt26127 днів тому
@@allen6924 He went to the library and taught himself to read music and compose it.
@konradhenkel7284Місяць тому
Embarrassed to say, I never really sat down and listened to anything by Frank Zappa. Had absolutely no idea he played anything remotely like this. I am stunned...🎉❤
@fcamiolaМісяць тому
oh man what a journey you have ahead of you! Start at the beginning (Freak Out!) and then prepare to be amazed! I spent YEARS listening to FZ and pretty much nothing else. He is an entire universe unto himself.
@ensenadorjones422427 днів тому
Me too. While it is good and he influenced so many people I am not seeing genius. Talent yes! Genius no.
@fcamiola27 днів тому
@@ensenadorjones4224 To be able to do what he did in a short 52 years is nothing short of miraculous. Then factor in 70+ albums released in his lifetime alone, ALL of which are entirely different and more diverse that would take a PhD thesis to get into the specifics of the intricacies of his music, etc etc etc...when you look at the big picture he was absolutely one of if not the single greatest and most musically diverse composer of the 20th century. Genius doesn't even begin to cover what FZ was truly about.
@ensenadorjones422427 днів тому
@fcamiola is it good because it's technically sophisticated, or is it accessible and fun to listen to? I'm not a Dr and don't want a thesis about any music. I want the music to make me feel something. Zappa is great. I love Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and other guitar virtuoso. I'm just discovering Zappa. Are his records available, or did his estate prevent them from being released?
@profitnadeem29 днів тому
This is one of the best compositions I’ve ever heard of his. Zappa is and always will be a legend ✌🏽🔥
@tpartypower13 років тому
This is the most wholesome blues I ever heard Zappa play. If you dont feel this in your heart, you have no soul.
@redacted50352 роки тому
Chill
@spacejockey4746Рік тому
Not blues dummy.
@ViveLeQuebecLibreTabarnakРік тому
@@spacejockey4746 this is blues fusion 100%. Are you some kind of retard? Are your parents siblings?
@LfunkeyAРік тому
@@spacejockey4746 just because you have a limited perception of what blues is, doesn't mean you aren't the dummy.
@spacejockey4746Рік тому
@@LfunkeyA “Limited sense of blues” … give me a fucking break. This is NOT blues, you retard.
@divermike89438 років тому
He goofed around so much, many people forget how talented and brillant he was.
@sheldoncooper81998 років тому
+Mike Rodgers Everyone watching this video watches it for his talent and genius not for his goofyness
@chrishenniker59447 років тому
Mike Rodgers One of America's greatest blues and rock'n'roll musicians, not to mention one of America's greatest comedians.
@smwrbd6 років тому
sounds like a cross between Hedricx and Trower at parts. Great tune.
@wcraiderevo80786 років тому
Was just having this conversation with a former coworker and musician friend of mine yesterday. Sent them St. Etiene and this as a follow-up.
@arfshesaid43256 років тому
ahhhhh no no no, only morons that know zip about life and music, and do they really even count?
@agharta42Місяць тому
his tone was truly a marvel, rich with overtones, borderline fuzz saturation
@johnmartinez41295 років тому
I use to know Frank back in the 70's when he produced Ruben and the Jets but I had never heard this before. He was truly a genius and could play different genres. Here's a bit of trivia that not many know because he wasn't mention in the credits but he asked if he could trade guitar licks our lead guitar player, the late Tony Duran at the end of one of the songs I sang, "Dedicated to the One I Love" on our first album "For Real" on Mercury records. It was an honor for him to back me up as this was the only song he played on despite producing the whole album.
@ricdavid74762 роки тому
was he a chain smoker when you knew him? i am a brit and he was my favorite growing up in the early 70's . I think he was a pretty straight arrow sort of guy despite his looks .Those must be amazing memories you have.
@TheTones10Рік тому
A live version is on his album “Zoot Allures” which is phenomenal!! This version is just as phenomenal!!! Love the horns on this also!
@gragor11Рік тому
Was there an outro of this on one of the Ruben and the Jets songs? Stuff up the Cracks or something? I think this is where I heard this song first and last until last night when someone posted the link to this show.
@marlon-jl4geРік тому
Zappa was garbage
@TheKitchenerLeslieРік тому
Did you know Jeff Simmons or his friend Kerry Magness?
@Ojb_19597 років тому
My son & I just saw Dweezil play Black Napkins w horns at Tipitina's in NuAwlins. I saw Frank play it when I was my sons age. Special Nite!
@billytherhinonyc7 років тому
frank at tips is almost as good as fess at tips
@bubbarainman97966 років тому
Ojb 1959 , I can relate with that. I saw Frank many times and one of the first shows I took my sons to was Zappa plays Zappa. His music lives.
@Shiz20126 років тому
Ojb 1959 h
@SkeeterMcBeater6 років тому
that's magic my dude
@desolationrow6 років тому
Ojb 1959 Dweezil is a money grubbing hack.
@crieff1sand2s2 роки тому
Not just a great musician....one of the coolest guys on the planet.....👍
@betterbusinessweb11962 місяці тому
Mike Douglas! Thank you for welcoming Frank. I could listen to Frank play guitar for hours on end. This song is near 50 years old. I honestly remember when Zoot Allures came out! Love this! Franks utter genius shines!
@seanbrennan51922 роки тому
That tone is so perfect
@rjlchristie27 днів тому
Sounds a bit like he used a Mk 1 Boogie but other comments say it was a little Pignose.
@NewPraetorianBlues26 днів тому
Sounds like a Mark 1, those early boogies have that nasal high gain.
@OrchestrationOnline6 років тому
Zappa's appearances on establishment TV programmes like this revealed that a lot of the personalities and producers back then were a lot hipper than we give them credit for. Frank had fans in many places, and they opened doors for him when they could.
@fischkopf6 років тому
OrchestrationOnline Zappa was actually TALENTED, and during those years you had to hold your own without technology. That opens doors today, and it may not bring fame and fortune, but you can get gigs.
@sheldoncooper81996 років тому
+OrchestrationOnline People tend to forgot how BIG Frank Zappa was between 1968 to 1976 he was almost as Big and famous as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones
@sheldoncooper81996 років тому
+Kurt Standford WHAT ? He played Im the Slime on Tv here: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ioegrIutjn6lo2g.html
@michaellynch98626 років тому
Kurt Standiford he played the slime on SNL in 1977.
@karlfonner75896 років тому
Kurt Standiford He played the slime on Saturday night live what are you talking about even Don Pardo said all right folks don’t touch that the
@robertleslie2467Рік тому
The small amplifier he's using is a Pignose 7-100. I have 3 of them. They've been used in the studio on recordings forever. In this case, Frank rocked it live on television.
@fredtaylor9792Рік тому
It's basically a fuzz pedal with a speaker.....and I LOVE it. One of the best kept secrets of studios.
@nathanoman1Рік тому
Sell me one of them please?
@TubeRadiosRuleРік тому
@@nathanoman1 They're still being made, and not expensive, either.
@emanueltzikas7800Рік тому
Zappa was garbage
@TubeRadiosRuleРік тому
@@emanueltzikas7800 As an individual I'd tend to agree - what sort of hippie-dippy wierdo scars his kids for life by giving them names like "Dweezil" and "Moon Unit"? But the man could certainly play guitar...
@moseskelly192 роки тому
This man has the soundtrack to my life 60 y/o and still right there everyday if poss Got me through the best and worst I owe a debt to this man a nd his music Thank you frank R i p
@ML-wo5sy8 місяців тому
me too
@321snoot2 місяці тому
I still listen to Frank just about every day. Just imagine - if you even can - the kind of music he'd be composing today. Amazing and totally unique musician.
@abdennourelhadda17632 роки тому
I just love when the trumpets join. Especially at the end for the call and respond with Frank
@adamsubtract818 років тому
That tone.....
@MusicDude868 років тому
+Adam Subtract Fuckin' A...gotta love those Pignose amps.
@scottpierce58638 років тому
agreed! , what a beautiful recording.....and you're so right.....that tone man. the pick hand work is outstanding, Zappa was a freaking monster on guitar!
@ianswenson67 років тому
0:45 seconds in... holy crap that thing screams
@JIMISTONED6 років тому
U know man... Can't argue if it puts a smile on my face u know?
@waitindelaney6 років тому
Frank could always pull a killer tone out of any amp. I don't know how he did it. During the '88 tour, he did most of his solos through a clean tone
@feardrinker6 років тому
For some reason it's easy to forget how great a guitar player he was. He didn't just compose, he tore up the guitar as well.
@ViveLeQuebecLibreTabarnak3 роки тому
I listen to him almost solely for his guitar work
@alder1285 місяців тому
It is?
@snicker5762 місяці тому
@@ViveLeQuebecLibreTabarnak same
@francoisgosselin43562 місяці тому
He was very ordinary
@leer.21372 місяці тому
Although He grew up composing mostly in the 70's, He was not experimenting with drugs, (He didn't even like playing with players that were high). Frank, was just a crazy loveable, super creative, and, an experimental Genius....as a true Genius tends too 🐝, there is soo much you left, for our enjoyment - Thank you F.Z. & Dweezil for spreading the Gospel
@wcnmvp38204 роки тому
Is nobody going to acknowledge the fact that Frank Zappa is tapping in 1976?
@sergeescaffre4 роки тому
ukposts.info/have/v-deo/rWd-bIJoqXeG1H0.html
@matthankusРік тому
He did not invent it and neither did Ed.
@paulferranti85362 місяці тому
I’ve seen videos of tapping even earlier…there is one on UKposts of an Italian guitar player on Italian TV…sorry I can’t remember the name but he was tapping….and I believe Stanley Jordan the jazz guitar player tapped in early seventies
@williamhinshaw6838Місяць тому
i've learned on YT about Eddie coming over to Frank's house and teaching Dweezl some good stuff...I think Frank picked up on it. Haven't seen him do it elsewhere. Guitarists who were drummers first have a inherent advantage in finger tapping.
@danyboyizationМісяць тому
Frank was a drummer
@lucalone8 років тому
great playing by that studio band !!
@Roger-nk5ug3 роки тому
I've watched this so many times. It gets better every single time. It ages like an extremely fine wine. This actually may be one of the greatest things ever created, musically or otherwise.
@tinicum546 років тому
A Zappa follower since 1966 when I was 12. Over the years as this song emerged, dont know why, it brings tears to my eyes, damn near every version. Some more than others.
@user-bp3tf8zw8c7 місяців тому
This is a song you can totally relax by. I love it!!!!!
@Bikewithlove6 років тому
The older I get the more I understand Frank’s playing. When I was 11 what I liked about him was that he was very funny, but I didn’t get his guitar work at all. After a lifetime of tragedies and struggles, most of the pop music I used to listen to is intolerable now, but when I hear Frank play guitar I feel right at home.
@bensteyn84205 років тому
Thats exactly my view. 20 years ago loved die Flo & Eddie things that I cant´s hear now any more. Every time the same tasteless jokes about penises, puking etc.. Boring. But since a number of years I mostly hear the oldest Zappa recordings, the incredible guitar solos in every phase of his live performances, the numberless great musical variations about his standards like Pound For A Brown, Uncle Meat ... all the things around the London visits in Royal Festival Hall, BBC studio ... You are right. It´s like beeing home where everyou find yourself ... on airports during business trips, on boring and endless rides on motorways, ....
@migueliglesias48905 років тому
The same happened to me, Bikewithlove, except for the fact that I never used to listen to pop music that much. I feel that I'm not fully appreciating his solos yet, though. That must be due to no being a guitar player myself. Nonetheless, I consider him to be the greatest genius composer of the 20th century. Hands down.
@alwhyte65334 роки тому
It saddens me that no matter how much I practice, I'll never be as good as Frank. I can try but it's no use...he was a great guitarist.
@3three3three3three4 роки тому
@@alwhyte6533 you'll never be frank, but he couldn't be you if he tried (if he could try). your individual voice is important.
@alwhyte65334 роки тому
@@3three3three3three thanks man! I do play reasonably well, but Frank was just something else! I'm in the process of learning to read sheet music so that I will be able to better understand his work...it's almost impossible to get any tab for it!
@ironpirites9 років тому
Mike Douglas might look square but he certainly wasn't. FZ sadly missed. A man ahead of his time.
@joegarcia11326 років тому
Titties and beer
@Jlipnicki4 роки тому
Frank Zappa was square in some ways. He wrote the music down and thought punk was nonsense. Intelligent people never stick to simple stereotype. Also would not say he was ahead of his time just that not many were as of his time as he was.
@leer.21372 місяці тому
I can listen to this Guys' compositions/solos...ALL DAY ~ never gets old, just better, better appreciated 👍
@stephensams97843 роки тому
This is one of the reasons that he is my favourite guitar player
@melozxc8 років тому
Very good. Frank is a genius.
@HWHenke6 років тому
Mozart of the 20th century.
@drewwolf5334 роки тому
I agree, though the word genius is bandied about in music; Zappa is one, if not the only one. Brian Wilson in the mainstream? But Zappa was a composer on the level of Brian Wilson and also a virtuoso musician. Some say Robert Fripp. I do not know. I do know that Kanye is not a musical genius, though some in that genre may be. I cannot imagine a life without Hendrix, Dylan or Lennon but, again they are mainstream and all modern music has passed through them. But electricity comes to us via Edison who was not a genius instead of Tesla who was.
@adityaroy76164 роки тому
@@drewwolf533 You don't say?
@teecee38664 роки тому
@@drewwolf533 Let Zappa be Zappa.
@nightshadegatitoРік тому
@@drewwolf533 Kanye may not be a musical genius but he certainly is some type of genius; he is a multi-billionaire, so there is that.
@joannanoel47576 років тому
I saw him at the Barbican in '83...my late husband's go to musician ...I have loved this musician/composer/singer/genius since I was 17 ....we were blessed with him......
@ricdavid74762 роки тому
you are a brit and i am too he was my favorite in the 60;s-70;s despite me being a hippy and everything Zappa hated. He of course got thrown off a stage here in the UK in London and got badly injured. He probably hated us limeys after that.
@kirkchristopher882628 днів тому
Frank Zappa was such an awesome musician... and that still doesn't him him fully. He was unique. He was a visionary. As far as Mike Douglass, he was a visionary in daytime television. I spent many afternoons after school watching The Mike Douglass Show.
@fredericbleau2476Рік тому
For me it's sincerely one of the best videos on UKposts. How amazingly good this is.
@notryan15022 роки тому
Most beautiful tone I’ve ever heard
@johnpenney54296 років тому
Zappa was a legendary guitarist, composer, band leader, social commentator, and satirist. I think it's great that apparent "legit" musicians were on to his uncompromising approach to music. And how cool was it that he was on the "Mike Douglas Show"? You know for a guy from an earlier generation he had a lot of cool acts on and he treated them with respect. Kudos to Frank and Mike. Man I miss Frank.
@samusbros664 місяці тому
One of the best blues solos that i've heard, beautiful
@shuddupeyaface26 днів тому
😢
@MrPhotodocМісяць тому
Bless Mike, the King of Television for exposing Frank to the public!
@TheEldoradoKid13 років тому
Zappa was a true genius who actually had most all of his music charted, not just improvised! Yes, all that wild-assed stuff was on sheet music. You really had to be a competent technical artist to hang with Frank, and he demanded perfection. In a head space of his own, with a keen social and hilarious outlook on life, especially in the surrealistic 1960s L.A. environment, Frank blazed a trail few but the intellectually twisted could appreciate. Only Hendrix could riff as fast and good as FZ.
@hickorymccay29942 роки тому
@Kurt But that guy just plays white-dude blues, which is okay if you like that kind of stuff. Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix were doing major experiments in studio technology and processing as well as writing great songs and playing guitar extremely well. And Zappa was also composing classical music at the same time as all that.
@matag95Рік тому
Even tho what you're saying is true, most of his music is charted, but this particular song has a lot of improvisation, the main riff is the theme and there's de B section played on C myxolidian. Most of this song is his improvisation. You are spot on with the rest of your opinion
@emanueltzikas7800Рік тому
A genius of boring ugly clowns
@jeffdubuque56226 років тому
killer tone and playing wow.
@brandonr82692 роки тому
Just read on Reddit someone who pointed out how onomatopeoic his music could be. According to that guy, the guitar playing is literally Frank playing a musical interpretation of drinking shots at the bar, slamming the shot glass down with each shot (1:13-1:21 for one) and then getting slightly more inebriated as it goes on, then stumbling out of the bar with the door closing behind him (3:52-4:10; then 4:11). Whether that was intended by Frank or not, it's certainly an interesting interpretation. Point is, I think we all get something different out of Frank's music and it's well known that Frank was composing and performing for careful, thoughtful listeners. He worked tirelessly to make the kind of music he wanted to make. If I had to sum up FZ's body of work (been a great fan for 30 plus years) in one word, I'd use the word "integrity". That's what separates the true geniuses from the rest of us in any walk of life. Driven to do what they must do, it goes the way it goes simply because it cannot go any other way.
@aaronbaraiya3692Рік тому
you have the reddit link?
@jroc2201Рік тому
Some music seems so powerful and perfectly balanced or something, so abstract, I dont know how to say it, it's like my brain is trying to force it to have some kind of image that I can wrap my mind around, like on some level I just can't simply let go and experience it for what it is
@Youtube.Commen-taterРік тому
I like to chew my medication
@franklinloll2229Рік тому
Get a life
@stevef9530Рік тому
Onomatopoeic. Easy for you to say….😂
@silviacastillo522223 дні тому
A total genius musician, Zappa is Zappa for ever, and period ! (Love his SG !!)
@anthonyr29397 років тому
if youve heard the album version you realize how hard he just crushed that performance... possibly even better.what a legend
@graxjpg6 років тому
Anthony R one of my favorite versions.. this might take the cake
@alwhyte65334 роки тому
This IS my favourite version of this (the one on Zoot Allures is damn good too, though!). He was an amazing player.
@mrjamesrankin3 роки тому
ukposts.info/have/v-deo/oJZ-qI-tfYhzw5c.html
@abstracttony9 років тому
one of the best guitarist ever!
@kriswright481410 місяців тому
This was in Cleveland on a local new show my mom supported me being a musician since I was four years old and she came home from work yesterday and I said Pay mom Frank Zappa's on TV and I just love the fact that it's has stood up the test of time on the internet he had Mike Douglas's Orchestra he must have just handed him a chart and they played it back in the days when musicians were everywhere and could read what a great moment that was thanks mom thanks frank Mom thanks Frank
@krill33334 роки тому
He was a phenomenal guitarist.
@wangdangdoodie6 років тому
Don't know why, but this always makes me think of Funkadelics 'Maggot Brain'
@graxjpg3 роки тому
Also wonderful. One could draw parallels between these pieces stylistically, but at its core it’s raw visceral electric guitar improvisation at its most intense. Zappa was very compositionally minded when he improvised in situations like these, making grand and complicated musical statements at every turn. Eddie in maggot brain captures the essence of intensity with his playing. The nature of emotion itself is put on display! Love them both very very much.
@valsonpereira59193 роки тому
George Clinton once said he was deeply influenced by FZ.
@nickfreshaliveМісяць тому
same. Heard the Zoot Allures album before I nosedived into P-Funk and early, post Mothers, George Duke. I feel that they were all connected.
@Ferdinaand6 років тому
my heart, soul & spirit connected with this tune. the airwaves are packed with passion & feeling
@the1stDJLowkey4 роки тому
Black Napkins and the entire album of Zoot Allures are my favorite Zappa of all time, have about 20 of his and the Mothers albums in my collection
@dougalexander72046 місяців тому
Genius at another level and I wasn’t ready for him to leave. Rest well Mr. Zappa.
@dantean8 років тому
If you look back into the archives, fewer daytime talk hosts EVER featured a cooler list of acts appearing for them than Mike Freaking Douglas! God bless, ol' Mike. He didn't hesitate to let the freaks take over for a few minutes!
@gregcurran4478 років тому
+Sublime Music Channel Douglas had week long co-hosts too, with John and Yoko being a couple of them.
@telsport8 років тому
+Sublime Music Channel that's a heck of a tribute...Sublime !
@dantean8 років тому
Tom Loughlin Jr. He deserves it and I wanted folks to know how cool this seemingly corny guy was.
@jonp48468 років тому
+Sublime Music Channel I honestly can only think of one other show that came close. And it that wasn't even during the daytime (Sanborn's "Night Music").
@ksf71096 років тому
The only other talk show that came close to Mike Douglas was Tom Snyder. The difference being Tom was on late at night. Great bands and most guests were so high. But Mike was the king of the afternoons. Ah the 70's. what great days.
@joesatriani76899 років тому
The man playing was 100000000 years ahead of his time.i belive this man lived in the future but was in the wrong time zone.after 45 years or so guitar players are still finding out how to get a good tone out of a guitar or an amp.greatly missed genius.
@robsgirl64656 років тому
You said it Joe.
@augustusbetucius15726 років тому
Some of was the very hot pickups in that guitar. Plus he had it loaded with a Q frequency/semi parametric control. It wasn't just a standard issue SG.
@hjahful5 років тому
A most gracious & accurate comment from someone who knows from whence he cometh. Much love to you, Joe.
@simonlawrie92155 років тому
Joe Satriani . Frank took me to that place we all want to find . So I decided to stay and look out of his windows.
@benjaminwoodrowmusic60705 років тому
@@hjahful do you really think that's the actual Joe satriani 😂
@jeffreychase6924 роки тому
One of the most disrespected geniuses of our time
@stevenmilliman4123 роки тому
Not really. Plenty of people respect him as a player and a composer. But he was a douche of the highest order like miles Davis, strong-arming musicians for composition credit they deserve, and being a bit pretentious overall.
@georgelackey6223 роки тому
I'd say misunderstood and too far ahead of his time! LOVE YA FRANK!!!!!
@sheldoncooper81993 роки тому
@Jeffrey Chase Why disrespected ? 1.6 Million people watched this video id call that a sign of Deep respect over 25 years after he died.
@pechondelgado3 роки тому
@@stevenmilliman412 Are you referring to the improvisational solo sections that the individual band members did during live shows that Zappa put on record and called his? I look at it like this; Zappa hired them all to play his music and be instruments for him. He organized and led the band and taught them all how he wanted them to play to fit his style. He rehearsed them, booked the tours, picked the set lists and the chords to improv to..Then he recorded it all, sometimes with his own equipment and edited, and mixed it.. He pulled all the strings to get the performances made and released. Without him, those pieces of improv would have never been created or seen the light of day. Just like a guitar, bass and drums are instruments, Zappa used his members like individual instruments and those instruments had his particular flavor to them.
@sovereigntystone10283 роки тому
@@pechondelgado well put. The man was a composer and used the best of the best to get his works produced. Anyone joining his band did it knowing they had to live up to his certain standard and perform a certain way but still chose to do it because of their love for music and especially Frank’s music. They knew he saw the best in all of them and would let them shine where they truly needed to
@kongking4088Рік тому
Still phenomenal in 2022 timeless
@bradfordeaton65586 років тому
You've got to give some props to the band.
@dennisst.pierre2102 роки тому
Lmao twice?
@babyfactory5872 роки тому
@@dennisst.pierre210 haha
@franklinloll22292 роки тому
They were doing their damndest to mesh well with Zappa.
@peterday32532 роки тому
Fully agree. They were tight.
@jsaus212 роки тому
Is slightly under estimated (-:
@CoffeeConversationMusicGearРік тому
Just amazing to watch this master! He’s playing through a pignose amp! ‘Nuff Said!!!! The sound and tonal clarity, diversity of harmonics is awesome to say the least! Such clear definition with a hint of grit there too! Man oh man this video of Frank Zappa is rare gold! 🤘🏾🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥
@sandrat60583 роки тому
When he started playing, tears flowed, because of the overwhelming beauty.
@Enriquetime3 роки тому
Wow! The man is awesome. Disregarded because he was exceptional, but loved by those who experienced the magic of his mind and music.
@oceanlore56726 років тому
The legendary Zappa was purely talented, gifted, and intelligent.
@tootstanner8 років тому
Exceptionally Brilliant, glad I got see him in the late 70's
@themitchies2 роки тому
One of my favorite UKposts videos. The song, the set design, the clothes, the camera locked in on the guitar.
@aaronbaraiya3692Рік тому
i liked his red bell bottoms
@kyleboettcher12763 роки тому
That is so pleasing to the ears. I picture myself with a drink sitting and watching people dancing to that all night
@coolmanjack19952 роки тому
You have to give props to the horns at 3:10 for perfectly nailing those notes. I imagine he's soloing over a pre-recorded track but those dudes had the perfect intonation in the recording
@The_Mimewar4 роки тому
My favorite Zappa song hands down. It tells such a desperate story
@20gilbert204 роки тому
Zappa was of course, one of the real luminaries of his time. And you know, Damn that old Mike Douglas!!!! He looked and acted so straight, one easily forgot what a true showbiz man he was. I used to watch his daytime variety show, when I was home sick from school. I clearly remember seeing Wes Montgomery, as a guest. I honestly don't think you could do that show today. Zappa on Mike Douglas! What a trip.
@joepulvirenti57287 місяців тому
Absolute Genius player and brilliant Muso
@ICantStopMakingNoise2 роки тому
Frank knew exactly what sound he wanted his guitar to make at any point in that performance - and he knew exactly what to do to get that sound. Blows my mind.
@Gasten40010 років тому
great to just see him with his guitar doing this beautiful performance
@elwyndude3 роки тому
When ever I feel life get rough and messy, I like to put this on and remember theres beauty out there. Music is the best.
@heavymetal1961026 днів тому
It's the Baby Snakes....love that guitar!
@billytherhinonyc8 років тому
just noticed the upside down "E" in mike sorta looks like franks goatee
@toxicity11987 років тому
lol, it does :))
@DoomKid7 років тому
Can't be unseen
@billdefazio10686 років тому
Ahhhhah hahaha fucking funny shit.lol
@edlaconia90646 років тому
I know right,far out man.
@TonyValdivieso6 років тому
And the rest of it kind of looks like he's wearing weird goggles and a hat a la Che Guevara.
@SteelyDanFanClub8 років тому
the tapping portion is so beautiful
@frankthetank1367 років тому
Tapping before Eddie Van Halen hit the scene
@SteelyDanFanClub7 років тому
And Zappa wasn't even the first to do it. Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) apparently did in during the Tres Hombres album (roughly 1973). But there is another video of some Italian guy tapping on a classical guitar. It's pretty impressive how they are all apparently overlooked and Eddie gets all the attention haha
@danielahealy7 років тому
Yeah, I know right. I mean, Steve Hackett did it on the Genesis album Nursery Cryme (1971). Who knows who "invented it" on the electric guitar, but it sure as hell wasn't Eddie Van Halen.
@frankthetank1367 років тому
I suppose it's a pretty self-intuitive technique to figure out. It doesn't take much of a leap of the imagination to decide to hit a fret with your right hand, it's like extending legato with the fingers on your right hand. Eddie Van Halen just upped the anti and marketed it as his signature technique
@ckallaher7 років тому
Billy did a single tap on "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers." It's an epic solo but the tap is not as impressive as the incredible pinch harmonic he hits the second time around. Plus he's the coolest guy still around, since Frank, Jimi and Stevie Ray are no longer with us.
@MrTurboparker7 місяців тому
So glad that I got to see Frank live 4 times back in the '70s.
@gmedeiros57482 дні тому
His best guitar piece out of the lots And well worth harvesting . The tone .Approach is sensational .
@philwright24806 років тому
Brilliant,I only saw Frank live twice,i've been to many concerts over the years..the Zappa shows stand out as two of the best..that SG is beautiful,I wonder where it is now
@JMEAUS222 роки тому
Dweezil has it
@josephhirsch1716 років тому
WOW!!!!! Man always have Loved Frank's Playing 😎🎸!!!!!!
@Cander50926 днів тому
Black Napkins.. one of my personal favorites.
@daltonvanhorn516724 дні тому
I am 4 years old I've been listening to FZ for almost 5 years my favorite album is hot rats still blows me away like the first time I heard it when I was 1
@NicolasMarinoDiTeana11 років тому
Quelle merveille, mais quelle merveille, quelle création !!! je dois avaoir 20 version differentes de ce morceau. Impossible de s'en lasser.
@HenryPerez_royal_hp9 років тому
this is absolutely F*****G sublime, wow!
@jijiji91925 днів тому
This is the first time I’ve heard and seen this performer, but I’m already incredibly amazed by his performance.
@alanbauch28152 місяці тому
That just shows the immense heart Frank had....just beautiful, completely enveloping those times, the zeitgeist of the 70's
@sirwinstonoboogieweallshin2056 років тому
I miss Zappa.
@alwhyte65333 роки тому
Me too. When he passed away it felt like I'd lost an uncle...I just wish I had been a bit older when he was playing live. Every day, I remind myself of his genius...
@johannesswarts14405 років тому
Jeezum Crow, as we say up here in the Northeast! Zappa meets primetime Hollywood TV. Brilliant fusion of orchestra and Frank's unique guitar sound! Thanks for uploading this - made my day!
@michaelfeeney2224Рік тому
One of the all time GREATS!
@ricardogalrao38105 років тому
Hard to believe that you belonged to this world, thanks for your existence!!!
@daedae54424 роки тому
Zappa is One my favorite guitarist unique and different from everyone else.
@alwhyte65333 роки тому
The rythym is beautiful...
@garysirota4576 років тому
A+F ing Amazing!!! Frank can stand up with ANY or all the best...or maybe he just is!
@kerbygatorМісяць тому
Saw Frank in concert 4-5 times in the 70's, when I was growing up in Chicago. We always did acid when we went.
@davidanthony8263Місяць тому
That’s pretty much what you had to do when watching Frank and the mothers of invention. Consume mind altering drugs!
@adrianshaingurten6218Рік тому
master, thank you for all the great music you left us!. RIP
@musicisthebestF10 років тому
Frank Zappa the most underrated guitarist of all Time. He influenced so many guitarists like Steve Vai, Mike Keneally, Guthrie Govan, Matthias Eklundh, Christoph Godin. Jimmy Herring. Ron Thal a.k.a. Bumblefoot Probably the greatest Innovator Music had in the Last 50 years
@joddeurter24486 років тому
he also infuenced my neighbor... he ain't no Zappa let me tell ya
@OneAfter-wb9gq6 років тому
12-string Jack And your an insensitive fool. Zappa is a legend but death is inevitable and personal and Eddie is his own entity of which you see objectively. Subscribers only mean something to people who make a living of UKposts or those with a need for validation and attention, I'd assume you were the later.
@maughan30616 років тому
Underated? No. In London he's considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
@modifiedcontent5 років тому
He is playing very sloppy here though
@beatiquivocatisunt5 років тому
Yes.
@johnod19554 роки тому
I saw this performance on TV when it was on originally, it made me realize that there was something more to Zappa than the goofy/novelty type stuff.
@woodshed_moments24 дні тому
I was a 10 year old snot-nosed punk from Ann Arbor, when I saw this originally aired, little did I know in the not-too-distant future, Frank would end up being a client of mine... He was the conduit for which I get introduced to Vinnie Coaliuta, apparently Frank may have already sick when I met him, because he ended up passing on not too long after... What an amazing talent
@cherylpump33723 роки тому
Such a talent. So missed. Thank you for leaving all of this wonderful music for us!