Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. In his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands—he later switched to electric guitar. He was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often impossible to categorize. His 1966 debut album with the Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was one of rock, jazz or classical. He wrote the lyrics to all his songs, which—often humorously—reflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for …
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SasoriWoodstock
December 14, 2011 at 6:15 pm
December 21 1940 – December 4 1993, R.I.P. Frank.
slapasuckersilly
December 14, 2011 at 6:47 pm
I love this song, I like album version tho, without all the talk.
tgprenger1
December 14, 2011 at 7:38 pm
@stlpaulie BbbahahahahahaHaHaHA
tgprenger1
December 14, 2011 at 8:32 pm
@FrancescoK Know Shite???
stlpaulie
December 14, 2011 at 9:19 pm
2 people think Rodney Carrington wrote titties and beer first
FGiovannelli79
December 14, 2011 at 10:07 pm
2 people do like muscle & mineral water…
thegr8mrfish
December 14, 2011 at 10:13 pm
@bobsizzz just what will you give me for your titties and beer???
PoserExposer
December 14, 2011 at 11:04 pm
this is a different version or edit than the original LP mix.I was told that the CD reissue is from a different night of the 4 night run they did in NYC.this seems to be the LP take but extended dialog.
bobsizzz
December 15, 2011 at 12:04 am
@thegr8mrfish I am the Devil do you understand 🙂
basirtje
December 15, 2011 at 12:36 am
Would love to see the footage to this gig. I’ve only recently been properly introduced to Zappa (surely everyone knows him by name at least), but I’ll be sure to check out alot more of his material!
pavianhintern
December 15, 2011 at 1:10 am
terry and zappa was the best combo ever!
jeskyhi9
December 15, 2011 at 2:03 am
Slightly different mix from the originally released album.
jeskyhi9
December 15, 2011 at 2:51 am
These shows were the pre-cursor, (did i spell that right)?, to the 1977 shows.
jeskyhi9
December 15, 2011 at 3:49 am
was at all these shows as well, miss Frank very much, just awesome!
bkfilipi
December 15, 2011 at 4:37 am
zappa isnt dead just took a different body
PromoterRalph
December 15, 2011 at 4:49 am
Frank’s the man! Little Feat is but one of the numerous bands and/or artists who worked their way up through the Mothers. Aynsley Dunbar, George Duke, Jaco P., Lowell George, Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio and many many more.
nathalieb07
December 15, 2011 at 4:59 am
This is a longer version than the one on the album… seems to me! Great stuff
poexxope
December 15, 2011 at 5:17 am
There used used to be some really good video of him and Bozzio doing this song on Youtube.
kavenlpennell
December 15, 2011 at 6:00 am
Zappa’s talent was one of a kind.
MrWaterpumpkin
December 15, 2011 at 6:16 am
@yehigota5inchtaint P.O’Hearn
stavrosxakis
December 15, 2011 at 7:03 am
great uploading and the lyrics of this song are the best..
jammerholic
December 15, 2011 at 7:55 am
legendary…love Bozzio as satan!
phreestylesk8r
December 15, 2011 at 8:51 am
frank zappa is like the first mr. bungle
stmichael36
December 15, 2011 at 9:42 am
let go of your pickle!
yehigota5inchtaint
December 15, 2011 at 10:01 am
Who’s on the bass?!