Frank Zappa- I'm The Slime REACTION & REVIEW

[@donaldshulenburg1553]

Every word is true! The musicianship is impeccable

[@JeffLauniere1]

I love his vocal style and how it leads to the other vocals including Tina Turner and the Ikettes on backup vocals.

[@pentagrammaton6793]

Over-Nite Sensation is great because it's disciplined, and even (gasp) melodic throughout. Dirty Love is my fav. 🙃

[@thirdcoast5755]

Love the SNL version of this with Don Pardo reading some of the lyrics and saying “I’m the slime, Frank!”

[@bobholtzmann]

-- That was incredible - and the audience TV monitors were oozing, too.

[@SoundLevel11481]

That entire concert (Live from NY) was performed with the SNL Band, (along with Don Pardo) also known as the band that played with Belushi + Acaroid (The Blues Brothers)

[@unreeled8184]

I had to look up that versión as i hadn't seen it years. It's as great as i remember and with the slime running down the monitor. 😂

[@Owlstretchingtime78]

​@@SoundLevel11481Dan 'Aykroyd'.

[@jimwilson5148]

The Ikettes, featuring Tina Turner, on background vocals. Along with the incredible Ralph Humphrey on drums

[@timfeeley714-25]

Linda Sims and Debbie Wilson were the other two Ikettes.

[@SoundLevel11481]

This whole album is FIRE. Lots of shorts tunes but all are hard-core Zappa. Easily top 10 of Franks album releases.

[@PianoDentist]

Probably my favorite Zappa album. That compressed kick really cuts through.

[@psychicvacuum555]

This album was my first exposure to Zappa as well. I was instantly hooked and reeled in by the mixture of catchiness, musical absurdity, wacky humour and immense wit behind just about every song. Still one of my favourite albums from him or The Mothers. I hope to hear most of them some day but the catalog is so massive LOL

[@mamaloh8165]

My favourite Zappa Album. I wonder what song he would have written about today's social media.

[@hackbod]

Zappa brings a smile to your face. 😁 And I love his vocal style, like the rest of his style -- there's a clear wink to let you know it's okay to smile and not be so serious.

[@TheUtke]

It’s early rap, he’s doing. He did it on “Trouble every day” Freak Out in 1966, also talking about how media manipulates the narrative.

[@CharCanuck14]

I wonder, if Frank was still alive today would the lyrics now be "I'm the slime oozing out of the internet"?

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

Fantastic album, great song, nasty guitar tone. And that's the Ikettes on backing vocals.

[@RichieG]

Ikettes on backing vocals

[@DENNISJEFFERIS]

The lyrics are even more relevant today than when Zappa originally recorded this song. Main stream Media - really slimy.

[@stevedotwood]

I love it when he acts like a Cynical Central Scrutinizer and whispers in your ears.

[@manualboyca]

My first reaction is that I LOVE your shirt!

[@JustJP]

Thanks Manual! I love these types of shirts :)

[@jonasolsson2256]

”…until the rights to you are sold…” That’s excactly what Big tech and the movie business is trying to do right now to use in AI. Scary, probably more so than we can imagine…

[@KlodDano]

You said it all! This master was a genius on a lot of sides

[@alldayadventures5418]

LEARNED A LESSON THE HARD WAY with this tune. Back in H.S. when this came out, I went around asking my friends if they have heard I am the slime. Then they started calling me slime.

[@EclecticInstinct]

Bought this on release. Great album and great reaction.

[@shemanic1]

"I am the Slime" is such an awesome track, funky yet with Frank's twist. The lyrics, yes we knew them all & they are a warning to us all. The guitar riff is amazing, the whole thing not long enough. Top album though, one of his best. "Bobby Brown" would be a good one next, lyrics & all.

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

One of the pieces I did for my bass finals. Most of the audience didn't know the lyrics and found my delivery impressive. Still know them by heart!

[@somersetcace1]

It's even more relevant today than it was when he wrote it. `The slime` is oozing out from a lot more places than just our TV's these days.

[@saturninebear]

About time you got back to my favourite artist of all time. :)

[@leddygee1896]

If you can offend Ike Turner, you’re Doing something Right!! I remember your Reaction to Montana. You did not like it!🤣 Glad to see you came To your senses JP🤘😎

[@fenderchamp8241]

Love me some vintage FZ.

[@ClaudetteMiss]

That's a young Tina Turner singing back up!

[@sammybeck7794]

Along with the Ikettes

[@paulcollins5586]

Great track, always changing and good solo.

[@smokeylonesome4328]

Check out the live version on Zappa in New York. That whole album is gold; that version has hornes and vibraphone as well as a 50s monster movie narrator!

[@wallbangerreactions]

Why is it that a song I've heard numerous times is extra enjoyable when I watch it with you. Hmmm. Also, and more importantly, that shirt looks fantastic on you Justin.

[@leddygee1896]

His wife bought that shirt For him I’ll have you know!😁 (Just kidding😏)

[@jerkedevries]

I like the deep vocal

[@markdrechsler5660]

Genius! But too short.

[@Owlstretchingtime78]

Always been my beef about this song. It should be at least double the length!

[@runciblemoon1194]

​@@Owlstretchingtime78 Normally I'd agree, but I think it was the right choice for this song. Zappa walks up to the mic, makes his point succinctly with wit and precision, shreds enough to make it a satisfying listen then fades away before anyone has a chance to get bored or lose the message. It's uncharacteristically punchy and direct, and all the better for it.

[@kennethmardis2132]

Zappa had some of the best musicians

[@galbierobinson218]

It takes for me and my friends 7 to 10 times before we get it the gestalt for any of his songs so the fact that you're getting it the first time through you're very talented I enjoy your videos keep it up brother

[@JustJP]

Appreciate it Galbierobinson!

[@-R.Gray-]

For a side of Frank you haven't reacted to yet, there is his 20th Century orchestral music. This is the avenue he was able to pursue with the funds his rock music provided. He was interested in music by Edgard Varese and Stravinsky as a teenager (He wrote letters and talked to Varese on the phone when he was 15). He considered his 2 albums with the London Symphony Orchestra unsatisfactory due to lack of rehearsal time - but the piece "The Perfect Stranger" from the 1984 album Boulez Conducts Zappa is a good example, and not too long (12:46). A later orchestral project is his 1993 album The Yellow Shark. Then there is his music programmed and played totally on the Synclavier, like his 1986 album Jazz From Hell.

[@PCFDD]

I think vocally it fits the song and the theme, and probably a good contrast to the upbeat vocals in the chorus. Nice variation in colours

[@dananniekontos85]

Regarding Zappa’s voice: in 1971 he was pushed from the stage by a jealous boyfriend and sustained serious injuries including a crushed larynx. This resulted in the lowering of is voice

[@alandhopewell]

I think his vocal style is perfect for the message here; interesting to be getting this message on a mutated version of the subject.

[@marcchapleau8343]

Its a great social and political statement. The entire album is a true masterpiece.

[@rosmeeker1964]

I remember listening to this through a Marshall stack. PS Love ya shirt. :)

[@SupernalOne]

People recite rap lyrics, we used to be able to recite Zappa word for word :)

[@mikewoodrow5878]

That is a great analogy

[@erikahlander3489]

Yes, I remember your Montana reaction! I was slightly disappointed and surprised. I had anticipated something else - then. The short version is: you have improved! Better analysis and more entertaining! For the future: it is not possible to check through his full production. But it would be interesting if you check some of his very early stuff, for several reasons. One is that they are all so totally unexpected in the scope of what was produced otherwise at the time. Also I suggest to check a quite unknown Swedish band with an obvious inspiration from Zappa's music: Samla mammas manna / Von Zamla. Live video (one of very few) "Harujänta" or album audio: "Circus Apparatha". Best wishes

[@jamesadkisson7510]

Perfect for the song

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

For my sanity (ahah) and a more full understanding of Mr Zappa, I will take the hard path of reading as many books about him before diving into his huge colossal work. It's not that I haven't listened to him, in fact I have heard more than three (if I remember well, some ten years ago...) albums by MoInvention. A friend of mine ( more into jazz and classical and hard stuff, a great FZ admirer) says Lou Reed is better person than a musician, an interesting artist and whose life is way more important than his work. In Zappa, I think I can't handle the complexities of his music, but from what I read so far (only two books, at this moment), I just love it. He's a satirical, protest musician like few. And we're talking of an artist outside of singer/songwriter field (folk-based, and so on). Which is great! (though I prefer folk) So, that's it.

[@emilvantbregen622]

And the toture never stops 😢😅

[@ZONEPRESSLLC]

You kind of scare me being older. You "kind of agree." Wow.

[@spawn4582]

Not Zappa's best song, but worth a listen, at least this music is better than today's modern nonsense.

[@Alix777.]

Nice shirt I don't really like this song. The lyrics are dated for me, a bit on the rebel teenager side, mind control and stuff meh, and I'm not a fan of his vocals here. Anyway my favorite Zappa era is 79-84. You need to do "Drowning Witch" one day :)

[@Driecnk]

Contrary