Frank Zappa One of the Last Performances (Prague 1991)

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  • @therealzilch
    @therealzilch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4588

    Zappa. No one wanted to be him, someone had to be him, so he volunteered. Thanks, Frank.

    • @pipeandslippersman
      @pipeandslippersman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      what a brilliant comment! focuses on the bravery of the man as a musician and loudmouth... there will never be another! thanks frank.

    • @lyzettefarrow8503
      @lyzettefarrow8503 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Vikings

    • @evertvanderhik5774
      @evertvanderhik5774 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Scott Wallace epic comment

    • @DraftDodger69420
      @DraftDodger69420 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Scott Wallace, that was the single best comment I've ever read on TH-cam. Thank you.

    • @DonChaffins
      @DonChaffins 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Truth

  • @scottsimrall4913
    @scottsimrall4913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1233

    While in High School (North Hollywood) in 68 my music teacher said we have a guest today and in walks Zappa. A good hour with Zappa as he talked about everything from music to life. Great memories

    • @barnaclehead1894
      @barnaclehead1894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      man, I would kill for a moment with him...I hope you keep those memorys forever!

    • @putridabomination
      @putridabomination 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      That is the coolest thing ever

    • @rockincook2807
      @rockincook2807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That is f***ing AMAZING!!

    • @FlatlandMando
      @FlatlandMando 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Lucky to have lived it

    • @ktpinnacle
      @ktpinnacle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Best teacher you ever had.

  • @kesleycottrell1416
    @kesleycottrell1416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1500

    In highschool my classmates did not understand my love of Zappa's music. They would kinda look at me strange. I'm proud to say all these years later. They still look at me strange. Consistency!

    • @sammyscotch9945
      @sammyscotch9945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Same here. I was a 15 year old girl and Nobody in the small town I lived in listened to Frank. You know I bet they never have to this day. They called me a freak and bet they still do

    • @mathewblackman2794
      @mathewblackman2794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I would listen to Overnight Sensation, over and over. Dynamo Hum still plays in my head on occasion. I couldn't say where she's coming from but I just met a lady named Dynamo Hum.....

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Weirdly I bonded with some people over Zappa. I mean I was THE guy with the Frank records and talking about Steve Vai. Geeky stuff. And Rush too, I got my bass player friend who disliked Rush to totally dig them.

    • @progfanCoke
      @progfanCoke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Your friends are normie shit

    • @debheuston2071
      @debheuston2071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      In 7th grade we were allowed to bring an album in to a class to share a song , my gf and I brought in and played Suzy Creamcheese !! lol. Did not go over well !! This was in the 60's , I'm 65 now !!!

  • @jeffberkeley9656
    @jeffberkeley9656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    In my mind, there are only a few musicians whose speech are as precious as their music. Frank Zappa was such a one. Miss him dearly.

    • @MattBaker-zd8nq
      @MattBaker-zd8nq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Watch up where the Huskies go and don’t you eat the yellow Snow

  • @vdm54
    @vdm54 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    As a child, I recorded this album Absolutely Free. It was a shock to hear such unbridled psychedelia in the USSR in 1969.
    Frank Zappa didn’t fascinate me, but his raw, unfinished creations didn’t disappear without a trace from my memory ... Bittersweet nostalgia, 52 years have passed, but I remembered the melodies and even some phrases of the songs ..! It was an amazing experience, although I did not become a fan of them ... because in those days there was so much amazing new music every month !! It seemed to me that it will always be so ...
    Thanks.

    • @davekien8651
      @davekien8651 ปีที่แล้ว

      P

    • @klokangeorge4005
      @klokangeorge4005 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wery So.
      We wre.free. not in the capitalism.
      Frank Is freelance of capitalism only via art.
      That was ONLY possible!
      Not in the Factories&massFood-Industry

  • @loganstegall173
    @loganstegall173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +787

    I love how focused he looks on his playing, you can just tell how much the concerts meant to him in his later years leading up to his 'passing on.' Frank isn't dead, he just smells funny.

    • @TalonsofWater
      @TalonsofWater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I dunno about the whole smelly part to be honest.

    • @Roadhog49
      @Roadhog49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Good one, Logan! That's what he would say...

    • @cakenbolls442
      @cakenbolls442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TalonsofWater Take a look at most of Frank's music title

    • @ankerstang1878
      @ankerstang1878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👍Yea Jazz just smells funny💚

    • @xaltbae8721
      @xaltbae8721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that's just how he normally smells. lol

  • @wessmithe2278
    @wessmithe2278 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    It's insane how timeless he was...one with the universe, plain and simple.

    • @jimmythemadostrich8947
      @jimmythemadostrich8947 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      All time existed simultaneously in Frank's mind.

    • @loverofthewordofgod4156
      @loverofthewordofgod4156 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now he knows what the truth is.

    • @donjuan123
      @donjuan123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The big note goes on... it's a vibration... it's Einstein, Hawking and... F.Z. They understood...

  • @rman52
    @rman52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I was so lucky to have seen Frank in concert many times as a teen. A real humanist. Not just a musician. He held a giant mirror up to the world and dared each and every one of us to look deeply into it. I miss him still.

  • @eldelosbarrios7564
    @eldelosbarrios7564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Saw him in Madrid Spain around 1979, without realizing I was at the best concert of my entire life. Now I'm 66 and his records turn my simple house into some kind of impressive palace.

  • @johnwattdotca
    @johnwattdotca 5 ปีที่แล้ว +997

    "Politics is the entertainment division of the industrial-military complex". Frank Zappa.

    • @markfridvalszki
      @markfridvalszki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      :D so super! :D

    • @phdmassage
      @phdmassage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I am soooo glad to be entertained. I just wish these public servants knew a tremelo bar from a tree stump

    • @psychosneighbor1509
      @psychosneighbor1509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      *military-industrial complex
      yw.

    • @harrynac6017
      @harrynac6017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Václav Haval is in the audience. He was the president of Czechoslovakia and a personal friend of Zappa.

    • @heidefisher1093
      @heidefisher1093 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep preciously

  • @goodwilj
    @goodwilj ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was too young back in the day to appreciate him. I wanted to cry watching him play.

  • @tomcampbell9645
    @tomcampbell9645 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Probably the musician most deserving to be in the Hall of Fame .

    • @dangerdoughty4860
      @dangerdoughty4860 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And he is

    • @unknownknown7427
      @unknownknown7427 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Frank Zappa is in The Hall of Fame in Heaven

    • @jonathanhandsmusic
      @jonathanhandsmusic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree with you. He was too far advanced for the regular music industry.

    • @bluebird925
      @bluebird925 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Frank Zappa got inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame some years after his death.

  • @janmyska3511
    @janmyska3511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +789

    I was there, aged 22. It was great. I miss him badly.

    • @charlesbaldo
      @charlesbaldo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Jan Myška good for you. I was fortunate to see him twice in the states

    • @bahusofriends5467
      @bahusofriends5467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      so do i, so do i! miss him really really bad!

    • @gregparrott
      @gregparrott 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jan Myška What a privilege to be there, and at such an auspicious time (1991). Do you know of any recording of the entire event, rather than just his one song?

    • @eduardrafael643
      @eduardrafael643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      tak to závidím, ja nebyl ani na světě

    • @OZP1905
      @OZP1905 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gregparrott it exists, its on youtube

  • @KllAllinPower
    @KllAllinPower 4 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    Imagine showing up to work feeling as sick as frank probably did here. He dedicated his life to this. I feel grateful for people in this world who have balls and make no excuses.

    • @Alilretard1
      @Alilretard1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah you can tell he is suffering the effects of the cancer that got him in the long run.

    • @shirleyvmaui
      @shirleyvmaui 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      His face is the color of someone on chemo. I feel for him but am so glad he celebrated his music to the end. Bless him he left us with so much, but I miss him.

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imagine a coal miner going through the same illness.

    • @user-ih1ko4uy2p
      @user-ih1ko4uy2p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Х\Да здравствует рок-н-ролл!! 🎸🎸2021=
      th-cam.com/video/o62-GjtnMq8/w-d-xo.html

    • @wil7228
      @wil7228 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Uh ha

  • @bengorham1605
    @bengorham1605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The first Frank Zappa album i ever heard was joes garage. My buddies and I were all on mushrooms, and we laughed till we had stitches in our sides. That was 4 years ago, and he’s still one of my favorite artists, and a powerful creative mind. Frank Zappa was a musical genius

    • @uncleremus7380
      @uncleremus7380 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You spoiled yourself. Imo One of Frank's best with overnight sensation and apostrophe.

    • @DoomKid
      @DoomKid 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If you haven't seen the gig "does humor belong in music?" - get on it, first watched it 9 years ago and my friend and I were constantly going between laughing and loving the musicianship!

    • @stevehatchett6636
      @stevehatchett6636 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If you haven't heard "Thingfish" do yourself a favor...the Mammy Nuns are waiting for you

  • @carolcollins4878
    @carolcollins4878 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Only Frank Zappa would be that, you live in my soul forever.

  • @tastymouse
    @tastymouse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Thank God for TH-cam. So much art is preserved here. Thank you for posting a bit of Zappas' genius.

    • @user-xv4up6oo3p
      @user-xv4up6oo3p 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      God hasn't anything to do with TH-cam,or anything else for that matter!

    • @user-xv4up6oo3p
      @user-xv4up6oo3p 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know for a fact....Frank would agree...✌️

  • @lonewolf1053
    @lonewolf1053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1156

    Interviewer: Aren't you worried about smoking since you have cancer?
    Frank: No.. tobacco is my favorite vegetable
    I love Frank..

    • @charlesbaldo
      @charlesbaldo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      EVH 5150 better to live your life as you want and die young than live it as others want and die old

    • @charlesbaldo
      @charlesbaldo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @Asunda Speed Actually no, He said many times he was not a drug user. People assumed he was because he was so wild and creative. You know his cancer was not Lung Cancer, it was prostate cancer. Which every man that lives long enough gets. Prostate cancer is a slow moving hard tissue cancer. The lesson is if you are a man get your prostate checked.

    • @charlesbaldo
      @charlesbaldo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Benjamin Maynard Frank did say it even on his death bed. He lived his life as he wanted and desired. You need to learn more about this great man. Only problem is he had a desire to not be remembered, only that his music went on. He was different no doubt.

    • @charlesbaldo
      @charlesbaldo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Asunda Speed In my opinion tobacco is the most addicting drug there is. You can tell that because when you smoke your first cigarette you cough your brains out, vomit and say never again. Then a half hour later you want another one.
      Your choice, not going to tell you how to live your life, as long as you don't get high and hurt someone or your family/loved ones don't suffer for your actions you are only effecting yourself. True libertarian.
      I used to eat hash and listen to Frank Zappa and the Mothers. I was at this very concert on Halloween in 77 at the Palladium when he did "Titties and Beer"
      th-cam.com/video/WzzWEeiUf3Y/w-d-xo.html
      Here is Frank doing one of his final interviews.
      th-cam.com/video/UDYzuwG-gOE/w-d-xo.html

    • @waskozoids
      @waskozoids 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Asunda Speed no.

  • @ctcards2636
    @ctcards2636 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Look at that Cell phone free crowd... oh how i miss thee.

    • @DoomKid
      @DoomKid 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      God, yes

  • @ondrejcerny2410
    @ondrejcerny2410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was there. And I cried a little. The Russian occupiers were leaving, and Zappa came in their place. It was great.

    • @Geoplanetjane
      @Geoplanetjane 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He was our gift to you as you emerged from the years of darkness

  • @MrJdcirbo
    @MrJdcirbo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    I love how he called out the Soviet troops in the crowd to "dance home to this." That was a tasteful way to comment on the situation. What an honor to perform in the midst of such a monumental world event. And they couldn't have found a better choice to perform during it. R.I.P. Zappa.

    • @alias4607
      @alias4607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And I love how the translator completely crapped out, ignored the gist of the message and only advised the Soviet troops to dance. 91 and they were still afraid of IT.

    • @GARRY3754
      @GARRY3754 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What about the CIA going home also. Don’t they come with suitcases of money to but people off?

  • @peterdavisoncomposer
    @peterdavisoncomposer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I first heard Zappa, Freak Out in 1966. I was a classical flute player, part time rock bass player and aspiring composer. Totally changed my life, or affirmed my life. To hear a composer, over the years, who did himself, so to speak. I realized I am not a touring band type guy. I realized I just wanted to spend my days composing, my day job. To be myself, so to speak. I got a BA and MA in composition and composed all kinds of music. I found that I loved scoring film/tv music and making my own LPs. My first score in 1974 lead me to full time scoring, 1974 to 2011. All I did was compose music for film/tv and make my own albums. in 2011 I moved into the mountains, and just make CDs of my music, I am on CD #34 now. Frank Zappa, the man and the music, helped me find my own path in life. While my music is not like Zappa, I know he would be happy that he helped me find my own path, my own music and my own voice.

    • @uomunumerous2350
      @uomunumerous2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Peter Davison - Music - a “loner” in music but never alone. 👍

    • @peterdavisoncomposer
      @peterdavisoncomposer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@uomunumerous2350 First of all, that is an amazing youtube name! And with music, one is never alone!

    • @cosmiclust9492
      @cosmiclust9492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey, my first experience with Frank was off the freak out album. In 72 I stole one of my father's albums. On the album Frank says, so I tore of the cover of a book of matches and it read: hehe whowho haha, haha. I was 6 and thought this is unique. I was hooked. Soon on the road to freaked out music. I love Capt beefheart also.

    • @robertklouse3868
      @robertklouse3868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol “freak-out”

    • @Nik.mel65
      @Nik.mel65 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🙏🔥👍

  • @kejavu6403
    @kejavu6403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    There will never be another Frank Zappa. He was an icon to these people.

  • @sagasitches6730
    @sagasitches6730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    They say Zappa was such a weirdo, yet when he is deconstructed in any way, you see a very normal, situated human being who valued his own ways of doing things more than selling out.

  • @ledzepzoso04
    @ledzepzoso04 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    A musical genius. The most underrated guitarist in the history of the world. Nothing mainstream about this artist.

    • @GoDamnWeird
      @GoDamnWeird 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apart from his early 70s lowest-common-denominator lyrics designed to catch the ear of kids on the edge of Mainstream Rock: Strictly Commercial!

    • @kosta60
      @kosta60 ปีที่แล้ว

      Genius of boring assholes

  • @Mugicha808
    @Mugicha808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Only Zappa would do a "reggae improvisation in the key of A" Hell yeah Frank!

  • @martyblue1478
    @martyblue1478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ooh man! My dad was here, it was his second real concert (after stones) he was 26 years old. He was so exited, why not, he spent 24 years in comunism. I really dont know why I write this here...

  • @theodery2712
    @theodery2712 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Glad that one of his last gigs was in a place that revered him, with a statue etc... I miss this genius, great artist, great person.😅

  • @waltlikker3988
    @waltlikker3988 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1458

    Time doesn't heal all wounds. The longer he's gone, the more I miss him.

    • @frankgeeraerts6243
      @frankgeeraerts6243 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Very nice comment .....and so very true !!!!!!!!!

    • @zaperfan
      @zaperfan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I feel the same

    • @davidperkins6326
      @davidperkins6326 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Walt Likker yup

    • @liloprops
      @liloprops 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      absolutely!

    • @dildoit
      @dildoit 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Walt Likker bloody well right you are. thats how it is for me too

  • @bwalla50
    @bwalla50 7 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Frank was real. He didn't sell out. He proved that pumpkins can bark.

    • @johnwattdotca
      @johnwattdotca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Will W! I'm still wondering what that poodle was biting before he got into chewing it.

    • @jamiecotterill2475
      @jamiecotterill2475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His record label Barking Pumpkin, was named for the term of affection he had for his wife ( her nickname)

  • @user-wm1js2no9x
    @user-wm1js2no9x 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was fortunate to see him live in concert, i felt privileged, i know either love him or not, but if you didn't understand his music, you see him live, you respect his musicianship, one hell of a guitar player,&always had topnotch players, taken from us way to soon. R.I.P. FRANK ZAPPA conducting his band from HEAVEN.😇

  • @StephenS-2024
    @StephenS-2024 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Frank Zappa was my tennis Instructor back in the 80's. I never actually learned to play the game but , like Terry Bozzio said, " What's so great about Wimbledon, anyway?"
    Rock and roll. Love.

  • @vincefilogomo9325
    @vincefilogomo9325 7 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    There will never be another Frank Zappa. One of the most original great musician/composer of the 20th century.

    • @mikevo3974
      @mikevo3974 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vince Filogomo Hear hear !

    • @enricocavasino3642
      @enricocavasino3642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YES BUT DWEEZIL ZAPPA plays ZAPPA FOR EVER

    • @oldheadplayhou5e
      @oldheadplayhou5e 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      the world made him...this world makes lil juicebox and fake news.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes there will...

    • @oldheadplayhou5e
      @oldheadplayhou5e 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pgroove163 nah.

  • @glenncurley680
    @glenncurley680 7 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    I am 62 and my son is 32 we listen to Frank all the time when we are together, he is a guitar teacher and metal band guitarist and I just love music and happen to grow up listening to Zappa. Saw him live twice............oh yeah!!!

    • @precisionbrown6829
      @precisionbrown6829 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      glenn curley Good for you buddy!!

    • @waltbraden9705
      @waltbraden9705 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      SMILING

    • @wojteksamek8057
      @wojteksamek8057 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      glenn curley frank was great artist

    • @3000DanielGT
      @3000DanielGT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You are a good dad!

    • @nicolasmrn
      @nicolasmrn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this is what I call a good short story

  • @velvetchord.
    @velvetchord. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Trying not to cry. I'm in love with what he was and what beautiful songs he left behind. His oddity was acceptable to his fans because he made it up with tracks like "Son of Mr. Green Beans", "Zoot Allures", and "I'm the slime". His live shows were never dull.

    • @TarantuLandoCalcuLingus
      @TarantuLandoCalcuLingus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Im surprised you didnt mention watermelon

    • @velvetchord.
      @velvetchord. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus The live version is the best way to jam. I have to go through all of Joe's Garage to listen to the original because that album is amazing.

    • @TarantuLandoCalcuLingus
      @TarantuLandoCalcuLingus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@velvetchord. it does have an empty feeling if you only listen to certain tracks without the entirety

    • @5jerry1
      @5jerry1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ~ Genes, not Beans.

  • @philmaness5983
    @philmaness5983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Trying to comprehend what Frank was doing has been one of my greatest musical pleasures. I've been intrigued by the complexities of his music since I was 13.
    I've been to Prague twice. It is a wonderful place and is uniquely Prague. This concert in 1991 was when Czechoslovakia was a brand new republic. So glad things worked out. 30+ years of freedom and counting. This was an incredible performance at a pivotal time. I'm glad I could see a part of it.

    • @petremetreveli9107
      @petremetreveli9107 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Какие импровизации,фантастика.

  • @dreamwell2020
    @dreamwell2020 7 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Frank was an inspiring musician, and now that he's gone, it's clear that he was an exemplary human. He showed us that it's important to respect yourself and others, no matter how they treat you - and to do your best to leave this world of ours somehow a little better than you found it. He was a helpful participant in the ongoing project we refer to as "civilization."

    • @user-ih1ko4uy2p
      @user-ih1ko4uy2p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Х\Да здравствует рок-н-ролл!! 🎸🎸2021=
      th-cam.com/video/o62-GjtnMq8/w-d-xo.html

    • @ankerstang1878
      @ankerstang1878 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Det har du fuldstændig ret i!

    • @maxryder995
      @maxryder995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      69 is Next .Lol!

  • @ilikezappa3268
    @ilikezappa3268 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "And if there are any Soviet troops in the audience, you may dance home to this ....." Legendary

  • @vernonhall6804
    @vernonhall6804 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw Frank in the mid 80s in Md. He came out and played for almost an hour music i have never heard before or since. god i wish i had a DAT recorder on me. Blew us away.

  • @randalllochner5409
    @randalllochner5409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Back in the mid 70's Frank came to Ft. Wayne and I couldn't go. A friend went and said it sucked bad The speakers kept cutting out and and it didn't sound good. Some months later Frank came back and I went and this guy said it would suck and all was fixed that night. Frank is a Genius. Others laughed at me for seeing something in Frank Zappa only so few of us that were able to tune in to what Frank was playing. So now I'm retired sitting on my front porch playing my old Rock n Roll albums as loud as I want. Long live Rock

  • @Monerda
    @Monerda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    he was a composer, a conductor, a player. Miss you Frank

  • @leereardon1988
    @leereardon1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    One of the the "few" geniuses in the music world!

  • @timtwotone3561
    @timtwotone3561 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was a product of am top 40 in the late sixties.
    A very dear friend of mine ( since passed) brought a copy of Uncle Meat to school and very kindly lent it to me.
    I put it on my parents radiogram, a full 4watts a channel beast, and was absolutely blown away.
    I have always said that FZ is an acquired taste, like olives. You have to make an effort, but when you do, and you start to understand a bit of what is going on, you are hooked for life.
    May your god bless you Frank Zappa, through your music you made the world a better place.
    Bravo.

  • @TomWagemaker
    @TomWagemaker 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My first Zappa album was ‘We’re Only In It For The Money’, when I was 15. I now have over 50 of them 🤙🏼🎶

  • @arturwachowski6827
    @arturwachowski6827 7 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Great Man.
    i Love The Time when nobody has bloody mobile phone .
    everyone's listening.

    • @jonl1034
      @jonl1034 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I love the Time when nobody has bloody TH-cam.

    • @eichelspecke
      @eichelspecke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so fucking true, simon and garfunkel munich 2004. not a single phone, but a million gaslighters;

    • @ggrandom6881
      @ggrandom6881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You wouldn't be able to see this video without the technology you have today. Don't be stupid. Technology brings advantages, not disadvantages. Think a bit before you say things

    • @ggrandom6881
      @ggrandom6881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @John Bravo Alright... And how does that apply to my comment? That just seemed like random rambling. I was just criticizing the people that "miss the past". If you do miss thr 90's or the 80's, then you clearly are not up to the news in medicine and technology, because if you did, you would swallow back those words. Plus, it is kinda dumb to be saying "I miss the 80's" while typing it on a smartphone, don't you think?

    • @ggrandom6881
      @ggrandom6881 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @John Bravo Nice quote. But now, give me one significant disadvantage to the advancement of technology. Objectively please

  • @aliservan7188
    @aliservan7188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    One of the few regrets in my life is never having got to see Zappa live. It's uploads like this that bring me genuine joy.

  • @thecentralscrutinizer304
    @thecentralscrutinizer304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Most people came to this show expecting to hear CamarilloBrillo and Tiitys n Beer but got 2 hours of Frank soloing. What a dream concert.

  • @habaroman
    @habaroman ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was introduced to Zappa's music in 1975. I got to see him perform at a Halloween concert in Providence, RI in 1984, when I was a student at a local culinary school.
    He had an amazing talent, and was a true
    artist with a unique sense of humor. Thank you for your craft, Frank. You were a true
    inspiration .

  • @garyhurlbert4940
    @garyhurlbert4940 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Amazing strength and wisdom from a man with terminal cancer who lived only 2 more years. RIP Frank.

  • @dianeconti7602
    @dianeconti7602 7 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    He's so popular in the Czech Republic even today. RIP genius.

    • @garyhowdymchugh6789
      @garyhowdymchugh6789 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      D.C. Tuncay

    • @jhue73
      @jhue73 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      genius at what? making noise?

    • @Naterade18
      @Naterade18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      jhue73 a mind is like a parachute, it only works if it's open...

    • @fadethetrade
      @fadethetrade 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      that's 12 tone facet of zappa.he also composes broadway style, jazz, heay metal, rock, jazz fusion and rhythm and blues. oh, also classical. depends how limited your musical horizon is. I suggest you go back to college and take some music appreciation courses so you wouldn't ask such a superficial pompous ass question with a nororiously stupid conclusion!

    • @jhue73
      @jhue73 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      musical horizon? i see your a genius too....lol. maybe your just tone def...lol. your right i dont listen to that noise or play it. his guitar skills are sloppy at best. "music appreciation" ha, music is about money and fame, thats it, nothing more. real music is pretty much dead.
      zappa was very arrogant it seemed and seem to stir shit up and spread his hatred. this has been a trend since the 60s.

  • @teedub127
    @teedub127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    We miss you, Frank! The 20th centuries greatest composer bar none, RIP Mr. Zappa...

    • @kotsaltan1578
      @kotsaltan1578 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome!❤СПБ

  • @rufftumble9448
    @rufftumble9448 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the best undercover agents ever. His work at the parental advisory hearings was flawless. A perfect model...for those like rage against the machine to follow
    Kudos to Ol’ Frank for helping mold young minds

  • @fritsknars124
    @fritsknars124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    He left us bewitched, bothered and bewildered, now 26 years ago (the only time I cried for the death of a musician).

  • @RobertWeingher
    @RobertWeingher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    One of the greatest artists of all times, frank zappa played the tapping tech already in 1976 two years before anyone saw or heard about eddie van halen, it was on the mike douglas show in 1976, it is on youtube, in that year he also produced the fantastic album called good singin' good playin' for grand funk railroad band, thanks for sharing and thanks to frank zappa for his crazy and amazing music

    • @hilmarschacht7611
      @hilmarschacht7611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Harvey Mandel also played with the tapping style in the 60s with the original Canned Heat..with Bob Hite..Yes Frank super unique ,love the man ...😟

    • @draetonalimoffatt8780
      @draetonalimoffatt8780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is a super common misconception but A) zappa wasn't the first to tap and neither was EVH
      B) EVH never made the claim he invented it, it is often stated be popularized it which is true.
      I don't know why people always lie about this but it's not hidden knowledge, also the only people who care about shit like who came up with what first is usually the fans and not the super talented artists. They just like to create and share.

    • @RobertWeingher
      @RobertWeingher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@draetonalimoffatt8780 I used the name of the late and much respected EVH only for comparison, the tapping style variations existed some 80 years from today back into the 20 century, most of the players who played tapping are anonymous ones, like the italian artist who played tapping in the late sixties of the twenty century on an acoustic guitar, we can see him on youtube but it was taken from an italian tv program and his name was not contributed, i hope that i cleared my first comment, take care and god bless!

    • @leeweber6402
      @leeweber6402 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zootallures !!!!!

  • @gobuns2
    @gobuns2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    this is one of my favorite performances of him. love the solos, love the band, even love the words at the start.

    • @BigDreamsSmallWalletRC
      @BigDreamsSmallWalletRC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What damn song is this This Jam is amazing please let me know the song name

    • @gobuns2
      @gobuns2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigDreamsSmallWalletRCit's just an improvisation, I think. he said it was in a minor and reggae.

  • @paulswabek173
    @paulswabek173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The historical reference and his health give me the chills at the mere fact of this performance.

    • @PakaBassPlaya
      @PakaBassPlaya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same here. Truly timeless speach and performance.

  • @UzumakiBla
    @UzumakiBla 7 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    I don't think this was his last live performance - his final appearance on stage was in September (1992) in Frankfurt, but that doesn't really matter. Frank Zappa was a truly great artist and person. The modern world desperately needs people like him.

    • @garyhowdymchugh6789
      @garyhowdymchugh6789 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Blagoy Ivanov

    • @alexchimienti8105
      @alexchimienti8105 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes we do,but we need another Industrial Jesus first.

    • @niedernhall1
      @niedernhall1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah, seen him in Frankfurt, conducting one song, then back to hotel because really sick.

    • @dannyj7049
      @dannyj7049 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      "History repeats: first as tragedy, and then as farce."
      And we are DEEP into farce territory.

    • @Ogscottyp
      @Ogscottyp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      danny j Wow. That is a mouthful of reality.

  • @progrockdoc
    @progrockdoc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    It's hard to believe we lost him 25 years ago today. RIP, Maestro.

    • @Juan-wo7zu
      @Juan-wo7zu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Next year it will be thirty years since the worlds loss

  • @dinaaprea3779
    @dinaaprea3779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Frank was ABSOLUTELY a one of a kind performer !

    • @chrisclark4780
      @chrisclark4780 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Anybody would say here in the heck is this playing but if they knew what their listen to they understand they released it a bad musician of one the best

  • @markklein9223
    @markklein9223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My 1st concert I'll never forget

  • @rogerd3051
    @rogerd3051 7 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    He was a true original, from do wop , to rock and blues and jazz and classical, there was not a type of music that he did not explore with intelligence and humour

  • @redlinenantlersstudio6076
    @redlinenantlersstudio6076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Oh god I'm so glad that frank never had to see the internet.

    • @user-qo6lj4eb5c
      @user-qo6lj4eb5c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He wanted to

    • @Mrus56
      @Mrus56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should have a Look at 200 Motels

    • @ludovicirles6028
      @ludovicirles6028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Although since internet i can easily listen to zappa while i am working. And now no use to drive 100 miles to find a zappa record.here in france

    • @meta409
      @meta409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Blasphemy frank would have loved to ridicule it like he did with life itself

  • @37valpal
    @37valpal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just imagine for a moment that this is played on a show today not showing the musician in charge. Not too many guitar players like this around. Gadgets weren't as plentiful. Real string bending. A real talent. I will always appreciate real talent and imagination. Love you Frank Zappa. You will Live on forever in music.

  • @brirags
    @brirags ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saw Zappa in around 79 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and I have to say of the hundreds and thousands of live performances I've been to after all these years that Zappa blew all our minds both during and after. Easily one of the greatest performers of all time.

  • @freisein6554
    @freisein6554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    He has a way of playing guitar that is unmatched. Saw him in concert in the 80 s in Germany. I still love his music.

  • @martinwiltrout9601
    @martinwiltrout9601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I grew up with this guy in the musical shadows. Apostrophe brought him out of the shadows for a short while. He really was a genius in many ways. Sad to see him go.

  • @davidhelling5968
    @davidhelling5968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    J was so fortunate to have seen Frank Zappa and band in concert... A man for the people...

    • @milanp2748
      @milanp2748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel the same way. I saw him In Vancouver--either December 1984 or early 1985, don't remember the exact date.

  • @khalidkamala6467
    @khalidkamala6467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Für mich eine Musik Legende mit so viel Potential und tolle Alben 💪🏾
    RIP
    bist auch 2020 nicht vergessen

  • @jamespolucha6911
    @jamespolucha6911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    He was so ahead of time, incredible man he was truly missed RIP

    • @jamesfea4663
      @jamesfea4663 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Polucha disagree...Frank was in my time, and it was perfect timing.

  • @tomdrowry
    @tomdrowry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    'Keep your country unique' -- wise words from Zappa.

  • @ryanjeanes5253
    @ryanjeanes5253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "And if there are any soviet troops in the audience, you may dance home to this."

  • @harrykokins908
    @harrykokins908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr. Frank ist seit Jahren mein Favorit.
    Es tut mir sehr leid, daß er viel zu früh gehen musste.

  • @johnstoner666
    @johnstoner666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I love Frank so much, the first thing that drew me to him was the way he played guitar, he seems to have no limits, no worries, no singular style to keep to a song, I love the diversity and the sheer want of exploring all of musics endless spectrums for songs. A true innovator.

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AlexanderW I feel exactly the same way about frank. He truly was one of the greatest guitar players that ever lived. Just unbelievable!

    • @user-gl3vq9pb8r
      @user-gl3vq9pb8r 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      AlexanderW магистр

    • @blzbob7936
      @blzbob7936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree totally. He never played the same solo twice. His band were structured and hand picked for their skills, so Frank could noodle away to his hearts content. Every live show was different in some way. His solos were unique, and true musicians appreciate the freedom he had.

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Zappa did a concert in Lillestrom in Norway and I was there. I will never forget what he did to us. Magic!

  • @DarrenLewis-br8qy
    @DarrenLewis-br8qy 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Can you imagine if he was live and healthy today? How much would he have changed music for the better today. A true genius 🎉❤ you frank 👏 thank you so much 🙏

  • @johnmonroney8614
    @johnmonroney8614 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Frank Zappa Still for President

  • @TheMMAMetalhead
    @TheMMAMetalhead 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Frank Zappa still lives in the mind of the Imaginer, where he forever sings his imaginary vocals and plays his imaginary guitar solos.
    RIP Frank.

    • @Zbot665
      @Zbot665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love this.

    • @Savignylol
      @Savignylol 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you didn't copy/paste this, you're probably a lawyer with ambitions of writing a novel!

    • @ajn465
      @ajn465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucky for Frank he didn’t live to see the true world of the Central Scrutinizer.. the NSA sees all....

  • @lajoskata1844
    @lajoskata1844 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Frank Zappa was the BIGGEST, as like Guitarist,as like,Composer,as like Band Leader,as like a Creative Artist etc... And anyway as like a human too...

  • @donbrown1091
    @donbrown1091 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love Zappa! A master of his own genius musicality! And a brilliant man in every respect!

  • @russellroesner6073
    @russellroesner6073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was there aged 24....working for Prognosis the 1st English language newspaper in Prague. I had a nice camera so I was one of their photographers. I met Frank in the press conference as the only other US Citizen in the room. He was really friendly and cool to me. Sadly he was obviously quite ill but powered through his show like a champ!

  • @eddievedder35
    @eddievedder35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    2:01 - Tarantino did a good job

    • @CM-qd9dp
      @CM-qd9dp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ahahahahahah

    • @BG1984a
      @BG1984a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      or Bill Murray?? :)

    • @jeger679
      @jeger679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ahahaha true that

    • @dominikdominik8475
      @dominikdominik8475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This man is called Michael Kocab, frontman of the band Pražský Výběr 😁

  • @alexandercabrera9093
    @alexandercabrera9093 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My first LP I got in my life was Mother's of Invention with Genius Frank Zappa it was 1965 🖤🖤🖤🖤

  • @videobuddahedits
    @videobuddahedits 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Everyone is so connected to each other - truly feels live - an awesome performance one and all!!

  • @targetedindividual808
    @targetedindividual808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Holy shit. The planets must be aligned. TH-cam's 2nd awesome recommendation tonight!!! Now I'm gonna watch FZ videos all night.

  • @beezuskhrist1764
    @beezuskhrist1764 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can't get over how amazing this is.

  • @fredrickfletcher2823
    @fredrickfletcher2823 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He was a genius, his music was ahead of it's time and so was he.

  • @williamtaylor4645
    @williamtaylor4645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One of the greatest guitarists of all time

  • @edwardmorton6691
    @edwardmorton6691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Even tuning his guitar he sounded great. RIP one and only.

    • @alejandromolina9236
      @alejandromolina9236 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Escucho a Frank Zapa desde hace cuarenta w

    • @TheCentral.Scrutinizer
      @TheCentral.Scrutinizer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sose6255 4:20

    • @TheCentral.Scrutinizer
      @TheCentral.Scrutinizer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sose6255 idk man I've only been playing guitar for a year, but that's what he said

    • @steveroberts2180
      @steveroberts2180 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sose6255 he's adjusting the fine tuners at the bridge.the bottom E is considerably out.

    • @j.watson1644
      @j.watson1644 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sose6255
      U ar a complete
      Idiot,
      with s#×+ for brains

  • @ricardojana4477
    @ricardojana4477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The master Frank Zappa is the other galaxy. Awesome sound. One encounter in the stars,with the hipnotic music. Flow of space,and talented in the strings like magnetic way in coming up.
    I like it so much. Congrat all.

  • @barrybaldonieri1803
    @barrybaldonieri1803 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Genius shows itself in whatever way it can ... Thank You Mister Zappaq !

  • @joanx9722
    @joanx9722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It has been such a long time since I have listened to Frank Zappa ...I always consider him the Grandfather of guitar..lol...this man is a absolute genius in my opinion... unique style that is his personal passion served to us Hot and Ready to jam ...He is just so damn cool 😎

  • @enzosallu3444
    @enzosallu3444 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    STRATOSFERICO,,,,,,,,,,,,,,la mia generazione ha potuto ascoltare e vedere grandi del rock ,,,,,,Zappa è stato uno dei più grandi e inovativi chitarristi ,,,,,,+,,,,,, r i p Frank ,,,,

  • @shakeyourguitartutorials
    @shakeyourguitartutorials 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you .
    Everyone should watch this performance !
    Franck ,where art thou?
    In our heart .

  • @provocadordesentimientos7920
    @provocadordesentimientos7920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Uno de mis favoritos de la Buena música a partir de los 70s, nada más y nada menos que hace 50 años y, sigue vigente en la memoria de millones de en el mundo entero 👌

  • @pedrobortoluzzi4910
    @pedrobortoluzzi4910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Isso é música pra ninguém botar defeito.

  • @JRAw89
    @JRAw89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This is one of the clearest examples I've come across where you get to see the master's hands at work. Great clip. Thanks for sharing!

  • @omarvidal3543
    @omarvidal3543 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    perdimos un gran musico, pero nunca perderemos su hermosa musica, viva frank zappa por siempre

  • @fabiopomponi7740
    @fabiopomponi7740 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    C'è un momento finale di questa ultima apparizione di Frank Zappa in un concerto dove lui con una nota finale della sua chitarra lunga e bassa si china verso il pubblico quasi a volersi congedare mentre gli altri artisti sorpresi dal fatto che lui aveva deciso di abbandonare il palco sono costretti a fare una chiusura dei loro pezzi strumentali fece bene Frank Zappa ad abbandonare il palco in quanto non era più in condizioni fisiche di poter reggere un esibizione e malgrado il suo antagonista di chitarra elettrica fosse un eccellente artista blues con una notevole tecnica rimase sorpreso e un po' seccato da questa improvvisa scomparsa dal palco del grande Frank Zappa.P.S. R.I.P. GENIO UNIVERSALE DELLA MUSICA MODERNA HAI DATO LA TUA VITA PER LA MUSICA LASCIANDOCI DEI DISCHI CHE SONO DELLE VERE E PROPRIE OPERE D'ARTE STRUMENTALI.

  • @pilsnrimgaard2507
    @pilsnrimgaard2507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Musical genius is the only explanation for this man. miss you frank!

  • @carlamurray9696
    @carlamurray9696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You are sorely missed Sir Frank ! Been gone 26 years today !! Hats off to you!!love your fan !!🐱🤗💜