I show my copy of 200 motels to people to see if there is potential for friendship. If they don't feel it, we ain't hanging out. It's how I found my girlfriend. Thanks Frank for yer contribution to not letting music be boring or suck!!!!!
I watched this movie probably 50 times back in the distant past. I had a major meltdown when Frank Zappa passed away as I knew he was special and we'd never have another Zappa. He made some of the funniest, craziest, most strange and creative music ever and it's very hard to categorize what he did. Most certainly you can't categorize it neatly. Let's just say Zappa was progressive and different. Progressive is the only suitable thing to call him. He was a really innovative musician, but indeed some of it here and there is either too silly or too cynical, but always entertaining!
Well don't feel too bad, Zappa had a huge influence and although there will never be anyone the same as him, there are thousands of people who love him and are like him in their own unique, chaotic ways. People so varied as Alex Winter and Pearl Jam and The Black Angels.
I was a deejay at the college radio station in Honolulu, one of the few places that you could air Zappa's music and I was rather like the head Zappaphile there. 200 Motels was premiered in Honolulu and I went to all four showings!
I can relate. Back in the early '70s I was also doing shows on my college radio station and played tons of Zappa tunes. One day, someone told me they had a Zappa tune on the Jukebox at "The Rox" [The Roxbury Inn, a popular college student hang out]. Turned out it was "Tears Began to Fall" from The White Album which featured Flo & Eddie. Those were the days!!
@@robertcrabtree4843 Because of legal reasons with the Turtles they went with the aliases Flo and Eddy, while playing with the Mothers. I was teached this while watching a documentary about 200 Motels.
You can look up the history of the movie. Zappa even made a movie about the making of 200 Motels release in 1988, which I haven't seen. But, the following is info that was reported or available over the years shortly after it was made. Some of it might be true! It was made as a tax write off for Herb Coen & Co., or was it someone else? United Artists (UA) and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra were involved. It was video-tapped using an industrial 50,000 line system to save money. Then it was transferred to film, but not before Zappa used the video to make all sorts of visual effects. It was a rushed project, which strained the continuity. Although I suspect Zappa was not concerned with that. A lot of extra footage was taped but never made it into the film. Zappa asked if he could have the extra footage. UA or maybe other parties said "no." Zappa offered to buy the extra footage. Than too was declined, and the tape was re-used or something, and the extra footage ceased to exist. Recording over magnetic tape in the TV, music and movie industries at the time was common, as tape was costly. A possible factor was that Zappa's compulsion to be "naughty", severely offended the upper class Brits he was working with. Some of the Philharmonic musicians and the managers of the Royal Albert Hall were included. A date was set to do a concert of the music at the Royal Albert Hall after the filming, but the Hall managers cancelled it.
Oops! I just remembered. There is little over 2 minutes of footage with Zappa and a "penismobile" from the making of 200 motels. It is "backstage" footage, not something that would be on the screen. It is on UA-cam.
@Zolar Czakl Aynsley Dunbar was one hell of a drummer, and Flo and Eddie could sing their goddamn balls off! But yeah, the 1973-1974 era lineup was truly a complete and utter powerhouse. You had George Duke on keys, the Underwoods, the Fowlers, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin Sal Marquez on trumpet, and the very underrated Ralph Humphrey on drums. And then eventually, you had Chester Thompson on drums and Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax and vocals. Total talent from top to bottom.
In my wildest rock and roll dreams, I never would have imagined the Turtles collaborating with a future Journey drummer on anything, but leave it to the eclecticism of Frank Zappa to make that happen!
If you got to know the turtles' personalities, you'd see they had an edge of sarcasm to them also.. that song 'Elenore' and using the word "etcetera" in song lyrics was meant to piss off the record producers. It backfired & became a hit! lots of lawsuits. They didn't change because Zappa came along, Zappa was attracted to them cuz they had their own edge.
@@mikeoxlong8272 I know. The drummer with the greatest resume in rock, never to stay permanent with any band. Even tried out for Zeppelin before Bonzo got the job
@@TheFoolintherainn I know I risk sounding "glib" here, but if the Turtles didn't seem so earnest and serious with "Elenore", maybe people would have gotten the joke?
great songs, great album, great movie. and it was such a great concert in State College, PA back in the late 70's. WOW! and the So Happy Together group the Turtles were the main singers too Wow!
I almost forgot, aynsley Dunbar on drums. He's from Jefferson airplane. And the bass player whom replaced Jeff Simmons, was martin lickert. Jeff quit, and Frank got the Beatles limo driver. He played bass, well enough, he learned all the parts nicely.
@@user-do4wn5pk4j I know Zappa played drums. However, as great a musician as he was, he was not on the level of Moon, Starr and Dunbar. I could be mistaken, but drums might have been Zappa's first instrument.
@bodegabonsai7069 I NEVER SAID HE WAS A GREAT DRUMMER LIKE THE AFORE MENTOONED DRUMMERS. I SAID HE PLAYED DRUMS ON THE BERTRIM REDNECK SESSION OF THE MOVIE. READ MY COMMENT IN ENTIRETY COMPHREHEND AND DON'T LET YOUR EMOTIONS TWIST UP WHAT WAS WRITTEN BY ME IN MY COMMENT.
@@user-do4wn5pk4j I read what you wrote in its entirety, all two sentences. I know you didn't say he was on the level of those other drummers. I said he wasn't. What's your problem with that?
The first time I went to see this movie (200 Motels) I didn't make it. I was busted for smoking weed on the lawn of the State House (Capitol) in Columbia, SC. I finally got to see it in Charlotte, NC about a year later.
all have loved Zappa, have heard of 200 motels, but I just sat down & watched it for the 1st. time-Wow, Def. weird. But all the Frank Humor is there. alittle out for even me. But def. one not to miss out
I was about the same age when it came out. And just think how weird it seemed at that time. But I love this film and also feel that its soundtrack is perhaps the most underrated Zappa recording.
Takes me back to the night when the whole gang took acid and watched this freaky funny film.needless to say things were never the same again especially the pecking order.. ✨✨✨✨🤔😳🤥😲😂😂✨✨💊💊💊✨✨😎🐸🤢🤮🤪🐸😐😑😬🙄👽👽🤫🤔🤗😳
Watched this film many years ago with a wonderful gang of friends and yes we all did LSD that night but after watching it years later straight headed I realised it was a waste of Acid...✨✨✨🤔😲😂✨✨✨😎🇬🇧😎✨✨✨
What would Frank make of UA-cam? If it wasn't for the Tube I'd never have advanced past Man From Utopia, my first and only Zappa purchase. Loved the album but it would be a good 20 years til I found the time to delve deeper. He represents a generation of people who had a stupidly eclectic taste which probably explains why he's never quite been regarded in the way he deserves. People are simple.
thanks ABsurdo TV!, this is masterpiece from Carl Schenkel coloring I believe, I only mixed both songs and remastered the audio, thanks for liking it!!!
yeah im talking about the music bro! zappa used to do this kinda stuf with his own music, but he call it xenocrhony, put elements of couple songs together making a new one ! love this remix anyway ! thanks !
If these were the only two Mothers songs that one ever heard, one might think that the Mothers were a conventional rock band. Well, almost conventional.
The two songs I use to warm up the fretboard of my guitar along with Johnny Winter’s Fast Life Rider and Nugent’s Great White Buffalo. Still have my 200 Motels VHS tape. Keep it with my ‘61 SG Les Paul like the SG Frank used for these songs.
Is this a remaster from the original video tapes? This is the clearest I have ever seen any 200 Motels footage. Originally it was video, transferred to film and then if you rented it, it was transferred back to tape, so most of the time any home release was at least a third generation copy as the theatrical release (because theaters did not show video tape) was a second generation copy.
@@TheTralfaz Jeff Simmons was the bass player at the time but his girlfriend convinced him not to appear in the film. At the last minute they had to find someone.
I hope some day the ZFT re-edits these 200 Motels videos so that they are watchable. I love Frank but the guy was the fucking worst when it came to video production.
The video production was pretty much down to Tony Palmer, rather than FVZ. Palmer also put out the most appalling transfer on DVD. That said, let's not be anachronistic. 200 Motels was way ahead of the field in terms of video direction at the time, and its budget was severely limited.
I show my copy of 200 motels to people to see if there is potential for friendship. If they don't feel it, we ain't hanging out. It's how I found my girlfriend. Thanks Frank for yer contribution to not letting music be boring or suck!!!!!
Big facts
Long live the music of Frank Zappa
I watched this movie probably 50 times back in the distant past. I had a major meltdown when Frank Zappa passed away as I knew he was special and we'd never have another Zappa. He made some of the funniest, craziest, most strange and creative music ever and it's very hard to categorize what he did. Most certainly you can't categorize it neatly. Let's just say Zappa was progressive and different. Progressive is the only suitable thing to call him. He was a really innovative musician, but indeed some of it here and there is either too silly or too cynical, but always entertaining!
I agree! Zappa was an invoator and an incredible musician !
Well don't feel too bad, Zappa had a huge influence and although there will never be anyone the same as him, there are thousands of people who love him and are like him in their own unique, chaotic ways. People so varied as Alex Winter and Pearl Jam and The Black Angels.
Amen
¡THE BEST OF ALL TIMES...!
Shut up
Love Flo and Eddie !
Strangest movie I've ever seen, love frank
Gotta love Flo and Eddie !!!
Merci encore.
FZ the coolest guy ever.....
I really enjoy this type of music.
I was a deejay at the college radio station in Honolulu, one of the few places that you could air Zappa's music and I was rather like the head Zappaphile there. 200 Motels was premiered in Honolulu and I went to all four showings!
I can relate. Back in the early '70s I was also doing shows on my college radio station and played tons of Zappa tunes. One day, someone told me they had a Zappa tune on the Jukebox at "The Rox" [The Roxbury Inn, a popular college student hang out]. Turned out it was "Tears Began to Fall" from The White Album which featured Flo & Eddie. Those were the days!!
Good music never ages...just the listeners..
I saw this movie in Boulder, Colorado when I was just a mere pup. I suffer irreversible damage.
Frano would consider that the highest of compliments
my all time favorite movie!!!! Can't get enough Flo and Eddy!!!! MUD SHARK!!!
The best band he ever had..I believe !
Aynsley Dunbar ,
Jeff 'Lucille' Simmons, c'mon!🍆🌶🤗💜😋🍄💥
Hard agree. That's a super group.
Just masterful guitar playing. Frank was up there in the top 3 or 4 best.
Santana, Zappa, And Funkadelic
@@Orcastruck Eddie Hazel / Funkadellic .
@@OrcastruckBECK CLAPTON WEST PRINCE WALSH WADDELL WATERS KREIGER I COULD GO ON AND ON.
Mindblowing to hear ex turtles kaylan and volman singing their hearts out for Frank fit in nicely
They also had their own act they went by Flo and Eddie
@@robertcrabtree4843
Because of legal reasons with the Turtles they went with the aliases Flo and Eddy, while playing with the Mothers.
I was teached this while watching a documentary about 200 Motels.
@@kongandbasses8732 I actually seen them at the Arcadia ballroom New Haven CT 76 they were pretty entertaining
He pushes them to the limit in Latex Solar Beef
Damn right, this is so good, a definite hidden jem for those who know.
Amazing moment in Rock history. I wish there were outtakes from the filming, so we could see the complete songs...
You can look up the history of the movie. Zappa even made a movie about the making of 200 Motels release in 1988, which I haven't seen. But, the following is info that was reported or available over the years shortly after it was made. Some of it might be true! It was made as a tax write off for Herb Coen & Co., or was it someone else? United Artists (UA) and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra were involved. It was video-tapped using an industrial 50,000 line system to save money. Then it was transferred to film, but not before Zappa used the video to make all sorts of visual effects. It was a rushed project, which strained the continuity. Although I suspect Zappa was not concerned with that. A lot of extra footage was taped but never made it into the film. Zappa asked if he could have the extra footage. UA or maybe other parties said "no." Zappa offered to buy the extra footage. Than too was declined, and the tape was re-used or something, and the extra footage ceased to exist. Recording over magnetic tape in the TV, music and movie industries at the time was common, as tape was costly. A possible factor was that Zappa's compulsion to be "naughty", severely offended the upper class Brits he was working with. Some of the Philharmonic musicians and the managers of the Royal Albert Hall were included. A date was set to do a concert of the music at the Royal Albert Hall after the filming, but the Hall managers cancelled it.
Oops! I just remembered. There is little over 2 minutes of footage with Zappa and a "penismobile" from the making of 200 motels. It is "backstage" footage, not something that would be on the screen. It is on UA-cam.
My favorite (OK one of my favorites) of Frank's bands.
@Zolar Czakl Aynsley Dunbar was one hell of a drummer, and Flo and Eddie could sing their goddamn balls off! But yeah, the 1973-1974 era lineup was truly a complete and utter powerhouse. You had George Duke on keys, the Underwoods, the Fowlers, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin Sal Marquez on trumpet, and the very underrated Ralph Humphrey on drums. And then eventually, you had Chester Thompson on drums and Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax and vocals. Total talent from top to bottom.
In my wildest rock and roll dreams, I never would have imagined the Turtles collaborating with a future Journey drummer on anything, but leave it to the eclecticism of Frank Zappa to make that happen!
If you got to know the turtles' personalities, you'd see they had an edge of sarcasm to them also.. that song 'Elenore' and using the word "etcetera" in song lyrics was meant to piss off the record producers. It backfired & became a hit!
lots of lawsuits.
They didn't change because Zappa came along, Zappa was attracted to them cuz they had their own edge.
Ainsley played for everyone from Zappa to Jeff beck, to whitesnake.
@TheFoolintherainn did you ever hear when the turtles played the white house for Nixons daughter bday party.
@@mikeoxlong8272 I know. The drummer with the greatest resume in rock, never to stay permanent with any band. Even tried out for Zeppelin before Bonzo got the job
@@TheFoolintherainn I know I risk sounding "glib" here, but if the Turtles didn't seem so earnest and serious with "Elenore", maybe people would have gotten the joke?
great songs, great album, great movie. and it was such a great concert in State College, PA back in the late 70's. WOW! and the So Happy Together group the Turtles were the main singers too Wow!
I almost forgot, aynsley Dunbar on drums. He's from Jefferson airplane. And the bass player whom replaced Jeff Simmons, was martin lickert. Jeff quit, and Frank got the Beatles limo driver. He played bass, well enough, he learned all the parts nicely.
Starship, not Airplane
Zappa and The Mothers of Invention are my all time favorite band!!
yes but mothers is for youg freeks and a gatee to his masteralbums ,latef. sorry grammar, german.
One of the best pop promos ever made. Period.
Its actually a feature film, not a pop promo!
..... 3 of the greatest English drummers are in this movie. Aynsley Dunbar, Ringo Starr and Keith Moon.
FRANK BEING AMERICAN ALSO PLAYED THE DRUMS IN THE MOVIE. HE PLAYED DRUMS WITH ANSLEY DURING BERTRIM REDNECKS SONG 🎵 ❤
@@user-do4wn5pk4j I know Zappa played drums. However, as great a musician as he was, he was not on the level of Moon, Starr and Dunbar. I could be mistaken, but drums might have been Zappa's first instrument.
@bodegabonsai7069 I NEVER SAID HE WAS A GREAT DRUMMER LIKE THE AFORE MENTOONED DRUMMERS. I SAID HE PLAYED DRUMS ON THE BERTRIM REDNECK SESSION OF THE MOVIE. READ MY COMMENT IN ENTIRETY COMPHREHEND AND DON'T LET YOUR EMOTIONS TWIST UP WHAT WAS WRITTEN BY ME IN MY COMMENT.
@@user-do4wn5pk4j I read what you wrote in its entirety, all two sentences. I know you didn't say he was on the level of those other drummers. I said he wasn't. What's your problem with that?
It is good to know that school kids are listening to Frank Zappa‘s music, even today. And now finish your homework 🙄
I saw this in a theater, when it came out.
With former Tyrtles.... Flo and Eddie!
Flo and Eddie back bone of T.rex
The first time I went to see this movie (200 Motels) I didn't make it. I was busted for smoking weed on the lawn of the State House (Capitol) in Columbia, SC. I finally got to see it in Charlotte, NC about a year later.
Why do people brag about getting busted for weed?
I can never figure that one out
🤔
George Duke on Trombone cool
When I saw 200 motels at the theater, I was early and walked in, in the middle of "dental hygiene dillema". "I'm stealing the towels!"
he rips, RIP zappa
Frank was an awesome guitarist.
"He made me do it Dave. He's such a creep."
LO MAXX!!!!!
FZ, the Best!!!!
A genius of crazy cool!
all have loved Zappa, have heard of 200 motels, but I just sat down & watched it for the 1st. time-Wow, Def. weird. But all the Frank Humor is there. alittle out for even me. But def. one not to miss out
Brian Smith I saw is when it came out. I was 18.
I was about the same age when it came out. And just think how weird it seemed at that time. But I love this film and also feel that its soundtrack is perhaps the most underrated Zappa recording.
Takes me back to the night when the whole gang took acid and watched this freaky funny film.needless to say things were never the same again especially the pecking order.. ✨✨✨✨🤔😳🤥😲😂😂✨✨💊💊💊✨✨😎🐸🤢🤮🤪🐸😐😑😬🙄👽👽🤫🤔🤗😳
I watched this movie tripping on acid and just thought that mark knew I was tripping on acid cause he kept smiling
Watched this film many years ago with a wonderful gang of friends and yes we all did LSD that night but after watching it years later straight headed I realised it was a waste of Acid...✨✨✨🤔😲😂✨✨✨😎🇬🇧😎✨✨✨
Love Zappa!
hmmm... no foolin'...
Fronted by the Turtles!
Genius!
Zombie Woof(Overnight Sensation)=Magic Fingers revisited.
What would Frank make of UA-cam? If it wasn't for the Tube I'd never have advanced past Man From Utopia, my first and only Zappa purchase. Loved the album but it would be a good 20 years til I found the time to delve deeper. He represents a generation of people who had a stupidly eclectic taste which probably explains why he's never quite been regarded in the way he deserves. People are simple.
What is it about eclecticism that makes it "stupid"?
good song
el puto amo
Haha aw man you cut off the best part at the end! Thank you for uploading though.
Man zappa would love this xenochrony of himself! you did more of him?
thanks ABsurdo TV!, this is masterpiece from Carl Schenkel coloring I believe, I only mixed both songs and remastered the audio, thanks for liking it!!!
yeah im talking about the music bro! zappa used to do this kinda stuf with his own music, but he call it xenocrhony, put elements of couple songs together making a new one ! love this remix anyway !
thanks !
ABsurdo TV Xenochrony????? I Don't think so!
ABsurdo TV: You're not getting it. Xenocrhony Isn't Occuring here....anywhere!! It doesn't bear any relation to what Frank called Xenocrhony
3:18 GUITAR SOLO
Jammie .....
Nice to hear George Duke on the Trombone. Did he only ever play it with Zappa?
TheGenreman I doubt George plays the trombone friend, it looks to me like fooling around :)
Fabricio Bizu you know what I was wrong you are right, I checked he was degree on trombone and was really playin on footage
+TheGenreman George also did sessions with drummer Billy Cobham....
No, and he didn't play it with FZ either!
TheGenreman: George isn't playing trombone. He's pretending to. The bass player isn't playing bass either, he's just Keith Moon's chauffeur!
If these were the only two Mothers songs that one ever heard, one might think that the Mothers were a conventional rock band. Well, almost conventional.
Yeah, and it's among the best stuff he ever recorded.
The two songs I use to warm up the fretboard of my guitar along with Johnny Winter’s Fast Life Rider and Nugent’s Great White Buffalo. Still have my 200 Motels VHS tape. Keep it with my ‘61 SG Les Paul like the SG Frank used for these songs.
Re: GD-No. He's Pan-Instrumental. "Drop another quarter in the meter..."
Excuse me, first time i saw this video. Who are the drummer and the two singers?
Drummer is Aynsley Dunbar, singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan aka Flo and Eddie.
@@veganman2945 Thank you.
Is this a remaster from the original video tapes? This is the clearest I have ever seen any 200 Motels footage. Originally it was video, transferred to film and then if you rented it, it was transferred back to tape, so most of the time any home release was at least a third generation copy as the theatrical release (because theaters did not show video tape) was a second generation copy.
this was digital video mixed with digital audio
This is from dvd version?
@@zacharylunsford2 best available download footage I could get
The singer and horn player from the Turtles are in this 😉🎤🎺
Both singers are from the Turtles
@@chocolatebomb51 pretty sure there was only one singer. I only remember one from back then. The horn guy was back up.
@@tangerinerose3724 both people singing in this song were in The Turtles. Flo and Eddie
@@chocolatebomb51 one singer in the Turtles and the other guy was his horn & back up singer. ua-cam.com/video/mRCe5L1imxg/v-deo.html
LOL, Mark Volman didn't play the horn once in that video.
Mud shark
Personnel?
FZ- Guitar
Flo & Eddie - Vox
George Duke - Trombone
Ian Underwood - Keys
Ruth Underwood - Drums, marimba
Aynsley Dunbar - Drums
Martin Lickert (Ringo`s chauffer)- Bass
@@blackwaterdogs4256 Only thing is, Ian was playing sax in this video.
Who's the bassist?
Martin Lickert.......Ringos chauffeur
@@TheTralfaz Jeff Simmons was the bass player at the time but his girlfriend convinced him not to appear in the film. At the last minute they had to find someone.
😂😂 powerfuk
🤓
I hope some day the ZFT re-edits these 200 Motels videos so that they are watchable. I love Frank but the guy was the fucking worst when it came to video production.
The video production was pretty much down to Tony Palmer, rather than FVZ. Palmer also put out the most appalling transfer on DVD. That said, let's not be anachronistic. 200 Motels was way ahead of the field in terms of video direction at the time, and its budget was severely limited.
Great song!
TERRIBLE editing.