Frank Zappa : City Of Tiny Lites (Palladium, NY, Halloween 1977)

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  • @JoeRivermanSongwriter
    @JoeRivermanSongwriter 6 років тому +487

    Adrian doesn't get the recognition he deserves in the mainstream.
    Zappa, Bowie and KC owe him loads.

    • @IgnatiusChinaski
      @IgnatiusChinaski 5 років тому +26

      hahahahahahahahahahahaha - zappa doesn't owe belew anything, what are you talking about???? he hired him to be in his band. adrian did that. what does he owe adrian? he paid him according to everyone....

    • @brunoblivious
      @brunoblivious 5 років тому +67

      Justin Green Literal Man has entered the conversation.

    • @SLAYERSWINE1
      @SLAYERSWINE1 5 років тому +58

      Don't forget his contributions to Talking Heads "Remain In Light" album as well as a handful of NiN releases. Also Paul Simon's "Graceland"

    • @thoughtfulpug1333
      @thoughtfulpug1333 5 років тому +26

      Not to mention Talking Heads "Remain in Light". Guy almost surplanted David Byrne as the band's frontman.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 5 років тому +7

      Yes, he does because of Zappa, Bowie and Fripp.

  • @itkojecockot
    @itkojecockot 2 роки тому +272

    Adrian Belew = the best musician you've never heard of

    • @avi_s0ncin0
      @avi_s0ncin0 Рік тому +21

      Many people are familiar with the music he’s made but not with him, because of the enormous amount of fantastic musicians he’s played with…Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads, and King Crimson (of course), just to name a few.

    • @jonmyers8681
      @jonmyers8681 Рік тому +2

      I first heard of him in 1984. Talking heads and Discipline.

    • @jonmyers8681
      @jonmyers8681 Рік тому +8

      Everyone has heard Adrian, even if they don't know it.

    • @djo-dji6018
      @djo-dji6018 Рік тому +1

      ​@@jonmyers8681 They've heard him, not of him.

    • @jonmyers8681
      @jonmyers8681 Рік тому +2

      I have a little head game that I call Two Degrees Of Separation. When I'm at work, or listening to music with friends, or even a radio station or random Pandora mix. It's surprising how many bands and artists are closely connected to King Crimson. Yes, Genesis, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Blondie, Zappa, Asia, Eno, Foreigner, ELP, Mr Mister, the list is endless!

  • @JimGardner
    @JimGardner 5 років тому +186

    How can a piece of music I've been listening to for over 25 years still get more and more glorious every time I listen to it? What a band! What an amazing fucking band. That guitar sound. Fuck me, I'm in tears.

    • @dianamjackson
      @dianamjackson 3 роки тому +1

      Rock on man 🙌🙌

    • @chickenbeek
      @chickenbeek 3 роки тому +3

      feel the same 1000%

    • @LOMOARCHER
      @LOMOARCHER 3 роки тому +5

      This song has the same affect on me and will do in 25years time when im 88 if still breathing

    • @steelcityspeedshopj.r6942
      @steelcityspeedshopj.r6942 3 роки тому +7

      Happy FUCKING HALLOWEEN. I find myself wondering what Franks take wpuld be on this crazy world we call 2021. Hes missed daily.

    • @kooneya9890
      @kooneya9890 2 роки тому +3

      That band delivered! Zappa is what I needed growing up.

  • @TheSlandis
    @TheSlandis 9 років тому +306

    Terry Bozzio is a beast! Belew is impecable as always. Frank's solos are sublime.

    • @nadasonic6
      @nadasonic6 3 роки тому +4

      "Terry you're a beast, Terry you're a beast" :D
      definitely! played the Black Page like it weren't nuthin'..!

    • @Alix777.
      @Alix777. 2 роки тому +3

      This solo is terrible

    • @devilsforkdigital1490
      @devilsforkdigital1490 2 роки тому

      @@Alix777. Not as gratifying as the album version....

    • @Alix777.
      @Alix777. 2 роки тому

      @@devilsforkdigital1490 there are some 82' live versions with solos that are so much better...

    • @dutch-man7997
      @dutch-man7997 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Alix777. Overall the 77 versions are just much better in my opinion

  • @paulytamale
    @paulytamale 8 років тому +498

    Adrian Belew is music's secret weapon

  • @TheMusicRoom1973
    @TheMusicRoom1973 3 роки тому +92

    When I was in High School I lived in a small tourist town in SE WI. Adrian Belew lived next door to my best friend at the time who happened to be the guitar player in my first band. We had nooo idea of the mans greatness, we just knew he was guitar player that had some success. He must of heard us hacking through Stairway to Heaven one afternoon, he actually came over and gave my buddy a bunch of pedals and cables that he no longer used. Very nice of him.

    • @lucasanfilippo5370
      @lucasanfilippo5370 Рік тому +7

      Wow..

    • @KyleMagnusson
      @KyleMagnusson Місяць тому

      Haha I just found out that he lived in Lake Geneva! Small world. My band practices there.

  • @A-Gut-of-the-Past
    @A-Gut-of-the-Past 9 років тому +382

    Adrian's performance Belew my mind! (don't hit me...)

    • @TheTimananda
      @TheTimananda 8 років тому +9

      +CH3MIS7RY
      never really followed what he was doing with Fripp.
      maybe I'll go back and check some of that.

    • @sarahsydlowski6220
      @sarahsydlowski6220 8 років тому +5

      +TheTimananda Fripp is a pretentious egomaniac but a lot of musicians are or were. Fripp didn't always welcome Adrian's presence regardless what he has said. from Adrian's bootlegs he bitched about fripp being impossible to record with

    • @jayvandenberghe4530
      @jayvandenberghe4530 7 років тому +6

      Nonetheless they did make great music together with King Crimson. The Power to Believe is an instant classic!

    • @vbassone
      @vbassone 7 років тому +3

      hi. what bootlegs of adrian's are you referring to? i would love to hear them. thanks.

    • @lextual
      @lextual 7 років тому +20

      I never quite thought of the Fripp as pretentious as much as that he was very specific about what he wanted and what he was about.
      Couple that with a strain of English reserve and severity and it might be easy to come to that conclusion.

  • @craftmania000
    @craftmania000 7 років тому +137

    adrian belew - guitar god and voices
    tommy mars - synth
    Peter Wolf - synth, organ
    patrick o'hearn - bass
    terry bozzio - drums
    zappa - guitar god

    • @damianlagos
      @damianlagos 7 років тому +5

      not ocker. is peter wolf

    • @craftmania000
      @craftmania000 6 років тому

      thx broo

    • @JetEarlewood
      @JetEarlewood 6 років тому +3

      All on the Zappa disks I have I've never seen Adrian Belew's name printed on them. Arthur Burrow IS there. Same person?

    • @igorrodrigues97.
      @igorrodrigues97. 5 років тому +5

      This patrick o’hearn is the same the make some masterpieces ambient music?

    • @andytaylormusic
      @andytaylormusic 5 років тому +4

      @@igorrodrigues97. Yes, the very same! His solo work is amazing. He was in Missing Persons with Terry Bozzio, Dale Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo when he left Zappa.

  • @toddhunter2667
    @toddhunter2667 6 років тому +68

    seeing Frank get front and centre with dirty loud electric guitar is just so great

    • @IdontFuckingKnow9
      @IdontFuckingKnow9 5 років тому +6

      Todd Hunter
      Yeah Zappa totally fucking murdered it

    • @FAZWORTH421
      @FAZWORTH421 Місяць тому

      Fuckin eh! He had that jam cooked

  • @thomasworden4139
    @thomasworden4139 3 роки тому +43

    The amount of creative energy Adrian Belew and Terry Bozzio are exerting here could power a small (... a tiny?) city.

    • @breakingglass27
      @breakingglass27 9 місяців тому +3

      The city can even be big, as long as the lights is tiny

  • @dorianedwards8522
    @dorianedwards8522 7 років тому +109

    I did not know that Belew had that good of a voice. He sings really well. I knew he did great backing vocals from when he was later with Byrne, but this is different. He can belt it out.

    • @lucasanfilippo5370
      @lucasanfilippo5370 6 років тому +43

      Really? He has been singing for King Crimson since 1981 and he has hundreds of songs in his solo career... Have you ever heard Adrian singing Dinosaur? Check it out his live version from 94... amazing voice...

    • @ballroomblitzkid1994
      @ballroomblitzkid1994 6 років тому +4

      You know, that was what I was thinking. I've never heard his voice this powerful before. Damn! :D

    • @buckodonnghaile4309
      @buckodonnghaile4309 6 років тому +7

      @@ballroomblitzkid1994 maybe not as strong as this performance but on Waiting Man he sounds wonderful ua-cam.com/video/PJ2uDTqD_OU/v-deo.html

    • @beyondz55
      @beyondz55 5 років тому +27

      Go get a copy of Discipline by King Crimson right now!!!!!

    • @stmboat
      @stmboat 5 років тому +2

      wth

  • @davidcora2751
    @davidcora2751 Рік тому +4

    Blows my mind!! Fantastic!

  • @heycheckthisout2565
    @heycheckthisout2565 3 роки тому +24

    Dude's got a beautiful voice.

  • @BlackWhirlies
    @BlackWhirlies 3 роки тому +38

    Another of the stunning Zappa lineups. This is probably the most 'in your face' Zappa band.

  • @RogersPhotographyOG
    @RogersPhotographyOG 5 років тому +25

    The musicianship is obnoxiously awesome. They had that completely locked up. I'm surprised Terry Bozzio didn't burst a blood vessel with that performance! Thanks for sharing that.

    • @jimhardiman3836
      @jimhardiman3836 Рік тому

      I think he did burst a blood vessel during Punky's Whips.

  • @The1stMrJohn
    @The1stMrJohn 8 років тому +74

    one of Adrian Belew's great performances...........

    • @sarahsydlowski6220
      @sarahsydlowski6220 7 років тому +11

      Talking ' bout those tiny cookies". So underated and not on Rolling Stones Top 100 guitar players but that kick ass Strummer joanid z!

    • @sarahsydlowski6220
      @sarahsydlowski6220 7 років тому +11

      But Joanie Mitchell was #76. What a joke

  • @bluesborn
    @bluesborn 10 років тому +57

    man I love that titanic blast of Franks guitar at the beginning of the solo riding a wave of distortion like surfing an electric storm.

    • @mwarnken1234
      @mwarnken1234 6 років тому

      silver tongued devil

    • @ganazby
      @ganazby 3 роки тому +3

      Frank knew damn well when it was time to let loose his inner guitar god. Glorious stuff.

  • @WWAWHTR
    @WWAWHTR 5 років тому +53

    You can’t do that on stage anymore 😳

    • @JamminClemmons
      @JamminClemmons 5 років тому +3

      * *Rod Langlands* *
      Holy Hell......be specific.
      Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6?
      There really IS a ship arriving to save that drowning witch.

    • @thomasbrown6527
      @thomasbrown6527 3 роки тому +3

      I love what you guys did there lol

  • @Tony-Jabroni
    @Tony-Jabroni 10 років тому +93

    the ad before the video was strictly commercial

  • @fadethetrade
    @fadethetrade 11 років тому +16

    City of tiny has always been my top 3 of my zappa favorites from a catalogue of 50,000+ songs written by our modern day Mozart.

  • @eis904
    @eis904 3 роки тому +6

    Adrian has some chops! I love his voice on Thela Hun Gingeet and Frame by Frame.

  • @bradgurley4854
    @bradgurley4854 4 роки тому +19

    Makes you wonder if Bowie hadn't 'stolen' Belew less than a year later, what would it have been like to have Frank & Adrian together for a 3-5 year period. Just wow!! This touring band was so damn good, maybe the best Frank had.

    • @spaceclown7650
      @spaceclown7650 2 роки тому +1

      I'd say the Roxy & Elsewhere lineup was probably his best live band, but this one definitely would be a close second.

  • @knobrotknobrot
    @knobrotknobrot 3 роки тому +11

    Some of the best drumming ever.

  • @babyjoliey
    @babyjoliey 5 років тому +13

    Anybody who gave this video a thumbs down does not understand music or how ABSOLUTELY mind-blowing this really is.

  • @rayrecordings
    @rayrecordings 3 роки тому +24

    Bozzio is Zappa’s legacy true best drummer, the one that defined Zappa’s spirit and sound of the 70’s.

    • @doctorbrown4343
      @doctorbrown4343 Рік тому +1

      Coliauta

    • @jjmarcos
      @jjmarcos Рік тому +1

      ​@@doctorbrown4343agreed. Terry was good but Vinnie is in the conversation for greatest living drummers.

  • @MrMftech
    @MrMftech 4 роки тому +11

    4:17....2 guitar - 2 Synth + Pitch Wheel and insane drumming...the set in on FIRE !!!

  • @andym28
    @andym28 7 років тому +180

    zappa was way more progressive than any prog rock band

    • @DanYuleo
      @DanYuleo 5 років тому +3

      Great point. You can see it in this job which I always felt was a pop-rock song. Which... it is... but... out there.

    • @solerso68
      @solerso68 5 років тому +10

      whats a "prog rock" band..since your definition is arbitrary and completely subjective, even in an historical context.....for that matter what is "progressive"

    • @The1stMrJohn
      @The1stMrJohn 5 років тому +3

      @@solerso68
      😎

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 5 років тому +5

      @@solerso68 Everything by definition is progressive. It's like the term eclectic. By definition, everything is eclectic.

    • @bradoozy
      @bradoozy 4 роки тому +6

      solerso68 I hate when the definition of prog is “rock with keyboard” because I don’t think Floyd is prog (as much as I love them)

  • @anniedarkhorse6791
    @anniedarkhorse6791 9 місяців тому +4

    So amazing. What a great band. I miss Zappa.

  • @chuckpapermaker
    @chuckpapermaker 4 роки тому +29

    Patrick O'Hearn is a beast on bass!!

  • @megadethmofo2035
    @megadethmofo2035 5 років тому +7

    Seeing Frank and Adrian playing together is so cool.

  • @simonzai7386
    @simonzai7386 2 роки тому +4

    Without a doubt the coolest Zappa solo on film.I have a very old friend.Decades long & he refuses to acknowledge anything by Zappa (Unless I catch him out) & he is angry that his son once randomly visited me & I had the Baby Snakes DVD in the machine so I played him this solo and he loved it.Then he questioned his Dad as to how he could possibly dislike him.Ha

  • @noname1st139
    @noname1st139 2 роки тому +4

    Greatest Zappa movie ever,Baby Snakes, what a performance,if you Zappa fan I would urge watching it 👊

  • @nexdrums
    @nexdrums 3 роки тому +7

    Belew great voice, Bozzio great grooves ☝🏻🔝

  • @LeeOfLawazantiya
    @LeeOfLawazantiya 11 років тому +19

    These are some of the finest musicians in the world.

  • @thomascassidy2724
    @thomascassidy2724 11 років тому +14

    Adrian Belew - one magnificent badass in a band of magnificent badasses.

  • @cooliovasquez
    @cooliovasquez 9 років тому +69

    I love adrian belew

    • @YouGotTheMelvin
      @YouGotTheMelvin 6 років тому +1

      +1

    • @Hegel2011able
      @Hegel2011able 5 років тому +6

      He is the most friendly and most modest guitarist I ever spoke to (I made a short interview with him ...)

    • @jesusvelilla8117
      @jesusvelilla8117 5 років тому +1

      we all do

    • @The1stMrJohn
      @The1stMrJohn 4 роки тому

      👍💚🎸🎵😀

    • @The1stMrJohn
      @The1stMrJohn 4 роки тому +1

      Adrian's audition story is interesting 🙂👍🎸

  • @ClaudioEscouto
    @ClaudioEscouto 10 років тому +28

    Amazing Belew! Just amazing... All amazing.

  • @dianamjackson
    @dianamjackson 3 роки тому +7

    The way Frank's solo starts is so fucking badass!!!

  • @harrisonwintergreen1147
    @harrisonwintergreen1147 5 років тому +32

    FZ: hires genius guitarist, then features him as a lead vocalist.

    • @IsaacAllison
      @IsaacAllison 4 роки тому +10

      2 guys with the initials DB offers him better gigs

    • @GiornoGiovannaGangstar
      @GiornoGiovannaGangstar 4 роки тому +3

      guitar madman get him to play in his band for 2 decades

    • @RaditzPedro71
      @RaditzPedro71 4 роки тому +4

      I don't sing. Yes you do. Sing baby snakes.

    • @dobromirstanchev
      @dobromirstanchev 4 роки тому +5

      did the same with a genius piano player.

    • @IsaacAllison
      @IsaacAllison 3 роки тому +2

      And some guy named Bob worked with him!

  • @denisrozier5831
    @denisrozier5831 7 років тому +7

    Vu 2 fois Zappa en concert (Paris et Grenoble); quels chocs ce fut ! Pour moi Zappa c'est pas seulement un formidable guitariste, mais aussi un génial créateur. Et il faut pas croire : son côté fantasque, déconneur, provocateur, se cache derrière une grande rigueur sur scène ...

  • @johndcoffee632
    @johndcoffee632 3 роки тому +5

    This is the best video ever, everything about it is just amazing

  • @stevenflow
    @stevenflow 3 роки тому +4

    I was born about 20 years too late. Really wish I could have seen this live

  • @sarahsydlowski6220
    @sarahsydlowski6220 8 років тому +69

    talking bout them tiny cookies..............Adrian is the unheard gem of rock as a solo act, session guy, member of Zappa, Tom Tom Club, king Crimson,talking heads, David bowie, The Bears, not a bad reseme eh?!! good singer with more then just a guitarist like Keith Richards who is a great rhythm guitarist but singing isn't keefs signature and weather experimental guitar work or echoing his Rhino sound, he can flat out do and play anything. Tim sydlowski

    • @silverdy357
      @silverdy357 8 років тому +6

      Has awesome solo stuff too!

    • @bassomatic64
      @bassomatic64 7 років тому +1

      Unheard? Lol.

    • @kanasatka1
      @kanasatka1 7 років тому +2

      Not thinking any member of FZ band has to be qualified.....but yes Adrain is a gem.

    • @sharktroubles
      @sharktroubles 5 років тому +4

      Don't forget his awesome work with Paul Simon as well as Laurie Anderson, too.

    • @davidpeters44
      @davidpeters44 5 років тому

      ok then..

  • @_thechowderman
    @_thechowderman 2 роки тому +10

    Genuinely the best live performance of all time (even if it is cut between 2 performances)

  • @ErikRush
    @ErikRush Рік тому +3

    I was there!

  • @JessieVictors
    @JessieVictors Рік тому +3

    Is Adrian Belew literally playing his throat with his hand at 1:03? This is my fave recording of this song! And Terry Bozzio looks so sexy ^_^ saw him play his monster drum kit at a clinic in the park outside the Santa Monica Police Department an age ago

  • @jwh475ezc
    @jwh475ezc 2 роки тому +3

    Umphrey's McGee mashes this up with Exodus, Life During Wartime and 25 or 6 to 4. It's really cool imo, search for Life During Exodus. Live version recommended.

  • @christophecornut1799
    @christophecornut1799 4 роки тому +4

    Damn !!! O’Hearn fills and chops had me !
    Fucking god of bass, so important for the mood, the feel in the song !
    Thanks Patrick !

  • @jeffball6656
    @jeffball6656 Рік тому +14

    Adrian Belew:
    Zappa. Bowie. Laurie Anderson. King Crimson. Tom Tom Club. Talking Heads...
    Plus some great solo albums of his own.
    How is it that more don't know of Adrian Belew? Pure Talented Sonic genius!

    • @manifestgtr
      @manifestgtr 7 місяців тому

      Pull Laurie Anderson out of that mix and you have quite a lineup of genius 👍

  • @jimmc2990
    @jimmc2990 3 роки тому +5

    Fully 1/2 of these guys ended up in ‘ This is Spinal Tap’ just four years later… 😆.
    freaking amazing.

  • @zedascove6175
    @zedascove6175 Рік тому +7

    Holy shit, this is far superior to the studio version. Goddammit Zappa had quite a crew with him.

    • @thisklik
      @thisklik 10 місяців тому +1

      there is no studio version of this song,like a lot of Zappa’s songs,mostly live recordings with some overdub or none

  • @billygoatgruff410
    @billygoatgruff410 7 років тому +10

    The great escape for all of you. Frank held Adrian Belew in
    high regard and was somewhat miffed when he jumped ship for 3 or 4 nanoseconds
    of air time on Mr bowies latest shiny thing (be in my video)! Adrian takes
    syncopation to a whole new level and I
    can only imagine where Frank could have
    taken that band with Adrian on board.

  • @eis904
    @eis904 3 роки тому +3

    Mad props go to Adrian but that solo Frank did made this extraordinary.

  • @quogir1
    @quogir1 7 років тому +37

    once again, one comment says :Adrian Belew is proof for existence of alien lifeforms on earth

  • @johnvalvegod3999
    @johnvalvegod3999 6 років тому +5

    This is talent overload. Amazing.

  • @ceephaxx
    @ceephaxx Рік тому +4

    Incredibly, he can still hit those high notes almost 50 years later!
    Check out his version of 'Frame by Frame' with the Metropole Orchestra.

  • @Goryllo
    @Goryllo 5 років тому +14

    The solo is good, but the eyebrows at 03:09 are LEGENDARY

    • @HughCorbyCruick
      @HughCorbyCruick 5 років тому

      Goryllo I couldn’t agree more. I mean he’s shredding that guitar and he just catches someone’s eye as if to say “how’s this?”

  • @davidcora2751
    @davidcora2751 Рік тому +1

    Complex orchestral beauty vocally as well as musically and possibly conceptually is what defined this unique artist . What a loss to the creative community ☹️.

  • @davidofpiano423
    @davidofpiano423 4 роки тому +3

    The level of musicianship on display here is just mesmerizing...

  • @gregusjay
    @gregusjay 3 роки тому +1

    Saw this tour at Stanford Maples Pavillion when I was sixteen ! Awesome Gig !

  • @bernardcardon1712
    @bernardcardon1712 Місяць тому +1

    Magic band ever, magic piece of music. I love it

  • @KingWTFuck
    @KingWTFuck 7 років тому +23

    This period of Zappa's band was fucking tight

    • @jazzliscious13
      @jazzliscious13 3 роки тому +3

      There wasn't a period that wasn't, except maybe before The Mothers.

  • @finnmcginn9931
    @finnmcginn9931 10 місяців тому +2

    Frank's a beast of a guitarist.

  • @scottydub5785
    @scottydub5785 2 роки тому +2

    what a great American prog/alt rock jam!

  • @chickenbeek
    @chickenbeek 3 роки тому +8

    Easily one of the best of the bazzilion live Zappa performances. Belews vocals, and that solo is LIT AS F!

  • @erlinhld8745
    @erlinhld8745 10 місяців тому +2

    The best man of that evening was clearly little skinny drummer Terry Bozzio.

  • @infie
    @infie 7 років тому +3

    Zappa blows my mind with his solo. Damn.

  • @liamwaters702
    @liamwaters702 3 роки тому +2

    What a song unbelievable everytime I hear this song

  • @zappababe8577
    @zappababe8577 3 роки тому +2

    The drummer reminds me of Animal from the Muppets, bless him! Love his energy!

  • @richardchristensen1768
    @richardchristensen1768 3 роки тому +2

    THIS VIDEO! THIS SONG!
    It clearly demonstrates the rare genius of what real magic happens when stars align! Everyone on that stage is kickin so much ass!!

  • @panavisionnot7180
    @panavisionnot7180 8 місяців тому +2

    Timeless classic ... Terry Bozzio utterly brilliant and the most animALated drummer in the world..

  • @Proglove85
    @Proglove85 7 років тому +17

    Frank had some great musicians backing him up through the years, but in my opinion, this band, as a unit, was his best. There's no weak link whatsoever - unbelievably tight.

    • @spaceclown7650
      @spaceclown7650 6 років тому +6

      Either this band, or the Roxy & Elsewhere band. Too close to call.

    • @phrygiandominant6989
      @phrygiandominant6989 6 років тому +5

      @@spaceclown7650Frank Zappa
      Ike Willis
      Bobby Martin
      Scott Thunes
      Ray White
      and...
      Chad Wackerman
      That was an awesome line-up too!

    • @geoffflato6065
      @geoffflato6065 5 років тому

      His lineup at Passaic NJ in 78 was pretty good too. IIRC Zappa, O'hearn, Barrow, Mars, Wolf, Willis, Walley, Coluiata, and Man

    • @fredlewis1354
      @fredlewis1354 5 років тому

      @@phrygiandominant6989 who the hell is Chad Channing?

    • @phrygiandominant6989
      @phrygiandominant6989 5 років тому +1

      @@fredlewis1354 It's Nirvana's original drummer. I meant Chad Wackerman.

  • @chavruta2000
    @chavruta2000 5 років тому +3

    it's those simple 3 chord songs like this that can really get to you.

  • @TheSteelDialga
    @TheSteelDialga 3 роки тому +2

    Oh my god, Tommy Mars near the end. What a master

  • @talkingmudcrab718
    @talkingmudcrab718 7 місяців тому +2

    Crazy to think that Adrian Belew was playing the bar scene for a shitty cover band in Nashville early in the year (1977) before this...

  • @davidvollmar9029
    @davidvollmar9029 3 роки тому +1

    Belew just posted. I owe it to Frank. He taught me to be pro.

  • @wezzmusic
    @wezzmusic 4 роки тому +3

    Such an amazing performance. Absolutely unbelievable that this superb talent is now totally non existent on talent shows.

    • @stevecarter8810
      @stevecarter8810 Рік тому

      No, it's believable! Don't forget there were talent shows running alongside this back in the day, also full of mediocre variety performances.

  • @rowdybodine8585
    @rowdybodine8585 5 років тому +21

    If the Olympics had a drumming/underwear modeling competition (summer games), Terry Bozzio would win gold.
    Back in those days in New York, Halloween meant Frank Zappa Concert! I was at this show and it was the first time I saw Adrian Belew. He amazed everyone.

    • @The1stMrJohn
      @The1stMrJohn 5 років тому +1

      A fashion line in
      Dummers Swimsuits
      could have been a thing😎😁

    • @phatpurrly
      @phatpurrly 4 роки тому

      It was the late set one of the nights. We were literally in the last row on mescaline, and I don’t remember the song but the stage filled with dry ice smoke and Belew just disappeared in a blaze of power chords… next night I went down and copped a 4th row seat for $10.

  • @reghofferman8325
    @reghofferman8325 22 дні тому

    Was there, somewhere in the first 10 rows, center right. House lights were on for the majority of the show bc of the filming. Guitars were THUNDEROUS!

  • @David-jb2wf
    @David-jb2wf 3 роки тому +3

    This is amazing! Classic! All the amazing musicians! What happened to this love of the art?

  • @Fred.pSonic
    @Fred.pSonic 2 роки тому +2

    FZ's band from the Sheik Yerbouti era was absolutely impeccable and wound tight, astounding musicianship.

  • @David-jb2wf
    @David-jb2wf 3 роки тому +2

    Incredible energy 💕❤️

  • @MaryLeighLear
    @MaryLeighLear 10 років тому +43

    That bass and franks solo were fucking sent from jesus himself...

    • @silashansen3549
      @silashansen3549 9 років тому +1

      ***** what about terry?

    • @TheGumboVariator
      @TheGumboVariator 9 років тому +3

      +Silas Hansen who wouldn't ?

    • @sbfcapnj
      @sbfcapnj 7 років тому +1

      Yeah he is more man that we will ever be.

    • @shawna2529
      @shawna2529 7 років тому

      So what have you been up to? :)

  • @TheRubberStudiosASMR
    @TheRubberStudiosASMR 7 років тому +2

    This is probably the greatest concert ever recorded. So much fun and brilliant players.

  • @adamswitlak1242
    @adamswitlak1242 5 років тому +4

    My favourite Zappa's band

  • @merlepatterson
    @merlepatterson 6 років тому +3

    Saw them a few years after this show in Seattle 80 or 81 and it was just as awesome as this. 4:27 is an epic simultaneous lead!!

  • @mircea1910
    @mircea1910 4 роки тому +2

    Tommy Mars totally looks like a mad scientist with those shades

  • @markcat1
    @markcat1 7 місяців тому +2

    Wow, mind blowing that this is 47 years old now. 😲

  • @wostra42
    @wostra42 Місяць тому

    All those musicians, over all those years, who helped Zappa perform these highly sophisticated and hard-to-play compositions deserves the highest acclaim!

  • @paule1983
    @paule1983 2 роки тому +3

    A great anti-drug tune! I was 13 when "Freak Out" came out, I was hooked! Frank RIP.

  • @TheRealForrestGeorge
    @TheRealForrestGeorge 6 років тому +14

    City of tiny lites
    Don't you wanna go
    Hear the tiny auto horns
    When they tiny blow
    Tiny lightin'
    In the storm
    Tiny blankets
    Keep you warm
    Tiny pillows
    Tiny sheets
    Talkin' bout those tiny cookies
    That the peoples eats
    City of tiny lites
    Maybe you should know
    That it's over there
    In the tiny dirt somewhere
    You can see it any time
    When you get the squints
    From your downers and your wine
    You're so big
    It's so tiny
    Every cloud is silver line-y
    The great escape for all ot you
    Tiny is as tiny do
    Tiny is as tiny do
    Tiny is as tiny do
    Tiny is as tiny do
    City of tiny lites
    Don't you wanna go
    Hear the tiny auto horns
    When they tiny blow
    Tiny lightin'
    In the storm
    Tiny blankets
    Keep you warm
    Tiny pillows
    Tiny tiny sheets
    Talkin' bout them tiny cookies
    That the peoples eats
    That the peoples eats
    That the peoples eats
    That the peoples eats
    And it's over there
    It's over there
    It's over there
    It's over there

  • @superpotiron
    @superpotiron 4 роки тому +2

    Such great musicians ! And a great singer too !

  • @SoldierKozel
    @SoldierKozel 9 років тому +12

    Awesome ,astonishing,irreverent,fantastic and irreplaceable.
    I really loved this video,thanks for posting,man!

    • @tose917
      @tose917 5 років тому

      Ronaldo Jacinto - get a room!

  • @popeyeman69
    @popeyeman69 5 років тому +2

    I was in the 8th row for this show. Just indescribable. I was at most of the Halloween shows FZ played in the N.Y. area.

    • @phatpurrly
      @phatpurrly 4 роки тому +1

      Haha! I was in the 4th row. Scalped it for 10 bucks. Ahh the good old days…

  • @108grog
    @108grog 2 роки тому +4

    So COOL to see Belew paired with different great guitarists. And each with an unusual style - Zappa, Fripp.
    Are there others he has played with ?
    Also interesting - Belew started off as a drummer, as did Zappa.

    • @buckodonnghaile4309
      @buckodonnghaile4309 Рік тому +1

      He stole the show with Talking Heads Live in Rome 1980, not really another great guitarist in the band but I just want everyone to listen to it. Cheers

    • @finnmcginn9931
      @finnmcginn9931 4 місяці тому

      I didn't know he started as a drummer. I was just Belew drumming with Buford in King Crimson on "Waiting Man " from Live in Frejus 82 and he was great.

  • @jublaim
    @jublaim 9 років тому +6

    Jeez! What a work of energy! Swetting away looking at it :-) What a bunch of musicians!

  • @normameza5227
    @normameza5227 6 років тому +1

    Amazing Air Sculptures Guitar. Best musician, best composer, best guitar player!

  • @svenolley
    @svenolley 9 років тому +26

    Can't beat a sweaty Bozzio.

    • @spaceclown7650
      @spaceclown7650 6 років тому +3

      But if you did, Bozzio would probably enjoy it … XD

    • @J_A_M_D
      @J_A_M_D 5 років тому +2

      I see Bozio pouting... but he might not be pouting for me :'(

  • @manco828
    @manco828 Рік тому +2

    When Zappa met Belew, he found somebody he couldn't just control for the first time.

  • @blzbob7936
    @blzbob7936 6 років тому +1

    Timeless tunes . . . I LOVE em all. Thank you Frank, and all the skilled musicians you employed to produce such amazing tracks. X