Indeed. Possibly no better lineup of talented musicians all on one stage, at one time night after night. They certainly had a great run! Meanwhile, present day (the past 3 - 4 decades of music and the bands (entertainers) may or may not actually play an instrument, never mind read / write sheet music. I have no doubt that good musicians still exist and would surely love to create quality original music, but if they know what’s good for them will learn to suppress any potential inspirations to themselves or risk being blacklisted by the major record labels for not “falling in line”.
Dude there was not a single musician Zappa ever brought on tour that was a slouch... But this linueup was was airtight man. About as flawless as possible.
that look of frank (from 0:49 into the video), watching NMB sing his tune is so pure, it is the joy of the composer hearing his work executed without flaw before an audience … that's eternal, that's for heaven!
@@joshuabruner9676 the song Son of Orange County is a song that frank used to criticize nixon during this era. this is around 1973-75 when nixon was being investigated for a whole bunch of illegal stuff. the original song Orange County Lumber Truck wasnt originally written about him but he appropriated it for this purpose because it was topical, and Richard Nixon is from orange county i believe. you can also hear frank on Roxy and Elsewhere saying Nixon’s famous “i am not a crook” quote on that track. pairing it with trouble every day also more effect cause of what that songs about. you can also argue that he put the two tracks on the album (which incidentally weren’t recorded at the Roxy) because the record company wouldnt let him release the much more overtly critical song Dickie’s Such an Asshole, which you can hear versions of on the roxy performances boxset from i think 2016
@@frankcoverjr.-jz3neI hate to break this to you, because I know it will hurt your feelings, but this song was trashing hippies. Don’t listen to “We’re Only In It For The Money”. You might cry. Also, Dweezil has more than hinted that he’s MAGA. 🤫
FZ played myxolydian scales like Jerry Garcia. That's a major scale with a flat 7. Used primarily in rock and country (in major keys). Frank didn't play a ton of minor stuff. Mostly major keys.
Any questions about what Zappa saw in Napoleon Murphy Brock is answered here on full display. Massive musical skills, off the charts entertaining, and great insane energy. He was THE front man for Zappa.
Many years back in OB ( San Diego ca) I saw Project Object, Don Preston, Ike Willis and Nappy were on this Bill. Had a long chat with Napoleon on set break, suck a real dude, he mentioned he was hungry and the venue food was Inferior, I said hey man, that liquor store in the corner had great deli sandwiches, We split one, he wanted to pay , I said “no charge, you playing your ass off” we talked about his music in San Jose prior to FZ and he told me about seeing FZ up front and how FZ asked him to join the MOTHERS .. I’ll always remember that meet up. BTW Project Object was good, I believe Gail wasn’t happy about them.
I remember skipping high school in Montreal at the end of June '66 to go to my friend's house to listen to Freak Out. This Roxy performance is by far my favourite.
Very exacting musician not a hypocrite not just telling other people to play right but showing up demonstrating those exacting standards equally in his own performance
@@naturaljoe7397 If you consider the athletics involved with Ruth's playing - she has to run all around that rig she has - I'd say she's the hardest working. Frank, writing that material for them all and conducting the band certainly makes him the most important musician on stage, but Ruth is working, man!
Nappy never even had to audition for Zappa. Zappa saw him singing in a bar in Hawaii, approached him after the show and told him to come see one of his shows. If he likes what he hears and wants to join the band, he's in. When Nappy learned that Zappa had Ponty and Duke, he was hooked.
Flood & Fidler , I met Napy at a “Project object @ show in OB Ca. ‘Winstons’ , he was very down home, I think he told me he was from San Jose. Note: Ike Willis and Don Preston were in. That ensemble.
As a guitar teacher....if you think 'snare drum or drum fills' then add that to guitar...that is where his special style comes from. (Plus melody lines of course.)
George Duke deserves a special mention here. What a musician and accompanied by absolute sheer talent. This band was just phenomenal, period. Thank you Frank for not only giving me english lessons but for all these good memories of exemplary musicianship ! This stuff never gets old ! Now I'm gonna go down to St. Alphonso's pancake breakfast and steal the margarine.
George Duke and Chester Thompson really brought a great funky vibe to this band. Very different sound for Frank, and it kinda went away when those two went off to play with other people.
Ruth is one of the few musicians that would always conquer the challenges that Frank wrote for her. There was no match for her energy and talent when she performed for Frank as his percussionist for sure.
If you watch his interviews, notice that he smiles and fair lot! IMHO when he's describing the lunacy of some of the incidents ,when dealing with politicians he's recalling!
When the guys in the band got Frank to really laugh it was so genuine. Duke & Brock during this period had frank in stitches. The Helsinki tapes are a great example of that magic. Frank & Dukes solos were some of the best of all time! Timeless stuff!!!!!
I miss FZ so much. I can feel a sense of his satisfaction with his craft and his magical troupe of players. He was as good at personnel selection as he was at playing that SG! There will never be a sound quite like this. I hope one day he receives the recognition he so richly deserves. As for his troupe may they all take a huge bow for their massive contributions. Amazing, unique, warm, unpredictable, magical and my favorite of all time.
*Hands down, this lineup was really the peak and just something special in terms of Musicianship, Talent, the chemistry between all of them are jus amazing*
Amazing! What happened to creativity,originality and cooperation? What a masterpiece that is Zappa and all his talented musicians and works!World needs a reboot 😁.
Seen Frank and his band/orchestra in Long Beach about ' 75 . Great show ,the best. If I had to sum it up they were... sooo tight. It was, it was very good.
One of the best FZ' bands all time , for one of the best pieces in absolute in all his production...I have see a his concert in 1974, and also today I remember this experience.. Immortal Music!!!
blyguy I will have a look at that for sure! I was shown the Baby Snakes DVD years back which is what originally got me into Frank and the Mothers! Was a fantastic show.
Chester @4:30 and other places: I just found out that is the inspiration for the most famous drum fill of all time. Yup, “In the Air Tonight “. Phil wanted to learn how to play it and Chester taught him, or at least tried-what we hear on ITAT originated from this song.
@@paulinebutcherbird At 2:53 the song is edited and missing almost 2minutes. th-cam.com/video/3o8kM4qwl4U/w-d-xo.html Here is the missing part if you start it at 4:28 I had to look it up again since I didn't fully remember
You have to be a true fan of music to really appreciate his genius. So thankful for college radio stations around the country that keep his music alive.
If you have any memoirs and you're comfortable sharing some things that would be super awesome for the millennials and gen z. Your memories will otherwise go with you... alright I'm laying the pressure on too thick 🚬☕
My son, now you have several mothers, the real one and the mothers of invention. I was 5 years old, that was 1980. And the story with Zappa going on...Thanks dad for the music school
2:53 one of the prettiest passages in the Zappa catalog. Roxy makes me long for the old days, partying with the hometown crew. Where have they all gone?
Love this song and this band. The lyrics fit today too a T. Amazing really. Love Franks guitar playing totally. He and Jerry Garcia has such unique phrasing and non linear leads. Those guys understood the music so well they wove gold thread through the songs with guitar leads, supporting and building the songs to new heights. Such a gift we all can still listen to them and allow them to take us on these musical journeys.
Dumont : great story man . . . I also know what you mean by feeling you know what's what in music , 40/50 years of listening & loving is ... blah blah blah blah 😋stoned again🐂💨
Don't forget Zappa in NY 1977 album! That's freaking amazing stuff too. As well as other works from Zappa and the awesome musicians he had as time went. Gotta love the man, best guitarist ever if you ask me :)
Dude, Zappa's ability to write for full ensembles, and in a totally innovative way is unprecedented in pop music. We all agree that his solos are the cherry over the icing, but the full cake is to be savored!
He had a style and sound that just was so uniquely his and it was beautiful. By far my favorite guitarist but as Aharon said, there was so much more to him than just that.
being an LD in the music industry for some 30 years now his prowess on the guitar brings tears to my eyes and chills up and down my spine, no other musician has ever done that, I regret I only was able to witness the genius that was him once at the Hollywood Palladium during the Chunga's Revenge tour, a memory locked inside my soul forever, however, I was sitting outside a terminal at LAX one sunny day having a smoke and I heard a voice behind me ask me for a light and I turn around and holy shit it was Frank, he had just come home from the PMRC hearings, we sat, smoked and chatted for about 20 minutes until his ride arrived and just like that he was gone, I learned a lot that day my friends, thanks for all the truly amazing music, and your son carries on the tradition having seen his gigs a few times, DOG BREATH...
Just a side comment, since the music is amazing overall--but dang, those drums sound amazing. That is a killer sound, both from the kit and the way it's mic'd.
Overall recorded quality is amazing & well mixed too. Ubiquitous amounts of Sennheiser MD441 on stage. Chester Thompson is great player & kit (so Genesis pinched him). Playing aside, I think the sonic tightness is attributed to removal of all resonator heads on toms & kicks (lots of padding in the kick). All those Toms appear to mic'd the underside (I think with little EV's), Sennheiser 441 on the snare but I'm not sure what the 3 pencil mics (with metal windshields) on the overheads are but the cymbals sound pristine & I'd be pleasantly surprised if they are dynamic mics. The kick mic might AKG D12e.
@@JosephFrancisBurton , Just came here from a Phil Collins interview where he said that. I'm not a great fan of pop , Phil in the 80's on . But, I appreciate his craftsmanship. Now that I know he listened to Zappa, hired Zappa's drummer, AND remembering his kick-ass drumming in early Genesis, . . . . . I guess a better go listen to some Collins Pop.
The GOLDEN LINEUP: George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ruth Underwood, Chester Thomson, Tom Fowler, Frank with his SG... I LOVE it!
Indeed. Possibly no better lineup of talented musicians all on one stage, at one time night after night. They certainly had a great run! Meanwhile, present day (the past 3 - 4 decades of music and the bands (entertainers) may or may not actually play an instrument, never mind read / write sheet music. I have no doubt that good musicians still exist and would surely love to create quality original music, but if they know what’s good for them will learn to suppress any potential inspirations to themselves or risk being blacklisted by the major record labels for not “falling in line”.
@@SubtomrPumpkinFrank with his SG" wether his gonads were saggy or not isn't the question here !
Wow, didn't know about chester. Cool
yes! that's a great line up that made FZ what he kept to be.....
My favorite Zappa band for sure , love the Vai, Belew stuff but this band is so bad ass
Zappa had so many great musicians over the years, but there's something just really special about this lineup.
Amen. The recent Chicago 73 release is brilliant (aside from the corny packaging).
yes, my favourite Zappa line-up :)
Yup. Every player in this group is mindblowingly talented. RIP Frank, and George Duke.
Dude there was not a single musician Zappa ever brought on tour that was a slouch... But this linueup was was airtight man. About as flawless as possible.
Fun & Tight!... all you need is glove
that look of frank (from 0:49 into the video), watching NMB sing his tune is so pure, it is the joy of the composer hearing his work executed without flaw before an audience … that's eternal, that's for heaven!
He was referring to Richard Nixon
@@toiseywoisey Would you mind explaining what the Nixon point was? Thanks
@@joshuabruner9676 the song Son of Orange County is a song that frank used to criticize nixon during this era. this is around 1973-75 when nixon was being investigated for a whole bunch of illegal stuff. the original song Orange County Lumber Truck wasnt originally written about him but he appropriated it for this purpose because it was topical, and Richard Nixon is from orange county i believe. you can also hear frank on Roxy and Elsewhere saying Nixon’s famous “i am not a crook” quote on that track. pairing it with trouble every day also more effect cause of what that songs about. you can also argue that he put the two tracks on the album (which incidentally weren’t recorded at the Roxy) because the record company wouldnt let him release the much more overtly critical song Dickie’s Such an Asshole, which you can hear versions of on the roxy performances boxset from i think 2016
Yes tricky Dicky really where trapped by Report
This song is so relevant more & more each day in "2024"
And that’s why we’re listening! Vote blue and Happy Memorial Day.😊💙
Yep
your compehension of "relevant" is most askew there fellow traveler !! otherwise a great song.
@@frankcoverjr.-jz3neI hate to break this to you, because I know it will hurt your feelings, but this song was trashing hippies. Don’t listen to “We’re Only In It For The Money”. You might cry. Also, Dweezil has more than hinted that he’s MAGA. 🤫
Every Year 🎉
That this has 1.9M views makes me so happy. That means there are almost 2 million sane people left in this world
Nope, as 1M views are by me alone 😂 sorry to disappoint you
This performance will belong in the history of music probably until mankind ends
And beyond
@@moseskelly19 Put this on the Golden plate of the next Voyager Probe, with no explanation.
Ruth Underwood really love her energy and enthusiasm what a lady she really knows her music.
it is the time of 1972 up to 1974?? yeah! great line up!
you don't go to juliard by accident.
It's impossible to watch a Zappa live video and not smile the entire way through.
I tried not to, but you’re right. Zappa music equals joy.
Smiling with tears in my eyes.
A smile and a tear...
Trouble Every Day??
Ja, die Zappa-Truppe hat bestimmt vielen Leuten gut gefallen und erheitert... 🎈
I love that unique voice from Napoleon Murphy Brock. All over and over the incredible sound of the live performance is magic to me.
I need more lead vocals from that dude … silky smooth
I once read a comment on a TH-cam video that said "Frank Zappa was nothing more than a blues player." This entire segment proves that wrong.
FZ played myxolydian scales like Jerry Garcia. That's a major scale with a flat 7. Used primarily in rock and country (in major keys). Frank didn't play a ton of minor stuff. Mostly major keys.
Frank always hired first class players to back him. Much like jazz headliners. Smart guy...
A lot of people mistake their inability to hear his musical chops as him actually lacking them. It's like Dunning Kruger applied to music, lol
FRANK ZAPPA WAR MEHR ALS EIN BLUES-JAZZ-ROCK-MUSICIAN,ER WAR AUCH PROGGY,RIP.😢😢😮❤
The good tapes with Napoleon 😢
Pound for pound, Frank Zappa had the best musicians and the best crafted tunes ever recorded. Not surprised plebs don't understand his mindset.
I don't care what band he puts together, Zappa is always quality.
Any questions about what Zappa saw in Napoleon Murphy Brock is answered here on full display. Massive musical skills, off the charts entertaining, and great insane energy. He was THE front man for Zappa.
He has one helluva a smile
@@paisleyprincess7996 That made me laugh. It wasn't his smile I was checking out when there was so much more.
Many years back in OB ( San Diego ca) I saw Project Object,
Don Preston, Ike Willis and Nappy were on this Bill. Had a long chat with
Napoleon on set break, suck a real dude, he mentioned he was hungry and the venue food was
Inferior, I said hey man, that liquor store in the corner had great deli sandwiches, We split one, he wanted to pay , I said “no charge, you playing your ass off” we talked about his music in San Jose prior to FZ and he told me about seeing FZ up front and how FZ asked him to join the MOTHERS .. I’ll always remember that meet up.
BTW Project Object was good, I believe Gail wasn’t happy about them.
a beast...he's got everything !
@@danzbmw Gail who ???
FZ was a prophet. This song is today in America.
What incredible genius!
Almost 45 years later this is absolutely breath-taking performance!
Legendary
Sure is!
I remember skipping high school in Montreal at the end of June '66 to go to my friend's house to listen to Freak Out. This Roxy performance is by far my favourite.
And so it will forever stand in the Olympus of modern music, teaching people what handmade, intelligent music should sound like
Zappas solos are very unique and is in a whole category that no one can ever take away from him he truly was a master of playing music
Very exacting musician not a hypocrite not just telling other people to play right but showing up demonstrating those exacting standards equally in his own performance
Ruth Underwood: Hardest working musician on stage. Totally amazing percussionist.
6 String Piano not to take anything away from Ruth, but shouldn’t Frank be considered the hardest working one on stage?
Amen
On Ruth , on Ruth, HAHA! Thats Ruth! More like percussioness ^^
@@naturaljoe7397
If you consider the athletics involved with Ruth's playing - she has to run all around that rig she has - I'd say she's the hardest working. Frank, writing that material for them all and conducting the band certainly makes him the most important musician on stage, but Ruth is working, man!
Zolar Czakl point taken
IMHO this was one of Frank's best line-ups.
Napoleon Murphy Brock! What a great talent and performer! Superb!
Great vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock is the man!
Nappy never even had to audition for Zappa. Zappa saw him singing in a bar in Hawaii, approached him after the show and told him to come see one of his shows. If he likes what he hears and wants to join the band, he's in.
When Nappy learned that Zappa had Ponty and Duke, he was hooked.
Yeh and what a name
Flood & Fidler , I met Napy at a “Project object @ show in OB Ca. ‘Winstons’ , he was very down home, I think he told me he was from San Jose. Note: Ike Willis and Don Preston were in. That ensemble.
Oh! I don’t think Gail Zappa approved.
Dennis the menace Napoleon Murphy Brock!
Zappa is ahead of our time.
His smile is so pure at the beginning it gives me life
My thoughts exactly. He rarely looked that unconditionally happy.
Drummer Chester Thompson: great.
Phi Collins said his drumming on this song was one of the reasons he wanted Chester in Genesis after Bruford left.
Franks' guitar playing was always creative and very unique.
As a
guitar teacher....if you think 'snare drum or drum fills' then add that to guitar...that is where his special style comes from. (Plus melody lines of course.)
@@my_tube9405 I believe that Frank started out as a drummer.
That’s true
Bicycle player
@@bathtub_jim7652 that*s famous and f special"
George Duke deserves a special mention here. What a musician and accompanied by absolute sheer talent.
This band was just phenomenal, period.
Thank you Frank for not only giving me english lessons but for all these good memories of exemplary musicianship !
This stuff never gets old !
Now I'm gonna go down to St. Alphonso's pancake breakfast and steal the margarine.
George Duke and Chester Thompson really brought a great funky vibe to this band. Very different sound for Frank, and it kinda went away when those two went off to play with other people.
You have no idea saw them half dozen times and blew ☝
don't let
any woman
abuse the sausage patties, okra-y??!!!!
Can you believe it? This band and George Duke, Jesus and Zappa, God
George was awesome!!!! God rest his soul!
Think I watched this about 20 times in a row. Zappa was just on another level
I love how joyful Ruth always looks with this band: just so happy to be playing this music. I love her and admire her.
Ruth is one of the few musicians that would always conquer the challenges that Frank wrote for her. There was no match for her energy and talent when she performed for Frank as his percussionist for sure.
Creativity, modern musicians need to watch this and reflect on the pulp being fed to the ears of this generation
Son of Orange Co. brings tears to my eyes - it is so beautiful….
Why? Did you have to endure richard MILHOUSE nixons term also?. That fuckin guy was a piece of #!$@=%// work huh? (Laffin)
Frank's growing smile at :48 as he watches Napoleon Murphy Brock's antics is priceless.
A rare Zappa smile is always heart warming
@@chrishull3731 Never exspected to see Zappa smiles, he was a serious man, with a prickly irony. xD
My favorite part
Hes realized the achievement hes created
If you watch his interviews, notice that he smiles and fair lot! IMHO when he's describing the lunacy of some of the incidents ,when dealing with politicians he's recalling!
Man it's so nice seeing Frank smile at something for once
😊
When the guys in the band got Frank to really laugh it was so genuine. Duke & Brock during this period had frank in stitches. The Helsinki tapes are a great example of that magic. Frank & Dukes solos were some of the best of all time! Timeless stuff!!!!!
Golden comment - it just happens I consider Duke & Zappa chief rockers and energetic rascals 🥳🤗uplifting guys
Their talents are unsurpassed. Every tiny nuance is played perfectly.
0:47 at first I thought this was slowed down footage, but no. That's a genuine Zappa, stunned, witnessing Napoleon Murphy Brock serenading a wolf man.
I want a girl to look at me the way Zappa looks at Napoleon Murphy Brock at 0:47.
frank live and intimate is always almost perfection. his fades off his solos are sublime.
I miss FZ so much. I can feel a sense of his satisfaction with his craft and his magical troupe of players. He was as good at personnel selection as he was at playing that SG! There will never be a sound quite like this. I hope one day he receives the recognition he so richly deserves. As for his troupe may they all take a huge bow for their massive contributions. Amazing, unique, warm, unpredictable, magical and my favorite of all time.
“More trouble every day” official song of 2020
Dweezil ought to reissue it - The Son with Orange Tan + More Trouble Every Day. History repeating.
YES!!
Say it again for the people in the back..
Amen my brother. 2020 summed up in a 53+ year old song Frank wrote. History doomed to repeat itself. Will 2021 be worse?
@@marsailmar1 It will worse if the people who control the entertainment industry and news media don't get their desired candidate in office.
*Hands down, this lineup was really the peak and just something special in terms of Musicianship, Talent, the chemistry between all of them are jus amazing*
Amazing! What happened to creativity,originality and cooperation? What a masterpiece that is Zappa and all his talented musicians and works!World needs a reboot 😁.
Great Live Performance Miss You Frank Wish You Were Here Still
He kinda is--thru the music. That's where he resides--even still.
They had a tremendous lot of fun performing this incredible music in presence of the living composer ❤
I remember when I was WAAAAY younger I would play my Frank Zappa album’s in my bedroom and CHILL for HOURS trying to Visualize the songs
Yep same here. Seeing the music
Yep same here... deseeding
Seen Frank and his band/orchestra in Long Beach about ' 75 . Great show ,the best. If I had to sum it up they were... sooo tight. It was, it was very good.
@@olcrai Was Captain Beefheart with them at the time? Bongo Fury came out that year.
One of the best FZ' bands all time , for one of the best pieces in absolute in all his production...I have see a his concert in 1974, and also today I remember this experience.. Immortal Music!!!
7 years since discovering Frank and I'm still here. I think I'm forever required to listen to this ensemble until I drop.
He certainly released enough material to enjoy for years. If you like this band lineup, I suggest you buy Roxy The Movie on DVD or Bluray.
blyguy I will have a look at that for sure! I was shown the Baby Snakes DVD years back which is what originally got me into Frank and the Mothers! Was a fantastic show.
Chester @4:30 and other places: I just found out that is the inspiration for the most famous drum fill of all time. Yup, “In the Air Tonight “. Phil wanted to learn how to play it and Chester taught him, or at least tried-what we hear on ITAT originated from this song.
This whole concert is brilliant
too bad they cut almost 2 minutes here
Not a very suave edit
@@christofrip1723 What do you mean?
@@paulinebutcherbird At 2:53 the song is edited and missing almost 2minutes. th-cam.com/video/3o8kM4qwl4U/w-d-xo.html
Here is the missing part if you start it at 4:28 I had to look it up again since I didn't fully remember
@@christofrip1723 wow! I thought that given Frank jumped at that point it was his choice to change tune there. All my admiration for noticing that.
It's great seeing these Zappa tapes keep coming out...keep them coming...
You have to be a true fan of music to really appreciate his genius. So thankful for college radio stations around the country that keep his music alive.
My folks never got me liking this. Bad for them. Great for me
Was at the Mother’s Day extravaganza at the Auditorium theater this tour!! 2 shows that evening!! Incredible 🙏
Have always enjoyed Zappa and the times that I was lucky enough to see him live, were some of the greatest shows that I have seen.
Listening to and watching Frank play his solos was mesmerizing.
If you have any memoirs and you're comfortable sharing some things that would be super awesome for the millennials and gen z. Your memories will otherwise go with you... alright I'm laying the pressure on too thick 🚬☕
My son, now you have several mothers, the real one and the mothers of invention. I was 5 years old, that was 1980. And the story with Zappa going on...Thanks dad for the music school
Murphys performance is out of this world. He's really giving his soul in this.
IMO, besides, or equal to, Flo & Eddie, NMB is the best singer that Frank ever had in a band.
just as revelent today as when Zappa was alive and for many many years to come a true master of music
life ain't the same without you Mr Zappa
I just can't believe... How much I LOVE THIS!
I love Frank. It is fun seeing George Duke on Keyboards. He always had the best musicians.
@Blake T I saw Duke numerous times with Zappa. I saw Billy Cobham with those Miami Vice guys and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
2:53 one of the prettiest passages in the Zappa catalog. Roxy makes me long for the old days, partying with the hometown crew. Where have they all gone?
Love this song and this band. The lyrics fit today too a T. Amazing really. Love Franks guitar playing totally. He and Jerry Garcia has such unique phrasing and non linear leads. Those guys understood the music so well they wove gold thread through the songs with guitar leads, supporting and building the songs to new heights. Such a gift we all can still listen to them and allow them to take us on these musical journeys.
To start watching a live Zappa song is to always finish watching it and feel good after. Thank you, Frank. We miss you.
Wow, I know a lot of Zappa, and this is one of his best guitar work, to me!
Zappa never plays the same song in the same way twice ... and as usual, in this version, he's just jamming his head off!
Zappa.., the best musician of all XX th century..!
All times.
A real genius!
@@TheDockeys not a genius, just a lot of work
Agreed
@@holyhex6520 Absolutly right and nobody was better in writing nice melodies
the most perfect 7 minutes of music ever recorded.
The best songwriter and best performer and best arranger ever. For ever FZ
True
I love every dude, and Ruth, in this band. I wish I could thank every single one of them personally the freaks. My kind of freaks.
Love watching Ruthie and Shiela with Zappa plays Zappa. They are badass's.
What a complete musical genius!
Zappa's best ensemble
Saw this lineup with Ralph Humphries on 2 set of drums and Jeff Simmons on guitar. Even better!
So much better as a live experience.
These pair of live tunes are very hard to beat.
"Roxy And Elsewhere", the best live album ever (and after). :)
listen :helsinki concert !
@@loicruello9599BAD MUSIC😀😀😀
Dumont : great story man . . . I also know what you mean by feeling you know what's what in music , 40/50 years of listening & loving is ...
blah blah blah blah
😋stoned again🐂💨
Don't forget Zappa in NY 1977 album! That's freaking amazing stuff too. As well as other works from Zappa and the awesome musicians he had as time went. Gotta love the man, best guitarist ever if you ask me :)
One zise fits all.good
At the very end when he looks up, BADASS PIC.
i appreciate franks compostions for the band but i love his solos even more
Dude, Zappa's ability to write for full ensembles, and in a totally innovative way is unprecedented in pop music. We all agree that his solos are the cherry over the icing, but the full cake is to be savored!
Aharon Konforti couldn’t agree more. And the solos are even better when in context
He had a style and sound that just was so uniquely his and it was beautiful. By far my favorite guitarist but as Aharon said, there was so much more to him than just that.
Nobody plays wah-wah better than Frank
he's got some great solos indeed but I'd say his guitar lights up only the top floors while Hendrix brings light in the whole building...
What an awesome band! We miss you, Frank (and all).
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture". -- Frank Zappa, when asked by a music critic what he thought about music critics.
he also referred to most rock journalism as "people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read."
He means they're irrelevant. Ya tank
Too cold in Montana so they moved the dental floss bushes to frkin Texas.im on my pigmy pony checkin.on em now...
Mr Zappa has kidnapped my ears. Cant stop listening to his music
Still refreshing after all these years. I feel happy and at home every time I listen to Roxy and Elsewhere.
I have the Roxy and Elsewhere albums..... I am not getting rid of those... The labels are on backwards. Side 1 and 4 are switched.
Frank is a legend, love to Zappa you.
N M B... an incredible front person for this line up.
He’s so good!
Uncle Frank a true genuis
being an LD in the music industry for some 30 years now his prowess on the guitar brings tears to my eyes and chills up and down my spine, no other musician has ever done that, I regret I only was able to witness the genius that was him once at the Hollywood Palladium during the Chunga's Revenge tour, a memory locked inside my soul forever, however, I was sitting outside a terminal at LAX one sunny day having a smoke and I heard a voice behind me ask me for a light and I turn around and holy shit it was Frank, he had just come home from the PMRC hearings, we sat, smoked and chatted for about 20 minutes until his ride arrived and just like that he was gone, I learned a lot that day my friends, thanks for all the truly amazing music, and your son carries on the tradition having seen his gigs a few times, DOG BREATH...
That Lydian mode in son of orange county always bring me butterflies
Incredible vocals here. Wow.
Napi
Oui
i had the pleasure of seeing Frank 5 times - thanks vince.
I am so blessed to have see Frank Zappa four times. I was never the same.
GOD IS GOOD
GOD HAS ALL OF THE BEST GUITARIST!!!
I woke up with this song in my head this morning. I really miss the great Frank Zappa
What a band! George, Ruth, Chester...the best FZ had.
Ralph Humphrey is sorely missing but time marches on, I suppose ...
@@thewordlove4316 who's he??
FANTASTIC BRILLIANCE!!! More relevant today than EVER BEFORE!
We all return to this because it is sublime
4:04 that fill would go on to be used in many Genesis live songs once Chester joined the band. They played it every time in the outro of afterglow
it was this song that inspired Phil Collins to invite Chester to join the group permanently on tour
i love frank so much he’s so talented
Such a beautiful song.
Such a fool xd
Thank God for Frank!
People should be watching this and showing it to their children and grandchildren.
The solo on "Mo` trouble everyday" is easily one of Zappa`s best (talkin` about the "Roxy & Elsewhere" version, of course)
All the musicians are geniuses
There will never be greatness like this ever again
Just a side comment, since the music is amazing overall--but dang, those drums sound amazing. That is a killer sound, both from the kit and the way it's mic'd.
Gave us some good drum footage from time to time and the sound was amazing.
Overall recorded quality is amazing & well mixed too. Ubiquitous amounts of Sennheiser MD441 on stage. Chester Thompson is great player & kit (so Genesis pinched him). Playing aside, I think the sonic tightness is attributed to removal of all resonator heads on toms & kicks (lots of padding in the kick). All those Toms appear to mic'd the underside (I think with little EV's), Sennheiser 441 on the snare but I'm not sure what the 3 pencil mics (with metal windshields) on the overheads are but the cymbals sound pristine & I'd be pleasantly surprised if they are dynamic mics. The kick mic might AKG D12e.
Hats off to whomever mixed it 👍
@@matthowe7057 - according to Phil Collins, it was Chester's drum fills in More Trouble Every Day that got Phil to give Chester a call ....
@@JosephFrancisBurton ,
Just came here from a Phil Collins interview where he said that.
I'm not a great fan of pop , Phil in the 80's on . But, I appreciate his craftsmanship.
Now that I know he listened to Zappa, hired Zappa's drummer, AND remembering his kick-ass drumming in early Genesis, . . . . .
I guess a better go listen to some Collins Pop.
Pure genius.
Chester. He was SO perfect for this band.
Mr. Zappa was pure and simple a orchestral genius!! I absolutely loved his guitar riffs as well...brilliant 👏