Frank Zappa - St Etienne - 1982
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- Frank Zappa - "St Etienne", France - 1982
Extrait de "Video From Hell" de 1986.
"St Etienne" est le second solo du titre "Drowning Witch" de l'album "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" joué le 28 mai 1982 au Palais des Sports de Saint-Étienne.
Zappa remporta pour cet album un Grammy Award en 1988, dans la catégorie Meilleure Performance instrumentale de rock (Best Rock Instrumental Performance, en anglais)
Une chose assez étonnante est que cet album reçut un sticker "Parental Advisory" bien que l'album soit entièrement instrumental. Ceci est du au combat mené par Frank Zappa contre le Parental Music Resource Center (PMRC), qui a instauré ce sticker.
Zappa Humor Inside : "Exotic French Sidewalk Entertainment inserted here for diversion while we re-synchronize original VHS footage to The Digital Audio Master"
Shot with a Hitachi home
video camera,
by Thomas Nordegg
during the concert in
St. Etienne, France
May, 1982.
• Tech guru, Thomas Nord...
* Thomas Nordegg was Frank Zappa's guitar tech back in the day. Later, he became guitar tech for his son, Dweezil Zappa, and for former guitarist in Frank Zappa's band; Steve Vai! Thomas Nordegg has quite an impressive effects setup, including lots of TC Electronic gear, and a bunch of rather unusual guitars that can pull off some amazing tricks ! - เพลง
I have transcribed and learned this solo... the fact that it was improvised is absolutely mind blowing. Genuinely.
The phrasing and timing are remarkable, as is the completely unique style. There are no rock cliches or standard licks thrown in, it is sublimely musical and inventive for the entire six and a half minutes. Frank was a monster player!
YES FRANK IS A FREAK'IN KILLING GUITAR ' PLAYER .HAFID 5:25
@IbanezFan550....ls your real name Steve Vai
?
You are so right about the phrasing, really unique and totally distinctive.
true! Nobody come close
Phenomenal out of space world's most underrated guitar master ever. Okay 🤗 his ego might have been a little less whatever I never forget you. Francis Vincent you made my life so much wiser 👍🏽💯🏴☠️
Simply the most awe-inspiring guitar solo of all time...
The greatest improvising soloist of all time, I reckon!
My favorite guitar solo of all time
One of the most beautiful guitar pieces ever....sublime
This clip will blow people away a couple of centuries from now.
This just blows me away. Frank was such a stunning guitarist.
He sits there pretty calmly considering what is going on, i.e striking gold every few seconds. Fucking incredible improvisation. Thank you Frank!!
Best , bravest and the most adventurous musician ever. RIP FZ.
Frank struck gold that night and uncovered an untouched seam.... one that no-one else has found since.
He worked a lot on this solo before and after he performed in Saint E
A unique personality possessed by bringing his genius music 👍🏽💪 I'm enjoying it up since 45 year's Amen
This guitar solo (from the "Ship arriving too late ....." tune) is divine. Unbelievable. You can learn so much from it. It stirs me to tears. Zappa rules !!!!
I have tears now too RIP
magnifique merci Frank jf Gleyze
Merci pour le MAÎTRE INCONTESTÉ ET DÉFINITIVEMENT INCONTESTABLE, ET MERCI PUISSANCE 10 A TON COMMENTAIRE "J.P.G "
this performance is why i wanted to learn to play guitar... it's pure meditation.
Really can't look past Wackerman's playing here. It's like he and Frank are one and the same mind.
He just kept getting better and better, never slowed down. Not until the cancer got him. RIP frank, you were a master of your craft.
This solo is so exquisite, it even makes the magic guy worth watching!!!
I can listen to this everyday and never get bored, as with most of his solos but this one is truly special!
I don’t care, this is the best guitar solo by any human as far as I’m concerned
dear sean. There are so many 'the best guitar solos' from where this one came
@@tagaudi I am a very long time Zappa geek ("66) and I must admit this solo has a very unique meditative flavour, on par with some Holdsworthian gems (The 4.15 Bradford executive) th-cam.com/video/99v6ifd7wjk/w-d-xo.html
@@frankfertier34 Thanks for the link! Holdsworth was one of the greats. Zappa respected him greatly, been getting into him a bit. I’ll add this one to my playlists
You are not wrong. Zappa has played most of the all time best guitar solos in the history of the humanity.
This is just so amazing solo. Too magnificent for us, regular people.
This music heals my soul... Thanks from a big fz fan from Argentina ...
*Truly a guitarist of the 4th dimension.*
Perhaps one of the greatest guitar solos of ALL time.
The part between 2:42 and 3:18 simply rips your heart out.
aks03755 sounds similar to sinister footwear
zach shuler Haha... funny to rediscover this comment of mine and your response 6 years after I originally posted! The last 5 digits are just my zip code. The first three letters, well...
Genius underrated guitarist
The whole lot rips mine out!
Yep 💯👍🏽
Nobody else can play lake Frank. Genius!
A truly creative individual.
Thank you, Thomas, for shooting this extraordinary footage.
I remember taping this off the VHS when i was 15 and listening to it over and over!
R.I.P. to my favorite musician and biggest guitar inspiration, who departed this world 24 years ago. This solo, like so many others he played, is a masterpiece composition created totally "in the moment." His level of genius is unparalleled.
His tyrao too
It just does not get any better than this.
[Except perhaps for Ancient Armaments .....].
Miss you Frank.
Two Words: Goose Bumps !
this shit is so fucking clean, dude is a fucking mastermind. seriously how the fuck did he do that
Absolute genius of the highest order. Ineffable.
I'm happy to watch a live video of Drowning Witch. It's one of the best songs of Zappa.
Totally agree
Absolute bliss, what an amazing sound. Zappa is the highest. Pure joy
extraordinaire, thanks from france
No time no space here, pure art!!!
5:38 is insane
Frank LOVED phrygian
It’s mixolydian. And Frank did love his mixolydian
@@seanbrennan5192 He played in Phrygian as well.
Geez, why do musicians feel they have to one up each other? I'm not talking about just this one song!
@@lastdaysguitar Yeah he uses Phrygian as well. His bread and butter is definitely mixolydian though, I brought this song to my guitar teacher. It’s the only reason I know what mode it’s in lol. He uses Phrygian in Transylvania boogie, and he might actually use it in the first guitar solo of drowning witch. I’m not actually too sure judging by the sound
THAT HELL OF A TONE HE HAD... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
miss you Frank, still lovin you , irène from France
Excellent. Thanks for sharing and kindly regards from Deutschland
Pure Genius!!!!
best ever improvisation period.
"I don't do drugs, I am drugs" -Frank Zappa
@Jeff Sylvester No, I think Dali stole it from Zappa!
@@alex222pak jaja, so true.
i think ol' frankie would have been a teeny bit pissed off about that quote being attributed to him. any half arsed internet search will throw up a dozen examples of how anti-drug he was. although, if certain people want to lump coffee and cigarettes into the mix - the man was a fucking junkie...
"Sometimes people ask me: "Tell us, Frank. No, really, tell us, Frank: WHAT ARE YOU ON?"
And then I tell them: 'I'm on duty!'"
😄
and the sound ! the sound he got was killing
The Zappa revolution in performance was his ability to produce studio quality sound in live concerts.
Thank you Poitique
masterpiece
euphoric. just amazing..
Simply THE BEST, no comparison.
I saw him 3 days after in Bordeaux - each time I see this video it remember me this epoque - thank you
My favorite Frank solo I think. Can't look past Wackerman's playing here either. He and Frank are locked in esp.
@@DWHarper62 idk id say aside from Vinnie and maybe Humphries , Chad is as complimentary to Zappa as anyone else
@@DWHarper62 idk, as a drummer… both Bozzio and Chester are two of my all time favorites… but those were different bands with different members, chosen for different musical directions. So if you want some bullshit internet debate where you make a fallacious and subjective statement and say “prove me wrong” then you can gfy. If you want to listen to a drummer who has a full catalogue of clicking with all time great guitar players (Holdsworth, Zappa, etc) there plenty of records to choose from. There’s even a specific double album by Frank called “Guitar” which features Chad on virtually every song… including this one. Or you can go to the first track from TBBYNHIYL… Heavy Duty Judy… the connection with Frank is immediate from the first notes of the concert. Chad is an absolute monster.
@@DWHarper62 doh'k Steven Crowder dbag ... I even said Vinnie is best, but you're too interested in dumb internet debates
@@DWHarper62I’m probably not gonna lose any sleep tonight over being called an asshole by the guy who went all Steven Crowder on me.
@DWHarper62 Correct, you came into my comments with your Steven Crowder BS pushing your dumb opinion that nobody is interested in hearing about… so yes, gfy.
RIP-genius Frank Zappa
🌠 Wowie Zowie...Zappa eee...
MAGNIFICENT
All you shredders - do this instead. (Bet you can't.)
Amen...
they can´t they suck dick
Présent le vendredi 28 mai 1982, mon premier concert de Zappa.
Lucky bastard! I was negative 14 years old…
fantastisch
best solo EVER
Could have been outdone only by himself.
un grand monsieur ce zappa
PHANTASTIC!!!1!!
I had no idea footage of this solo existed at all. Amazing.
Correction :
L'album pour lequel Frank Zappa eut un Grammy Award en 1988 n'est pas "Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch", mais l'album "Jazz from hell", album qui contient ce solo...
wow just perfect deep wow
fantastique musicien..
I see his paintings here, but more poetically. Eternal solo!
Zappa Genius.
Que c'est bon.... Merci Frank
miss you Frank, lov you forever, irène from france
Zappa is a man who really loves music,that's why he's a genius. Thanks for all.
I also love music - does that make me a genius as well ?
how autistic are you?
@@user-yp2mw2ko9kYES!!!! YES!!!! DEAR GOD YES!!! patterns, art, create!
Einstein played the Violen, not sure about Tesla.
Today is 24 A.Z. RIP, Uncle Frank. Instant compositions every night. Solos could be ugly and dangerous or full of feeling, like this example.
he can't be beat he can't be beat he can't be beat he can't be beat
Best guitar solo ever.
Musical genius
Excellent job!!!!
¡VIVA TOM FOWLER!
Perhaps one of Zappa's best guitar solos, ever. Zappa rules. #TheGuidoKGroup
Only for outer listeners, Very Franky. Thank You
this live version is on the Jazz From Hell album- yes, its that clean.
I really like it, but miss tthis concert at 100 miles from my home!
Phantasticuss fantastico!
Just fucking wow! Thanks for this wonderful post - and thanks Thomas for sharing the filming....
Not only is this one of Frank's best performances, but we can see him get nervous at 3:15, and he breaks a string in the fade out at the end. What a fucking monster... Frank had been touring every year for a decade by this point (1972 to 1982), and like many OG rock performers, his playing got better with the more time he spent on the road. By 1982, Frank was fucking SCARY on the guitar, and this video is evidence of that fact.
Hendrix?
Page?
Clapton?
Zappa!!!!!!!
Page was playing in the sand compared to Frank.
Thanks
Superbe morceau comme d'hab.
miss you Frank irène from france
A moi aussi...Vincent
miss u
Stunning!
oh Frank miss you
Ils n'ont rien à faire dans l'enfer,ils sont dignes du paradis !
Live Frank..........Astounding.
viva Zappa, miss you, irène from france
I was there !
I love jamming on this masterpiece
Sympa; merci beaucoup pour toutes ces précisions....
Vu qu'on prend notre retraite à la fin de l'année on
est content que d'autres
frenchies prennent la rélève... !!!!
Pour info nous avons eu le "chargé aux affaires culturelles"
de la Ville de Saint Etienne
il y a 2 mois au téléphone... il tombait des nues !!!
arf arf ( chargé c'est bein le terme kill faut ! )
There is No Hell ! ...
:-c
No entendi mucho, pero me parece que hablas sobre la reforma jubilatoria en francia?
3:41 Heaven chord
talentueux!!
A lot of licks from "Yo Mama"
Yes
O M G `! i - WE, miss Frank SO much,- 😭
Thx thoman nordberg
5:33 The chicken and the spider technique of Frank Zappa.
no. that's tapping. if sounds like a chicken. everything he plays in this solo is a chicken and spider technique