Frank Zappa: Son of Orange County + More Trouble Every Day

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    After spending years in bootleg circulation, an official release of Frank Zappa's A Token of his Extreme DVD is here! (Release date June 4, 2013)
    You can purchase your very own copy of this DVD here: www.amazon.com/...
    Line-up / Musicians
    Frank Zappa / guitar, percussion, vocals
    Napoleon Murphy Brock / tenor sax, flute, vocals
    George Duke/ keyboards, zil, tambourine, vocals
    Tom Fowler /bass
    Chester Thompson /drums
    Ruth Underwood /percussion

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  • @thrtzsprng3658
    @thrtzsprng3658 2 роки тому +293

    The GOLDEN LINEUP: George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ruth Underwood, Chester Thomson, Tom Fowler, Frank with his SG... I LOVE it!

    • @SubtomrPumpkin
      @SubtomrPumpkin Рік тому +7

      Indeed. Possibly no better lineup of talented musicians all on one stage, at one time night after night. They certainly had a great run! Meanwhile, present day (the past 3 - 4 decades of music and the bands (entertainers) may or may not actually play an instrument, never mind read / write sheet music. I have no doubt that good musicians still exist and would surely love to create quality original music, but if they know what’s good for them will learn to suppress any potential inspirations to themselves or risk being blacklisted by the major record labels for not “falling in line”.

    • @Sandwich13455
      @Sandwich13455 Рік тому +1

      ​​@@SubtomrPumpkinFrank with his SG" wether his gonads were saggy or not isn't the question here !

    • @randywallace6506
      @randywallace6506 Рік тому +2

      Wow, didn't know about chester. Cool

    • @raimundwessinger9700
      @raimundwessinger9700 Рік тому +2

      yes! that's a great line up that made FZ what he kept to be.....

    • @jeffjeff4477
      @jeffjeff4477 Рік тому +4

      My favorite Zappa band for sure , love the Vai, Belew stuff but this band is so bad ass

  • @peasanttoast
    @peasanttoast 4 роки тому +728

    Zappa had so many great musicians over the years, but there's something just really special about this lineup.

    • @hahatarachine
      @hahatarachine 4 роки тому +8

      Amen. The recent Chicago 73 release is brilliant (aside from the corny packaging).

    • @CarlDraper
      @CarlDraper 4 роки тому +23

      yes, my favourite Zappa line-up :)

    • @sarahtonin4649
      @sarahtonin4649 4 роки тому +27

      Yup. Every player in this group is mindblowingly talented. RIP Frank, and George Duke.

    • @davidreinhard6037
      @davidreinhard6037 4 роки тому +23

      Dude there was not a single musician Zappa ever brought on tour that was a slouch... But this linueup was was airtight man. About as flawless as possible.

    • @jmarvosa6x3
      @jmarvosa6x3 4 роки тому +5

      Fun & Tight!... all you need is glove

  • @XakTerrible
    @XakTerrible 3 місяці тому +16

    I once read a comment on a UA-cam video that said "Frank Zappa was nothing more than a blues player." This entire segment proves that wrong.

    • @daveprietojazz
      @daveprietojazz Місяць тому +3

      FZ played myxolydian scales like Jerry Garcia. That's a major scale with a flat 7. Used primarily in rock and country (in major keys). Frank didn't play a ton of minor stuff. Mostly major keys.

    • @daveprietojazz
      @daveprietojazz Місяць тому +2

      Frank always hired first class players to back him. Much like jazz headliners. Smart guy...

    • @DoomKid
      @DoomKid 20 днів тому

      A lot of people mistake their inability to hear his musical chops as him actually lacking them. It's like Dunning Kruger applied to music, lol

  • @neeltheother2342
    @neeltheother2342 4 роки тому +256

    It's impossible to watch a Zappa live video and not smile the entire way through.

    • @critical-thought-4all561
      @critical-thought-4all561 3 роки тому +9

      I tried not to, but you’re right. Zappa music equals joy.

    • @cmillerphotos
      @cmillerphotos 3 роки тому +15

      Smiling with tears in my eyes.

    • @zykify
      @zykify 3 роки тому +4

      A smile and a tear...

    • @DaveCroy
      @DaveCroy 2 роки тому +1

      Trouble Every Day??

    • @michaelbarghusen9721
      @michaelbarghusen9721 Рік тому

      Ja, die Zappa-Truppe hat bestimmt vielen Leuten gut gefallen und erheitert... 🎈

  • @propellerkuh3230
    @propellerkuh3230 11 років тому +294

    that look of frank (from 0:49 into the video), watching NMB sing his tune is so pure, it is the joy of the composer hearing his work executed without flaw before an audience … that's eternal, that's for heaven!

    • @toiseywoisey
      @toiseywoisey Рік тому +2

      He was referring to Richard Nixon

    • @joshuabruner9676
      @joshuabruner9676 Рік тому

      ​@@toiseywoisey Would you mind explaining what the Nixon point was? Thanks

    • @maxis4343
      @maxis4343 Рік тому +6

      @@joshuabruner9676 the song Son of Orange County is a song that frank used to criticize nixon during this era. this is around 1973-75 when nixon was being investigated for a whole bunch of illegal stuff. the original song Orange County Lumber Truck wasnt originally written about him but he appropriated it for this purpose because it was topical, and Richard Nixon is from orange county i believe. you can also hear frank on Roxy and Elsewhere saying Nixon’s famous “i am not a crook” quote on that track. pairing it with trouble every day also more effect cause of what that songs about. you can also argue that he put the two tracks on the album (which incidentally weren’t recorded at the Roxy) because the record company wouldnt let him release the much more overtly critical song Dickie’s Such an Asshole, which you can hear versions of on the roxy performances boxset from i think 2016

    • @peteralexgoisl6520
      @peteralexgoisl6520 Рік тому

      Yes tricky Dicky really where trapped by Report

  • @DaCh3vz
    @DaCh3vz 2 роки тому +87

    This performance will belong in the history of music probably until mankind ends

    • @moseskelly19
      @moseskelly19 2 роки тому +6

      And beyond

    • @rexk4208
      @rexk4208 3 місяці тому

      @@moseskelly19 Put this on the Golden plate of the next Voyager Probe, with no explanation.

  • @m-tetsuo
    @m-tetsuo Рік тому +15

    That this has 1.9M views makes me so happy. That means there are almost 2 million sane people left in this world

  • @BLzBob.7268
    @BLzBob.7268 Рік тому +15

    Pound for pound, Frank Zappa had the best musicians and the best crafted tunes ever recorded. Not surprised plebs don't understand his mindset.

  • @Dave30867
    @Dave30867 Рік тому +54

    Ruth Underwood really love her energy and enthusiasm what a lady she really knows her music.

  • @derekwilliams1660
    @derekwilliams1660 Рік тому +10

    I don't care what band he puts together, Zappa is always quality.

  • @33und45
    @33und45 5 років тому +98

    What incredible genius!
    Almost 45 years later this is absolutely breath-taking performance!

    • @geraldacampora4042
      @geraldacampora4042 5 років тому +5

      Legendary

    • @baronratfish3865
      @baronratfish3865 5 років тому +2

      Sure is!

    • @roysutton3722
      @roysutton3722 3 роки тому +1

      I remember skipping high school in Montreal at the end of June '66 to go to my friend's house to listen to Freak Out. This Roxy performance is by far my favourite.

    • @stephanbuth8195
      @stephanbuth8195 5 місяців тому

      And so it will forever stand in the Olympus of modern music, teaching people what handmade, intelligent music should sound like

  • @faustopintus2517
    @faustopintus2517 2 роки тому +76

    I love that unique voice from Napoleon Murphy Brock. All over and over the incredible sound of the live performance is magic to me.

    • @mikefelix6338
      @mikefelix6338 2 роки тому +1

      I need more lead vocals from that dude … silky smooth

  • @rioblancoman
    @rioblancoman 4 роки тому +11

    FZ was a prophet. This song is today in America.

  • @Gylfi465
    @Gylfi465 5 років тому +166

    George Duke deserves a special mention here. What a musician and accompanied by absolute sheer talent.
    This band was just phenomenal, period.
    Thank you Frank for not only giving me english lessons but for all these good memories of exemplary musicianship !
    This stuff never gets old !
    Now I'm gonna go down to St. Alphonso's pancake breakfast and steal the margarine.

    • @Kohntarkosz
      @Kohntarkosz 5 років тому +11

      George Duke and Chester Thompson really brought a great funky vibe to this band. Very different sound for Frank, and it kinda went away when those two went off to play with other people.

    • @jakeyccc5788
      @jakeyccc5788 4 роки тому +1

      You have no idea saw them half dozen times and blew ☝

    • @thewordlove4316
      @thewordlove4316 4 роки тому +2

      don't let
      any woman
      abuse the sausage patties, okra-y??!!!!

    • @paulcoret1526
      @paulcoret1526 3 роки тому +2

      Can you believe it? This band and George Duke, Jesus and Zappa, God

    • @Hound45
      @Hound45 3 роки тому +3

      George was awesome!!!! God rest his soul!

  • @trevorsneath4665
    @trevorsneath4665 5 років тому +407

    Ruth Underwood: Hardest working musician on stage. Totally amazing percussionist.

    • @naturaljoe7397
      @naturaljoe7397 5 років тому +24

      6 String Piano not to take anything away from Ruth, but shouldn’t Frank be considered the hardest working one on stage?

    • @andrewj.mulheriniv4075
      @andrewj.mulheriniv4075 5 років тому +6

      Amen

    • @Schwertfisch13
      @Schwertfisch13 5 років тому +19

      On Ruth , on Ruth, HAHA! Thats Ruth! More like percussioness ^^

    • @zolarczakl3880
      @zolarczakl3880 4 роки тому +21

      @@naturaljoe7397
      If you consider the athletics involved with Ruth's playing - she has to run all around that rig she has - I'd say she's the hardest working. Frank, writing that material for them all and conducting the band certainly makes him the most important musician on stage, but Ruth is working, man!

    • @naturaljoe7397
      @naturaljoe7397 4 роки тому +1

      Zolar Czakl point taken

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 4 роки тому +88

    Any questions about what Zappa saw in Napoleon Murphy Brock is answered here on full display. Massive musical skills, off the charts entertaining, and great insane energy. He was THE front man for Zappa.

    • @paisleyprincess7996
      @paisleyprincess7996 2 роки тому +6

      He has one helluva a smile

    • @paulinebutcherbird
      @paulinebutcherbird 2 роки тому +1

      @@paisleyprincess7996 That made me laugh. It wasn't his smile I was checking out when there was so much more.

    • @danzbmw
      @danzbmw 2 роки тому +4

      Many years back in OB ( San Diego ca) I saw Project Object,
      Don Preston, Ike Willis and Nappy were on this Bill. Had a long chat with
      Napoleon on set break, suck a real dude, he mentioned he was hungry and the venue food was
      Inferior, I said hey man, that liquor store in the corner had great deli sandwiches, We split one, he wanted to pay , I said “no charge, you playing your ass off” we talked about his music in San Jose prior to FZ and he told me about seeing FZ up front and how FZ asked him to join the MOTHERS .. I’ll always remember that meet up.
      BTW Project Object was good, I believe Gail wasn’t happy about them.

    • @boubix
      @boubix Рік тому +1

      a beast...he's got everything !

    • @tomstiel7576
      @tomstiel7576 Рік тому

      @@danzbmw Gail who ???

  • @2ShadesOfGray
    @2ShadesOfGray Рік тому +8

    Creativity, modern musicians need to watch this and reflect on the pulp being fed to the ears of this generation

  • @moebetta4224
    @moebetta4224 2 роки тому +45

    Franks' guitar playing was always creative and very unique.

    • @my_tube9405
      @my_tube9405 2 роки тому +2

      As a
      guitar teacher....if you think 'snare drum or drum fills' then add that to guitar...that is where his special style comes from. (Plus melody lines of course.)

    • @WillieDuitt1
      @WillieDuitt1 2 роки тому +6

      @@my_tube9405 I believe that Frank started out as a drummer.

    • @garyl8356
      @garyl8356 Рік тому

      That’s true

    • @bathtub_jim7652
      @bathtub_jim7652 Рік тому +1

      Bicycle player

    • @raimundwessinger9700
      @raimundwessinger9700 Рік тому

      @@bathtub_jim7652 that*s famous and f special"

  • @michaelmega7786
    @michaelmega7786 6 місяців тому +14

    This song is so relevant more & more each day in "2024"

    • @frankcoverjr.-jz3ne
      @frankcoverjr.-jz3ne 4 місяці тому +1

      And that’s why we’re listening! Vote blue and Happy Memorial Day.😊💙

    • @martinromijn842
      @martinromijn842 3 місяці тому

      Yep

    • @casedismissed8581
      @casedismissed8581 3 місяці тому

      your compehension of "relevant" is most askew there fellow traveler !! otherwise a great song.

  • @jglasernyc
    @jglasernyc 3 роки тому +26

    IMHO this was one of Frank's best line-ups.

  • @Mattiasnight
    @Mattiasnight 2 роки тому +50

    Zappas solos are very unique and is in a whole category that no one can ever take away from him he truly was a master of playing music

    • @joshuabruner9676
      @joshuabruner9676 Рік тому +1

      Very exacting musician not a hypocrite not just telling other people to play right but showing up demonstrating those exacting standards equally in his own performance

  • @wpjones805
    @wpjones805 5 років тому +79

    Frank's growing smile at :48 as he watches Napoleon Murphy Brock's antics is priceless.

    • @chrishull3731
      @chrishull3731 5 років тому +17

      A rare Zappa smile is always heart warming

    • @isolirionband7300
      @isolirionband7300 5 років тому +4

      @@chrishull3731 Never exspected to see Zappa smiles, he was a serious man, with a prickly irony. xD

    • @earthrider2417
      @earthrider2417 5 років тому +2

      My favorite part

    • @nolanfahey8191
      @nolanfahey8191 5 років тому +7

      Hes realized the achievement hes created

    • @Sandwich13455
      @Sandwich13455 5 років тому +2

      If you watch his interviews, notice that he smiles and fair lot! IMHO when he's describing the lunacy of some of the incidents ,when dealing with politicians he's recalling!

  • @josephzummo9685
    @josephzummo9685 4 роки тому +28

    When the guys in the band got Frank to really laugh it was so genuine. Duke & Brock during this period had frank in stitches. The Helsinki tapes are a great example of that magic. Frank & Dukes solos were some of the best of all time! Timeless stuff!!!!!

    • @studiobencivengamarcusbenc5272
      @studiobencivengamarcusbenc5272 10 місяців тому

      Golden comment - it just happens I consider Duke & Zappa chief rockers and energetic rascals 🥳🤗uplifting guys

  • @beachcomber4141
    @beachcomber4141 4 роки тому +3

    Zappa is ahead of our time.

  • @muonani
    @muonani 11 місяців тому +9

    Napoleon Murphy Brock! What a great talent and performer! Superb!

  • @patrickpowers3850
    @patrickpowers3850 5 років тому +69

    Drummer Chester Thompson: great.

    • @pointgiven7857
      @pointgiven7857 7 місяців тому

      Phi Collins said his drumming on this song was one of the reasons he wanted Chester in Genesis after Bruford left.

  • @DrCoyoteBanjo
    @DrCoyoteBanjo 5 років тому +28

    I love how joyful Ruth always looks with this band: just so happy to be playing this music. I love her and admire her.

    • @poormanselectronicsbench2021
      @poormanselectronicsbench2021 2 роки тому

      Ruth is one of the few musicians that would always conquer the challenges that Frank wrote for her. There was no match for her energy and talent when she performed for Frank as his percussionist for sure.

  • @mymoviesbetter8466
    @mymoviesbetter8466 Рік тому +8

    Man it's so nice seeing Frank smile at something for once

  • @ALifeWellSteved
    @ALifeWellSteved 3 роки тому +145

    “More trouble every day” official song of 2020

    • @iangelling
      @iangelling 3 роки тому +2

      Dweezil ought to reissue it - The Son with Orange Tan + More Trouble Every Day. History repeating.

    • @nyalwalker6372
      @nyalwalker6372 3 роки тому +1

      YES!!

    • @SixStringFiasco
      @SixStringFiasco 3 роки тому +3

      Say it again for the people in the back..

    • @marsailmar1
      @marsailmar1 3 роки тому +4

      Amen my brother. 2020 summed up in a 53+ year old song Frank wrote. History doomed to repeat itself. Will 2021 be worse?

    • @donkarnage6032
      @donkarnage6032 3 роки тому +2

      @@marsailmar1 It will worse if the people who control the entertainment industry and news media don't get their desired candidate in office.

  • @jamesevins800
    @jamesevins800 2 роки тому +33

    I miss FZ so much. I can feel a sense of his satisfaction with his craft and his magical troupe of players. He was as good at personnel selection as he was at playing that SG! There will never be a sound quite like this. I hope one day he receives the recognition he so richly deserves. As for his troupe may they all take a huge bow for their massive contributions. Amazing, unique, warm, unpredictable, magical and my favorite of all time.

  • @dennisthemenace5466
    @dennisthemenace5466 9 років тому +217

    Great vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock is the man!

    • @zolarczakl3880
      @zolarczakl3880 5 років тому +22

      Nappy never even had to audition for Zappa. Zappa saw him singing in a bar in Hawaii, approached him after the show and told him to come see one of his shows. If he likes what he hears and wants to join the band, he's in.
      When Nappy learned that Zappa had Ponty and Duke, he was hooked.

    • @trevorkenward7661
      @trevorkenward7661 4 роки тому +4

      Yeh and what a name

    • @danzbmw
      @danzbmw 4 роки тому +3

      Flood & Fidler , I met Napy at a “Project object @ show in OB Ca. ‘Winstons’ , he was very down home, I think he told me he was from San Jose. Note: Ike Willis and Don Preston were in. That ensemble.

    • @danzbmw
      @danzbmw 4 роки тому +1

      Oh! I don’t think Gail Zappa approved.

    • @MichaelPaumgardhen
      @MichaelPaumgardhen 4 роки тому +1

      Dennis the menace Napoleon Murphy Brock!

  • @soupdujour5807
    @soupdujour5807 3 роки тому +15

    0:47 at first I thought this was slowed down footage, but no. That's a genuine Zappa, stunned, witnessing Napoleon Murphy Brock serenading a wolf man.

  • @skittl3z2311
    @skittl3z2311 6 років тому +112

    His smile is so pure at the beginning it gives me life

    • @gehegedrei
      @gehegedrei 4 роки тому +11

      My thoughts exactly. He rarely looked that unconditionally happy.

  • @suginami123
    @suginami123 5 років тому +26

    Their talents are unsurpassed. Every tiny nuance is played perfectly.

  • @radiofriendlyunitshifter5980
    @radiofriendlyunitshifter5980 3 роки тому +28

    I want a girl to look at me the way Zappa looks at Napoleon Murphy Brock at 0:47.

  • @bluebirdbluesky2242
    @bluebirdbluesky2242 9 років тому +61

    Son of Orange Co. brings tears to my eyes - it is so beautiful….

    • @craigpage381
      @craigpage381 4 роки тому +1

      Why? Did you have to endure richard MILHOUSE nixons term also?. That fuckin guy was a piece of #!$@=%// work huh? (Laffin)

  • @eronacalloway9159
    @eronacalloway9159 5 років тому +33

    I remember when I was WAAAAY younger I would play my Frank Zappa album’s in my bedroom and CHILL for HOURS trying to Visualize the songs

    • @lastnamefirst4035
      @lastnamefirst4035 4 роки тому +2

      Yep same here. Seeing the music

    • @olcraigsen
      @olcraigsen 3 роки тому

      Yep same here... deseeding

    • @olcraigsen
      @olcraigsen 3 роки тому +1

      Seen Frank and his band/orchestra in Long Beach about ' 75 . Great show ,the best. If I had to sum it up they were... sooo tight. It was, it was very good.

    • @howardstern666
      @howardstern666 2 роки тому

      @@olcraigsen Was Captain Beefheart with them at the time? Bongo Fury came out that year.

  • @Vulture23
    @Vulture23 2 роки тому +1

    Oh Frank..gone but not Forgotten.

  • @demi4765
    @demi4765 3 роки тому +7

    My son, now you have several mothers, the real one and the mothers of invention. I was 5 years old, that was 1980. And the story with Zappa going on...Thanks dad for the music school

  • @curtismcneil8695
    @curtismcneil8695 5 років тому +17

    You have to be a true fan of music to really appreciate his genius. So thankful for college radio stations around the country that keep his music alive.

    • @jameswarnecke2483
      @jameswarnecke2483 2 роки тому

      My folks never got me liking this. Bad for them. Great for me

  • @taimeuppe6174
    @taimeuppe6174 4 роки тому +14

    life ain't the same without you Mr Zappa

  • @zachiro20
    @zachiro20 4 роки тому +20

    Murphys performance is out of this world. He's really giving his soul in this.

    • @poormanselectronicsbench2021
      @poormanselectronicsbench2021 2 роки тому +2

      IMO, besides, or equal to, Flo & Eddie, NMB is the best singer that Frank ever had in a band.

  • @ZrankFappaH
    @ZrankFappaH 5 років тому +8

    7 years since discovering Frank and I'm still here. I think I'm forever required to listen to this ensemble until I drop.

    • @cbly
      @cbly 5 років тому +1

      He certainly released enough material to enjoy for years. If you like this band lineup, I suggest you buy Roxy The Movie on DVD or Bluray.

    • @ZrankFappaH
      @ZrankFappaH 5 років тому

      blyguy I will have a look at that for sure! I was shown the Baby Snakes DVD years back which is what originally got me into Frank and the Mothers! Was a fantastic show.

  • @susanperkins1909
    @susanperkins1909 5 років тому +31

    I love Frank. It is fun seeing George Duke on Keyboards. He always had the best musicians.

    • @stuartevins613
      @stuartevins613 4 роки тому +1

      @Blake T I saw Duke numerous times with Zappa. I saw Billy Cobham with those Miami Vice guys and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

  • @rosenemmett
    @rosenemmett 6 років тому +19

    Have always enjoyed Zappa and the times that I was lucky enough to see him live, were some of the greatest shows that I have seen.

    • @solarwave
      @solarwave 5 років тому

      Listening to and watching Frank play his solos was mesmerizing.

    • @joshuabruner9676
      @joshuabruner9676 Рік тому

      If you have any memoirs and you're comfortable sharing some things that would be super awesome for the millennials and gen z. Your memories will otherwise go with you... alright I'm laying the pressure on too thick 🚬☕

  • @joaoalfredo8259
    @joaoalfredo8259 7 років тому +164

    Zappa.., the best musician of all XX th century..!

  • @090nj2
    @090nj2 3 роки тому +10

    *Hands down, this lineup was really the peak and just something special in terms of Musicianship, Talent, the chemistry between all of them are jus amazing*

  • @amateurmakingmistakes
    @amateurmakingmistakes Рік тому +3

    Zappa never plays the same song in the same way twice ... and as usual, in this version, he's just jamming his head off!

  • @waynedavis53
    @waynedavis53 5 років тому +45

    Great Live Performance Miss You Frank Wish You Were Here Still

  • @paulinebutcherbird
    @paulinebutcherbird 5 років тому +25

    This whole concert is brilliant

    • @christofrip1723
      @christofrip1723 3 роки тому

      too bad they cut almost 2 minutes here

    • @leetomboulian
      @leetomboulian 2 роки тому +2

      Not a very suave edit

    • @paulinebutcherbird
      @paulinebutcherbird 2 роки тому +1

      @@christofrip1723 What do you mean?

    • @christofrip1723
      @christofrip1723 2 роки тому +1

      @@paulinebutcherbird At 2:53 the song is edited and missing almost 2minutes. ua-cam.com/video/3o8kM4qwl4U/v-deo.html
      Here is the missing part if you start it at 4:28 I had to look it up again since I didn't fully remember

    • @paulinebutcherbird
      @paulinebutcherbird 2 роки тому +1

      @@christofrip1723 wow! I thought that given Frank jumped at that point it was his choice to change tune there. All my admiration for noticing that.

  • @luiscastro4417
    @luiscastro4417 6 років тому +32

    What a band! George, Ruth, Chester...the best FZ had.

  • @theitineranthistorian2024
    @theitineranthistorian2024 2 місяці тому

    frank live and intimate is always almost perfection. his fades off his solos are sublime.

  • @paulmarch9579
    @paulmarch9579 5 років тому +32

    "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture". -- Frank Zappa, when asked by a music critic what he thought about music critics.

    • @davemccarthy5824
      @davemccarthy5824 5 років тому +17

      he also referred to most rock journalism as "people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read."

    • @billyballard9072
      @billyballard9072 3 роки тому

      He means they're irrelevant. Ya tank

    • @billyballard9072
      @billyballard9072 3 роки тому

      Too cold in Montana so they moved the dental floss bushes to frkin Texas.im on my pigmy pony checkin.on em now...

  • @brianwhitney5441
    @brianwhitney5441 3 роки тому +6

    Love watching Ruthie and Shiela with Zappa plays Zappa. They are badass's.

  • @roggiedale
    @roggiedale 2 роки тому +5

    Thank God for Frank!

  • @Biggvs_dickvs
    @Biggvs_dickvs 5 років тому +24

    The best trip is when your alone and listening to song you never heard off while laying in your bed.

  • @bobburns3311
    @bobburns3311 3 роки тому +8

    Wow, I know a lot of Zappa, and this is one of his best guitar work, to me!

  • @tainbey
    @tainbey 5 років тому +3

    being an LD in the music industry for some 30 years now his prowess on the guitar brings tears to my eyes and chills up and down my spine, no other musician has ever done that, I regret I only was able to witness the genius that was him once at the Hollywood Palladium during the Chunga's Revenge tour, a memory locked inside my soul forever, however, I was sitting outside a terminal at LAX one sunny day having a smoke and I heard a voice behind me ask me for a light and I turn around and holy shit it was Frank, he had just come home from the PMRC hearings, we sat, smoked and chatted for about 20 minutes until his ride arrived and just like that he was gone, I learned a lot that day my friends, thanks for all the truly amazing music, and your son carries on the tradition having seen his gigs a few times, DOG BREATH...

  • @garyinmarz8938
    @garyinmarz8938 4 роки тому +30

    N M B... an incredible front person for this line up.

  • @dapunkof1975
    @dapunkof1975 10 років тому +47

    Zappa's best ensemble

    • @stephenowens8763
      @stephenowens8763 4 роки тому

      Saw this lineup with Ralph Humphries on 2 set of drums and Jeff Simmons on guitar. Even better!

  • @Hound45
    @Hound45 3 роки тому +12

    Love this song and this band. The lyrics fit today too a T. Amazing really. Love Franks guitar playing totally. He and Jerry Garcia has such unique phrasing and non linear leads. Those guys understood the music so well they wove gold thread through the songs with guitar leads, supporting and building the songs to new heights. Such a gift we all can still listen to them and allow them to take us on these musical journeys.

  • @StephenDorocke
    @StephenDorocke 3 місяці тому

    Was at the Mother’s Day extravaganza at the Auditorium theater this tour!! 2 shows that evening!! Incredible 🙏

  • @WillieEWoof
    @WillieEWoof 9 років тому +53

    These pair of live tunes are very hard to beat.
    "Roxy And Elsewhere", the best live album ever (and after). :)

    • @loicruello9599
      @loicruello9599 5 років тому

      listen :helsinki concert !

    • @lmnopotay7433
      @lmnopotay7433 5 років тому

      @@loicruello9599BAD MUSIC😀😀😀

    • @zorbanongreco
      @zorbanongreco 5 років тому

      Dumont : great story man . . . I also know what you mean by feeling you know what's what in music , 40/50 years of listening & loving is ...
      blah blah blah blah
      😋stoned again🐂💨

    • @luizhenrrique1023
      @luizhenrrique1023 5 років тому +1

      Don't forget Zappa in NY 1977 album! That's freaking amazing stuff too. As well as other works from Zappa and the awesome musicians he had as time went. Gotta love the man, best guitarist ever if you ask me :)

    • @spartacusz1193
      @spartacusz1193 4 роки тому

      One zise fits all.good

  • @RubenCarapinha
    @RubenCarapinha Рік тому +2

    ❤❤❤❤THANK YOU FRANK ZAPPA
    VERY VERY MUCH JAH JAH 4LIFE

  • @henrihunter8030
    @henrihunter8030 3 роки тому +6

    Pure genius.

  • @rolltide8907
    @rolltide8907 2 роки тому +1

    That Lydian mode in son of orange county always bring me butterflies

  • @SweetSpotGuitar
    @SweetSpotGuitar 5 років тому +76

    Just a side comment, since the music is amazing overall--but dang, those drums sound amazing. That is a killer sound, both from the kit and the way it's mic'd.

    • @carvercapitalequitypartner122
      @carvercapitalequitypartner122 5 років тому +3

      Gave us some good drum footage from time to time and the sound was amazing.

    • @matthowe7057
      @matthowe7057 4 роки тому +15

      Overall recorded quality is amazing & well mixed too. Ubiquitous amounts of Sennheiser MD441 on stage. Chester Thompson is great player & kit (so Genesis pinched him). Playing aside, I think the sonic tightness is attributed to removal of all resonator heads on toms & kicks (lots of padding in the kick). All those Toms appear to mic'd the underside (I think with little EV's), Sennheiser 441 on the snare but I'm not sure what the 3 pencil mics (with metal windshields) on the overheads are but the cymbals sound pristine & I'd be pleasantly surprised if they are dynamic mics. The kick mic might AKG D12e.

    • @thomassummerhill6357
      @thomassummerhill6357 3 роки тому +4

      Hats off to whomever mixed it 👍

    • @JosephFrancisBurton
      @JosephFrancisBurton 2 роки тому +1

      @@matthowe7057 - according to Phil Collins, it was Chester's drum fills in More Trouble Every Day that got Phil to give Chester a call ....

    • @108grog
      @108grog Рік тому +1

      @@JosephFrancisBurton ,
      Just came here from a Phil Collins interview where he said that.
      I'm not a great fan of pop , Phil in the 80's on . But, I appreciate his craftsmanship.
      Now that I know he listened to Zappa, hired Zappa's drummer, AND remembering his kick-ass drumming in early Genesis, . . . . .
      I guess a better go listen to some Collins Pop.

  • @universeconsciouscitizensc592
    @universeconsciouscitizensc592 3 роки тому +2

    To start watching a live Zappa song is to always finish watching it and feel good after. Thank you, Frank. We miss you.

  • @stevepopper3100
    @stevepopper3100 4 роки тому +3

    Chester. He was SO perfect for this band.

  • @stefanhernold345
    @stefanhernold345 4 роки тому +9

    The solo on "Mo` trouble everyday" is easily one of Zappa`s best (talkin` about the "Roxy & Elsewhere" version, of course)

  • @Wernerandreasli
    @Wernerandreasli 6 років тому +37

    The best songwriter and best performer and best arranger ever. For ever FZ

  • @tomschooner1161
    @tomschooner1161 2 роки тому +1

    What expressive, illustrative, guitar phrasing Zappa begins to play from 1.49 to 2.21, it isn't regular rock, or blues, nor even jazz guitar phrasing, that's cos' it's Zappa's own style of guitar phrasing.

  • @WilliamWilsonEgoliGolf
    @WilliamWilsonEgoliGolf 9 років тому +344

    I reckon Napoleon Murphy Brock has to be the best frontman ever!

    • @snip1966
      @snip1966 8 років тому +18

      +William Wilson I think this was his best band ever. :-)

    • @mosai6950
      @mosai6950 7 років тому +6

      What about beefhart and brock?

    • @rudijephcott8724
      @rudijephcott8724 6 років тому +1

      Check him out with "peach noise" he hasn't lost his touch!

    • @scottmatheson2390
      @scottmatheson2390 6 років тому +14

      here sure doesn't get the recognition he deserves.

    • @wellardbr
      @wellardbr 6 років тому +8

      +William Wilson And "what about" Ray White, the original Illinois Enema Bandit? That's though competition, man. Everyone around Zappa was awesome, to fit the genius of the Maestro.

  • @suginami123
    @suginami123 6 років тому +1

    I cannot stop watching Ruth
    . I love her

  • @JaySuschrist
    @JaySuschrist 9 років тому +14

    Such a beautiful song.

    • @dude1664
      @dude1664 3 роки тому

      Such a fool xd

  • @Ccfatfat8427
    @Ccfatfat8427 3 місяці тому

    Think I watched this about 20 times in a row. Zappa was just on another level

  • @3shguitars819
    @3shguitars819 2 роки тому +4

    imagine being there
    absolute magic

  • @henrihunter8030
    @henrihunter8030 3 роки тому +16

    Incredible vocals here. Wow.

  • @alansargeant3831
    @alansargeant3831 6 років тому +24

    Pure genius
    I remember one tour he did 2 shows same day 2 hour interval when he came out for the second show he said
    "Thank you...And this is for all of you that were here earlier..." straight into zoot allures totally different set 2 hours plus

    • @seandewalt2324
      @seandewalt2324 5 років тому

      And? The Grateful Dead never played the same set twice, nor the same song the same way in 2,300 shows. Most shows were 3 hours. Some went 5. Improvisation is key. Zappa was great, but he's no Jerry.

    • @mattrosexual
      @mattrosexual 5 років тому +4

      @@seandewalt2324 You're right. He was better.

    • @reginaldfitzpatrick8681
      @reginaldfitzpatrick8681 5 років тому +3

      @@mattrosexual hahahaha. Nice.
      Dont get me wrong. I do love some jerry shreds myself. But if we are really gonna talk about talent and musicianship, youre really gonna struggle topping Zappa.

    • @Kohntarkosz
      @Kohntarkosz 5 років тому

      @@seandewalt2324 The "The Dead never played a song the same way twice" thing is very overstated. They may have never played any given song exactly note for note the same, but msot of their songs were played "the same way" again and again. I'm not talking about the jamming numbers, but stuff like Touch Of Grey, Casey Jones, Greatest Story Ever Told, etc, as well ast he majority of their cover tunes. Most versions were nearly identical, except for maybe the guitar solos, and the number of times they repeated the chorus at the end.

    • @Kohntarkosz
      @Kohntarkosz 5 років тому +2

      Also, the reason the Dead could play show after show with a different set was because most of their songs aren't all that difficult to play. In fact, the "difficult" stuff, the stuff that they actually had to woodshed to make sound good, got dropped, because Jerry didn't like having to play stuff that required him to "work at it". Zappa, meanwhile had compositions that were extremely difficult. He enjoyed hiring top flight musicians who been to music school and taken jazz and classical studies and could really play the hell out of their top flight musicians, then handing them virtually unplayable music and watching the expressions on their faces as they tried to sight read the stuff. And there was also a fair degree of improv in Frank's music too. Apart form his guitar solos (check out the album Guitar if you doubt his fluency with the instrument), things like King Kong and Big Swifty frequently featured improv from the other band members too.

  • @thomasbrennan5194
    @thomasbrennan5194 4 роки тому +2

    We all return to this because it is sublime

  • @Bix12
    @Bix12 5 років тому +3

    My favorite incarnation of the MOI....I saw this particular line up 3 different times. I saw FZ total 11 times over years. I miss the hell out him still 12/04/93 RIP, Maestro w/Love & Zircon

    • @jhendrixfanatic2
      @jhendrixfanatic2 5 років тому +1

      I saw this tour at the Spectrum in Phila. I remember telling my friends that every musician knew exactly what the others were doing for the whole 2 and a half hour show. I saw FZ many times. He did 5 nights at the Palladium in Hollywood and did not play the same song twice!

    • @Bix12
      @Bix12 5 років тому

      @@jhendrixfanatic2 We are fortunate people, you & I, my friend. I never missed a chance to see them play live....never. And hell yes, they all knew exactly where everyone else was musically. It's probably similar to an astronaut hanging out with pilots - by that I mean the "regular" great player compared to someone who played in Frank's band...right?

    • @freddystaelens
      @freddystaelens 5 років тому

      Zircon entrusted tweezers in his hand?

  • @canicannonball4464
    @canicannonball4464 2 роки тому +2

    for me the best guitar soloist, ever , period, that modal take to the leit motif is unique

  • @funkyjones
    @funkyjones 5 років тому +3

    Still refreshing after all these years. I feel happy and at home every time I listen to Roxy and Elsewhere.

    • @jeffreyharvey9610
      @jeffreyharvey9610 3 роки тому

      I have the Roxy and Elsewhere albums..... I am not getting rid of those... The labels are on backwards. Side 1 and 4 are switched.

  • @downhill2
    @downhill2 9 років тому +80

    i appreciate franks compostions for the band but i love his solos even more

    • @wellardbr
      @wellardbr 6 років тому +8

      Dude, Zappa's ability to write for full ensembles, and in a totally innovative way is unprecedented in pop music. We all agree that his solos are the cherry over the icing, but the full cake is to be savored!

    •  6 років тому

      Aharon Konforti couldn’t agree more. And the solos are even better when in context

    • @BillM1960
      @BillM1960 6 років тому +3

      He had a style and sound that just was so uniquely his and it was beautiful. By far my favorite guitarist but as Aharon said, there was so much more to him than just that.

    • @thomascerniglia3203
      @thomascerniglia3203 6 років тому +2

      Nobody plays wah-wah better than Frank

    • @itnow
      @itnow 6 років тому

      he's got some great solos indeed but I'd say his guitar lights up only the top floors while Hendrix brings light in the whole building...

  • @ssss-df5qz
    @ssss-df5qz 2 роки тому +3

    Whenever someone mentions the 70's I find it hard to imagine the zeitgeist of the era, I'm only 38 but when someone mentions the 50's 60's 80's or 90's I get an instant feel for it and it feels familiar.
    I like to think that the 70's was exactly like this, in this video. It's so unique and original.

  • @jcavenagh
    @jcavenagh 4 роки тому +1

    Mr. Zappa was a rock composer and performer that worked in symphonic structures. That gives his art an overall degree of cohesion that was lacking in most other rock artists of his time, and those of today. I find it very enjoyable over all these years (since the early 70s for me).

  • @j.p.kempkes5103
    @j.p.kempkes5103 5 років тому +5

    I drove from Buffalo to Fillmore West to see him and he was worth every mile. I flew to Prague to see that huge bronze statue of him in a park...

  • @ramonpujals1133
    @ramonpujals1133 3 місяці тому

    Mr Zappa has kidnapped my ears. Cant stop listening to his music

  • @williamtaylor5193
    @williamtaylor5193 4 роки тому +3

    2:53 one of the prettiest passages in the Zappa catalog. Roxy makes me long for the old days, partying with the hometown crew. Where have they all gone?

  • @theworldaccordingto4555
    @theworldaccordingto4555 6 місяців тому

    What an awesome band! We miss you, Frank (and all).

  • @halbiggiam3320
    @halbiggiam3320 5 років тому +6

    Damn!!! I miss Frank and his various primo personal, magical musicians. So glad Frank put so much music down, I'm forever finding recordings I hadn't experienced yet. I admit I experiencing , a spinal rush at Frank's facial expression during Napoleon's fantastic vocal riff . Almost like Frank never left, strange but exalting in his positive emotion, body language and approval. FZ et all will never die as long as we keep listening and grooving to their exalted wonderous,
    eternal positive vibe. Thank you for this post.

    • @Schwertfisch13
      @Schwertfisch13 4 роки тому

      interesting how different things can be from person to person. For me this is also a definitive source of good vibes and positive emotion ; but two weeks ago I had one of my best friends over at my place and I showed him some old music , this masterwork included. Suddenly my buddy got all restless for (seemingly) no reason and went home (he couldn't even explain to himself what was going on and apologized), only to find out that around the exact time he got restless and stressed out his uncle had commited suicide. The friend told me that the lyrics of this song have had a deep impact on him because he also asked himself the question "How could my uncle be such a fool?" Instant vibechanger for this otherwise joyful tune.....

  • @holgermeschenmoser6227
    @holgermeschenmoser6227 2 роки тому +1

    Zappa ist einfach die 1

  • @xsitied2708
    @xsitied2708 2 роки тому +3

    i love frank so much he’s so talented

  • @poormanselectronicsbench2021
    @poormanselectronicsbench2021 2 роки тому +3

    Absolutely fantastic live performance of these songs, my favorite for sure. the band could not be any tighter for this rendition. This kind of talent will never be seen again unfortunately.

  • @donaldbarnat
    @donaldbarnat 6 років тому +4

    Yeah, that's just priceless. Zappa's best band ever. I just can't be-le-e-e-eave that the video cuts out at FZ's solo. WHAT?!?!? Still, grateful for what we have here. Unsung genius laying it down is Tom Fowler on bass.

  • @joannanoel4757
    @joannanoel4757 4 роки тому +2

    What a pure version......

  • @rogergordon1765
    @rogergordon1765 2 роки тому +3

    Such a pity Frank smoked like a steam engine. Imagine all the music that would have comeout had Frank lived another 25 years. R.I.P. Frank. You are missed\

    • @brianjacob8728
      @brianjacob8728 2 місяці тому

      he was taken out imo

    • @sPi711
      @sPi711 2 місяці тому

      Lay off the Kool-Aid​@@brianjacob8728

  • @andrewbetrosian2784
    @andrewbetrosian2784 Рік тому +1

    At the very end when he looks up, BADASS PIC.

  • @nicolasious
    @nicolasious 5 років тому +14

    Frank Zappa forever

  • @simonmears1726
    @simonmears1726 2 місяці тому

    Frank didn't drink or do drugs but smoked like a hell's angel rip u legend