@@kenfryer2090 you clearly haven’t heard this song played with serious intent. And yes, what Frank was doing here wasnt serious, Frank got a drunk dude on the stage to sing his song. It’s all just fun, as concerts should be.
@@Matthew-ut6ed It was actually Thomas Dewar, a Scotsman, from the Dewar's Whisky distilling family. He died in 1930, more than ten years before Zappa's birth. www.brainyquote.com/authors/thomas-dewar-quotes
His name sounds legendary.August Becker.he lives on through you to me I will mention him to my girl. Anything to give me a glimpse at his soul? His name says his parents were cool as shit.
John Potter Hmmm... I think I have to, now that you nominated him. I’m not sure that he’s in the same league as a composer - I’d have to see him live. Can Les play guitar (not bass)? Can he play other instruments as well?
I listen to Frank's music everyday. It took me decades to delve into his massive catalogue of music. Albums that were hard to approach when I was a teenager absolutely blow me away now. I couldn't approach Burnt Weeney Sandwich then but now it's my favorite. Frank is my Elvis. My Beethoven! No artist in the twentieth century comes even close. Frank is the modern composer that refuses to die. Steve Mertens. F'ville NY.
+Steve Mertens I used to attend FZ's music at the Capital Theater in Passaic New Jersey. Zappa's music was all over N.J. back in the 1970's. From 1971 until about 1983 FZ played the Capital. The world has changed since then and it is rare to find a concert today that isn't planned and controlled by censors and time limitations !
I heard Frank frequently had to have his stomach pumped after his concerts. It is said, he would go into an oral fixation and disorder for penis's and sperm !
@ 1:35 stops to pick up a roll of paper and throw it back at the crowd, and proceeds with the most kick as solo of the universe. Thanks Frank Zappa for your music.
You just know that Frank acquired some ultra high-tech equipment to record this back in '77 to make sure people in the future could appreciate this badassery.
Fucking right kid! I'm 62 and my neighbors listen to Frank Zappa everyday.............................................BECAUSE THEY FUCKING HAVE TO!😉👌✌😈
@S Prince was about as close as we'd get. Those two guys lived a d breathed music. Now you have production teams with 10 people to write one pop song with that same Latin drum pattern. Luckily if you don't listen to mainstream there is still great music being made.
a true rock star. Frank Zappa did it all, every genre of music covered expertly, originally. loud, snarky, atmospheric, obnoxious, lyrical, melodious, and dangerous all at once. love it
that heavy muffed riff entrance at 1:22, the screaming slide on 1:29, the toilet paper on 1:34 arriving just in time on that kickass note, the amazing solo, the hand shaking the crowd at 2:03, simply one of the most GOD moments in rock n roll history. What a song and what a great performance. INCREDIBLE!
@@strangelalansbury5028 Frank is drugs. The longer you listen to Frank, the higher you get. The more ecstasy you get in your head. Greetings from Holland
@@thesoftparade435 Not really, and Zappa was actually a sabbath fan, as he used to say supernaut was his favorite song/riff ever, which was released couple years earlier than this.
+Nicholas H Because Rolling Stone has to lean more towards mainstream. If they didn't put mainstream guys way up on the list, in this case Kurt Cobain, then people world complain and they'd get a bunch of shit for it. Frank Zappa, in my opinion should at least be in the top ten, I mean if you watched the video then you definitely know how talented he is. Alas, mainstream guys still hang around in the top 10 after being pampered for years while the true masters of the art are left in negative space.
Before my dad died, he only wanna hear zappa. He showed me frank zappas music and he showed me his favoritemusic as he was in my age, i understand him.. Frank Zappa is a fkn legend. And if i will get again a father, i will show my children this music. It was a religious moment and this will never end, everytime i hear zappa, i remember in this. ROCKMUSIC WILL NEVER DIE!!!!
Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1977...Frank ends the show with Muffin Man. The riff steam-rollered out from the stage, the power, the waves of monstrous intent, a magical moment that is still resonant within me
After years and years of listening to this masterpiece practically every day.. I remembered today while I was listening to it that I have to mention here how good this song and frank zappa are. One of the greatest and most talented songwriters of all time! Thank you Frank for your work.
@@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control In fact is a very old and universal symbol, usually attached to solar meaning. Can be found under "seed of life", or something, but In Spain it's usually called 'hexafolia'.
@@JustinBlazzzee Sure looks like he's playing the solo all himself to me just hammering the neck with one hand while shaking hands with the audience with the other.
1:34 Coolest thing i've ever seen in rock n roll.You have keith richards with his low slung guitar swagger,pete townshend with his guitar smashing,kiss with their makeup theatrics,jimmy page with his dragon suit and his gibson eds1275 double neck and then you have Frank fucking Zappa throwing a fucking toilet paper roll into the audience and then immediately launching into a mindblowing solo!
A friendly and beautiful dude with mind blowing guitar skills and a great sense of humour, lacking in most rock gods, even the ones I like. He was one of a kind 💔🖤💙
Mind blowing... I have tears and shivers... wow, just wow. have loved Muffin Man for years, every since Bongo Fury came out... but THIS performance even better... so damn good!!!
“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.” "If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library." - Zappa
Yeah, pretty much my experience... Laid a lot in college, but the books have stood me better in stead over the many years. Though I can't say I necessarily regret the college years...
Frank Zappa never really caught on in my little Texas cowtown when I was a teen . I’m 60 yrs old now and hearing for the first time ! Wow ! Just wow 😳!
So much soul in the guitar playing and music on this stage. Genuine and honest and from the heart. The electric fun and raw energy can still be felt 40 odd years later and through this crude medium called youtube! Future music heads take note! This is the real deal.
I've never really appreciated much of Zappa's music. After seeing him being so open with the crowd, building that energy with that great band, then rocking the fuck out of that guitar- I truly have a new respect for his art. I know there's a lot more that I'll like...so stoney.
@@unimobunka That's right... Dude, Even The Beatles stopped one tour to watch Zappa's concert because they wanna learn "a few stuffs".. I think the world still isn't prepare to know his works.
Love the way Zappa just takes over from Adrian Belew and shares a brilliant moment with the crowd. That’s what it’s about ! Belew being an amazingly good guitarist himself working with King Crimson, Bowie, Talking Heads, Cyndi Lauper and many more.
Nobody played like frank. Not because he was a virtuoso - he had fingers made wood, ya know. But his mind worked THE SPEED OF LIGHT. He was perhaps the most important composer of the 20th century. He had the heart of a lion, the guts of a wild boar, the head of an Einstein, and most of all, he was the FUNNIEST MAN ALIVE OR DEAD!,
I think he was a virtuoso, a virtuoso composer, the virtuoso is not just play fast how many people think... Brouwer once said "there is no music so fast that cant be played or so slow that cant be emotional" or something like that XD
Zappa at his best - thank you for the music - you brought new sounds to our ears, wich are so incredible. What a pleasure, what a trip of virtuality in your tunes. Rest in peace.
That’s why I’ve always loved Zappa look at the power in this show the way he blisters on the guitar and the way he interacts with the crowd they love him this was the magic of Zappa the Zappa that Not enough people knew about Dammit he was awesome
We were driving a '68 VW Bus around UC Berkeley around '78 listening to Bongo Fury on cassette tape (maybe it was 8-track?)- wore that thing out. My then wife-to-be was a bit disturbed I loved this stuf so much.
Wow. I’m 39. Listened to rock my whole life. Always heard of Zappa and maybe a couple songs but never payed attention. I thought he was a gimmick. This is some real bad ass rock and roll shit. Here comes my deep dive into him Bring on the suggestions!
I saw this band in Las Vegas in 1977. My 1st time in Vegas. Mt dad took me for my 21st birthday. Zappa was at the Aladdin. I went to by tickets in the afternoon, and my dad was asking who he was and just as I was telling him Zappa and his body guard walked right past me and I said ... HIM. I was a huge Zappa fan but had never seen him. It was my first time seeing Terry Bozzio too, and I was a fan immediately. They played a lot from Zoot Allures. I remember Zappa made them restart Dynamo Hum a couple times because somebody was messing up the intro. Zappa said it was Terry. I left for Detroit and was reading the Vegas paper on the plane back and read that Zappa's manager had committed suicide that night.
Sounds like you saw a great show. And by the way.... The man who passed away was Ron Nehoda, he was a tour manager, not Zappa's personal manager, who'd be Herb Cohen. Allegedly, Mr. Nehoda embezzled money from that night's performance (roughly about $15,000 in 1977 dollars, adjusted for inflation, that's about $61,000 in 2016 dollars), got high out of his mind on cocaine, and gambled it all away in a Las Vegas casino. He killed himself after he lost every penny. Zappa and the group continued the tour unhindered, in spite of this, and flew in a replacement road manager the next morning.
Max, thanks for the additional in-depth info. I kinda always wondered what the rest of the story was that lead to the suicide and how it may have affected the band. Very interesting indeed. I was just telling a friend, I remember that day and show like it was yesterday. I went by myself. It was a great introduction to Zappa live.
On September 11, 1977, the first night of a tour and Zappa's Las Vegas debut, road manager Ron Nehoda committed suicide in his Aladdin Hotel room through self-inflicted razor blade wounds. Nehoda spent about $10,000 on drugs and gambling at Aladdin's casino. Zappa's manager Bennett Glotzer called Phil Kaufman to take over as tour manager.
i've always knew zappa was relentlessly strict on his band when they weren't 100% on point, but reading that background story i kind of understand how let down/pissed off they would be in that situation. but of course, he wouldn't be zappa if he let even that slip.
Always excellent guitar players about , but Frank was totally unique, and the first to get away with playing 15 minutes solo's, and people not falling asleep. Nice one Frank.
Adrian Belew's intro for the solo is so damn good here, It feels so damn heavy, raw and powerful. And Zappa is Zappa, even Steve Vai has said that he once saw Zappa playin the guitar like no one he has ever seen, and that's Vai saying it.
You should check out the live version of black napkins (1977 Halloween New York palladium of course), in my opinion it's better than the studio version by far and also a lot better than even this performance.
Shaking hands with your fans as a guitarist… during your guitar solo! Only a man as legendary as Frank Zappa could pull this off!
He could do it because his playing was so crap it didn't make a difference
@@kenfryer2090 you clearly haven’t heard this song played with serious intent.
And yes, what Frank was doing here wasnt serious, Frank got a drunk dude on the stage to sing his song. It’s all just fun, as concerts should be.
Buckethead lets you play his killswitch live.
CHINGONAZO bigotón 🎸🔥.
@@spingebill8551 stop making shit up. "The drunk dude" wasn't drunk. It was his personal security guard.
Cool thing about this song is that it's 5% lyrics, 80% guitar, 15% muffin.
It's boiled down to the true essence
I just made a batch of Cherry Strudel Muffins in my muffin kitchen. Every time I make muffins Frank is right here beside me.
@@jessewoody5772 he helps eat 'em too, huh ?
@@naturesfinest4871 he just brushes his scapula aside and shoves em down his shirt.
And the I have to tell him to shut up and play his guitar.
Frank just helped with some Blueberry Muffins this time round. Once again the Muffin Man Delivers. . . . .
2:05 He kept the solo going with one hand while doling out high-fives and handshakes to a bunch of people in the crowd with his other hand!
Thats easy to do when your guitar solos aren't pre made and practiced pieces.
Very Mick Ronson.
Anytime I see this I can't help think Tom Morellos style is based on Frank
Josehdawson.. why don’t you post a YT video of yourself showing how easy it is you boring melt
Frank Zappa quote: "Your mind is like a parachute! Useless unless it's open".
So simple, so true👌🏻
Thanks!👌
Love it, love zappa but fuck the rangers ;)
That was actually Frank Lloyd Wright.
@@Matthew-ut6ed It was actually Thomas Dewar, a Scotsman, from the Dewar's Whisky distilling family. He died in 1930, more than ten years before Zappa's birth.
www.brainyquote.com/authors/thomas-dewar-quotes
Love this quote great band one of my favorites
My friend August Becker passed yesterday, he loved Frank Zappa, he was a good guy, he will be missed
His name sounds legendary.August Becker.he lives on through you to me I will mention him to my girl. Anything to give me a glimpse at his soul? His name says his parents were cool as shit.
May he RIP. 🫂🫂🫂
this is one of the kickassiest solos, that you will ever witness.! Appréciation to anyone, who is appreciating
Here we are, over 40 years later, and this planet still hasn’t seen his equal.
M S Would you consider Les Claypool?
John Potter Hmmm... I think I have to, now that you nominated him. I’m not sure that he’s in the same league as a composer - I’d have to see him live. Can Les play guitar (not bass)? Can he play other instruments as well?
Not even close
AHEM.. One name; Buckethead.
NO ONE could ever equal Frank. NO ONE.
Frank playing with one hand while shaking hands with a bunch of fans is so bad ass! He knew how much his fans love him.
First time hearing Zappa, and I’m mind blown. 90’s girl here… how come I’m just learning about this dude??
It’s a full and wonderful journey.
Check out the songs ,”Inca Roads”, “watermelon and Easter Hay”,and “Black
Napkins”🎼💫
It's coz you're Murican. Blame the school system.
And the radio.
Elsewhere you can hear Zappa on the radio.
Sorella,sei nella strada giusta 🖤🇮🇹
No one’s making money off him these days
There's still salvation for you! 😊
...and some people in the front row have not washed their hands since 1977!
+shred5 I wood not
Well yeah they're hippies, they haven't washed anything since 1977
it's corona time baby!
@@jendim12 Frank Zappa can cure corona lol
This has not aged well
I listen to Frank's music everyday. It took me decades to delve into his massive catalogue of music. Albums that were hard to approach when I was a teenager absolutely blow me away now. I couldn't approach Burnt Weeney Sandwich then but now it's my favorite. Frank is my Elvis. My Beethoven! No artist in the twentieth century comes even close. Frank is the modern composer that refuses to die. Steve Mertens. F'ville NY.
+Steve Mertens I used to attend FZ's music at the Capital Theater in Passaic New Jersey. Zappa's music was all over N.J. back in the 1970's. From 1971 until about 1983 FZ played the Capital. The world has changed since then and it is rare to find a concert today that isn't planned and controlled by censors and time limitations !
+Steve Mertens respect , love, music is the best.
I heard Frank frequently had to have his stomach pumped after his concerts. It is said, he would go into an oral fixation and disorder for penis's and sperm !
+Poy Ester You're KIDDING ME ?????
Agreed. Frank was definitely one of a kind. He championed the arts and dared to be different. We could really do with someone like him now.
@ 1:35 stops to pick up a roll of paper and throw it back at the crowd, and proceeds with the most kick as solo of the universe. Thanks Frank Zappa for your music.
I wonder where that roll of paper is at now.
@@youriami9411 timeless question
Great throw too
Exactly!! ❤
And thanks Frank for the paper
Belew is killing it, then zappa comes in and slays with that unmistakable tone!
490’s.
« I may not be the best guitarist but I am the most dangerous » -FZ
hes full of love for music and you can hear that in every of zappas songs but especially in the live versions . he was a god and will stay with us !
Oh he's the best alright.
it's not how big it is, it's how you use it..
M.A.G.A Brother
@@midnightrunner684 tRUMPS going to jail.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Best guitar riff I've heard. So heavy and badass. Rest in Power, Frank Zappa
30 years ago today
❤
Wait there was a riff??
Oh you mean the vocal melody played on guitar?
@@BWater-yq3jx Which is also the riff. The vocal melody is the riff.
you don't often see someone shaking hands while in the middle of a solo lol thats just how great he was as a guitarist
How to play elecric guitar
Sorry ELECTRIC
Show off
it was just a little hammer on riff . please.
Lot of bum notes going on in this performance. I love the song but man you can hear lots of missed notes.
You just know that Frank acquired some ultra high-tech equipment to record this back in '77 to make sure people in the future could appreciate this badassery.
When i was a teenager, this solo and Frank generally got me through some shitty times. Still 100% my hero at 45. Nobody even comes close.
Same to me. მეც ეგრე
He’s getting me through some tuff times now 😩
Fucking right kid! I'm 62 and my neighbors listen to Frank Zappa everyday.............................................BECAUSE THEY FUCKING HAVE TO!😉👌✌😈
@@iamkarma20 didn’t know my dad had a UA-cam account
@@torsonsteinke6685 😊 Tell your mom I said hi and I'm sorry that I only was a muffin!😉👍😈😆
Words can't describe Zappa! He was so far ahead of his time. He definitely laid the groundwork for many musicians today.
were so privileged to even listen to this legend. hungry freaks
I would say he constructed the entire edifice.
@S Prince was about as close as we'd get. Those two guys lived a d breathed music. Now you have production teams with 10 people to write one pop song with that same Latin drum pattern. Luckily if you don't listen to mainstream there is still great music being made.
Nah the beatles did that pal
Lenny
a true rock star. Frank Zappa did it all, every genre of music covered expertly, originally. loud, snarky, atmospheric, obnoxious, lyrical, melodious, and dangerous all at once. love it
Again we see music causing BIG TROUBLE
He is more than a 'rock star' he was a composer of extraordinary magnitude.
Adrian Belew is a god tier guitarist himself, him and Zappa together is something else.
1:20 when you hear Frank slide into the main riff you know shit’s about to get real.
noticed the same thing
Frank's SG straight up gobbled that stratocaster
he got a ton of stage volume there..
It's like him cocking a machine gun
Shit ugly zappa changed the music World of boring assholes 🤣
that heavy muffed riff entrance at 1:22, the screaming slide on 1:29, the toilet paper on 1:34 arriving just in time on that kickass note, the amazing solo, the hand shaking the crowd at 2:03, simply one of the most GOD moments in rock n roll history. What a song and what a great performance. INCREDIBLE!
dude sings about muffins then launches into one of the hottest guitar solos I have ever heard. legendary stuff
E verdade
Exactly
I always love that moment when Frank's guitar joins the party. Always louder... always more full... just amazing.
everytime I hear franks solo It feels like ecstasy.
Yessss
Jennifer it is ecstasy 😁 stay cool greetings from Holland
Everytime I feel ecstasy it sounds like Frank's solo
@@strangelalansbury5028 Frank is drugs. The longer you listen to Frank, the higher you get. The more ecstasy you get in your head. Greetings from Holland
Goodnight Austin Texas wherever you are!
Legend has it that riff is still playing
The way Frank plays here, he was on an elevated plain. The music just flowed out of him. A master at work.
The riff other riffs want to be when they grow up.
You're right it's one hell of a riff, and when Zappa plays the riff along with the rest of the band its damn apocalyptic
The Prince of Riffs: The Muffin...
The muffin other riffs wants to be
Sounds like a Sabbath riff to me, was this song before them or something?
@@thesoftparade435 Not really, and Zappa was actually a sabbath fan, as he used to say supernaut was his favorite song/riff ever, which was released couple years earlier than this.
Saw him in concert in Milwaukee - second row center seats - changed my life.
Ok someone explain to me how on Rolling Stones list of greatest guitarists frank is number 40 something yet Kurt cobain is number 12...
+Nicholas H Because Rolling Stone has to lean more towards mainstream. If they didn't put mainstream guys way up on the list, in this case Kurt Cobain, then people world complain and they'd get a bunch of shit for it. Frank Zappa, in my opinion should at least be in the top ten, I mean if you watched the video then you definitely know how talented he is. Alas, mainstream guys still hang around in the top 10 after being pampered for years while the true masters of the art are left in negative space.
For me he's, without any doubt, no. 1 in the world.
+Nicholas H simple. music industry is satanic entertainement, if you do not promot satanisme you're not in the charts. point. next topic.
+Nicholas H
"Rolling Stone"'s lists look suspiciously "fixed" to me.
+Nicholas H RS never put FZ on its cover
His guitar playing gave you goosebumps, still does
My neighbors loved this set so much! They threw a brick into my window so they could hear it better
📢 🧱 🪟 🎶🎶🎶💃🕺🏼
Ahaha ✌️
😂 good one
That’s tremendous ahahahahahaha
Dude it is the start of my day. You got me laughing. Thank you for the laugh. Humor belongs in music.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
Before my dad died, he only wanna hear zappa.
He showed me frank zappas music and he showed me his favoritemusic as he was in my age, i understand him..
Frank Zappa is a fkn legend.
And if i will get again a father, i will show my children this music.
It was a religious moment and this will never end, everytime i hear zappa, i remember in this.
ROCKMUSIC WILL NEVER DIE!!!!
I was moved by your comment!
Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1977...Frank ends the show with Muffin Man. The riff steam-rollered out from the stage, the power, the waves of monstrous intent, a magical moment that is still resonant within me
Ah. You were the too!
A great evening
@@christopherlawley1842 Yep, saw Frank twice at the HO in the 70s. What show did he get the punk up on stage to dance?
i like how real he was his interactions with the audiences and the way he always shouts his people out! he truly enjoyed his craft and it shows
This is the ULTIMATE jam song, just play the same simple riff over and over again for hours and it never gets boring
After years and years of listening to this masterpiece practically every day.. I remembered today while I was listening to it that I have to mention here how good this song and frank zappa are.
One of the greatest and most talented songwriters of all time! Thank you Frank for your work.
Palladium 77 .. i was very fortunate to be at this show ... RIP FRANK
Oh man..i just want to hug you..maybe I could steal some molecules of Frank's eternity :)
I saw him on the Them or Us tour here in Vancouver.
lucky bastard!!!! i envy you
Me toooooo...😭😭😭😜🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Wow. You were there. How sic is that. This video is the epitome of 70s cool.
Zappa killin it =) Doesn't miss a note as he shakes his fans hands crazy skills!
2:00 Performing a solo that even the best guitar players can only dream of, and he has the gesture of shaking hands with audience. While playing. GOD.
He isn't playing all of it, but yes.
Your avatar looks like you're part of a Native American galactic empire.
@@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control In fact is a very old and universal symbol, usually attached to solar meaning. Can be found under "seed of life", or something, but In Spain it's usually called 'hexafolia'.
@@mator2339 Outside of the main riff which is still going a little lower in the mix while Frank does his solo which part is he not playing?
@@JustinBlazzzee Sure looks like he's playing the solo all himself to me just hammering the neck with one hand while shaking hands with the audience with the other.
Adrian Belew showing his guitar god chops
One of the greatest musicians, showmen, guitarists and lyricists of all time! Rock on FZ where ever you are, you will always be missed.
1:34 Coolest thing i've ever seen in rock n roll.You have keith richards with his low slung guitar swagger,pete townshend with his guitar smashing,kiss with their makeup theatrics,jimmy page with his dragon suit and his gibson eds1275 double neck and then you have Frank fucking Zappa throwing a fucking toilet paper roll into the audience and then immediately launching into a mindblowing solo!
that's a man
Don't forget continuing that solo while shaking hands with the crowd
Zappa was the Grand Wizard of lead guitar. No equal. Only Page and Beck had a glimmer of Zappas creativity and guitar mastery
A friendly and beautiful dude with mind blowing guitar skills and a great sense of humour, lacking in most rock gods, even the ones I like. He was one of a kind 💔🖤💙
You left out GG Allin smearing sh++ all over himself
Mind blowing... I have tears and shivers... wow, just wow. have loved Muffin Man for years, every since Bongo Fury came out... but THIS performance even better... so damn good!!!
Did anyone notice that it s 1977 and FZ wearing a transmitter pack for the guitar signal. State of the art as usual.
“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.”
"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library."
- Zappa
Where did he say the first quote?
@@ShadyRonin no clue I saw the quote on the Internet once
Well that's about the some of it
Yeah, pretty much my experience... Laid a lot in college, but the books have stood me better in stead over the many years. Though I can't say I necessarily regret the college years...
Whether if it's real or not, who knows but it's still one of the more inspirational things I've heard in a long time.@@ShadyRonin
There never was before and never shall be since one as great as FRANK ZAPPA!!!!
what a fucking rockstar! I always found the term funny but this video just encapsulates that word so perfectly.
Frank Zappa never really caught on in my little Texas cowtown when I was a teen . I’m 60 yrs old now and hearing for the first time ! Wow ! Just wow 😳!
Frank is brilliant and Adrian just knows how to make a guitar scream in a beautiful way. They work so well together.
Too bad "Captain Tom" came along and ruined it LOL!!!
Adrian is also brilliant 0.55
@@Will-Max Sounding like an air-raid siren.
Frank makes the guitar come alive frank lives the life of a great guitarist Frank's music lives on!
What an absolute epic monster solo.Even more incredible is that its only one of thousands. I am forever blown away.
The film's colors are beautiful. It's a precious document about true rock'n roll in U.S. There's not so much.
the intensity of the guitar is absolutely unbelievable...Frank played some of the best guitar solos ever...this is one of them..
Ésa guitarra habla, siento como me envuelve , me emociona 🎶😻 Es un genio.
So much soul in the guitar playing and music on this stage. Genuine and honest and from the heart. The electric fun and raw energy can still be felt 40 odd years later and through this crude medium called youtube! Future music heads take note! This is the real deal.
Mars Music 👍❤️👍
I still get boosebumps when Frank begins his solo. It still emanates so much power and energy indeed. Beauty too.
I thank my father for introducing me to Franks talented style of music. So glad to be an 80s child with great taste in real music.
I've never really appreciated much of Zappa's music. After seeing him being so open with the crowd, building that energy with that great band, then rocking the fuck out of that guitar- I truly have a new respect for his art. I know there's a lot more that I'll like...so stoney.
In my opinion, outside of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa was the greatest guitarists that has ever lived. I miss Frank! R.I.P.
Zappa and Hendrix were friends, and probably inspired each other in some way. Zappa taught Hendrix to use Wah-Wah.
@@unimobunka That's right... Dude, Even The Beatles stopped one tour to watch Zappa's concert because they wanna learn "a few stuffs".. I think the world still isn't prepare to know his works.
Sorry but there is no comparison IMHO Frank Zappa is the king!
@@unimobunka holy shit I did not know that!
Ya turns out howlin wolf learned the blues from this kid from the north east!!! All hail shirtless attention craving pompous dbags!!!!
Amazing guitar work. One of my favorite concerts I ever went to was Frank in New Haven in '75. Beefheart was there, too.
love how Adrian Belew shreds into Zappa shredding
The Shredtroduction
That solo brings tears to my eyes literally
The coolest person ever.
. . .
This is the best live performance I've ever seen.
Hard to argue with that
Fuck yeah, Easily 👌 and im just seeing this now, i can't stop playing it.. Iu don't feel this in your soul, you don't have one..
The way that sg just explodes. I really have never heard anything like it.
Love the way Zappa just takes over from Adrian Belew and shares a brilliant moment with the crowd. That’s what it’s about !
Belew being an amazingly good guitarist himself working with King Crimson, Bowie, Talking Heads, Cyndi Lauper and many more.
Frank Zappa was on 🔥 here, just straight killin' it! I don't know how his guitar didn't burst into flames from his pure dangerous soulful playing.
This is my favorite video on UA-cam.
Frank Zappa is my favorite human in the history of humanity.
Mad genius.
Mostly genius.
Frank Zappa knew the language that speaks to the soul...moved to tears😭
Music, the only religion that delivers the goods ~ Frank Zappa
@@KnEpH131 Yesssss !!!!
both guitar and zappa are in the same mood! they playing each other! boooom!!
Virtuoso here, love you and miss you Frank🎸❤️
this is such a fuckin cool performance holy shit
you can literally feel the energy pouring through your screen here
Real handshakes. Some shreading. This is the band. Name by name. Class act
Ashamed I haven t thought about this genius for a few years
Have not heard that in more than 20 yrs God dam that sound the Gibson SJ so clean it definitely put me in a another dimension again
Humanity will never be able to fully fathom the genius of Frank and his band. Beyond our comprehension.
I wish zappa did more songs like this. One of the most powerful songs on guitar for me
He did a few, sexual harassment in the work place, black napkins. Zappa loved soloing and let his band do the rest.
The dude who sings the early bit is John Smothers, Zappa's bodyguard.
He was also "Bald Headed John - King of the Plookers" on Joes garage
i thought it was joey psychotic
...who we used to refer to as “The Muffin Man.”
I just love when Frank’s guitar kicks in!
Zappa’s solo is the equivalence of an artist painting a masterpiece. Unreal talent.
Nobody played like frank. Not because he was a virtuoso - he had fingers made wood, ya know. But his mind worked THE SPEED OF LIGHT. He was perhaps the most important composer of the 20th century. He had the heart of a lion, the guts of a wild boar, the head of an Einstein, and most of all, he was the FUNNIEST MAN ALIVE OR DEAD!,
Amen !
+Any Rebel thank you for that. r.t. IS a great piece.
I think he was a virtuoso, a virtuoso composer, the virtuoso is not just play fast how many people think... Brouwer once said "there is no music so fast that cant be played or so slow that cant be emotional" or something like that XD
This is the best tribute to FZ.Thanks
Amen!
Amazing tone! And note choice! And rhythmic sensibility! FZ: my fav guitarist ever!
Zappa at his best - thank you for the music - you brought new sounds to our ears, wich are so incredible. What a pleasure, what a trip of virtuality in your tunes. Rest in peace.
That’s why I’ve always loved Zappa look at the power in this show the way he blisters on the guitar and the way he interacts with the crowd they love him this was the magic of Zappa the Zappa that Not enough people knew about Dammit he was awesome
Saw him as a young student at the Armadillo in '77. Goodnight Austin Texas wherever you are.
We were driving a '68 VW Bus around UC Berkeley around '78 listening to Bongo Fury on cassette tape (maybe it was 8-track?)- wore that thing out. My then wife-to-be was a bit disturbed I loved this stuf so much.
A strong line up of musicians that helped shape my teenage years so many years ago. Miss you Frankie!
Pure genius. R.I.P. Frank Zappa - you are truly missed.
Wow. I’m 39. Listened to rock my whole life. Always heard of Zappa and maybe a couple songs but never payed attention. I thought he was a gimmick. This is some real bad ass rock and roll shit. Here comes my deep dive into him
Bring on the suggestions!
the man was on fire. what a great musician
Anybody here nov 2019?
Bring it back
When he returns to the main riff at the end. Listen to the pickups on that SG! They bite!!!
I saw this band in Las Vegas in 1977. My 1st time in Vegas. Mt dad took me for my 21st birthday. Zappa was at the Aladdin. I went to by tickets in the afternoon, and my dad was asking who he was and just as I was telling him Zappa and his body guard walked right past me and I said ... HIM. I was a huge Zappa fan but had never seen him. It was my first time seeing Terry Bozzio too, and I was a fan immediately. They played a lot from Zoot Allures. I remember Zappa made them restart Dynamo Hum a couple times because somebody was messing up the intro. Zappa said it was Terry. I left for Detroit and was reading the Vegas paper on the plane back and read that Zappa's manager had committed suicide that night.
Sounds like you saw a great show.
And by the way.... The man who passed away was Ron Nehoda, he was a tour manager, not Zappa's personal manager, who'd be Herb Cohen. Allegedly, Mr. Nehoda embezzled money from that night's performance (roughly about $15,000 in 1977 dollars, adjusted for inflation, that's about $61,000 in 2016 dollars), got high out of his mind on cocaine, and gambled it all away in a Las Vegas casino. He killed himself after he lost every penny. Zappa and the group continued the tour unhindered, in spite of this, and flew in a replacement road manager the next morning.
Max, thanks for the additional in-depth info. I kinda always wondered what the rest of the story was that lead to the suicide and how it may have affected the band. Very interesting indeed. I was just telling a friend, I remember that day and show like it was yesterday. I went by myself. It was a great introduction to Zappa live.
On September 11, 1977, the first night of a tour and Zappa's Las Vegas debut, road manager Ron Nehoda committed suicide in his Aladdin Hotel room through self-inflicted razor blade wounds. Nehoda spent about $10,000 on drugs and gambling at Aladdin's casino. Zappa's manager Bennett Glotzer called Phil Kaufman to take over as tour manager.
i've always knew zappa was relentlessly strict on his band when they weren't 100% on point, but reading that background story i kind of understand how let down/pissed off they would be in that situation.
but of course, he wouldn't be zappa if he let even that slip.
One of the most underrated guitar solos of all time! Whew!
Such a thought provoking solo. Enough to make a grown man want to cry
Was at this show!
tell us about how it was
So lucky !!!!
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tell us!!
Merry Christmas to all in the Zappa Universe.
That guitar solo alone could bake a dozens of muffins
Always excellent guitar players about , but Frank was totally unique, and the first to get away with playing 15 minutes solo's, and people not falling asleep. Nice one Frank.
+Kelvin Wilson
so true...
The guitar solo is incredible! R.I.P. Frank!
The greatest thing to happen to music. Zappa, you are missed. But you will live on forever!!
Adrian Belew's intro for the solo is so damn good here, It feels so damn heavy, raw and powerful. And Zappa is Zappa, even Steve Vai has said that he once saw Zappa playin the guitar like no one he has ever seen, and that's Vai saying it.
It's those 16th/32nd second trilled notes he throws in there between stanzas that really defines his technique. Love it.
But he sounds flat.
Amen to that
You should check out the live version of black napkins (1977 Halloween New York palladium of course), in my opinion it's better than the studio version by far and also a lot better than even this performance.
Vai was over technical, I imagine. Can't say I listened to him.