Drummer reacts to "Zomby Woof" by Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention

[@raffinicoghosian8699]

Love this quintessential FZ album. Every song a masterpiece. Unparalleled musicianship. Thanks for the reaction. Some of the best Zappa solos.

[@brewstergallery]

Ned here Lee. One of my all time favorite Zappa songs on my favorite LP. The insane Ricky Lancelotti as the Zomby Woof and the beautiful bodacious and brilliant Tina Turner and the Ikettes doing the background vox.

[@johnnyfrederick01]

For union scale and uncredited no less !!

[@brewstergallery]

@@johnnyfrederick01 That was Ike's doing as he called Zappa's music Bullshit and wouldn't allow them to be in the credits.

[@stuie46]

There is no wrong Zappa stuff.

[@gregoryhuffman3071]

Now you can check out the same song by Zappa plays Zappa with mind blowing Steve Vai solo. The whole band is ridiculous.

[@pitfisch1]

Loving this one for half a century. And ever will.

[@kevinlundgren1169]

Again , gotta love ZAPPA !

[@johnnyfrederick01]

One of my fav Zappa songs and fav guitar solos….

[@DannyD714]

i love it when the rest of the song is just a placeholder to get to one of frank's insane guitar solos. nothing else matters.

[@L33Reacts]

Exactly! It’s just a basic framework of a song and then just frank going absolutely mental for 80% of it. I love it haha

[@baronofgreymatter14]

One of the best Frank songs!

[@jimmayors2315]

You've got to check out his son's version, Zappa Does Zappa, live featuring Steve Vie. Holy smokes!

[@kenlawless7247]

There's a Steve Vai FZ guitar duet video that is epic. From a purely virtuoso standpoint no one can beat Steve. However, Frank shows he can keep up with anyone.

[@danielshea518]

Music is the best!

[@alldayadventures5418]

Zombiewoof... You would be surprised to learn how many people know all the words to this song. He's the creature all the Ladies been talkin about...

[@Frankie_Zappa]

300 years ago, I thought I might get some sleep... What a great opening line.

[@johnnyfrederick01]

Reety alrighty he da Zombie Woof

[@absolutelypositively]

@@johnnyfrederick01and that line is from the song ‘Cletus Awreetus Awrightus’ off the Grand Wazoo album.

[@realbser1956]

You can always depend on Frank for something different. Thanks Peter.

[@Coquinagirl]

You are very special and your channel is, too. Frank’s unstructured wildness was pleasing. 🙂

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

Howling at The Moon, Unit Zappa!!!

[@georgegonzalez1996]

I saw Frank in the mid 70s, he was great but I was partying too hard and I don’t remember a lot of it. But next Friday I’m going to go see Dweezil’s band! This will be my first time seeing him, they are going to be performing the Apostrophe and the Overnight Sensation albums! I can’t wait!!!!🤙🏽🎶💙

[@johnnyfrederick01]

You will not be disappointed

[@georgegonzalez1996]

@@johnnyfrederick01 I believe that!!!🎶💙

[@WilliamWiest1959]

@@georgegonzalez1996 Ill be at the Portland show also ! 18 times since 2006 that I've seen the ZPZ Band and I have VIP tickets !

[@georgegonzalez1996]

@@WilliamWiest1959 Awesome, I didn’t get VIP tickets, I’ll be the old dude going crazy at the back of the venue.😂😂😂😂

[@richardkarbowski5224]

There is an incredible version of this song on the album 'The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life' from the 1988 tour. Frank is just on fire. that whole album, plus its companion set 'Make A Jazz Noise Here' are both well worth checking out.

[@athanatic]

My cello/violin/viola playing spouse loves Jean-Luc Ponty and when I started introducing her to Zappa, he led credibility for her understanding of his composition ability, regardless of his personal instrumental skill!

[@doeshumorbelonginmusic5799]

I can't believe you didn't react to this one before😂. In my opinion one of his best (ok, I have to admit that's a massive category) tracks. And now I'll start the video to see your face while listening😈😁.

[@doeshumorbelonginmusic5799]

One of my alltime favorites. The guitar sound is torturing "just as evil as you could be" and the solo is fire. Ricky Lancelote is "the zombie woof behind your eyes". This silly, funny sh¡t in combination with the playful arrangements is pure genius. I was a teenager when I heard this album for the first time 50 years ago, my eyes and mouth wide open (it was my first Zappa experience), just thinking okay, this is how it feels when a train hits you?!😂

[@stevenparker4684]

This whole LP is great, like "Apostrophe" should be done as an album

[@farmersteve661]

L33… Zappa’s “THING-FISH” (1984) originally released as a triple LP box set . Billed as a BROADWAY “Cast Recording” (Terry & Dale Bozzio… Stevie Vai … the usual suspects)… for a proposed musical. The PLAY was never produced by Zappa but it was partially performed in 2003 … 10 years after his death . Originally the LP was poorly received by “critics” … it has since been reappraised for its highly satirical content . Start at the beginning … it’s basically one long song/story . I think you are the only creator who could tackle Franks incredible sense of humor on this highly profane & TIMELY concept album . Love Frank Friday . Peace !!! 🎸🎸🎸

[@andreasrosenberg9317]

Love seeing you enjoy Franks Music =)

[@L33Reacts]

Uncle frank is the best! 😂😊

[@stevenspringer1599]

"Fifty-Fifty"!!! the solos!!!

[@brewstergallery]

Yeah Franks solo on this is amazing, twisty and gnarly. One thing Lee, you gotta give some love to bass bomber Tommy Fowler !

[@L33Reacts]

that was a great solo for sure. one of my favorites of his for sure. after the third listen i could hear tommy more. he was killin' it

[@brewstergallery]

@@L33Reacts Allright Lee, when you go for multiple listens you know that songs a keeper. I know I hit that song over and over when I first bought it.

[@mikemitton6447]

My favorite Zappa song! You need to listen to the live version of Titties and Beer. Zappa & Bozzio are AWESOME!

[@peteharper2687]

I used to have a mini cd of Frank Zappa playing Zomby Woof live, it also had Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression. I think it was a bonus cd that came with Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar. If I dig through all my cd's I'll probably find it lurking there, it's on my ancient iPod so I must have it somewhere.

[@stevebinning977]

Tom Fowler, the bass player on this song, passed away on July 2 this year. RIP Tom.

[@yiasemi]

Oh no, so sad, the Roxy band has always been my favourite line up. Thanks, not long since Ed Mann passed either.

[@eirikasbjrnberg8753]

I agree Zappa is the best when he plays funky stuff like this. I saw Dweezel play Zappa live on a KZbin some years ago. HIGHLY recommended. Unfortunately he is not allowed the band name Zappa play Zappa , that he deserves and Frank deserves too

[@stevedotwood]

woof woof - I don't know if you read, but there are 2 great books about Zappa. One by his late younger brother: "Bobby & Frankie", early stuff growing up and becoming the Zappa we all know. The other one is by his English secretary at the time: "Freak Out, my Life with Frank Zappa" by Pauline Butcher. These two are kinda - fly on the wall - books with juicy anecdotes.

[@Frankie_Zappa]

Frank's own book, The Real Frank Zappa Book, is a must read as well. Moon's book is due out soon. That should be very revealing.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

there are 2 editions of this book. the second is better.

[@brianvernon249]

Thank you for this. Overnite sensation: every song of the 7 never ever get old. My left foot bigger than the other one is. Triplets Varese style!

[@428chase]

Frank Zappa - Dupree's Paradise (1973) live kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6OZnoeipL59gNU Orchestration: 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd = English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion (bass drums, bells, castanets, chimes, cymbals, Chinese cymbals, gong, maracas, marimba, piccolo snare drum, pop gun, slapstick, snare drum, tam-tam, vibraphone, woodblock, xylophone), harp, 2 pianos (= celestas), and strings “Dupree’s Paradise is about a bar on Avalon Boulevard in Watts at 6:00 a.m. on a Sunday in 1964, during the early morning jam session. For about seven minutes, the customers (winos, musicians, degenerates and policemen) do the things that set them apart from the rest of society.” Zappa’s Varèse-inspired point of reference is apparent in his sheer exuberance with the ringing, clanging, abutting piles of sound he marshals. Zappa takes the opening optimistic tune down the rabbit hole, from which it emerges at times sounding like Gershwin, at others like a serialist’s lost weekend. As for his rhythms, Zappa notes they are in general derived from speech patterns and “should have the same sort of flow a conversation would have.”

[@bluetopguitar1104]

When I was in high school, most of the freaks knew all the lyrics on this album. That includes me. LOL

[@brettbradford3504]

Man, I can't tell you how good it feels to see a younger brother and fellow musician getting into Frank. And if you are into him, I'm sure you would love a lot of other stuff you may not have heard. I hope you have a good mentor. It makes all the difference in the world. There is so much good "older" music out there and it's great to see some younger cats discovering it. There is more than you could imagine my friend. If you like some of the newer stuff, great. But you are wasting your time because there is so much that is constantly overlooked by everyone other than the die hard melomaniacs who are ALSO serious musicians that surpass musically and creatively anything you hear today. That's a bold statement that might piss off a few people. But I will die on that hill because I know if I can get people to hear the music they will agree they were missing out 99% of the time. I'll give you a tip from a fellow musician who is NOT a drummer. but has played with many drummers. Learn to play quiet. It won't be necessary for rock, funk, punk, grunge, or whatever. But it will give your playing nuances you never dreamed of. Go listen to some of the great jazz drummers and listen to the sublet licks they play. Keep at my friend and if you ever want my suggestions I'll be glad to speak out. Be aware I do not keep a You Tube account as I do not make videos. I just check out what some other are doing. If there is a way, I'll shoot you and give you my two cents for what it's worth. I'm certain I can cause your ears to prick up and pay attention. Best wishes and keep grooving to that great "older" stuff. You just can't miss with some of it.

[@dannyc8041]

No restin' there!

[@lorcazola]

"I'm a Dancing Fool..oool"

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Frank does it again

[@jbdbsb]

Zappa is it's own genre

[@lw1zfog]

Moooooo-aaaaaaahhhh !

[@jbdbsb]

Going to see Dweezil this sunday. 50th anniversary of Apostrophe.

[@Upe-f9c]

Like this one, and the whole album.

[@damonhines8187]

I remember this and seven hits of acid. It was already a fave. How about 'Camarillo Brillo'? 😊

[@corawheeler9355]

What a fun track ... or was he serious lol

[@AndyMmusic]

Probably my favorite Frank Zappa song. And I think it is about sex games.

[@MatthewBerginGarage]

I actually own an electric multimeter exactly like the one on the front cover. Great tune.

[@michaeldowson6988]

It's entropy, mate. Nothing lasts forever.

[@lorcazola]

Is not Frank Zappa the Father of Progressive Rock and Jazz Fusion ?

[@jamessomers8808]

Don’t sell yourself short ever. Advice I wish I had took.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

I think you should check out "lonesome cowboy Burt"

[@erikahlander3489]

You will never get a patreon suggest, but for your knowledge: there was a Swedish group with skilled musicians named "Samla Mammas Manna" later "von Zamla". They was obviously inspired by Zappa: skilled, mixing styles and weirdness. Only a few videos, among them "Harujänta". From the albums "Circus Apparatha" or "Snorungarnas symfoni" part 1.

[@jonasolsson2256]

Coste Apetrea, var det gitarristen?

[@erikahlander3489]

@@jonasolsson2256 Many instruments, but in the video I'm not sure, two kinds of oboe? He made a beautiful solo album based on Lennart Hellsing lyrics, with children singing, he was composing and playing all instruments (as far as I know), but it is not on KZbin nor on Spotify.

[@jamespuleo3269]

Regarding your *rare* political diatribe ........ *Do* check out "Elephant Talk," by early-1980's version of .King Crimson. It relates. (Bruford-Levin-Belew and Fripp)

[@smithpm81]

moo ahhhhhhh

[@Driecnk]

One Size FIts All

[@seanc.murphy3573]

hey L33 - if I may… perspective, my dude… we all need to seriously cut ourselves some slack (in terms of self-criticism. I get it - but ya’ know… we’re all on this ‘ship of fools’ and… it’s like that line from some horror movie from the 70’s; “it’s only a movie, it’s only a movie”, lol perspective is where we’re at risk of going off-the-rails (in terms of anxiety, depression, etc.). I know - easy for me to say. but - if we’ve got a character of decency, compassion, an molecular level appreciation for beauty (e.g., music, art, nature), a laughter (a human-unique blessing right up there with sex), we’re righteous - and need to give ourselves a break on self-criticalness. Love is in that ^^ set too, but… *that* one can of course cut both ways, but… there’s no free lunch, right?.. in physics and humanity there’s no UP without a corresponding DOWN, no left without a right, etc. internalizing these axiom a taking a sort Albert Camus posture on it all can help liberate us from self-loathing and worry. oh, and Frank Zappa is mui goodness for the soul! 😎 thanks L33 - be kind, to *you* please. seanM

[@jamessomers8808]

So I guess Dweezil is coming to town, in Denver. If I don’t go see him, I am a real asshole. My spellcheck knows how to spell Dweezil better than I do. Lol

[@ShiverHinge]

Discombobufunk

[@428chase]

Hawkwind - Steppenwolf kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip21fIJ8lM6NsKM not to be mistaken for for the band Steppenwolf about a wolfman/ man wolf

[@donaldb1]

Yes, though that tends more to cult modern literature where Zappa cleaves to b movie horror.

[@Grithron2]

In case no-one's said it, this song is vaguely appropriate to Ricky Lancelotti - one of those dog breeders who adopted a wolf puppy and raised it to function in human society as if it was a dog. (His other dogs were malamutes - history repeats).

[@genegarrett3372]

Oh Zappa? I'll be back at 9:30

[@andychisarick6879]

Best MOI album ever w/ their best lineup. Sadly, shortly after the success of this album, Zappa fired most of the Mothers w/ some bs excuse, & hired a new backup band that was nowhere near as good as this lineup. The MOI were furious- toiling away for years on $200 per week per man & woman, then when they thought they finally made it big Frank dumped the lot of them & never paid them another cent until they sued him & collected a few measly bucks many years later. Sorry but it's true. Zappa spent his whole life (and much of his music) raging at big record companies, while he was one of the WORST ripoff artists there ever was at ignoring the contracts of his hired hands & then letting time & legal fees grind them down, knowing they didn't have the money to fight him in court. Ok rant over, I love Zappa & his music, but I woulda loved to hear 5 or 6 more albums from this group (the MOI changed personnel a LOT.) But that's what they say about geniuses like Zappa- thats just the way he was, if it weren't for his faults he would've been a different person & maybe never have been half the genius he was. Anyway someone oughta react to this entire album, every single song deserves to be on one Top Ten list or another. PS If I understand correctly Zappa mellowed somewhat, towards the end of his life, but I don't think he ever apologized to the MOI. I'm not even saying he was a bad person, I sure never knew him, but he was a lousy boss. One thing I DO know from rough personal experience, as do most older folks like me- money does that to people.

[@ba_charles]

used to give lessons in a shop along with a guitarist who took some classes with ralph at lama (now lacm), he sounded like a great guy. deeeeep pocket this album is great but every song has a better live version, like on Roxy and Elsewhere or YCDTOSA vol 2 zappa and beefheart grew up in the desert north of los angeles. he talks about it in his autobiography

[@circulation69]

Love the studio version, but ya need to hear (what Frank considered to be) the best live version... and here's a link kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4CpkoNoiLmgrcksi=a6XWOKiu_IsP6c_l