FRANK ZAPPA - "STINK FOOT" (reaction)
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Watching you listen to Zappa is making me listen to it with a fresh ear. I've been listening to Zappa for 35+ years.
Hi guys great reaction. This song was inspired by an old commercial where a man takes off his shoes and his dog passes out.
Lol love it
I remember that commercial it was for some kind of foot spray like Dr Shcolls or such like.
ah, I love seeing you two getting into the world of Zappa.
We love being in the world of Zappa!
One of the things that I really appreciate about your reactions is that you listen to the whole song without interrupting. That is certainly one of my main reasons for watching you. Reactors that talk during a solo or stop the song every 15 seconds lose me pretty quickly.
I also feel that I have commented so often that I am reaching that "uncle Bill" status. Oh god, it's uncle Bill. You take it! No you take it! :)
Haha thanks Uncle Bill! We appreciate you!
LMAO for this comment
The last piece of the puzzle 'doesn't, can't, don't, won't, isn't, hasn't,etc...
The crux of the biscuit is the APOSTROPHE...
Well spotted. Most people miss that.👍
Exactly
this whole album is about negation and the LONG O sound (ground has froze, around my toes, no, no Nanook, don't go-oh-oh, etc) Ben Watkins breaks it all down in his book THE NEGATIVE DIALECTICS OF POODLE PLAY... a 500pp book on FZ!
@Zolar CzaklI'd've thought one could:. AAAFNRA.
Aside from the INSANE groove of this song, that super clean, no-distortion, wah-wah (I think) guitar solo is just sublime! The perfect song to end this astounding album. "arf! arf! arf!"
Might be an envelope filter, instead of a wah pedal.
Agreed that it's a brilliant solo..
@@lisarainbow9703 Yes, it is an envelope filter panned to right and a Pignose amplifier in the center. In fact, I believe that the envelope filter is a Mutron.
@@dbbubba1 another great filter solo is Ship Ahoy from the Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar album.
@@dbbubba1 thanks for confirming that. I had a feeling there was a Mutron in the mix, too. Love to try hooking one up to my keyboard some time...
Envelope filter... sort of a dynamic auto wah
Only recently discovered your channel and I love that you have given so much attention to the much maligned, misunderstood and highly underrated Frank Zappa. IMHO he's an experimental genius. Enjoy your sound discoveries.
Much maligned? He’s pretty much universally celebrated by anyone/everyone in the know.
Thanks for watching Rick!
@@gmcsrbosavl6964 Except for rock "critics" like Robert Christgau (who is so unconscious of the fact that he really doesn't understand Zappa at all, it would be laughable if it weren't so painful) ;-)
@@gmcsrbosavl6964 Everyone in the know, so like 0.01% of all people? :p
Of all the reactions out there , it seems to me that you are sincerely listening to music in "total". Hard to find analysis is great when you find it. Thank you , please continue you journey.
I bet when you started this journey you had no idea that the concept of the album would be explained by a talking dog in a song about stinky feet. Welcome to the Zappaverse. The poodle will be revisited in "Dirty Love" on the "Overnight Sensation" album. When you get to it.
the poodle will also be revisited in Cheepnis
Fido also appears on Billy the Mountain when Billy begins his journey across America (with a brief refrain from Somewhere over the Rainbow).
@@mrmockatoo6786 Ahhh, the Flo(rescent Leach) & Eddie days!
@Zolar Czakl my bad. Of course, Toto! It's been over 40years so I've lost a few brain cells. No chance of recalling other doggy references I'll have to do a refresher. Cheers.
@@supasoulproductions Funny shit. Sorry for the mislead...of course it was Toto.
The term Conceptual Continuity (part of these lyrics) was used by Frank (the same way he used the term "The Big Note") to describe how everything he writes, has written and yet-to-be-written pieces are all actually part of the same larger piece of music to include everything he as a composer would write. BTW, a different mix than the original. I think I like it better, but now I have to grab that vinyl and put it on again! Poodles, and arf, arf, arf are recurring themes as well.
Amazing
I am sorry to pipe up again but I love you two, you just give me hope that Frank will not be forgotten. Greetings from Germany. Stay save
Greetings! We love you too!
Frank's whole conceptual continuity thing never fails to crack me up - and I'm glad you're getting into it too :-D
Of course!
Thanks so much for reacting to Apostrophe. I loved it all. Conceptual continuity was a big deal to Frank who said all of his music was one piece. The big note!
he called it the Project/Object. check out The Real Frank Zappa Book, he explains it so you don’t have to rely on anyone else’s opinion x
Amazing
You got a taste for the poodle bites the poodle chews it time for Zappa dirty love !
:)
Love the instruments hanging on the wall. Nice job on Frank Zappa.
Thanks so much Linda!
I saw Frank Zappa do this song at Maple Leaf Gardens back when he was touring for his Zoot Allures album in 1976 it was hilarious. He had a big blue plastic foot and he told the audience if anyone wanted to they can go to the stage and kiss the foot. I laughed my ass off because about 50 people went up there and kissed the blue plastic foot.
We’d kiss the foot!
@@SightAfterDark Hahahahah
Now that you know of his affinity for biscuits and muffins, just wait until you hear how much he loved vegetables...
Another great review, you two really understand what you are listening to in ways many don't have the capacity to appreciate. You have fully joined the ranks of the Zappa fans that keep his music alive, thanks for getting it and sharing it with us. I am not alone, the thousands of views your FZ videos are getting is proof that you have our attention and appreciation! As a patron, I know you have a fantastic one coming next. It is a big change from what you have heard so far, and if Sifa thought Sinister Footwear was a masterpiece, I can't wait to hear how she reacts to the next one.
I would love to see a reaction to the original Call Any Vegetable.
@@GoodCorporateRobot I'd take the one from Fillmore East, unless they do the Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin with it from Absolutely Free...
@@Peter-K I'd love to see them do the whole Fillmore East album. I think they'd find the story line amusing.
@Zolar Czakl correct, same band, wrong record. My bad
Looking forward to it!
Frank Zappa played in Fayetteville, NC, it took me 2 hours to get into the Auditorium. Watching him play and conduct the 20+ team band was awesome. They went on for over an hour! I still have 6 vinyl records of Zappa. My TH-cam page has Zombie Woof! Thank you for your video.
Thanks for sharing!
Always loved the Dirty Love insert at the end. Snap it!! Cmon Frenchie! You guys will get to that soon enough on your Zappa journey. Glad to be along for the ride.
poodle bites 8).
Thanks for being here!
Zappa was brilliant and witty. His bizarre nonsensical lyrics highlighted superior musicianship.
Indeed
The epic conclusion of this brilliant saga
Indeed
Thanks guys, love this reaction, and how well/willing you have slipped into the Zappa rabbit hole. Peace.
:)
Big LOL, you cracked the code indeed - Excellent reaction - btw, what do these words have in common? It doesn't, you can’t!, I won't, it don’t, It hasn't, it isn't, it even ain’t, and it shouldn’t, It couldn't! …
Tell us!
@Zolar Czakl D'oh!
And incidentally, they're all negatives - I like to think Frank was slipping in his opinion of people who have tried to tell him you can't do that :-D
@@RichieG D'oh! I see what you did there
:)
This was my first album that got me into Zappa 😆
Hell yeah! Good starting point
Frank's riffs and melodies are always so clean. I wish they would go for a while. Never get tired. I can't believe you are discussing a biscuit. Hope you don't stop here.
We won’t!
This was a tour favorite with Frank, playing incredible extended solos. The best example was on OZ 76. Check it out. BTW did anyone notice that lovely line “The poodle bites, the poodle chews it.” 😂
Yep, Frank got a lot of mileage out of that dang poodle :-D
OH Yeah , another classic by ZAPPA !! Love every minute of it!!!!!!!
You are legend Sifa and Dan. I can watch you thousands time.
"The poodle bites. The poodle chews it" is a reference to the song Dirty Love from the album Over-Nite Sensation
Thanks Lawrence!
Yeahh now it all makes sense!
I got to know Zappa when I was 15 through my late uncle who was a comic strip artist. And he got this album out and he showed me his face and he said: "Isn't he a cutie?". And when he said it I knew right away what Zappa was about.
Was your uncle having a Punky's Whips moment? ;-) Forgive me, but I don't understand what you got about FZ from that comment. Not trying to be critical, just scratching my head in bewilderment.
@@Peter-K Because I knew my uncle and what he was about - had the same humor and mannerisms as Frank. He was not gay … at all - if that's what you meant?
Haha such a cutie
@@stevedotwood I wasn't implying he was gay, just noting his reaction to a picture of Frank was vaguely similar to Bozzio's reaction to Punky Meadows in PW. Did not mean to imply he was gay, not that there is anything wrong with that...
@@Peter-K No, his remarks were always meant to be humorous. But he loved Zappa because he had so much fantasy/creativity/humor … and his non-conformity of course.
Oh my God...you cracked the code! The biscuit is split along the crux! And then it becomes possessive, and acquires an apostrophe. You figured it out in just one listening, but I have struggled for decade to understand it! Thank you both
😆anytime Thomas ♥️!
For a real long time this was the live show opener .
I remember saying that to him once and him saying just
yup.
What a great guitar!!!!!!!
So much live material and I still looooove the albums maybe the most!
Thanks for helping to keep him relevant!!
E
Thanks for watching!
Ahhhh the 70s. Take me back lawd, just for a day please.
Take us too!
Just subscribed. As a lifelong professional guitarist, I very much appreciate your approach to your reactions. Best of luck to you both!
Thanks so much Kevin! We appreciate you!
I've been a Zappa's fan for nearly 40 years ,like from my high school years,and The Apostrophe album was one of the first albums l listened to ,l was blown away by the genius of this great Sicilian who personalised the Italian high creativity and the American open-mindedness ,it's no wonder that apart from being an extraordinary band leader and an immense guitar player ,he's also considered by many serious classical music critics as one of the most complex and prolific modern composers in the US during the 20th century. RIP Franky, your personality and your rich masterpieces will be forever engraved in the hearts of your admirers .
Zappa is so amazing it’s hard to put into words
noun: apostrophe; plural noun: apostrophes
an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified).
I don't think I've actually sat and listened to this song since the 70s! Such a great tune - and enjoyed you're enjoyment. Vicarious but still loads of fun.
For sure!
Apostrophe was my first Zappa album back in '74. My reaction was wow this is something special. It's the same reaction I had when I heard Rubber Soul for the first time as a kid. The guitar solo in Stinkfoot is relatively short for Frank but it's iconic. I love the Eastern flourish almost Chinese. Back in the day the beginning of the solo was a signal to fire up. Forty-seven years later I don't fire up but I love it even more. I'm so happy to see young people discovering Frank. And Sifa, I understand why you appreciate Frank's solos. I'm an old man but I catch my self crying during the full Son of Orange County.
Frank is the next :)
How does Frank get that cool tone in the guitar solo?
He's using an acoustic guitar with a magnetic pickup on it and a Barcus-Berry on the bridge. The Barcus-Berry is going into one channel, and the magnetic pickup is going to a Mu-tron III envelope filter and the other channel, so you have a sharp attack and an enveloped attack.
I used to have a Mu-Tron III back in the 70s, it was cool, I used it on bass, as some other bass players did. I think this solo by Frank was the first time I heard a guitar player use it.
I always wondered about that. That sound is a killer
Is there a wah-wah pedal being used too, or is it only what you described? I know Zappa used wah-wah at times, and I always thought he was using it here, but you tell me. I also thought this was an electric guitar with the distortion turned to zero but the acoustic guitar makes sense because there's so little sustain. Cheers!
This was about 2 years before Bootsy Collins started building his career using the Mutron.
I used to have an auto wah, which gives a similar effect, the harder your attack, the harder the effect is.
@@hansvandermeulen5515 I have a Helix Floor, and there is a Mutron III simulation in there somewhere. Going to experiment with that for sure.
Awesome!
She got it exactly right with the blues more than funk and kinda ironic. So fun to watch you love great songs by great artists!
Thanks a lot for watching TL!
FZ loved the blues. As a teenager he idolized Johnny Guitar Watson, Johnny Otis, Guitar Slim, and others.
I saw Zappa and the MOI perform this at the University of Arizona in Tucson 11-1/2 months before it was released on Apostrophe. It was titled "Imaginary Diseases" at the time, but was still pretty close to the final version.
That’s awesome!
These two make a great pair, she has this Soul of the 70's Brooklyn vibe and he has the New Brooklyn Scene as he's drawn back in time to the sounds through her.
And this is it - my gateway into Zappa. This is the track that hooked me.
I wonder how you dealt with the whole Joe's Garage thing. I always recommend as a Zappa starter Inca roads If you can get a grip of what amazing things he doing you will grow to love Zappa.
@@tonymckeown5393 I went from Apostrophe to the YCDTOSA series, via that book, 'The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play'... then an intermittent accumulation over the years. Joe's Garage is fun, though a product of its time. There's always so much more to FZ - I don't think n I'll ever get tired of it.
Brilliant job cracking the code! I've been listening to this song for years and never would have made that connection about the crux of the biscuit. Very cool and insightful, like all your videos I've seen so far! '''''''
😆thanks for being here nikk1138!
Well that´s one Album, I am so looking forward to your journey.
Thanks for your support❤️!
Gotta hear “We’re only in it for the money”
We’re sure it’ll come up soon!
Love your breakdown of “the crux of the biscuit“😂
For the intelligent only☺️
'The poodle bites. The poodle chews it.' Leave it to Frank to make the inane profound... ''Only within the CONTEXT of language can the purpose of the apostrophe be understood and decoded. The way we observe things and learn about reality is by looking at context. Our understanding of everything is based on the context in which it is being observed. Basically, an apostrophe is dependent upon context to be understood... but an apostrophe is not dependent upon context to EXIST.” -- Dweezil Zappa -- 'The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down.' -- Frank Zappa -- 'The crux of the biscuit' is meaningless without context just like the apostrophe.. -- Me --
What an intellectual
A recurring theme i Frank's music is "the poodle bites", which, I think, is a reference to a lady's, uh, junk.
LOL it is so much fun listening to you guys react to Zappa...
Just realized the drummer is playing with brushes, something you dont hear on too many Zappa recordings. A small detail that really adds to the kind of laid back vibe of this one
Good catch Tim!
The digression is the apostrophe..you got it.
I've been listening to this album since it first came out and you are the first people to make a coherent explanation of "conceptual continuity", "the crucks of the biscuit" and "the apostrophe". Thanks! One more thing I don't have to think about, anymore.
Glad to help 😆!
I just found you guys! I can’t believe you do Zappa ! Love it
Thanks for watching Mike!
That album cover is my favourite pic of FZ, cool, handsome and composed.
Yeah!
Yeah!
You DID break the code ! Super groove.
😆
I just saw your channel for the first time. I really love you guys, great vibes!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed!
I love that look on our girl's face that says, "Oh fuck he got me again!"😂
Willy Stinkfoot Jenkins!! Classic!!!
🤣😂🤣
Couple of regular 'Zappites' you two now! It makes me smile, in your Zappa reactions, when Dan 'anticipates' the next line or chord of the melody only to find it doesn't go that way at all. Because that happens to me all the time even on tracks I think I know quite well🤣. Entertaining as always!
It’s a trip😆!
Apostrophe is a classic album. I think I bought this damn thing three times. One of the most amazing guitarist you'll ever hear. You can come close to imitating a lot of guitarist, but no one could ever come close to his style.
We agree!
Frank Zappa can be Soo fun to listen to.
Oh yeah
Love you guys!
Love you too!
The poodle bite. The poodle chews it.
wow so great
😂
George Duke on keyboards ladies and gentlemen.
Definitely naming my next dog Willie Stinkfoot Jenkins.
10th grade I wore the grooves off this album! :)
ok... you hit on a VERY complex part of the Frank Zappa universe. Conceptual Continuity. It is part of a bigger concept called the "PROJECT OBJECT" Now... if I really tried to explain the whole thing... no one would take the time to read the 25 paragraphs. But.. put simply and reduced to one theme... Conceptual Continuity means that anything you hear...from any part of any Zappa song... can be randomly connected to any other Zappa song and it will still be a VALID PEICE OF MUSIC WITH A CONSISTENT MESSAGE because for Zappa... everything was one peice of music....everything....it's ALL connected.. For example... if you connect yo mama with green rosetta... it still works... in Zappa's PROJECT OBJECT. This is a discussion of Zappa's music that goes WAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY beyond what most music listeners are prepared to confront.
and that is why we have Elvis.
just for those types of people.
Amazing
Nice reaction you guys.
How does it feel to have got through your first Frank Zappa album. Now that you’ve reacted to the whole thing it’s now time to hear it from front to back in one sitting and perhaps even put it on high rotation in the car.
I think it’s time for you guys to check out the poodle lecture, seeing we’re on the poodle thing. It’s set to the Stink foot Groove, and Sifa, you’ll love listening to Frank talk and interact with his favourite audience at the Palladium in New York.
Keep enjoying
Andrew.
Thanks Andrew!
Before, you didn't know what the crux of the biscuit was, even though it's right there in the album title. Now you know. Though clearly he's talking about contractions, not possession and extensions.
I'm lmao when Dan heard the girlfriend reacts, "you got stink foot". 😂😂. This album is so much fun.
You guys did it! Codebreakers.
Codebreakers!
My python boot is to tight, I couldn't get it off last night. A week went by, now it's July I finally got it off and my girlfriend cried. And remember that the crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe.
...well, the crux of the biscuit IS the "' ' "
but just look a little closer at THE SHAPE of it...
and get your shoes and socks off...
'cuz it's right around the corner! ***SICK***
Cool thing is I know Zap but never heard this so thank you lol
Fido. Fido! Bark bark bark!
lol... this was a fun reaction.
Glad you enjoyed Frands ❤️!
so much Zappa music.
so little time.
For real!
Always loved this song and album - and what is your conceptual continuity?
Arf!
Now ain't this boogie a mess?!
That, sir, IS the crux of the biscuit.
*** ' ***
"Stink Foot" and "Why does it hurt when I pee"... Frank was always concerned with the man in the street's every day problems :-)
😆 Good old Frank!
The crack of the code is the apostrophy ;)
Tina Turner on backing vocals
Really like your reactions on Zappa. Love the genuin stuff. Lets hHear some of the other stuff, like Flakes from Sheik Yerbouti.
Suggest it on Patreon!
Think they are ready for Billy the Mountain?
Getting close. I’d love to see that.
I think The Poodle Lecture may be a bit more relevant at the moment, seeing we’re on the poodle thing.👍
...or The Adventures of Greggery Peccary?
GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY !
I wanna hear ANYONE react to THE RADIO IS BROKEN of CHEEPNIS.
Hell yeah!!!!!
they ARE ready, meaning: this week!
the guitar solo made with the fretless guitar that was stolen from Frank not long after
or the occasional Python Boot.
Check out Magic Fingers off of 200 Motels if you want a parody of a rock song that is better at being a rock song than most rock songs. 😂
Love the live version on YCDTOSA too.
It’s a Cracker.👍
Lol thanks!
@@SightAfterDark Very welcome; I will take thus as confirmation you did indeed check it out. Some crunchy Zappa guitar and brilliant drumming by Journey alumn Ansley Dunbar. He made a lot more money with Journey, but his drumming was never better than when he played for Zappa.
@Zolar Czakl He was a coin flip away from drumming for Hendrix, correct?
Yeah how slow am i,now i have 8 Zappa albums but in Zappa fan terms that only make me like a lightweight Zappa fan kind of part time fan this and Sheik yerbooty are 2 of my fave i bought this when it came out and its taken me all these years (MAJOR DUMB) to realize of course shouldnt wouldnt couldnt ect all have apostrophes (my keyboard dosnt have an apostrophe)
Poodles.
Expect more of them.
what kind of headphones are you using now?
We have a few different ones
The conceptual continuity is combining completely unrelated things into one oeuvre
LMAO Frank got inside this girl's head and he's been dead for like thirty years LMAO
🥰!
This song is hilarious. If y'all plan to keep going on the Zappa music... I'd suggest the Joe's Garage album. It's the most whack music concept album I'm aware of
Thanks!
Frank generally didn't care for putting lyrics in songs, as he didn't do so for the first seven years writing only instrumental pieces. But Frank being frank, as in straight forward, he said, what the fuck? Let's troll the people best I can while I'm putting some words to these songs. Sick.
Everybody knows Frank loved to talk. And he loved humor so I don't believe he didn't like lyrics.
Love it
@@reidwhitton6248 Said so himself, so you're wrong
@@Frankincensedjb123 yup, you're right
Yeah, he commented once that people didn't want to listen to anything with "pitched mouth noises." No, he wasn't a fan of lyrics, and "no love songs."
Chris boulet has it in his earlier comment. Frank had said many times that all of his music is linked, part of the larger whole. I think it would be hard for us mere mortals to see and explain the the link, it would be like asking a chimp to explain Quantum Physics, lol. I have said previously on your channel that i love all things Frank. I get it but can't explain it, lol.
Amazing
🐍👢😕😡😨
Strangulated guitar! ✅
Wry social commentary ✅
Talking dog ✅
Frankanfrenz ✅✅✅
A little verklempt, tok amungst yerselves 😥
Hatzoff to Willie "Stinkfoot" Jenkins ...
🍪'🍪'🍪'🍪'
biscuits and apostrophes for AAAALL my frenz (tweezers on backorder😥)
✌😘🎶🎸💥💖
Checks all the boxes!
aside form great reaction - man, you look just like Chris Evans :D
😂😂🤣 never heard that before. Thanks for watching!
I'll help some Zappa freaks who don't understand what he is conveying..
a·pos·tro·phe 2 (ə-pŏs′trə-fē)
n.
The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.
This is a secondry meaning to the word apostrophe;.... and digression are semantically close.
poor fido