It was 1981 I was 19yrs old and I own this on DVD...it's now the eve of new years eve 2024... and zappa is still my reason for feeling happy to be alive...I'm 62 on January 11th 2024...join the movement....ZAPPA for president 2024😂
I was 24 and my room mate and I were going, but I got sick. Eric (my roomie) was a serious Zappa fan. Eric departed this world in late 2022 and right before he passed we were talking about Zappa and this show. So sad I missed in real life.
I was there ...I was an immediate Steve vai fan from then on...was lucky enough to see Mr Zappa many times ...he is in his own category...absolutely brilliant....
What I love about zappa was no ego in that regard, many a music artist would never have someone like Vai on stage potentially 'showing them up', but all zappa saw was the talent.
When your Ego was that okay, you needen't an ego . But okay, I'm Europe kid. Zappa has a grat no pretending and lukcily has an ego like 6 megastones, jes ? @@garethsnaim8174
thanks for posting this, I was there with my sister who is no longer with us, we were dressed up for Halloween, it was a great show and a great night! Amazing that I get to sit and watch this today, 42 years later.
@@jakefeinbergshowI remember watching part of this simulcast on Halloween night as we didn’t have cable yet but none of my friends were into Zappa thanks, good memories here Also, you should pin the link. #MusicIsTheBest. 💯🎶
While I disagree w/your thesis, I understand and even share in your distress at important figures passing, especially someone w/as much potential as FZ. I like to imagine he'd be Senator Zappa by now. Alas.
i was at my friend's bro's house back in 2004 or so and he had Zappa on. i was like "wtf is this!" it felt like the cobwebs of my brain were being electricuted. i felt so free. absolutely love instrumental jams. Ozric Tentacles is another amazing band worth checking out. been around a long time.
my first big concert !!! i was 14 years old and this show changed my life. i remember it like it was yesterday , pitchers of beer at the white rose bar before the show . i had great seats i was changed forever , thank you frank
Chad Wackerman: at the time, after Bozzio and Colaiuta, my young self thought Chad was just ‘very good’ but I have grown to see past the attitude and star power and now think his is just as good as those guys! Incredible technical abilities paired with a sense of groove and power that is hard to find. Maybe not a lot of ego/personality in his being and playing and therefore not as noticeable as other more famous drummers but he’s one of the greats for me…
Saw frank back in the 80’s and I’ve seen Deweezil a few time , so glad he carries on the music and has a killer band to boot ! Rock on Frank ,,., talent like yours is really missed in a lot of todays music
Saw Frank Zappa once in 1984, seen Dweezil 5 times so far. Frank is the only modern day musical genius, Dweezil is excellent too. Nina was coked out & that dude next to her is a geek
7:16 Black Napkins 14:17 Montana 18:05 Easy Meat 24:55 Society Pages 27:27 I'm A Beautiful Guy 29:23 Beauty Knows No Pain 32:19 Charlie's Enormous Mouth
I was there. I was at a lot of the Palladium shows. Personally, I think the Roxy-era band, which I never saw live, having discovered Frank too late (1975), was his best band ever. And I also think his SG playing was the best-sounding. The unique wiring on that axe gave him more tonal variety.
The Palladium was an excellent showplace in the late '70s and early '80s. Opera-house sound. Saw many great shows there and watched this one live on TV.
I had the pleasure of seeing Zappa twice in 80 and 81 in Berkley Ca. Black Napkins was the encore. I remember standing outside in line for the second show of the night, we could hear the song being played inside. His purple jumpsuit days. He had 9 musicians on stage including Steve Vai. The music was loud but perfectly balanced. Great times, great shows.....
Man, those two people interviewing him at the start were bringing some industrial strength awkward to the table. I'll bet he was glad when that conversation ended.
This is what the woman, Nina Blackwood had to say about it: **The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa. Ugh! It was a nightmare. I feel bad saying this because he is no longer with us, but he was a nightmare. I hope I never run into anything as terrible as that again. He was deliberately being Frank Zappa. It was the first live broadcast that MTV ever did. It was his yearly concert that he used to do from The Palladium on Halloween. I was the host. Even in rehearsals Frank was really obnoxious to me. Between my lack of experience and him being obnoxious, it was just a nightmare. Enough said. It was a very bad experience. (...) It was baptism by fire. Now, with the chip on my shoulder that I have developed, I wouldn't tolerate it. Back then, I was young and we were trying to do our best. I was an easy target. It was a cheap shot and he didn't have to do that. If Frank wanted to be smart then do it to Walter Cronkite or something, but not a twenty-something little girl doing her first live broadcast.**
I was there all week with my friends in 81 at the Palladium shows. :) There were 2 shows some nights. I think once I went to 2 shows in one night. Franks a genius! Painful to watch the preshow MTV personnel. Frank was messing with them good!
Was at the Palladium every time FZ played there. My birthday is 10/30. So Halloween was a tradition. Always hit Union Square park 1st. For party favors
In addition to all the geniuses who perform here for eternity, we don't want to forget another milestone in the 80s Zappa era: Without Ray White's great performance the whole puzzle would not be solved
talked with him a few times, first met Ray outside the backstage door in Rotterdam '87, he also had his own FZ band, early 90s. super nice human. @@deusvolt2146
I was a little off in high school... so...I remember seeing the album cover for "Freak Out!" and went home with it. Played on a portable record player the size of a dictionary...very small, and cheap. It tore up every album I bought after 10 or 15 plays. Anyways.... been a Frank Zappa fan since. I guess that was 1968. Then, after my 30 months in Nam, I left the service in Phoenix. that's when his 70s albums came out..."one size fits all' , apostrophe, over-nite sensation, hot rats...and I turned on my best friends to Zappa to great enthusiasm. the early 70s were an unbelievable time in rock music.
@@Frunobulax74 Y'know those people who go on about being born in the wrong generation. Like I was born in 96 but seeing videos of Zappa live makes me wanna have been born in 69 or something so I could experience that time. Music and art of the current day just doesn't seem speak to me in the same way.
@@LeSpulch - Thanks, now I understand. It makes me happy when young people enjoy Frank Zappa music. I was fortunate to see him 9 times in concert from 1980 through 1988. Every generation is a good one. You have advantages I didn't have at your age.
@@Frunobulax74 "Every generation is a good one. You have advantages I didn't have at your age." Now there's a positive message that I believe young people benefit from hearing. I wish people would end this intergenerational conflict, as it is a self fulfilling prophecy
@@MixMastaCopyCat - Yes, a percentage of young people need to stop thinking everything was great before they were born and life sucks now. There are fantastic possibilities now that didn't exist before and they need to take advantage of them. Life sucks if you think it sucks. They need to think positive. Perception is reality!
I never missed a Zappa Halloween Show at the Palladium and at the Felt Forum...saw the Grand Wazoo Orchestra there...it was so great...never missed a show since...Frank, the greatest “...20 the century composer refuses to die”.
Of course, the live pumpkin...how can I forget now that I took the time to ponder that night the GW played the Felt Forum. Going home I met Tom Fowler (bone player) going home from the Felt. That was nice too, I wish I can say with great detail I remember...too much time has passed...only the aura of the whole show is cut in memory. What a great time and the Felt Forum as a room for that band to be heard had excellent acoustics for them. @@evanwolf6618
Frank was a unique artist, way ahead of his time. Not only he is accompanied by amazing players on this show but the music played is masterfully. I was fortunate to have seen Frank twice, I was an impressionable 16 year old the first time in Montreal. The year before in 1980, I was in NYC and went to the Palladium to see: Kiss, Judas Priest, Joe Perry Project, Nazareth & Marseille, Allman Brothers. All very memorable. 😮 Thanks for posting!
Saw Frank 3 times in the immortal MONTREAL FORUM back in the day ! 'Heaven on Earth'. [Seen 'The Dweeze' about a half dozen times ranging from Montreal, La Rive Sud (Brossard), La Rive Nord (Laval), and Ottawa; ZPZ is the next best thing !]. Music is the Best ! [Especially ZAPPA !]
I just happened to be in Manhattan visiting my sister just a few blocks uptown from the Palladium. I heard about the show that afternoon and decided to walk to the Palladium just to soak up the fandom. I soon noted fairly good tickets were selling third party, & as being alone greatly improves the odds of a great scalped seat, I ended up in the 3rd or 4th row of the balcony just about dead center for the marked price of the ticket. One of those times it all comes together. I was a complete stranger to Steve Vai in 1981 and remember the impression of “who the hell IS this guy?” What a night.
I was there...14st nyc..saw alot there all bros,eat peach tour...zztop.traffic.ox.bb king sweet.journey .starcastle comander cody..rr ensemble.many many mor.. zappa was great..now?? Im old....
I had this on a bootleg video back in the 80's for the longest time and played it until I wore it out. Thanks to guys like you and TH-cam this won't happen again :)
after this gig, all subsequent gigs may have felt like a holiday for Steve Vai......nothing but utmost admiration Mr Vai...at that time I was 14 years old, practicing my head off and dreaming about applying for a position as fellow stunt guitar player......whe I felt ready, Frank was sick.....Love Zappa!!!
Was at this show! RIP the Palladium, one of the best places to see a show, better than the Garden. The balcony was especially good. I was up there for Rush and during Cygnus X-1 we watched the massive old chandelier shaking. We thought it was going to fall on the crowd. I'm glad I was around for those shows, especially FZ.
Haha I was at that Rush concert. I saw them there twice, in '77 and '78 I believe, Cheap Trick and UFO were the openers the first time. Never saw Zappa sadly!
I got to see him live in '80 and beeing at the age of 14 ,was totally blown away by his music! Frank Zappa crossed the border of musical genres with his innovative and brilliant compositions, provoking the conservative establishment ❤
Yep, I too saw him for the first time in '80 and I too was only 14. It was in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in a stadium with bathtub acoustics called 'the Ahoy'. Got some very surprised looks from quite a few long haired people in the audience. Take care!
I swear I'm here for the music, but I'm loving the extended interview intro. Humor belongs in music, and to do it the best, you need a killer band that can play anything while keeping the audience involved. Zappa, Weird Al, Steel Panther, GWAR, etc.
Wow! I had never seen this, Zappa on top of his game as usual with all the heavy hitters Steve Via, Scott Thunes, Ray White & Chad Wackerman. Which all would end up on The Man From Utopia album which was released in 82. Funny... Ray White sounds a lot like "Ike Willis" ... greatly miss Frank Zappa, thanks for posting this.
In my country, 40 or 50 years ago, it was difficult to have access to this material. I was lucky enough to listen to it and even today I can't find anything that resembles it
Lembro-me exatamente do dia em que meu pai apareceu com o VHS desse show. Era o anode 1986 e eu tinha apenas 7 anos. Eu já estava acostumado a ouvir os albuns em casa, mas ver um show do Zappa foi puro deleite. Como baterista, ver Chad Wackerman tão novo na banda e tocando essa monstruosidade foi inspirador.
Amazing, I don't know how these guys did it other than rehearse their asses off constantly. Listen to the time signatures, the rythms changing on a dime. I notice in a lot of Zappa compositions, he will have a riff played then completely stopped - silence - then started again. That is damn hard shit to play because the mentality you get into as a musician is that the music flows and you can get lost. This though, you gotta be right on top of your game, because it dont flow man. Steve Vai said they has to remember 80 compositions and every night Frank would create a new set list
It was 1981 I was 19yrs old and I own this on DVD...it's now the eve of new years eve 2024... and zappa is still my reason for feeling happy to be alive...I'm 62 on January 11th 2024...join the movement....ZAPPA for president 2024😂
I was 24 and my room mate and I were going, but I got sick. Eric (my roomie) was a serious Zappa fan. Eric departed this world in late 2022 and right before he passed we were talking about Zappa and this show. So sad I missed in real life.
I was there ...I was an immediate Steve vai fan from then on...was lucky enough to see Mr Zappa many times ...he is in his own category...absolutely brilliant....
@KarenOrnelas-uu2mr O I was at the Palladium show the night before this and saw him a week later in Hartford.
I'm 62 also and seen him many times. I'm happy to be alive to, I've lost so many
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Chad Wackerman on drums, Steve Vai on "stunt guitar", Scott Thunes on bass, all only 21 years old at the time of this show. Absolute monster players.
YES !!!! They are !!
What I love about zappa was no ego in that regard, many a music artist would never have someone like Vai on stage potentially 'showing them up', but all zappa saw was the talent.
When your Ego was that okay, you needen't an ego . But okay, I'm Europe kid. Zappa has a grat no pretending and lukcily has an ego like 6 megastones, jes ? @@garethsnaim8174
and I was on this concert 🙂
ok, ok, we all know that.
Sometimes I can feel some sense of pride that I grew up in a world where MTV aired this type of brilliant stuff.
Yeah now it's pregnant 15 yr old girls. Something went very wrong
@@jeffpalumbo3035 too sad to see your daughter in there
That drummer is working his ass off! The whole band for that matter.
Chad Wakerman - one of a kind! And he looked so young! Almost under age...
“Our little Italian guitar virtuoso Steve Vai” I love it!!!
Hey cameraman, please show us Steve's stunts.
thanks for posting this, I was there with my sister who is no longer with us, we were dressed up for Halloween, it was a great show and a great night! Amazing that I get to sit and watch this today, 42 years later.
🙏✌❤🎶
Sorry for your loss!
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Nice.
@@jakefeinbergshowI remember watching part of this simulcast on Halloween night as we didn’t have cable yet but none of my friends were into Zappa thanks, good memories here
Also, you should pin the link. #MusicIsTheBest. 💯🎶
I'm 64 and feel like I've been buying Zappa recordings my whole life.
Same thing with me! I'm 65 and have been to many FZ/MOI shows, about a dozen! 😂
And did you?😂
I feel like I’m living at the end of history. The fact that such truly talented people such as Frank ever existed makes me realise that it’s true .
How lucky were we?!!!!!!...
Caught him and 😮bands live in small London venues back in a previous life in the 70s!!!.
While I disagree w/your thesis, I understand and even share in your distress at important figures passing, especially someone w/as much potential as FZ. I like to imagine he'd be Senator Zappa by now. Alas.
i was at my friend's bro's house back in 2004 or so and he had Zappa on. i was like "wtf is this!"
it felt like the cobwebs of my brain were being electricuted. i felt so free.
absolutely love instrumental jams.
Ozric Tentacles is another amazing band worth checking out. been around a long time.
Frank was and is a stone cold badass
my first big concert !!! i was 14 years old and this show changed my life. i remember it like it was yesterday , pitchers of beer at the white rose bar before the show . i had great seats i was changed forever , thank you frank
I seen him 4 times in the 70s twice on my birthday the man was totally great love his music 🎵
Lucky devil!
Chad Wackerman: at the time, after Bozzio and Colaiuta, my young self thought Chad was just ‘very good’ but I have grown to see past the attitude and star power and now think his is just as good as those guys! Incredible technical abilities paired with a sense of groove and power that is hard to find. Maybe not a lot of ego/personality in his being and playing and therefore not as noticeable as other more famous drummers but he’s one of the greats for me…
Zappa's drummers are quite different and I like that. It gives the songs a different twist. All his drummers since about 1969 are exceptionally good.
Chad is right up there if you ask me even tho he dont get the recognition for it , he is one of the great drummers of all time .
Indeed, Chad Wackerman is an absolute beast, Brooks too!
They're all incredible, but I'll still give the nod to Vinny for his magic with odd time signatures.
Holdsworth played with Chad for a reason. Holdsworth >Zappa. RIP Allan.
Saw frank back in the 80’s and I’ve seen Deweezil a few time , so glad he carries on the music and has a killer band to boot ! Rock on Frank ,,., talent like yours is really missed in a lot of todays music
Saw Frank Zappa once in 1984, seen Dweezil 5 times so far. Frank is the only modern day musical genius, Dweezil is excellent too. Nina was coked out & that dude next to her is a geek
7:16 Black Napkins
14:17 Montana
18:05 Easy Meat
24:55 Society Pages
27:27 I'm A Beautiful Guy
29:23 Beauty Knows No Pain
32:19 Charlie's Enormous Mouth
Fromm 24:56 to 32:19 the best music absolutely top
That first number sure sounded like Watermelon In Easter Hay to me.
@@stub2011definitely Black Napkins not Watermelon In Easter Hay
Frank was so good as so many things, a true Renaissance Man that he never really got credit for what a great lead guitarist he was. RIP Mr. Zappa.
that Reinassance was dead together with Zappa
True. He was an awesome guitar player.
The Maestro never disappoints
He really doesn't.
in rare cases he surely did
I was there. I was at a lot of the Palladium shows. Personally, I think the Roxy-era band, which I never saw live, having discovered Frank too late (1975), was his best band ever. And I also think his SG playing was the best-sounding. The unique wiring on that axe gave him more tonal variety.
Plus, he seemed to rely more on the fixed-wah mid boost back then (with the sg)
You'll love Halloween 73 , it's a Ahmet release, very early for the line up and real loose.
Lol who fed you that load or crap about Gibson SGs? Even Frank would laugh at you
I guess you don’t know anything about how his SG was wired. Too bad. Your ignorance is embarrassing.
The Palladium was an excellent showplace in the late '70s and early '80s. Opera-house sound. Saw many great shows there and watched this one live on TV.
I am old and farty now ,but I saw Frank Zappa twice. It wasn`t a complete waste of time being alive 😂
Zappa for President. ops instead you have a old farty president "(
I had the pleasure of seeing Zappa twice in 80 and 81 in Berkley Ca. Black Napkins was the encore. I remember standing outside in line for the second show of the night, we could hear the song being played inside. His purple jumpsuit days. He had 9 musicians on stage including Steve Vai. The music was loud but perfectly balanced. Great times, great shows.....
Hello ! only 8 musicians on stage !
Watched it live on MTV. Awesome.
Man, those two people interviewing him at the start were bringing some industrial strength awkward to the table. I'll bet he was glad when that conversation ended.
Seems he enjoyed f ing with them
This is what the woman, Nina Blackwood had to say about it:
**The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa. Ugh! It was a nightmare. I feel bad saying this because he is no longer with us, but he was a nightmare. I hope I never run into anything as terrible as that again. He was deliberately being Frank Zappa. It was the first live broadcast that MTV ever did. It was his yearly concert that he used to do from The Palladium on Halloween. I was the host. Even in rehearsals Frank was really obnoxious to me. Between my lack of experience and him being obnoxious, it was just a nightmare. Enough said. It was a very bad experience. (...) It was baptism by fire. Now, with the chip on my shoulder that I have developed, I wouldn't tolerate it. Back then, I was young and we were trying to do our best. I was an easy target. It was a cheap shot and he didn't have to do that. If Frank wanted to be smart then do it to Walter Cronkite or something, but not a twenty-something little girl doing her first live broadcast.**
I was there all week with my friends in 81 at the Palladium shows. :) There were 2 shows some nights. I think once I went to 2 shows in one night. Franks a genius! Painful to watch the preshow MTV personnel. Frank was messing with them good!
Wow. Zappa forever. Thank you.
Yellow snow suite is my favorite Zappa. Especially St Alfonso's pancake breakfast.
Watching this right now. I’ve got the CD box set but I’ve never seen this before. This went out live on MTV? Wow! Happy Halloween from the U.K. 🎸🎃👻🇬🇧
i have decided that Chad Wakerman is my favourite Zappa drummer
yes he's the best
He’s an absolute monster.
He is awesome! Chad was a huge influence on my drumming. I was able to meet him when he played with Holdsworth in Seattle.
BOGGIO BABY But yes wacky was amazing
@@diggerthegroundhog8799Bozzio, Colaiuta and Chad-O!
just great googly moogly! luckily saw all his 80-shows here -from norway with love
Was at the Palladium every time FZ played there. My birthday is 10/30. So Halloween was a tradition. Always hit Union Square park 1st. For party favors
In addition to all the geniuses who perform here for eternity, we don't want to forget another milestone in the 80s Zappa era:
Without Ray White's great performance the whole puzzle would not be solved
I was lucky enough to drive Ray from Iridium in NYC to his hotel...such a great guy !
talked with him a few times, first met Ray outside the backstage door in Rotterdam '87, he also had his own FZ band, early 90s. super nice human. @@deusvolt2146
Ray White may be the greatest rock vocalist of all time
Ray White's version of City of Tiny Lights is spectacular and he was the original singer at it's incarnation...
I was a little off in high school... so...I remember seeing the album cover for "Freak Out!" and went home with it. Played on a portable record player the size of a dictionary...very small, and cheap. It tore up every album I bought after 10 or 15 plays. Anyways.... been a Frank Zappa fan since. I guess that was 1968. Then, after my 30 months in Nam, I left the service in Phoenix. that's when his 70s albums came out..."one size fits all' , apostrophe, over-nite sensation, hot rats...and I turned on my best friends to Zappa to great enthusiasm. the early 70s were an unbelievable time in rock music.
Zappa is slowly turning me into a "born in the wrong generation" person 😅
@eXpoJah - What do you mean?
@@Frunobulax74 Y'know those people who go on about being born in the wrong generation. Like I was born in 96 but seeing videos of Zappa live makes me wanna have been born in 69 or something so I could experience that time. Music and art of the current day just doesn't seem speak to me in the same way.
@@LeSpulch - Thanks, now I understand. It makes me happy when young people enjoy Frank Zappa music. I was fortunate to see him 9 times in concert from 1980 through 1988. Every generation is a good one. You have advantages I didn't have at your age.
@@Frunobulax74 "Every generation is a good one. You have advantages I didn't have at your age."
Now there's a positive message that I believe young people benefit from hearing. I wish people would end this intergenerational conflict, as it is a self fulfilling prophecy
@@MixMastaCopyCat - Yes, a percentage of young people need to stop thinking everything was great before they were born and life sucks now. There are fantastic possibilities now that didn't exist before and they need to take advantage of them. Life sucks if you think it sucks. They need to think positive. Perception is reality!
Frank was playing his ass off on this jam
Another memorable night I spent with Frank in my youth
I never missed a Zappa Halloween Show at the Palladium and at the Felt Forum...saw the Grand Wazoo Orchestra there...it was so great...never missed a show since...Frank, the greatest “...20 the century composer refuses to die”.
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I wore the Live Pumpkin on my head at The Felt Forum in 1975 !! Mr. Pumpkinhead .
Do you recall ??
Of course, the live pumpkin...how can I forget now that I took the time to ponder that night the GW played the Felt Forum. Going home I met Tom Fowler (bone player) going home from the Felt. That was nice too, I wish I can say with great detail I remember...too much time has passed...only the aura of the whole show is cut in memory. What a great time and the Felt Forum as a room for that band to be heard had excellent acoustics for them. @@evanwolf6618
Frank was a unique artist, way ahead of his time. Not only he is accompanied by amazing players on this show but the music played is masterfully. I was fortunate to have seen Frank twice, I was an impressionable 16 year old the first time in Montreal.
The year before in 1980, I was in NYC and went to the Palladium to see: Kiss, Judas Priest, Joe Perry Project, Nazareth & Marseille, Allman Brothers. All very memorable. 😮 Thanks for posting!
Saw Frank 3 times in the immortal MONTREAL FORUM back in the day !
'Heaven on Earth'.
[Seen 'The Dweeze' about a half dozen times ranging from Montreal, La Rive Sud (Brossard), La Rive Nord (Laval), and Ottawa; ZPZ is the next best thing !].
Music is the Best !
[Especially ZAPPA !]
Was at this show! Was awesome!
Man, these arrangements are INSANE. Truly AmAZING band!
These way too serious times need some serious Zappa back! I'm telling you.
I was there and this is the first time I have watched the video 😂 Happy Halloween 👻
This is beyond me.. I like this a lot. Great Archive
I was born on that day! What a concert Frank did to celebrate myself!!
I was born the day they recorded this
4:15 oh man, Frank administering the pheromoane test~
He was a pro and they don't make 'em like that no more~
6:00 "......Well, you can make soup." lmfao her clueless stare and then he turns away like alright nvm
😂
Grateful to have seen Frank upwards 27+ times but missed this MTV show.Thank you!!!
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Absolute Legend 👑
merci pour le partage vue en concert en 1979 a lyon france concert magnifique vive le rock
This is one of my all time favorite Zappa live show recordings... SO good.
I just happened to be in Manhattan visiting my sister just a few blocks uptown from the Palladium. I heard about the show that afternoon and decided to walk to the Palladium just to soak up the fandom. I soon noted fairly good tickets were selling third party, & as being alone greatly improves the odds of a great scalped seat, I ended up in the 3rd or 4th row of the balcony just about dead center for the marked price of the ticket. One of those times it all comes together. I was a complete stranger to Steve Vai in 1981 and remember the impression of “who the hell IS this guy?” What a night.
I was there...14st nyc..saw alot there all bros,eat peach tour...zztop.traffic.ox.bb king sweet.journey .starcastle comander cody..rr ensemble.many many mor.. zappa was great..now?? Im old....
I was 13 and my brother brought me to this concert
I had this on a bootleg video back in the 80's for the longest time and played it until I wore it out. Thanks to guys like you and TH-cam this won't happen again :)
Thank you MTV for the cringe interview at the beginning. I love to see Frank shine in the face of awkwardness 🙂
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS !!! MISS FRANK ZAPPA !!!
THANK YOU! from an all ZAPPA fanatic...Palladium was a special place to me
That pretty much answers why one had to be top-notch to play in Frank's band.
Much missed. First gig I took my daughter to was Zappa Plays Zappa...
Omg that awesome...isn't another 30 yr old daughter that knows more zappa sings then my daughter😂 I wanta meet you bro
I was there and I remember MTV annoying the heck out of Frank. He was bemused and just went on with the show after a point.
after this gig, all subsequent gigs may have felt like a holiday for Steve Vai......nothing but utmost admiration Mr Vai...at that time I was 14 years old, practicing my head off and dreaming about applying for a position as fellow stunt guitar player......whe I felt ready, Frank was sick.....Love Zappa!!!
so who do you play with??
@@floydfanatik69 sheercerebralpower
Natural flow in headspace 😊
That's great! Thanks for posting👍... Love FZ ❤
Absolutely Frank and his buddies ! And our Italian Virtuoso guitar player, Steve Vai ... Just Lol. Love that Frank let the guitar parts to Steve!
Frank is a bad ass rip legend
bad ass rips are the worst
Gran talento!
Was at this show! RIP the Palladium, one of the best places to see a show, better than the Garden. The balcony was especially good. I was up there for Rush and during Cygnus X-1 we watched the massive old chandelier shaking. We thought it was going to fall on the crowd. I'm glad I was around for those shows, especially FZ.
Haha I was at that Rush concert. I saw them there twice, in '77 and '78 I believe, Cheap Trick and UFO were the openers the first time. Never saw Zappa sadly!
Thanks for the upload!
damn good copy, wish it was full >D
I got to see him live in '80 and beeing at the age of 14 ,was totally blown away by his music!
Frank Zappa crossed the border of musical genres with his innovative and brilliant compositions, provoking the conservative establishment ❤
Yep, I too saw him for the first time in '80 and I too was only 14. It was in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in a stadium with bathtub acoustics called 'the Ahoy'. Got some very surprised looks from quite a few long haired people in the audience. Take care!
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The man can pull off wearing a onesie.
utterly breathtaking
So funny seeing Chad with a Slingerland kit since he was one of the first DW endorsers.
Was at this early show and mid nigth was even better!
Wow, with little Italian virtuoso Stevie Vai on guitar. The video sounds great.
Frank deserved to have someone with a brain interview him
I swear I'm here for the music, but I'm loving the extended interview intro. Humor belongs in music, and to do it the best, you need a killer band that can play anything while keeping the audience involved. Zappa, Weird Al, Steel Panther, GWAR, etc.
Loved this,love you are what you is Album, wanna hear more now
best music master ever
One of Franks best lineups for sure
Thanks a lot!
Never seen him, tho, so these vids are the only live impressions i get from him...
Oh no, seen the band from utopia once in Germany😊
Guitar virtuoso extraordinaire Frank Zappa
I saw him New Year-'s Night 1977 at the Inglewood Forum in L.A. with Captain Beefheart
and the Hollywood Modern Dance Troupe. Amazing show
Happy Halloween from Canada. Saw this show in Toronto in 81 & 82.
My favorite VHS as a teen 🙂
It's Frank!!!! 😍
Cannot to this day wrap my head around drummer Chad is only 21 here. Just playing this impossible music flawless.
His dad was a drummer and a music teacher. His brothers John and Brooks are great drummers.
Wow! I had never seen this, Zappa on top of his game as usual with all the heavy hitters Steve Via, Scott Thunes, Ray White & Chad Wackerman. Which all would end up on The Man From Utopia album which was released in 82. Funny... Ray White sounds a lot like "Ike Willis" ... greatly miss Frank Zappa, thanks for posting this.
"We'll leave the Devil to Charlie Daniels"
😂(Nina Blackwood blank look)...
This is the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life
Excited to find Steve Vai’s introduction to the world here! Skinny dude on the left! 🎸
In my country, 40 or 50 years ago, it was difficult to have access to this material.
I was lucky enough to listen to it and even today I can't find anything that resembles it
Easy Meat is so epic that i replay it from the start everytime
Enema Bandit!
Lembro-me exatamente do dia em que meu pai apareceu com o VHS desse show. Era o anode 1986 e eu tinha apenas 7 anos. Eu já estava acostumado a ouvir os albuns em casa, mas ver um show do Zappa foi puro deleite. Como baterista, ver Chad Wackerman tão novo na banda e tocando essa monstruosidade foi inspirador.
This is peak Zappa. What a lineup.
Wow Zappa. Taking it all the way. “Oh there’s Art.” “Hi Art.”
Amazing, I don't know how these guys did it other than rehearse their asses off constantly. Listen to the time signatures, the rythms changing on a dime. I notice in a lot of Zappa compositions, he will have a riff played then completely stopped - silence - then started again. That is damn hard shit to play because the mentality you get into as a musician is that the music flows and you can get lost. This though, you gotta be right on top of your game, because it dont flow man. Steve Vai said they has to remember 80 compositions and every night Frank would create a new set list
Readng Francs words to now.....wow. ff sake, love hiim !!!!!
Awesome